Patent ID: 7040110
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: B67D,F25D

Abstract:
1. A lighting system for a dispensing unit having an actuator connected to a dispenser to activate and deactivate the dispenser by depressing the actuator with a receptacle for receiving a product dispensed by said dispensing unit, said lighting system comprising: a light source; at least a portion of said actuator configured as a light tube and positioned in a non-depressed condition for receiving light from said light source; and a target area of said actuator illuminated by light from within said portion configured as a light tube when in the non-depressed condition, said actuator being further configured such that in a depressed condition, said target area of said actuator is moved away from the light from said light source such that the light from said light source illuminates at least one of the receptacle and product dispensed by said dispensing unit.