Steiner Corporation

Randel P Smith

Robert L Steiner

A fluid refill pouch for use with a dispenser having a refill well with a refill opening therein and a piercing member disposed in the refill well, the pouch having a flexible wall hermetically sealed for containing fluid, and a docking adaptor loosely disposed in the pouch for insertion into the refill well so as to push the wall of the pouch upon the piercing member to pierce the wall and provide an opening for discharge of fluid from the pouch through the refill opening and into the dispenser; the inner wall of the refill well and the outer wall of the docking adaptor are shaped complementarily with flutes in the outer wall of the docking adaptor for easy grasping by the user, the parts having non-standard dimensions to provide anti-bootleg protection; there also is provided a fluid dispensing system incorporating such a refill pouch and dispenser.

Fluid refill pouch and dispenser

A towel dispenser of the continuous loop type wherein the housing has two spaced apart and vertically extending support members mounted on the rear wall, each support member having a cantilever portion with mounting mechanism for pivotally mounting a towel bed thereon, towel dispensing mechanism mounted in the housing for dispensing clean towel therefrom into the loop along an exit path when the accessible portion of the loop is pulled by the user, loop take-up mechanism mounted in the housing coupled to the towel dispensing mechanism for retracting and storing soiled towel from the return path. The loop take-up mechanism includes a take-up roll for storing soiled towel and drive mechanism coupled to the dispensing mechanism for driving the take-up roll. Also disclosed is mechanism for controlling slippage between the take-up roll and the drive mechanism therefor including towel breaker means for adjusting the tension in the soiled towel to vary the amount of soiled towel taken up during operation of said loop take-up mechanism to control the amount of towel in the loop.

Towel dispenser

Neck and flange for soap cartridge

A liquid soap dispensing system includes a closed soap container having a manually actuated dispensing pump carried therebeneath, the container being separated by a partition into a lower soap reservoir and an upper refill compartment, the latter adapted to enclose therein a removable refill cartridge and having a downwardly extending refill well with a pair of opposed keys extending thereinto. The cartridge has an outlet neck, the outer surface of which has a pair of opposed slots. The neck is closed by a pierceable membrane recessed therein and adapted to be received into the well so that a cartridge opening member pierces the membrane to accommodate free flow of liquid soap from the cartridge to the reservoir. The cartridge is entirely closed to define the liquid level in the reservoir at the bottom of the neck, and a drain hole in the reservoir wall above the bottom of the neck but below the tops of the keys prevents bootleg cartridges from being used in the soap dispenser. A slot in the wall of the refill compartment prevents the accumulation of free liquid soap therein.

Soap dispensing system

A fluid injection pouch for use in refilling a dispenser having a refill well with refill apertures therein and a piercing member therein, the pouch having a flexible wall hermetically sealed for containing fluid, and a docking adaptor loosely disposed within the pouch and for insertion into the refill well so as to push the wall of the pouch upon the piercing member to pierce the wall and provide an opening for discharge of fluid from the pouch through the refill aperture and into an associated dispenser; there also is provided a fluid dispensing system incorporating such an injection pouch.

Fluid injection pouch and dispensing system incorporating the same

A system for dispensing fluids including a closed container having a manually actuated dispensing pump carried therebeneath, the container being separated by a partition into a lower reservoir compartment and an upper refill compartment, the latter adapted to enclose therein a removable refill pouch; a refill well is provided in the partition and disposed in the refill well is a hollow tubular member extending upwardly thereinto with a refill aperture extending therethrough; the refill pouch has a flexible wall hermetically sealed and containing fluid, and a docking adaptor loosely disposed within the pouch for insertion into the refill well so as to push the wall of the pouch upon the piercing member to pierce the wall to provide an opening for discharge of fluid from the pouch through the refill aperture and into the lower reservoir compartment; a slot in the wall in the upper refill compartment prevents accumulation of free fluid therein.

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Randel P Smith