Patent Application
20220397106
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The disclosure relates to pumping devices and more particularly pertains to a new pumping device for portioned dispensation of viscous fluids. The present invention discloses a pumping device comprising a pump and spout positioned on a base. A socket around the pump is engageable to a neck of an inverted container, positioning the pump to motivate a viscous fluid in the inverted container through the spout.
The prior art relates to pumping devices. The prior art devices for dispensing viscous fluids from inverted containers comprise pumps, plungers, roller balls positioned in an orifice. What is lacking in the prior art is a pumping device comprising a pump and spout positioned on a base. A socket around the pump is engageable to a neck of one of a variety of inverted containers, positioning the pump to motivate a viscous fluid in the inverted container through the spout.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base, which is configured to be positioned on a substantially horizontal surface. A pipe is engaged to and extends from a top of the base. A pump is operationally engaged to the pipe distal from the base. A spout is engaged to and extends from the base. The spout and the pump are in fluidic communication with the pipe. A socket is engaged to the pump so that the pump is in fluidic communication with a reservoir, which is defined by the socket. The socket is threaded complementarily to a neck of a container containing a viscous fluid. The socket is configured to threadedly engage the container so that the container is inverted relative to the substantially horizontal surface. The reservoir is configured to hold the viscous fluid flowing from the container. The pump is configured to pump the viscous fluid through the pipe and the spout.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A pipe 18 is engaged to and extends from the top 14 of the base 12. A pump 20 is operationally engaged to the pipe 18 distal from the base 12, as shown in
The spout 22 is arcuate, as shown in
The pump 20 may be spring-loaded, as would be apparent to those skilled in the art of pump dispensers. The pump 20 thus would be configured to be actuated by pushing down upon the container 30 engaged to the socket 24. After the container 30 is pushed downwardly, a spring (not shown) of the pump 20 returns the container 30 to a default position wherein the container 30 is extended from the base 12. An intended use of the fluid pumping device 10 is to enable a user to dispense the final portions of the viscous fluid 32 from a container 30 substantially emptied of viscous fluid 32. The fluid pumping device 10 also could be utilized with a container 30 substantially filled with viscous fluid 32 when the pump 20 is equipped with a spring capable of returning the container 30 to the default position.
In use, the fluid pumping device 10 in engaged to the container 30 by threadedly inserting the neck 28 of the container 30 into the socket 24. With the base 12 positioned on the substantially horizontal surface, the viscous fluid 32 flows from the container 30 into the reservoir 26. Pushing down on the container 30 actuates the pump 20, causing the viscous fluid 32 to be pumped through the pipe 18 and the spout 22.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
