Toothpaste dispenser
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1. A toothpaste dispenser comprising:
- a plastic housing comprising a small, horizontal upper compartment and an elongated vertical main compartment, the upper compartment being contiguous to the main compartment, the main compartment having a front wall, there being a door in the front wall;
said main compartment comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a concave bottom wall with an outlet aperture;
a vertically disposed planar wedge adjacent to the rear wall with its thinner edge abutting the bottom of said housing, said wedge and housing being dimensioned and configured such that a toothpaste tube can be vertically disposed against the planar wedge with its nozzle protruding from the outlet aperture;
a horizontally disposed cylindrical wedge having a first axle and an oppositely disposed second axle, said cylindrical wedge being pressed against the toothpaste tube and the planar wedge;
a first rod and a second rod, each rod having pulleys proximate to one end as respective first and second pulleys and having respective first and second spur gears at the opposite end;
a third driving spur gear, each first and second spur gear intermeshing with each other, the first spur gear intermeshing with said driving third spur gear;
a first line attached to said first pulley and to said first axle of the cylindrical wedge; and
a second line attached to said second pulley and to said first axle of the cylindrical wedge;
wherebythe cylindrical wedge is slidingly moved down the toothpaste tube by operation of the driving third spur gear to squeeze the toothpaste through the nozzle of the tube onto a toothbrush, and the cylindrical wedge being returned to its original position upon emptying the tube by reversing the operation of the driving third spur gear.
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Abstract
A wall mountable toothpaste dispenser operated by electrical power from the bathroom outlet or batteries. A sliding horizontal cylindrical wedge presses a toothpaste tube against a fixed vertical planar wedge with an inclined surface for squeezing a dose onto a toothbrush. The cylindrical wedge is moved by a line and pulley system driven by a motor and spur gearing. The dispenser is made from inexpensive materials and any mechanical part can be repaired by the user. Other viscous liquid products can be dispensed by this device.
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1. A toothpaste dispenser comprising:
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a plastic housing comprising a small, horizontal upper compartment and an elongated vertical main compartment, the upper compartment being contiguous to the main compartment, the main compartment having a front wall, there being a door in the front wall; said main compartment comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a concave bottom wall with an outlet aperture; a vertically disposed planar wedge adjacent to the rear wall with its thinner edge abutting the bottom of said housing, said wedge and housing being dimensioned and configured such that a toothpaste tube can be vertically disposed against the planar wedge with its nozzle protruding from the outlet aperture; a horizontally disposed cylindrical wedge having a first axle and an oppositely disposed second axle, said cylindrical wedge being pressed against the toothpaste tube and the planar wedge; a first rod and a second rod, each rod having pulleys proximate to one end as respective first and second pulleys and having respective first and second spur gears at the opposite end; a third driving spur gear, each first and second spur gear intermeshing with each other, the first spur gear intermeshing with said driving third spur gear; a first line attached to said first pulley and to said first axle of the cylindrical wedge; and a second line attached to said second pulley and to said first axle of the cylindrical wedge;
wherebythe cylindrical wedge is slidingly moved down the toothpaste tube by operation of the driving third spur gear to squeeze the toothpaste through the nozzle of the tube onto a toothbrush, and the cylindrical wedge being returned to its original position upon emptying the tube by reversing the operation of the driving third spur gear. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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