Patent ID: 6921005

Claim:
A dispensing apparatus for dispensing a fluid from a container, comprising a cylindrical housing ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ), a cylindrical valve portion ( 11 c , 12 c , 13 c , 15 c , 16 c , 31 , 32 , 33 ) in a radial distance from an outer part ( 11 a , 12 a , 13 a , 14 a , 15 a , 16 a ) of the housing, a valve stem ( 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ) movable in the housing for closing the cylindrical valve portion ( 11 c , 12 c , 13 c , 15 c , 16 c , 31 , 32 , 33 ) so as to provide a measured chamber ( 11 h , 12 h , 14 h , 16 h ), which valve stem extends out of the housing and is provided with an aperture ( 21 a , 22 a , 23 a , 24 a , 25 a , 26 a , 27 a ) for connecting between inside and outside of the measured chamber when the valve stem is moved down in a use mode of the dispensing apparatus, wherein a hollow cylindrical portion ( 21 c , 22 c , 23 c , 24 c , 25 c , 26 c , 40 ) surrounds the cylindrical valve portion in such a way that the fluid in the housing passes over an end ( 21 e , 22 e , 23 e , 24 e , 25 e ) of the hollow cylindrical portion adjacent to the cylindrical valve portion and through a space between the hollow cylindrical portion and the outer part of the housing to the aperture when the valve stem is moved down in the use mode to close the cylindrical valve portion by full contact.