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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 01, 2008
James Dyson, Gloucestershire, GB;
Peter David Gammack, Malmesbury, GB;
David Stuart Cole, West Sussex, GB;
Michael William John Cornish, Bristol, GB;
James Dyson, Gloucestershire, GB;
Peter David Gammack, Malmesbury, GB;
David Stuart Cole, West Sussex, GB;
Michael William John Cornish, Bristol, GB;
Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, GB;
Abstract
An appliance has a casing and a dispenser. The dispenser includes a dispensing member for dispensing a fluid and is movable between a first position in which at least a part of the dispensing member is located within the casing and a second position in which the dispensing member projects from the casing. The dispensing member is slideable between the first and second positions along a linear path. By providing such an arrangement, the dispenser is able to move along the shortest path between the first and second positions, reducing the space necessary in the appliance to allow the dispenser to move and allowing the drive mechanisms to be correspondingly smaller.