Roll-on dispenser with flexible valve
First Claim
1. A dispensing device comprising:
- (i) a container having a neck;
(ii) a fitment mounted on the container, the fitment including an elongated socket with a cutout portion on an upper end thereof, a floor base forming a bottom of the socket with at least one aperture in the floor base, a pair of sidewalls opposite one another flanking the socket, a window in each of the side walls and a hollow sleeve formed on a rear surface of the floor base communicating with the aperture and projecting downward toward the container;
(iii) a roller mounted within the socket and having a short and a long axis; and
(iv) a valve member mounted on the neck, vertically slidable perpendicular to the long axis between the neck and hollow sleeve and having means on the valve member allowing selective fluid communication therebetween, the valve member including an upper surface, a downwardly projecting skirt surrounding the upper surface along an edge thereof, a pair of switch ribs jutting outward from the upper surface in opposite directions from one another and each protrudable through a respective one of the windows, each of the switch ribs being flanked on either side thereof by a slot partially traversing across the upper surface and completely across the skirt.
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Abstract
A dispensing device is provided including a container having a neck, a fitment mounted on the container having an elongated socket for receiving a roller therewithin and a valve member slidably mounted on the neck and communicating with an inner surface of the elongated socket. The valve member includes a transverse wall with a switch rib jutting outward from an upper surface thereof and projecting through a window formed on the wall of the fitment. A pair of slots flank the switch rib and partially traverse across the upper surface thereof and completely across a skirt projecting downwardly from the upper surface. Additionally, there may be a cutout area located between the slots. Both the slots and cutout area provide flexibility to the switch rib. Fluid communication between the container and fitment is achieved when a cap covering the fitment is removed. During removal, a projection on an inner surface of the cap catches the switch rib thereby moving the valve member upward and then through flexing of the switch rib disengaging same.
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9 Claims
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1. A dispensing device comprising:
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(i) a container having a neck; (ii) a fitment mounted on the container, the fitment including an elongated socket with a cutout portion on an upper end thereof, a floor base forming a bottom of the socket with at least one aperture in the floor base, a pair of sidewalls opposite one another flanking the socket, a window in each of the side walls and a hollow sleeve formed on a rear surface of the floor base communicating with the aperture and projecting downward toward the container; (iii) a roller mounted within the socket and having a short and a long axis; and (iv) a valve member mounted on the neck, vertically slidable perpendicular to the long axis between the neck and hollow sleeve and having means on the valve member allowing selective fluid communication therebetween, the valve member including an upper surface, a downwardly projecting skirt surrounding the upper surface along an edge thereof, a pair of switch ribs jutting outward from the upper surface in opposite directions from one another and each protrudable through a respective one of the windows, each of the switch ribs being flanked on either side thereof by a slot partially traversing across the upper surface and completely across the skirt. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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