Various implementations of the invention are directed toward a sanitizing door handle and/or components of such sanitizing door handle. Some implementations of the invention are directed toward a manual sanitizing door handle while some implementations of the invention are directed toward an auto-sanitizing door handle. According to some implementations of the invention, a sanitizing fluid is dispensed directly onto an exterior surface of the sanitizing door handle in connection with an operation of the door handle to sanitize the door handle. According to some implementations of the invention, a sanitizing fluid is dispensed directly onto a user's hand(s) in connection with an operation of the door handle to sanitize the user's hand(s).

A device for dispensing fluid from a fluid container, the device capable of being set to different discrete and repeatable/equal dispensing amounts, depending on the amount of fluid required to be dispensed by the user for various applications and uses. The device may also be set to an off or closed position to prevent accidental dispensing of fluid when not in use. The device is preferably configured to be affixed to the outer surface of a fluid container, which fluid container is preferably a flexible bag or pouch.

The invention relates to a device for dispensing a fluid including: a tank arranged so as to contain the fluid; a dispensing pipe arranged so as to guide the fluid in a dispensing direction; a dispensing opening connecting the tank to the dispensing pipe; a dispensing valve which, in an open state, allows fluid to pass from the inside of the tank to the dispensing pipe via the dispensing opening and, in a closed state, does not allow fluid to pass from the inside of the tank to the dispensing pipe; and a return means arranged so as to exert a force on the dispensing valve. Said force moves the dispensing valve from the open state thereof to the closed state thereof. The return means includes a pouch forming a cavity. Said pouch is located in the dispensing pipe. The shape of the pouch is changed via compression when the dispensing valve is in the open state.

A dispensing system includes an above-deck nozzle portion, a reservoir for holding fluid, a foam pump, a multi-lumen dispense passage, and a mixing portion. The above-deck nozzle portion has a dispenser outlet and is disposed above a counter. The foam pump is disposed below the counter and includes at least one liquid pump chamber in fluid communication with the reservoir, at least one air pump chamber, and a pump outlet. The multi-lumen dispense passage includes an inlet, an outlet, at least one liquid lumen, and at least two air lumens. The inlet is in fluid communication with the pump outlet, the outlet is in fluid communication with the dispenser outlet, and the at least one liquid lumen and the at least two air lumens are each in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet of the multi-lumen dispense passage. The mixing portion is disposed between the multi-lumen dispense passage and the dispenser outlet.

A connecting assembly for a fluid dispensing pump to dispense fluid from a container is disclosed. The connecting assembly includes a first connector adapted to rotatably couple with the housing and a second connector adapted to threadably engage with the first connector. The first connector and the second connector together define a receiving portion to accommodate the neck of the container. The connecting assembly further includes multiple sliders movably disposed within the receiving portion. In such arrangement, movement of the first connector relative to the second connector along a longitudinal axis of the connecting assembly allows movement of the sliders in a radial direction of the connecting assembly. In addition, the connecting assembly includes at least one seal disposed on the sliders to engage with an inner surface of the neck of the container.

The invention concerns a device (1; 100) for dispensing fluids (L), comprising means (3) for coupling it with a container (C; C) holding the fluid (L) and comprising: an outlet duct (63; 163) for the fluid (L); a collapsible chamber (60; 160) defined at least partially by an elastically yielding portion of an actuator element; first valve means (25; 125); second valve means (48; 148). One between said first valve means (25; 125) and second valve means (48; 148) comprises a movable element (47; 147, 157) belonging to the actuator element (40; 140). The invention concerns also a system for dispensing fluids (L), comprising a container (C; C) and a device (1; 100) as described above.

A dispensing device affixed to the outside of a flexible container. A top part of the device includes a pump dome, a pump chamber ridge, and pump chamber flange. A bottom part includes a pump chamber, a pump chamber flange, a neck portion, and a dispensing head having an outlet at the end of a dispensing channel. The dispensing channel and the outlet are situated in a portion of the dispensing head that extends below the plane of the neck portion. The top part is sealed to the bottom part creating a channel between the pump chamber and the dispensing side of the dispenser. The device is sealed to the container in two discrete areas, namely the flange of the pump chamber and the bottom of the distal portion of the dispensing head. The area of the dispensing element between the pump chamber and the distal end of the dispensing head, referred herein as the neck portion, is not sealed to the container, causing the neck portion of the dispensing device to flex, pinching shut the channel that connects the pump chamber to the dispensing head.

Various implementations of the invention are directed toward a sanitizing door handle and/or components of such sanitizing door handle. Some implementations of the invention are directed toward a manual sanitizing door handle while some implementations of the invention are directed toward an auto-sanitizing door handle. According to some implementations of the invention, a sanitizing fluid is dispensed directly onto an exterior surface of the sanitizing door handle in connection with an operation of the door handle to sanitize the door handle. According to some implementations of the invention, a sanitizing fluid is dispensed directly onto a user's hand(s) in connection with an operation of the door handle to sanitize the user's hand(s).

A method and device for conveying tracking and communicating information concerning a dispensed fluid, said device including a measured dispensing device attached to a flexible collapsible container, said device including a sensor for measuring a physical property relating to the dispensing operation, and a communication device configured to communicate information determined by the sensor to a remote device.

A dispensing head including a cap having: an outer wall with at least one part referred to as the shell part and at least one part referred to as the pressing part that is made of a material more flexible than the at least one shell part; at least one outlet; an insertion orifice, a stopper, the stopper being mounted in the cap by being inserted into the cap from the insertion orifice side and in an insertion direction, at least one assembly, each assembly including: an inlet, passing through the stopper; a deformable pocket, an interior volume of which is intended to contain the fluid of this assembly and is delimited at least in part by the at least one pressing part of the cap; preferably a feed duct and/or a dispensing duct.