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This pump body is mounted on a container and has a forward manually operated pump and a rearward vertical container fill conduit. In the filling process, the container is filled through the conduit, and a closure is then applied to the top of the conduit. The closure may be part of the pump body hou

This pump body is mounted on a container and has a forward manually operated pump and a rearward vertical container fill conduit. In the filling process, the container is filled through the conduit, and a closure is then applied to the top of the conduit. The closure may be part of the pump body housing. Multiple containers with their pump bodies may be filled simultaneously.

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1. A process for filling and closing a plurality of hand held dispensing assemblies including the steps of:a. providing a plurality of said assemblies each comprising 1) a container 2) a pump body having a housing comprising hinged upper and lower portions and supported on the container and defined

1. A process for filling and closing a plurality of hand held dispensing assemblies including the steps of:a. providing a plurality of said assemblies each comprising 1) a container 2) a pump body having a housing comprising hinged upper and lower portions and supported on the container and defined by a forward manually operated pump having a dip tube extending into the container and a rearward vertical fill conduit for supply liquid to the container and terminating in an upper end and having a lower end connected to the container, and 3) a closure comprising part of the upper portion of the pump housing for closing the upper end of the conduit, b. grouping the assemblies with the upper ends of the conduits in a pre-determined array with the closures removed and the upper portions of the housing hinged open, c. providing a filling head having a plurality of downward nozzles arranged in the same array as the upper ends of the conduits, d. causing the group of assemblies and the filling head to assume a filling position in which the respective nozzles extend into the respective upper ends of the conduits, e. filling the respective containers with supply liquid through the nozzles into the conduits, f. withdrawing the filling nozzles, and g. hinging the upper portions of the housings closed to install the closures onto the upper ends of the conduits.