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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hermann Ophardt, D-47661 Issum, DE;
Heiner Ophardt, Vineland, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222325 ; 222 52 ; 2221811 ; 222333 ;
Abstract
A device for controlled automatic dispensing of fluids comprising a housing carrying an electric motor and a disposable, removable unit incorporating a container carrying fluid to be dispensed and a pump. The removable unit is adapted to be removably coupled to the motor to drive the pump simultaneously with the container being removably coupled to the housing. The unit preferably also carries a battery with an electric capacity sufficient to drive the motor to dispense all the fluid in the container. The unit other than the removable battery is made of recyclable plastic.