Patent ID: 6302304
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A dispensing system comprising:a container, said container having a side wall and a closed continuous base formed in one piece with the side wall and being adapted to hold a flowable material for dispensing;a dispenser pump mounted at a top of the container to dispense said flowable material, the dispenser pump having an intake to receive said flowable material from the container;a feed tube extending in the container down from the dispenser pump intake to the container base, to convey said flowable material from the container into the dispenser pump intake, the feed tube having a foot adjacent the container base;a follower plate fitting axially slidably around the feed tube and extending out to the container side wall, to follow a surface of the flowable material down the container as dispensing thereof proceeds; andthe feed tube foot and the container base comprising respective interlock portions presenting respective laterally-directed surfaces which overlap axially in a close-fitting interlock engagement to inhibit sideways movement of the feed tube in the container.