Media dispenser

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6209760
  • Patent Number
    6,209,760
  • Date Filed
    Monday, February 22, 1999
    26 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 3, 2001
    24 years ago
Abstract
A dispenser (1) includes a traveling member (50) extending integrally from the pump piston (17) up to the nozzle body (49) of the medium outlet (20). The traveling member (50) is enveloped by a separate runner body (60) which has handles (62). A core body (30) is located within runner body (60) and extends over the entire length of the dispenser (1). The base body (4) to be secured to the reservoir (29) is composed from two interconnected components (8,9) which commonly bound a free space (80) for stress reliefing the piston lip (17) in the operational end position.
Description




TECHNICAL FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




The invention relates to a dispenser in which media of all possible aggregations may be stored in a tightly sealed condition or discharged. The dispenser is intended to be clasped, freely carried and/or actuated single-handedly. The medium may be liquid, pasty, powdered, gaseous and/or granular. It is precisely metered when discharged. The dispenser is composed mostly or completely of injection-molded or plastics parts. All internal surfaces coming into contact with the medium are made from polymeric material The medium is atomized or, where necessary, discharged in larger droplets.




OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION




One object of the invention is to provide a dispenser which avoids the disadvantages of prior art configurations or contributes to the advantages cited below. A further object is to make the dispenser sealingly tight against leakage. Still a further object is to achieve reliable dispenser function or a simple construction. A still further object is to contribute to and facilitate assembly of the dispenser. A further object is to avoid contamination of the stored medium with soil or germs. A still further object is to contribute to fastening of the dispenser to a reservoir without damage, in particular to sensitive resilient members, like piston lips.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




According to the invention, the dispenser comprises a dispensing wall penetrated by a medium duct. The dispensing wall is substantially integral with two portions of a traveling member spaced from each other or from the wall. The traveling member includes a medium impeller such as a plunger, a base body closure such as a slidable cylinder cover, a valve body element, and a base body blocking member. Each traveling member includes a sliding or stopping face, particularly an inner or outer circumferential face, an edge face and/or an end face. This face can also be a single annular edge of a plunger lip sliding by this edge only.




The traveling member that is penetrated by the medium duct mounts between its ends or is spaced away from a runner body extending at least up to its external face or projecting therefrom. This body is axially and/or radially firmly connected to the runner and forms actuating handles. Such a body may also support a plunger lip against receiving excessive movements when this plunger lip is less thick than the remaining portions of the body carrying it.




The compression or pump chamber is bounded on the inner circumference by two separate components. One component forms the sole sealing face for one or two plunger lips. The other component forms a medium inlet body. Both parts together form two concentric, nested, annular end faces for common support on the end face of the bottleneck.




Also, means are provided to positively limit an operating position like the actuated end position by stops and to then hold the plunger lip free of axial and/or radial compressive forces. Thereby, the dispenser, when in the actuated end position, can be axially and forcibly brought into firm engagement with the reservoir or some other base support without the plunger lip being damaged by such compressive forces. Between the stop faces of the dispenser a separate stop member may also be provided which after assembly does not remain on the dispenser.




In including the features, such as configurations, effects etc. in the present invention, reference is made to U.S. Pat. No. 5,938,084, issued Aug. 17, 1999; U.S. Pat. No. 5,927,559, issued Jul. 27, 1999; U.S. Pat. No. 5,884,819, issued Mar. 23, 1999 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,059,150, issued May 9, 2000. The invention is also suitable for dispensers having a reservoir which is intended for a once-only use or for being emptied in a single operating stroke. Such dispensers may be provided for operation through a unidirectional, individual and interrupted or uninterrupted stroke. Thereby, the medium reservoir is a pressure chamber provided in a vessel, and the vessel has a cap with one or more traveling members.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




Example embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail in the following and illustrated in the drawings in which:





FIG. 1

is a partly axial loss-section of a dispenser according to the invention and when in a rest or initial position; and





FIG. 2

is a detail of the dispenser of

FIG. 1

in the actuated end position.











DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




The dispenser


1


includes units


2


,


3


axially movable against each other by a manual discharge actuating unit


5


. Base unit


2


includes base body


4


with a housing


7


of thrust piston pump


6


, a support body


8


and a pressure body


9


commonly forming housing


7


and located in the center dispenser axis


10


. The main flow direction


85


is parallel to axis


10


and directed from unit


2


through unit


3


outwardly. The direction


86


of the actuating motion of unit


3


is oriented opposite to direction


85


. The return motion in direction


85


ends in the rest position.




Body


8


has a cap which forms a support flange


11


. The end wall


12


is supported on its inside by both body


9


and a further annular face


22


. Only beyond the inside of end wall


12


and at the adjoining inner circumference thereof a shell-shaped cylindrical side wall


13


protrudes into body


9


. An upwardly extending cylindrical member


14


protrudes radially outside of the outer circumference of wall


13


beyond wall


12


only in direction


85


while being a shell-shaped upwardly extending end wall. Wall


14


juts into unit


3


and surrounds it commonly with its continuation wall


13


as a shield. The inside of wall


12


has a recessed reception


15


for engaging the upstream end of body


9


centered without radial clearance and axially abutted.




Unit


3


has a piston unit


16


including piston


17


of pump


6


, a piston or base body closure


18


for the downstream end of body


4


and a piston shaft


19


directly carrying annular and spaced plungers


17


,


18


. The medium is conveyed by pressure through the interior of plungers


17


,


18


in direction


85


to medium outlet


20


of unit


3


from which the medium emerges into the open while exiting from dispenser


1


.




The coaxially nested shells


13


,


23


of stepped bodies


8


,


9


bound a pressure or pump chamber


21


which is reduced on actuation and reaches valveless almost up to the downstream end of unit


3


or to outlet


20


. The upper end of body


9


forms a flange


22


or annular disk protruding beyond the outer circumference thereof. Flange


22


is fully countersunk and radially centered in reception


15


. Only the shell of body


9


forms an appendage


23


protruding beyond the open end of cap


11


in direction


86


. Body


8


has no parts protruding beyond this cap end.




Body


9


has a pin projection


24


freely protruding from its upstream end in direction


85


into parts


11


,


13


,


14


,


17


,


18


,


19


. Pin


24


forms that portion of body


9


which protrudes furthest in direction


85


and beyond flange


22


. A riser tube


26


juts from this end of body


9


in direction


86


up to the bottom of a bottle-shaped reservoir or base support


29


. Tube


26


connects downstream to an inlet duct


25


traversing body


9


. Tube


26


is inserted into the end of body


9


in direction


85


. Duct


25


traverses pin


24


only over part of its length. Duct


25


emerges at the outer circumference of pin


24


with a slot so that the slimmer end section of spigot


24


has full cross-sections. Section


22


forms with an upstream end face and in the plane of the support face of wall


12


a radially inner support member


27


for direct support relative to reservoir


29


. The outer circumference of shell


13


adjoins the inner circumference of shell


23


coaxially over the full length of shell


13


so that pressure space


21


is sealed at this point.




A core body


70


is inserted in both units


3


,


4


and is an oblong, one-part component. Body


30


extends from the upstream outermost wall of body


9


down to the downstream outermost wall of unit


3


which outlet


20


traverses. The upstream end forms a bellows-type valve spring


31


and in turn directly interconnected in direction


85


an annular disk-shaped valve element


32


, a bellows type return spring


33


, a sleeve-shaped actuating member


34


, and a bellows type valve spring


35


followed by a dimensionally rigid section


46


extending up to the core end. By its inner circumference the length-variable body


30


bounds a suction chamber


36


permanently valveless connecting to duct


25


and reservoir


29


. When shortened chamber


26


also serves as a compression chamber for returning the medium into reservoir


29


. The upstream end face of body


30


,


31


forms an annular transition edge


37


, along which the medium flows while changing direction out of chamber


36


into an annular chamber or antechamber at the outer circumference of bellows


31


. This antechamber directly connects to chamber


21


at valve member


32


. Annular chamber


36


is also bounded by pin


24


and extends almost down to the downstream end of body


30


. At this end body


30


forms a stop


38


liftable from unit


3


in direction


86


.




Longitudinal sections


31


,


33


,


35


connect to each other and forms at the outer circumference a helically pitched guiding face


39


while forming at the inner circumference a correspondingly helical guiding face


40


extending over the full length of sections


31


to


35


. The outer circumference of section


35


forms a radially and axially elastically pliant centering member for centering body


30


on the inner circumference of unit


3


. The longest section


46


bounds almost over its full length the dimensionally rigid hollow chamber


41


. Section


46


, like sections


34


,


35


, forms by its outer circumference a bound member


42


of an outlet duct


55


which is always subjected to the same fluid pressure as chamber


21


. Duct


55


begins at the end edge of lip


17


between this and body


30


and continues annularly and/or as a length groove up to the end wall of unit


3


. The upstream end of body


30


,


31


forms a stop


43


for pretensioned support of sections


31


to


33


on body


9


with edge


37


. Resilient section


31


may be centered by its helical outer circumference at the inner circumference of shell


23


. Section


46


forms by its outer circumference a dimensionally rigid centering member


44


for movably guiding on inner circumferences of unit


3


. Section


33


may be radially spaced from the opposing walls.




The downstream end of body


30


,


46


forms as part of an outlet valve


48


, a dimensionally rigid valve element


45


having a protuberance of reduced diameter. The dimensionally rigid closing faces of valve


48


may be formed by end and/or circumferential faces. When closed, the end face


38


of member


44


,


45


adjoins the inside of end wall


49


which is traversed in one part by a stepped nozzle duct. The outer end of this nozzle duct has a diameter of less than one millimeter or half a millimeter and forms outlet


20


along a axis


10


the atomizer nozzle. The closing faces may bound swirler means for generating a rotational flow about axis


10


and may for this be provided with suitable depressions. Member


32


belongs to inlet valve


47


of pump


6


. The valve seat of valve


47


is formed by an inner or annular shoulder of shell


23


. Thus, the same pressure also substantially exists from valve


47


to valve


48


since, in between, all medium spaces are permanently interconnected.




Wall


49


belongs, like parts


17


to


19


, to a one-part traveling member


50


. The runner shell


51


directly adjoins wall


49


only in direction


86


and forms lip


17


. Piston


18


protrudes over the outer runner circumference in direction


85


and is spaced from lip


17


. Piston


18


is shorter than its diameter, and is always located within wall


14


. Shell


51


has a shoulder


52


which is spaced in the direction


85


from cup piston


18


, located at the outer circumference, annularly protruding and pointing in direction


85


. A corresponding shoulder


53


is provided in the same length portion and on the inner circumference of shell


51


. Face


53


points in direction


86


. A sleeve or valve body


54


protrudes in direction


86


from the inside of wall


49


and is radially spaced from while being located within shell


51


. Member


44


,


45


is guided and radially centered within element


54


. Thereby, it is provided that in the abutting position the free end of body


54


abuts on that shoulder of body


40


which envelopes members


44


,


45


. Between the slidingly interengaged circumferential faces of members


45


,


54


and with valve


48


open, the medium is able to flow through, for example, through length or swirl grooves. In the rest position face


38


sealingly closes the inner end of the nozzle duct.




The inner circumference of shell


51


bounds duct


55


opposite to body


30


. Section


46


may have one or more circumferentially distributed flats


56


at the outer circumference and connecting upstream to shoulder


53


up to member


35


. At flats


56


duct


55


then includes flared duct cross-sections to mollify the flow. The inner circumference of continuous shell


19


,


51


forms a counter member


51


, which is juxtaposed downstream directly with lip


17


. Member


57


fixedly receives fastener


34


inserted into member


57


in direction


85


.




Member


18


simultaneously forms a movable valve body of a valve


56


for a second fluid, particularly air for venting reservoir


29


through body


4


. Thereby, air does not gain access to the medium spaces of pump


6


. The inner circumference of wall


14


forms an annular shoulder or control edge


59


of a stationary valve body


76


. In the rest position the sealing lip of member


18


is in pressure tight contact with member


46


. After a first partial stroke sealing lip


18


jumps over edge


59


so that the sealing contact is cancelled and air is able to flow in direction


86


through shell


14


when space


29


is evacuated.




Unit


3


has in axis


10


a one-part runner body


60


. Body


60


forms at its upstream end one or more locking members


61


jutting radially inwardly, an actuating member


62


, such as a handle. Downstream thereof body


60


has a centering member


63


centering relative to traveling member


50


, a protection member


64


for traveling member


50


, a stop


66


for axial support on traveling member


50


, a support member


63


for piston


18


, an end wall


68


tapered in direction


85


as a truncated cone and a stop member


65


as the upstream outermost face for abutting on wall


12


. Body


60


is mounted on traveling member


50


in direction


86


until its stop


66


located within wall


68


firmly comes into contact with shoulder


52


. Downstream thereof, the outer circumference of shell


51


and the inner circumference of wall


68


are in contact with each other in a tight press fit. Upstream thereof, the shell shaped duct and centering member


63


freely protrudes from wall


68


in direction


86


. Thus the free end of member


63


is a support member


67


located directly adjacent to the bottom wall of piston


18


and protecting piston


18


from excessive deformation. Also shell


64


projects only in direction


86


over wall


68


while being radially spaced from shell


63


. At its end shell


64


translates into members


61


,


62


,


65


which jut over the inner and/or outer circumference of shell


64


. The end wall forming members


62


,


65


may be circular or oblong in axial view. Thus the smallest width of this finger shield corresponds to the outer width of shell


64


. Shell


51


traverses and juts in direction


85


beyond body


60


as a slim stud which may be introduced into a body or nasal opening. on completion of being introduced wall


68


abuts against the bound of the patients opening which it may flare or sealingly close.




Valve


58


belongs to a second fluid guide separate from the medium guide, namely a vent


70


. The vent chamber


71


adjoins the valve


58


downstream in direction


86


and is annularly bounded by walls


14


,


19


while being sealingly closed by valve


58


with respect to the associated fluid supply, in this case the environmental atmosphere. The other end of chamber


71


adjoins an axial duct


72


traversing the wall


12


. Duct


72


is located between walls


13


,


14


. Duct


72


translates radially outwards into a significantly narrower, angular duct


73


. Duct


73


is bounded by the bottom and inner circumference of space


15


and by the outer end face and the outer circumference of flange


22


. Thus duct


73


has a radial and a shorter axial duct leg porting by one end directly between the concentrical support faces of the two bodies


8


,


9


. This port is covered by a germ filter


74


or annular disk. The cited support faces rest on filter


74


which sealingly rests on the outer circumference of shell


23


with radial compressure. Filter


74


is located between walls


12


,


22


and an annular disk or elastomeric seal


75


. Seal


75


directly sealingly supports on filter


74


. Thus air flows from the port of duct


73


into filter


74


, therewith in radially against axis


10


and then between the outer circumference of shell


23


and the inner circumference of seal


75


into the interior of reservoir


29


.




Wall


14


juts permanently in direction


85


between walls


63


,


64


. Wall


14


has at the outer circumference a locking or centering member


77


for positively abutting locking member


61


in the rest position. Thus unit


3


is prevented from being withdrawn from unit


2


. The outer circumference of wall


14


forms an outer guide


78


on which during the operating stroke body


60


is slidingly guided with members


61


independent from body


50


.




Piston


17


is permanently guided only by shell


13


. In the actuated end position radial pressure relief means are effective for plunger lip


17


like for lip


18


. Lip


17


, therefore, runs into an abruptly flared annular space


80


over the end edge


81


of wall


13


. Space


80


is bounded at the outer circumference and on one end side by shell


23


and at the other end side by edge face


81


. As in

FIG. 2

the sealing edge of lip


17


overlaps edge


81


just short before reaching the end position so that it is then located within space


80


free of any contact and without axial abutting. In the end position end face


65


of the finger shield abuts around wall


14


on the outside of wall


12


. Face


65


is remote from handle


62


. Thus, in this position cap


11


may be axially pressed onto the neck of reservoir


29


until being firmly connected although thereby the pressing force is fed into face


62


.




Body


9


bounds between parts


23


,


24


a reception space


82


accommodating springs


31


,


33


and dimensionally rigid valve body


32


. Space


80


is then bounded by shell


13


in an axially adjoined zone. The shell of cap


11


comprises on the inner circumference a projecting locking member


84


for positively engaging a complementary counter member of the outer circumference of the reservoir neck. Member


84


may be caused to engage the counter member simply by axial motion. Thereby, the cap shell is primarily and resiliently flared before then springing back when in the axial end position. Member


84


is a snap member, but could also be a female thread, a metalic crimp ring or the like. The upstream end wall of cup body


9


has at its inside radial stop projections


83


, such as ribs, distributed about the projection


24


. Stop


43


supports against elements


83


between which the medium flows from chamber


36


into the antechamber.




Except for plunger lips


17


,


18


and members


31


,


33


,


35


all other components of the dispenser


1


are dimensionally stable in operation. The dimensional relationships as depicted are particularly favorable. The length of the dispenser


1


between the upstream end of housing


7


and wall


49


in

FIG. 1

is less than 15 cm, 10 cm or 8 cm. While discharging medium the dispenser


1


is held so that one finger supports on the bottom of reservoir


29


and two fingers rest on the actuating member


62


on both sides of shell


64


.




By compressing member


62


in direction


86


chambers


21


,


36


are volumetrically reduced so that after a first partial stroke valve


47


closes counter spring


31


as a function of the travel motion path. Also, thereafter medium continues to be further pumped from chamber


36


back into reservoir


29


. Pin


24


emerges over a partial length into space


41


and displaces medium therefrom. In chamber


21


a fluid pressure is built up effective up to face


38


until this pressure causes section


44


to


46


to be shifted as a control plunger in direction


86


and counter spring


35


. Thereby, projection


44


,


45


may always remain in valve body


48


or emerge out therefrom. In the latter case also the circumferential faces of valve bodies


45


,


48


may sealingly interact in the closed state.




As soon as valve


48


has opened the medium flows from chamber


21


through outlet duct


55


into the nozzle duct and out of outlet


20


. Due to the single or double helical guiding faces


39


,


40


the medium is caused to swirl in the associated chambers. The helical pitch is for this purpose steep, particularly steeper than 300, 450 or 600. Thus, upon length changes also a torsional stress is built up and depleted in the springs. This torsion is superimposed on the axial spring action.




On release of handle


62


the dispenser


1


is reversed to its rest position by spring


33


and valve


48


closes immediately whilst chambers


21


,


36


are flared and valve


47


opened. Thus, medium is permitted to flow from reservoir


29


directly into chamber


36


and therefrom via edge


37


and valve


47


into chamber


21


. Thus, all chamber or medium spaces are always entirely filled with medium.




The cited features, such as properties, effects, configurations etc. may be provided precisely as described, or merely substantially or approximately so and may also greatly deviate therefrom depending on the particular requirements.




Pin


24


reaches permanently up to section


46


so that chamber


36


is always annular from spring


31


up over the full length of spring


35


. Bodies


8


,


9


on the one hand, and bodies


50


,


60


on the other, may also be in one part with each other. A few up to all components of the dispenser


1


are made of polyethylene so that gamma ray sterilization of the dispenser


1


is possible. Parts


50


,


30


may be preassembled so that already thereafter the closing force of the valve


48


is preset.



Claims
  • 1. A dispenser for discharging media, comprising:a base body (4); a dispensing end wall (49); a duct (55) penetrating said dispensing end wall (49) to provide a duct outlet; a medium outlet (20) in communication with said duct outlet, and an actuating unit (5) including a traveling member (50), said traveling member (50) traveling relative to said base body (4) and being an integral member and including at least two of a medium impeller portion (17), a base body closure portion (18) for the base body (4), closing tightly an atmospheric entrance through the dispenser, a valve body portion (54), and a base body blocking portion (52) for blocking withdrawal of the traveling member (50) from the base body (4), and wherein said at least two portions (17, 18, 54, 52) of traveling member (50) together with said dispensing wall (49) provide an integral member.
  • 2. The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein said base body closure portion (18) includes a closure lip located downstream of said medium impeller portion (17).
  • 3. The dispenser according to claim 1 wherein said traveling member (50) further includes an individual circumferential face, and wherein said base body closure portion (18) and said medium impeller portion (17) protrude beyond said individual circumferential face of said traveling member (50).
  • 4. The dispenser according to claim 1, wherein said base body closure (18) is radially offset with respect to said medium impeller (17) including a piston lip, said base body closure portion (18) closing said base body (4) and said medium impeller portion (17) pressing the medium out of said base body (4) upon being actuated.
  • 5. The dispenser according to claim 1 and further including a preassembled module, wherein said base body blocking portion (52) of said runner (50) is included in said preassembled module, said base body blocking member (52) preventing withdrawal of said traveling member (50) from said base body (4), said runner (50) being displaced with respect to said base body (4) when said actuating unit is actuated.
  • 6. The dispenser according to claim 1, and further including a catch member (61), wherein said catch member (61), is radially offset with respect to at least one of said portions (17, 18, 52, 54) of said traveler member (50).
  • 7. The dispenser according to claim 1 and further including a catch member (61) and an outer circumference of said base body (4), wherein said catch member (61), includes an extension engaging said base body (4) at said outer circumference.
  • 8. The dispenser according to claim 1 and further including a core body (30),wherein said core body (30) is inserted in said traveling member (50) at least one of partly rigidly fixed to said traveling member (50), and partly displaceable with respect to said traveling member (50).
  • 9. The dispenser according to claim 8, wherein said core body (30) includes a valve element (45) displaceable with respect to said runner (50).
  • 10. The dispenser according to claim 1 and further including a fluid valve (48), said fluid valve (48) substantially directly connecting to-said dispensing wall (49).
  • 11. The dispenser according to claim 1, and further including a runner body (60) defining an abutting direction (86) and a component separate from said runner (50),wherein said runner body (60) substantially fixedly connects to said traveling member (50) with respect to said actuating direction (86), said runner body (60) including at least one of a catch member (61) connected to said base body locking member (52), an actuating member (62) located upstream of said medium outlet (20), a centering member (69) connecting to said traveling member (50), a protection member (64) shielding said traveling member (50), a passage member (63) protrudingly mounting said traveling member (50), a stop member (65) abutting said traveling member (50) on said base body (4), a stop element (66) abutting on said traveling member (50), and an axial abutment member (67) abutting a resilient element (18).
  • 12. The dispenser according to claim 1 and further including a core body (30) inserted inside said base body (4), wherein said core body (30) includes at least one ofa valve spring (31) of an inlet valve (47), a valve element of said inlet valve (47), a return spring (33) for reversing said medium impeller portion (17), a fastening member (34) fixedly engaging said traveling member (50), a valve spring (35) of an outlet valve (48), a suction chamber (36) for aspirating the medium, a transition edge (37) for deflecting the medium toward said medium impeller portion (17), a stop (43) removably supporting on said base body (4), a volumetrically variable pressure chamber (36) for repulsing the medium into a reservoir (29), an outer circumference with a helical guide face (39) for the medium, an inner circumference with a helical guide face (40) for the medium, a bellows (31, 33, 35), a resilient centering member (35) movably centering on said traveling member (50), a dimensionally rigid hollow chamber (41) for the medium, a bound member (42) for said duct (55) including an outlet duct, a stop (38) removably resting on said runner (50), a dimensionally rigid centering member (44) movably centering on said traveling member (50), and a valve element (45) of said outlet valve (48).
  • 13. The dispenser according to claim 1 and further including first and second stops (12, 65) separate from said medium impeller portion (17) and included with said base body (4) and said runner (50), wherein in an actuated end position of said dispenser said first and second stops (12, 65) mutually abut.
  • 14. The dispenser according to claim 1 and further including a vent duct (72, 73) and a reservoir chamber (29) for storing the medium, wherein said vent duct is angular and includes a first duct leg and a second duct leg angularly directly connecting to said first duct leg, separate and opposed end faces being included and bound said vent duct (73).
  • 15. The dispenser according to claim 1 and further including a filter (74) and a vent duct (73) issuing into said filter (74), wherein said vent duct (73) is angular and includes angularly interconnected first and second duct legs, said second duct leg including a free end remote from said first duct leg, a butt joint being included and directly connecting said free end to said filter (74).
  • 16. A dispenser for discharging media, comprising:a base body (4); a dispensing end wall (49); a duct (55) penetrating said dispensing end wall (49) to provide a duct outlet; a medium outlet (20) in communication with said duct outlet, and an actuating unit (5) including a traveling member (50), said traveling member (50) being an integral member and including at least two of a medium impeller portion (17), a base body closure portion (18) for the base body (4), a valve body portion (54), and a base body blocking portion (52) for blocking withdrawal of the traveling member (50) from the base body (4), and wherein said at least two portions (17, 18, 54, 52) of traveling member (50) together with said dispensing wall (49) provide an integral member; further including a traveling member body (60) defining an abutting direction (86) and a component separate from said runner (50), wherein said traveling member body (60) substantially fixedly connects to said traveling member (50) with respect to said actuating direction (86), said traveling member body (60) including at least one of a catch member (61) connected to said base body locking member (52), an actuating member (62) located upstream of said medium outlet (20), a centering member (69) connecting to said traveling member (50), a protection member (64) shielding said traveling member (50), a passage member (63) protrudingly mounting said traveling member (50), a stop member (65) abutting said traveling member (50) on said base body (4), a stop element (66) abutting on said traveling member (50), and an axial abutment member (67) abutting a resilient element (18); and wherein said traveling member body (60) includes at least one of a cup, and an annular disc.
  • 17. A dispenser for discharging media, comprising:a base body (4); a dispensing end wall (49); a duct (55) penetrating said dispensing end wall (49) to provide a duct outlet; a medium outlet (20) in communication with said duct outlet, and an actuating unit (5) including a traveling member (50), said traveling member (50) being an integral member and including at least two of a medium impeller portion (17), a base body closure portion (18) for the base body (4), a valve body portion (54), and a base body blocking portion (52) for blocking withdrawal of the traveling member (50) from the base body (4), and wherein said at least two portions (17, 18, 54, 52) of traveling member (50) together with said dispensing wall (49) provide an integral member; further including a traveling member body (60) defining an abutting direction (86) and a component separate from said runner (50), wherein said traveling member body (60) substantially fixedly connects to said traveling member (50) with respect to said actuating direction (86), said traveling member body (60) including at least one of a catch member (61) connected to said base body locking member (52), an actuating member (62) located upstream of said medium outlet (20), a centering member (69) connecting to said traveling member (50), a protection member (64) shielding said traveling member (50), a passage member (63) protrudingly mounting said traveling member (50), a stop member (65) abutting said traveling member (50) on said base body (4), a stop element (66) abutting on said traveling member (50), and an axial abutment member (67) abutting a resilient element (18); and wherein said traveling member (60) includes at least one end wall (68) defining an end face and a remote face remote from said end face, projections (63, 64) being included and projecting from said end face, said remote face being substantially without projections.
  • 18. A dispenser for discharging media, comprising:a base body (4); a dispensing end wall (49); a duct (55) penetrating said dispensing end wall (49) to provide a duct outlet; a medium outlet (20) in communication with said duct outlet, and an actuating unit (5) including a traveling member (50), said traveling member (50) being an integral member and including at least two of a medium impeller portion (17), a base body closure portion (18) for the base body (4), a valve body portion (54), and a base body blocking portion (52) for blocking withdrawal of the traveling member (50) from the base body (4), and wherein said at least two portions (17, 18, 54, 52) of traveling member (50) together with said dispensing wall (49) provide an integral member; and further including a support body (8) and a pressure body (9) substantially rigidly connected to said support body (8) with respect to at least one direction (85, 86), wherein said base body (4) includes said support body (8) including a fastener (84) for directly fastening said support body (8) on a base support (8).
  • 19. The dispenser according to claim 18, wherein said support body (8) includes at least one ofa support flange (12) for axially supporting on the base support (29), an inner circumference including a locking member (84) for engaging the base support (29), a support member supporting a seal (75), a duct bound of a flow duct (73), a running wall (13 displaceably receiving said impeller (17), a relief member (79) radially stress-reliefing said impeller (17) when displaced, a slide wall (14) engaging said base body closure (18), a valve element (76), a locking member (77) locking said traveling member (50), a shield (14) shielding said traveling member (50), an outer guide externally guiding said traveling member (50), an extension (14) extending inside said actuating unit (5), a centering member (15) annularly centering said pressure body (9), and a secondary duct (72) for a secondary fluid.
  • 20. The dispenser according to claim 18, wherein said pressure body (9) includes at least one ofa connector flange (22), a pressure chamber (21) bounded by said medium impeller portion (17), an appendage protruding upstream out of said support body (8), a projection (24) jutting into said traveling member (50), an inlet duct passing the medium toward said medium outlet (20), a riser tube (26) for the medium, an annular valve seat (47), a spring mount, a spring stop (83), a support face (27) supporting an axial seal (75), and a tensioning face (28) radially clamping and sealing said support body (8).
  • 21. A dispenser for discharging media, comprising:a base body (4); a dispensing end wall (49); a duct (55) penetrating said dispensing end wall (49) to provide a duct outlet; a medium outlet (20) in communication with said duct outlet, and an actuating unit (5) including a traveling member (50), said traveling member (50) being an integral member and including at least two of a medium impeller portion (17), a base body closure portion (18) for the base body (4), a valve body portion (54), and a base body blocking portion (52) for blocking withdrawal of the traveling member (50) from the base body (4), and wherein said at least two portions (17, 18, 54, 52) of traveling member (50) together with said dispensing wall (49) provide an integral member; and further including a core body (30) inserted inside said base body (4), wherein said core body (30) includes at least one of a valve spring (31) of an inlet valve (47), a valve element of said inlet valve (47), a return spring (33) for reversing said medium impeller portion (17), a fastening member (34) fixedly engaging said traveling member (50), a valve spring (35) of an outlet valve (48), a suction chamber (36) for aspirating the medium, a transition edge (37) for deflecting the medium toward the medium impeller portion (17), a stop (43) removably supporting on said base body (4), a volumetrically variable pressure chamber (36) for repulsing the medium into the reservoir (29), an outer circumference with a helical guide face (39) for the medium, inner circumference with a helical guide face (40) for the medium, a bellows (31, 33, 35), a resilient centering member (35) movably centering on said traveling member (50), a dimensionally rigid hollow chamber (41) for the medium, a bound member (42) for said duct (55) including an outlet duct, a stop (38) removably resting on said traveling member (50), a dimensionally rigid centering member (44) movably centering on said traveling member (50), and a valve element (45) of said outlet valve (48), wherein said core body (30) is made in one part.
  • 22. A dispenser for discharging media, comprising:a base body (4); a dispensing end wall (49); a duct (55) penetrating said dispensing end wall (49) to provide a duct outlet; a medium outlet (20) in communication with said duct outlet, and an actuating unit (5) including a traveling member (50), said traveling member (50) being an integral member and including at least two of a medium impeller portion (17), a base body closure portion (18) for the base body (4), a valve body portion (54), and a base body blocking portion (52) for blocking withdrawal of the traveling member (50) from the base body (4), and wherein said at least two portions (17, 18, 54, 52) of traveling member (50) together with said dispensing wall (49) provide an integral member; and further defining an operating position, wherein said medium impeller portion (17) includes a piston lip sealingly sliding on a counterface of said base body (4), said piston lip including a free end face which is free of abutting contact when in said operating position including an actuated end position, when actuated and displaced, said free end face including a leading edge.
  • 23. A dispenser for discharging media, comprising:a base body (4); a dispensing end wall (49); a duct (55) penetrating said dispensing end wall (49) to provide a duct outlet; a medium outlet (20) in communication with said duct outlet, and an actuating unit (5) including a traveling member (50), said traveling member (50) being an integral member and including at least two of a medium impeller portion (17), a base body closure portion (18) for the base body (4), a valve body portion (54), and a base body blocking portion (52) for blocking withdrawal of the traveling member (50) from the base body (4), and wherein said at least two portions (17, 18, 54, 52) of traveling member (50) together with said dispensing wall (49) provide an integral member; and further defining an operating position, wherein said medium impeller portion (17) includes a piston lip sealingly sliding on a counterface of said base body (4), said counterface including a relief depression (80) receiving said piston lip when in said operating position, thereby stress relieving said piston lip, said relief depression (80) being bounded by separate body elements (8,9) of said base body (4).
  • 24. The dispenser according to claim 23, wherein said body elements (8, 9) include a first body element (8) including a first wall (13), said body elements (8, 9) including a second body element (9) including a second wall (23) engaging said first wall (13), said first and second walls (13, 23) commonly bounding said relief depression (80).
  • 25. A dispenser for discharging media, comprising:a base body (4); a dispensing end wall (49); a duct (55) penetrating said dispensing end wall (49) to provide a duct outlet; a medium outlet (20) in communication with said duct outlet, and an actuating unit (5) including a traveling member (50), said traveling member (50) being an integral member and including at least two of a medium impeller portion (17), a base body closure portion (18) for the base body (4), a valve body portion (54), and a base body blocking portion (52) for blocking withdrawal of the traveling member (50) from the base body (4), and wherein said at least two portions (17, 18, 54, 52) of traveling member (50) together with said dispensing wall (49) provide an integral member; and further including first and second stops (12, 65) separate from said medium impeller portion (17) and included within said base body (4) and said runner (50), wherein in said actuated end position of said dispenser said first and second stops (12, 65) mutually abut, and wherein at least one of said first and second stops (12, 65) is freely accessible from outside the dispenser (1), said actuating unit (5) including an actuating member (60) separate from said dispensing wall (49) and including an upstream end, said upstream end including said second stop (65).
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
198 07 922 Feb 1998 DE
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