Pump top for liquid dispensers
AssigneeWorld Club Supply Corp.
InventorsPhilip D. Lowance, James Z. Monninger
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Abstract
A pump top for a liquid dispenser comprises a flexible insert comprising a liquid guide providing a liquid flow path and a receptacle shaped to receive a spacer plug. The space plug has an inlet port configured to receive liquid dispensed from a pump stem and at least one outlet port configured to transfer liquid dispensed from the pump stem into the liquid flow path. The spacer plug is further configured to transfer force from the pump stem to an undersurface of a top half of the pump top while enabling liquid to flow from the pump stem into the liquid guide.
Claims17
A pump top for a liquid dispenser comprising:
- a top half, a bottom half, and a flexible insert positioned between the top and bottom halves;
- the flexible insert comprising a liquid guide formed to lie beneath a bottom surface of the top half, the liquid guide being formed by an inner side surface and an outer side surface, the liquid guide comprising a liquid flow path configured to conduct liquid to be dispensed, the flexible insert further comprising a receptacle formed therein and shaped to receive a spacer plug;
- a spacer plug positioned in said receptacle and comprising an inlet port configured to receive liquid dispensed from a pump stem and at least one outlet port configured to transfer liquid dispensed from the pump stem into said liquid flow path;
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- wherein the spacer plug is configured to transfer force from the pump stem to an undersurface of the top half of the pump top while enabling liquid to flow from the pump stem into the liquid guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.