CONTAINER OF WIPES WITH DISPENSING NOZZLE

摘要

Referring to FIG. 6. The invention relates to a container of wipes (3) with a dispensing nozzle (20). The housing (4) is provided containing wet wipes (10). The dispensing nozzle (20) extends from the housing. The nozzle (20) is formed with a resilient aperture (21) through which wipes can be withdrawn from the housing. The resilient aperture (21) is expandable to allow withdrawal of (wipes 10) therethrough, but is biased toward a contracted state. In use a wipe can be withdrawn through the nozzle and separated by rupturing the perforations joining the wipe to a next adjacent wipe with the nozzle expanding as required to allow passage of the wipe through the nozzle aperture. The nozzle contracts around the tail of the next adjacent wipe to prevent release of moisture from the inside of the housing and to help prevent wicking of moisture from a wipe tail.

主权项

1. A container for wipes, the container comprising:
a free standing, self contained, portable, fully sealed housing that in use receives the wipes, the wipes being formed in a continuous length each wipe being joined to the following wipe by a separable bond, and a dispensing nozzle extending from and fixedly mounted on a first end of the housing, which is opposite a second end of the housing, the second end enabling the housing to stand on a horizontal surface while product is extracted from the first end, the nozzle having a relatively wide dome-shaped base, which tapers radially inwardly, and then curves upward into an annular projection, which terminates at a tip to provide an aperture for the wipes' exit, the annular projection having a resiliently deformable wall, the annular projection being in a contracted state when no wipe is present in the nozzle while being resiliently expandable to an expanded state to allow withdrawal of wipes therethrough while gripping the wipes such that the inner surface of the annular wall exerts a retarding force on the part of the length of wipes in the annular projection along the length of the annular projection which acts against their withdrawal such that, in use, as a length of wipes is withdrawn through, this retarding force acts to break the separable bonds between each wipe and the following wipe, the nozzle contracting around the tail of the next adjacent wipe which impedes release of moisture from inside the housing and wicking of moisture from the wipe tail, and impedes fall back of the wipe back into the housing.