Patent ID: 8448677

Claim:
A refilling apparatus for a refillable container, comprising: a refillable dispensing container for receiving, and then dispensing, a liquid by means of a pressurized propellant which is delivered to, and enclosed within, the refillable dispensing container; a source of pressurized propellant for delivery to the refillable dispensing container; a valve coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the source of pressurized propellant and which further when engaged by the refillable dispensing container facilitates the delivery of the source of pressurized propellant; a source of a liquid to be dispensed by the refillable container and which is coupled in fluid flowing relation relative the valve, and wherein the valve further facilitates the delivery of the source of the liquid and the propellant into the refillable dispensing container; and a pressurized vessel positioned in downstream fluid flowing relation relative to both the sources of the liquid to be dispensed, and the pressurized propellant, as well as the valve, and which further encloses a volume of the liquid to be dispensed, and the propellant, to refill a depleted refillable dispensing container when the refillable dispensing container engages the valve.