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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Max Gelderman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Daniel D. Anderson, Eagan, MN (US);
Senta Riley, St. Paul, MN (US);
Richard P. Oliphant, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Maxwell M. Johnson, Savage, MA (US);
Brock Mueggenborg, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Sonya S. Sharpe, Eagan, MN (US);
Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A dispenser includes a dock configured to be fixed in place at a use device and a solid product holder configured to be removably secured to the dock. The dock has a first portion including a fixation element that is configured to fix the dock in place at the use device and a second portion including a receiving structure. The solid product holder includes a retaining structure, a base, and a support structure. The retaining structure is configured to removably secure the solid product holder to the receiving structure at the second portion of the dock. The base defines a plurality of apertures that form an open area at which the liquid is received at the solid product holder. The support structure extends from the base and defines an internal volume for holding the solid product at the solid product holder.