US 7,481,336 B2
	Manually-actuated metering pump
Laurent Arghyris, Boege (France); Patrice Puviland, La Roche sur Foron (France); and Jean-Philippe Taberlet, Villard (France)
Assigned to Lablabo, Annemasse (France)
Appl. No. 10/538,362 PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2003, PCT No. PCT/FR03/03725 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 13, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/054721, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 01, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 02 15854 (FR), filed on Dec. 13, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0249540 A1, Nov. 09, 2006
Int. Cl. B65D 88/54 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 222—321.7  [222/95; 222/105; 222/380; 222/491; 222/494]

7 Claims

1. A manually actuated metering pump for a rigid bottle, of a double-valve type, comprising an intake lower valve and an expulsion upper valve at an inlet and at an outlet, respectively, of a metering chamber that is mounted so as to slide on the lower valve, wherein the lower valve and the upper valve are identical, the metering pump is mounted on a neck of a flexible pouch placed in the rigid bottle and includes an air inlet circuit for air to enter space separating the flexible pouch from an inner wall of the rigid bottle, and the air inlet circuit is located level with a pusher of the pump, and comprises means for ensuring that the air inlet circuit is closed off when the pusher is raised, in a rest position.