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US 7,883,287 B2Granted
Dispenser with thermal storage tip
AssigneeHCT Asia Ltd
InventorTimothy Thorpe
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Abstract
A dispenser includes a thermal storage tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. The thermal storage tip comprises a material that is capable of storing and retaining thermal energy during application of the product.
Claims21
A dispenser comprising:
- a housing having a reservoir for containing a product;
- a thermal storage tip coupled to the housing, the thermal storage tip comprising a metal or a ceramic and having an application face for applying the product to a surface;
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- an insert disposed in and substantially flush with the application face of the thermal storage tip, the insert defining a product delivery passageway in communication with the reservoir, the product delivery passageway extending through the thermal storage tip and terminating in an aperture in the application face, wherein the insert comprises a thermoplastic polymer.
1 more element
A dispenser comprising:
- a housing having a reservoir for containing a product;
- and
- a thermal storage tip coupled to the housing, the thermal storage tip having an application face with a surface finish of about 30 to about 70 micro-inches for applying the product to a surface and a product delivery passageway extending through the thermal storage tip and terminating in an aperture in the application face, the thermal storage tip comprising a metal or a ceramic and having a volume of at least about 300 millimeters3 and at most about 700 millimeters3.
A dispenser comprising:
- a housing having a reservoir for containing a product;
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- a thermal storage tip coupled to the housing, the thermal storage tip having an application face for applying the product to a surface and a product delivery passageway extending through the thermal storage tip and terminating in an aperture in the application face, the thermal storage tip comprising a metal or a ceramic and having a mass of at least about 0.3 grams and at most about 0.7 grams, and a volume of at least about 300 millimeters3 and at most about 700 millimeters3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.