Patent ID: 8690467

Claim:
In a dispenser for a composition in stick form platform comprising: an oval barrel having an open end, a base remote from the open end and a sidewall that extends from the open end to the base and defines an interior of constant cross section; a skeletal platform positioned within the barrel intermediate between the open end and the base and having an exterior rim wall fitting within the interior of the sidewall, a centrally located hub having an interior face bearing a screw-thread and defining an aperture, and a plurality of spokes between the rim and the hub, said spokes, rim and hub defining a plurality of channels; means for advancing the platform towards the open end comprising a screw threaded spindle that extends through the base, is dimensioned to engage the screw-thread in the hub, and is mounted on a rotor wheel that itself is mounted on the base, the rotor wheel defining an aperture in through which stick material flows towards the at least one channel in the skeletal platform; and optionally a former fitting within the open end and/or a cap fitting over the open end, the improvement in which the platform comprises a filling ring defining with the hub a filling zone through which stick material can be passed, at least two inward radial spokes linking the filling ring and the hub, at least two outward radial spokes linking the filling ring and the rim and at least one intermediate wall spanning the rim and intersecting each outward radial spoke.