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US 12,654,188 B2Granted
Dispensing device
AssigneeExponent Beauty, Inc.
InventorsElizabeth Robinson Whitman, Ralph James DeVito, Pepin Sebastian Gelardi
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Abstract
A dispensing device and method for operation are provided to dispense a predetermined quantity of a powder from a bottle onto a surface.
Claims7
A dispenser, comprising:
- a bottle for holding a volume of powder;
- an insert, positioned to cover a mouth of the bottle, the insert holding a doser that is movable from a stop position and an open position;
- and
- an actuator, positioned proximate a top of the insert, the actuator movable from a first position and a second position, the actuator having a first linkage leg having a first recess and a second linkage leg having a second recess, the first and second recess formed to rotatably receive a portion of the doser such that when the actuator is in the first position, the doser is in the stop position and when the actuator is in the second position the doser is in the open position and allows a predetermined quantity of the powder to be dispensed through an actuator opening.
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A method for operating a dispensing device to dispense a predetermined quantity of a powder from a bottle, the method comprising:
- removing a cap from a top of the dispensing device;
- positioning the dispensing device so the top of the dispensing device is proximate a surface;
- and
- pushing the dispensing device downward onto the surface to cause an actuator to move from a first position to a second position, the actuator having a first leg having a first recess and a second leg having a second recess, the first and second recess formed to rotatably receive a portion of a doser, wherein movement of the actuator from the first position to the second position causes the doser to move from a stop position in which none of the powder is dispensed to an open position in which the predetermined quantity of the powder is permitted to drop from the bottle through the doser onto the surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.