Aerosol apparatus

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN AEROSOL DISPERSION, COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL TUBE OPEN AT ONE END AND PROVIDED AT ITS OTHER END WITH A WALL HAVING AT LEAST ONE AIR HOLE AND WITH A LATERAL INLET APERTURE NEXT TO SAID WALL; A CAP ROTATABLY ENGAGING SAID OTHER END, SAID CAP HAVING AT LEAST ONE PORT REGISTERING WITH SAID AIR HOLE IN ONE ROTARY POSITION, SAID CAP HAVING ANOTHER ROTARY POSITION COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE PASSAGE OF AIR THROUGH SAID WALL, SAID CAP BEING FURTHER PROVIDED WITH A PERIPHERAL SKIRT EXTENDING ACROSS SAID INLET APERTURE, SAID SKIRT HAVING AN OPENING REGISTERING WITH SAID INLET APERTURE IN SAID ONE ROTARY POSITION ONLY; A CONTAINER FOR A SUBSTANCE TO BE DISPENSED ALONG WITH A PROPELLANT THEREFOR, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BODY FITTING INTO THE OPEN END OF SAID TUBE IN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION, SAID CONTAINER BEING PROVIDED WITH VALVE MEANS INCLUDING A TUBULAR STEM MATINGLY RECEIVABLE IN SAID INLET APERTURE UPON ALIGNMENT THEREOF WITH SAID OPENING IN SAID ONE ROTARY POSITION OF SAID CAP, SAID VALVE MEANS BEING TRIGGERABLE FOR DISCHARGING A STREAM OF PARTICLES FROM SAID CONTAINER THROUGH SAID STEM WHEREBY SAID PARTICLES ARE RADIALLY INJECTED INTO SAID TUBE BY WAY OF SAID INLET APERTURE; AND DEFLECTING MEANS FOR SAID STREAM DISPOSED IN SAID TUBE FOR DIRECTING SAID PARTICLES AXIALLY OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPEN END.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN AEROSOL DISPERSION, COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL TUBE OPEN AT ONE END AND PROVIDED AT ITS OTHER END WITH A WALL HAVING AT LEAST ONE AIR HOLE AND WITH A LATERAL INLET APERTURE NEXT TO SAID WALL; A CAP ROTATABLY ENGAGING SAID OTHER END, SAID CAP HAVING AT LEAST ONE PORT REGISTERING WITH SAID AIR HOLE IN ONE ROTARY POSITION, SAID CAP HAVING ANOTHER ROTARY POSITION COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE PASSAGE OF AIR THROUGH SAID WALL, SAID CAP BEING FURTHER PROVIDED WITH A PERIPHERAL SKIRT EXTENDING ACROSS SAID INLET APERTURE, SAID SKIRT HAVING AN OPENING REGISTERING WITH SAID INLET APERTURE IN SAID ONE ROTARY POSITION ONLY; A CONTAINER FOR A SUBSTANCE TO BE DISPENSED ALONG WITH A PROPELLANT THEREFOR, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BODY FITTING INTO THE OPEN END OF SAID TUBE IN AN INOPERATIVE POSITION, SAID CONTAINER BEING PROVIDED WITH VALVE MEANS INCLUDING A TUBULAR STEM MATINGLY RECEIVABLE IN SAID INLET APERTURE UPON ALIGNMENT THEREOF WITH SAID OPENING IN SAID ONE ROTARY POSITION OF SAID CAP, SAID VALVE MEANS BEING TRIGGERABLE FOR DISCHARGING A STREAM OF PARTICLES FROM SAID CONTAINER THROUGH SAID STEM WHEREBY SAID PARTICLES ARE RADIALLY INJECTED INTO SAID TUBE BY WAY OF SAID INLET APERTURE; AND DEFLECTING MEANS FOR SAID STREAM DISPOSED IN SAID TUBE FOR DIRECTING SAID PARTICLES AXIALLY OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPEN END.