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Dual chamber pump dispenser

US6230935A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 1996
Grant dateMay 15, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05B11/0038
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The dual chamber dispenser consists of two tubular chambers each of which is connected to a pump. The pumps are self-priming and are of a type that draw the substances from the tubular chambers. There is an activator which also serves as the top of the dispenser, side view apertures, a foot for better stability and a spout that is angled for enhanced dispensing. The side view apertures allow for viewing the fill level of the tubular chambers. The pumps are of a type having an upper valve and a lower valve, with the upper valves a part of the piston's that move in and out of the pumping chambers. The valves in said pumps are positive closing by means of a biasing spring. The substances to be dispensed are maintained separate, one from the other, until the substances are dispensed.

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