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Container assembly for use with a dispenser

US9038859B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 2013
Grant dateMay 26, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05B11/0097
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A container assembly for use with a dispenser with a feed tube, the assembly comprising a container; a cap fixed to an opening in the container; the cap having a passageway therethrough to allow, in use, the feed tube of a dispenser to pass through the cap and into the container; the cap including a movable element secured to the cap in a first position prior to first insertion of the feed tube by a deformable support element arranged to deform upon insertion of the feed tube into the cap to free the movable element to be supported, in use, in a second position, by the feed tube to preserve the passageway, the movable element being configured to move, upon removal of the feed tube from the container, to a third position at least partially within the passageway in which replacement of the feed tube through the cap is obstructed.

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