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Refillable container

US11365040B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 16, 2019
Grant dateJun 21, 2022
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05B15/30
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A refillable container includes: an inner container having a suction port at a center of an upper surface portion and a bottom portion with a pyramid shape having a deepest portion at a center of the bottom portion; a support member configured to hold the bottom portion of the inner container to support the inner container in a standing state; a lid member fitted to an outer periphery of the inner container; a discharge pump on a top surface portion of the lid member, the discharge pump including a suction tube inserted through the suction port into the inner container; and a positioning device for positioning the inner container in a vertical direction such that a distal end of the suction tube is located in the pyramid shape of the bottom portion of the inner container.

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