Disposable refill cartridge for a liquid soap dispensing system

• US 5,209,377 A
• Filed: 08/06/1992
• Issued: 05/11/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Allan J. Voth, Charles R. Holzner Sr, Robert L. Steiner
• Original Assignee: Allan J. Voth, Charles R. Holzner Sr, Robert L. Steiner
• Inventors: Holzner, Charles R. Sr., Steiner, Robert L., Voth, Allan J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): POMRENING, ANTHOULA
• Application Number:
  US07/925,095
• Time in Patent Office: 278 Days
• Field of Search: 222/325, 222/181, 222/185, 222/206, 222/207, 222/214, 222/189, 222/478, 222/481
• US Class Current: 222/189.09
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/1209 with chamber in the form of a cylindrical tube

Abstract

A disposable refill cartridge for a liquid soap dispenser having a closed container with a bottom wall portion and a rear wall portion and two opposes side wall portions. An outlet opening is formed in a cylindrical neck extending from the bottom wall portion, as is a frustoconical portion intermediate the bottom wall and the cylindrical neck. At least one boss extends outwardly from the frustoconical portion and the cylindrical neck with two elongated recesses respectively formed in the side wall portions adjacent to the rear wall portion. Each of the recesses extends downwardly to the bottom wall portion, and the container has stepped retaining surfaces at the upper end of the rear wall portion and at the lower ends of the side wall portions. A receptacle is formed in the rear wall having an apertured end wall.

Claims

1. A disposable refill cartridge for a liquid soap dispenser, said cartridge comprising:

a closed container having a bottom wall portion and a rear wall portion and two opposed side wall portions, an outlet opening formed in a cylindrical neck extending from said bottom wall portion, a frustoconical portion intermediate said bottom wall portion and said cylindrical neck, at least one boss extending outwardly from said frustoconical portion and said cylindrical neck, two elongated recesses respectively formed in said side wall portions adjacent to said rear wall portion, each of said recesses extending downwardly to said bottom wall portion, said container having stepped retaining surfaces at the upper end of said rear wall portion and at the lower ends of said side wall portions, and a receptacle formed in the rear wall portion having an apertured end wall and a plastic filter within said receptacle.

2. The refill cartridge of claim 1, and further including a compressible nipple connected to said neck, said nipple having a normally-closed discharge slit at the distal end thereof.

3. The disposable refill cartridge of claim 1, wherein there are at least two bosses each having a different shape.

4. The disposable refill cartridge of claim 3, wherein one boss is rectangular in plan view and one boss is arcuate in plan view.

5. The disposable refill cartridge of claim 1, wherein said filter is porous polytetrafluorethylene having an average pore diameter of about 25 microns.

6. The disposable refill cartridge of claim 5, wherein said filter is about 1/4" in diameter and about 5/16" long.