Patent ID: 9457928
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A47J,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A substance dispensing system comprising in combination: a disposable container filled with a portion of a substance, the disposable container having a deformable body with a bottom, a peripheral wall adjoining said bottom and having a top end remote from said bottom, an integral circumferential rim extending outwards from the top end of the peripheral wall and defining a filling opening of said disposable container, said disposable container being closed by a cover sheet which is sealed to the circumferential rim by means of a circumferential seal, the circumferential rim furthermore being provided with one or more rim projections, each positioned at a location outwardly spaced from the peripheral wall and protruding in a direction toward the bottom, a dispensing apparatus comprising a compression device having a cover sheet side support member for a cover sheet side of the disposable container as well as a bottom engaging member for engaging on the bottom of the disposable container, said compression device being adapted to compress the disposable container by reduction of a distance between the cover sheet side support member and the bottom engaging member, the cover sheet side support member having a recess therein which is arranged and dimensioned so as extend across a section of the circumferential seal, so that upon compression of the disposable container the substance therein is pressurized causing the cover sheet to deform into the recess thereby breaking the circumferential seal at said section so that the substance is discharged from the disposable container, wherein the dispensing apparatus includes retention means arranged to engage with one or more rim projections of the disposable container to retain the disposable container with respect to the cover sheet side sheet support member, and wherein the dispensing apparatus further includes a rim projection compression member for each rim projection engaged by said retention means, the rim projection compression member arranged to deform a corresponding rim projection on the disposable container and to disengage the rim projection from the retention means.