Abstract: A brush assembly for cleaning a toilet includes a handle that comprises an upper section a lower section, and a medial section. The lower section and the medial section are nested in the upper section so that the lower section and the medial section are selectively extensible from the upper section. A scrubber is coupled to a lower end of the lower section and is configured to clean a toilet. A base, which is bowl-shaped, is positioned to partially insert the scrubber. A lid is coupled to and extends from a bottom end of the upper section. The lid is bowl-shaped and complementary the base. A perimeter of the lid is positioned to abut a circumference of the base as the lower section and the medial section are inserted into the upper section. The lid and the base define an interior space that houses the scrubber.

Abstract: A personalized cleaning composition dispensing device for use in an automatic dishwasher dispensing the right chemistry at the right time during a wash cycle to provide an improved cleaning performance compared to standard automatic dishwasher dispensers. The device includes wash cycle sensing system that controls the release of chemistry via temperature and water flow data measured during the current wash cycle and uses either a preprogrammed product release algorithm for new wash cycles or a modified product release algorithm based on wash cycle data previously stored in the data storage unit for repeated wash cycles.

Abstract: Tilting Bowl Toilet comprises a frame, a toilet basin, and a tilting bowl. The tilting bowl is supported below the toilet basin to receive and hold water/waste delivered from the toilet basin. The tilting bowl tilts to discharge its content to drainage. The tilting bowl at standby is sustained to stay in a horizontal position by a sustaining turning moment about its support axis. When water is added, the turning moment produced by the tilting bowl with its content becomes larger than the sustaining turning moment, and the tilting bowl moves to a tilted position to discharge its content. As the tilting bowl tilts, the sustaining turning moment is simultaneously reduced to accelerate bowl tilting for efficient discharge of waste to sewage.

Abstract: A pet food dispenser has a container, a bottom lid and a receiving plate. The bottom lid is covered on a bottom opening of the container and has multiple through holes. The receiving plate is connected to the bottom lid. A gap is formed between the receiving plate and the bottom lid. The pet foods in the container drop out from the through holes of the bottom lid. Because the receiving plate collects dropped pet food, only some pet food is released for the pets to eat. The pets need to push the pet food dispenser to topple and roll so that more and more pet food is released. Therefore, the pet food dispenser efficiently leads the pets to move more by using food to attract the pets.

Abstract: An orienting skirt joined to an aerosol can, the orienting skirt having a generally arcuate rim extending outward such that when the can is placed on a flat surface, the rim urges the can into a predetermined generally stable horizontal configuration with the discharge nozzle oriented in an upright direction. A full release actuator is disposed adjacent to the valve stem of the aerosol can and has a trigger and a discharge nozzle such that when the trigger is pressed the contents of the aerosol can are dispensed through the discharge nozzle. With the discharge nozzle in an upright direction, the contents of the can are dispersed more evenly on the interior surfaces of the trash can.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser for laundry additives comprising a base and a reservoir separated by an insert. The present invention further relates to a method of dispensing a laundry additive in an automatic washing machine comprising mounting a dispenser having a base and a reservoir within the automatic washing machine; adding the laundry additive to the reservoir; positioning an insert to seal the laundry additive within the reservoir; actuating the insert with centrifugal force in order to open the reservoir; releasing the laundry additive from the reservoir onto the base; and dispersing the laundry additive from the base within the automatic washing machine.

Abstract: A dispenser includes a self-righting housing having an interior cavity for holding one or more items to be dispensed, a curved bottom surface, and a dispensing aperture disposed in a lower portion of the housing and in communication with the interior cavity.

Abstract: An orienting skirt joined to an aerosol can, the orienting skirt having a generally arcuate rim extending outward such that when the can is placed on a flat surface, the rim urges the can into a predetermined generally stable horizontal configuration with the discharge nozzle oriented in an upright direction. A full release actuator is disposed adjacent to the valve stem of the aerosol can and has a trigger and a discharge nozzle such that when the trigger is pressed the contents of the aerosol can are dispensed through the discharge nozzle. With the discharge nozzle in an upright direction, the contents of the can are dispersed more evenly on the interior surfaces of the trash can.

Abstract: A dispenser for a liquid detergent composition suitable for use in an automatic washing machine having a rotating drum, comprises a housing including a reservoir for the detergent composition. The reservoir has a dispensing aperture. The dispenser includes a weight which is moveable relative to the housing. The movement of the weight is driven by rotation of the drum. The weight is connected to a closure for the dispensing aperture. Movement of the weight causes the dispensing aperture to open.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a dispensing device are disclosed. The device may include a receptacle having a first face and at least one outlet orifice for dispensing a substance contained in the receptacle. The receptacle may be configured to be rested on a horizontal plane surface with the first face being in contact with the horizontal plane surface. The first face may be configured such that while the receptacle is rested on the horizontal plane surface with the first face being in contact with the horizontal plane surface, a decrease in the quantity of substance in the receptacle causes the receptacle to tilt without causing the substance to run out through said at least one outlet orifice.

Abstract: A device that makes it easier to pour a liquid from a container that might be difficult to lift for a person having hand, finger, or arm muscles that have been weakened by disease, injury, old age, or the like. The device has a generally “L” shape when viewed in front view, with a base for supporting the container and an upstanding sidewall formed integrally with the base at an end of the base. A curvature that extends from the top to the bottom of the sidewall is formed on the outward side of the sidewall. A person requiring assistance grasps a handle of a container supported by the base and rotates the device over onto the curvature so that liquid may pour from the container without lifting the container or the device. The device is rotated back into its repose position when the pouring is completed.

Abstract: A shaving cream dispenser with a weighted bottom and/or an air space in its upper section allowing for upright flotation in water. The dispenser can also be colored red on its top section and white on its bottom section to resemble a fishing bobber.

Abstract: A rinse water additive dispenser having an upper housing having a opening and a lower housing releasably connected to the upper housing, the lower housing walls defining an internal chamber for containing a rinse water laundry additive. The dispenser further comprises a valve assembly having a valve for sealing the opening in the upper housing, the valve movable between closed and open positions and being biased towards an open position. In addition, the dispenser includes a weight assembly having a counterweight that is actuated by centrifugal force, and which prior to actuation, prevents the valve from biasing to an open position.

Abstract: A rinse water additive dispenser for use in an automatic washing machine is disclosed. The dispenser includes a top, a valve assembly and a base releasably connected to the top. The valve assembly is retained within a valve housing located in the top and is able to move within the housing. The valve assembly includes a resilient disk valve and counterweight that are interconnected by a valve post. The resilient valve is located, enclosed, or compressed between the top and base portions when the top and base are connected. The top and base can be connected with threads, tongue and groove structures etc. When subjected to the centrifugal force of a spin cycle, the movement of the counterweight within the device causes the resilient disk to unseat from between the top and base allowing fluid communication between the dispenser and the tub of the washing machine. Optionally, the dispenser can have an elliptical cross section to promote proper orientation of the dispenser during the spin and rinse cycles.

Abstract: A bag-in-box container includes a faucet for dispensing liquid from the container upon tipping or other movement of the container. The faucet includes a body defining a bore. A valve seat and valve member are located in the bore. The valve member includes a resilient seal portion normally resiliently biased into sealing engagement with the valve seat to inhibit air flow into the bag of the container. The resilient seal portion is selectively deflectable away from the valve seat under fluid pressure to allow flow of liquid from the inlet of the bore to the outlet of the bore when said box is moved to a position where liquid in the bag exerts pressure on the seal portion.

Abstract: A dispenser for laundry products, particularly for fabric softener products to be used in the dryer. The dispenser comprises a hollow ball having a plurality of product dispensing openings and a further product ingress opening for placing product in the ball. A measuring cup to hold product is accessed from the product ingress opening. In accordance with one preferred embodiment, the measuring cup includes only a single opening in its side wall for releasing product from the cup and into the hollow sphere. One or more closures are associated with the dispenser. After travelling through the small hole in the cup, the product is dispensed to the exterior of the hollow ball through the product dispensing openings and thus onto product. The hollow ball is preferably a manually squeezable plastic such as polyurethane. In another embodiment, the cup includes more than the single hole in the cup walls.

Abstract: A rinse water additive dispenser having an upper housing having a opening and a lower housing releasably connected to the upper housing, the lower housing walls defining an internal chamber for containing a rinse water laundry additive. The dispenser further comprises a valve assembly having a valve for sealing the opening in the upper housing, the valve movable between closed and open positions and being biased towards an open position. In addition, the dispenser includes a weight assembly having a counterweight that is actuated by centrifugal force, and which prior to actuation, prevents the valve from biasing to an open position.

Abstract: A rinse water additive dispenser for use in an automatic washing machine is disclosed. The dispenser includes a top, a valve assembly and a base releasably connected to the top. The valve assembly is retained within a valve housing located in the top and is able to move within the housing. The valve assembly includes a resilient disk valve and counterweight that are interconnected by a valve post. The resilient valve is located, enclosed, or compressed between the top and base portions when the top and base are connected. The top and base can be connected with threads, tongue and groove structures etc. When subjected to the centrifugal force of a spin cycle, the movement of the counterweight within the device causes the resilient disk to unseat from between the top and base allowing fluid communication between the dispenser and the tub of the washing machine. Optionally, the dispenser can have an elliptical cross section to promote proper orientation of the dispenser during the spin and rinse cycles.

Abstract: A pet food feeding apparatus, which includes a bowl-like base having a flat bottom wall, a hollow top cover shell covered on the base, the top cover shell having a plurality of outlets spaced around the periphery, a pan mounted in between the base and the top cover shell to hold pet food, and a weight fixedly fastened to the base at the center for enabling the center of gravity of the pet food feeding apparatus to be kept at the center of the flat bottom wall of the base, such that the pet food feeding apparatus is oscillated to force pet food out of the outlets when the pet touches or pushes the pet food feeding apparatus.

Abstract: A dosing device for dispensing a highly viscous liquid includes a frame and a flexible sheet. The frame has an open top and an open bottom. The sheet is suspended from the open top of the frame for retaining the liquid within the sheet.

Abstract: A metering system 10 for metering liquid to be supplied to equipment which utilizes the liquid to generate a predetermined product includes a body member 12 which defines a chamber 14 therein, the body member 12 being mountable in a predetermined position relative to the equipment and liquid to be metered being received in the chamber 14. A discharge element is arranged in communication with the chamber of the body member, the discharge element comprising a first discharge element 16 through which a first metered volume is dischargeable to a first part of the equipment and a second discharge element 18 through which a second metered volume is dischargeable to a second part of the equipment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a detergent doser for dispensing liquid doses from a liquid dispenser. The liquid dispenser has a nozzle through which the detergent is dispensed. The detergent doser includes a container having an outer wall and an inner wall defining therebetween a chamber. The doser is provided with a passageway extending through the container defined by the inner wall for receiving therein the nozzle. The inner wall includes an aperture and the doser is movable with respect to the nozzle between a closed position in which the nozzle outlet is closed off by a portion of the inner wall and an open position in which the nozzle outlet and aperture cooperate to provide a fluid flow path between the dispenser and chamber. In the closed position the detergent doser acts as a lid or cap for the dispenser.

Abstract: A caulking gun is arranged to include a cylindrical housing having an entrance opening, with a door pivotally mounted over the entrance opening to receive a caulking gun tube therewithin such that a reversing electric drive motor having a reciprocating piston relative to the housing is arranged to project into the caulking gun tube for expressing of material from the tube as the piston is directed within the tube structure.

Abstract: An automatic dumping hopper mechanism includes a hopper of an asymmetrical configuration relative to a vertical axis which is mounted for pivoting movement about a horizontal axis with a door normally closing a discharge opening at a lower end of the hopper. A linkage is provided to effect opening and closing movement of the door upon pivotal movement of the hopper. The hopper is so constructed, arranged and disposed as to effect its movement automatically to the dumping position in response to a predetermined amount of material being charged therein.

Abstract: A kettle is adapted for use on a narrow ledge of a wood, pellet, or coal burning stove or the like by flattening one side and providing substantially greater weight per unit area to the flattened side and bottom such that the center of gravity of the kettle is located in the vicinity of the juncture between the bottom and the flattened side. A spout for the kettle is adapted with an opening which points horizontally away from the flattened side to direct steam to a space in front of the stove and thereby minimize damage from steam otherwise rising directly upward and depositing moisture on adjacent or nearby stove pipes or parts.

Abstract: An improved dispenser for reliably adding fluid rinse additive to the rinse water in an automatic washing machine. The dispenser includes a filling/dispensing aperture within the uppermost portion of a container for adding the fluid additive to the dispenser and for allowing the rinse water to enter and exit the dispenser. The dispenser is provided with a manually closable centrifugally openable valve for closing the filling/dispensing aperture in the container after it has been filled with additive. The valve maintains substantially all of the fluid additive within the dispenser throughout the wash cycle until the dispenser is opened by the centrifugal force during the spin empty portion of the wash cycle. The dispenser further includes a vent which is operatably associated with the valve to vent the interior of the container to the atmosphere whenever the valve is in its closed position.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for accurately measuring and dispensing a rinse water additive in an automatic washing machine. In a particularly preferred embodiment, an apparatus is provided for accurately measuring a relatively small volume of fluid product by forming an annular column within the dispenser. The annular column extends at least to approximately the desired fill level for the additive so that the relatively small amount of fluid product causes a substantial change in the fluid's vertical position within the dispenser. This is preferably accomplished by providing a dispenser having an internal pushup configuration in its base, the pushup configuration extending at least to approximately the desired fill level within the dispenser. An improved sealing structure is also provided for the valve used to close the filling and dispensing aperture in the dispenser body during the wash cycle.

Abstract: A valve for a fluid pressurized dispensing container that is useful for the low pressure dispensing of medium and low viscosity fluids at controlled rates and is actuated by merely inverting the container and in which the flow of the dispensed liquid begins practically instantly as soon as the container is inverted.

Abstract: A dispensing storage container comprising a somewhat spherical housing forming a storage compartment for a supply of laundry treatment liquid and having an inlet/outlet portion, which may also be a removable cover portion. The inlet/outlet portion comprises a recessed groove, preferably annular, surrounded by elevated surface areas of the housing, and having inlet/outlet openings recessed at the base of the groove.

Abstract: Dispensing storage containers and assemblies of such containers secured over the conventional cup-like cap of a bottle designed to contain a supply of laundry treatment material. The dispensing storage containers have a shell housing, a closed base end, an open filling end and a cover including media transfer holes and means for securing it over the filling end of the container to disperse laundry treatment material from the container into the wash during use. The open filling end has a collar forming an opening sufficiently wide to receive and be secured over the cup-like bottle cap during periods of non-use, and the base end of the container preferably includes a flange means to which the cover can be secured on the assembly.

Abstract: An elongate, horizontally upwardly opening particulate material storing receptacle with vertical front and end walls, upwardly projecting side walls, a longitudinally extending bottom wall, a material discharge opening at the front end of the receptacle, an elongate auger extending longitudinally within the receptacle from the rear wall to the discharge opening, a driven shaft on the auger and projecting rearwardly from the receptacle; and, a drive motor unit drivingly coupled with the driven shaft, the improvements comprise: mounting structure pivotally supporting the upper rear end of the receptacle about a horizontal transverse turning axis spaced vertically from the axis of the shaft, a cam plate with circumferentially spaced, rearwardly disposed lobes and recesses positioned rearward of the receptacle and carried by the shaft; and, a forwardly disposed reaction pose mounted rearward of the plate and in reacting driving engagement therewith to sequentially pivot the receptacle about the turning axis when

Abstract: A developer material supply arrangement which includes a developer hopper mounting portion for detachably mounting a developer hopper on the mounting provided portion at an opening at the upper portion of a developing tank of an electrophotographic copying apparatus, a hopper-shaped container for a developer material, a supply port provided at a lower portion of the hopper-shaped container and formed into a configuration which can be detachably mounted with respect to the developer hopper mounting portion, and a valve member provided within the supply port for selective opening or closing of the supply port.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a free body dispenser for a washing machine wherein the dispenser employs premeasured and preloaded laundry additive units. It is not necessary to measure out additive from a storage bottle. Another object is to provide a dispenser which will not clog and will not have moving parts to wear out. Dispenser (1) has a reservoir (2), a conduit (4), and a receptacle (3). The reservoir (2) has a quantity of additive (6) within a collapsible wall (5). During the spin cycle of the washing machine, centrifugal forces squeeze the additive (6) out of the reservoir (2), through the conduit (4), and into the rigid receptacle (3). When the spin cycle is over, the rinse cycle begins; and clean water is added to the machine. Clean water enters the receptacle (3) and dilutes the retained additive (6). All the additive (6) is diluted with water and rinsed out of the receptacle (3) during the agitation phase of the rinse cycle.

Abstract: A substantially cylindrical container for use in carbonating small quantities of water for household or individual use as a soft drink dispenser contains a spherical, porous stone through which carbon dioxide gas is expressed under pressure for diffuse dissemination into the contained water for carbonation, and a rounded container bottom providing for manual rocking and rotative movement of the container for agitation of the water to facilitate and enhance the carbonating process.

Abstract: A water gravity plant feeder comprising a housing, water bottle mounted on said housing, and a device for supplying water from the bottle to plants arranged adjacent the housing. The watering device comprises a feed tray positioned under the water bottle for supplying a measured volume of water at predetermined intervals to a water trough. When full, water is spilled from the trough into a sump in the housing, whence it flows into a water distributor for watering a plurality of plants.

Abstract: An improved apparatus is set forth wherein powder is produced by melting metal in a crucible where it is then poured into a tundish which directs the molten metal onto a spinning disc means. A nozzle plate has a central opening through which the metal is directed from the tundish to the disc means. An efficient annular nozzle means directs a cooling fluid around the disc means. The crucible has means for tilting it which keeps the molten metal entering the tundish properly as the metal is poured therefrom.

Abstract: A dual-acting free body automatic dispenser for dispensing laundry additives into automatic washing machines. The dispenser comprises an assemblage of three major elements: a hollow, spherical container provided with an orifice; a resilient valve seated within the orifice and a rigid stempiece extending axially through the valve. The valve is positioned on the stempiece such that when seated a portion of the stempiece protrudes outwardly beyond the exterior of the container. A mass is attached to the interiorly extending end of the stempiece.The consumer operates the dispenser by filling it with laundry additive, manually seating the valve and placing the dispenser in the washing machine's basket. The dispenser is triggered during the first spin cycle. If the dispenser is oriented with the protruding portion of the stempiece in contact with the basket, centrifugal force causes the container to be forced outwardly relative to the stempiece, thereby unseating the valve.