Patent ID: 6186364
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A dispenser having a plunger manually reciprocable through a central opening in a closure cap of a container of product to be dispensed, a control ring rotatably mounted on said closure cap in only one direction, cam means on said plunger engageable with abutment means on said control ring for selectively locking said plunger in an initial set position, and means on said control ring engageable with said cam means during plunger reciprocation in a plunger unlocked position for converting translatory motion of said plunger to rotary motion of said control ring in said one direction, said converting means comprising one way gate means establishing individual cam cycles for each reciprocating movement of the plunger causing said control ring to sequentially rotate from said unlocked position through a cycle of rotary motion and to be automatically reset to said locked position.