Fluid Dispenser

Abstract: A nozzle arrangement adapted for a pump dispenser e.g. a manually operated pump dispenser that is activated by an actuation stroke of an actuator or a trigger handle to dispense a fluid from a container as a spray e.g. an atomised spray a foam a gel a paste or a liquid wherein the nozzle arrangement is positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with a pump chamber of the dispenser and the nozzle arrangement comprises: an expansion chamber having an inlet and an outlet; and a movable plunger disposed within the expansion chamber the movable plunger being arranged such that it can move in use in an upstream and downstream direction to vary the volume of the expansion chamber wherein the plunger is biased by a resiliently deformable component such as a spring the resiliently deformable component providing a biasing force in the downstream direction; wherein in use the actuation stroke causes the fluid to enter the expansion chamber at a faster rate than the fluid can be discharged from the expansion chamber via the outlet whereby a pressure build up within the expansion chamber pushes the plunger in the upstream direction against the biasing force provided by the resiliently deformable component such that fluid entering the expansion chamber is discharged via the outlet during the actuation stroke and after the actuation stroke due to the biasing force provided by the resiliently deformable component causing the plunger to move in the downstream direction thereby causing fluid to be discharged via the outlet.

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