REFILLABLE DEVICES FOR DISPENSING FLUIDS

摘要

A device 10 for selectively dispensing ones of multiple fluids, preferably cleaning agents, is disclosed. The device includes a reservoir 50 and a container assembly 100 that can include at least one container body 105, 110, 112, 114, 116. The reservoir 50 houses a diluent "D," for example, water, and each container body 105, 110, 112, 114, 116 houses a concentrate "C," for example, a concentrated form of a cleaning agent. Each container body 105, 110, 112, 114, 116 has an outlet assembly 200 with a nozzle 260, so that container assemblies 100 with multiple container bodies 105, 110, 112, 114, 116 correspondingly include multiple nozzles 260. The diluent "D" and concentrates "C" are kept separate from each other, whereby no end use product is stored in the device 10. Rather, end use product is mixed on demand during dispensation, as part of the dispensing act. Namely, diluent "D" is pumped through an outlet assembly 200, drawing concentrate "C" thereinto which mixes into the end use product while exiting the device 10.