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Dispensing apparatus having a pump tube

  • US 5,464,125 A
  • Filed: 02/06/1995
  • Issued: 11/07/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved dispenser for dispensing liquid, for use with liquid container of the type having a pump comprised of an upper fitment connected to a pump tube and hence to a pump tip, said improved dispenser comprising:

  • a back plate, back side thereof being attachable to a flat vertical surface, front side thereof having means for supporting said container, an upper fitment recess within which said upper fitment may be laterally installed in a closely-fitting relationship and which is configured to restrain longitudinal movement of said upper fitment, a vertical pressure support wall against which said pump tube may be positioned, and a lower fitment recess within which said pump tip may be laterally installed in a closely-fitting relationship and which is configured to restrain longitudinal movement of said pump tip;

    a full cover attachable to said front side of said back plate at corresponding mating edge contours so as to form an interior cavity and substantially conceal and protect said back plate and said interior from spraying and falling water;

    a pump lever bearing on said pump tube at rest and collapsing in a downward manner said pump tube against said vertical pressure support wall when said pump lever is actuated by a user, thereby expelling a unit portion of said liquid into said user'"'"'s palm; and

    means for closing said lower fitment recess;

    said upper and lower fitment recesses, said means for closing said lower fitment recess, said vertical pressure support wall and said pump lever thereby collectively constraining said pump tube to a precise operating envelope.

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