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US 11,596,937 B2Granted
Dispenser for viscous products
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsStefano Bartolucci, Nathan Daniel Grubbs
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Abstract
A product dispenser with a reservoir adapted for a product and a cap. The reservoir has a protrusion and a piston engaging mechanism. The cap has a pipette, a piston configured to move to create a suction to draw the product through a lower end orifice of the pipette, a housing for the piston, a corresponding engaging mechanism, a button configured to dispense the product, and a chamber configured to change its volume depending on the movement of the piston and the movement of the button.
Claims16
A product dispenser, comprising:
- a reservoir for a product, having:
- a protrusion;
- and a piston engaging mechanism,
- a cap having the followings:
- a pipette having an upper end orifice and a lower end orifice;
- a piston configured to move so as to create a suction to draw the product through the lower end orifice of the pipette of the product dispenser;
- a housing for the piston configured for the piston to slide between a high position and low position in the housing;
- a corresponding engaging mechanism configured to engage with the piston engaging mechanism of the reservoir, and also configured to move together with the piston;
- wherein the piston engaging mechanism and the corresponding engaging mechanism are snap fits;
- a button configured to dispense the product through the lower end orifice of the pipette, when the button is actuated;
- a chamber configured to change volume depending on the movement of the piston and the movement of the button,
- wherein when the cap is capped on the reservoir in a direction of closing the product dispenser, the piston is moved by the protrusion, relatively to the housing to the high position in the housing, and the volume of the chamber decreases,
- wherein when the cap is uncapped on the reservoir in a direction of opening the product dispenser, the piston is moved relatively to the housing to the low position in the housing by the engagement of the piston engaging mechanism and the corresponding engagement mechanism, and the volume of the chamber increases,
- wherein opening the cap produces a suction of the product in the pipette,
- wherein when the button is actuated, the volume of the chamber decreases by which the product is dispensed from the pipette.
12 more elements
A product dispenser, comprising:
- a reservoir for a product, having:
- a protrusion;
- and a piston engaging mechanism,
- a cap having the followings:
- a pipette having an upper end orifice and a lower end orifice;
- a piston configured to move so as to create a suction to draw the product through the lower end orifice of the pipette of the product dispenser;
- a housing for the piston configured for the piston to slide between a high position and low position in the housing;
- a corresponding engaging mechanism configured to engage with the piston engaging mechanism of the reservoir, and also configured to move together with the piston;
- a button configured to dispense the product through the lower end orifice of the pipette, when the button is actuated;
- a chamber configured to change volume depending on the movement of the piston and the movement of the button,
- wherein when the cap is capped on the reservoir in a direction of closing the product dispenser, the piston is moved by the protrusion, relatively to the housing to the high position in the housing, and the volume of the chamber decreases,
- wherein when the cap is uncapped on the reservoir in a direction of opening the product dispenser, the piston is moved relatively to the housing to the low position in the housing by the engagement of the piston engaging mechanism and the corresponding engagement mechanism, and the volume of the chamber increases,
- wherein opening the cap produces a suction of the product in the pipette,
- wherein when the button is actuated, the volume of the chamber decreases by which the product is dispensed from the pipette;
- wherein the product dispenser is free of coil spring and bellows.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.