Remote sprayer with integral dip tube
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorStephen R. Dennis
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Abstract
Described is a fluid dispensing container having a bottle and fluid withdrawing assembly for liquids, such as liquid cleaners and the like. The bottle has an integral dip tube formed therein connecting at a landing below the top of the bottle neck, fluidly connecting the inside of the bottle with the top opening of the bottle. A fluid dispensing mechanism, such as a remote trigger sprayer, is attached to the top of the bottle to take fluid up through the integral dip tube and dispense the fluid accordingly. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be aligned to allow a direct connection between integral dip tube and the fluid dispensing mechanism at a landing below the bottle opening. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be attached to the bottle with a snap-fit connection.
Claims19
A fluid dispensing container comprising:
- bottle having a front side surface, a back side surface, a bottom, a neck top, a bottle fitment below the neck top, and an interior volume, wherein a dip tube integrally formed exterior to the front side surface, separated from the front side surface by a partition, and fluidly connected to the interior volume at the bottom and fluidly connected to the interior volume at a landing below the neck top;
- a remote trigger sprayer assembly that includes a spring operated reciprocating pump that discharges fluid by movement of a piston head;
- a snap-fit dispensing attachment assembly attached to the bottle neck by a snap-fit fitting and including a flexible connector fluidly connected to the dip tube at the landing, and
- wherein the dispensing attachment assembly is fluidly and flexibly connected to the remote trigger sprayer assembly by a flexible supply line.
A fluid dispensing container comprising:
- a bottle having a front side surface, a back side surface, a bottom, a neck top, a bottle fitment below the neck top, and an interior volume, wherein a dip tube is integrally formed to the front side surface and fluidly connected to the interior volume at the bottom and fluidly connected to the interior volume at a landing below the neck top, the landing being, funnel shaped, instead of flat, with one or both sides of the landing slanting inward towards a dip tube top opening;
- a remote trigger sprayer assembly that includes a spring operated reciprocating pump that discharges fluid by movement of a piston head;
- a snap-fit dispensing attachment assembly attached to the bottle neck by a snap-fit fitting, the snap-fit dispensing attachment includes a separate connector having a depending end portion which is inserted within the funnel shape landing for fluid connection with the dip tube;
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- wherein the dispensing attachment assembly is fluidly and flexibly connected to the remote trigger sprayer assembly by a flexible supply line.
The fluid dispensing container of clam 8, wherein the bent flexible connector is supported on the trigger understructure by a disk that snaps into the trigger understructure.
A fluid dispensing container comprising:
- a bottle having a front side surface, a back side surface, a bottom, a neck top, a bottle fitment below the neck top, and an interior volume, wherein a dip tube is integrally formed exterior to the front side surface, separated from the front side surface by a partition, and fluidly connected to the interior volume at the bottom and fluidly connected to the interior volume at a landing below the neck top, the landing being funnel shaped, instead of flat, with one or both sides of the landing slanting inward towards a dip tube top opening;
- a remote trigger sprayer assembly that includes a spring operated reciprocating pump that discharges fluid by movement of a piston head;
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- a snap-fit dispensing attachment assembly attached to the bottle neck by a snap-fit fitting and which includes a bent flexible connector having a depending end portion radially offset from an axial center of the bottle fitment upon being fluidly connected with the dip tube at the landing;
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- wherein the dispensing attachment assembly is fluidly and flexibly connected to the remote trigger sprayer assembly by a flexible supply line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.