Abstract: A display mounting device for holding a display object has a mounting region with at least one mounting edge.

Abstract: A label display stake for use with plant containers and which is formed as a single piece, preferably from a plastics material. The stake has an elongate body having an upper label carrying portion, and a lower mounting portion which is located within a plant container when the stake is in use. Label attaching structure is provided on the upper portion and is operative to resist separation of the label from the stake. In one form, the label attaching structure holds the label at a particular disposition for convenient viewing and also holds the label against rotation about the axis of the stake. Mounting structure is provided on the stake for cooperation with a plant container so as to hold the stake against a side of the container and also resist removal of the stake from the container. Stabilizing structure may be provided on the stake so as to hold it against lateral tilting relative to the container.

Abstract: A closure for the open mouth of a container includes a main body and sealing means which extends around the periphery of the main body. The sealing means has a sealing edge which is adapted to engage a sealing surface formed on the container, and a resiliently flexible web which connects the sealing edge to the main body. The web is movable between a relaxed condition, in which the diameter of the sealing edge is at a maximum, and a sealing condition, in which the diameter of the sealing edge is less than maximum. When the closure operatively closes the opening in the container the web is moved to the sealing condition, and the resilience of the web material serves to press the sealing edge against the sealing surface. Preferably the web in its relaxed condition has a frusto-conical form which diverges upwardly and the sealing edge is formed on the upper and outer edge of the web.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve and especially such a valve for use in the lid or other part of a cooking vessel. It is a feature of the valve that it automatically opens in response to certain pressure conditions, and requires manual resetting to the closed condition. The valve includes a closure member which is movable between valve open and valve closed positions, and a configuration dependent hold-open member which is operative, in one configuration, to bias the closure member into the open position and to hold it in that position. The hold-open member is annular and has a frusto-conical form in the operative configuration. An actuator is operable to move the closure member from the open position to the closed position, and the hold-open member responds to that movement by adopting a reversed conical configuration. The hold-open member is subjected to stress when moving between the two conical configurations and that stress is at least partially relieved at each of the open and closed positions of the valve.

Abstract: A whisk composed of an elongated handle and an operative section connected to one end of the handle. The operative section is composed of a plurality of blades arranged side by side in a laterally spaced relationship. Each blade has a relatively broad surface facing generally towards a corresponding surface of an adjacent blade. The blades are connected to the handle by a flexible bar which enables the blades to move to a limited degree relative to the handle.

Abstract: A metering dispenser including a metering chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port, an inlet valve for admitting flowable material to the metering chamber through the inlet port, an outlet valve for allowing discharge of the material. To control operation of the inlet and outlet valves, a valve control member is operatively associated with the inlet and outlet valves and is pivotally movable between two extreme limits of pivotal movement which correspond respectively to fill and discharge conditions of the dispenser. A control biasing spring is associated with the valve control member and biases the valve control member towards the one of the extreme limits of pivotal movement corresponding to the dispenser being in the fill condition. An actuator is operative to move the valve control member against the action of the biasing spring. The valve control may be mechanically operative to control operation of the inlet and outlet valves.

Abstract: A dispenser device is described having a metering chamber provided with inlet and outlet ports. Independently mounted, angularly disposed valves are associated with the ports. An activator comprising a cam wheel driven by an electric motor operates the valves in predetermined sequence through valve control arms respectively associated with each of the valves. The valve control arms are pivotally mounted and co-operate with an extension of the valve stem extending externally of the metering chamber. The electric motor is actuated by a button operating through a lever so as to close a switch. The cam wheel includes a switch cam track which holds the switch closed for a full cycle of the dispenser. Also a deactivating cam track is arranged to displace the lever so that manipulation of the button cannot effect the dispenser operation once the cycle has been initiated.

Abstract: A dispenser device for liquids including a metering chamber having a valve controlled inlet port and a valve controlled outlet port. An actuator is connected to the two valves to move them between fill and discharge conditions and is arranged to cause the inlet valve to close before opening the outlet valve during transfer from the fill to the discharge condition. The actuator includes a cylinder movable over a piston fixed to the body of the device and the valves respond to movement of the cylinder between two extreme positions corresponding to the fill and discharge conditions respectively. A biasing system urges the cylinder into the fill position at which the inlet valve is open and the outlet valve is closed, and a time delay arrangement operates to retard movement of the cylinder during part of its travel from the discharge position to the fill position.