Cleaning liquid dispensing system
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsJohn Declan Gately, James Garfield Pryor, Elizabeth Jane Smith
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Abstract
A cleaning liquid dispensing system (1) comprising the combination of a re-usable container (3) and a replaceable spouted pouch (5) wherein (i) the spouted pouch comprises a flexible pouch body (7) containing a cleaning liquid which dispenses from a rigid pouch spout (9); and (ii) the container is rigid and comprises a pouch chamber (11) for holding said spouted pouch, and a pour spout (17), wherein the rigid pouch spout and the container comprise respective engagement members (15) by which engament the pouch spout is in fluid communication with the container pour spout to allow dispensing of the cleaning liquid stored in the flexible pouch body.
Claims10
A cleaning liquid dispensing system comprising the combination of a re-usable container having an upright axis and a replaceable spouted pouch wherein
- (i) the spouted pouch comprises a flexible pouch body containing a cleaning liquid which dispenses from a rigid pouch spout;
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- (ii) the container is rigid and comprises a pouch chamber for holding said spouted pouch, and a pour spout,
- characterized in that the rigid pouch spout and the container comprise respective engagement members by which engagement the pouch spout is in fluid communication with the container pour spout to allow dispensing of the cleaning liquid stored in the flexible pouch body, wherein the container and pouch spout engagement members engage along substantially orthogonal and intersecting axis, the engagement members comprising a respective pair of locating members, the pair of locating members engaging by sliding movement in a transverse direction relative to the upright axis of the container.
A method of dispensing a cleaning liquid using a dispensing system comprising the combination of a re-usable container and a replaceable spouted pouch wherein
- (i) the spouted pouch comprises a flexible pouch body containing a cleaning liquid which dispenses via rigid pouch spout;
- and
- (ii) the container has an upright axis, is rigid and comprises a pouch chamber for holding said spouted pouch, and a pour spout,
- characterized in that the rigid pouch spout and the container comprise respective engagement members which engage along substantially orthogonal and intersecting axis, the engagement members comprising a respective pair of locating members, the pair of locating members engaging by sliding movement in a transverse direction relative to the upright axis of the container;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- i. inserting the spouted pouch into the container pouch chamber
- ii. engaging the respective engagement members such that the pouch spout is in fluid communication with the container pour spout
- iii. dispensing of the cleaning liquid stored in the flexible pouch body via the container pour spout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.