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US 7,882,985 B2Granted
Fluid dispenser with sanitary nozzle
AssigneeGotohti.com Inc.
InventorHeiner Ophardt
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Abstract
A liquid dispenser, particularly advantageous for low viscosity solutions, such as, alcohol solutions, for dispensing from an upper open end of a reservoir out an outlet at a height above the level of liquid in the reservoir onto a user's hand disposed below the reservoir, advantageously by actuation of an actuator below a lower end of the reservoir.
Claims15
A fluid dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior compartment which is enclosed at its top, front, back and sides and is open at its bottom at a discharge opening,
- a fluid containing reservoir disposed within the compartment, the reservoir having an outlet opening at an upper end,
- a pump mechanism disposed within the compartment for activation to draw fluid from the reservoir upwardly through the outlet opening and to dispense the fluid from a discharge outlet disposed within the compartment vertically above the discharge opening such that discharged fluid drops under gravity through an air gap within the compartment between the discharge outlet and the discharge opening,
- an activation mechanism for activation of the pump mechanism by interaction with a user's body outside of the compartment wherein the activation mechanism is a lever pivotably mounted within the compartment for activation of the pump mechanism, the lever extending to outside of the compartment where it presents an engagement portion for manual engagement by a user to pivot the lever.
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A fluid dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior compartment with a discharge opening at its bottom,
- a fluid containing reservoir disposed within the compartment, the reservoir having an outlet opening at an upper end,
- a pump mechanism disposed within the compartment for activation to draw fluid from the reservoir upwardly through the outlet opening and to dispense the fluid from a discharge outlet disposed within the compartment vertically above the discharge opening such that discharged fluid drops under gravity through an air gap within the compartment between the discharge outlet and the discharge opening,
- an activation mechanism for activation of the pump mechanism by interaction with a user's body outside of the compartment,
- wherein the discharge outlet is open to atmosphere within the compartment at a height above a height of liquid in the reservoir,
- wherein the activation mechanism is a lever pivotably mounted within the compartment for activation of the pump mechanism, the lever extending to outside of the compartment where it presents an engagement portion for manual engagement by a user to pivot the lever, and
- wherein the lever extending to outside of the compartment through the discharge opening.
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A fluid dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior compartment which is enclosed but for being open at a discharge opening at its bottom,
- a fluid containing reservoir within the compartment, the reservoir having an outlet opening at an upper end,
- a pump mechanism within the compartment for activation to draw fluid from the reservoir upwardly through the outlet opening and to dispense the fluid via a discharge outlet downwardly through the discharge opening,
- the discharge outlet is open to atmosphere within the compartment at a height above a height of liquid in the reservoir,
- an activation mechanism for activation of the pump mechanism by interaction with a user's body outside of the compartment wherein the activation mechanism is a lever pivotably mounted within the compartment for activation of the pump mechanism, the lever extending to outside of the compartment where it presents an engagement portion for manual engagement by a user to pivot the lever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.