Patent ID: 8020566
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: A24C,A24F

Abstract:
1. A dispenser for dispensing a metered amount of liquid into a porous plug, comprising: a casing including an inlet passage adapted to receive a manually insertable porous plug; a reservoir disposed in the cavity for containing a liquid, the reservoir having an outlet communicable with the inlet passage; a discharge mechanism disposed in the casing and capable of being actuated in response to the insertion of a porous plug into the inlet passage for discharging a metered amount of the liquid from the reservoir into the porous plug, and an indexing structure for discharging a metered amount of liquid from the reservoir, the indexing structure including a piston, which traverses the reservoir in a plurality of notches formed in a cylindrical surface of the reservoir and spaced uniformly apart, and wherein the piston snaps sequentially into the notches during insertion of the porous plug into the inlet passage, which discharges the metered amount of liquid from the reservoir into the porous plug.