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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Richard P. Lewis, Marietta, GA (US);
Cleary E. Mahaffey, Suwanne, GA (US);
Pamela J. Mayberry, Roswell, GA (US);
Paul F. Tramontina, Alpharetta, GA (US);
David J. Powling, East Grindstead, GB;
Mark A. Bennett, Norcross, GA (US);
Randall M. Bachtel, Duluth, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A self-contained viscous liquid dispenser includes a housing defining an internal liquid reservoir, and an opening defined through a front surface of the housing. An insert member is fitted through the opening, extends into the reservoir, and defines an internal pump chamber having a back end open to the reservoir and a front end open to the outside of the housing. A pump cylinder is slidably disposed and retained in the chamber. The pump cylinder is movable within the pump chamber from a rest position to a pressurizing position to pressurize and dispense liquid within the pump chamber through a delivery channel and out a dispensing orifice in the pump cylinder. The pump cylinder may be a multiple component device.