Reservoirs for use with cleaning devices
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsAndrea Argentieri, Yvon Loic Crozet, John Russell Lawson, Patrizio Ricci, Jelle Dankert Vuijk
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Abstract
A reservoir for use with a dispensing appliance for spraying a liquid is provided, wherein the dispensing appliance comprises a protecting plate and at least two needles for engaging the reservoir. The protecting plate has a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the protecting plate is movable in the unlocked position to expose the needles and is immovable in the locked position. The reservoir comprises a finish with an opening which communicates with the interior of the reservoir and a membrane disposed across the opening, wherein the membrane has an exposed length of less than about 45 mm.
Claims25
A reservoir for use with a dispensing appliance for spraying a liquid active composition, wherein said dispensing appliance comprises at least two needles for engaging said reservoir and a protecting plate, said protecting plate having a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein said protecting plate is movable in said unlocked position to expose said needles and is immovable in said locked position, said reservoir comprising:
- one or more side walls and a bottom wall defining a hollow container;
- a finish disposed opposite said bottom wall with an opening which communicates with the interior of said container;
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- a needle-pierceable membrane disposed across said opening and having an exposed length of less than about 45 mm.
A reservoir for use with a dispensing appliance for spraying a liquid active composition, wherein said dispensing appliance comprises at least two needles for engaging said reservoir, a protecting plate, said protecting plate having a locked position and an unlocked position wherein said protecting plate is movable in said unlocked position to expose said needles and is immovable in said locked position, and a latch having an extension which engages said protecting plate in said locked position and which disengages said protecting plate in said unlocked position, said reservoir comprising:
- one or more side walls and a bottom wall defining a hollow container;
- a finish disposed opposite said bottom wall with an opening which communicates with the interior of said container;
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- an actuation surface which cooperates with the protrusion of the latch to disengage the extension from the protecting plate in the unlocked position.
A method of inserting a reservoir in a dispensing appliance for spraying liquid active composition comprising:
- providing a reservoir having one or more side walls, a bottom wall defining a hollow container, a finish disposed opposite said bottom wall with an opening which communicates with the interior of said container and a membrane disposed opposite said bottom wall with an opening which communicates with the interior of said container;
- inserting said reservoir in a dispensing appliance for spraying a liquid, said dispensing appliance comprising at least two needles for engaging said reservoir, a protecting plate having an upward and a downward position and having a locked and an unlocked position, wherein said protecting plate is capable of exposing said needles when said protecting plate is in said unlocked position and is moved from said upward position to said downward position, such that said protecting plate is in said unlocked position and said protecting plate is moved from said upward position to said downward position whereby said needles engage said reservoir;
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- locking said protecting plate in said downward position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.