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A product dispensing system includes a receptacle for storing a product, a fill column, and a refill dispenser. The fill column is in fluid communication with the receptacle and is configured for selective and alternative securement to a housing and the refill dispenser. The refill dispenser include

A product dispensing system includes a receptacle for storing a product, a fill column, and a refill dispenser. The fill column is in fluid communication with the receptacle and is configured for selective and alternative securement to a housing and the refill dispenser. The refill dispenser includes a container configured to transfer a product and a cap assembly extending adjacent to the container. The cap assembly has a fill position. Upon rotation of the cap assembly about the fill column, the cap assembly is moved into the fill position so that the product from the container can be transferred to the receptacle.

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What is claimed is: 1. A refill dispenser comprising: a container configured to hold a product; a cap assembly extending adjacent to said container and having a fill position; and a guide element provided upon said cap assembly, said guide element removably received in a groove of a fill column so

What is claimed is: 1. A refill dispenser comprising: a container configured to hold a product; a cap assembly extending adjacent to said container and having a fill position; and a guide element provided upon said cap assembly, said guide element removably received in a groove of a fill column so that said cap assembly may be moveably secured within said fill column; wherein, upon rotation of said cap assembly, at least a portion of said cap assembly is configured to be axially displaced within said fill column and into said fill position; wherein said cap assembly comprises a cap body and a cap head mounted to said cap body, said cap head rotatable with respect to said cap body for selectively moving said cap assembly between an opened position and the closed position; wherein said cap head comprises a flange element extending outwardly from said cap head and said fill column comprises a channel for removably receiving said flange element so that said cap assembly is configured for movement between said opened position and said closed position upon rotation of said cap body. 2. The refill dispenser as in claim 1 wherein said cap body comprises a metering portion and said cap head is mounted to said metering portion, said cap head being configured to rotate about said metering portion for selectively moving said cap head between said opened position and said closed position. 3. The refill dispenser as in claim 1, wherein said cap body comprises said guide element extending outwardly therefrom, said guide element being configured to removably secure said cap body to a groove of said fill column so that said cap head is configured for axial displacement from said cap body upon rotation of said cap body. 4. The refill dispenser as in claim 3, wherein said flange element and said guide element are axially aligned when said cap head is in said closed position. 5. The refill dispenser as in claim 1, wherein said flange element of said cap head is configured for axial movement within said channel of said fill column when said cap head is moved between said opened position and said closed position. 6. A refill dispenser having a cap assembly comprising: a cap body having a metering portion; a cap head mounted to said metering portion, said cap head rotatable about said metering portion of said cap body for selectively moving said cap assembly between an opened position and a closed position; a guide element provided upon said cap body and configured to removably secure said cap body to a fill column; and a flange element provided upon said cap head and configured to be moveably secured within a channel of said fill column; wherein, upon rotation of said cap body in said fill column, said cap assembly moves from said closed position toward said open position in a direction opposite a dispensing end of said fill column. 7. The refill dispenser as in claim 6, further comprising a container configured to hold a product, said cap body extending adjacent to said container. 8. The refill dispenser as in claim 6, wherein said cap assembly is configured for movement between said opened position and said closed position through axial displacement of said cap head from said cap body and within said channel of said fill column resulting from rotation of said cap body about said fill column. 9. The refill dispenser as in claim 6, wherein said flange element and said guide element are axially aligned when said cap head is in said closed position. 10. A refill dispenser in combination with a fill column comprising: a container configured to hold a product; a cap assembly extending adjacent to said container and comprising: a cap body; a cap head mounted to said cap body, said cap head rotatable with respect to said cap body for selectively moving said cap assembly between an opened position and a closed position; and a guide element provided upon said cap assembly; and a fill column comprising inner and outer peripheries, wherein said outer periphery comprises a housing mount for securing a housing to said outer periphery of said fill column and said inner periphery comprises a groove extending along the inner periphery of the fill column a length to allow for rotation of the cap body in the fill column and for removably receiving said guide element so that said cap assembly is moved between said opened position and said closed position upon rotation of said cap body in said fill column with said guide element moving within said groove. 11. The refill dispenser in combination with a fill column as in claim 10, wherein said cap body comprises a metering portion and said cap head is mounted to said metering portion, said cap head configured to rotate about said metering portion for selectively moving said cap assembly between said opened position and said closed position. 12. The refill dispenser in combination with a fill column as in claim 10, wherein said cap body comprises said guide element extending outwardly therefrom, said guide element being configured to removably secure said cap body to said groove of said fill column so that said cap head is displaced from said cap body upon rotation of said cap body about said fill column. 13. The refill dispenser in combination with a fill column as in claim 10, wherein said cap head comprises a flange element extending outwardly therefrom, said flange element being configured to be rotatably secured in a channel of said fill column so that said cap head is displaced from said cap body upon rotation of said cap body about said fill column, the channel sized to inhibit rotation of the cap head upon rotation of the cap body. 14. The refill dispenser in combination with a fill column as in claim 13, wherein said flange element and said guide element are axially aligned when said cap head is in said closed position. 15. The refill dispenser in combination with a fill column as in claim 10, further comprising a container configured to hold a product, said cap assembly extending adjacent to said container. 16. The refill dispenser in combination with a fill column as in claim 10, wherein said cap head is configured to be axially displaced from said cap body upon rotation of said cap body about said fill column in order to move said cap assembly between said opened position and said closed position. 17. The refill dispenser in combination with a fill column as in claim 10, further comprising a discharge tube providing fluid communication between a receptacle and said fill column for delivering said product from said receptacle when dispensing said product from said receptacle, said cap head received in said fill column to deliver said product to said receptacle through said discharge tube.