US 12,350,702 B2
Liquid sealant dispenser tip
Neil Freidberg, Lebanon, TN (US); Craig Miles, Nashville, TN (US); and Rylie Barling, Nashville, TN (US)
Assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP., Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/401,590.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/471,293, filed on Jun. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0408640 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B05C 17/005 (2006.01)
CPC B05C 17/00516 (2013.01) [B05C 17/00513 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing tool for use with a caulking or liquid sealant gun or tool, comprising:
a dispensing tip with a hollow housing with a top side, a bottom side, an attachment end, and a dispensing end, wherein the attachment end is configured to be removably attached to a source of a liquid sealant;
a rectilinear opening in the dispensing end, the opening with a top side, a bottom side, a right side, and a left side, wherein the top side of the opening extends further away from the attachment end than the bottom side of the opening, wherein the right side and left side each comprise a sidewall edge extending from the bottom side of the opening to the top side of the opening, further wherein the sidewall edge is curved; and
a pair of guide tabs positioned inside the opening at opposing ends of the top side of the opening, inside of the respective sidewalls, each of said guide tabs having a bottom not extending to the bottom side of the opening, and configured to guide liquid sealant as it flows through the opening.