Apparatus for mounting a tissue roll and dispensing a flowable substance
US4901889A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S242/905
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An apparatus for mounting a tissue roll and for dispensing a flowable substance, such as cleansing foam, comprises a canister body containing the substance. The canister body is adapted to be coaxially disposed within a core of a tissue roll and includes a nozzle at one end. Support sleeves are mounted on opposite ends of the canister body and carry axial hubs adapted to be received to recesses of a wall fixture. One of the sleeve carries a laterally extending dispensing handle which contains a lateral passage. An upper end of the passage communicates with the canister nozzle, and a lower end of the passage defines an outlet in the form of a series of discharge channels. By depressing the handle relative to the sleeve, the nozzle is depressed to emit the substance which travels through the passage and exits the discharge channels onto tissue held by the user. Upper ends of the channels communicate with an expansion chamber formed in the passage to cause the substance to slow in speed just prior to exiting the handle, in order to produce a gentler dispensing of the substance.
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