Motor-driven geared pump

Claim 1

IN A DISPENSER FOR A FLUID MATERIAL COMPRISING A CONTAINER, A COVER FOR SAID CONTAINER, A DISCHARGE ASSISTANT, A DISPENSING PASSAGEWAY, AND A FILLING PASSAGEWAY, MOUNTING MEANS FOR SAID DISCHARGE ASSISTANT, SAID MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING: (A) FIRST AND SECOND VERTICALLY DISPOSED, TUBULAR ELEMENTS, SAID ELEMENTS (A) EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SPACED OPENINGS IN SAID COVER, (B) SAID FIRST TUBULAR ELEMENT INCLUDING A PORTION OF SAID DISPENSING PASSAGEWAY, (C) SAID SECOND TUBULAR ELEMENT INCLUDING SAID FILLING PASSAGEWAY IN FREE COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER, (B) A HORIZONTAL YOKE ATTACHED TO SAID TUBULAR ELEMENTS AND SPANNING THE SPACE THEREBETWEEN IN DOWNWARDLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID COVER, SAID YOKE INCLUDING: (A) A CENTRALLY DISPOSED VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY, (B) A VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR ELEMENT, AND (C) A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED PASSAGEWAY INTERCONNECTING SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAYS TO COMPLETE A DISPENSING PATH THROUGH SAID YOKE AND SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER, (C) SAID DISCHARGE ASSISTANT COMPRISING A PUMP, ACTUATING MEANS FOR SAID PUMP, DRIVING MEANS FOR SAID ACTUATOR, AND TRANSMISSION MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID DRIVING MEANS AND SAID ACTUATING MEANS, (A) SAID PUMP BEING SUSPENDED FROM SAID YOKE BENEATH SAID CENTRALLY DISPOSED PASSAGEWAY, AND INCLUDING A DISCHARGE PATH IN FLUID COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, (B) SAID TRANSMISSION MEANS INCLUDING GEARS DISPOSED IN A GEAR HOUSING, SAID GEAR HOUSING (1) MOUNTED ON SAID YOKE ABOVE SAID CENTRALLY DISPOSED PASSAGEWAY AND (2) INCLUDING A NECK PORTION IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID PASSAGEWAY, (C) SAID ACTUATING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CENTRALLY DISPOSED PASSAGEWAY AND SAID NECK AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID GEARS AND SAID PUMP, SEALING MEANS SURROUNDING SAID ACTUATING MEANS AND DISPOSED IN SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY ABOVE ITS JUNCTURE WITH SAID INTERCONNECTING PASSAGEWAY AND PREVENTING FLUID COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID DISCHARGE PATH AND SAID NECK OF SAID GEAR HOUSING, (D) SAID DRIVING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID GEAR HOUSING AND COMPRISING A MOTOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID GEARS.