US 11,839,335 B2
Dispenser, dispensing system, and dispensing method
Kimberly Ann Kasper, Stellenbosch (ZA)
Assigned to STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY, Stellenbosch (ZA)
Filed by STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY, Stellenbosch (ZA)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,304.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/07775 (ZA), filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183508 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 47/01 (2006.01); B65D 83/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 47/01 (2013.01) [B65D 83/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispenser comprising:
a flexible container having a top and a bottom and capable of holding a product therein, the flexible container including top and bottom openings;
a rigid support structure that supports the flexible container; and
a moveable dispensing arm that operatively facilitates product dispensing, wherein the moveable dispensing arm is operable between a dispensing condition and a retaining condition, the dispensing arm including a pinching edge which is configured to pinch the flexible container shut in either the dispensing condition or the retaining condition of the dispensing arm, and wherein the moveable dispensing arm includes a retaining surface arranged to close the bottom opening of the flexible container in the retaining condition of the dispensing arm.