Chemical dispensing apparatus having a pivotal actuator

A liquid dispensing device for controllably dispensing fluids from a fluid-containing vessel, the device comprising:

• a housing configured to retain the vessel;
• an actuator nozzle mounted within the housing, the actuator nozzle having a receiving aperture and a dispensing aperture in operative communication with the receiving aperture;
• the receiving aperture operatively coupled to the vessel to receive the fluid contained therein;
• the dispensing aperture coupled to the receiving aperture and connected to a conveying tube to direct the fluid from the vessel, through the conveying tube and into a fluid receiving receptacle;
• means for ejecting the fluid from the vessel into the actuator nozzle;
• the actuator nozzle being slidingly and pivotally mounted in the housing and configured to slide vertically relative to the housing and configured to pivot outwardly to permit reciprocal engagement and disengagement of the vessel while maintaining communication with the conveying tube;
• the actuator nozzle remaining in an upward and outwardly pivoted position when the vessel is disengaged from the actuator nozzle to facilitate reengagement of a replacement vessel with the actuator nozzle.

A liquid dispensing device for controllably dispensing liquids from a fluid-containing vessel, the device comprising:

• a housing configured to retain the vessel;
• an actuator nozzle mounted within the housing, the actuator nozzle having a receiving aperture and a dispensing aperture in operative communication with the receiving aperture;
• the receiving aperture operatively coupled to the vessel to receive the fluid contained therein;
• the dispensing aperture coupled to the receiving aperture and connected to a conveying tube to direct the fluid from the vessel, through the conveying tube and into a fluid receiving receptacle;
• pump means operatively coupled to said actuator nozzle for ejecting the fluid from the vessel into the actuator nozzle;
• the actuator nozzle and pump means being slidingly mounted in the housing and configured to slide vertically relative to the housing and configured to eject the fluid from the vessel into the conveying tube upon vertical displacement of the actuator nozzle and pump means;
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• a controller to increment a value of a counter each time the pump means and actuator nozzle is caused to eject fluid from the vessel, said controller to generate a visual or audio indication in response to determining that the value of the counter is equal to a predetermined value where the value of the counter represents that a predetermined amount of fluid has been dispensed from the vessel.