Liquid soap dispenser

• US 4,792,064 A
• Filed: 08/12/1986
• Issued: 12/20/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Dail Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dial Corporation (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Inventors: Ashcraft, Daniel W., Loesel, John L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huppert, Michael S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory L.
• Application Number:
  US06/895,838
• Time in Patent Office: 861 Days
• Field of Search: 222/181, 222/185, 222/95, 222/96, 222/105, 222/212, 222/213, 222/214, 222/164, 222/491, 222/494, 222/103, 248/316.7, 248/205, 248/207, 248/200, 248/108, 248/311.3, 52/34, 52/35, 206/806, 604/212, 604/262, 4/628, 403/381, 403/373
• US Class Current: 222/181.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/12 for liquid or pasty soap
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/122 using squeeze bottles or the like A47K5/1201 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/0216 by squeezing collapsible or flexible storage containers B67D7/0255 takes precedence; for dispensing beverages on draught B67D1/0001
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/30 Dovetail-like connections

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a dispenser for dispensing viscous liquids, such as liquid soap, disinfectants and similar products, comprising a reservoir forming a reservoir for the liquid having an obliquely extending outlet which is provided with a self closing venting valve. A wall mounting assembly in which the dispenser is mounted, is provided with a protruding member, against which the reservoir is compressed to dispense liquid contained in the reservoir. The reservoir can be arranged in two different configurations, so that the dispenser can be mounted to both vertical and horizontal walls and the outlet assembly extends vertically downward.

Claims

1. A liquid dispenser and associated wall mounting assembly for dispensing liquid soaps, disinfectants and similar products, comprising:

a flexible and resilient reservoir for a liquid to be dispensed, the reservoir is provided with an outlet means through which liquid in the reservoir is dispensed therefrom; and

a wall mounting means to which the reservoir is releasably secured, the wall mounting means comprising a J-shaped bracket having a securing means for securing the bracket to a wall, the bracket is further provided with a protruding means that operationally engages the reservoir, and the reservoir is provided with a cylindrical portion that is releasably secured in the inner curve of said J-shaped bracket;

whereby a user presses the reservoir against the protruding means compressing the reservoir and pressurizing liquid in the reservoir so that liquid in the reservoir is dispensed through the outlet means.

2. A liquid dispenser is defined by claim 1 wherein the reservoir has at least one side that is planar and from which the outlet means of the reservoir extends in an oblique manner.

3. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 1 wherein the outlet means is provided with a self closing and venting valve assembly which is used to open and close the outlet means.

4. A liquid dispenser as defined by by claim 1 wherein the inner curve of the J-shaped bracket is provided with a locking means for locking the mounting means of the reservoir in the bracket.

5. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 4 wherein said locking means of the J-shaped bracket comprises a rounded protuberance that locks the cylindrical portion of the reservoir in the inner curve of the J-shaped bracket.

6. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 5 wherein said locking means further comprises an inwardly projecting rim located at the edge of the inner curve of the J-shaped bracket.

7. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 1 wherein the protruding means is located on the stem of the J-shaped bracket and is provided with an oblique surface against which the reservoir is located and against which the reservoir is pressed when a liquid in the reservoir is to be dispensed.

8. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 7 wherein the oblique surface is formed at such an angle that when the bracket is mounted on a vertical wall the outlet means extends vertically downward.

9. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 7 wherein the oblique surface is formed at such an angle that when the bracket is mounted on a horizontal wall the outlet means extends vertically downward.

10. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 7 wherein the mounting means of the reservoir is adapted and constructed so that the reservoir can be reversibly mounted in the bracket by reversing the orientation of the reservoir and forcing the cylindrical portion into the J-shaped bracket.

11. A liquid dispenser and associated wall mounting assembly for dispensing liquid soaps, disinfectants and similar products, comprising:

a flexible and resilient reservoir for a liquid to be dispensed, the reservoir is provided with a cylindrical portion mounting means and an outlet means through which liquid in the reservoir is dispensed therefrom; and

a wall mounting means to which the reservoir is releasably secured, the wall mounting means comprising a J-shaped bracket having a securing means for securing the bracket to a wall, the inner curve of said J-shaped bracket being the receiving means for releasably receiving the mounting means of the reservoir, wherein said mounting means is a cylindrical portion that is received in the inner curve at said J-shaped bracket, the receiving means and the mounting means are adapted and constructed for cooperatively mounting the reservoir in either a first configuration or a second opposite configuration;

whereby a user presses the reservoir against the wall mounting means compressing the reservoir and pressurizing liquid in the reservoir so that liquid in the reservoir is dispensed through the outlet means.

12. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 11 wherein the reservoir has at least one side that is planar and from which the outlet means of the reservoir extends in an oblique manner.

13. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 11 wherein the outlet means is provided with a self-closing and venting valve assembly which is used to open and close the outlet means.

14. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 11 wherein the bracket of the wall mounting means is provided with a protruding means against which the reservoir is pressed to dispense liquid contained therein, the protruding means is provided with an oblique surface against which the reservoir is located and against which the reservoir is pressed when a liquid in the reservoir is to be dispensed.

15. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 14 wherein the oblique surface of the protruding means cooperates with the reservoir and the obliquely extending outlet means so that the outlet means extends vertically downward when mounted on the bracket.

16. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 11 wherein the inner curve of the J-shaped bracket is provided with a locking means for locking the mounting means of the reservoir in the bracket.

17. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 16 wherein said locking means of the J-shaped bracket comprises a rounded protuberances that locks the cylindrical portion of the reservoir in the inner curve of the J-shaped bracket.

18. A liquid dispenser as defined by claim 17 wherein said locking means further comprises an inwardly projecting rim located at the edge of the inner curve of the J-shaped bracket.