US Patent Issued to Precision Valve on May 20 for "Mechanical breakup actuator with disruptive vortex chamber" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,921, issued on May 20, was assigned to Precision Valve Corp. (Greenville, S.C.).

"Mechanical breakup actuator with disruptive vortex chamber" was invented by John B. Fore (Travelers Rest, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A one-piece actuator for a valve includes a ramp structure providing a linear sloping passageway communicating with the valve, a chamber that generates a vortex and communicates with the ramp structure, and a nozzle that communicates with the chamber to dispense and mechanically break apart product upon actuation of the valve from an aerosol container. The ramp structure is angled 20 to 60 degrees relative to the ...