Device for dispensing a flowable powder substance

US6698624B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NESTEC S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Gerhard Ufheil · New Milford, US
• William Overbaugh · Morris, US
• Randall C. Chrisman · Southbury, US
• J. Antonio Gutierrez · Kent, US
• Donald Melanson · Southbury, US
• Gerald C. Squires · Clarence Center, US
• Geno Piacentini · Norwalk, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 2, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F13/065
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for cleanly and conveniently refilling a flowable substance in a dispensing device which comprises a container assembly of a container containing a flowable substance; a container holding assembly attached to the container which includes an opening mechanism for securing the opening of the container when the container holding assembly is held in a stable delivery position on a reservoir. An unlatching mechanism is also provided to release the container holding assembly from the reservoir in a convenient way. The invention also relates to the combination of such a container assembly and a reservoir assembly which is especially adapted for securely receiving the container assembly.