Patent ID: 8490833

Claim:
Dispensing device for dispensing a foam, comprising: a liquid container and a dispensing assembly, the dispensing assembly comprising a liquid pump, an air pump and an actuating head, the actuating head comprising a discharge duct and a dispensing opening for dispensing the liquid, and a circular protective cap, which protective cap can be guided into a space which is formed between a protective inner wall and a protective outer wall of the dispensing assembly, wherein the protective outer wall is an outer wall of the dispensing device, wherein the dispensing device has a retaining handle for holding the dispensing device during dispensing, wherein the retaining handle comprises a retaining section of the protective outer wall of the dispensing device, which retaining section is substantially vertical or tapers outwards in the direction remote from the liquid container, wherein the dispensing device comprises a fixing collar for fastening the dispensing assembly to the liquid container, at least the retaining section of the protective outer wall being integrally formed with the fixing collar and extending upwardly from the fixing collar, wherein only one discharge opening is provided near the bottom of the space, which discharge opening is provided as a through-going hole going through a bottom end of the retaining section of the dispensing assembly and discharges to the outside of the dispensing device, and wherein the one discharge opening discharges over a section of at most 90 degrees of the periphery of the dispensing device.