Toothpaste dispensing apparatus
OwnerAntonio Rosarioinventor
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Abstract
A toothpaste dispensing apparatus 10 including a housing unit 11, dimensioned to slidably receive a dispensing unit 12 having a pair of roller elements 41, 42 engageable with the sealed end 101 of the toothpaste tube 100 and further including a closure unit 13 hingedly connected to the housing unit 11 and adapted to arrest the flow of toothpaste from the mouth 102 of the tube 100 which is engaged in a plate element 46 slidably disposed within the housing unit 11. The closure unit 13 cooperates with the dispensing unit 12 to provide a double seal arrangement to maintain the contents of the toothpaste tube 100.
Claims15
A toothpaste dispensing apparatus for use with a tube of toothpaste having a sealed end and a tube mouth wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a dispenser housing member having a closed top, a slotted bottom, a front face, an elongated rear face provided with an enlarged opening dimensioned to receive the tube of toothpaste;
- and, at least one side provided with an elongated slot;
- a dispensing unit including a framework element dimensioned to be slidably received within the dispenser housing member;
- a pair of roller elements operatively and rotatably associated with the framework element and one another in parallel fashion, and defining a space between one another which is dimensioned to receive the sealed end of the toothpaste tube;
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- means associated with said at least one side provided with an elongated slot for imparting counter rotating movement to said pair of roller elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.