Dispensing nozzles
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeff LUKE, Dean RICHTSMEIER, Mathew LAVIGNE, Sean Daniel FITZGERALD
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Abstract
A device may include a dispensable substance container to hold a dispensable substance; a dispensing nozzle attached to the dispensable substance container to dispense the dispensable substance out of an opening in the dispensing nozzle; and a frangible obstruction encompassing the dispensing nozzle and obstructing the opening of the dispensing nozzle wherein the frangible obstruction is to slide along the dispensing nozzle to uncover the opening when broken free from the dispensing nozzle by a wall of a receiving container during an engagement between the dispensable substance container and the receiving container.
Claims15
A device, comprising:
- a dispensable substance container to hold a dispensable substance;
- a dispensing nozzle attached to the dispensable substance container to dispense the dispensable substance out of an opening in the dispensing nozzle;
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- a frangible obstruction encompassing the dispensing nozzle and obstructing the opening of the dispensing nozzle wherein the frangible obstruction is to slide along the dispensing nozzle to uncover the opening when broken free from the dispensing nozzle by a wall of a receiving container during an engagement between the dispensable substance container and the receiving container.
A system, comprising:
- a dispensable substance container to hold a dispensable substance;
- a mating mechanism attached to the dispensable substance container, the mating mechanism including:
- a dispensing nozzle attached to the dispensable substance container to dispense the dispensable substance out of an opening in the dispensing nozzle, and
- a frangible obstruction fixed over the opening in the dispensing nozzle;
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- a receiving container to receive the dispensable substance dispensed from the opening in the dispensing nozzle, the receiving container including:
- an inner receiving container wall encompassing a passageway for the dispensable substance dispensed from the opening in the dispensing nozzle, the inner receiving container wall to break the frangible obstruction when the receiving container and the mating mechanism are joined.
A device, comprising:
- a dispensing portion, including:
- a dispensing nozzle,
- a sleeve, attached to the dispensing nozzle, sealing an opening on a side wall of the dispensing nozzle, and
- a dispensing-side mating wall encompassing the dispensing nozzle, the dispensing-side mating wall separated from the dispensing nozzle by a cavity;
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- a receiving portion, including:
- an inner receiving container wall defining a passageway into a dispensable substance receiving container, the inner receiving container wall to enter the cavity and introduce fluid communication between the dispensing nozzle and the dispensable substance receiving container by breaking the attachment between the sleeve and the dispensing nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.