Abstract: A pouring device which is fixed into the outlet of a liquid container. The device has a main portion and bifurcated legs which conform to the internal shape of the container outlet. A vent tube provides access for air forced into the container by the low pressure zone therein created by the outflow of liquid. The area between the legs constitutes the outlet path for a continuous stream of liquid from the container. The legs are spaced apart to facilitate mounting of the device in the container outlet.

Abstract: A material container for bulk material having a follower disposed therein. The diaphragm of the follower is coextensive with the transverse cross-section of the container. During the removal of bulk material from the container, the follower moves downwardly in constant engagement with the upper surface of the bulk material for wiping the interior surface of the container and for applying a downward force on the bulk material. When bulk material is being discharged into the container for the filling thereof, the follower may be held at the upper portion of the container. A central access opening is formed in the top wall of the container and a central opening is formed through the diaphragm of the follower directed in the axial direction of the container.

Abstract: This invention relates to a beverage dispensing system which includes a base container, an elongated discharge neck detachably connectable to the base container and a pouring spout or nozzle which is provided for snap engaging the open outer end of the neck. The nozzle or spout includes a liquid discharge channel and an air vent channel positioned in close proximity to the liquid discharge channel and extending substantially parallel thereto.

Abstract: A windshield washer fluid supply comprising a bracket adapted to hold a conventional windshield washer solvent container in which the solvent is originally purchased. The invention also includes a plug which can be secured to the mouth of the solvent container which holds a tube extending into the solvent container and connected to the inlet of a fluid pump. The stopper permits use with solvent containers having different mouths and enables the container to be used with a submersible pump appropriately sized to fit within the container or used with a preexisting external fluid pump.

Abstract: A combined opener, pouring spout and installation device for flexible wall liquid container bags, including apparatus to perforate first one wall and then the opposite wall in the process of installing a pouring spout inner member and including a device serving as an outer member to retentively engage the inner member in a clamping arrangement that seals the bag around the pouring spout opening in its wall. Withdrawal of the carrier member leaves the first opening in the bag wall opposite the pouring spout available as a breathing spout.

Abstract: A dispensing valve for dispensing concentrate and diluent to make a beverage includes a first member containing therein a cylindrical bore having a first pressurizing gas passage terminating at an alongate opening in the bore and a first diluent passage terminating in a further outlet in the bore. The bottom of the bore contains an open area through which concentrate can be dispensed. Seals around the alongate outlet and the further outlet and seal against a central, rotatable valve member of generally angularous shape which is disposed for rotation within the cylindrical bore.

Abstract: A drinking and pouring aid for beverage- and other liquid-containing containers or cans provided with a pull or press-in tab in the can cover or lid for creating a can opening. The cover or lid surface is provided with a cover, of plastic synthetic material, which sealingly engages all around the can opening. This cover has a nipple-like mouthpiece in the region of the can opening.

Abstract: A fay surface sealing tool for applying sealant between wing skin and spar chord joints prior to fastener installation. The fay surface sealing tool includes a plurality of plurality of spaced apartures for dispensing the sealant in bead form between each row of fastener holes and on each edge margin subsequent to joint opening.

Abstract: A hopper discharge apparatus for delivering the contents of a hopper from a hopper side port to alternative delivery points directly under and alongside the hopper utilizing a center delivery chute for directing the hopper contents to the delivery point under the hopper and a side delivery chute for directing the hopper contents either to the delivery point alongside the hopper or to the center delivery chute. Both chutes are movable, optionally about a common pivot point, for storage when not in use.

Abstract: A syringe for applying adhesive resin to the junctions of tennis racket netting, comprising a cylinder and a piston and two or four coextensive tubular spray nozzles projecting from the end of the cylinder opposed to the piston. By applying the spray nozzles to the corners of a junction between two strings of netting, equal amounts of adhesive can be discharged from said spray nozzles and these drops of adhesive will combine to form a solid connection of the two strings at their point of junction.

Abstract: A silo system for flowing loose materials, particularly cement with at least two storage silos each with a conical cover raised over their base and on whose lower edge are provided discharge openings connected to a central storage tank, the storage silos being interconnected by a transverse conveying arrangement.

Abstract: Apparatus for blending free-flowing particulate material. The blender includes a hopper having a central blending tube disposed therein. The blending tube has axially and circumferentially spaced apart openings sized to pass the particulate material into the interior of the blending tube. Disposed within the blending tube are a plurality of baffles which create imperforate, annular areas above the openings. Also disposed within the hopper are a series of circumferentially cascading weir plates which divide the hopper into a plurality of compartments. Each of the compartments communicates with at least one of the openings in the blending tube. In a preferred embodiment the baffles are spaced apart unevenly along the axis of the blending tube so that the openings to the interior of the tube at a particular level service substantially equal volumes of the particulate material in the hopper. In this embodiment the topmost baffle has a lower open area substantially equal to the imperforate annular areas.

Abstract: A fay surface sealing tool for applying sealant between wing skin and spar chord joints prior to fastener installation. The fay surface sealing tool includes a plurality of plurality of spaced apertures for dispensing the sealant in bead form between each row of fastener holes and on each edge margin subsequent to joint opening.

Abstract: This invention relates to filters for the brewing of coffee. Specifically to the fast brewing drip type suitable for home use. The basis of the invention is in the addition of a diverting valve to allow for the transfer of brewed coffee away from the holding pot and into the users coffee cup. This is to be done without interrupting the brewing cycle or placement of the coffee pot.

Abstract: A trigger-actuated sliding dental amalgam dispenser is provided with a material distribution shell within which a transport carriage is longitudinally reciprocated under the control of a trigger actuator. Liquid conduit channels in the shell carry mercury from a reservoir above the shell to a measuring chamber in the carriage. Upon actuation of the trigger, the measuring chamber, otherwise held in communication with the mercury reservoir by a spring bias on the trigger, is reciprocated relative to the shell to that the mercury in the measuring chamber is discharged into a dispensing well. Concurrently, a slide with a silver receptacle tray is repositioned to receive another tablet of silver from a tablet dispensing cartridge positioned above the material distribution shell. When the trigger is released, the tray carries the silver tablet into vertical registration with the dispensing well to drop the tablet into the well.

Abstract: A readily assembled and disassembled silo for the bulk storage of granular materials consists of a rigid, generally rectangular metal frame that supports a grid of interconnected horizontal and vertical bands of flexible webbing material extending between vertical posts and horizontal upper and lower bars. A flexible bag of woven polyolefin is supported within the metal frame and webbing grid. This bag has a filling tube near its top, discharge tubes near its bottom and a screened ventilator opening.

Abstract: This relates to a hot runner manifold for distributing thermoplastic melts from a plasticizer to plural cavities of a mold. The manifold is formed in two parts which include a plate and a ring which are joined along a central parting line in a manner wherein all of the sprue and runner portions may be readily and accurately machined. The ring is shrunk in place on the plate and has an interference fit which is sufficient to prevent separation of the ring from the plate during normal operating conditions without the use of any fasteners. Distribution from a primary sprue into the plural runners is made efficient by providing a distributor plug which is aligned with the primary sprue and forms elbows between the primary sprue and a first runner which is of the same cross section as the runners and which provides for a smooth and even transition between the primary sprue and the runners.

Abstract: An improved adapter for a container such as for example, a cooking oil container, is described which includes an outer tube, an inner tube and a drip return guide plate. A hole is located in the lowest part of the guide plate and operates as both a drip passage and as an air venting port.

Abstract: A venting device for use with a container closure cap of the type having a flexible pouring spout which is extendable to a pouring orientation from a nested orientation includes a hollow central body portion having a top end, a base and an interior passageway extending therethrough. Joined to the top end of the central body portion is a generally cylindrical portion and joined to the top of this generally cylindrical portion is a frustoconical portion. The base of the central body portion is integrally joined to a substantially flat flange portion which includes a spaced plurality of outwardly radiating ribs. The venting device is joined to the flexible pouring spout of the container closure cap by means of spacer strips which are heat welded between the venting device and the closure cap thereby positioning the venting device in a concentric relationship to the closure cap.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in a triple gob feeder of a glass forming apparatus for forming molten glass gobs of uniform size, weight, volume and shape by equalizing the temperatures of the molten glass flowing through orifices in a triple gob orifice ring. Molten glass is retained in a middle reservoir of the triple gob orifice ring for a relatively longer average period of time than in end reservoirs of the ring preferably by providing a middle reservoir having a relatively larger volumetric size than the end reservoirs. In addition, the middle reservoir is cooled by directing a coolant through channels in a bottom surface portion of the orifice ring and onto external surfaces surrounding the middle reservoir.

Abstract: Battery plates are assembled into stacks forming positive and negative rows of lugs and the stacks are placed within the cells in a battery case. Molding channels are automatically formed around the positive and negative rows of lugs and molten lead alloy is automatically introduced into the molding channels to cast the straps and intercell connections simultaneously within the battery case.

Abstract: A disposable plastic upper lid adapted for frictional mounting upon the rim of a container of a quick-cooking food has an annular horizontal member which is provided thereon with a lid holding ridged portion which is composed of saw-toothed ridges and, if desired, provided with a plurality of anti-stacking notches in a random arrangement along the outer or inner periphery of the horizontal member.

Abstract: Applicator device for flowable reaction masses includes a crossbeam for distributing reaction mass and lines for feeding the reaction mass to the crossbeam, the crossbeam being formed with an inner hollow chamber communicating with the feeding lines for receiving reaction mass therefrom and an outer hollow space external to the inner hollow chamber, an inner wall separating the outer hollow space and the inner hollow chamber from one another, the inner wall being formed at uppermost locations thereof with overflow openings for passage into the outer hollow space of reaction mass fed by the feeding lines into the inner hollow chamber, and an outer wall at least partly surrounding the outer hollow space and formed with discharge openings for discharge of reaction mass received in the outer hollow space from the inner hollow chamber.

Abstract: A large capacity water squirting implement in the form of a cane. This water squirting implement utilizes a reciprocal plunger hand pump which is mounted at the top of a hollow, elongated tube which provides the large water storage capacity. A head is slidably secured to the top of the cane, enclosing the pump in such a way that reciprocal motion of the head is transmitted to the plunger of the pump to cause squirts of water to be emitted from a tube extending from the outlet of the pump to the exterior of the head.

Abstract: A device for pouring and measuring a volume of fluid from a container threaded to the device includes a liquid storage chamber disposed above the container when upright. An opening in the storage chamber receives fluid from the container when inverted. A vent tube connects the ambient to the container interior. A volume measuring chamber is disposed beneath and connected to the storage chamber via a fluid passage so that fluid in the storage chamber pours into the measuring chamber through the passage when the container is upright. The opening in the storage chamber connected to the container interior has a predetermined spaced relationship above the measuring volume chamber for dumping liquid in excess of the measured volume back into the upright container. A pour chamber receives the measured volume when the container is inverted for preventing the measured volume fluid from returning to the storage chamber through the fluid passage.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for flowable products, comprising a replaceable container with an externally threaded neck portion, a dispensing device comprising a pump housing and a valve chamber with two valves arranged in succession in the direction of flow of the product, and a sleeve arranged to be fitted over the container neck portion so as to allow air to penetrate into the container interior along the neck threads, whereby the partial vacuum which generates above the product level inside the container during discharge of the product may be levelled out while at the same time the sealing-off against the environment is sufficient to prevent drying out of the product.

Abstract: A storage, shipping and dispensing system for loose fill packaging material comprises a collapsible pliant, vented cylindrical bag having an upper and a lower end including a dispensing apertured neck. Rings are circumferentially spaced apart about the bag adjacent both the upper and lower ends. The rings adjacent the upper end are coupled to suspend the bag in a dispensing mode and the rings adjacent the lower end encircle at stiff resilient hoop encompassing and maintaining the lower end of the bag in a radially extended nominal shape. A vertically adjustable support arrangement includes a circular rim having a plurality of spaced-apart hooks to support the rings of the bag. The bag may be readily filled in an inverted position with a large volume, such as in excess of 100 cubic feet, of expanded plastic loose fill material. Despite its size, the filled container may be easily handled during shipping and storage.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus is provided for feeding an air containing material in such a way that a constant volume of solid material per unit of time is fed. Said apparatus comprising at a filling station a throwing device by means of which the material is thrown into compartments of a dispensing device whereby air is squeezed out of the material so that a constant volume of solid material is contained in each compartment. The compartments are successively moved to a discharge station wherein the compartments are emptied under influence of gravity and air under pressure blown into the compartment being emptied.

Abstract: A top (or lid) for an existing drinking cup which permits the insertion of a liquid into the cup without removal of the top and which also prevents the liquid from splashing or spilling from the cup during the filling or drinking operation. The top comprises means for fixing same to the cup or similar receptacle. The top includes suitable holes or apertures for permitting the passage of fluid therethough. Likewise, the top includes suitable openings or apertures for permitting the passage of air therethrough when the fluid is being inserted into the cup. A lip or rim describes the outer periphery of the top. In one embodiment, a mouth piece may be integrally formed with the lip. In another embodiment, the apertured member may be separate from the top.

Abstract: A vacuum bottle container of the kind having an air pump adapted to feed air into the interior of the vacuum bottle to increase the internal pressure in the bottle, whereby the liquid in the vacuum bottle is poured without inclining or holding up the container. The vacuum bottle comprises a cylindrical body member, a vacuum bottle disposed in the body member, a hollow stopper having a downwardly-extending pumping tube and a transversely-extending pouring tube communicated thereto, and a hollow lid body pivotally mounted on the body member, said lid body including an air pump, a motor for operating the air pump, a battery and a switch connected in the motor driving electric circuit, the lid body being provided at its bottom with an air outlet, a vapor outlet, and a chamber communicated to the interior of the vacuum bottle through the air outlet and to the atmosphere through the vapor outlet.

Abstract: A metering device includes a fluid receiving chamber disposed above a container when upright, an opening in the receiving chamber for receiving fluid from the container when inverted, a vent tube connecting the ambient to the container interior, and a volume measuring chamber beneath and connected to the receiving chamber via a relatively large fluid passage. The opening has a predetermined spaced relationship above the measuring volume chamber for dumping fluid in excess of the measured volume back into the upright container and a given spaced relationship with respect to the fluid passage. A fluid deflecting shield surrounds the opening which faces away from the fluid flow when the container is uprighted. The shield, the orientation of the opening, and the given spaced relationship are arranged to divert the fluid flowing from the receiving chamber to the fluid passage around the opening.

Abstract: A method of discharging particulate material from a hopper which minimizes vibration and impact loading is disclosed. The method provides a centrally located discharge column having a series of discharge openings extending vertically of an annular mass of particulate material in the hopper. The particulate material is discharged from a generally conically shaped, downwardly and inwardly directed, top portion of said mass of particulate material, progressively downwardly, through a choked flow discharge path provided by the interior of the discharge column.

Abstract: A self-venting spout for pouring liquids from a container without spilling and without re-entrance of air through the pouring spout interfering with smooth flow therethrough.The self-venting spout comprises a relatively small aperture in the uppermost surface of the spout, in which aperture there is inserted in permanent relationship a relatively short tubing. The tubing extends well into the spout e.g., diametrically thereof, and also extends to a minor extent out of and above the spout, air flowing through the tubing into the interior of the container without interfering with the flow of fluid passing out the spout.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved heater cast used in multi-cavity hot runner edge gate injection molding. The improved heater cast enables products to be molded of considerably lower heights than was previously the case and as well facilitates the molding of difficult heat sensitive materials such as PVC, polycarbonate, polyester and acetal resins. The improved heater cast has a cylindrical mid portion with four spaced cylindrical lower nozzle portions extending downwardly around the periphery therefrom. The hot melt flows downwardly from the molding machine, through a central injection passage in the heater cast and branches into four injection passage extensions to the respective gates and cavities. The provision of the four lower nozzle portions enables the cavity plate to have a raised table portion therebetween which provides additional strength and cooling.

Abstract: A device for filling the crank case or transmission of an internal combustion engine with oil dispensed from a can opened by the device. The device comprises an outer casing, a cup member in the casing spaced from the side walls and bottom of the casing, registering openings in the cup member and casing bottoms, and a piercing and dispensing tube mounted in the cup member having a beveled piercing end facing upwardly in the cup member. Air passages are provided by the space between the cup member and casing communicating with the interior of the piercing tube. The tube is mounted in the cup member by a pin of magnetic material which has two functions: to attract ferrous matter and to separate the fluid flow momentarily, thereby allowing air passing upwardly or downwardly with the fluid, to mix with the fluid. The spacing means between the cup member and the casing may be a plurality of bars connected to the side walls of the cup member and having legs extending beyond the cup member bottom.

Abstract: An abrading member is moved back and forth over a discharge opening of a hopper to abrade lumps of salt in the hopper to cause all of the salt passed out of the opening to be free flowing. The abraded member is moved with a slotted spreader tray positioned below the opening of the hopper and movable past a spreader plate extending down from the opening, and the salt drops through the slots onto food particles on a conveyor therebelow.

Abstract: A system for distributing a single stream of plastic into a multiplicity of streams is disclosed. The system includes two members, a plastic receiving member and a plastic discharge member. The receiving and discharge members are connectable in telescoping relationship. The receiving member has a central plastic receiving opening and a plurality of channels extending from said opening. The discharge member has a like number of passages communicating with the channels and terminating in discharge openings adapted to communicate with a mold. Also, internal heaters are provided to heat the plastic.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and useful apparatus that incorporates the precision and accuracy of net weight fillers with the speed and economy of volumetric fillers. The invention comprises means for receiving a flowable product, said means being connected to a scale. When the product within the receiving means reaches a predetermined weight, it is deposited into a cavity having a plurality of equal chambers and is evenly distributed therein by rotary motion means. A plurality of containers are positioned relative to the cavity to receive the product from the chambers.

Abstract: A pouring adaptor adapted to be mounted over the open end in a container for liquid products comprising a central disc portion having a locking rib for securing the adaptor over the discharge opening in the container, a lower section depending into the container having a plurality of window-like discharge openings of a size and shape to control discharge of fluid therethrough and an upper generally cylindrical head section terminating in an outwardly flared lip and having flange members for detachably securing the adaptor to a closure.

Abstract: A pouring device for dispensing liquid from a bottle is provided comprising a rigid spout member and a flexible resilient sealing member, the spout member including a rigid base portion having a longitudinally extending trough in the outer wall thereof and the flexible sealing member comprising a tubular body tightly overfitting the base portion of the spout member and having a longitudinal vent tube extending along the inside wall thereof and seating within the trough to prevent relative rotational movement between the spout member and the sealing member and cooperating means on the sealing member and the spout member to prevent relative longitudinal movement between these members.

Abstract: A container provided with pipes which extend out from said container and which are arranged such that even when the container is turned on its side or in whatever manner, the root portion or the external opening of both of the pipes stay above the liquid level so that liquid will not flow out of the container.

Abstract: A container construction particularly for beverages which are to be cooled or heated comprising an outer spherical container body which has a supporting base portion which for example may be connected to a handle forming a cylindrical opening or recess for accommodating the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body includes pouring spout formed by an upstanding spout neck on one side of the vertical for example at 35.degree. and it has an opposite inner container receiving opening disposed on the other side at 35.degree. from the vertical which accommodates an inner cylindrical container which is closed at its inner bottom end. The inner container is supported at its outer end in a raised collar formation of the spherical outer container. The handle is held at the raised portion by an encircling belt which connects to the upper end of the handle.

Abstract: A multi-orifice injector nozzle in which a main channel is bifurcated into two slanting intermediate channels which are again bifurcated, the resulting outer branches leading to outer nozzle inserts, while the inner branches are joined above a central nozzle insert. All channels are obtained as smoothly curved congruent grooves milled into the clamping faces of a split injector head.

Abstract: A combined closure and pouring spout assembly is disclosed. The assembly consists of an outer closure member adapted to be received within an opening provided in a container and the outer closure has an outwardly opening recess to receive a closure plug. An inner transverse wall is provided in the outer closure and defines a bottom for the recess and a circular aperture is provided in the inner transverse wall and an elongate tube in the form of a pouring spout having inner and outer ends is carried in the circular aperture. The spout has throughout a major portion of its length an outer diameter less than the diameter of the aperture whereby the spout may be moved, when the closure plug is removed, to an extended pouring position and to a retracted non-pouring position.