MXPA06004917A - Bottle piercing dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

A fluid dispenser comprising a dispensing mechanism, a housing and a container having an interior. The container is removably coupled to the housing for dispensing fluid from the container by the dispensing mechanism. The housing has a guard recess opening downwardly and an access opening into the recess. A piercing member is secured in the recess. The container has a protuberance which is adapted to be received in the recess such that when the container is being coupled to the housing, the protuberance on the container is inserted upwardly into the recess and moved into the piercing member to pierce the protuberance with the piercing member. On the piercing member piercing the container, an air passageway is provided providing communication between the interior of the container and the atmospheric air. Preferably the piercing member is secured in the guarded recess against engagement other than with elements inserted into the recess via the access opening.

Description

BOTTLE DRILL DISTRIBUTOR SCOPE OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a fluid dispenser and more particularly to a fluid dispenser having a replaceable fluid container so that with the insertion of a container within the dispenser an air vent hole is punched through of the container.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Distributors are known to have a housing for receiving a non-collapsible disposable fluid container having an outlet opening from which fluid is dispensed. With the containers which are not collapsible, to prevent the development of the vacuum inside the container, the air that enters the container must be allowed to be replaced as the fluid is distributed. Known systems that allow air replacement through distribution pumps in the mouth of the container typically require more complex and expensive pump assemblies that have increased the risk of failure as compared to the vent pump assemblies. The provision of a preformed air vent passage through a container has the disadvantages of providing another opening in the container that complicates manufacturing and that may leak during storage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To overcome at least partially these disadvantages of the previously known devices, the present invention provides a fluid distributor in which the coupling of a removable container to the distributor, an opening for air passage in the container is formed, preferably by a piercing member which is located securely against accidental coupling.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved fluid dispenser.

Another object is to provide a fluid distributor with a perforating mechanism to provide an air passage in a container during the coupling of the container to the dispenser.

Another object is to provide a preferred construction for a bottle adapted to be coupled to a dispenser.

The present invention provides a fluid dispenser comprising a distress mechanism, a housing and a container having an interior. The container is removably coupled to the housing to distribute the fluid from the container through the dispensing mechanism. The housing has a guard recess opening downwardly and an access opening in the recess. A piercing member is secured in the recess. The container has a protrusion which is adapted to be received in the recess so that when the container is being coupled to the housing, the protrusion in the container is inserted into the recess and moves inside the piercing member to pierce the protrusion with the protrusion. piercing member. In the piercing member the container is perforated, an air passage is provided providing communication between the interior of the container and the atmospheric air. Preferably, the piercing member is secured in the recess stored against the coupling more than with other elements inserted within the recess via the access opening. This is advantageous such as in changing containers since a user can not inadvertently couple them into the piercing member which is typically a cutting tip, a blade or cannula and is adapted for example to pierce the wall of the protrusion in the container . The container preferably is formed of plastic as it is blow molded and preferably as substantially rigid and non-collapsible. The protrusion may be formed as a portion of the walls of the container having relative reduced thickness and therefore facilitates piercing by the piercing member.

The container is preferably a bottle having an outlet opening at one end and at the other end the protrusion with the bottle adapted to be stored and shipped with the exit opening, the opening upwards and the protrusion still downwards. When inserted into the dispensing apparatus, the container is preferably inverted. Preferably the end of the container bearing the protrusion is also adapted to allow the container to be stored on a flat surface. Preferably, in the coupling of the container to the housing, the container is rotated near a fulcrum member with said rotation of the container, the protrusion that is initially received in the recess moves with the rotation movement inside the piercing member.

In one aspect the present invention provides a fluid dispenser comprising: a dispensing mechanism, a container having an interior, a housing, the container removably coupled to the housing to distribute the liquid from the container by the dispensing mechanism, the housing having a guard recess with an access opening therein that opens downwards, a piercing member secured in the recess, the container having a protuberance adapted to be received in the recess, wherein the container is being coupled to the housing, the protrusion is inserted with the piercing member, the protrusion piercing the container providing a passage of air providing communication between the interior of the container and the atmospheric air.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description taken together with the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a compliance distributor with a first embodiment of the invention with the container completely inserted into the housing; Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bottle of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a rear perspective view of the bottle of Figure 2; Figure 4 is a front perspective view of the housing of Figure 1; Figure 5 is a rear perspective view of the housing of Figure 4; Figure 6 is a front perspective view of the press member of Figure 1; Figure 7 is a rear perspective view of the press member of Figure 6; Figure 8 is a perspective view of a knife element of the dispenser of Figure 1; Figure 9 is a perspective view of a pumping mechanism of the dispenser of Figure 1; Figure 10 is a schematic cross-sectional side view of the dispenser of Figure 1 with the container in a non-seated position; Figure 11 is a view similar to that of Figure 10 but with the intermediate container to the seated position and the non-seated position; Figure 12 is a view similar to that of Figure 10 but with the container in a seated position; Figures 13, 14 and 15 are each a prolonged pictorial view of an upper rear portion of Figures 10, 11 and 12 respectively.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Reference is made to the figures showing a distribution unit 12 adapted to be removably coupled to a wall not shown. The distribution unit 12 comprises an assembly of a reservoir container or bottle 20, a piston pump mechanism 18, a housing member 17 and an activation member 16.

The bottle 20 has a rear wall 22, a front wall 23, two side walls 24 and 25, an upper wall 26 and a lower wall 27. An externally cylindrical threaded neck 28 carrying helical threads 29 extending downwardly from the bottom wall 27 and provides a starting output for communication with the front of the container.

The pump mechanism 18 comprises a piston chamber forming element 52 and the piston member 53. The piston chamber forming element 52 is sealingly engaged in the outlet opening in the bottle 20 with an internally threaded flange 54 engaging threadedly the threaded neck 28 of the bottle 20 to locate the piston chamber forming element 54 coaxially within the neck 28. The piston member 53 is slidably received axially in the piston chamber forming element 52 for the axial sliding thereon coaxially between an extended position and a contracted position for distributing the materials flowing from the bottle 20. When the pump mechanism 18 is coupled to the bottle, the flange 54 is separated a distance from the lower wall 27 of the bottle so as to provide an annular groove path 32 therebetween adapted to couple the bottle 20 to the housing member 17.

The housing member 17 comprises an injection of molded plastic unitary member including a lower support member 60 extending forward and a wall plate member 14 extending upwardly from the rear part of the support member 60.

The wall plate member 14 has a flat rear plate 40 for coupling as, for example, with a bathroom wall next to a sink. The wall plate member 14 can be secured to the wall by any means, preferably by an adhesive such as double-sided adhesive tape or by fasteners such as screws. The openings 42 for receiving said fasteners are shown to extend through the back plate 40. A peripheral flange member 43 extends along each side and the upper end of the back plate 40 having an internally directed side wall 44, a front facing wall 45 and an outer side wall 46. A rear pocket 47 is defined between the back plate 40 and the inner side walls 44 of the flange member 43.

The support member 60 has a support shelf 64 extending forwardly from the back plate 40. The support member 60 has side wall members 180 and 181 that provide exterior side walls 67 and 68, ascendingly directed top walls 182 and 183 and inner side walls 184 and 185. The side walls 184 and 185 extend downwardly from the top walls 182 and 183 at the rear of the support member 60 to merge with the support ledge 64 and provide as bounce off the shelf of support 64 and the inner side walls 184 and 185, a lower location cavity 186 closed at the rear by the back plate 40. Similarly, the support shelf 64 and the interior side walls 184 and 185 and the walls 182 and 183 of the side wall members 180 and 181 close the lower end of the back cavity 47. The support shelf 64 of the support member 60 has a generally semicircular opening 78 therein with two strong fingers 81 extending forward from there on the side of the opening 78. The opening 78 opens forward in a central slot track 190 provided between two sidewall members 180 and 181.

The bottle 20 has on its rear wall 22 a periphery, an outwardly directed rear protrusion 192 from which a central rectangular rear location plug 193 extends rearwardly. The rear location plug 193 has a protrusion 130 on its upper rear part. which extends upwards from the plug 193 spaced rearwardly from the rear projection 192. As seen, the protrusion 130 has an upper surface, side surfaces, a rear surface and a front surface 194. A groove path 196 is formed between the front surface 194 of the protrusion 130 and the rear protrusion 192 forward thereof with an upper side wall of the cap 193 forming a cleat therebetween.

The flange member 43 of the wall plate member 14 has at its upper portion a centrally extending upper recess 1347 formed with a downward facing access opening 132 upwardly within the recess 134. The opening 132 has a rectangular shape corresponding to the transverse shape of the protuberance 130.

Bottom wall 27 of bottle 20 has two descendingly directed lateral flange portions 197 and 198 extending from the front to the central lower and rear location plug 200 extending downwardly thereof from which the neck 28 extends centrally downwardly.

The bottle 20 is shaped and conformed to fit within the accommodation member 17. In this regard, the tab 54 of the pumping mechanism 18 is received in an adjustment relationship in the opening 78 of the support member 60 with the support shelf 64 received in the groove path 32 near the neck of the bottle between the rear wall 22 of the bottle and the flange 54 of the pumping mechanism 18. The stopper lower location 200 is received in the lower location cavity 186 and the rear location plug 193 is received in the rear location cavity 47 with the protrusion 130 received in the recess 134. The coupling of the side walls of the location plug rear 193 with the inner side walls 44 of the flange member 43 near the rear location cavity 47 and the coupling of the side walls of the lower location plug 200 with the inner side walls 184 and 185 of the side members 180 and 181 of the lower location cavity 186 assist in the guide of the bottle within the coupling with the housing member 17.

The press member 16 is rotatably coupled to the support member 60 of the housing member 17 to rotate about a hinge axis 62 by reason of two strain shafts 63 extending inwardly from each of the side wall members 180 and 181 of the support member 60 being received within the pivot opening 202 and 203 in the side walls 204 and 205 of the press member 61. The press member 61 includes a front hand lever 74 extending downwardly from the hinge axis 62 and a support shelf 69 that extends rearwardly of the hand lever 74. The support shelf 69 carries at its rear end 206 a spring engaging post 208. A lower end of a helical coil spring 210 engages in this post 208 and extends upwardly therefrom to engage a locating post 212 that extends downward from the underside of the support ledge 64 of the support member 60. A saddle member 213 is provided by extending the side tracks between the sidewall members 180 and 181 of the support member 60 which provides an upwardly directed bridge stop surface 214 that engages the rearward end 206 of the support ledge 69 so that limit the rotation of the rear end 206 of the press member 61 downwards. The press member 61 is further rotatably mounted to the support member 60 to rotate between an extended position in which the rear end 206 of the support shelf 69 engages the bridge member 213 and the contracted positions. The movement of the extended position to the contracted positions is carried out by a user pressing backward on a lower portion of the hand lever 74 compressing the spring 210. On release, the inclination of the spring 210 will return to the press member 61 to the extended position.

The ledge 69 of the press member 61 carries an extended opening 83 through which the nozzle 56 of the piston member extends. On the other side of the opening 83, the shelf 69 carries two resistive piston catch fingers 84 and 85 which engage the coupling flange 57 of the piston member 53 to engage the piston member 53 for movement with the member. 61. The capture fingers 84 and 85 each have a confrontational capture support descending and for coupling an upper surface of the coupling flange 57. The shelf 69 also has two arms extending upward on the side of the openings 83 having arched pivot supports 88 and 89 adapted to engage the lower surface of the coupling flange 57. The coupling flange 57 is for being received between the capture supports and the pivot supports 88 and 89 so that with the arched movement of the press member 61 relative to the support member 60, the piston member 59 can slide in linear design relative to the support member 60 axially relative to the The piston chamber training member 52.

The capture fingers 84 and 85 are resilient and adapted to deviate away from each other so as to allow the coupling flange 76 of the piston member 53 to move past its distal ends so that the bottle 20 and the pumping mechanism 8 have been secured to the support member, the piston member 61 can be rotated towards the support member 60 and the distal ends of the capture fingers 84 and 85 will engage the lower or side surfaces of the coupling flange 57 and they tilt apart so that the capture fingers 84 and 85 will come to be placed with their capture supports engaging the upper surface of the coupling flange 57.

A blade member 216 is secured to the wall plate member 14 so as to provide a piercing member 218 that extends downwardly in the recess 134. The blade member 216 it is illustrated as a U-shaped piece of metal having two legs 219 and 220 and a cleat 221 adapted to be secured to a rearwardly extending plug 222 mounted inside the peripheral flange member 43 as by a screw that is extends forward through the cleat 213 in the plug 222 with the legs 219 of the blade member 216 positioned vertically on the side of the plug 222. One of the legs 219 of the blade member extends beyond the calla to form downwardly. the piercing member 218 with a cutting appendix 224 adapted to pierce the wall of the bottle 250 in the protrusion 130.

In use, the press member 61 engages the housing member 17 and this housing subassembly is subsequently secured to a wall. The pumping mechanism 18 is threadedly engaged in the bottle 20 and this subassembly is subsequently coupled to the housing subassembly. For coupling, the bottle subassembly is placed in engagement with the coupling subassembly in a non-seated position as illustrated in Figures 10 and 13. As noted, the neck 28 of the bottle 20 with the pump mechanism 18 is has inserted vertically downwardly into the slot path 190 in front of the opening 78 and a rear portion of the lower location plug 193 is placed in a front portion of the lower location cavity 186 in front of the back plate 40. The upper rear part from the bottle 20 is subsequently angled with the protrusion 130 received in the recess 134 with the upper end of the protrusion 130 above and posterior of a front wall 226 of the recess 134 defining the access opening 132. An upper portion of the rear location plug 193 is received in an upper portion of the rear location cavity 47. The upper end of the protrusion 130 is in engagement with the other. The piercing member 218. While in this positioned non-seated location, the lower front end of the bottle 20 moving from the non-seated position of Figures 10 and 13 for an intermediate position of Figures 11 and 14 and sequentially to a fully seated position. of Figures 12 and 15. While in the non-seated position in the seated position and while moving from the non-seated position to the seated position, the front wall 226 of the recesses 134 is received via slotted path 196 between the protrusion 130 and the rear support 192 of the bottle 20 with a lowermost portion of the front wall 226 near the access opening 132 engaging the front surface 194 of the protrusion 130. In this respect, the lowermost portion of the front wall 226 effectively forms a fulcrum member adapted to engage the front surface 194 of the protrusion 130 forming a pivot surface. In the movement of the non-seated position of Figures 10 and 13 for the intermediate position of Figures 11 and 14 and from here to the seated position of Figures 12 and 15, the bottle 20 rotates near this fulcrum member in a rotating movement. In this rotational movement, the protrusion 130 moves upward in the recess 134 and thus causes the piercing member 218 to begin to penetrate the wall of the protrusion 130 as illustrated in Figure 14 in the intermediate position and subsequently with the movement. Additional rotary of piercing member 218 pierces through the wall of the protrusion forming an air passage therethrough. With the forward movement of the lower portion of the bottle 20 and the pumping mechanism 18 carried therein, the bottle subassembly becomes securely coupled to the support member 60 by reason of the support shelf 64 being received in the way of slot 32 and by reason of tab 54 being received between resisting fingers 81 that deviate outwardly to allow tab 54 to enter opening 78 in an automatic adjustment relationship with resistive fingers 84 resisting movement of tab 54 and therefore assembling the bottle externally from the seated position in which the flange 54 is received coaxially within the semicircular portion of the opening 78.

At the same time that the bottle 20 and the flange 54 come to engage in the seated position with the support member 60, the piston member 53 becomes engaged with the press member 61 with the coupling flange 57 of the piston member 52 coming to engage with or placed in a position for engaging secured between the capture fingers 84 and 85 and the pivot supports 88 and 89 and with the nozzle 56 aligned with the opening 83 through the shelf 69 of the press member 61.

In a seated position as illustrated for example in Figures 12 and 15, to present a pleasing appearance, the side walls 24 and 25 of the bottle are provided substantially in the same plane as the side walls of the housing member 17. Similarly, the top wall 26 of the bottle 20 is provided in the same plane as an upper wall of the wall plate member 14 of the housing member 17. As well, the front wall 23 of the bottle 20 closely matches the contours and planes formed by the front surfaces of the side wall members 180 and 181 of the support member 60 and the front face of the press member 61. In this regard, the rear supports 192 of the rear wall 22 of the bottle 20 substantially equal and surpass the peripheral tab member 43 of the wall plate member 14. Similarly, the side tab portions 197 and 198 in the bottom wall 27 of the bottle 20 closely equal and surpass the upper walls 182 and 183 of the side wall members 180 and 181 of the support member 60.

In the preferred embodiment of Figure 1, piercing member 218 is secured in recess 134 spaced upwardly within recess 134 in a manner in which engagement with other elements inserted upwardly in recess 134 is prevented via its access opening 132. This is preferred in a manner that minimizes the potential for damage to users when a bottle may not engage the housing member 17 against accidental cutting of themselves with the piercing member 218.

Various additional protection devices may be provided to prevent and / or exclude inadvertent coupling of piercing member 218 by a user when the bottle is removed. For example, a sliding block member (not shown) could be provided, which slides longitudinally in the recess 134 below the piercing member 218 and which is inclined by the spring to assume a position when the bottle 20 is removed so that the The blocking member falls below the piercing member 218. The locking member may be accessible as the sliding button protrudes from the top upper surface of the peripheral flange member 43 above the recess 134. For the insertion of a bottle 20, the The bottle is placed in the non-seated position and while in this position the locking member is manually slid laterally at one end below the piercing member 218 and with the locking member moved at one end of the bottle 20 can subsequently move in a rotating movement from the unset position to the seated position. In the removal of any bottle, the locking member will be under the back of sliding spring inclination at a position below the piercing member 218.

The piercing member 218 has been shown as a blade extending vertically with a front edge 223 which is angled down to the rear for a rear appendage 224 where the leading edge intersects a rearward edge extending down vertically 225.

The piercing member 218 serves the purpose of piercing the wall of the bottle so as to provide a passage through the wall of the bottle that provides communication between the interior of the bottle and the atmospheric air. The pumping mechanism 18 is operative to distribute the volumes of fluid from the container 20, preferably without allowing atmospheric air to pass upwardly in the container through the outlet of the bottle 30. To the extent that the dispensing mechanism is operative to distribute the volumes of fluid from the bottle greater than atmospheric air volumes that may or may be allowed to pass internally into the container via the outlet 30 then a vacuum may develop within the bottle. The air passage formed by the piercing member 218 through the protrusion 130 allows atmospheric air to enter the interior of the bottle and limit any vacuum to be developed in the bottle.

The bottle 20 preferably a substantially substantial non-collapsible rigid container preferably formed of plastic such as by blow molding. Preferably, the thickness of the wall of the bottle 20 in the protrusion 130 where the piercing member 218 is for piercing the wall has a reduced thickness compared to other portions of the bottle wall to facilitate the piercing member 218 piercing the protrusion 130 The air passage does not need to provide a real opening through the wall at all times. The piercing member 218 can be effectively checked in the opening formed through the protrusion 130 in a manner of some sealed shape. However, the walls of the bottle 20 forming the protrusion 130 can be of a resistant nature such as in some degree of vacuum being developed within the bottle, the walls near the opening will deviate out of the piercing member 218 and will quickly allow the air enters the bottle without any substantial vacuum being created.

The piercing member 218 may, however, be configured such that in the penetration of the bottle it forms and creates a real opening, which at all times remains open. For example, the piercing member may comprise a hollow needle as a structure or cannula that internally will provide a passage therebetween. The cutting member may have a generally V-shaped cutting blade that will in effect remove the wall amounts as the protrusion 130 is rotated upwardly in addition to providing at least some portions of the air passage that is always open and provides a passage continuously open through the wall.

The bottle 20 shown provides its neck 28 and the outlet 30 at one end of the bottle and provides the top wall 26 at another end with the protrusion 130 proximate the other end. For storage and shipping of the reservoir bottle, the bottle 20 is inverted from the position illustrated in the Figures to a vertical position. In this vertical position, the upper wall 26 provides a flat surface for the bottle to be supported on a support surface and the protrusion 130 is positioned from the upper wall 26 so as to interfere with the support of the bottle on said support surface.

In the illustrated embodiment, the resistive fingers 81 near the front end of the opening 78 provide a latching mechanism for freely retaining the bottle 20 in the seated position against movement toward the non-seated position. Various other retention mechanisms can be provided as for example by various capture supports in the bottle as their side walls engage the corresponding capture members in the support member 60 or the wall plate 14.

The preferred embodiment of this invention illustrates a version of a bottle with the pumping mechanism attached. Several other bottles can be secured to other distribution arrangements using the same arrangement that is with a protrusion carried in the bottle and the bottle being rotated by the fulcrum member so that a protrusion in the bottle moving from an unsuppressed position coupled to a seated coupled position comes to have its wall pierced by a piercing member. The outlet preferably is provided in the bottle at an opposite end to the protrusion however that is not necessary and it will be appreciated that an outlet could be provided at the same end of the bottle as the protrusion as for example for dispensing using a timing mechanism. pumping including an inclined tube that extends down into the bottle.

The use of a bottle with a perforating mechanism as illustrated has the advantage that it is difficult for the user to reuse the bottle by removing the bottle and trying to refill it. The preferred manifold illustrates an arrangement in which the wall plate and the support member are integrally provided as part of the housing member 17 and the press member 61 is rotated separately. Several other arrangements can be provided with separate wall plates, support members and / or members of the actuator without limit. The spring is illustrated as being a metal spring however several other spring shapes can be provided. Similarly, the pumping mechanism has been illustrated as a piston pumping mechanism but other pumping mechanisms may be provided which may or may not be coupled to the bottle at the time of insertion.

The nature of the fluid that can be distributed by the bottle is not limited and can comprise any substantially fluidizable material including liquids, fluids, solutions, and as well as a fluidizable solid and particulate material where ventilation may be advantageous to provide an air passage. . While the invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments many variations and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art. For a definition of the invention, reference is made to the following claims.

Claims (19)

1. A fluid distributor comprising: a dispensing mechanism, a container having an interior, a housing, the container removably coupled to the housing for distributing the fluid from the container by the dispensing mechanism, the housing having a guard recess with an access opening therein which opens downwards, a piercing member secured in the recess, the container having a protuberance adapted to be received in the recess, wherein in the container being coupled to the housing, the protrusion is inserted upwardly in the recess and moves on the piercing member to pierce the protrusion with the piercing member, the protrusion on the perforation of the container providing an air passage that provides communication between the interior of the container and the atmospheric air.

2. A dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the piercing member is secured in the recess against the coupling different from the coupling with the elements inserted in the recess via the access opening.

3. A dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the inside is defined within the walls of the container, the container closed but to have an outlet opening through which the fluid is distributed from the container by the dispensing mechanism. , the operational distribution mechanism for distributing fluid volumes from the container more than the atmospheric air volumes allowed to pass internally inside the container via the dispensing mechanism, the piercing member forming an air passage through the protrusion to allow that the atmospheric air enters the container and limits a vacuum to be developed in the container.

4. A dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the container is a substantially rigid container substantially non-collapsible.

5. A dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the protrusion comprises a portion of the walls having a reduced thickness to facilitate the piercing member to pierce the protrusion.

6. A dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the container moves relative to the housing from a non-seated position for a seated position to couple the container to the housing from the seated to the non-seated position to decouple the container from the housing, where in movement, the container relative to the housing from the position not seated to the seated position, the piercing member perforates the protrusion to form said air passage and in the seated position, the protrusion keeps the air passage open.

7. A dispenser according to claim 6, wherein the non-seated position, the protrusion is at least partially received within the recess and in movement the container relative to the housing for the seated position, the protrusion moves sufficiently in the recess as the piercing member pierces the protrusion.

8. A dispenser according to claim 6, wherein: the housing includes a downwardly directed fulcrum member in the housing, a pivot surface in the container being directed upwardly when the container is or between the unattached position and the seated position, in movement of the container between the unsuppressed position and the seated position, the pivot surface in the container and the fulcrum engaging in movement between the unsuppressed position and the seated position and in which said rotational movement of the container, the protrusion moves internally in the recess and in the piercing member so that the piercing member pierces the protrusion.

9. A distributor according to claim 8, wherein the recess of downward opening having a front wall extends downwardly to a lower edge, the lower edge forming the fulcrum member.

10. A dispenser according to claim 9, wherein the protrusion is provided at a rear upper end of the container when the container is in the non-seated position, the pivot surface in the container provided as a surface directed upwardly in front of the protrusion member. .

11. A dispenser according to claim 10, wherein the protrusion is provided at an upper end of the container when the container is in the non-seated position, the pivot surface in the container provided as a surface directed upwardly in front of the downward protrusion of the container. the bulge

12. A dispenser according to claim 8, wherein the housing includes a lower container support member directed upwardly spaced from the recess, the container having on an opposite side thereof from the pivot surface a sliding surface, when the container is in or between the unsuppressed position and the seated position, with the fulcrum member engaging in the pivoting surface of the container and the sliding surface of the container engaging in the supporting surface of the lower container wherein in motion the position does not seated to the seated position, the coupling between the sliding surface of the container and the supporting surface of the lower container urges the pivot surface in the container in the fulcrum member in the housing.

13. A dispenser according to claim 12, wherein the container moving between the unsuppressed position and the seated position is obstructed in a friction fit between the fulcrum member and the lower support surface with the fulcrum member engaging the pivot surface to provide a point of contact near which the container is rotatable and with the lower support surface engaging the sliding surface to the guide of the sliding surface in a movement path which aids in the rotation of the container near the member of fulcrum.

14. A dispenser according to claim 13, wherein the distributor has the outlet opening at a first end and the protrusion at a second end, the sliding surface provided in the container at the first end on the side of the exit opening.

15. A dispenser according to claim 14, wherein at the second end, the walls of the container provide support surfaces for supporting the container for storage and shipping on a flat substrate, the container being adapted for inversion for insertion into the housing in the position not seated and for the movement in the inverted position between the unset position and the seated position.

16. A dispenser according to claim 15, wherein a pump mechanism is carried by the container in the outlet opening of the container.

17. A dispenser according to claim 4, wherein the container is formed of plastic material.

18. A dispenser according to claim 13, which includes a retention mechanism for freely holding the container in the seated position against movement towards the non-seated position.

19. A dispenser according to claim 16, wherein in the seated position, the pumping mechanism is coupled to an activator that is movable to distribute the fluid from the container.