Patent ID: 7641077

Claim:
A pump dispenser for use with an inverted container having a downwardly-directed neck, the dispenser including a pump body to be mounted recessed into the container neck projecting into the container interior, and a plunger which is reciprocable axially relative to the pump body in a pumping stroke and has a downwardly-projecting actuating portion; the pump body including a cylinder body defining a liquid chamber and having at its top an inlet opening for admitting liquid into the liquid chamber, and the plunger carrying a piston which is reciprocable in the cylinder body to pump liquid in use from the liquid chamber into a discharge passage and to a discharge outlet by way of a discharge valve; characterized by an intake conduit arrangement connected to the cylinder body and defining an intake conduit extending down outside the cylindrical body to connect between the inlet opening at the top of the cylindrical body and an intake opening lower down, the intake opening communicating between the intake conduit and the container interior whereby in use liquid can be drawn up to the inlet opening and into the liquid chamber from an intake level lower than the inlet opening.