US 12,226,059 B2
Adaptor assembly for a fluid dispensing system
Sebastiano Crismann, Johannesburg (ZA); Sofia Hodossy, Gothenburg (SE); Karl Walheim, Borlänge (SE); and Joel Olsson, Borlänge (SE)
Assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/927,528
Filed by Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/066817
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/233557, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/EP2020/064199 (WO), filed on May 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0210316 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47K 5/12 (2006.01); B05B 11/10 (2023.01)
CPC A47K 5/12 (2013.01) [A47K 5/1209 (2013.01); B05B 11/103 (2023.01); A47K 5/1207 (2013.01); A47K 5/1208 (2013.01); A47K 2201/02 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adaptor assembly for use in a dispenser for a replaceable fluid container, the adaptor assembly comprising:
an actuation part being movable between a non-actuated position and a fully actuated position, when mounted in the dispenser;
a first connecting support configured to removably connect the actuation part to the dispenser and/or the fluid container mounted in a compartment within the dispenser, and
a fixed dolly,
wherein the actuation part comprises a first contact surface configured to abut against a user actuator of the dispenser and a second contact surface configured to abut against a pump of the fluid container that is a type actuated by lateral compression,
wherein the actuation part is configured to receive a user force applied to the user actuator to move from the non-actuated position towards the fully actuated position, thereby transferring an actuation force from the actuation part via the second contact surface to the pump of the fluid container,
wherein when the actuation part laterally compresses the pump, fluid is dispensed from the fluid container,
wherein the fixed dolly is configured to abut against the pump,
wherein the actuation part and the fixed dolly are configured to be arranged to have the pump positioned between the second contact surface of the actuation part and the fixed dolly such that, when the user force is applied to the user actuator, the pump is laterally compressed between the second contact surface and the fixed dolly causing fluid to be dispensed from the fluid container, and
wherein the first connecting support comprises a ring shaped base configured to wrap entirely around a portion of the fluid container.