US 12,324,549 B2
Wall-mounted metering dispenser
Johannes Schmidt, Kehl/Baden (DE)
Assigned to ADA Cosmetics International GmbH, Kehl/Baden (DE)
Filed by ADA Cosmetics International GmbH, Kehl/Baden (DE)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/610,501.
Application 18/610,501 is a continuation of application No. 17/966,987, filed on Oct. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,963,645.
Claims priority of application No. 102021126805.2 (DE), filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0215770 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47K 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 5/1202 (2013.01) [A47K 5/1209 (2013.01); A47K 2201/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wall-mounted metering dispenser for providing and removing a liquid, the dispenser comprising:
a replaceable container (1) for the liquid;
a wall bracket (2) configured for connecting the wall-mounted metering dispenser to a structural arrangement;
a removal apparatus for removing the liquid from the container (1) in a metered manner;
the container (1) comprises a base region (6) having a container base and, on an opposite side, an upper region (9) having a removal opening (15);
the wall bracket (2) comprises first and second mutually spaced-apart fixing locations (3, 7) for the container (1), the first fixing location (3, 7) including a fixed retention element for the base region (6) of the container (1), the container (1) being insertable in or placeable on the retention element to retain the base region (6) of the container (1) in a positive-locking or non-positive-locking manner at the first fixing location (3), and the second fixing location (7) including a sleeve (8) which is separable from or movable relative to the wall bracket (2) and which is fixable to the wall bracket (2) in order to retain the upper region (9) of the container (1);
the removal apparatus is arranged on the sleeve (8) or is at least partially integrated therein;
the removal apparatus comprises a metering pump which includes a pump body (17) that is insertable in the removal opening (15) of the container (1) and which has a pump chamber and pump valve and an actuation element (10) which is movable relative to the container (1) and is constructed for mechanical cooperation with the pump valve and includes a discharge opening (12) for the liquid, with the discharge opening being connected to the pump chamber via a discharge channel (11), and the actuation element (10) is guided in the sleeve (8); and
the removal opening (15) of the container (1) is a bottleneck having an outer thread (16) and the sleeve (8) has an inner thread (19) which fits in said outer thread (16), wherein the outer thread (16) on the bottleneck and the inner thread (19) of the sleeve (8) are arranged to enable at least one of a replacement or refilling operation by unscrewing the container (1) from the sleeve (8) and screwing the container (1) back into the sleeve (8).