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US 6,276,857 B1Granted
Refillable rotary product dispenser
AssigneeThe Plastek Group
InventorAlex S. Szekely
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Abstract
A product dispenser including a product cylinder having a cylinder wall defining a cavity for holding a product, and a housing having a flexible wall defining an inner space for releaseably holding the product cylinder wherein the flexible wall is configurable between a dispensing configuration, wherein the product cylinder is held within the housing, and a refillable configuration, wherein the product cylinder can be removed from the housing.
Claims14
A product dispenser comprising:
- a product cylinder having a cylinder wall defining a cavity for holding a product;
- a housing having a flexible wall defining an inner space for releaseably holding said product cylinder wherein said flexible wall is configurable between a dispensing configuration wherein said product cylinder is held within said housing, and a refillable configuration wherein said product cylinder can be removed from said housing;
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- a rotation-actuated elevator non-rotatably disposed in said product cylinder relative to said cylinder wall.
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A product dispenser comprising:
- a product cylinder having a cylinder wall defining a cavity for holding a product;
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- a housing having a flexible wall defining an inner space for releaseably holding said product cylinder wherein said flexible wall is configurable between a dispensing configuration wherein said product cylinder is held within said housing, and a refillable configuration wherein said product cylinder can be removed from said housing, wherein said housing further comprises a top portion having a bottom side, a keyed structure disposed on said bottom side and a dispenser opening for dispensing a product, and wherein said product cylinder further comprises a rotatably actuated elevator assembly, wherein said elevator assembly engages said keyed structure in said dispensing configuration.
A product dispenser comprising:
- a product cylinder having a cylinder wall defining a cavity for holding a product;
- and
- a housing having a flexible wall defining an inner space for releaseably holding said product cylinder wherein said flexible wall is configurable between a dispensing configuration wherein said product cylinder is held within said housing, and a refillable configuration wherein said product cylinder can be removed from said housing, wherein said flexible wall further comprises a locking structure for rotatably holding said product cylinder within said inner space in said dispensing configuration, wherein said locking structure comprises an opening in said flexible wall for engaging said product cylinder, and wherein said product cylinder further comprises a radially extended portion which engages said opening in said dispensing configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.