Dispenser device
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsAntonio Alvarez De La Cadena, Willem Paul Beeker, Ahmet Dincer, Natasa Milosevic
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Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing a filter component is provided. The dispenser comprises a housing (2) defining an exit orifice (5) and a rod (3) at least partially disposed within the housing. The rod has a first end face (301), and the rod is movable between a retracted position in which the first end face of the rod is fully disposed within the housing, and an extended position in which the first end face of the rod is disposed outside the housing. When the rod is moved between the retracted position and the extended position, the first end face (301) of the rod passes through the exit orifice (5).
Claims14
A dispenser for dispensing a filter component, comprising,
- a housing defining an exit orifice and;
- a rod at least partially disposed within the housing, the rod having a first end face, wherein the rod is movable between:
- a retracted position in which the first end face of the rod is fully disposed within the housing and in which the rod is unable to move further rearwards, and
- an extended position in which the first end face of the rod is disposed outside the housing and
- wherein when the rod is moved between the retracted position and the extended position, the first end face of the rod passes through the exit orifice;
- and
- wherein the dispenser further comprises a loading zone for accommodating only a single filter component when the rod is in the retracted position, the loading zone being disposed between the exit orifice and the first end face of the rod when the rod is in the retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.