Device for dispensing a liquid

US8820577B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NESTEC S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Christoph Rusch · Biel, CH
• Elmar Mock · Bienne, CH
• Gary Cooper · Lewisville, US
• Andre Klopfenstein · La Neuveville, CH
• Naomi Bitmead · Köniz, CH
• James Peter Herrick · Brookfield, US
• Amol Ashok Bhalerao · Dublin, US
• Randall L. Morrison · Marysville, US
• Bernard Guillemain · Lausanne, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2001/0817
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for dispensing a liquid is connectable to a container containing the liquid and detachably connectable to a base station having a drive member, the device including a liquid duct and a pump actuated by the drive member for effecting passage of liquid through the duct, characterized in that the device includes a cutter for piercing a tamper resistant foil positioned across the outlet of the container and that a push pin for actuating the cutter is operable from outside the device.