Coating implements with material supply – Including ball – roller or endless-belt tool – Ball
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-19
2001-04-10
Huson, Gregory L. (Department: 3751)
Coating implements with material supply
Including ball, roller or endless-belt tool
Ball
C401S006000, C401S119000, C401S126000, C401S136000, C068S01700R
Reexamination Certificate
active
06213665
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of dosing and dispensing devices, and, more particularly, to field of hand held dosing and dispensing devices which can be used for the pretreatment of fabrics.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Dosing and dispensing devices are known in the art. These devices are sometimes used for the pretreatment of fabrics, wherein the device is used to dispense a liquid detergent onto a fabric for pretreatment of a stain and then the device and fabric are placed into a washing machine where the device doses the remaining liquid into the wash water during the wash cycle. Some such devices are provided in the form of a hand held hollow container for storing the liquid detergent having an applicator ball in fluid communication with the hollow container, as described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,887,753. While these devices function well for their intended purpose, there can sometimes be spillage of the liquid detergent from the hollow container-when the dispensing device is moved back and forth, side to side, and/or in a circular motion during the pretreatment of fabrics. This spillage is sometimes considered undesirable by a user, and, as such, there exists a need to provide improved dosing and dispensing devices which reduce liquid spillage during pretreatment of fabrics.
In addition, it is often times desirable to provide a mechanism for attaching these dosing devices to a bottle for convenient storage. One such mechanism for attachment is described in EP 0649934A1, wherein a dosing and dispensing device attaches adjacent the neck of bottle for storage. However, a liquid product which is sold globally is often sold in bottles of varying size based upon geographic region. For instance, 1.5 liter bottles are presently popular in Europe while 80 oz bottles are popular in North America. As such, there exists a need for improved structures for attaching dosing and dispensing devices to a bottle such that the device can be attached a plurality of bottle sizes, thereby providing a more universal dosing and dispensing device. Still further, there exists a need to provide dosing and dispensing devices which can both reduce liquid spillage during the pretreatment of fabrics and which can be attached to a plurality of bottle sizes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A hand held dosing and dispensing device for the pretreatment of fabrics is provided. The dosing and dispensing device has a hollow container for storing a liquid. The hollow container has at least one container wall and an inlet. The inlet includes an opening and an inlet wall which extends into the hollow container from the container wall of the hollow container. The inlet wall substantially encircles the opening of the inlet to prevent liquid discharge through the inlet during pretreatment of a fabric. A discharge is attached to the hollow container for dispensing the liquid therethrough for the pretreatment of fabrics. In addition, the opening can include a plurality of flexible and resilient tabs extending radially toward the center of the opening. The tabs are adapted to engage at least a portion of a bottle to secure the dosing and dispensing device to the bottle.
Still further, a liquid treating system for fabrics is provided which includes a bottle for storing a liquid detergent and a dosing and dispensing device which is releasably attached to the bottle. The dosing and dispensing device can be provided in the same form as previously discussed and preferably engages a neck of the bottle for storage.
REFERENCES:
patent: H1050 (1992-05-01), Petrillo
patent: 5011316 (1991-04-01), Damon
patent: 5388298 (1995-02-01), Rutter et al.
Curtis Terence Graham
Degoix Christophe Nicolas
Cook C. Brant
deVore Peter
Huson Gregory L.
Miller Steven W.
The Procter & Gamble & Company
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