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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2022
Simplehuman, Llc, Torrance, CA (US);
Frank Yang, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Joseph Sandor, Newport Beach, CA (US);
William Patrick Conley, Long Beach, CA (US);
simplehuman, LLC, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a manually operated liquid dispenser. In any embodiments disclosed herein, the dispenser can include a housing with a volume of space therein, the volume of space having a first end and a second end, a pump sleeve extending into the space of the housing and nearly to a bottom, inside surface of the space, a pump head, a push rod coupled with the pump head and configured to be axially movable within an axial opening extending through the pump sleeve, a passageway extending through at least the pump head and the push rod, the passageway being in fluid communication with the axial opening extending through the pump sleeve and with the volume of space within the housing, and a first valve configured to control a passage of a liquid substance within the volume of space in the housing through a passageway.