Colgate Palmolive Company

Juhi Solanki

Francis Tatu

John C Crawford

Scott W Demarest

Kiat-Cheong Toh

Mark E Bartlett

A container () is provided that includes a chamber (), a dispensing passageway and a resilient valve (). The chamber contains a viscous fluidic material. The valve () is configured to transition from a normal state to a dispensing state upon a discharge pressure being applied to the chamber () to allow the viscous fluidic material to pass through the orifice () of the resilient valve and to be dispensed from the dispensing passageway as a string of the viscous fluidic material. The orifice () is open in the normal state. The valve is also configured to return from the dispensing state to the normal state upon cessation of the discharge pressure, whereby the resilient valve () assumes a pinching state while returning from the dispensing state to the normal state in which the string of the viscous fluidic material is pinched off by the orifice edge.

Valve apparatus and container including the same

A consumer product includes a housing defining an internal volume. An engaging mechanism is coupled to or integral with the housing. A cartridge is configured to be inserted into the internal volume through a first end of the housing, and the engaging mechanism is configured to engage a second engaging mechanism on the cartridge. An elevation mechanism is positioned at least partially within the internal volume. An actuating device is coupled to the housing proximate to a second end of the housing. The elevation mechanism is configured to move in response to actuation of the actuating device.

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Jersey City, NJ, United States of America

Juhi Solanki