Patent ID: 7229229
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: A46B,B05B

Abstract:
1. A liquid dispenser comprising: a deformable container defining a liquid-storing space therein and having a liquid-discharging opening for discharging a liquid contained in said liquid-storing space; a sealing unit mounted movably on said container, defining a fluid channel, and formed with a sealing member, said sealing unit being movable relative to said container between a closed position, in which said sealing member covers said liquid-discharging opening, and an opened position, in which said sealing member is spaced apart from said liquid-discharging opening; a brush unit mounted on said sealing unit, including a brush member, and defining a fluid passage that is in fluid communication with said fluid channel so as to permit wetting of said brush member when said sealing unit is disposed at said opened position and when said container is squeezed to push the liquid contained in said liquid-storing space to flow through said liquid-discharging opening, said fluid channel and said fluid passage; and a brush cap; said container includes a container body that confines said liquid-storing space and that has a discharging end, a ring-shaped wall that is formed on said discharging end of said container body and that defines said liquid-discharging opening, and an annular connecting wall that extends from said ring-shaped wall and that defines an accommodation space therein, said liquid-storing space being in fluid communication with said accommodation space through said liquid-discharging opening; said sealing unit includes an inverted U-shaped wall that is received in said accommodation space, and an annular outer wall that is connected to and that surrounds said inverted U-shaped wall and that cooperates with said inverted U-shaped wall to define an annular receiving space therebetween, said annular connecting wall of said container being fittingly and movably received in said annular receiving space, said sealing member having an annular protrusion that protrudes outwardly from said inverted U-shaped wall, said annular protrusion extending into said liquid-discharging opening and abutting against said ring-shaped wall when said sealing unit is disposed at said closed position, and being disposed outwardly of said liquid-discharging opening when said sealing unit is disposed at said opened position; and wherein said brush cap engages removably said annular outer wall of said sealing unit in a tongue-and-groove manner for covering said brush unit.