Dispenser for products in a flexible tube
AssigneeDavis Food, LLC
InventorsJon Clay Davis, Robert Davignon, Ashwin Ganeshan, Steve Escobar
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Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing a product from a flexible tube includes a shell and a dispensing apparatus that is positioned within a dispenser opening defined within the shell. A mouthpiece is attached to the shell and is in fluid communication with the dispenser opening and with the flexible tube when the flexible tube is positioned within the dispenser opening. Operation of the dispensing apparatus causes the product within the flexible tube to be dispensed from the flexible tube and expelled from the dispenser through the mouthpiece.
Claims20
A dispenser comprising:
- a shell, wherein a dispenser opening is defined within an interior of said shell;
- an inflatable bladder positioned within said dispenser opening;
- a dispenser cap attachable to said shell, wherein said dispenser cap defines a mouthpiece opening;
- a mouthpiece assembly including a tapered end and defining a mouthpiece channel extending through a length of said mouthpiece assembly, wherein said tapered end of said mouthpiece assembly is extendable into said dispenser opening;
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- wherein inflation of said inflatable bladder when a flexible tube is positioned within said dispenser is configured to expel contents of said flexible tube into said mouthpiece channel and through said mouthpiece channel.
A method of dispensing a product from a flexible tube, said method comprising:
- inserting at least a portion of a flexible tube into a dispenser opening defined by a shell, wherein an inflatable bladder is positioned within said dispenser opening;
- coupling a cap to said shell, wherein at a mouthpiece opening is defined through said cap, and wherein said mouthpiece opening is in communication with said dispenser opening when said cap is attached to said shell;
- inserting at least a portion of a mouthpiece assembly through said mouthpiece opening and into said dispenser opening, wherein a bottom end of said mouthpiece assembly pierces said flexible tube;
- inflating said inflatable bladder within said dispenser opening so that said inflatable bladder applies a force on said flexible tube;
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- wherein the force applied on said flexible tube due to inflation of said inflatable bladder causes product from within said flexible tube to be expelled from said mouthpiece assembly.
A dispenser comprising:
- a shell;
- a dispensing apparatus positioned within a dispenser opening defined within said shell;
- a mouthpiece attached to said shell, wherein said mouthpiece is in fluid communication with said dispenser opening;
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- wherein when a flexible tube is positioned within said dispenser opening, operation of said dispensing apparatus is configured to expel contents of said flexible tube from within said flexible tube within dispenser opening and through said mouthpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.