METERED DOSING CONTAINER WITH INDEPENDENTLY DEFORMABLE INTERNAL BLADDER

• US 20080190961A1
• Filed: 02/06/2008
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Poly-D, LLC
• Original Assignee: Poly-D, LLC
• Inventors: Fox, Richard B., Mileti, Robert J., Wyner, Daniel M., LaFlamme, Roger J.
• Application Number:
  US12/026,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20080190961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 222/207
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/026 Membranes separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1032 actuated without substantial movement of the nozzle in the direction of the pressure stroke B05B11/103 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/00 Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents dispensing means incorporated in removable or non-permanently secured container closures B65D47/00; for shops, stores, offices, bars, or the like A47F1/04; showcases or show cabinets with dispensing arrangements A47F3/02; magazines for screws or nuts in combination with spanners, wrenches or screwdrivers B25B23/06; for use in connection with the handling of sheets, webs, or filamentary material B65H
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/80 Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging bio-packaging Y02W90/10

Abstract

The present invention is a fluid dispensing device that includes a reusable outer housing that defines a bladder-receiving region. An independently deformable bladder, that contains media to be dispensed therein, resides in the bladder-receiving region. A pump, which is accessible from the outside of the housing by a user, is installed in fluid communication with the bladder to dispense media from the bladder for use. When media is depleted from the bladder, the bladder and pump arrangement can be easily replaced with a full bladder and new pump for installation into the reusable outer housing.

Claims

1. A fluid dispensing device, comprising:

housing defining a bladder-receiving region;

a bladder residing in the bladder-receiving region;

media to be dispensed residing in the bladder;

a pump in fluid communication with the bladder;

the pump configured and arranged to dispense media from the bladder for use.

2. The fluid dispensing device of claim 1, wherein the housing further defines at least one aperture therethrough to enable the bladder to be viewed.

3. The fluid dispensing device of claim 1, further comprising:

means for retaining the bladder in the bladder-receiving region.

4. The fluid dispensing device of claim 1, wherein the bladder has a bellows configuration.

5. The fluid dispensing device of claim 1, wherein the pump is a metering pump.

6. The fluid dispensing device of claim 1, wherein the housing is rigid.

7. The fluid dispensing device of claim 1, wherein the housing is semi-rigid.

8. The fluid dispensing device of claim 1, wherein the pump and bladder are permanently connected to one another.

9. The fluid dispensing device of claim 1, wherein the fluid dispensing device has an outer appearance that remains substantially unchanged during dispensing of media from the bladder during use.