Patent ID: 8439232
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: B05B,B29B,B29C

Abstract:
1. A manual pump action dispenser for dispensing at least one liquid from a container, the dispenser comprising a base and a cap having an outlet for the liquid, the base being mountable to or forming part of a container and the cap being mountable to the base for movement relative to the base between a rest position and an actuated position, the dispenser further comprising a flexible insert locatable between the base and the cap to define a first pump chamber for dispensing said at least one liquid, the insert being a single unitary element adapted to engage with the base to define an inlet through which said at least one liquid to be dispensed can enter the first pump chamber, the dispenser further comprising an inlet valve operable to enable liquid to enter the first pump chamber through the inlet and an outlet valve arrangement operable to control the release of liquid from the first pump chamber through the outlet, the insert also defining a second pump chamber for dispensing a second fluid, the insert comprising a main body portion, a first flexible diaphragm member which extends generally radially outwardly from the main body for contact with an inner surface of the cap to define one of the first and second pump chambers between itself and a closed end of the cap, the insert having a second flexible diaphragm member extending generally radially outwardly from the main body for contact with an inner surface of the cap, the other of the first and second pump chambers being defined inside the cap between the first and second diaphragm members.