(19)
(11)EP 0 315 880 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
14.06.1989 Bulletin 1989/24

(43)Date of publication A2:
17.05.1989 Bulletin 1989/20

(21)Application number: 88118192.9

(22)Date of filing:  02.11.1988
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC)4B65D 83/00
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30)Priority: 09.11.1987 US 118668

(71)Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
New York, N.Y. 10022-7499 (US)

(72)Inventor:
  • Sparacio, Dorinda
    Edison N.J. 08817 (US)

(74)Representative: UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG 
Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4
22607 Hamburg
22607 Hamburg (DE)


(56)References cited: : 
  
      


    (54)Dispensing device


    (57) A dispensing device or pump for viscous and other fluent material such as toothpaste or food, wherein part or all of the components are made of a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and diene, most preferably material of that type sold by Monsanto under the Trademark "Santoprene". Such a material has a better flexibility and a lower flavor absorption than the materials commonly used for this type of dispenser.







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