Patent ID: 6874661
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: B05C,B65D

Abstract:
1. A dual-compartment fluid dispensing cartridge, comprising: a pair of compartments for respectively containing two reactive components of a fluid to be dispensed; a dispensing outlet portion integrally connected to said pair of compartments; a divider wall integrally connected to said pair of compartments and operatively cooperating with said dispensing outlet portion so as to define a pair of fluidically separated dispensing conduits within said dispensing outlet portion for separately conducting the two reactive components toward separated dispensing outlet ports; a cap member having a pair of plugs disposed thereon for disposition within said separated dispensing outlet ports; first means for frangibly interconnecting said pair of plugs of said cap member to said dispensing outlet ports; and a web member interposed between said pair of plugs of said cap member and interconnecting said cap member to said divider wall so as to serve as a fulcrum about which said cap member can be pivoted in order to impress alternative tension and compression forces upon said pair of plugs, and said first frangible connections defined between said pair of plugs and said dispensing outlet ports, in order to cause the clean and accurate rupture of said first frangible connections defined between said pair of plugs and said dispensing outlet ports and thereby fully uncover and open said dispensing outlet ports.