Refillable dispensing apparatus
OwnerMaria E. Garciainventor
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Abstract
A refillable dispensing apparatus for mounting on a handle of a clothes iron and dispensing a fluid onto a surface of a piece of fabric. The refillable dispensing apparatus includes a housing that has an interior for holding a fluid and an access opening for accessing the interior of the housing. A plug is removably positioned in the access opening for selectively plugging the access opening. A nozzle is mounted on and extends away from a first end wall of the housing for emitting the fluid positioned in the interior of the housing. An actuating member is mounted on the housing and fluidly coupled to the nozzle for selectively receiving a finger of a user. A securing member is mounted to the housing for removably securing the housing to the handle of the clothes iron.
Claims20
A refillable dispensing apparatus for coupling to a clothes iron and dispensing a fluid onto a surface of a piece of fabric, the clothes iron including a housing having first and second ends, a handle mounted on the housing and a heating element mounted on the housing for ironing the piece of fabric, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an interior and an access opening for accessing said interior of said housing;
- a plug being removably positioned in said access opening for selectively plugging said access opening;
- a nozzle being mounted on and extending away from a first end wall of said housing for emitting the fluid positioned in said interior of said housing;
- an actuating member being mounted on said housing for selectively receiving a finger of a user, said actuating member being fluidly coupled to said nozzle;
- a securing member being mounted to said housing for removably securing said housing to the handle of the clothes iron;
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- a window being mounted on a peripheral wall of said housing for viewing the amount of the fluid in said interior of said housing.
A refillable dispensing apparatus for coupling to a clothes iron and dispensing a fluid onto a surface of a piece of fabric, the clothes iron including a housing having first and second ends, a handle mounted on the housing and a heating element mounted on the housing for ironing the piece of fabric, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an interior and an access opening for accessing said interior of said housing;
- a plug being removably positioned in said access opening for selectively plugging said access opening;
- a nozzle being mounted on and extending away from a first end wall of said housing for emitting the fluid positioned in said interior of said housing;
- an actuating member being mounted on said housing for selectively receiving a finger of a user, said actuating member being fluidly coupled to said nozzle;
- a securing member being mounted to said housing for removably securing said housing to the handle of the clothes iron;
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- said securing member having a first securing portion and a second securing portion being mounted to and extending away from a peripheral wall of said housing, said first and second securing portions being extendable about the handle of the clothes iron and releasably secured together.
A refillable dispensing apparatus for coupling to a clothes iron and dispensing a fluid onto a surface of a piece of fabric, the clothes iron including a housing having first and second ends, a handle mounted on the housing and a heating element mounted on the housing for ironing the piece of fabric, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an interior and an access opening for accessing said interior of said housing;
- a plug being removably positioned in said access opening for selectively plugging said access opening;
- a nozzle being mounted on and extending away from a first end wall of said housing for emitting the fluid positioned in said interior of said housing;
- an actuating member being mounted on said housing for selectively receiving a finger of a user, said actuating member being fluidly coupled to said nozzle;
- a securing member being mounted to said housing for removably securing said housing to the handle of the clothes iron;
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- said securing member comprising a hook and loop fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.