Abstract: A divot fill/repair apparatus for filling and repairing divots in the turf. The divot fill/repair apparatus includes a container assembly capable of being carried on a user's back, and a dispensing assembly being supported by the container assembly for dispensing fill material to fill and/or repair divots.

Abstract: A multiple chambered container for biological liquids useful in artificial insemination is disclosed.

Abstract: A dosing and/or dispensing system for use with a liquid container such as a bottle or the like for dosing and/or dispensing liquid contents from the bottle. The system includes an improved venting means to ensure that the liquid being dosed or dispensed properly and accurately drains. A novel throat plug assembly is provided for insertion into the throat of the bottle. The throat plug assembly is comprised entirely of a recyclable plastic material.

Abstract: A dosing and/or dispensing system for use with a liquid container such as a bottle or the like for dosing and/or dispensing liquid contents from the bottle. The system includes an improved venting means to ensure that the liquid being dosed or dispensed properly and accurately drains. A novel throat plug assembly is provided for insertion into the throat of the bottle. The throat plug assembly is comprised entirely of a recyclable plastic material.

Abstract: A dosing and/or dispensing system for use with a liquid container such as a bottle or the like for dosing and/or dispensing liquid contents from the bottle. The system includes an improved venting to ensure that the liquid being dosed or dispensed properly and accurately drains. A novel throat plug assembly is provided for insertion into the throat of the bottle. The throat plug assembly is comprised entirely of a recyclable plastic material.

Abstract: A refrigerator is shown having a dosing unit for dispensing ice pieces one by one from an icemaker.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser pump comprising: a pump body; at least a first piston that slides in leaktight manner in said pump body on each actuation so as to expel a dose of fluid through a dispenser orifice (45) that is provided in a dispenser head (40); a closure member (38), movable between a closed position and an open position, being disposed in said dispenser head (40) upstream from said dispenser orifice (45), said closure member (38) being urged towards its closed position by a resilient element, such as a spring; said closure member (38) in the closed position co-operating in leaktight manner with said dispenser head (40) in at least three distinct sealing zones (381, 382, 383).

Abstract: A dosing and/or dispensing system for use with an inverted liquid container such as a bottle or the like for dosing and/or dispensing liquid contents from the bottle. The system includes an improved venting device to ensure that the liquid is dosed or dispensed properly and accurately drains; and an anti-drip valve is provided to prevent liquid from dripping from the discharge end of the dosing bowl of the system.

Abstract: A dosing and/or dispensing system for use with a liquid container such as an inverted. bottle or the like for dosing and/or dispensing liquid contents from the bottle. The system includes a throat plug assembly, wherein the throat plug assembly includes a normally closed, vertically movable first valve therein; a mounting ring having an inner face including threads thereon adapted to threadably receive the throat of the container; a knob having an actuator rod, wherein the actuator rod includes second and third vertically spaced valves mounted thereon for movement; and an improved venting device to ensure that the liquid is dosed or dispensed properly and accurately drains.

Abstract: A method and device for filling a container with a fertilizer, pesticide, fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, chemical, or the like material by gravity, includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet, a valve for opening or restricting a flow between the inlet and outlet and having open and closed positions, and an actuator disposed downstream of the inlet for actuating the valve between the open and closed positions, wherein the actuator is operated by a container to be filled with a material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid dispensing apparatus capable of regulating a discharged amount of liquid.

Abstract: A measuring dispensing top for an aquarium fish food container which includes a base, a flip top pivotably mounted in a side wall provided on the base and movable between a closed position which closes the container and an open position which opens the container into the top; and a cover slidable in the side wall between a closing position which covers and defines a measuring chamber and allows the flip top to be moved to its open position which opens the container into the measuring chamber and enables a measured amount of fish food to be dispensed therein, and a second opening position which locks the flip top in its closed position and opens the measuring chamber for dispensing the container contents into an aquarium.

Abstract: A metered dose dispensing dabber device includes a dabber main housing having a container attachment for affixing the device to a container, a metered dosage reservoir, a hollow dip tube, a metered dosage reservoir outlet, and a valve. The main housing has a base divider wall, this base divider wall having an underside and top side. Further, the base divider wail is closed to prevent liquid from passing from the underside to the top side. The metered dosage reservoir has enclosed walls and is located above the top side of the divider wall. The hollow dip tube passes through the base divider wall and extends downwardly therefrom for insertion into a container. The dip tube also extends upwardly to a predetermined height in the metered dosage reservoir to establish a fill level. The metered dosage reservoir outlet is located on a metered dosage reservoir wall opposite the dip tube. The valve is located in the reservoir outlet, in proximity to the dip tube.

Abstract: A metering machine for pasta is described comprising a channel for the finishing of pasta, a shovel for the support of the pasta that flows in said finishing channel, a shovel for the metering of the pasta. The supporting shovel and the metering shovel are transversally insertable in the finishing channel and disinsertable from it in alternate way. The metering shovel and the supporting shovel are mechanically connected with each other so that a single driving device provides to their simultaneous and alternate transversal insertion and disinsertion.

Abstract: A metering machine for pasta is described comprising a channel for the finishing of pasta, a shovel for the support of the pasta that flows in said finishing channel, a shovel for the metering of the pasta. The supporting shovel and the metering shovel are transversally insertable in the finishing channel and disinsertable from it in alternate way. The metering shovel and the supporting shovel are mechanically connected with each other so that a single driving device provides to their simultaneous and alternate transversal insertion and disinsertion.

Abstract: This computer controlled positive displacement shutter valve dispenser comprises a piston housing, pistons, shutter valves, linear or rotational drive servomechanisms, and a computer controller. The piston housing configuration can be cylindrical or non-cylindrical. Either configuration can have multiple input or output ports selected by the travel of the shutter valve. In addition the non-cylindrical configuration can have a multitude of shapes, allowing for single piston or multiple piston designs. The multiple piston arrangement can have equal or nonequal displacements from the pump cavity of each piston. The computer controls all aspects of the dispenser, including the forward and retract distance, speed and timing of the piston and shutter valves. The amount dispensed can vary between the maximum volume of the pump cavity to a small fraction of its volume as set by the resolution of the controller and linear drive mechanism.

Abstract: A dispenser (1,1a) provides for filling a dosing chamber (15,15a) by gravity and then emptying it by closing an inlet valve (39,39a), by opening an outlet valve (40,40a) and by shortening the dosing chamber (15,15a) with the assistance of air flow through a discharge port (7,7a) and into a cup (80) which in one embodiment is assembled as part of the dispenser (1a) and which is removable so that its medium contents can be dispensed. Such a dispenser (1,1a) achieves a highly accurate dosing with simple handling and construction.

Abstract: A dispenser assembly particularly adapted to selectively dispense predetermined amounts of dry fertilizer or other dry material onto an area of disbursement, such as a plant, and including an elongated dispensing conduit having a holding chamber of predetermined dimension connected thereto along with a control mechanism such that selective operation of the control mechanism will automatically dispense, by gravity, a premeasured amount of dry material onto the disbursement area. A double disk valve mechanism is provided having an inlet valve and an outlet valve simultaneously translatable to open one end of the holding chamber and close the respective other end. In an embodiment, the outlet valve is selectable from a plurality of valve plates to vary the dispensing amount. A gun-shaped valve mechanism is provided as the control mechanism in a preferred embodiment.

Abstract: A measuring/dispensing cap for a container comprising a peripheral side wall and a pivotable flip top movable between closed and open positions, the flip top mounted for pivotal motion about a horizontal hinge axis wherein the hinge axis separates a closure panel of the flip top from a push panel of the flip top; a first panel within the side wall having a first free edge in substantially vertical alignment with the hinge axis; a second weir panel having a weir edge extending parallel to and laterally spaced from the first free edge, thus establishing a weir opening, the closure panel and the weir panel along with a portion of the peripheral side wall defining a measuring chamber within the cap, adapted to receive contents of a container passing through the weir opening.

Abstract: A milk powder dispenser for dispensing a predetermined amount of milk powder is provided. The dispenser includes a base unit, a milk powder measuring unit, and a control unit. The base unit includes a base plate formed with an opening. The milk powder measuring unit is mounted on a bottom side of the base plate and confines a milk powder retaining chamber that is aligned with the opening in the base plate. The control unit has a top wall formed with an inlet opening and extending slidably between the measuring unit and the base plate, and a bottom wall formed with an outlet opening and extending slidably below the measuring unit.

Abstract: A dispenser for pulverulent materials includes receptacle for receiving a container holding the material to be dispensed. A valve body defining metering cavities is mounted in the valve body. A gate also mounted in the valve body includes a first portion for selectively locking flow into the metering cavities and a second portion for selectively blocking flow exiting the metering cavities, with a desired quantity of material being trapped between the gate portions, for subsequent release.

Abstract: A measuring dispenser for dispensing liquids from a single or multiple container is disclosed. In the case of single container, the container has a normally closed first valve, while a measuring cup connected to the container has a normally open second valve. These two valves are made to operate concurrently, so that when one valve is closed the other valve is open, and vice versa. The dispenser may also have a supplementary container with a third valve, which may be arranged to open and close independently of the other two valves, or preferably to be closed when the first valve is closed, and open when the first valve is open, and at the same time be adaptable to provide a liquid flow rate of a desired relation with respect to the liquid flow provided by the first valve.

Abstract: A measuring dispenser for dispensing liquids from a single or multiple container is disclosed. In the case of single container, the container has a normally closed first valve, while a measuring cup connected to the container has a normally open second valve. These two valves are made to operate concurrently, so that when one valve is closed the other valve is open, and vice versa. The dispenser may also have a supplementary container with a third valve, which may be arranged to open and close independently of the other two valves, or preferably to be closed when the first valve is closed, and open when the first valve is open, and at the same time be adaptable to provide a liquid flow rate of a desired relation with respect to the liquid flow provided by the first valve.

Abstract: A dispenser assembly particularly adapted to selectively dispense predetermined amounts of dry fertilizer or other dry material onto an area of disbursement, such as a plant, and including an elongated dispensing conduit having a holding chamber of predetermined dimension connected thereto along with a control mechanism such that selective operation of the control mechanism will automatically dispense, by gravity, a premeasured amount of dry material onto the disbursement area. A double disk valve means is provided having an inlet valve and an outlet valve simultaneously translatable to open one end of the holding chamber and close the respective other end. A gun-shaped valve means is provided as the control mechanism in a preferred embodiment.

Abstract: A finger actuated pump dispenser employs a first upper hollow vertical cylinder with a first diameter and open upper and lower ends and a second lower hollow vertical cylinder with a second and smaller diameter and a closed lower end with a central opening. The lower end of the first cylinder is joined to an open upper end of the second cylinder. The inner wall of the second cylinder has a horizontal annular recess. A first vertical hollow piston has openings in top and bottom ends and extends slidably above and within the cylinders. The first piston has an enlargement intermediate upper and lower ends peripherally engaging and defining a first unbroken seal with the inner surface of the first cylinder. The first piston has a lower section extending downward from the enlargement to its lower end, the lower section having an outer diameter slightly less than the diameter of the second cylinder.

Abstract: A dishwashing machine, particularly a domestic dishwashing machine, having a washing tank and a door for opening and closing the washing tank, is provided with a housing shell on the inner wall of the door and a reservoir-dispenser assembly detachable from the shell. The reservoir-dispenser assembly contains detergent in powder form and includes a detergent reservoir and a dispenser. The reservoir of the reservoir-dispenser assembly contains a plurality of doses of detergent which are individually and automatically released during each washing cycle. In this way, the dishwashing machine can operate several times in succession without the need for replenishing the detergent. The dispenser can draw any amount of detergent from the reservoir sufficient for various preselected washing programs. The dispenser includes a seat delimiting a metering chamber, and a lid moveable off of and onto the seat to open and close the metering chamber.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a predetermined quantity of the contents of a container, including a container for the contents. The container has a base to locate the container in an upright position and has a generally upwardly facing opening. The device also includes a chamber on the container which has a first end in communication with the opening and a second end open to dispense contents from the chamber when the container is moved from an upright position to cause the contents to enter the chamber. Also, the device is provided with a valve spool mounted inside the chamber for regulating the quantity of contents flowing through the opening into the chamber. The valve spool includes a piston for leading the flow of contents from the first end of the chamber to the second end. The valve spool further includes a valve for closing the opening at the first end after the chamber receives the predetermined quantity.

Abstract: A dispensing valve assembly and system for viscous materials includes a dispensing valve including a valve casing with an interior chamber, a dispensing port and a longitudinal valve passageway. An inlet port intersects the valve passageay and connects to a source of material to be dispensed. A valve element is slidably received in the passageway and includes a drive shaft portion, an elongated piston head portion and a waisted portion. Seals are provided to seal against the piston head, and the valve element reciprocates over a cycle so that the waisted portion periodically interrupts the first seal allowing material to flow into the chamber and out of the dispensing port. As the valve element closes, a seal is again established to shut off material flow. Continued advancement retracts the piston head further from the chamber to create a negative pressure that draws back material from the dispensing portion to cause a clean cut off of flow. A metering port and a metering cylinder may be employed.

Abstract: A gun is provided for repeatedly dispensing precisely metered quantities of liquid from a pressurized source. The gun includes a valve spool axially slidable within a valve chamber and having at least first and second blocking members for blocking the inlet and outlet ports of the valve chamber. An actuating member associated with the gun is responsive to a unidirectional force to impart relative axial sliding movement of the blocking members in the valve chamber.

Abstract: This invention is a transfer system for controlling and initiating the flow of metered amounts of materials. The aforementioned materials may be radioactive ash, radioactive calcined salts, cement, flour, or pharmaceuticals. The apparatus of this invention comprises: a vertical non-converging conduit which acts as a storage hopper; a stationary platform located at the downward end of the conduit to allow the radial outward flow of the material; a translatable hollow piston that acts externally but coaxially to the conduit and platform to interrupt the radial flow of material; a hopper located below the platform for accepting the material; and a housing that encloses and supports the hopper and platform and provides a dust tight seal around the apparatus of this invention.

Abstract: A metering dispenser including a metering chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port, an inlet valve for admitting flowable material to the metering chamber through the inlet port, an outlet valve for allowing discharge of the material. To control operation of the inlet and outlet valves, a valve control member is operatively associated with the inlet and outlet valves and is pivotally movable between two extreme limits of pivotal movement which correspond respectively to fill and discharge conditions of the dispenser. A control biasing spring is associated with the valve control member and biases the valve control member towards the one of the extreme limits of pivotal movement corresponding to the dispenser being in the fill condition. An actuator is operative to move the valve control member against the action of the biasing spring. The valve control may be mechanically operative to control operation of the inlet and outlet valves.

Abstract: An economical, non-clogging apparatus for dispensing premeasured amounts of liquid from a container placed on a shelf is provided which contains no spring, has a secure shipping mode, permits one-handed operation, has few moving parts, and avoids liquid wastage by preventing inadvertent removal of the rotatable outer cap. In preferred forms, the apparatus includes a tubular, stationary member received partly within the container's outlet neck a tubular, movable member coupled with and received partly within the stationary member, and a stem co-axially received within the movable member and coupled with the stationary member. These components cooperatively define a measuring chamber, an inlet opening, and an outlet aperture.

Abstract: A dispenser is disclosed for storing and rapidly dispensing measured quantites of powdered or granulated material. The dispenser has a nonmoving measuring chamber having top and bottom sides which are alternately opened and closed upon activation of the dispenser to fill the measuring chamber from a storage chamber and then discharge the measured quantity of material in the measuring chamber into a receiving receptacle.

Abstract: A machine adapted to form and fill a plurality of different size packages with different amounts of products such as sugar, salt, cream, etc. A metering head on the machine has different size cavities each connected with its own individual supply hopper. All the cavities are filled simultaneously and adapted to discharge their contents simultaneously onto a strip of packaging film which is folded into U-shape to form a plurality of receptacles and then directed between a pair of sealing rolls to form a plurality of different size individual packages.

Abstract: A reserve supply of shot or powder is held in an elevated receptacle and is delivered through a gravity feed conduit to a valve at the primary hopper of a reloading press. The valve includes a spool for operatively and selectively replenishing the primary hopper, draining the contents of the receptacle, or discontinuing flow from the conduit.

Abstract: A filling apparatus for carbonated beverages including a filling valve connected to a beverage source under pressure and including a measuring cylinder movable into and out of a container to be filled. The measuring cylinder has a foot valve on its lower end and is telescopically associated with an inlet valve. The measuring cylinder defines a chamber between the foot valve and the inlet valve. The measuring cylinder is filled with a predetermined amount of beverage at superatmospheric pressure by moving the cylinder down into an empty container when the foot valve is closed and the inlet valve is open. The inlet valve is then closed. The cylinder and foot valve can then be moved down a slight amount or the foot valve can be moved down a slight amount relative to the cylinder while retaining sealing contact with the cylinder to increase the volume in the chamber thus reducing the pressure of the measured volume of beverage to atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing doses of granular material into capsules. The apparatus includes dosing chambers of variable geometry into which granules flow from a supply container. A multiple slide arrangement closes the inlet apertures of the dosing chambers before opening the outlet apertures thereof, and also temporarily enlarges the volumes of the dosing chambers to permit easy dispensing of the granular contents into the capsules.