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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Rieke Corporation, Auburn, IN (US);
Brian Robert Law, Leicester, GB;
David John Pritchett, Ashby de la Zouch, GB;
Roy Cox, Alderton, GB;
Rieke Corporation, Auburn, IN (US);
Abstract
A pump dispenser is intended for oral administration of medicines. A pump receives fluid product through a valved inlet from a container, preferably of the airless type with a follower piston. The dispenser may be a movable-nozzle or fixed-nozzle dispenser. The discharge outlet of the dispenser has a stub nozzle incorporating a closure valve. A spring urges the closure valve forward to close a discharge opening of the stub nozzle. The nozzle attachment is shaped for oral dosing and has an internal rearwardly-projecting actuating structure which, when the nozzle attachment is coupled onto the stub nozzle, pushes the closure valve open. When the nozzle attachment is removed the spring closes the outlet again. Child-resistant features are described for fitting the nozzle attachment to the stub nozzle.