Patent ID: 6299369
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A dispenser for a solid block or a soft solid comprising:i) a barrel having a first end through which the solid block or soft solid is dispensed, and an opposite end comprising a base wall defining an aperture and having a lower surface;ii) a rotor wheel mounted beneath the barrel having a transverse cross-section similar to the barrel and a top surface contiguous with the lower surface of the barrel;iii) a threaded spindle fixed to the rotor wheel and extending axially through the aperture in the base wall of the barrel;iv) a piston within the barrel having a threaded mounting that engages the spindle and moves axially on rotation of the spindle;in whichv) one of the base wall of the barrel or the top surface of the rotor wheel carries an elongated radially extending boss having symmetrical inwardly tapered and substantially linear sides and the other of the base wall or the top surface has a sump dimensioned to accommodate the boss and in which the boss is seated when the rotor wheel and barrel are aligned.