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US 4,305,528 AGranted
Cap and tube assembly for a dispensing device
OwnerClark E. Craiginventor
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Abstract
A dispensing device is provided with a tube that engages a nozzle orifice of the device. During storage, a cap covers the orifice and defines an opening that is adjacent to the body of said device, such that the tube is able to extend beyond the periphery of the cap. The disposition of the cap relative to the tube and dispenser body causes the tube to lie in proximity to an external wall of the body. When the cap is removed or, in an alternative embodiment, rotated, the tube can assume a radially outward configuration.
Claims32
A dispensing device comprising
- a fluid container;
- an ejection orifice in communication with said container;
- an applicator tube engaged with said orifice, said tube comprising at least one point that will permit an angular or arcuate deformation of said tube;
- and
- a cap releasably engaged with said container to thus cover said orifice, said cap defining at least one opening between a wall of said container and said cap, said opening being adapted to receive said tube;
- such that said at least one point is within the periphery of said cap and the disposition of said cap relative to said wall and said tube causes the tube to be deformed so that a portion of said tube is disposed in proximity to said wall.
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A dispensing device comprising
- a fluid container;
- an ejection orifice in communication with said container;
- an applicator tube engaged to said orifice, said tube comprising at least one point that will permit an angular or arcuate deformation of said tube;
- and
- a cap rotatably engaged with said container to thus cover said orifice, said cap defining (a) an opening between a wall of said container and said cap, said opening being adapted to receive said tube when said tube is in a deformed configuration, (b) a vertical slot adjacent to said opening, said slot being adapted to receive said tube when said tube is in a radially outward configuration, and (c) an access opening, said access opening being disposed adjacent to an open end of said cap;
- such that said at least one point is within the periphery of said cap and the disposition of said cap relative to said wall and said tube allows said tube to attain said outward configuration when said slot is in radial alignment with said orifice and causes the tube to assume said deformed configuration when said slot is not in radial alignment with said orifice, a portion of said tube being disposed in proximity to said wall when said tube is in said deformed configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.