US 2007/0181605 A1Published application

Fluid dispenser for minimizing residual fluid content

OwnerDavid Yanginventor

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Abstract

A self-standing fluid dispenser has a main hollow body, and a second hollow body integrally connected to the bottom of main hollow body to form a sump. A pumping device draws fluid content out of dispenser through the bottom entrance of a down comer tube located within the sump. The fluid dispenser stably stands on support legs that have a height no less than the height of the sump. The fluid dispenser is capable of emptying the fluid content in the main hollow body completely. The residual fluid content remained in the dispenser is reduced to about the interior volume of the sump.

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A fluid dispenser comprising of:

A first hollow body, a neck integrated to the top of said first hollow body for filling said first hollow body with a fluid content, a second hollow body integrated to the bottom of said first hollow body, a plurality of support legs, a pumping device and a discharge spout mounted to said neck, and a down comer tube fixedly connected to said pumping device;
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Said first hollow body having a vertical and circumferential first side wall, a first bottom wall and a top wall, wherein, said first bottom wall being integrally connected to a lower end of said first side wall, an inner circumferential end of said top wall being integrally connected to a lower end of said neck, an outer circumferential end of said top wall being integrally connected to an upper end of said first side wall;
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Said second hollow body having a circumferential second side wall and a second bottom wall, wherein, said second bottom wall being integrally connected to a lower end of said second side wall, an upper end of said second side wall being integrally connected to said first bottom wall of said first hollow body through an opening in said first bottom wall, said first and second hollow bodies forming a continuous pressure boundary of said fluid content, and said second hollow body having a substantially smaller interior volume than that of said first hollow body;
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Said support legs being integrally connected to a bottom exterior surface of said first bottom wall of said first hollow body, and said support legs having a height no less than that of said second side wall of said second hollow body so that said dispenser being capable of stably standing in an up-right position on said support legs;
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Said down comer tube being vertically extended downward from said pumping device into the interior volume of said second hollow body through said opening of said first bottom wall of said first hollow body, said down comer tube having a bottom entrance positioned substantially in the center of said second hollow body at an elevation slightly below an interior surface of said first bottom wall of said first hollow body, said interior volume of said second hollow body providing sufficient clearance around said bottom entrance of said down comer tube that enabling said pumping device to draw said fluid content at a full capacity, said pumping device capable of emptying said fluid content within said first hollow body completely so that the volume of residual fluid content remained in said fluid dispenser being reduced to said interior volume of said second hollow body.

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Abstract

A fluid dispenser comprising of:

A first hollow body, a neck integrated to the top of said first hollow body for filling said first hollow body with a fluid content, a second hollow body integrated to the bottom of said first hollow body, a plurality of support legs, a pumping device and a discharge spout mounted to said neck, and a down comer tube fixedly connected to said pumping device;
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Said first hollow body having a vertical and circumferential first side wall, a first bottom wall and a top wall, wherein, said first bottom wall being integrally connected to a lower end of said first side wall, an inner circumferential end of said top wall being integrally connected to a lower end of said neck, an outer circumferential end of said top wall being integrally connected to an upper end of said first side wall;
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Said second hollow body having a circumferential second side wall and a second bottom wall, wherein, said second bottom wall being integrally connected to a lower end of said second side wall, an upper end of said second side wall being integrally connected to said first bottom wall of said first hollow body through an opening in said first bottom wall, said first and second hollow bodies forming a continuous pressure boundary of said fluid content, and said second hollow body having a substantially smaller interior volume than that of said first hollow body;
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Said support legs being integrally connected to a bottom exterior surface of said first bottom wall of said first hollow body, and said support legs having a height no less than that of said second side wall of said second hollow body so that said dispenser being capable of stably standing in an up-right position on said support legs;
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Said down comer tube being vertically extended downward from said pumping device into the interior volume of said second hollow body through said opening of said first bottom wall of said first hollow body, said down comer tube having a bottom entrance positioned substantially in the center of said second hollow body at an elevation slightly below an interior surface of said first bottom wall of said first hollow body, said interior volume of said second hollow body providing sufficient clearance around said bottom entrance of said down comer tube that enabling said pumping device to draw said fluid content at a full capacity, said pumping device capable of emptying said fluid content within said first hollow body completely so that the volume of residual fluid content remained in said fluid dispenser being reduced to said interior volume of said second hollow body.

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