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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stefano Bartolucci, Singapore, SG;
Paul Owen Nutley, West Chester, OH (US);
Nathan Daniel Grubbs, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for dispensing a metered dose of a product, and a method for using the apparatus. The dispensing device has a charging configuration in which an outlet () is closed and a metering chamber () is configured to expand to its expanded configuration while receiving product through an inlet (). It also has a discharging configuration in which the outlet () is open and the metering chamber () is configured to contract to its contracted configuration while expelling the received product through the outlet (), thereby dispensing a metered dose of product. The dispensing device further comprises a latch mechanism (), configured to retain the dispensing device in the charging configuration until the metering chamber () attains its expanded configuration. The method comprises actuating an actuator () of the dispensing device, to fill the metering chamber, and releasing the actuator to dispense the metered dose of product.