Patent ID: 9067711
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B05C,B65D

Abstract:
1. A device for storing and dispensing a flowable material, the device formed for operation along with a dispensing mechanism having a plunger, a driving mechanism for linearly moving the plunger in a controlled manner, and a retaining body, the device comprising: a cartridge assembly comprising the hollow tube defining an interior passage for receipt of the pouch and for receipt of the plunger of the dispensing mechanism during linear movement thereof, the pouch defining an outer dimension less than an internal dimension of the interior passage of the hollow tube, the pouch removably positioned within the hollow tube, the pouch having a fitment at a fitment first end and an opposite closure end, the fitment having the end wall of the hollow tube including an internal surface having corresponding engagement elements formed for cooperation with and frictional engagement of the engagement elements of the fitment, the cooperation of the engagement elements of the fitment with the corresponding engagement elements of the internal surface of the end wall fixing a rotative position of the pouch with respect to the hollow tube during linear movement of the plunger of the dispensing mechanism, wherein the nozzle is attached to the fitment, and wherein the driving mechanism of the dispensing mechanism is received within the open first end of the hollow tube and engages the closure end of the pouch, the linear movement of the plunger compressing the pouch within the hollow tube and forcing the flowable material from the pouch through the nozzle.