cap in both a vertical and horizontal orientation and prevent the discharge of liquid from the nozzle cap in cap positions between the horizontal and vertical orientations application_number US 48425206 A description fig1 shows the nozzle assembly 10 of the invention assembled to a trigger sprayer 12 represented in dashed lines with the nozzle assembly 10 communicating with the liquid discharge passage 14 of the trigger sprayer the trigger sprayer 12 is shown in dashed lines in fig1 because the nozzle assembly 10 of the invention is designed to be used with essentially any type of manually held and operated trigger sprayer fig2 shows a perspective view of the nozzle assembly 10 disassembled from the trigger sprayer 12 the nozzle assembly 10 is comprised of only two component parts a nozzle housing 16 and a nozzle cap 18 the nozzle cap 18 is mounted on the nozzle housing 16 for free rotation of the cap 18 on the housing 16 thus the cap 18 can be rotated in opposite directions on the housing 16 and can be rotated more than one complete rotation on the housing both the nozzle housing 16 and nozzle cap 18 are constructed of plastic materials that are typically used in the construction of trigger sprayers fig3 6 show the nozzle housing 16 of fig2 with the nozzle cap 18 dissembled from the nozzle housing the construction of the nozzle housing 16 can also be seen in the cross sections of the housing shown in fig1 and 12 the nozzle housing 16 has a discharge tube 20 with a cylindrical interior surface 22 that defines an upstream portion of.