Dispensing – Plural sources – compartment – containers and/or spaced jacket – With discharge assistant for each source
Patent
1993-10-12
1995-09-26
Kashnikow, Andres
Dispensing
Plural sources, compartment, containers and/or spaced jacket
With discharge assistant for each source
222325, 222341, 222514, 2221812, 22215303, B67D 552
Patent
active
054528259
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field
This invention is in the field of liquid dispensers adapted for attachment to a wall in or near a shower bath or other bathing facility and to contain liquid soap, shampoo, and other cleansing or grooming liquids normally used before, during, or after bathing.
State of the Art
Many wall mounted devices for dispensing liquids are known. However, the manner in which they are refilled after use poses a problem. Specifically, a number of these prior art devices are permanently mounted on a wall and hence must be refilled without removal from the mounting location. Such refilling can be hazardous since dispensing devices of this nature are commonly mounted in a shower or bathtub where it is both slippery and difficult to maneuver. Those that are detachable from their mountings require either disassembly or the exertion of considerable effort to remove. Some have portable containers that must be discarded and replaced with new full containers. Further, valves used in these devices to dispense the contained liquids are prone to leak and thereby produce hazardous conditions in the bathing area.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the invention, a shell adapted to be wall-mounted includes a hinged cover and a desired number of completely removable bottles, each provided with its own no-drip valve assembly which may be easily detached for cleaning or repair if necessary. The shell is adapted for mounting on the wall of a shower or at a wall location near a sink preferably by either the use of screws, with or without anchors set into the wall, or by a two-sided adhesive pad carrying a silicone glue.
Manually-operated push buttons for opening resiliently closed valves extend through the cover of the shell for ready accessibility, and such cover is preferably constructed to stay propped open when lifted for removal of one or more of the individual bottles for refilling. Apertures may be provided in the cover of the shell for viewing the level of liquid in the respective bottles as they reach the near empty stage.
The component parts of the shell are advantageously molded from,a thermoplastic material and preferably include an integrally formed latch arrangement that releasibly secures the cover in its closed position and that permits it to be lifted to open position.
The bottles, with their respective valve assemblies, are each mounted within the shell by integrally molded guide members and jaw members, the jaw members enabling the valve assemblies to be snapped into place in the shell. Each bottle has its corresponding valve attached over a discharge opening at the bottom of the bottle, preferably by screw threads, and has a fill-opening at its top preferably covered by a soft plastic lid, which has a small hole to allow air to flow freely into the bottle as the contents are depleted. The bottles are preferably made of a clear plastic material and are easily removed from and replaced in the shell.
The valves are preferably constructed of preformed, injection molded, thermo plastic components that snap together and are held without aid of glue or other adhesive means. Each valve is spring biased to closed leak free condition, and is opened manually by a readily accessible push button to pump the desired liquid from the corresponding bottle into the cupped hand or hands of the user held directly below.
THE DRAWINGS
In the drawings, which represent the best mode presently contemplated for carrying out the invention in actual practice:
FIG. 1 represents a perspective view looking toward the front of a liquid dispenser device of the invention having multiple bottles for liquid to be dispensed and showing how it would appear as attached to the wall of a shower or other bathing or washing area;
FIG. 2, a bottom plan view of the device of FIG. 1 as there shown;
FIG. 3, a corresponding view in side elevation;
FIG. 4, a rear elevational view;
FIG. 5, a view corresponding to that of FIG. 1, except with the cover in the open position;
FIG. 6, a view in side elevation of one of the
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Comstock Roger D.
Pearce Wayne E.
Tischner Ryan K.
Better Living Products, Inc.
Kashnikow Andres
Kaufman Joseph A.
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