Wipe and seal product pump

A product dispensing system comprising:

• a container configured and arranged to hold product to be dispensed;
• a pickup tube configured and arranged to be received in the container to pick up product;
• a housing base;
• a manipulation housing configured and arranged to be depressed towards the housing base by a user, the manipulation housing in fluid communication with the pickup tube to receive product held in the container via the pickup tube;
• a biasing member configured and arranged to assert a force pushing the manipulation housing away from the housing base;
• a dispensing tube coupled to receive product from the manipulation housing, the dispensing tube having a dispensing orifice to dispense product;
• a slide base slidably engaging the dispensing tube, the slide base configured and arranged to selectively wipe and seal the dispensing orifice of the dispensing tube;
• and
• at least one linkage coupled between the slide base and the housing base.

A method of operating a product dispense system, the method comprising:

• pulling product from a product container by activating a dispensing device from a resting position to an activation position;
• unsealing a dispensing orifice to allow product to be dispensed via the activation of the dispensing device;
• delivering product out of the dispensing orifice;
• and
• wiping and sealing the dispensing orifice as the result of the dispensing device returning to the resting position from the activation position.