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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:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeremy J. Hansen, South St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 3/00 ;
Abstract
A dispenser ( ) for diluting and dispensing a product concentrate into a container includes an actuation switch ( ) and an actuator ( ). The actuation switch ( ) may either be manually activated in a first direction or it may be activated by pushing a container against the actuator ( ) in a second direction which in turn pushes the actuation switch in the first direction to dispense a use solution. Therefore, the dispenser ( ) readily accommodates any type of container.