Abstract: A self-sealing dispensing valve for use on various containers. It is a simple two-piece device consisting of an outer housing having a dispensing outlet and an inner complemental valve member which ordinarily closes the outlet but which can be moved by finger pressure to open the outlet, and which will automatically return to its closed position when opening pressure is released. The housing has a flexible dome-shaped outer wall which embraces and is attached to a complemental dome-shaped rigid wall at the outer end of the valve member, which also has an axially inwardly extending flared sealing skirt. The skirt normally seats on the outlet, which extends radially through the correspondially tapered housing, but will be displaced axially inwardly to open the outlet, upon inward axial pressure on the outer dome-shaped flexible housing wall. Internal container pressure aids in the normal seating of the valve member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to valves for pressurized containers used for atomizing products such as alcoholic or aqueous lotions, such as, pharmaceutical products.According to the invention, a caliber reducer (7) is disposed at the outer end of the discharge tube (3).By limiting the dischage rate it is possible to prevent the formation of an undivided jet or solid discharge stream and to control the atomization process when pressure is removed from the button.

Abstract: A cartridge plunger has a flexible forward wall with a forwardly extending central projection shaped to fit part way into the nozzle. The flexible forward wall is moved to a rearward position when the plunger engages the contents of the cartridge as it is inserted in the rear end of the cartridge. Although the forward-extending projection displaces some of the contents, the volume made available around the projection from the forward wall being in the rearward position is greater than the volume displaced by the projection. This allows a slight increase in the total volume of contents loadable into the cartridge, and when the plunger is forced against the front of the cartridge, the contents are not only forced out of the cartridge itself, but also from a portion of the nozzle occupied by the forward projection of the plunger.

Abstract: A fender, especially a rear fender for passenger motor vehicles which consists of an upper part and of a lower part separated by a separating plane extending at least approximately horizontally; the upper part is thereby non-detachably connected with the vehicle while the lower part is detachably connected with the vehicle.

Abstract: A shock absorber for bumpers comprising a fixed bottomed outer cylinder and an inner cylinder which is slidably fitted in said outer cylinder and to the front end of which a bumper is to be fitted, said outer cylinder being provided with a stopper to prevent the inner cylinder from escaping and said inner cylinder being slidably fitted with a piston having damping force generating holes, filled with a compressible fluid and engaged with said stopper, said fluid being compressed by pulling a piston rod connected with the piston in the end part through the base end of the inner cylinder so as to collide with the bottom surface of the outer cylinder to press the inner cylinder into the outer cylinder.

Abstract: This invention relates to an energy absorbing device intended to be used as a composite bumper. Said bumper comprises an energy absorbing beam, a deformable unit comprising at least two energy absorbing members located between the beam and the vehicle chassis, said beam being supported by said members, and a flexible shield wrapping either both aforesaid constituting units or a portion thereof.

Abstract: A shock absorber for bumpers comprising an inner cylinder having means at the front end for fitting the shock absorber to a bumper and the base part being slidably engaged in an outer cylinder having means for fitting it to a car frame; a high pressure gas enclosed between a free piston fitted in the inner cylinder and the front end of the inner cylinder; oil contained between the free piston and the botton surface of the outer cylinder so that no air gap produced, a tubular column fitted at its base end to the botton surface of the outer cylinder and provided with a plurality of side-by-side damping force generating holes, the front end being flexible engaged to the base end of the inner cylinder, and a plate-shaped valve slidably fitted on the tubular column is, opposed to the base end surface of the inner cylinder.

Abstract: A herbicide applicator for applying herbicide by direct contact with unwanted woody-type vegetation. The applicator includes a long hollow tube having a flared bell housing mounted at one end for holding sponge-type material, and an applicator pad covering the end of said housing. Control means for the flow of herbicide are provided by an internal orifice plate on the inner end of the bell housing and in contact with the sponge material, and an adjustable threaded plug at the other end of the tube for controlling air and vacuum within the tube.

Abstract: A container is disclosed having a collapsible pouring spout in the top portion thereof. The pouring spout is nestable within the container in a preferred arrangement, and the container walls, container top and pouring spout are of integral or unitary construction having been blow molded. The pouring spout in the nested position within the container is more easily withdrawn if a vent is provided. The vent may be opened at the time it is desirable to initially withdraw the spout for dispensing from the container. Where the spout has a removable cover secured thereto in unitary fashion with a weakened tear line therearound, and the cover has a handle means thereon for withdrawal of the spout and removal of the cover, the present invention adds a further feature of a V or similar shaped undercut adjacent the weakened tear line between the cover and the pouring spout. Upon lifting of the cover handle, the V shaped undercut section opens first and accomplishes a double result.

Abstract: A container mountable on a vertical wall surface, the container being made to store and dispense liquids such as detergents; the container having a dispensing outlet valve at its bottom that is manually opened by pushing a plunger protruding from a front; the push inward plunger causing the liquid to be dispensed each time.

Abstract: This application relates generally to the provision of an apparatus for the dispensing of a laundry additive into an automatic washing machine at the proper interval. More specifically, the present application relates to the provision of an apparatus that will introduce a laundry additive into the rinse cycle of an automatic washing machine, which apparatus is disposable upon completion of use.

Abstract: A dispensing attachment for use with a bottle including, a dip stick extending from an opening in the top of the bottle to the bottom thereof, which has indicia thereon for indicating the quantity of contents dispensed from the bottle, a stopper member for removably securing the dip stick to the bottle adjacent the opening, and a dispensing member for dispensing the contents from the bottle through the opening; and in one form thereof a frangible sealing member for sealing the stopper member to the bottle so that it is readily observable when the stopper member has been removed therefrom.

Abstract: A package is provided having a rotatable closure equipped with dispensing orifices. The orifices overlie a neck portion having indentations spaced about its inner edge and which when aligned with the dispensing orifices provide access to the contents of the package. The closure includes an inner annular skirt which has axial slots about its outer periphery. The slots direct the flow of the container contents through the neck indentations and out the orifices when the closure is rotated to an open position. When the closure is in a closed position, the orifices will be located above flat areas on the top edge of the container neck.The closure includes a downwardly depending inner wall having engagement means for rotatably connecting the closure to the container neck.

Abstract: Closure for squeeze bottle is provided with swirl chamber into which liquid and air from inside the bottle are introduced. Either the liquid or the air, or both, are introduced to chamber tangentially, and air and liquid are worked therein under conditions of high shear. Fine, well-atomized mist discharges from central orifice from chamber. Orifice may be aimed axially or angularly to axis of container.

Abstract: A medicament-dispensing package for use with a parenteral solution container, including an open-ended transfer tube having a spike at one end and a bi-functional dispensing or loading configuration at the other end, a closure for a medicament container having a transfer chamber rotatably engageable with the loading end of the transfer tube and having means in the form of first and second access openings in the closure and transfer tube, respectively, which can be aligned by rotation for transfer of liquid and/or solid to and from the medicament container by way of the transfer tube.

Abstract: A dispenser for flowable materials has an outer housing surrounding a readily deformable inner container holding the material to be dispensed. The housing is resiliently deformable under manually applied forces, and has an air inlet covered by the hand of the user, or controlled by a check-valve providing for inflow exclusively. Constriction or compression of the housing by hand increases the pressure of the air occupying the space between the housing and the inner container, compressing the inner container, and expelling some of the contents via an outlet. Release of gripping pressure permits the resiliency of the housing to restore its original configuration, and produces a suction causing inflow of air at the air inlet in a volume corresponding to the volume of the discharged contents of the inner container. A modification of the invention utilizes the air pressure to additionally produce one or more jets of air at the outlet to increase atomization.

Abstract: A safety closure device for use in dispensing flowable material from containers. A base member is attachable to the container, and has an upstanding neck through which extends a dispensing bore. A closure cap is mounted on the neck and is rotatably and axially movable thereon. Movement is accomplished by means of a pair of tabs which are shielded by the base member except when rotated into alignment with a pair of recessed portions in the base member. Only when the tabs are rotatably aligned with the recessed portions can the closure cap be axially moved to uncover a dispensing opening. In a more complex embodiment of the invention, a second rotation of the closure cap is necessary after the axial movement is accomplished in order to uncover the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A mechanical cam-type apparatus is provided for ensuring even application of agricultural products or the like onto a field or the like from a moving vehicle notwithstanding variations from time to time in the ground speed of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a pair of opposed, yieldably biased-together cam members respectively coupled to the vehicle and spreading apparatus and separably rotatable in accordance with vehicle speed and the operational speed of the spreader; the cams are cooperatively configured and mounted for relative shifting movement caused by differences in the respective rotational speeds thereof, and means coupled between the cams and spreader motor is provided for variably operating the latter in response to the extent of cam shifting in order to automatically regulate spreader output in accordance with vehicle speed.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a pre-measured amount of a particulate solid such as instant coffee utilizing a rotatable hollow cylinder having an opening in the side wall extending radially for between 45.degree. and 135.degree. along a portion of the cylinder. The cylinder is positioned in a jar attachment member which holds an inverted jar above the hollow cylinder. As the cylinder is rotated, the hollow opening therein is filled and when the opening is oriented downwardly the particulate matter is ejected. Piston means are positioned within the hollow cylinder to adjust the volume of the opening to permit pre-measuring the amount which will be released.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser includes a nozzle and pump assembly mounted on a cap for a container. A straight suction tube below the cap leading from the nozzle and pump assembly to the bottom of the container is perforated just below the cap and an attachment which is a short length of tube is carried about the suction tube in a manner where it may be slid sealably over the perforations to permit fluid to be sucked from the bottom of the container. For dispensing or spraying liquid with the container upside down, the perforations are left uncovered, and the end of the tube at the bottom of the container is sealed with a removeable end cap attachment. To enable the last of the liquid in the container to be dispensed a removeable 90.degree. elbow attachment is provided fitted on the bottom end of the tube.