Fluid-dispensing apparatus

• US 4,615,476 A
• Filed: 06/04/1984
• Issued: 10/07/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ecolab USA Incorporated (Ecolab, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Huntington Laboratories, Inc. (Ecolab, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hobbs, Richard E., Hanning, John H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rolla, Joseph J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bollinger, David H.
• Application Number:
  US06/616,946
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: 222/179, 222/180, 222/173, 222/182, 222/153, 222/186, 222/183, 222/154, 222/158, 222/159, 222/156, 248/309 R, 248/311.2, 248/312, 248/542, 248/544, 248/224.3, 248/224.4
• US Class Current: 222/153.09
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/1211 using pressure on soap, e.g. with piston A47K5/1201 takes precedence; by squeezing A47K5/122

Abstract

A support housing for a fluid-dispensing container that includes a pump for delivery of the fluid from the container. The container has a specifically contoured D-shaped neck portion flange which mounts to the support housing which has a receiving flange adapted to hold the neck portion flange. The housing also includes a front housing portion that is deformable and able to snap on and off of a back housing portion.

Claims

1. A support housing for a fluid-dispensing container, said support housing being adapted for mounting to a surface and for housing said fluid-dispensing container, said fluid-dispensing container having a neck portion specifically contoured for receipt by said housing, said support housing comprising:

a back housing portion having a means for receiving the contoured neck portion of said container;

a front housing portion adapted for holding said neck portion within said receiving means;

surface mounting means for mounting said housing to a surface; and

a locking plate having abutment arms and being movable relative to said back housing portion between a locked orientation and an unlocked orientation, in said locked orientation said arms being contiguous with said front housing portion.

2. A fluid-dispensing apparatus for pumping from a container a portion of the container contents, said fluid-dispensing apparatus comprising:

a two-part, snap-together housing including a flange sleeve;

a container having an open mouth and a contoured flange slidably received by said flange sleeve;

a pump mechanism sealed onto said open mouth and operable in response to air pressure to deliver a portion of said container contents;

a foot pump operably coupled to said pump mechanism for delivering pulses of air to said pump mechanism by foot activation of said foot pump; and

a locking plate having abutment arms and being movable relative to said housing between a locked orientation and an unlocked orientation, in said locked orientation said arms being operable to preclude manual unsnapping of said two housing parts.