Abstract: A safety lock mechanism for a cleaning wand. A three position slide switch alternately engages a pivotal trigger and/or a pivotal door on the end of the wand handle opposite the cleaning head. In the first position, the trigger is locked and the door openable. In the second position, the trigger and door are both locked. In the third position, the handle door is locked but the trigger is operable. Controlled engagement of the trigger and/or door with the slide switch prohibits unwanted loss or discharge of cleaning fluid.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser having an air introduction tube with a sound generating mechanism for mounting to an opening of a container holding a liquid such as beer. When liquid is poured through the dispenser a pulsating air flow is generated in the air introduction tube which causes the sound generating mechanism to produce a chirping sound.

Abstract: A dispensing pump includes an outer cylinder and an inner piston which cooperate in defining a pump chamber. The cylinder includes an inlet port and an outlet port which are sequentially opened and closed by the piston. In addition, a vent for the container interior to replace discharge product with air is also adapted to be opened and closed incident to the movement of the piston. Sealing rings are provided between the piston and cylinder, the location of which, determines the amount of product and air drawn into the pump chamber as well as the characteristics of the dispensing pattern of the product discharged by the pump. During part of the suction stroke as well as the compression stroke, both the inlet and outlet ports are simultaneously closed by the piston thereby respectively creating a predetermined negative pressure and positive pressure within the pump chamber.

Abstract: A material-handling, pneumatic discharge-assisted, dual-walled, cup-shaped bag is provided with means in the form of battens or stiffened fabric to prevent the bottom of the inner wall of the bag from wrinkling and accumulating near the discharge opening on deflation of the bag.

Abstract: A dispenser comprising, a container having a chamber for retaining a flowable material, and a nozzle defining an outlet orifice. The dispenser has a device for pumping the material through the orifice. The dispenser has a cap having an outwardly directed tab having an opening to receive a toothbrush. The dispenser has a spool rotatably received in a hollow lower base of the container, and an elongated strand of floss wound upon the spool and extending through an opening in the base.

Abstract: An inner container having a dispensing valve is situated within a flexible sack which in turn is situated within an outer container having a cover and a dispensing valve. The sack contains one package component and the inner container contains the other package component and a propellant. A further propellant is situated outside of the sack within the outer container. The inner dispensing valve is constructed as a dosage valve and issues into the interior of the outer dispensing valve. The latter is kinematically coupled with the inner dispensing valve and possesses a blocking system which blocks its interior relative to the interior of the sack when the outer dispensing valve is open. The particular construction and the flow-related coupling of both dispensing valves permits a defined dosed dispensing of both package components with a defined mixture ratio.

Abstract: An apparatus for discharging powder and/or pellets from a hopper defining an outlet adjacent the base thereof. The apparatus includes a baffle associated with the outlet to control the rate of flow of said powder and/or pellets and a chute located under the baffle to receive the powder and/or pellets. The powder and/or pellets is discharged through an outlet from the chute. The baffle is vibrated substantially horizontally due to the dampening forces of the powder and/or pellets supported by the baffle.

Abstract: A combined dispensing and safety valve for use in syphons for foamed cream has a housing which constitutes a cover for the bottle of the syphon and receives a tiltable or reciprocable valving element of the dispensing valve. This valving element has an axial passage for the reciprocable valving element of the safety valve which opens when the pressure in the bottle reaches a preselected threshold value. The axial passage has a smaller-diameter section for the shank and a larger-diameter section for the head of the valve element of the safety valve. The seat for the valving element of the safety valve can be defined by a detachable cup of the valving element of the dispensing valve or by the surface surrounding the smaller-diameter section of the axial passage. The valving element of the safety valve is biased to its operative position by a coil spring which is installed in the larger-diameter section of the axial passage.

Abstract: Valves connected to dip tubes in conventional pressurized "aerosol"-type containers for dispensing materials which react or cure upon dispensing (e.g. moisture-curable polyurethanes), are protected against premature failure by introducing a small amount of dry, inert gas into the dip-tube shortly after charging the container. The gas (e.g. nitrogen) acts as a barrier to prevent contact between the product in the container and the valve mechanism prior to use of the product. Preventing such contact avoids premature hardening of product in the valve mechanism caused by reaction of product with moisture.

Abstract: This accessory is for releasable attachment to the top rim or bead of a container such as a metal or plastic can or similar container made out of combinations of materials. It comprises an attachment portion which supports two upstanding bracket members between which a spout is disposed. One end of the spout is arranged in an aperture in one of the bracket members and has a ridge formed thereon for enabling it to be snapped into the opening of the container when the cap or lid is removed. The end of the spout is releasably held in an aperture in the other bracket member until it is desired to use the accessory. Then, the other end of the spout is disengaged from its associated bracket member, and the first-mentioned end thereof is snapped into the container opening from which the cap or lid has been removed.

Abstract: A cover assembly for an aerosol-type spray can includes a cup-like shaped cover having a manually movable actuating member slidable therein; said actuating member directing a pressurized fluid to a flexible nozzle tube; said tube being supported by a metal spring around it. A hook on said cover permits said metal spring and flexible nozzle tube to be bent downwardly and held in a stored position.

Abstract: A hot melt glue gun is described and claimed having a rod feeding mechanism (14) comprising a trigger (50) arranged to drive clamping means to grip a rod of adhesive and to move the rod towards a melt chamber (17) of the gun. The clamping means comprises a carriage (42) movable towards and away from the melt chamber and having a shaped portion (110) to accept a rod to be fed. The clamping means also comprises, pivoted on the carriage, a clamp member having a clamping arm portion (71) for gripping the rod against the shaped portion, and a crank arm portion (70). The crank arm portion has an operating portion (49) having a convex surface (64) arranged to co-operate with pressure means (207) of pivotally mounted connecting means (52). The connecting means is positioned to be operated by the trigger. By virtue of the disposition of the pivots and the clamping arm and of the shaping of the operating portion of the crank arm, there is brought about an improved usage of triggering effort to feed the rod.

Abstract: A post-mix beverage dispenser and refrigeration system therefor including a water filter/purifier disposed within a refrigerated water reservoir for filtering carbonated water output from the dispenser carbonator en route to being mixed with flavor concentrate. The water reservoir also has a rotary agitator blade immersed therein with apertures to increase agitation.

Abstract: A multiple flavor post-mix beverage dispensing apparatus with a dispensing head having a nozzle, a normally closed water valve, a first normally closed primary syrup valve, a water line, and a primary syrup line, has a second normally closed primary syrup valve in a primary syrup line in series with the first valve, an alternative syrup line having a normally closed alternative syrup valve, a primary actuator switch for concurrently opening the water valve and both primary syrup valves while the alternative syrup valve is closed or dispensing only a primary beverage, and a second actuator switch for concurrently opening the water valve and alternate syrup valve while the second primary syrup valve remains closed for dispensing only an alternative beverage; an alternative construction has the same beverage componentry with a single actuator switch and a multiple pole double throw switch for selecting actuation circuitry for the primary beverage or the alternative beverage, an indicator light indicates which be

Abstract: An attachment adapted for use on a device for melting and dispensing thermoplastic material having a thumb operated drive assembly for driving a block of thermoplastic material into the device. The attachment comprises a lever having an upper end adapted for engagement with the drive assembly and a lower end pivotably attached to a collar adapted to be releasably attached to a handgrip of the device. With the attachment in place, a user can squeeze the lever toward the handle with his hand to dispense the thermoplastic material.

Abstract: An apparatus for discharging powder and/or pellets from a hopper defining an outlet adjacent the base thereof. The apparatus includes a control member associated with the outlet to control the rate of flow of the powder and/or pellets and a chute located under the control member to receive the powder and/or pellets, there being an outlet from the chute through which the powder and/or pellets may be discharged.

Abstract: A hand-held dispenser including a container having a dispensing neck portion provided with an exterior, annular locking-type retention bead and a nozzled dispenser cap adapted to be forcibly applied to the neck portion and to be permanently retained thereon. The container neck portion has a circumferentially facing abutment shoulder disposed above its bead, and the cap has an internal locking-type retention bead cooperable with the bead on the neck portion. The cap also has a locater lug which can engage the abutment shoulder of the neck portion during initial relative turning application of the cap, thereby to halt the latter in a predetermined rotative position. A recess on the neck portion receives the locater lug as the cap, subsequent to its halting, is axially applied. The arrangement is such that the cap will always be positioned on the neck portion at a fixed, rotative position.

Abstract: A device for securing a dosing apparatus on a bottle, in order to ensure that the dosing apparatus is not unobservedly removed from the bottle, includes a plurality of securing members, each of which is hingedly mounted on the dosing apparatus. Each securing member cooperates with a substantially radial abutment surface on the bottleneck in such a manner that while pressing the end opposite the hinge against the bottleneck, the securing member presses the dosing apparatus sealingly against the opening of the bottle while cooperating in a lever-like manner with the abutment surface on the bottle. In this position the securing members are secured on the bottle by a sealing strip received in recesses on the end opposite the hinge and on the side of each securing member facing away from the bottleneck in the mounted state.

Abstract: A molded plastic container includes a one-piece bottom portion having a cylindrical mouth and a one-piece top portion having an extendable center spout and raised neck. The spout is held within the neck and moveable between extended and retracted positions. The container is filled through the cylindrical mouth after which the top and bottom portions are non-removeably joined. Initially, the spout, neck and cap are joined by a removeable tear-off ring which seals the container. Once the tear-off ring is removed, the spout is free to move between extended and retracted positions, and the cap may be placed on the neck to hold the spout in its retracted position and reseal the container.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing gun for repeatedly dispensing precisely metered quantities of liquid from a pressurized source. The gun comprises a hollow body having a valve chamber and a metering chamber connected thereto by a control orifice. An axially slidable valve spool in the valve chamber and a trigger operated actuating plunger serve to govern the reciprocation of a metering piston in the metering chamber and the admission and discharge of metered quantities of liquid to and from the metering chamber.