US 11,674,601 B2
Valve assembly for dispensers
Robert Paul Cassoni, Waynesville, OH (US); David Andrew Dalton, Mason, OH (US); Matthew David Fitts, Fairfield, OH (US); Paul Owen Nutley, West Chester, OH (US); and Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Florence, KY (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/914,510.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/021,144, filed on May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/878,924, filed on Jul. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0025500 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. F16K 1/30 (2006.01); F16K 41/02 (2006.01); F17C 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 1/303 (2013.01) [F16K 1/308 (2013.01); F16K 41/02 (2013.01); F17C 13/04 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0323 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0382 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0388 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve for a dispenser, the valve comprising:
a valve body comprising:
an outer surface and an inner passageway extending about a longitudinal axis, wherein the inner passageway comprises a first passageway opening and a second passageway opening and a passageway surface extending from the first passageway opening to the second passageway opening; and
a first valve body surface and a second valve body surface opposite the first valve body surface;
a valve seal adjacent to the valve body; and
a valve stem extending through the inner passageway, wherein the valve stem comprises an outer stem surface and an inner stem surface opposite the outer stem surface, wherein a portion of the valve seal operatively engages a portion of the outer stem surface of the valve stem;
an engagement member joined to a portion of the valve stem;
one or more force concentrators joined to the engagement member; and
a resilient member disposed on a portion of the valve body, wherein the one or more force concentrators are configured to engage the resilient member.