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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1993
Filed:
May. 29, 1992
George Bachand, Plantsville, CT (US);
Brian Chase, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Cleve A Graham, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Allan B Johnson, Tarzana, CA (US);
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for dispensing a cosmetic or the like from a container having a pump with an operating stem with a free end extending above the container, through which material is dispensed from the container by movement of the stem, is formed of a shroud member and an actuator. The shroud member is mounted on the container with the operating stem extending into its tubular outer wall and the actuator is mounted in the shroud with a cylindrical outer surface in slidable engagement with the inner surface of the shroud tubular outer wall and engageable with the operating stem to pump material from the container through a conduit in the actuator to an outlet disposed above an inwardly extending recess in the shroud member tubular outer wall.