Patent ID: 8899860

Claim:
In a dispenser for a composition in stick form comprising: an oval barrel having an open end, a base remote from the open end and a sidewall that extends from the open end to the base and defines an interior of constant cross section; a skeletal platform positioned within the barrel intermediate between the open end and the base and having an exterior rim wall fitting within the interior of the sidewall, a centrally located hub having an interior face bearing a screw-thread and defining an aperture, and a plurality of spokes between the rim and the hub, said spokes, rim and hub defining a plurality of passages; and a screw threaded spindle for advancing the platform towards the open end, wherein the spindle extends through the base, is dimensioned to engage the screw-thread in the hub, and is mounted on a rotor wheel that itself is mounted on the base, the rotor wheel defining an aperture in fluid communication with at least one passage in the skeletal platform; the improvement in which the spindle is moulded separately from the rotor wheel, the spindle comprises a longitudinal threaded rod and at least two lateral struts at one end, each strut being adapted to fit a mounting in the rotor wheel, and the rotor wheel comprises a central hollow boss having on its inner surface the mountings adapted to receive and hold the spindle strut.