Abstract: Hoist clamp for clampingly gripping plate-shaped pieces, comprising a smooth eccentric clamping segment constituting part of a spring operated toggle lever system and co-operating with a smooth counter clamping segment which is part of a wedge, a locking mechanism comprising a rotatable circular disc of which the circumferential face acts upon the one lever of the toggle lever system, a segment of this disc having been removed to allow stretching of the toggle lever system, such that the blocking of the wedge is first released before the unlocking of the toggle lever, and said disc being further engaged by a chain guided past a guide roller and engaging at its other end the wedge against the action of a wedge spring.

Abstract: An adjustable pouring dispenser to be placed in the neck of a bottle for dispensing a controlled amount of liquid therefrom is disclosed as including a cylindrical chamber having a closed lower end with an aperture therein to control the rate of descent of a ball in the chamber when the bottle is inverted. Ports in the wall of the chamber allow liquid to flow out of the bottle through a rotatable spout until the ball cuts off flow by coming to rest on a conical seat. The ports are adjustably obstructed thereby controlling the amount of liquid dispensed, by aligning a vane on the spout with one of several indices provided on the body.