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Steiner American Corporation

Robert L Steiner

Charles R Holzner, Sr

Thomas R Bajek

Randel P Smith

Donald B Owen

Kenneth D Hartman

Allen J Voth

Allan J Voth

Leslie G Struck

Charles R Holzner

Refill container for a liquid dispenser

An air freshener dispenser includes a two-part housing including a base and a separable cover. The base carries a control circuit and the cover carries a dispensing blower and a replaceable cartridge including the freshening agent to be dispensed and a battery for powering the blower. When the cover is removed from the base the blower is connected directly across the battery for test purposes, but when it is mounted on the base, contact structure on the cover and the base cooperate so that the blower is connected to the battery through the control circuit and is controlled thereby. The control circuit turns off the blower and triggers visible and audible alarm signals after a predetermined time period and/or when the battery voltage gets too low. A photocell turns off the blower and disables the audible alarm in the dark. The time-out period of the timer is selectively changeable.

Air freshener dispenser with replaceable cartridge exhaustion alarm

A disposable refill cartridge for a liquid soap dispenser having a closed container with a bottom wall portion and a rear wall portion and two opposes side wall portions. An outlet opening is formed in a cylindrical neck extending from the bottom wall portion, as is a frustoconical portion intermediate the bottom wall and the cylindrical neck. At least one boss extends outwardly from the frustoconical portion and the cylindrical neck with two elongated recesses respectively formed in the side wall portions adjacent to the rear wall portion. Each of the recesses extends downwardly to the bottom wall portion, and the container has stepped retaining surfaces at the upper end of the rear wall portion and at the lower ends of the side wall portions. A receptacle is formed in the rear wall having an apertured end wall.

Disposable refill cartridge for a liquid soap dispensing system

Reservoir for a liquid soap dispenser

A liquid soap dispensing system includes a housing and a discharge mechanism for dispensing repeated doses of liquid soap from an associated cartridge. A receptacle is positioned in the cartridge wall forming an air path between the inside and outside of the cartridge, and a plastic filter is frictionally disposed within the receptacle for permitting air to flow into the cartridge but preventing soap from flowing out of the cartridge. The filter permits sufficient air flow into the cartridge to limit the vacuum therein to not greater than about 12' upon repeated operation of the discharge mechanism to prevent the cartridge walls from distorting.

Liquid soap dispensing system

Well for a soap dispenser

A liquid dispenser having a replaceable unvented liquid container with only an outlet opening, a discharge assembly in liquid communication with the liquid container outlet opening, and including a compressible nipple for accommodating a charge of liquid, a check valve for regulating the flow of liquid into the nipple and a semipermeable filter mounted in and substantially filling the inlet to the check valve, the filter element being permeable to air to introduce air into the liquid container through its outlet opening, the filter element being impermeable to liquid to prevent back flow of liquid through the air passageway, and having an opening therethrough which is aligned with the inlet of the check valve, defining a liquid passageway through the filter element to the check valve.

Liquid dispensing system including a discharge assembly providing a

Soap cartridge

Air freshener cartridge

A self-contained battery-powered room deodorizer including a housing having an inlet portion through which ambient air is drawn into the housing by means of a battery powered fan. The air is passed about a quantity of vaporizable material contained within the housing, and then discharged therefrom into the ambient air carrying the vaporized portion of the product therewith. A replaceable deodorizing material containing cartridge is positionable within the housing, and provides a support well for supporting a replaceable battery, such that the deodorizing material and battery may be separately replaced when either of these items has become expended.

Self-contained air freshener and cartridge therefor

Soap dispenser

A dispenser for liquid soap includes a compressible nipple having an annular flange mountable on a soap container in communication with the outlet opening thereof, and clamping therebetween a valve assembly including a slitted flexible diaphragm and a backing disc. The disc has a discharge opening in alignment with a check valve slit in the diaphragm for controlling discharge of soap into the nipple for dispensing upon compression of the nipple. The disc and the nipple flange respectively have annular grooves formed in the facing surfaces thereof, a vent valve slit in the diaphragm being aligned with these grooves. The flange groove communicates with the outside of the nipple through a vent opening and the disc groove communicates with the outlet opening of a container through a vent orifice in the disc. The diaphragm thickness is less than the depth of the disc groove and greater than the depth of the nipple flange groove, so that it can open only inwardly to permit air to enter the container, but cannot open outwardly to permit discharge of soap through the vent opening.

Vented discharge assembly for liquid soap dispenser

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

Soap container

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Robert L Steiner