Abstract: The present invention pertains to improved atomization systems for comparatively higher viscosity liquid products. More particularly, the present invention provides an improved product delivery system which combines a pre-compression type pump mechanism with a nozzle having two or more orifices configured to discharge corresponding jets or streams of the product which impinge upon one another to provide a finely dispersed spray. The pre-compression pump mechanism ensures that the product will only be delivered when sufficient pressure is available for atomization. Regardless of the speed or authority with which the pump mechanism is actuated, pressure within the pump will accumulate without product discharge until a lower pressure threshold is reached, at which time a valve opens to permit product discharge with sufficient pressure for atomization. When the fluid streams impinge upon one another, the fluid is broken up into a finely dispersed mist which may then be directed toward the surface to be coated.

Abstract: The equipment comprises a measuring and dispensing device of the reusable type for the machine washing of clothes, which comprises a hollow body (1) intended to receive the amount of liquid detergent prescribed for the wash, said body being provided with at least one filling opening (3) and outlets (7b) for the distribution of said product or products, as well as means (8) enabling the user to effect, once said device has been filled, the easy and controlled application of at least one product contained in it to selected areas of the clothing before the latter is subjected to washing in the machine, for the purpose of effecting the pretreatment of said areas before the washing cycle, said measuring and dispensing device, containing the amount of product remaining after the pretreatment, being introduced into the machine together with the clothes, said pretreatment means (8) being removable from the body of said device.

Abstract: A package containing a particulate product under pressure which automatically releases the pressure upon opening with an ordinary can opener, while preventing escape of the particulate material. The package is made up of a container having a closed top and a closed bottom which are connected to a body portion to define a gas tight interior compartment. The container has an inwardly directed bead along the perimeter of the body of the container located at a predetermined distance from the top. A non-porous product separator is placed within the container above the bead so that its perimeter is adjacent to the perimeter of the body of the container. The separator divides the interior compartment into a product chamber, below the separator, and a product free chamber above the separator.

Abstract: A sample/trial size package for cosmetic stick-form products, such as deodorants. The package is especially adapted for use with the fill/invert method of manufacture. The product is secured within the package in a fixed position throughout its use. The package has a base for holding the product. The base comprises an enclosed body, a closed bottom and an open top. The base further includes a stalk axially oriented within it. The stalk defines a trough along the inside perimeter of the base between the stalk and the body. Lastly, the package has a cap for sealing the open top of the base when the package is not in use.

Abstract: A resilient squeeze bottle dispensing package including an internal flexible bag which is suitable for dispensing viscous product such as toothpaste, but which includes an air valve which will automatically permit pressure equilibration in the chamber formed between the flexible bag and the interior of the bottle in response to a decrease in the atmospheric pressure surrounding the package. Employing a valve which permits such automatic pressure equilibration avoids unwanted oozing of viscous product from the discharge orifice of the package when the atmospheric pressure surrounding the package decreases, e.g., as by airplane travel or by travelling from a first elevation to a second substantially higher elevation.

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: A flaccid and lightweight bottom delivery package for dispensing fluid products. The package comprises a tubular container for housing the fluid products. The container has a closed top and an open bottom having a gusset panel attached thereto. The gusset panel and that portion of the container below the gusset panel define a stand-up base that allows the package to stand alone on a flat surface while resting on its bottom end. The gusset panel has a discharge orifice disposed therein and a self-sealing valve sealingly secured to the discharge orifice. The valve has a closed position for storage and an open position for dispensing. The valve opens in response to manual squeezing forces being applied to the container, and closes when said manual forces are removed. The package further includes a hook or the like adjacent its top end for hanging the package from a support.

Abstract: A package and a handle for the package both of which are made from paperboard for easy recycling. The package is generally rectangular and has apertures on opposing sides. The handle has an elongated body section extending between two ends, and two anchors in a substantially juxtaposed relation to each of the ends. The ends of the handle are inserted into the apertures on the package so that the anchors are disposed within the package. The anchors are made up of a securing tab and a barb. The securing tab is made from a length of the anchor which is secured to the end of the handle whereas the barb comprises a length of the anchor which is above the securing tab which is left unsecured to the end of the handle. The handle is such that when the package is lifted by the handle, the barbs extend above the top of the aperture and the securing tabs extend below the bottom of the aperture.

Abstract: A conformable, self-aligning, high extraction efficiency coffee filter pack capable of flavor extraction efficiencies comparable to those obtained using an identical quantity of bulk coffee and a paper filter under identical brewing conditions, but which exhibits substantially consistent pot-to-pot brew strength for any given automatic drip coffee maker. The preferred filter pack is formed from two layers of flexible material which are secured to one another about their outermost periphery with a predetermined quantity of roast and ground coffee housed within a brew chamber formed between the two layers. The brew chamber exhibits a maximum volume between about 25 percent and about 300 percent greater than the volume of the dry roast and ground coffee contained therein. The discharge flow rate from the brew chamber is slower than the inlet flow rate into the brew chamber to permit a buildup of water and flooding of the brew chamber.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for stamping a blank of plastic material, such as a soap blank, into a shaped article, such as a soap bar. The apparatus and method uses a pair of mating die halves spaced apart from one another in order to receive the blank of plastic material. Thereafter, the blank of plastic material is stamped and shaped by closing the die halves so they are mating. The die halves are then opened so as to discharge the shaped article and receive a new blank of plastic material. The present invention contemplates placing an elastomeric septum across each die half between the blank and the die half so as to prevent plastic material from sticking to the die halves after stamping. It has been found that a septum made from latex works well.

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 refill container for housing granular products that is adapted to be inserted into a box-type outer package. The refill container is designed so that it is easily collapsible after its use. The container comprises an enclosure formed from opposing top and bottom walls, opposing side walls and opposing front and back walls. The container is sealed so as to prevent the flow of granular products through the enclosure prior to its opening. Lastly the container of the present invention includes a tear strip extending along the front, back and side walls. The tear strip is such that it will extend above the outer box-type package when the refill container is inserted therein.

Abstract: An elevator/threaded shaft dispensing package for a solid stick-form product. The package has a refill cartridge designed to telescope into a reusable base. The base is tubular and has a threaded shaft axially oriented within it through a central aperture at its bottom where the shaft is connected to a hand wheel. The cartridge holds the product in a tubular body which preferably has a non-circular cross-section. A push plate is disposed in the bottom of the cartridge and the top of the cartridge preferably has a downwardly extending annular collar on its exterior. The package has a telescoping elevator system disposed within it which includes a platform which abuts against the push plate and an internally threaded neck below the platform. The internally threaded neck receives the threaded shaft in threaded telescoping relation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dispensing package for pill or pellet type products. The package has a sliding closure that opens and closes over an orifice to control dispensing. The package has a container for housing the pill or pellet type products. The sliding closure of the present invention has a top wall and two opposing end walls. The end walls have exterior prongs extending along them so as to slidingly engage exterior grooves on the side walls of the container. The sliding closure further includes two opposing attachment walls extending from the top wall into the interior chamber of the container. These attachment walls also have prongs that are adapted to slidingly engage interior grooves on the side walls of the container. This design allows the sliding closure to remain securely attached to the container even if the exterior prongs are disengaged from the exterior grooves.

Abstract: A child resistant attachment for containers used for storing and dispensing potentially dangerous materials, such as medicament tablets or the like, the attachment being resistant to opening by children but readily openable by adults, particularly adults having impaired manual dexterity of their hands and/or fingers. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the attachment comprises a finish portion including thread ring with an integrally molded annular tab ring or collar generally concentric to the thread ring and a closure which is releasably secured to the thread ring by means of complementary screw threads. The tab ring or collar preferably includes a pair of resiliently deformable spring-like pushtabs containing vertical extensions which engage interlocking pawls on the innermost surface of the closure skirt when the closure is fully assembled onto the finish portion.

Abstract: A non-handled, flexible and lightweight plastic bottle for dispensing a liquid product, such as edible oils, by tilting the bottle along its vertical axis and pouring. The bottle has a flexible body with a rigid grip design. The grip design has a generally C-shaped cross-section when taken parallel to the bottle's vertical axis and an oblong cross-section when taken perpendicular to the bottle's vertical axis. The oblong cross-section of the grip area has a major axis parallel to its longest dimension and a minor axis parallel to its shortest dimension. The grip area has two parallel opposing beams parallel to the major axis which are inwardly indented. The two beams are joined in a closed circuit by two opposing arches, which are also inwardly indented but to a lesser extent. Each arch has a three-dimensional reinforcing means along its periphery from a point adjacent one beam to a point adjacent the opposing beam.