Dip tube for hand operated dispensing device
AssigneeAptar Group, Inc.
InventorMichael G. Knickerbocker
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Abstract
An improved dip tube for a hand operated dispensing device is disclosed comprising a longitudinally extending dip tube having an outer surface and an inner surface for defining a wall thickness therebetween. A plurality of surface projections protrude from the outer surface of the dip tube and extend longitudinally along the dip tube. The plurality of surface projections are uniformly disposed about the dip tube for defining a plurality of recessed portions therebetween. The plurality of surface projections define major wall thickness portions for providing structural strength for the dip tube. The improved dip tube provides a conventional cross-section area of the internal channel with a reduced volume of material used in the construction of the improved dip tube.
Claims17
A dip tube for a hand operated dispensing device comprising a dispenser affixed to a container with the dispenser having a dip tube receiver for frictionally securing the dip tube thereto with the dip tube extending into the fluid in proximity to a bottom of the container for directing the fluid from the container into the dispenser for dispensing the fluid from a terminal orifice, the improvement comprising:
- said dip tube comprising a longitudinally extending tube defined about a central longitudinal tube axis;
- said dip tube having an outer surface and an inner surface for defining a wall thickness therebetween;
- said inner surface defining an internal channel having a predetermined cross-sectional area;
- a plurality of surface projections protruding from said outer surface of said dip tube and extending longitudinally along said dip tube;
- said plurality of surface projections being uniformly radially disposed about said dip tube for defining a plurality of recessed portions therebetween;
- said plurality of surface projections defining major wall thickness portions proximate each of said plurality of surface projections for providing structural strength for said dip tube;
- said plurality of recessed portions defining minor wall thickness portions proximate each of said plurality of recessed portions for reducing the volume of material used in the construction of the dip tube;
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- said dip tube being secured to the dip tube receiver of the dispenser for extending into the fluid within the container with said internal channel having said predetermined cross-sectional area with a reduced volume of material used in the construction of the dip tube.
A dip tube for a hand operated dispensing device comprising a dispenser affixed to a container with the dispenser having a dip tube receiver for frictionally securing the dip tube thereto with the dip tube extending into the fluid in proximity to a bottom of the container for directing the fluid from the container into the dispenser for dispensing the fluid from a terminal orifice, the improvement comprising:
- said dip tube comprising a longitudinally extending tube defined about a central longitudinal tube axis;
- said dip tube defining an outer surface and an inner surface;
- said inner surface defining an internal channel having a predetermined cross-sectional area;
- a plurality of surface projections protruding from said outer surface away from said central longitudinal tube axis and extending longitudinally along said dip tube;
- said outer surface having a plurality of linear sectors defining a plurality of surface recessed portions;
- said plurality of surface projections defining major wall thickness portions between each of said plurality of surface projections and said inner surface for providing structural strength for said dip tube;
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- said dip tube being secured to the dip tube receiver of the dispenser for extending into the fluid within the container to provide said internal channel with said predetermined cross-sectional area with a reduced volume of material used in the construction of the dip tube.
A dip tube for a hand operated dispensing device comprising a container and a dispenser affixed thereto for dispensing a fluid within the container through a terminal orifice, the dispenser having a dip tube receiver for frictionally securing the dip tube thereto, with the dip tube extending into the fluid in proximity to a bottom of the container for directing the fluid from the container into the dispenser for dispensing the fluid from a terminal orifice, the improvement comprising:
- said dip tube comprising a longitudinally extending tube defined about a central longitudinal tube axis;
- dip tube defining a substantially cylindrical inner surface;
- dip tube defining an outer surface;
- said inner surface defining an internal channel having a predetermined cross-sectional area;
- a plurality of surface projections protruding from said outer surface away from said central longitudinal tube axis and extending longitudinally along said outer surface of said dip tube;
- said outer surface having a plurality of linear sectors defining a plurality of surface recessed portions;
- said plurality of surface projections being uniformly interposed between said plurality of surface recessed portions;
- said plurality of surface projections defining major cylindrical wall thickness portions between each of said plurality of surface projections and said cylindrical inner surface for providing structural strength for said dip tube;
- said plurality of surface recessed portions defining minor cylindrical wall thickness portions between each of said plurality of surface recessed portions and said cylindrical inner surface for reducing the volume of material used in the construction of the dip tube;
- said inner surface of said dip tube being secured to the dip tube receiver of the dispenser for extending into the fluid within the container to provide said internal channel with said predetermined cross-sectional area with a reduced volume of material used in the construction of the dip tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.