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Abstract

A preassembled aerosol actuator assembly and a method of in-line capping the assembly to an aerosol container. A shell has a top opening and a hinged actuator lever therein with a depending button-receiving socket. A discrete spray button is preassembled into the socket with the button bottom positioned a substantial distance above the socket bottom to leave a stem-capturing space below the button. The button has an upwardly extending interior passage with a wide lead-in beginning at the bottom end of the button directly adjacent the outer side wall of the button and converging upwardly to terminate in a shallow valve stem-sealing socket. The bottom of the button has no obstructions and no unintended stem-capturing openings. The button socket has a side spray slot closed at the bottom by a radiused flap. Heat-dissipating interior channels are cored from the button top down into the button.

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