US 12,133,585 B2
Dispenser
Lea Hammersen, Lohne (DE); and Simon Busse, Lohne (DE)
Assigned to RPC BRAMLAGE GMBH, Lohne (DE)
Appl. No. 17/642,450
Filed by RPC BRAMLAGE GMBH, Lohne (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/075672
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/048447, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1913241 (GB), filed on Sep. 13, 2019; and application No. 2009779 (GB), filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304447 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A45D 34/04 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 34/04 (2013.01) [A45D 2200/055 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dropper dispenser comprising a body and a dispensing tube, the body connectable to a container and including two or more parts, one or more of the parts is movable relative to one or more other parts to create a vacuum to draw fluid into the dispensing tube, the dropper dispenser comprising a piston or piston-like structure for drawing fluid into and or dispensing fluid from the dispensing tube and further comprising a button for dispensing fluid from the dispensing tube;
the two or more parts of the body comprising an outer part and an inner part,
the inner part comprising an inner transverse wall with a central aperture through which one end of the dispensing tube extends and, upstanding from the wall around the central aperture, a piston wall within which the piston or piston-like structure is slidable in an air tight fit;
the piston or piston-like structure fitted within the body to be:
lifted within the inner part as the outer part is moved relative to the inner part to remove the body from the container, the lifting of the piston or piston-like structure creating a vacuum to draw fluid into the dispensing tube during a filling phase which is completed before the body is removed from the container, and
lowered within the inner part as the button is pushed following removal of the body from the container, to dispense fluid from the dispensing tube.