Wall-mountable dispensing device for bulk and encapsulated materials

Claim 1

A wall-mountable dispenser for encapsulated semiliquid materials comprising: a cylindrical housing having an open end and a closed end, the internal wall of the housing being threaded; means for removably mounting the housing on a vertical surface with the housing in a generally vertical orientation having the open end of the housing downward; a raised ridge circumscribing the housing adjacent the closed end; a removable fixture for placement on the housing in abutment with the raised ridge comprising (a) a semicylindrical wall having an inside diameter dimensionally corresponding to the outside diameter of the housing and a height greater than the distance between the raised ridge and the closed end of the housing so as to form a basin at the closed end of the housing and (b) a shelf extending outwardly from the wall and having article-receiving apertures therein; a coaxial piston fixed to the closed end of the housing and spaced from the housing wall, the piston having side walls parallel with the walls of the housing and extending an incremental distance from the open end of the housing; a cup configurated to telescopically cooperate between the housing and the piston, the cup having thread engaging means for engaging the threaded wall of the housing, the cup having a polygonal spout receiving hole in the bottom of the cup; a cylindrical capsule for semiliquid materials and having a spout at one end and a cap for the spout, the spout having a polygonal base dimensionally corresponding to the polygonal hole, the capsule being dimensionally configurated to be received in the cup with the spout extending through the hole in the cup and the polygonal base preventing rotation of the capsule in the cup when the cap for the capsule spout is removed and replaced; and means for moving the cup relative to the piston to squeeze the capsule between the cup and the piston to force the semiliquid materials through the spout, said means comprising a hand gripping portion around the base of the cup to accommodate hand rotation of the cup to cause a corresponding axial movement of the cup into the housing.