SYSTEM FOR STORING AND DISPENSING OF A SUBSTANCE

• Main Authors: PEUKER, MARC, PAUSER, HELMUT, HOHMANN, ARNO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 14.12.2006
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; DENTISTRY; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIQUID HANDLING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPENING, CLOSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

The present invention is directed to a system for storing and dispensing a substance and a method for air free filling of the same. The system comprises at least one compartment for storing a predetermined amount of a substance, wherein said compartment has a back end and a front end for filling and dispensing the substance, respectively. The system further comprises a vent, a movable front plug and a displaceable piston for sealing the compartment at the back end, wherein the compartment defines a predetermined volume between the vent and the movable front plug within the compartment downstream of said piston.