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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
John W. Frank, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Michael C. Molinet, Woodbury, MN (US);
Byron E. Trotter, St. Paul, MN (US);
Diane R. Wolk, Woodbury, MN (US);
John W. Frank, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Michael C. Molinet, Woodbury, MN (US);
Byron E. Trotter, St. Paul, MN (US);
Diane R. Wolk, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Devices for dispensing material from a deformable tube comprise a shell having a top portion and a bottom portion. The shell comprises two shell pieces, the shell defining a compartment adapted for receiving a deformable tube and having an aperture in its top portion. Each shell piece comprises a press portion having a groove surrounding the press portion and a hinge located in the bottom portion connecting the press portion to the shell piece. The inner surfaces of the press portions have pressing features configured to squeeze a deformable tube from the bottom of the tube to the top of the tube.