Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing and dispensing liquid from a receptacle. The apparatus includes a pump housing having a cylindrical fluid chamber, a coil spring within the fluid chamber, a coil spring within the fluid chamber to bias a piston which slidably traverses the inside wall of the fluid chamber, and an actuator button supported by the top of the piston. A bottom plug with a plug valve port, a plug intake port, a plug vent port, a plug shoulder, and a conduit boss engages the bottom of the pump housing. A tube connects to the boss to extend into the liquid within the receptacle. A cylindrical skirt rotatably lodges between the bottom of the pump housing and the plug shoulder for application to the neck of the receptacle. A diaphragm is interposed between the bottom of the pump housing and the bottom plug. The process includes pushing repeatedly downward the actuator button to draw liquid into the fluid chamber until the same is substantially full.

Abstract: A one-time use, disposable, plastic-molded locking clip is provided for retaining the depressible plunger of a dispensing pump in a fully extended position during shipment or otherwise. The clip may be snapped onto the plunger after the latter has been fully assembled, yet once installed, the snapped together portions of the clip are not readily detectable nor accessible so that the clip may not be removed without destroying the same by tearing a twist tab therefrom. The generally C-shaped jaws of the clip embrace the plunger immediately below the head thereof in order to block depression, and such jaws forceably interlock with each other into a complete loop so that the clip may be installed upon pumps devoid of structure which would assist in locking the clip in place.

Abstract: The plunger of the pump has a hollow, depending projection at its lower end which engages the ball valve when the plunger is locked down in a fully depressed position for shipment, the projection thereby holding the ball firmly seated against the inlet to the interior of the body so as to prevent leakage should the container be laid on its side or inverted during shipment. During the down stroke of the plunger for normal operation, the product enters the tubular plunger through orifices in the ball hold-down projection, and such orifices are located on the side of the projection, separated by slender, axially extending legs so that as the product enters the projection, it is split into a plurality of turbulent streams by the legs and recombined internally of the projection, thereby imparting a mixing action to the product to aid in keeping the constituents in a homogeneous condition.

Abstract: A manually operable trigger pump has a pump body, a circular cap disposed below the body and adapted to engage a container having material to be pumped out, a generally vertical trigger pivotally coupled at its upper end to the body and a linkage coupled at one end to the trigger intermediate its ends and extending inclinedly upwards from the coupled end into the body. A locking device is securable to and is manually rotatable about the cap. A generally horizontal arm integral at one end with the device extends radially outward from the cap. The arm has a radially extending recess in its top surface. The device is rotatable to a locked position at which the other end of the arm is aligned with but is inwardly spaced from the trigger and the linkage engages the recess. At this point, when the trigger is squeezed, the movement between the trigger and the other end of the arm is insufficient to actuate the pump, but is large enough to raise the linkage partially out of the recess.

Abstract: When the plunger is fully depressed, radially projecting lugs carried by the plunger adjacent its normally upper end may be received within corresponding notches in a collar through which the plunger reciprocates, whereupon rotation of the plunger in a clockwise direction moves the lugs under overhanging shoulders of the collar so as to prevent extension of the plunger until it is intentionally unlocked from the collar. A total of three lugs are utilized so as to provide three-point, stabilized retention of the plunger in its locked-down condition, and one of the lugs and its corresponding notch is smaller than the other two so that the plunger can be locked only when it is in a certain, predetermined rotative position relative to the collar aligning the down-sized lug and notch.

Abstract: In a liquid dispenser, the pump plunger having a discharge head thereon is locked to the closure cap on a liquid container against relative displacement. A pair of opposed locking elements, attached to the side wall of the discharge head, each having a locking pawl thereon for engagement with inwardly extending lip portions provided on the cap. The locking elements are spring biased into locking engagement, and are capable of being manually moved from a locking position to an unlocking position in which the locking pawls are out of engagement with the lip portions. When out of engagement, the locking elements are retained in their unlocking position to avoid any interference between the locking pawls and the annular lip during plunger reciprocation.

Abstract: In a dispensing pump including a reciprocable plunger having a locking finger on a pump body member and the cam on a control member rotatable relative thereto for immobilizing the plunger as an upper portion of the finger is deflected into the path of reciprocation of the plunger, another cam is provided on the control member for positively deflecting such upper portion out of such path of reciprocation so as to avoid complete reliance on the locking finger retracting from such path in a normal unstressed condition thereof.Alternatively, a stop shoulder on the plunger on which the free end of the locking finger bears to effect plunger mobilization may be beveled and the free end accordingly sloped so as to positively retract the locking finger out of the path of the stop shoulder upon plunger reciprocation.

Abstract: The plunger may be locked down after a full depression stroke so that the overall height of the pump assembly and the container with which it is associated can be significantly reduced. A special valve component loosely encircling the plunger and slidable with friction along the interior surface of the barrel is initially positioned during factory assembly in a closed position covering vents in the sidewall of the barrel, thereby blocking the undesirable ingress of liquid into the barrel above the piston should the container be laid on its side during shipment or other handling. Upon the first unlocking upstroke of the plunger to its extended position, a shoulder on the plunger lifts the valve to an open position so the vents can function properly to introduce ambient air into the container replacing pumped-out product.

Abstract: A fluid dispensing pump includes a pump plunger mounted for reciprocation in a pump cylinder, the plunger having a discharge passage extending therethrough and communicating with a discharge opening in a discharge head connected with the plunger which sealingly engages a retaining collar on a container closure during a lock-down position of the discharge head. A check valve in the discharge passage includes a cage surrounding a valve opening, and a lower end of the plunger sealingly engages a portion of the cage when in the lock-down position. The piston is arranged on the plunger to form an air space so as to prevent any hydraulic lock which would interfere with a full depression of the head into its lock-down position. The sealed locking engagement between the head and the retaining collar is capable of being unlocked by the provision of axially oriented unlocking cam faces for effecting disengagement upon relative rotation between the head and the collar.

Abstract: A pumping assembly for dispensing product from a container is provided with a lever having a catch which locks with a lip on a closure to hold the lever in a depressed position.

Abstract: A pipettor for threaded attachment to a liquid containing jar provides for dispensing a controllable volume of liquid with a high degree of precision upon manually operating a plunger. The liquid volume dispensed in a single plunger operation is adjusted by rotation of the plunger knob. Both a linear coarse scale and a circular fine adjustment scale are provided for accurately setting the volume to be dispensed. Positive detent stops are provided for accurate volume settings. Improved air purging and plunger locking mechanisms are also provided.

Abstract: A dispensing pump is provided with a non-throttling peripheral valve having a circular sealing edge with a diameter of greater than 3/4 inch and a thickness of less than 0.020 inch, and the valve is made of low density plastic material. The result is a pump which will operate at a very low, predetermined actuating pressure. A vent is included in the pump for venting a container to the atmosphere when air pressure in the container becomes reduced.

Abstract: A non-leaking pump spray valve having a dispensing plunger which is vertically movable so as to depress or raise a sealing disc which is preferably flexible and of a flap type.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser has relatively rotatable closure, sleeve and plunger members, the latter two being locked against reciprocation of the plunger member by a misalignment between ribs and grooves therebetween. One of the grooves has a pair of upstanding pegs on opposite sides so as to not only avoid inadvertent alignment when the ribs and grooves are in a misaligned position, but to also permit the plunger and sleeve members to rotate together as the rib abuts against one or the other of the pegs when in a misaligned position. A spacer element surrounding the plunger rod maintains the inlet valve in a closed position despite a slight separation between the plunger and sleeve members when rotated to the misaligned position. Also, the closure member is adapted to be removed only with difficulty from the container on which it is affixed.

Abstract: The pump includes components designed for fabrication by high speed injection molding from plastic material, and is adapted for mounting by a suitable closure to a container. The basic components are a base, a head and an actuator. The base provides a sealed closure with the mouth of the container and provides a support barrel for the head. The support barrel also includes structure providing an inlet check valve seat, and for supporting the dip tube. The head includes a body having a dependent support stem for latching engagement with the support barrel, and a laterally projecting hollow plunger for supporting the actuator. The actuator is essentially a hollow barrel received over the plunger to define a variable pumping chamber, having a discharge orifice at its distal end, and having a trigger handle for manipulation and pumping action by the user. A compression spring within the pumping chamber assists in the pumping action.

Abstract: A reciprocating type of finger pump for use on top of a product container. This combines a tubular housing, including a laterally directed spray nozzle, mounted coaxially in the sleeve of an accumulator cap including a central valve. The valve opening leads to a dip tube which passes into a liquid reservoir in the container. The tubular housing, including the spray nozzle, is depressed manually so that it moves telescopically in the accumulator sleeve, driving a hollow piston against the tension of a spring. The first compression stroke serves to prime the pump, forcing a piston to close the valve to the dip tube. Simultaneously, air in an annular chamber of the housing surrounding the hollow piston is compressed. On the reverse or suction stroke, the valve to the dip tube is opened, creating a vacuum which causes the liquid to be sucked up from the reservoir and into the hollow piston.

Abstract: A finger operable pump for dispensing liquid from a container in a generally continuous manner includes a pump housing having an inner pump body and an outer sealing element. The inner pump body has a liquid receiving chamber, divided into primary and secondary portions by a reciprocatable piston, and an inlet conduit to the primary chamber portion. The inner pump body further includes first and second lead passages that respectively communicate with the primary and secondary chamber portions. The outer surface of the inner pump body is recessed to form a channel interconnecting the first and second lead passages, and an air dome communicating with the channel that is designed to confine air as a pressure head above liquid flowing through the channel. The outer sealing element is shaped and sized to tightly nest about the inner pump body and seal the channel and the air dome.

Abstract: A pump-type dispenser for liquids, such as liquid soap, operates with the pump mechanism horizontal, lifting liquid from a bracket-suspended vessel through a dip tube at the back end of the pump. The pump mechanism is compact, having two rubber valves of the type whose lips project along the line of flow. The first valve is mounted at the inlet of the pump cylinder, where it is retained by the dip tube. The second valve is mounted within the pump piston; it is there retained by the smaller end of the pump spring, a tapered wound wire spring whose larger end surrounds the lips of the first valve. The pump mechanism with tube attached is replaceably mounted by inserting the dip tube through the front end of the bracket which suspends the vessel and camming it downward.

Abstract: The disclosed device is a finger operated plunger pump which is mountable in the mouth of a hand-held container for liquid products to provide an unpressurized dispenser package for consumer use. The pump includes the usual pump cylinder, plunger, discharge nozzle, check valves and cap for mounting the pump on the container, and is characterized by provision of a lockable seal for the discharge passage, the seal being selectively operable by the user to disable the pump and simultaneously seal it against leakage. The disablement of the pump is effected by limited rotation of one seal member relative to its complementary member to shift them between seated and unseated positions, such rotation being effected by turning the pump plunger relative to its cylinder through a connection including a telescoping stem which accommodates normal plunger reciprocation.

Abstract: A dispenser device for use in dispensing liquid contents in a pressurized state from a container, compressed air obtained by pushing a dispenser head being utilized as a propellant for the liquid contents.In this dispenser device, the compressed air used as a propellant is adapted to act upon the liquid contents without contacting the liquid thereby protecting the liquid contents from air contamination, quality deterioration and the like. Moreover, this dispenser device has a simple construction and since it contains no propellant it is non-explosive.