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US 2007/0164056 A1Published application
Container
OwnerHeiko Eberhardt, Franz Steigerwaldinventors
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Abstract
In a container (1) with a reservoir (2), a product dispensing opening (3), and a device (4) for discharging the product contained in the reservoir (2) out through the product dispensing opening (3), a sound generator (5) or a noise damper (13) is provided on the container (1) and the sound generator (5) or the noise damper (13) is functionally connected to the discharge device (4) in order to generate a desired sound for a product discharge when dispensing the product. The desired sound is one that a consumer experiences as a positive sound.
Claims12
1-86. (canceled)
A container (1) comprising
- a reservoir (2) for a product, said reservoir having a valve with a valve stem (11) through which said product in the reservoir passes when the product is dispensed from the reservoir;
- a cap (7) formed to slide onto said reservoir (2) over said valve and said valve stem;
- a discharge device (4) arranged in said cap (7), wherein said discharge device comprises means for discharging said product from said reservoir, and said discharge device (4) includes a nozzle (12) with a discharge dispensing opening (3), a spray conduit (10) in operative connection with said opening (3) and said nozzle (12) and an operating button (6) provided in said cap (7),so that, when said cap (7) is engaged with said reservoir (2) and said operating button (6) is actuated, said spray conduit (10) cooperates mechanically with said valve stem (11) to open said valve and discharge said product through said spray conduit (10) and out of said opening (3);
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- means for changing or altering a discharge noise produced by the discharge of the product so that sound frequencies of the discharge noise are shifted to produce a pleasanter sound than said discharge noise.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.