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Cap and dust cover for an antiseptic soap dispenser

  • US 6,142,343 A
  • Filed: 01/25/1999
  • Issued: 11/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dispensing tube and a closure for sealing an upstream end of the dispensing tube to a neck of a container of fluid to be dispensed, the upstream end of the tube defining a lip including an annular flange, the closure comprising:

  • a cap, the cap including a top and an annular skirt depending from an outer edge of the top, the top defining a central opening, the skirt having an internal thread for engaging an external thread on the container neck;

    a thrust washer received within the cap, the thrust washer disposed between the lip flange and the top of the cap and being configured to engage and remain stationary with the lip flange as the cap rotates such that the thrust washer provides a bearing surface on which the top of the cap slides.

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