Wet tissues dispenser

Abstract

A dispenser ( 1 ) for a pack of wet wipes, has a stiff plastics material body ( 2 ) with a peripheral mounting flange ( 3 ) for attachment to a sidewall of a pack of wipes. A tear-open closure ( 4 ) is integrally formed with the body ( 2 ). A portion of a periphery of the closure ( 4 ) is tearable away from the body ( 2 ) to leave the closure ( 4 ) attached to the body ( 2 ) by a hinge ( 5 ). The closure ( 4 ) is mounted at an opening in the body ( 2 ) across which is etched a silicone membrane having a circular dispensing opening through which wipes are dispensed from a flow-wrap plastics pack of wipes on which the dispenser ( 1 ) is mounted.

1 - 7 . (canceled) 
   
   
       8 . A dispenser for a pack of wipes, comprising a stiff body having a mounting flange for attachment to a side wall of the pack about an outlet opening in said side wall, a wipes dispensing opening in the body for co-operation with the outlet in the side wall of the pack to allow dispensing of wipes from the pack, and
 a tear-open closure which is integrally formed with the body and extends across the dispensing opening to close the dispensing opening,   a portion of a periphery of the closure being tearable away from the body to leave the closure attached to the body by a hinge,   an elastic membrane being mounted on the body inside the closure extending across the dispensing opening,   the elastic membrane having a through hole for reception and through passage of a wipe for dispensing wipes from the pack.   
   
   
       9 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the closure is defined by lines of weakness formed by reduced material thickness in the body which extend partially around the closure terminating at a hinge edge of the closure, said lines of weakness frangibly connecting the closure to the body such that it can be peeled away from the body along the lines of weakness for hinging about the hinge at an inner edge of the closure. 
   
   
       10 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the body comprises a self-supporting panel forming a top of the pack, a collapsible container body being attached to the panel and forming therewith a closed container for reception and storage of a plurality of wipes. 
   
   
       11 . A dispenser for a pack of wipes, comprising
 a stiff body having a mounting flange for attachment to a side wall of the pack about an outlet opening in said side wall,   a wipes dispensing opening in the body for co-operation with the outlet in the side wall of the pack to allow dispensing of wipes from the pack, and   a tear-open closure which is integrally formed with the body and extends across the dispensing opening to close the dispensing opening,   said closure being defined by lines of weakness formed by reduced material thickness in the body which extend partially around the closure terminating at a hinge edge of the closure at an inner end of the closure,   a portion of a periphery of the closure being tearable away from the body along said lines of weakness to leave the closure attached to the body by a hinge at said inner end of the closure,   an elastic membrane being mounted on the body inside the closure extending across the dispensing opening,   the elastic membrane having a through hole for reception and through passage of a wipe for dispensing wipes from the pack,   clamp means being provided for attachment of the elastic membrane to the body of the dispenser.   
   
   
       12 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 11  wherein the clamp means comprises a complementary pair of clamp jaws, namely a first jaw and a second jaw, said jaws being interengagable to clamp the elastic membrane therebetween. 
   
   
       13 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 12  wherein one of said jaws is a fixed jaw which is mounted on the body and the other jaw is engagable with the fixed jaw. 
   
   
       14 . The dispenser a claimed in  claim 12  wherein the jaws are provided with complementary interengagable formations which are a push-fit together for interengagement of the jaws. 
   
   
       15 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 14  wherein the first jaw has a plurality of spaced-apart hollow posts, an interior of each post forming at least at a free outer end thereof a socket for reception of a complementary plug of the second jaw for interengagement of the jaws. 
   
   
       16 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 15  wherein a plurality of the plugs are mounted spaced-apart on a support ring. 
   
   
       17 . The dispenser as claimed in  claim 15  wherein the elastic membrane has a plurality of spaced-apart plug receiving holes which are engagable with the plugs to mount the membrane on the plugs.