Patent ID: 7198177

Claim:
A dispenser for the dispensing of a fluid, comprising: a housing; a fluid reservoir placed in the housing; a pump connected to the fluid reservoir, the pump having: a nozzle protruding therefrom; an operating part having an initial position and at least one pumping position in which fluid is pumped from the fluid reservoir to the nozzle; and a piston that moves with the operating part in substantially the same direction as the operating part, the piston positionable in an opening when the operating part is in the initial position to substantially prevent flow of fluid through the pump to the nozzle; a resilient element supported by the housing; and an engagement mechanism connected to the resilient element, which, upon movement of the operating part from the initial position, exerts a force opposed to a direction of pumping on the operating part through the engagement mechanism, characterized in that the nozzle forms part of the operating part and is at an angle relative to the direction of pumping, and in that the engagement mechanism externally engages an area of a part of the nozzle protruding from the operating part.