Patent ID: 9670048
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B67D

Claim:
1. A dispensing appliance suitable for dispensing a liquid out of a container held in position in a holding portion of the appliance, said container containing a liquid to be dispensed and comprising a mouth closed by an initially sealed closure comprising a seal and at least one dispensing opening upon breaking open the seal, said dispensing appliance comprising a dispensing portion provided with: (a) a valve system for controlling a flow out of the container and; (b) a receiving system receiving and removably fixing a dispensing cartridge, (c) said dispensing cartridge partially encasing a dispensing tube forming no sharp angle, wherein the sharp angle is defined as an angle forming a curvature, ρ=1/R, greater than 1.0 mm (d) neither the valve system nor the closure is part of the dispensing cartridge, and (e) the inlet end of the dispensing tube can be brought in fluid contact with an interior of the container through the dispensing opening of the closure upon moving the dispensing portion with respect to the holding portion from a loading position to a dispensing position.