Patent ID: 8292127

Claim:
A foam-dispensing device comprising: a pump assembly, which pump assembly comprises a liquid pump and an air pump, which can be actuated by means of a common operating element, which can be moved with respect to a fixed part of the pump assembly, for delivering a liquid and air, respectively, to a common dispensing passage where the liquid and the air are combined to form a foam, the operating element being able to perform a stroke in order to actuate the liquid pump and the air pump, wherein the foam-dispensing device is designed to deliver, during a first part of the stroke, both liquid from the liquid pump and air from the air pump to the dispensing passage in order to form a foam, and to deliver, during a second part of the stroke, only air from the air pump to the dispensing passage, and wherein the liquid pump is movably connected to the fixed part of the pump assembly and wherein the entire liquid pump is coupled to the operating element at the end of the first part of the stroke of the operating element to move the entire liquid pump concomitantly with the operating element during the second part of the stroke of the operating element.