US 10,865,033 B2 · Product dispenser and method for assembling a product dispenser

Abstract

A sub-assembly and a method for manufacturing the sub-assembly are disclosed. The sub-assembly includes a shell, driver and a body. The shell is open at both ends and has a smooth inner wall. The driver has first and second portions with a channel arranged along an inner wall. The first portion of the driver is fixed to the shell. The body has an open end and a closed end. A set of flexible appendages compressively contact an inner wall over the second portion of the driver. The shell, driver and body are concentric tubes. A sub-assembly of a product dispenser is produced by pressing the first portion of the driver into the shell and inserting the body into the driver such that the flexible appendages compressively contact the inner wall of the driver. A product holder or cup can be introduced in the body to complete the assembly.

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Dependent claims

An assembly for storing and advancing a product, the assembly, comprising:

a tubular driver having a first portion and a second portion, the tubular driver fixed to a shell along the first portion with the second portion extending beyond the shell, the tubular driver defining a channel along an inward facing surface;
a tubular body with an open end and an opposed closed end, a set of flexible appendages extending from an outer surface between the open end and the closed end, the set of flexible appendages arranged to compressively contact the inward facing surface of the tubular driver, wherein the tubular body has a first annular appendage that extends from the outer surface between the open end and the closed end, the first annular appendage arranged to limit deflection of the set of flexible appendages.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Product dispenser and method for assembling a product dispenser

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Product dispenser and method for assembling a product dispenser

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Abstract

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