Pump dispenser and containers
AssigneeRieke Packaging Systems Limited
InventorSimon Christopher Knight
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Abstract
A pump dispenser comprising a container having a neck (6) to which the pump is attached. A pump body (1) has an outward flange (91) through which it is supported on the edge of the container neck (6). A body/neck rotation stop mechanism (64,7) is provided by an interlock engagement between the pump body and the container neck, and has widely-spaced interlock projections (64) on the container neck (6), e.g. one or two projections, each having a circumferentially-directed abutment face (642). A series of spaced interlock teeth (71) projects down from the outward flange (91) of the pump body and these have respective abutment faces (711) to engage the neck projections and limit relative rotation of the pump body and neck. This can assure reliable action of a plunger-locking mechanism of the dispenser.
Claims8
1-26. (canceled)
A pump attachable to a fluid container having a neck to which the pump is attached, the pump comprising:
- a pump body defining a pump chamber, the pump body having a locating formation engaging the container neck, and a plunger reciprocable relative to the pump body in a pumping stroke to alter the volume of the pump chamber;
- a lock mechanism comprising respective lock formations of the plunger and pump body, the lock mechanism having a locked condition wherein the plunger is locked against reciprocation and an unlocked condition wherein the plunger can reciprocate for pumping, and wherein a release movement of the lock mechanism from the locked condition comprises a relative rotation of the plunger and pump body around an axis of the plunger;
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- a catch mechanism comprising respective catch formations of the plunger and pump body which are engageable selectively in a locked condition of the lock mechanism, to prevent or inhibit the release movement thereof, and
- wherein a body/neck rotation stop mechanism provided by an interlock engagement between the pump body and the container neck to inhibit relative rotation thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.