Hand pump for delivering thick or liquid substances contained in bottles
AssigneeSAR S.p.A.
InventorsTommaso Ruscitti, Davide Cutilli, Demetrio Del Leonardis
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Abstract
A hand pump for delivering a predetermined quantity of paste or liquid substances contained in a bottle comprises an overall tubular hollow main body for receiving the pump operating members, including the operating stem which projects from one of the two ends of the main body. For retaining the stem within the body, the pump comprises a retention element with a hole through which the stem passes. The retention element is provided with projections or recesses arranged to respectively snap-engage corresponding recesses or projections provided in or on the main body.
Claims16
A hand pump comprising:
- (a) a hollow main body having a first end and a second end;
- (b) a cap snap-engaged in the first end of said hollow main body, said cap having:
- (i) a through hole passing therethrough;
- (ii) an outer surface and an inner surface relative to the interior of said hollow main body;
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- (iii) a protuberance sized, shaped, and positioned to extend radially outwardly of said hollow main body and to be received in a first recess in an enclosure for a substance to be pumped;
- (c) an operating stem slidably received in said through hole;
- (d) a collar carried by said operating stem in position to abut against said inner surface of said cap to define one limit of travel of said operating stem;
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- (e) means for biasing said collar against said inner surface of said cap.
A hand pump comprising:
- (a) a hollow main body having a first end and a second end;
- (b) a cup-shaped cap comprising a bottom, a peripheral side wall, and a lip snap-engaged in the first end of said hollow main body, said bottom having a through hole passing therethrough;
- (c) an operating stem slidably received in said through hole;
- (d) a collar carried by said operating stem in position to abut against said bottom of said cup-shaped cap above said lip of said cup-shaped cap to define one limit of travel of said operating stem;
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- (e) means for biasing said collar against said bottom of said cup-shaped cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.