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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:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2007
Brian Law, Leicester, GB;
Brian Law, Leicester, GB;
Rieke Corporation, Auburn, IN (US);
Abstract
The application describes small hand-held dispensers suitable for use with creamy flowable products such as cosmetics. The dispensers are of a kind having a top plate () with a dished pick-up surface (), and a product discharge opening () opening into the pick-up area (). Specific proposals include positioning the pick-up surface () and an actuator () side-by-side on the top plate. The actuator () operates a pump (), desirably positioned beneath the actuator and offset from the pick-up surface (). A corresponding transverse outlet conduit () may be provided. The container () may be plastics or a metal container. Embodiments using plastic pump springs and resiliently deformable pump chamber walls are also described. Also, embodiments in which actuation is by tilting of the top plate in its entirety, the pick-up area then optionally being central.
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