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US 8,464,908 B1Granted
Multi-directional fluid dispenser
OwnerNorman W. Taborinventor
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Abstract
Presently, when the liquid inside a fluid dispenser (such as a condiment dispenser) is low, a person has to turn the fluid dispenser upside down to cause the fluid to migrate towards the spout for squirting out. The problem associated with having to turn the fluid dispenser upside down is that the fluid can seep through a vent hole and dry up the vent hole when the fluid dries up. The present invention features a fluid dispenser that can dispense a fluid contained therein without having to flip the dispenser upside down to have the fluid migrated to the spout.
Claims1
A multi-directional fluid dispenser (100) consisting of:
- (a) a screwed cap (110) covering an opening (122) of a squeezable container (120), the screwed cap (110) is secured to the squeezable container (120);
- (b) a channel (112) extending through the cap (110), the channel (112) fluidly connecting a closure spout (130) extending upwardly from the cap (110) at a top cap side (114) with a perforated straw (140) comprising a plurality of apertures (146) along the length of the straw extending downwardly from the cap (110) at a bottom cap side (116), the perforated straw (140) having a first end (142) and a second end (144), the first end (142) is disposed towards the cap (110) and the second end (114) is disposed towards a bottom surface (124) of the squeezable container (120);
- (c) a bag (150) enveloping a length (148) of the perforated straw (140) that is disposed within the squeezable container (120), the first end of the perforated straw (142) pierces through the bag through a bag aperture (152), the second end of the perforated straw (144) remains inside the bag (150), a fluid (160) is contained in the bag (150) to be dispensed, wherein a seal (180) is disposed between a lip (154) of the bag aperture (152) and the perforated straw (140);
- (d) eight vent holes (190) disposed on the cap (110), wherein the holes are radially and uniformly around the closure spout (130);
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- (e) a circular check valve disk (172) disposed on the bottom side of the cap (110), wherein the check valve disk (172) is supported by a circular support disk (174) adjacently below the check valve disk (172), wherein the check valve disk (172) and the support disk (174) are centered around and contact the straw (140), wherein the support disk (174) is smaller in diameter than the diameter of the check valve disk (172) such that the check valve disk (172) flaps over the vent holes (190) to form eight check valves (170);
- wherein when the squeezable container (120) is compressed, the squeezable container (120) compresses against the bag (150) and causes fluid (160) to enter the perforated straw (140) and is then squirted out through the closure spout (130).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.