Patent ID: 8590747

Claim:
A dispensing appliance for multiple components, comprising: a housing that is configured to receive at least two adjacent storage containers for receiving the multiple components; a multiple plunger configured to act upon pistons in the housing, the multiple plunger including a feed flange, the feed flange having an external thread; a rotatable portion having an internal thread that is operatively connected to the external thread on the feed flange in order to displace the multiple plunger relative to the housing in an axial dispensing direction upon rotation of the rotatable portion, a thrust force being directly transmitted from the rotatable portion to the multiple plunger without altering a total length of the dispensing appliance; and a multiple cartridge or syringe that forms the at least two adjacent storage containers, the multiple cartridge or syringe being received in the housing, the housing and the multiple cartridge or syringe being separate parts, wherein the multiple cartridge or syringe comprises, at an outlet end thereof, bayonet members forming bayonet slots, and wherein the housing comprises, at an outlet end thereof, bayonet slot reinforcement members, the bayonet slot reinforcement members supporting the bayonet members.