# US 12,000,724 B2 · Controlled liquid dose dispenser

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- Number: US 12,000,724 B2
- Document ID: US12000724B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/270,880
- Filed: 2018-11-19
- Published: 2021-06-24
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2018-08-25
- Applicants: Jagadeesh Sreenivas Kottu
- Inventors: Jagadeesh Sreenivas Kottu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000724B2

## CPC

- B65D 83/761: the piston being actuated by a screw-shaft
- G01F 11/025: {with manually operated pistons (G01F19/005 takes precedence)}
- A61C 19/063: {Medicament applicators for teeth or gums, e.g. treatment with fluorides}
- A61M 31/00: Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body (A61M25/00 takes precedence {; introducing or retaining ophthalmic products into the ocular cavities A61F9/0008})
- B05B 11/0035: {Pen-like sprayers}
- A61M 2210/0618: Nose
- A61M 2210/0625: Mouth
- A61M 2210/0662: Ears
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- A61C: DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; {tongue scrapers A61B17/24;} preparations for dentistry A61K6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K8/00, A61Q11/00)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D)

## Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, a liquid dose dispenser 100 is disclosed. The dispenser 100 comprises a main body having a front assembly 138, a mid assembly 148 and a rear assembly 140. The dispenser 100 comprises a reservoir (liquid container) 134, a liquid dispensing tip 136, a lead screw 130 for guiding the screw in the mid assembly 148. It also comprises a cam 126, a nut 128, and a spring element 132 wherein the spring element retracts the lead screw for controlled dispensing of the liquid. The said dispenser is used for dispensing required doses of liquids, solutions, viscous fluids for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and food applications.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A liquid dose dispenser (100), comprises:
a cap assembly (110) having a cap head (116) and an outer wall extending from the cap head, the cap head (116) including an engaging structure (112) protruding from the cap head (116) and radially inward of the outer wall, wherein the cap assembly (110) enables a non-working position and a working position of the liquid dose dispenser 100 based on the engaging structure; and
a main body assembly (120) having a front assembly (138), a mid assembly (148), and a rear assembly (140); wherein the cap assembly (110) is detachably attachable to the main body assembly (120) along the front assembly (138) in the non-working position, and detachably attachable to the main body assembly (120) along the rear assembly (140) in the working position, the main body further having:
a reservoir (134) in the front assembly (138) to store liquid to be dispensed,
a liquid dispensing tip (136) in a front of the front assembly (138) to dispense the liquid stored in the reservoir,
an outer covering around the liquid dispensing tip (136) to cover the liquid dispensing tip (136),
a textured grip (142) on an outer casing of the front assembly (138),
a lead screw (130) having a lead screw head (154) at a front end, and a rubber gasket (152) at the lead screw head (154) for guiding the screw in the mid assembly (148) of the dispenser (100) to push the liquid towards the liquid dispensing tip (136) for dispensing of the liquid from the reservoir, wherein the lead screw (130) extends in the front assembly (138), the mid assembly (148), and the rear assembly (140),
a stopper 144 at an end of the front assembly (138) of the main body for holding the reservoir intact, wherein the lead screw head (154) of the lead screw (130) rests on a first face of the stopper (144),
a cam (126), a nut (128), and a spring element (132) present in the mid assembly (148), and engaged with the lead screw (130) such that the spring element (132) lies between the cam (126) and the nut (128) to aid retraction of the lead screw (130) to the non-working position, wherein the nut (128) rests on a second face, opposite to the first face, of the stopper (144),
a cam engaging slider (124) in the rear assembly (140) and engages with a rear end of the lead screw (130), wherein the cam engaging slider (124) also engages with the cam (126),
an end cap (122) with a female part (162) at a rear end of the rear assembly (140), wherein the rear assembly (140) controls the dispensing of liquid from the dispenser (100), and the end cap is a closer of the main body at the rear end with the cap assembly (110) with engaging structure (112),
wherein the cap assembly (110), in the non-working position, is attachable with the front assembly (138), whereby the liquid is not dispensed from the reservoir, and
wherein the cap assembly (110), is in the working position, the cap assembly (110) is attachable to the end cap (122), whereby the engaging structure (112) of the cap assembly (122) fits to the female part (162) in the end cap (122) so that the outer wall of the cap assembly (110) lies radially outward of the body of the liquid dose dispenser (100), and when the cap assembly (110) is clicked manually, the cam engaging slider 124 moves in a forward direction, thereby moving the cam (126) in the forward direction that presses the spring element (132) and rotates the nut assembly, in-turn pushing the lead screw (130) in the forward direction which in-turn pushes the liquid inside the reservoir (134) to dispense therefrom, and
wherein the liquid dose dispenser is used for dispensing required doses of liquids, solutions, viscous fluids for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and food applications.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The liquid dose dispenser of claim 1 comprising a shape of a pen with the cap assembly (110) adapted to be used as a covering to the liquid dispensing tip (136) from which the fluid is to be dispensed.