Multi-chamber fluid dispensing container with dip tubes
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorStephen R. Dennis
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Abstract
Described is a multi-chamber fluid dispensing container with multiple dip tubes, and a package including the container and trigger sprayer having multiple supply lines for fluid connection to the multiple dip tubes. The container includes a body having a first wall defining a first interior volume and a second wall defining a second interior volume, a first dip tube fluidly connected to the first interior volume, and a second dip tube fluidly connected to the second interior volume. The package may include the container and a trigger sprayer coupled to the container, and fluidly connected to the first dip tube and to the second dip tube. Other embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.
Claims15
A multi-chamber fluid dispensing container comprising:
- a body having a bottom, a first wall defining a first interior volume and a second wall defining a second interior volume;
- a neck formed to the body and defining a first opening to the first interior volume and a second opening to the second interior volume;
- a first dip tube exteriorly formed to the first wall, separated from the first wall by a first partition, fluidly connected to the first interior volume at the bottom of the body, and fluidly connected to the first interior volume below a top of the neck;
- a second dip tube exteriorly formed to the second wall, separated from the second wall by a second partition, fluidly connected to the second interior volume at the bottom of the body, and fluidly connected to the second interior volume below the top of the neck wherein the first dip tube is fluidly connected to the first interior volume at a first landing below the top of the neck, and wherein the second dip tube is fluidly connected to the second interior volume at a second landing below the top of the neck;
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- wherein one or both of the first landing and the second landing are funnel-shaped.
An improved multi-chamber fluid dispensing package of the type in which a trigger sprayer is operated to draw fluid from separate chambers of a container via first and second fluid lines and dispense the fluid as a combined stream via a nozzle, wherein improvement comprises:
- multi-chamber fluid dispensing container including;
- a first dip tube exteriorly formed to a first wall of a body of the container, separated from the first wall by a first partition, and fluidly connected to a first interior volume of the container;
- a second dip tube exteriorly formed to a second wall of the body of the container, separated from the second wall by a second partition, and fluidly connected to a second interior volume of the container;
- a neck portion;
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- wherein the trigger sprayer is configured to couple to the neck portion of the container with the first fluid supply line fluidly connected to the first dip tube, and the second fluid supply line connected to the second dip tube.
A multi-chamber fluid dispensing container comprising:
- a body having a bottom, a first wall defining a first interior volume and a second wall defining a second interior volume;
- a neck formed to the body and defining a first opening to the first interior volume and a second opening to the second interior volume;
- a fitment below a top of the neck;
- a first dip tube exteriorly formed to the first wall, separated from the first wall by a first partition, fluidly connected to the first interior volume at the bottom of the body, and fluidly connected to the first interior volume below the top of the neck, wherein the first dip tube is fluidly connected to the first interior volume at a first landing below the top of the neck;
- a second dip tube exteriorly formed to the second wall, separated from the second wall by a second partition, fluidly connected to the second interior volume at the bottom of the body, and fluidly connected to the second interior volume below the top of the neck, wherein the second dip tube is fluidly connected to the second interior volume at a second landing below the top of the neck;
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- a divider wall separating the first interior volume and the second interior volume;
- wherein the distance between the top of the neck and the first landing, and the distance between the top of the neck and the second landing, is equal to or greater than a length of the fitment;
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- wherein one or both of the first landing and the second landing are funnel-shaped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.