Deodorant dispenser
AssigneeWeener Plastics Group B.V.
InventorsMichael Schipper, Willem Ramon, Marcel Pater
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Abstract
A deodorant dispenser includes a container and a rotary body with a first coupling. A refill pack filled with a deodorant composition for the deodorant dispenser includes a refill container, a refill spindle, and a refill elevator that is movable up and down on an outer thread of the refill spindle. The refill spindle has a second coupling which, upon insertion of the refill container into the container of the deodorant dispenser, is connectable with form-fit engagement and for conjoint rotation to the first coupling of the rotary body of the deodorant dispenser.
Claims30
A deodorant dispenser comprising:
- a container having a wall enclosing an interior space of the container;
- and
- a rotary body rotatably connected to the container and comprising a first coupling for a rotationally conjoint and form-fit separable connection in the interior space of the container to a second coupling, wherein the first coupling comprises:
- at least one first latching element for latching with at least one second latching element of the second coupling and thus producing the rotationally conjoint and form-fit separable connection of the first coupling to the second coupling;
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- at least one first separator element for interacting with at least one second separator element of the second coupling and thus uncoupling the at least one first latching element and the at least one second latching element and disconnecting the rotationally conjoint and form-fit separable connection of the first coupling to the second coupling,
- wherein at least one continuous closable opening is formed in the deodorant dispenser from a lower exterior side of the deodorant dispenser to an upper end of the interior space of the container.
A refill pack for a deodorant dispenser, the refill pack comprising:
- a refill container having a wall enclosing an interior space of the refill container;
- a refill spindle with a second coupling which is connectable to a first coupling of a rotary body of the deodorant dispenser in a rotationally conjoint and form-fit manner, wherein the refill spindle has an external thread and wherein the refill spindle is arranged within the refill container and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the refill container;
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- a refill elevator which extends inside the refill container substantially in at least a direction orthogonal to the refill spindle and is not rotatable relative to the wall of the refill container and which exhibits an internal thread in which the external thread of the refill spindle runs,
- wherein at least one continuous closable opening is formed in the refill pack from a lower exterior side of the refill pack to an upper end of the interior space of the refill container,
- wherein the refill container is insertable into a container of the deodorant dispenser by a rectilinear motion such that the first coupling of the rotary body of the deodorant dispenser is connected to the second coupling of the refill spindle in the rotationally conjoint and form-fit manner, and
- wherein the container of the deodorant dispenser, the refill container, the rotary body, the refill spindle, and the refill elevator are then connected together such that:
- rotating the rotary body results in a joint rotation of the first coupling of the rotary body of the deodorant dispenser and the second coupling of the refill spindle and thus also of the refill spindle in an ascending direction or in a descending direction, via which the refill elevator is moved upward or downward respectively, and
- when the refill elevator is in an end position at an upper end of the refill spindle, rotating the rotary body results in a disconnecting of the connection of the first coupling of the rotary body of the deodorant dispenser to the second coupling of the refill spindle.
A deodorant dispenser system comprising:
- a deodorant dispenser comprising:
- a container having a wall enclosing an interior space of the container;
- and
- a rotary body rotatably connected to the container and comprising a first coupling for a rotationally conjoint and form-fit separable connection in the interior space of the container to a second coupling,
- wherein at least one continuous closable opening is formed in the deodorant dispenser from a lower exterior side of the deodorant dispenser to an upper end of the interior space of the container;
- a refill pack comprising:
- a refill container having a wall enclosing an interior space of the refill container;
- a refill spindle with the second coupling which is connectable to the first coupling of the rotary body of the deodorant dispenser in the rotationally conjoint and form-fit manner, wherein the refill spindle has an external thread and wherein the refill spindle is arranged within the refill container and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the refill container;
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- a refill elevator which extends inside the refill container substantially in at least a direction orthogonal to the refill spindle and is not rotatable relative to the wall of the refill container and which exhibits an internal thread in which the external thread of the refill spindle runs,
- wherein at least one continuous closable opening is formed in the refill pack from a lower exterior side of the refill pack to an upper end of the interior space of the refill container,
- wherein the refill container is insertable into the container of the deodorant dispenser by a rectilinear motion such that the first coupling of the rotary body of the deodorant dispenser is connected to the second coupling of the refill spindle in the rotationally conjoint and form-fit manner, and
- wherein the container of the deodorant dispenser, the refill container, the rotary body, the refill spindle and the refill elevator are then connected together such that:
- rotating the rotary body results in a joint rotation of the first coupling of the rotary body of the deodorant dispenser and the second coupling of the refill spindle and thus also of the refill spindle in an ascending direction or in a descending direction, via which the refill elevator is moved upward or downward respectively, and
- when the refill elevator is in an end position at an upper end of the refill spindle, rotating the rotary body results in the disconnecting of the connection of the first coupling of the rotary body of the deodorant dispenser to the second coupling of the refill spindle;
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- a deodorant mass which at least partially fills the interior space of the refill container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.