Patent ID: 6315165
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A device for expressing a substance from a deformable tube, the device comprising:(a) a casing having a base end, a top portion opposite the base end and side wall portions intermediate the base end and the top portion,(b) a squeezer insertable in the casing; the squeezer comprising two opposing jaws for gripping and expressing a substance from the tube,(c) the casing having an aperture in the top portion through which a discharge outlet of the tube is extendable and further having apertures in opposing parts of the side wall portions through which the jaws are actuatable,wherein the casing is open at its base end, the squeezer is insertable into the casing through its open base end, the jaws of the squeezer are attached at one end to a carrier, and the carrier and the casing have interengaging formations for retention of the squeezer in the casing.