Product dispenser with a flexible pouch
US6510965B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB05B11/1001
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A fluid dispenser including: a flexible pouch (3) containing fluid and provided with an opening (31); a dispensing member (5) such as a pump for drawing off fluid contained in the flexible pouch through the opening; a shell (1) surrounding the pouch (3) and provided with an opening (13) that coincides with the opening (31) of the flexible pouch, the shell (1) being made in two portions (11, 12) connected together along a connection line (14) passing through the opening (13) in the shell so that each shell portion (111, 121) forms a portion of the opening in the shell; a pouch support (2) to which the opening (31) in the flexible pouch (3) is fixed, the support being held in position between the two shell portions (11, 12) at the opening (13) in the shell; and a fixing ring (4) for fixing the dispensing member; the dispenser being characterized in that the fixing ring comprises: a fixing band portion snap-fastened onto the pouch support; and a holding band portion engaged over the opening in the shell to hold the two shell portions together.
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