IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0362574
(1999-07-28)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Mary A. Whiting Patent Attorney
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초록
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A dispensing device for viscous pastes, for multiple users, which deploys a plurality of color coded caps for their personal identification and use. The device is screwed onto a squeezable tube of paste (for example, toothpaste), and, as the tube is squeezed, the paste flows through the device, past
A dispensing device for viscous pastes, for multiple users, which deploys a plurality of color coded caps for their personal identification and use. The device is screwed onto a squeezable tube of paste (for example, toothpaste), and, as the tube is squeezed, the paste flows through the device, past caps in a "closed" position, and out of a desired number of caps in an "open" position, in order to dispense paste. The caps' conduits are of a predetermined circumference for dispensing the desired amount of the paste. A smaller circumference is more economical, as less paste would flow out of such a conduit. This would be especially useful when the users are children. Threaded or friction-fitting cap tops may be attached to the device. If attached by friction-fitting, the cap tops form orbital lips to ensure a tight frictional fit to the cap necks. Connecting bands link the dispensing cap tops to the device, so that the tops won't be lost. The device can be attached to various sized squeezable tubes by a threaded connector cap. The diameter and thread gauge of the connector cap is of a predetermined diameter and gauge, for matching diameters and thread gauges of squeezable tubes. The device is preferably composed of plastic material, which is easily cleanable, sanitary, as well as inexpensive to manufacture.
대표청구항
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[ I claim:] [1.]1. A method for dispensing viscous pastes from conventional squeezable tubes having a threaded cap member, said threaded cap member further comprising a threaded cap top and a threaded neck forming a conduit, utilizing a paste dispensing device comprised of:a cylindrically shaped hol
[ I claim:] [1.]1. A method for dispensing viscous pastes from conventional squeezable tubes having a threaded cap member, said threaded cap member further comprising a threaded cap top and a threaded neck forming a conduit, utilizing a paste dispensing device comprised of:a cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame, employing a plurality of dispensing cap members having dispensing cap tops attached to dispensing cap necks forming dispensing conduits, positioned along the longitudinal axis and lateral axis with respect to the length of said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame;said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame further comprising a threaded connecting conduit centrally positioned on said longitudinal axis of said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame, and opposite said plurality of dispensing cap members; anda threaded connecting cap member forming a conduit, said connecting cap member having inner and outer threads, wherein said paste is dispensed by use of a method comprising the following steps:unscrewing said conventional squeezable tube's threaded cap top, from said conventional squeezable tube's threaded neck, for exposing said squeezable tube neck's conduit;threadedly connecting said threaded connecting cap member's outer threads to said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame's threaded connecting conduit;threadedly connecting said treaded connecting cap member's inner threads to said conventional squeezable tube's threaded neck;opening a desired number of dispensing cap members by removing a desired number of said plurality of dispensing cap tops from said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame; for exposing a corresponding desired number of said dispensing cap necks forming dispensing conduits; andsqueezing said squeezable tube wherein said paste flows:through said squeezable tube's neck's conduit,through said threaded connecting cap's conduit,through said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame's threaded connecting conduit,through said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame, past said plurality of attached dispensing cap members, towards said desired number of detached dispensing cap members and, out of sad desired number of dispensing cap necks' conduits; whereby said paste is dispensed from said dispensing device. [9.]9. A device for dispensing viscous pastes from conventional squeezable tubes having a threaded cap member, said threaded cap member further comprising a threaded cap top and a threaded neck forming a conduit, said device comprising:a cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame, employing a plurality of dispensing cap members having dispensing cap tops attached to dispensing cap necks forming dispensing conduits, said plurality of cap members positioned along the longitudinal axis and lateral axis with respect to the length and of said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame, for dispensing said paste;said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame further comprising a threaded connecting conduit centrally positioned along said longitudinal axis of said cylindrically shaped hollow, and opposite said plurality of dispensing cap members; anda threaded connecting cap having an inner and outer threads, wherein said outer threads threadedly attach to said threaded connecting conduit of said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame, and said inner threads threadedly attach to said squeezable tube's threaded neck,wherein, when said squeezable tube is squeezed said paste flows;through said squeezable tube's neck's conduit,through said headed connecting cap's conduit,through said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame's threaded connecting conduit,through said cylindrically shaped hollow tubular frame,past said plurality of attached dispensing cap members,towards said desired number of detached dispensing cap members and,out of said desired number of dispensing cap necks' conduits; for dispensing said paste from said dispensing device.10. A paste dispensing device, according to claim 9, wherein said plurality of dispensing cap members are threaded, for threadedly securing said threaded dispensing cap tops to said threaded dispensing cap necks.11. A paste dispensing device, according to claim 9, wherein said plurality of dispensing cap members are unthreaded, further comprising unthreaded cap tops and unthreaded cap necks, for friction fitting said unthreaded dispensing cap tops to said unthreaded dispensing cap necks; said unthreaded dispensing cap tops further comprising orbicular lips to enhance said frictional fit.12. A paste dispensing device, according to claim 11, wherein said unthreaded dispensing cap tops and unthreaded dispensing cap necks are linked by a connecting means, comprising a flexible band, for ensuring that said unthreaded dispensing cap tops shall not be lost.13. A paste dispensing device, according to claim 9, wherein said dispensing cap necks' conduits having a predetermined circumference for decreasing the dispensed amount of said paste, for economical dispensement of said paste.14. A paste dispensing device, according to claim 9, wherein said inner threads of said threaded connecting cap having a range of predetermined diameter and thread gauge, for matching various sized diameters and thread gauges of said squeezable tubes, for tightly securing said paste dispensing device to said squeezable tubes.15. A paste dispensing device, according to claim 9, wherein said plurality of cap members are color coded, for ensuring sanitary integrity and minimizing the potential for cross-contamination of said paste during use.16. A paste dispensing device, according to claim 9, wherein said device is comprised of plastic material, for sanitary and long lasting wear.
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