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A product dispenser for compelling a product from a container is provided having a frame with opposed end walls defining first and second axially aligned sockets and a dispensing hole. An drive member with first and second opposed ends is releasably engaged by the first and second sockets, respectiv

A product dispenser for compelling a product from a container is provided having a frame with opposed end walls defining first and second axially aligned sockets and a dispensing hole. An drive member with first and second opposed ends is releasably engaged by the first and second sockets, respectively. A bearing member is adapted to travel between the first and second opposed ends of the drive member, whereby a deformable container holding a flowable product inserted into the frame expels the product through the dispensing hole under pressure exerted upon the container by the bearing member. The drive member is releasable from the frame and is re-engaged by the frame, whereby the first and second opposed ends are then releasably engaged by the second and first sockets, respectively. Therefore, after the bearing member has traveled from the first end to the second end, the bearing member may be repositioned within the frame to reinitiate travel towards the dispensing hole.

대표청구항 ▼

[ Having described the invention, I claim:] [17.]17. A method for compelling a flowable product from a deformable container, comprising the steps of:inserting the deformable container into a cavity of a frame having first and second sockets and a dispensing hole;positioning the deformable container

[ Having described the invention, I claim:] [17.]17. A method for compelling a flowable product from a deformable container, comprising the steps of:inserting the deformable container into a cavity of a frame having first and second sockets and a dispensing hole;positioning the deformable container within said cavity to expel the flowable product through the dispensing hole;locating an elongate drive member having first and second opposed ends in said frame so that said first end is releasably engaged by said first socket and said second end is releasably engaged by said second socket;actuating a bearing member coupled to said drive member to travel along said elongate drive member towards said dispensing hole;deforming the deformable container with said bearing member to thereby compel the product from the container and through said dispensing hole;disengaging said drive member from said frame;removing said container from said frame;inserting a second deformable container into said cavity;positioning said second container to expel product through said dispensing hole; andre-engaging said first end with said second socket and said second end with said first socket to subsequently compel the product from said second container.