Fluid pump with whistle
AssigneeOP-Hygience IP GmbH
InventorsHeiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones
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Abstract
A fluid dispenser with a fluid pump for dispensing fluid on movement of an actuator, and an air pump for delivering a stream of air through at least one sound generator on movement of the actuator. The sound generator produces at least two sounds as the actuator is moved from a first position to a second position, with each sound produced in a different time period during a cycle of operation, or differing from the other sound in respect of one or more detectable sound characteristics, such as duration, frequency, temporal alignment, amplitude, and/or timbre. The time period of each sound is a function of the relative location of the actuator between the first and second positions.
Claims20
A fluid dispenser comprising:
- a fluid pump for drawing fluid from a reservoir and dispensing the fluid on movement of an actuator in a cycle of operation;
- the actuator reciprocally movable in the cycle of operation between a first position and a second position with movement from the first position to the second position comprising a first stroke and movement from the second position to the first position comprising a second stroke,
- a sound generator mechanism which generates two sounds on movement of the actuator in the cycle of operation in the first stroke, the sound generator mechanism being configured to produce each sound from a respective one of two streams of air passing through the sound generator mechanism;
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- an air pump mechanism that delivers both of the two streams of air through the sound generator mechanism on movement of the actuator in the cycle of operation in the first stroke;
- wherein the sound generator mechanism produces the two sounds as the actuator is moved in the first stroke, with each sound produced in a different non-overlapping time period during the first stroke than the time period of the other sound, the time period of each sound in the first stroke being a function of the relative location of the actuator between the first position and the second position.
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