Selectable, multiple chamber container having single nozzle assembly

摘要

A container, a support cup coupled to the top of the container, a nozzle orifice from which product is dispensed is integrated with a cap. A barrel is integrated in the cap in communication with the nozzle orifice. A valve assembly is supported by the support cup, the valve assembly having an outlet, the outlet directly or indirectly coupled to and in communication with the barrel, the valve assembly further having an inlet. Three are a plurality of chambers or bags, each having a bag outlet. A plurality of valve assembly inlets allows ingress into the valve assembly. A blocking member selectively blocks the pathway from a bag outlet to a corresponding valve assembly inlet. A selection switch/lever/dial integrated in the cap is operable to open a pathway through the valve assembly to the nozzle so as to release product from a selected bag.

主权项

1. An apparatus for dispensing a plurality of products, consisting of:
a container; a nozzle assembly coupled to the container having a single nozzle or orifice from which product is dispensed or sprayed from within one of two selectable bag-on-valve bags, wherein each bag is a pouch operable to isolate its contents from the contents in the other pouch; two selectable bag-on-valve bags positioned within the container, said bag on valve bags manufactured from a mylar, polyethylene or polypropylene material having multiple layers of one or more flexible materials laminated together as an integral unit; each of said bag-on-valve bags having a separate conduit from the interior thereof into the nozzle assembly, wherein the nozzle assembly has only one of 3 states: (1) each conduit is simultaneously entirely closed, or (2) the conduit from the first bag-on-valve bag is entirely open for fluid communication with the single nozzle or orifice and the conduit from the second bag-on-valve bag is entirely closed to the single nozzle or orifice or (3) the conduit from the second bag-on-valve bag is entirely open for fluid communication with the single nozzle or orifice and the conduit from the first bag-on-valve bag is entirely closed to the single nozzle or orifice, the state of (1), (2) or (3) being determined by the position of the blocking/unblocking member via the switch/lever/dial; an actuator appurtenant to the nozzle assembly operable to release product from the selected bag-on-valve bag; a propellant sealed inside the container but external to the bag-on-valve bags; and a switch/lever/dial movably coupled to the nozzle assembly and responsively coupled to a blocking/unblocking member, operable to open a conduit to the selected bag-on-valve bag from which the product is to be dispensed or sprayed when the actuator is depressed or otherwise actuated.