Patent ID: 6454133
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
An apparatus for discharging toothpaste from a toothpaste tube under control of a user, such apparatus comprising:a tube holder; a tube receptacle disposed within a first end of the tube holder and adapted to accept a cap end of the toothpaste tube; a set of nip rolls adapted to engage a body of the toothpaste tube and to urge toothpaste from a distal end of the toothpaste tube towards the cap end; a wheeled trolley coupled to the nip rolls on a first end and engaging a guide channel of the tube holder on a second end and adapted to maintain an alignment of the nip rolls with respect to a centerline of the tooth paste tube as the nip rolls travel along a longitudinal axis of the toothpaste tube from the distal end to the cap end; the wheeled trolley further including first and second parallel side rails; and wherein the first and second parallel side rails are laterally aligned and further comprise opposing apertures adapted to rotatably engage the nip rolls.