Protector cap and wiper for dispenser discharge orifice

A manually operated dispenser having a plunger head reciprocable along a central axis thereof, said head having a smooth cylindrical side wall and a top wall, said side wall containing a discharge orifice through which product is expelled upon head reciprocation, a protector cap mounted on said plunger head for reciprocation independent thereof along sad axis, said cap having a cylindrical side wall telescoped over said head side wall, said cap having a top wall overlying said head top wall and being spaced therefrom in a condition of non-use, a portion of said cap side wall covering said orifice in said condition of non-use, said cap side wall having an aperture adjacent said wall portion for alignment with said orifice for uncovering said orifice in a condition of use, said cap top wall having an integral bow spring bearing against said head top wall for spacing said top walls apart for thereby resiliently urging said cap into said condition of non-use, said cap being axially moveable relative to said head into said condition of and use upon application of finger force to said cap top wall overcoming the spring force of said bow spring in the direction of head reciprocation for uncovering said orifice, said bow spring urging said cap into said condition of non-use upon removal of the applied finger force.