| CPC A47K 5/1207 (2013.01) [A47K 5/1209 (2013.01)] | 27 Claims |
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1. An adaptor assembly for use in a dispenser for a replaceable fluid container comprising a fluid reservoir and a fluid pump, wherein the dispenser comprises a housing and a compartment therein for containing the fluid container, the dispenser having a front portion, a rear portion, and upper and lower end portions, the lower end portion forming a dispensing end portion of the dispenser and comprising an actuator, which is displaced directly by a user or displaced via a motor for operating the dispenser to dispense a dose of a fluid from the fluid container through a nozzle at the lower end portion,
wherein the compartment of the dispenser is sized to receive a fluid container having a pump of a first type being an axially compressible pump and the actuator has a lifter for actuating the pump of the first type by axially compressing it in a vertical direction,
wherein the adapter assembly is used in conjunction with the dispenser to allow a use of a fluid container having a pump of a second type within the dispenser, the second type being actuated by laterally compressing it, and
wherein the adaptor assembly is configured for removably connect it to the dispenser and the fluid container having the pump of the second type,
the adaptor assembly comprising:
a fluid container support configured to be received in the compartment of the dispenser for holding and/or supporting the fluid container in a desired position in the compartment of the dispenser,
first actuation part including a first actuation head being movable between a non-actuated position and a fully actuated position, wherein the first actuation head comprises a first contact surface for abutting against a first dolly surface and a second contact surface for abutting against the pump of the second type,
second actuation part including a second actuation head being movable between a non-actuated position and a fully actuated position, wherein the second actuation head comprises a first contact surface for abutting against a second dolly surface and a second contact surface for abutting against the pump of the second type, wherein at least portions of the first contact surfaces of the first and second actuation heads abut against the first and second dolly surfaces in the non-actuated and the fully actuated positions, and
a moving part being displaceable between a lower position and an upper position,
wherein a displacement of the moving part from the lower position to the upper position moves the first and second actuation heads from their non-actuated position towards the fully actuated positions,
wherein the lifter engages and acts on the moving part, when the adaptor assembly is mounted in the dispenser, wherein a lifting force (P) applied by the lifter on the moving part displaces the moving part between from its lower position to and an upper position, thereby transferring an actuation force (TF) from the moving part via the actuation heads to the pump of the fluid container, when mounted in the compartment, wherein the pump of the second type is laterally compressed to cause fluid to be dispensed from the fluid container, and
wherein a horizontal plane (H1-H3) through the first and second actuation heads in their fully actuated positions intersects portions of the first and second dolly surfaces that are in contact with portions of the first contact surfaces of the actuation heads.
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