Patent ID: 8302814

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing contents from a collapsible tube having a dispenser end, an opposed closed end and a deformable tube wall therebetween, said apparatus comprising: a body for supporting said tube, said body having a forward end for accommodating said dispensing end of said tube, an open rearward end, and a body wall extending between said forward end and said open rearward end; an elongate actuatable plunger supported by said body, said plunger having an elongate rod and a base attachable to one end of said rod, said base being insertable into said open end of said body and said base being movable on said plunger rod against the bias of a spring; and actuating means for effecting movement of said plunger into a first direction along said body for engagement with said collapsible tube wall for progressively deforming said tube wall against said body wall and dispensing said contents from said dispensing end and for effecting retractable movement of said plunger in a second direction opposite said first direction; said base being positioned on said rod for dispensing engagement with said tube wall upon movement of said plunger in said first direction and moveable out of dispensing engagement with said tube wall upon movement in said second direction.