Pump dispenser

• US 7,841,494 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2007
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Randall Batinkoff
• Original Assignee: Randall Batinkoff
• Inventors: Batinkoff, Randall, Brandt, William Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver, Kevin P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bainbridge, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US11/724,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20080223879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• Field of Search: 222/207, 222/209, 222631-633, 239/338
• US Class Current: 222/633
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/062 designed for spraying particulate material

Abstract

The invention is a pump cap that is designed to seat on top of a receptacle, which in at least one example is filled with powder or hair fibers. The cap is fitted on top with a deformable dome with an empty chamber of air within it. The cap has an air inlet with a check valve that then opens into a wide flared opening into the dome'"'"'s empty chamber. The air in the dome is pushed past a check valve and down a long passageway into the receptacle to aggressively disturb the powder or hair fibers within the receptacle. The disturbed hair fibers or powder then exits the cap through a third passage with a flared opening that is flush with the bottom of the cap that then exits out the side of the cap.

Claims

1. A pump cap for dispensing a cosmetic media from a receptacle, the receptacle having a base and an outer upright peripheral wall extending from the base to define a receptacle chamber for the cosmetic media, the upright peripheral wall terminating in an open end, said pump cap comprising:

a closure including a top wall which terminates in a downward depending peripheral wall, said top wall having top and bottom sides, said closure receiving the open end of the receptacle adjacent said bottom side of said top wall of the closure and within the depending peripheral wall;

a deformable dome secured to said top wall of the closure to provide an air-tight dome chamber between said deformable dome and said top wall of said closure;

an air pump tube for providing airflow from said dome chamber to the open top end of the receptacle when said deformable dome is compressed, said air pump tube having a top end located in the dome chamber and a bottom end located in the receptacle chamber, said top end being flared out;

an air intake tube comprising a first air intake chamber running in a direction substantially parallel to the top wall of the closure and communicating with said peripheral wall of said closure, and a second air intake chamber communicating with said first air intake chamber and with said dome chamber, said second air inlet chamber being disposed perpendicularly to said first air inlet chamber, and being in communication with said first inlet chamber and said dome chamber, said air intake tube providing airflow from outside the dispenser to said dome chamber when deformable dome is released from a compressed to a non-compressed state; and

an outlet chamber for dispensing cosmetic media from the receptacle, said outlet chamber communicating between a media outlet opening on the peripheral wall of said closure, and a receptacle chamber media opening located on the bottom side of the top wall of said closure, said receptacle chamber media opening being flush against the bottom side of the top wall of the closure;

such that the dispenser can be held in one hand and cosmetic media may be dispensed by successively compressing and releasing said deforming dome.

2. The pump cap of claim 1, said air pump tube including a one-way valve allowing air to flow from said dome chamber to said receptacle chamber but hindering air flow from said receptacle chamber into said dome chamber.

3. The pump cap of claim 1, further comprising a one-way air intake valve within said first air intake chamber, said one-way air intake valve allowing air to flow from outside the receptacle to within the dome chamber but hindering air flow in the opposite direction.

4. The dispenser of claim 1, wherein the air pump tube is positioned such that air expelled from said tube is incident on a top surface of the cosmetic media.

5. The dispenser of claim 1, further comprising:

a flange extending from and parallel to the top side of the closure;

wherein said deformable dome possesses a lip which fits under the flange, thereby sealing the deformable dome to the closure.

6. The dispenser of claim 1, wherein the air pump tube is located generally within the center of the closure.

7. An improved dispenser for cosmetic media, the dispenser comprising a receptacle and a pump cap, the receptacle having a base and an outer upright peripheral wall extending from the base to define a receptacle chamber for the cosmetic media, the pump cap comprising:

a closure including a top wall which terminates in a downward depending peripheral wall, said top wall having top and bottom sides, said closure receiving the open end of the receptacle adjacent said bottom side of said top wall of the closure and within the depending peripheral wall;

a flange extending from and parallel to the top side of the closure;

a deformable dome having a lip, said lip fitting under the flange of the closure, thereby providing an air-tight dome chamber between said deformable dome and said top wall of said closure;

an air pump tube for providing airflow from said dome chamber to the open top end of the receptacle when said deformable dome is compressed, said air pump tube being located generally in the center of said closure, said air pump tube having a valve located at a top end of said air pump tube, allowing air flow from said dome chamber to said receptacle chamber but hindering airflow in the opposite direction, said air pump tube having a top end located in the dome chamber and a bottom end located in the receptacle chamber, said top end being flared out, said bottom end extending only a small distance past the bottom side of the top wall of the closure, such that air expelled from said air pump tube into said receptacle chamber is directly incident on the cosmetic media in the receptacle chamber;

an air intake tube comprising a first air intake chamber running in a direction substantially parallel to the top wall of the closure and communicating with said peripheral wall of said closure, and a second air intake chamber communicating with said first air intake chamber and with said dome chamber, said second air intake chamber being disposed perpendicularly to said first air intake chamber, said air intake tube possessing a valve preventing air from flowing out of the dome chamber but allowing air to flow into the dome chamber, said air intake tube providing airflow from outside the dispenser to said dome chamber when the deformable dome is released from a compressed to a non-compressed state; and

a media outlet chamber for dispensing media from the receptacle through the media outlet opening on the exterior of the pump cap, said media outlet chamber comprising a first cylindrical chamber communicating with a receptacle chamber media opening located on the bottom side of the top wall of the closure, said first cylindrical chamber being substantially perpendicular to said bottom side of said top wall of said closure, a second cylindrical chamber substantially perpendicular to said first cylindrical chamber, and communicating with said first cylindrical chamber, and a third cylindrical chamber parallel to and communicating with said second cylindrical chamber and with said media outlet opening on the exterior of the pump cap;

said media outlet chamber communicating between the media outlet opening, and a receptacle chamber media opening located on the bottom side of the top wall of said closure, said receptacle chamber media opening being flush against the bottom side of the top wall of the closure.

8. The dispenser of claim 7, wherein said media is a powder or fiber.

9. The dispenser of claim 8, wherein said fiber is a hair increasing material.

10. The dispenser of claim 8, which provides a discharge which can be accurately directed at the head or body or a person.

11. The dispenser of claim 8, wherein the media outlet opening has a tube attached to it so as to make dispensing of the media more accurate.