Motor driven dispensing unit for containers
AssigneeThe Continental Group, Inc.
InventorsCarmen T. Mascia, Gary K. Hasagawa
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Abstract
A dispensing unit mountable on a can and like container for dispensing a liquid contents therefrom. The dispensing unit includes a resilient tube which is passed into the can and has a portion seated on the end wall of the can and terminates in a nozzle. A pumping unit is mounted in overlying relation to the tube portion lying on the end wall and is operable progressively and intermittently to apply pressure against the tube portion to collapse the same in a pumping action. The dispensing unit is battery powered electric motor driven and may include a detachable supporting base carrying a battery charger.
Claims10
A dispensing unit for dispensing the contents of a can and like containers, said dispensing unit comprising a resilient tube having an inlet at one end and a dispensing nozzle at the other end, mounting means for mounting a portion of said tube against a wall of a container, a mechanism for intermittently and progressively applying pressure against said tube portion to effect a moving collapsing thereof against the same container wall and thus produce a pumping action in said tube, and a carrier for said mechanism, said carrier having attaching means for releasable attachment to the same container for positioning said mechanism relative to said tube portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.