Dispenser for providing warm wipes

Abstract

A wipes dispenser enabling the dispensing on-demand of one or more warm wet wipes. The dispenser may comprise three containers, at least one dosing device, and dispensing devices.

1 . A wipes dispenser for dispensing on-demand at least one warm wet wipe, the wipes dispenser comprising:
 (a) a first container for storing and dispensing at least one dry wipe;   (b) a second container storing a heat-generating composition comprising at least one heating agent;   (b) a third container storing an activating composition comprising at least one activating agent, the activating agent being exothermically reactable with the at least one heating agent;   (c) at least one dosing device enabling a user to select a pre-set amount of heat-generating composition or a pre-set amount of activating composition or both; and   (d) dispensing devices for dispensing the heat-generating composition and the activating composition to the dry wipe.   
   
   
       2 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein the wipes dispenser further comprises a first dosing device enabling the user to select a pre-set amount of heat-generating composition from at least two pre-settings and/or a second dosing device enabling the user to select a pre-set amount of activating composition from at least two pre-settings. 
   
   
       3 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein the wipes dispenser further comprises a mixing chamber. 
   
   
       4 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein the wipes dispenser further comprises an applicator. 
   
   
       5 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein the first, second and third containers are held in assembly. 
   
   
       6 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein the second and third container are enclosed or partially enclosed within the first container. 
   
   
       7 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein the heat-generating composition is an anhydrous composition comprising at least one heating agent. 
   
   
       8 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein the heat generating composition is an anhydrous composition comprising at least one heating agent selected from the group consisting of salts of calcium, magnesium, aluminum, sodium, potassium; zeolites; metals; slaked lime; quick lime; glycols; and combinations thereof. 
   
   
       9 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 3  wherein the mixing chamber comprises a static device or a dynamic device. 
   
   
       10 . The wipes dispenser according  claim 1  wherein the wipes dispenser further comprises an applicator selected from the group consisting of a trigger type sprayer, a roller assembly, a wicking device, a flexible edge, or rigid edge, and combinations of these. 
   
   
       11 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein at least one of the first and second dosing devices is a finger operated trigger. 
   
   
       12 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein the wipes dispenser further comprises text, graphics, charts, visuals cues, indicia or combination thereof for communicating to a consumer to select a pre-set amount of heat-generating composition and/or a pre-set amount of activating composition and to actuate the dispensing devices to dispense the compositions from their containers onto the dry wipe. 
   
   
       13 . The wipes dispenser according to  claim 1  wherein the wipes dispenser further comprises text, graphics, charts, visuals cues, indicia or combination thereof for communicating to a consumer the relationship between the selection(s) of a pre-set amount of heat-generating composition and/or a pre-set amount of activating composition and the temperature increase of the wipe and/or the wetness of the wipe after both compositions have been dispensed on the wipe.