Abstract: A lawn spreader includes an elongated generally rectangular hopper supported by a set of wheels and having a bottom member formed by a longitudinally extending aluminum extrusion. The extrusion has upwardly projecting inclined flange portions which are secured to the inclined side walls of the hopper, and the flange portions are integrally connected by a lower portion defining a longitudinally extending guideway. A slide member is supported within the guideway and is also formed from an aluminum extrusion. The slide member includes a longitudinally extending integral rib which projects downwardly and connects directly with the lower end portion of a control lever pivotally supported by a side wall of the hopper. The upper end portion of the lever engages a rotatably adjustable cam for precisely positioning the slide member to regulate accurately the discharge of material from the hopper through a set of spaced apertures within the extrusions.

Abstract: An invertible shipping container for shipping particulate material and including a shell forming a main portion of right quadrilateral cross-section and having a flat closed bottom, a pair of top mouths and a dual funnel portion joining the main portion to the pair of mouths and tapering towards the latter at relatively steep and distinct funnel angles to enhance tumbling instead of producing jamming by the bridging effect upon discharge of the material from both mouths of the inverted container. When the container is upright, one mouth of the container is used for filling while the other is used to suck out dust and air. A releasable cover closes each mouth and carrying devices are secured to the main portion to carry and tilt the container for emptying.

Abstract: A control system for a gasoline dispensing nozzle which includes a locking system for placing the nozzle in an inoperative mode once the nozzle automatically shuts off. Resetting of the locking system is then required before operation of the nozzle can again be commenced. The locking system includes a biased member which maintains the automatic shut-off system in its disabling mode once it disables the nozzle. This locking system is designed primarily for use on a dispensing nozzle with a vapor receiving system and is used to discourage an operator of the nozzle from overfilling a gasoline tank, which results in increasing the risk of spilling gasoline or forcing gasoline back through the vapor return line. An alternative embodiment using magnetic locking means is also provided.

Abstract: Liquids and semiliquids, such as thixotropic gels, oil and greases, are delivered to a discharge means according to a method and through the use of an apparatus powered by hydraulic fluid under pressure which is controlled by a valve for passage to a hydraulic motor that is, in turn, coupled to a pump used to withdraw and pressurize the material for delivery by a conduit line to the discharge means having a discharge orifice that is either nonclosable or synchronously opened. The material is discharged by controlled pressurization which is initiated and terminated by controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor in response to actuation of a trigger or switch on the discharge means. A discharge gun and a lubricator collar are two preferred forms of the discharge means.

Abstract: A method and sequence of operating a pump and vent on a hot asphalt transport tank to avoid release of noxious fumes to the atmosphere during discharge of asphalt from the tank, and a quick-acting vent characterized by a toggle release, for carrying out that method.

Abstract: The invention contemplates an aerosol container construction, and in particular a dispensing cap construction for integration with or assembly to existing aerosol containers, whereby safety features are incorporated to materially reduce the hazard of child dispensing of harmful contents. The construction makes it necessary to follow a particular sequence of two different deliberate actuating displacements before any contents of the container can be dispensed, and the size and placement of manual-access surfaces for performing these displacements are such that a small child cannot make the requisite actuations with the fingers of one hand; on the other hand, these size and placement proportions are such as to readily accommodate adult use, with the fingers of one hand.

Abstract: A device for heating shaving lather from a pressurized container and for supplying hot lather includes a housing within which there is a hot water reservoir and a coil connected between an inlet and an outlet for the lather. A hot water inlet is adapted to suspend the device from a water faucet and supply hot water to the hot water inlet. An adapter is secured to the lather inlet for detachably connecting same to the water faucet for purging of the coil.

Abstract: A gravity type box for a farm wagon, in which the box has a single opening and provides either side or center delivery of flowable material from the box. The opening in the box is in a lower portion thereof and is closed by a sliding door. Two chutes are attached to the box adjacent the opening. The chutes are arranged so that grain flowing from the box through the opening is discharged from either one of the chutes. One chute is adapted to discharge flowable material from the box toward a position below the box, and the other chute is adapted to discharge flowable material from the box to a position at the side of the box.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metering dispenser attachment for packaged fluent products, and more particularly to a dispenser attachment adapted to be mounted on an exterior surface of the package for cooperation with an existing dispensing opening. A metering chamber is included for receiving products through the dispensing opening and accumulating a predetermined amount when the package is turned upside down. Dispensing of the accumulated product is then achieved when the package is turned right side up.

Abstract: A powder-feeding method and apparatus according to which it is possible to provide one or a plurality of powder-feeding flows in which the powder is fed at a substantially constant rate which is of relatively small magnitude. A cone of powder is maintained substantially centrally of a disc which is rotated at a constant speed. A coarse scraper blade extends inwardly across the periphery of the disc into the cone of powder thereon substantially radially with respect to the disc so that the coarse scraper blade removes some powder on one side of the blade while leaving on the disc on the other side of the blade a layer of powder the depth of which is determined by the distance between the bottom edge of the coarse scraper blade and the top surface of the disc.

Abstract: This invention relates to a storing and dispensing device for powdered or granular material, such as fertilizer for example, having provision for part or all of the following capabilities:1. The jarring loose of caked or adhering material within the dispenser;2. The dispensing of the material intermittently in chosen predetermined small quantities;3. The dispensing of the material continuously at a chosen rate; and4. The dispensing of the material with the dispensing end of the device pointed up or down.

Abstract: In an apparatus for the discontinuous dosing of a constant quantity of fluid into an analysis device, the fluid feed system is connected by means of a three-way valve on the one hand via the dosing valve and a shut off valve arranged downstream and on the other hand via a by-pass to the fluid discharge system. A compressed air source for the production of a constant air pressure is connected between the three-way valve and the dosing valve. All the components of the system are controlled by a programme control unit, so that the fluid flow through the dosing valve is temporarily interrupted by closing the shut off valve and switching over the fluid feed to the by-pass and at the same time releasing the connection of the compressed air to the dosing valve. Thereafter the compressed air source is switched off by the control unit and the interruption of the fluid flow at the dosing valve is cancelled.

Abstract: A safety device including a valve comprising a valve disk mounted on a rotatable shaft and movable axially toward and away from a valve seat. The shaft is rotatable by means of a geared transmission driven by a turbine wheel which is rotated by water flowing through the device. The pressure of water flowing through the device urges the valve disk toward the valve seat, but the disk and seat do not engage until the disk has rotated through a predetermined angle corresponding to a predetermined volume of water flow through the device.

Abstract: A cartridge for containing and dispensing caulking compound comprises an elongated tubular member, generally cylindrical in configuration, one end of which has a fixed end wall including a dispensing opening therethrough and a spout attached to the end wall, while the other end of the tubular member is closed by a resilient, annular, floating member slidably mounted within the tubular member. The floating member is impervious and is made of a flexible material. When employed in conjunction with a standard caulking gun of the plunger type, the force of the plunger bears directly on the floating member which thereby expands in diameter and decreases in width and transmits pressure to the caulking for dispensing. When the plunger is suddenly withdrawn, the expansion of the floating member effectively absorbs the pressure forces within the cartridge thereby minimizing the amount of undesirable leakage of the caulking from the cartridge.

Abstract: Apparatus for tempering drilling mud preparatory to testing the mud for petroleum content comprising a plurality of cylinders with heat-sinks about their exteriors, resistance heaters in the heat-sinks and temperature control means related to the heaters and heat-sinks, pistons engaged in the cylinders and shiftable longitudinally therein to draw mud into and drive mud out of the cylinders, valve controlled flow means connected with and between the cylinders and upstream and downstream sections of a mud conducting flow line and operable to conduct mud from the upstream section into the cylinders and from the cylinders to the downstream sections and operable by pressure differentials in the cylinders resulting from the movement of the pistons therein, drive means to move the pistons and means controlling operation of the drive means and responsive to the temperature of mud in the cylinders, the pistons operate to wipe and displace mud caked on the walls of the cylinders to be recombined with fluid mud, whereby

Abstract: A finger operated accumulator release pump, adapted to be mounted on a container to dispense liquid therefrom only after the liquid has been pressurized by a predetermined amount, comprises a housing which defines a pump chamber and an inlet to the pump chamber. A conventional check valve prevents return flow of liquid through this inlet. A plunger is telescopically received for reciprocal pumping action in the pump chamber, makes a sliding piston fit with it, and is provided with an outlet passage and a valve seat at the inlet end of the outlet passage. The pressure accumulating release feature of the pump is provided by cooperation of an outlet passage by-pass arrangement and a pressure actuated accumulator valve. The by-pass arrangement comprises a number of by-pass grooves which are disposed in a generally axial direction on the inner surface of the outlet passage at a location intermediate its ends.

Abstract: A valve for dispensing a predetermined amount of molten lead to the mold of a battery grid casting machine has two tubular housings arranged in telescoping relation with their axes extending vertically. The upper housing is fixed and has a feed line for molten metal connected thereto. The lower housing is vertically movable and has a molten metal discharge line extending therefrom. A ball valve member is retained on a pedestal in the lower housing and is arranged to seal with an annular valve seat in the upper housing to control the flow of metal in response to vertical movement of the lower housing. The ball valve is retained in axial alignment with the valve seat by a plurality of circumferentially arranged fingers on the upper housing which surround and extend downwardly beyond said seat.

Abstract: A container for the storage, shipping and dispensing of pellets filled with gases such as hydrogen, deuterium, tritium, or mixtures of the same which has compactness, which is safe against fracture or accident, and which is reusable. The container consists of an outer housing with suitable inlet and outlet openings and electrical feed elements, the housing containing an activated sorber material in the form, for example, of titanium sponge or an activated zirconium aluminate cartridge. The gas to be stored is introduced into the chamber in the form of small spheres of material such as glass, plastic or plastic-carbon, or other materials which typically contain hydrogen isotopes. A specified quantity of filled pellets are introduced into the chamber after which it is evacuated and the sorber baked out by heating. Thus, any breakage in transit of the pellets will permit the gas to be sorbed and prevent release until the cartridge is again reheated.

Abstract: A gravity assisted feeder is disclosed for feeding flowable solids by means of a rotating blade disposed below a stationary cone. Rotation of the blade causes the solids to move inwardly along the blade to a discharge port adjacent the axis of rotation of the blade.

Abstract: A collapsible tube squeezing device comprises a pair of matching jaws pivotally connected at one end with matching handles at the other end, and a resilient spring for retaining the jaws in a closed position. A collapsible tube zone defined by contact faces of the jaws which are provided with a roughened surface to frictionally engage a collapsible tube. The pivotal end of one of the jaws is bevelled to permit opening and closing of the tube squeezer device and for gripping the crimped end of a collapsible tube to retain it between the jaws.