Modular mesh component for foaming dispensers and tooling and methods for manufacturing the same

Abstract

An injection molded component for a foaming dispenser, the component comprising: a cylindrical body (10, 100, 200) having at least one sidewall (30, 130, 230) and a top panel (20, 120) so as to define a cup-like shape; a mesh facing (21, 121, 221) integrally formed within the at least one sidewall and/or the top panel; wherein the mesh facing is formed from a first layer (24) of transversely-spaced ribs (25) positioned above a second layer (26) of transversely-spaced apart ribs (27) so that mesh apertures (50) are created by all of the ribs of the first layer intersecting at an intersection angle relative to all of the ribs of the second layer; and wherein the ribs of the first layer terminate in an upper plane (T-T) that is flush with an outer facing of the at least one sidewall and/or the top panel.

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