Pump dispenser package

• US 6,364,167 B1
• Filed: 05/12/2000
• Issued: 04/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Graham Packaging Plastic Products Incorporated (Graeme Richard Hart, MBA)
• Original Assignee: Owens Brockway Plastic Products Inc (Graeme Richard Hart, MBA)
• Inventors: Johnston, Richard R., Safian, John W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Derakshani, Philippe
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bui, Thach H.
• Application Number:
  US09/570,423
• Time in Patent Office: 690 Days
• Field of Search: 222/190, 222/321.2, 222/321.3, 222/321.9, 222/321.7, 222/384, 222/153.13
• US Class Current: 222/153.13
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1001 Piston pumps B05B11/1087, B05B11/1088, B05B11/109 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1047 the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container

Abstract

A pump dispenser package that includes a container having a cylindrical neck with an axial edge that surrounds a container outlet opening. The neck has an internal circumferential channel that extends around the neck in a plane adjacent to but spaced from the axial edge of the neck. A pump assembly has a cylindrical housing with an integrally formed radially outwardly extending flange. A flat annular adapter ring has an inner edge secured to the pump housing in abutment with the flange and an outer edge received in the internal channel in the container neck to mount the pump assembly to the container. In the preferred construction, the pump housing has a radial ledge spaced from the flange, and the inner edge of the adapter ring is captured between the ledge and the flange. The outer edge of the adapter ring preferably has an annular peripheral bead that is received by snap-fit within the channel in the container neck. The adapter ring has a flat upper surface that is coplanar with the axial edge of the neck.

Claims

1. A pump dispenser package that comprises:

a container having a cylindrical neck with an axial edge that surrounds a container outlet opening,

said neck having an internal channel that extends circumferentially around said neck in a plane adjacent to but spaced from said axial edge,

a pump assembly having a cylindrical housing with an integrally formed radially outwardly extending flange and a radially extending ledge spaced from said flange, and

a flat annular adapter ring having an inner edge secured to said pump housing in abutment with said flange, said adapter ring being captured between said ledge and said flange, and an outer edge received in said internal channel in said neck to mount said pump assembly to said container.

2. The pump set forth in claim 1 further comprising an annular seal captured between said adapter ring and said flange.

3. The pump set forth in claim 1 wherein said ledge has a conical upper surface for centering said adapter ring as said adapter ring is received over said ledge, and a flat lower surface for opposed facing engagement with an upper surface of said adapter ring.

4. The pump set forth in claim 3 wherein said flat upper surface of said adapter ring is coplanar with said axial edge of said neck.

5. The pump set forth in claim 1 wherein said adapter ring outer edge has an annular peripheral bead that is received within said channel.

6. The pump set forth in claim 1 wherein said adapter ring has a flat surface that is coplanar with said axial edge of said neck.

7. A pump assembly for a pump dispenser package, which comprises:

a cylindrical housing with an integrally formed radially outwardly extending flange and a radially extending ledge spaced from said flange,

a pump mechanism disposed in said housing, and

a flat annular adapter ring having an inner edge secured to said pump housing in abutment with said flange and an outer edge for securement to a package container, said inner edge of said adapter ring being captured between said ledge and said flange.

8. The pump assembly set forth in claim 7 comprising an annular seal captured between said adapter ring and said flange.

9. The pump assembly set forth in claim 7 wherein said ledge has a conical upper surface for centering said adapter ring as said adapter ring is received over said ledge, and a flat lower surface for opposed facing engagement with an upper surface of said adapter ring.

10. The pump assembly set forth in claim 7 wherein said adapter ring outer edge has an annular peripheral bead for securement to a container.

11. A method of making a pump dispenser package that comprises the steps of:

(a) providing a container having a cylindrical neck with an axial edge that surrounds a container outlet opening, said neck having an internal channel that extends around said neck in a plane spaced from said edge,

(b) providing a pump assembly that includes a cylindrical housing containing a pump mechanism, an integrally formed radially outwardly extending flange and a edge on said housing spaced from said flange, and a flat annular adapter ring having an inner edge secured to said pump housing in abutment with said flange and an outer edge, including (b1) providing said housing and said adapter ring as separate components, and then (b2) securing said adapter ring on said housing over said ledge such that said ring is received by snap fit between said ledge and said flange, and

(c) securing said pump assembly within said neck with said outer edge of said adapter ring being received by snap fit within said channel in said neck.

12. The method set forth in claim 11 wherein said step (b1) comprises providing an annular peripheral bead on said outer edge of said adapter ring, and wherein said step (c) comprises securing said bead within said channel.