Mounting systems accomodating a manually actuatable pump for fixed or variable dose operation

A system for securing together a container having an opening and a finger-operable pump that has (1) a body, (2) a hollow stem extending from, and in fluid communication with the interior of, said body for reciprocation relative to said body, and (3) an actuator on, and in fluid communication with, said stem from which product can be dispensed, said system comprising:

• a peripheral mounting flange extending from said pump body;
• a pump support structure defined by said container around said opening for supporting said pump body flange so that said stem and actuator project from said container, said support structure including a support surface;
• a liner between said support surface and said pump body flange, said liner including at least two layers of heat weldable plastic around at least one interposed layer of a substantially electrically conductive metal whereby induction heating and subsequent cooling of said liner establishes a tamper-evident bonding of said pump body flange to said container support surface;
• a thread defined by said container around said opening;
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• a collar that is rotatably mounted on said container and that defines a thread engaged with said container thread, said collar having an abutment surface facing said actuator whereby said collar can be rotated on said container to establish a selected distance between said collar abutment surface and said actuator which defines the stroke length of said pump.

A system for securing together a container having an opening and a finger-operable pump from which product can be dispensed, said system comprising:

• a peripheral mounting flange extending from said pump;
• a pump support structure defined by said container around said opening for supporting said pump to project from said container, said support structure including a support surface;
• and
• a liner between said support surface and said pump flange, said liner including at least two layers of heat weldable plastic around at least one interposed layer of a substantially electrically conductive metal heated by induction and subsequently cooled to establish a bonding of said pump body flange to said container support surface.

A system for securing together a container having an opening and a finger-operable pump, said system comprising:

• said pump having (1) a body, (2) a hollow stem extending from, and in fluid communication with the interior of, said body for reciprocation relative to said body, and (3) an actuator on, and in fluid communication with, said stem from which product can be dispensed;
• a peripheral mounting flange extending from said pump, said flange having a flat top surface, a flat bottom surface, and a cylindrical side surface;
• a pump support structure defined by said container around said opening for supporting said pump flange, said support structure including (1) an annular recess defined by a cylindrical wall adjacent said pump flange cylindrical side surface, (2) an annular bead having an upwardly convex surface engaging and supporting said flat bottom surface of said pump flange, and (3) a snap-fit lip engaging said flat top surface of said pump flange to retain said flange in a snap-fit engagement so that said pump projects from said container;
• a thread defined by said container around said container opening;
• and
• a collar that is rotatably mounted on said container and that defines a thread engaged with said container thread, said collar having an abutment surface facing said actuator whereby said collar can be rotated on said container to establish a selected distance between said collar abutment surface and said actuator which defines the stroke length of said pump.

A system for securing together a container having an opening and a finger-operable pump that has (1) a body, (2) a hollow stem extending from, and in fluid communication with the interior of, said body for reciprocation relative to said body, and (3) an actuator on, and in fluid communication with, said stem from which product can be dispensed, said system comprising:

• a peripheral mounting flange extending from said pump body;
• a pump support surface defined by said container around said opening for supporting said pump body flange;
• retention means for holding said pump body flange on said support surface so that said stem and actuator project from said container;
• a thread defined by said container around said opening;
• and
• a collar that is rotatably mounted on said container and that defines a thread engaged with said container thread, said collar having an abutment surface facing said actuator whereby said collar can be rotated on said container to establish a selected distance between said collar abutment surface and said actuator which defines the stroke length of said pump.