Discharging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9233384-B2
Application number	US-201214005664-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2012
Priority date	Mar 18, 2011
Publication date	Jan 12, 2016
Grant date	Jan 12, 2016

Abstract

A dispenser for discharging liquids with a liquid reservoir for accommodating the liquid prior to being discharged, and a liquid outlet passage which leads to a liquid outlet opening through which the liquid reservoir communicates with a surrounding atmosphere. In a use position, the liquid outlet opening is arranged below the liquid reservoir such that the liquid flows on account of the weight thereof in the direction of the liquid outlet opening, and the liquid outlet passage in the use position does not simultaneously permit air to enter the liquid reservoir and liquid to exit into the surrounding atmosphere. In order to reduce the internal volume of the dispenser and therefore to effect a discharge of liquid, a slide is pushed manually in an actuating direction from a stroke starting position into a stroke end position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dispenser for discharging liquids, comprising:
a liquid reservoir for accommodating liquid prior to being discharged;
a liquid outlet passage which leads to a liquid outlet opening through which the liquid reservoir is communicated to a surrounding atmosphere, the dispenser being designed for use in a use position, in which the liquid outlet opening is arranged below the liquid reservoir such that the liquid flows on account of a weight thereof in a direction of the liquid outlet opening, and the liquid outlet passage is designed in such a manner that, at least in the use position, said liquid outlet passage does not simultaneously permit air to enter the liquid reservoir and liquid to exit into the surrounding atmosphere;
a slide manually pushable in an actuating direction from a stroke starting position into a stroke end position in order to reduce an internal volume of the dispenser and therefore to effect a discharge of the liquid; and
a closing unit which, upon positioning of the slide in the stroke starting position and/or in the stroke end position, shuts off the liquid reservoir from the liquid outlet opening.

2. The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the dispenser comprises a body of a bottle constituting the liquid reservoir and having a bottle neck, and an insert inserted in the bottle neck, wherein the liquid outlet opening and the slide are provided on the insert.

3. The dispenser according to claim 2 , wherein the liquid outlet opening is provided on the slide and moves together with said slide.

4. The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the dispenser comprises a cap, wherein said cap in an installed condition on the dispenser displaces the slide to the stroke end position so that the closing unit shuts off the liquid reservoir from the liquid outlet opening.

5. The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the closing unit has a recess in which, in the stroke end position or in the stroke starting position of the slide, a plug of the closing unit is inserted in the actuating direction or counter to the actuating direction, the plug being fixed in position relative to the liquid reservoir and the recess being fixed in position relative to the slide.

6. The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the closing unit has an inlet to the liquid outlet passage oriented approximately orthogonal to a moving direction of the slide, and a closing area is provided on the slide to block the inlet when the slide is disposed in the stroke end position or the stroke starting position.

7. The dispenser according to claim 1 , further including an adjustment unit for reducing a length of stroke of the slide such that, as a function of the adjustment, the slide is displaceable from the stroke starting position merely up to an intermediate position, wherein the adjustment unit is configured for reducing the length of stroke by a rotary movement of the slide or a rotary movement of an adjustment element rotating around an axis parallel to the actuating direction.

8. The dispenser according to claim 1 , further including a locking unit for locking the slide in a locking position, said locking position corresponding to the stroke starting position.

9. The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid reservoir communicates with the surrounding atmosphere exclusively via the liquid outlet opening.

10. The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid outlet passage has a widening shape.

11. The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid outlet passage has a cross-section which flares outwardly as the liquid outlet passage extends towards the liquid outlet opening.

Assignees

• Greiner-Perth Juergen
• Wochele Matthias
• Auerbach Judith
• Aptar Radolfzell Gmbh

Inventors

• Greiner-Perth Juergen
• Wochele Matthias
• Auerbach Judith

Classifications

• B05B11/1094

  having inlet or outlet valves not being actuated by pressure or having no inlet or outlet valve · CPC title

• B05B11/1008

  by adjusting or modifying the pump end-of-dispensing-stroke position · CPC title

• B05B11/1005 Primary

  with means for adjusting or modifying pump stroke · CPC title

• B05B11/106

  in a retracted position, e.g. in an end-of-dispensing-stroke position · CPC title

• B05B11/1015

  actuated without substantial movement of the nozzle in the direction of the pressure stroke (B05B11/1011 takes precedence) · CPC title