Housing for a liquid dispenser for dispensing liquid soap and the like
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1. A housing for a liquid dispenser for dispensing liquid soap and the like comprising:
- (a) a back member for being received and held in an upright position against a vertical wall;
(b) a front casing proturuding forwardly from said back member, said front casing having a front panel, a pair of spaced opposed side panels joined by their front edges to said front panel, a top panel joined by its front edge to said front panel, and a bottom panel joined by its front edge to said front panel, the side edges of said side panels, said top panel and said bottom panel being joined so that said front panel, said side panels, said top panel and said bottom panel define an open interior and the rear edges of said side panels, said top panel and said bottom panel define an open rear end for said casing;
(c) a hinge member connecting said bottom panel and back member, said hinge member having bases respectively secured to said back member and said bottom panel, a hinge tongue protruding from one of said bases and a stationary hinge pin carried by said hinge tongue, said hinge pin being of a thickness greater than the thickness of said hinge tongue, the other of said bases carrying an arcuate pin receiving member partially surrounding said pin for confining said pin for limited pivotal movement within said pin receiving member when said casing is moved from an upright closed position, in which said open rear end is adjacent to said back, to an inclined forwardly and upwardly open position;
(d) a friction latch for frictionally joining the upper end portions of said casing and said back member when said casing is in its closed position.
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Abstract
A housing assembly has an upright back with side channels which carry a cartridge supporting bracket on which is mounted a removable liquid soap cartridge. A casing hinged at the bottom to the back and snapped to the top of the back, encompasses the cartridge and bracket when the casing is closed. A squeese nozzle connected to the cartridge protrudes out of the bottom of the casing and is activated when a plunger on the casing is depressed toward the bracket to squeeze the nozzle, therebetween.
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1. A housing for a liquid dispenser for dispensing liquid soap and the like comprising:
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(a) a back member for being received and held in an upright position against a vertical wall; (b) a front casing proturuding forwardly from said back member, said front casing having a front panel, a pair of spaced opposed side panels joined by their front edges to said front panel, a top panel joined by its front edge to said front panel, and a bottom panel joined by its front edge to said front panel, the side edges of said side panels, said top panel and said bottom panel being joined so that said front panel, said side panels, said top panel and said bottom panel define an open interior and the rear edges of said side panels, said top panel and said bottom panel define an open rear end for said casing; (c) a hinge member connecting said bottom panel and back member, said hinge member having bases respectively secured to said back member and said bottom panel, a hinge tongue protruding from one of said bases and a stationary hinge pin carried by said hinge tongue, said hinge pin being of a thickness greater than the thickness of said hinge tongue, the other of said bases carrying an arcuate pin receiving member partially surrounding said pin for confining said pin for limited pivotal movement within said pin receiving member when said casing is moved from an upright closed position, in which said open rear end is adjacent to said back, to an inclined forwardly and upwardly open position; (d) a friction latch for frictionally joining the upper end portions of said casing and said back member when said casing is in its closed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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