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US 6,645,419 B2Granted
Dispenser
AssigneeITW New Zealand Limited
InventorAndrew Nicholson Wrigley
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Abstract
The present invention provides a liquid dispenser which is adapted to connect to a container, the container including a membrane seal, wherein the dispenser is movable between two configurations being an unopened configuration to an open configuration which opens a liquid channel from the liquid dispenser to the container cap, and which pierces the membrane seal to open a liquid channel from the container through to the dispenser. A method of manufacturing such a dispenser is also disclosed.
Claims17
A method of manufacturing a dispenser comprising the steps of:
- forming the dispenser in a mould, the dispenser being moulded in an open configuration;
- injecting pressurised gas into the mould;
- moving at least a portion of the dispenser from a first configuration under the action of the pressurised gas injected into the mould;
- and
- removing the dispenser from the mould.
2 more elements
A method of manufacturing a dispenser comprising the steps of:
- forming the dispenser in a mould, wherein the dispenser is moulded in a first configuration;
- and
- injecting pressurized gas into the mould causing at least a portion of the dispenser to move from the first configuration to a second configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.