Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dispensers, refill units and pumps having vacuum actuated anti-drip mechanisms
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Application No.: US15901413Application Date: 2018-02-21
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Publication No.: US10667655B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Nick E. Ciavarella , Aaron D. Marshall , Donald Russell Harris , Dennis K. Jenkins
- Applicant: GOJO Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OH Akron
- Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Akron
- Agency: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Main IPC: A47K5/14
- IPC: A47K5/14 ; B05B11/00

Abstract:
A fluid dispenser includes a dispenser housing, a container for holding a foamable liquid, a foam pump, an outlet in fluid communication with the foam pump, and a vacuum actuated suck-back mechanism in fluid communication with the foam pump and the outlet. The foam pump has a liquid pump portion and an air pump portion. The vacuum actuated suck-back mechanism includes a chamber and a movable member. The chamber has a vacuum port that is in fluid communication with the air pump portion of the foam pump, and a suck-back port that is in fluid communication with the outlet. The movable member of the vacuum actuated suck-back mechanism moves under vacuum pressure to reduce the volume of the chamber. The volume of the chamber increases upon removal of the vacuum pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180235410A1 DISPENSERS, REFILL UNITS AND PUMPS HAVING VACUUM ACTUATED ANTI-DRIP MECHANISMS Public/Granted day:2018-08-23
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