Importance Of Pump Dispenser

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A pump dispenser is most commonly seen in liquid soap bottles. It is a tool used to efficiently dispense an adequate amount of liquid soap from the bottle to the user’s hand. The pump dispenser was designed as an improvement to a simple open-mouthed bottle. Users found it difficult to control the amount of liquid pouring out of the mouth. This method was messy and resulted in the wastage of a lot of liquid soap. The pump dispenser uses a pumping mechanism to control the amount of soap coming out of the bottle.
The pump is fastened on to the mouth of the bottle by means of a screw cap (Figure 1-1). The bottle is filled with liquid soap (Figure 1-2). The pump itself is made up of a long tube called the dip tube (Figure 1-3). The bottom end of the dip tube is immersed in the soap. A stainless steel spring (Figure 1-4) is attached to the top of the dip tube and rests on a ball bearing (Figure 1-5). A piston (Figure 1-6), connected to another tube (Figure 1-7), is fixed on top of the spring. The entire spring is encased in a cylindrical chamber (Figure 1-8) that has a diameter larger than that of the tubes. A second ball bearing (Figure 1-9) sits on the piston. A flat nozzle (Figure 1-10) is attached perpendicularly to the open end of the tube. It has a square member (Figure 1-11) for human contact and a narrow downward pointing neck (Figure 1-12).
To operate the pump, the user applies pressure to the square member of the nozzle with the thumb or forefinger (Figure 2). The force created due to this pressure pushes the nozzle down. The tube, connected to the nozzle, is also pushed down and in turn compresses the spring (Figure 3). The air in the chamber has nowhere to go and is forced up the tube and out through the nozz...

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A disadvantage of the pump dispenser is that the dip tube does not reach all the way to the bottom of the bottle. It is designed this way because if the open end touched the bottom, the soap would not have space to enter the tube. With usage, the soap level falls below the tip of the dip tube and after a point, the tube will not be able to suck liquid in. When this occurs, the user would have to unscrew the cap and pour the remaining liquid straight out from the mouth or refill the soap. This is a source of minor inconvenience to the user.

Soap pump dispensers are used domestically and commercially. Users include all people. Pump dispensers have versatile uses like lotion bottles, hand sanitizers, and any other liquid that needs to be dispensed in limited quantities at a time. Overall, it is a practical device for dispensing.

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