Patent ID: 8887964

Claim:
A dispensing mechanism for a liquid container arranged in liquid communication with a hollow flexible dispensing portion, the dispensing mechanism comprising: a fixed dolly adapted to abut against the hollow flexible dispensing portion, a first lever arranged to pivot about a first pivot axis, wherein the first pivot axis is fixed relative to the fixed dolly during a dispensing stroke of the first lever, and comprising a contact surface adapted to abut against the flexible dispensing portion such that the hollow flexible dispensing portion is able to be arranged between the contact surface and the fixed dolly, and a second lever arranged to pivot about a second pivot axis and comprising a user operated portion, wherein the first lever comprises a first sliding surface and the second lever comprises a second sliding surface, the first and second sliding surfaces bearing in sliding abutment against each other at an abutment point, wherein the first and second pivot axes are substantially parallel to each other, and a first plane extends through the first and second pivot axes, the first pivot axis, the second pivot axis and the abutment point forming corners of a triangle in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first and second pivot axes, wherein, in a non-actuated position of the dispensing mechanism, the user operated portion of the second lever and the abutment point are arranged on a first side of the first plane, and wherein the first sliding surface, at least at the abutment point, is convex and the abutment point remains on the first side of the first plane over at least a first 2/3 of the dispensing stroke of the first lever.