Abstract: A ruler for mixing the ingredients of a selected beverage is slidably received in a vertical slot formed on the inside wall of a pitcher. The beverage ingredients for mixing are listed on each side of the ruler. The list of ingredients for each beverage is color coded to distinguish one beverage from another. The amount and order for mixing the ingredients in the pitcher are identified by parallel spaced measuring lines extending from the bottom to the top of the ruler. The lowermost measuring line on the ruler identifies the first ingredient added to the pitcher. The remaining ingredients are sequentially added to the pitcher to the level of the measuring line identifying each ingredient. The ingredients for mixing are added to the pitcher without requiring the volume of each ingredient to be separately measured and added. With the mixing ruler being releasably attached to the pitcher a set of mixing rulers for a collection of beverage recipes is available for use in mixing beverages in the pitcher.

Abstract: A funnel with a shut-off valve terminates the flow of fluid from a reservoir to a spout passageway upon activation of the shut-off valve. The flow of fluid is terminated when a float contacts a seal mounted within the spout passageway. An upper magnet is mounted above the seal and a lower magnet is attached to the float, a portion of which extends over the lower magnet. In the open position, the force provided between the magnets serves to provide lift to the float. When the fluid level in the container rises, additional lift is provided until the lower magnet comes sufficiently within the range of the upper magnet causing the lower magnet to be drawn to the upper magnet. The force between the magnets is sufficient to provide compression of the seal by the float. A ball joint is provided between a control rod and the float to correct misalignment between the float and the seal.

Abstract: A decorative sheet with good design properties and with superior moldability, without using a vinyl chloride resin, comprises a base material layer formed of a coloring resin material including an amorphous polyethylene terephthalate type resin as a main component; a print pattern layer formed on one surface of said base material layer and formed of a coloring ink comprising a binder including a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate as a main component; a transparent layer laminated on said print pattern layer and formed of a resin material including a transparent amorphous polyethylene terephthalate type resin as a main component; and a surface protective layer laminated on said transparent layer, which is made of a hard and transparent acryl type resin. The surface protective layer is constituted of a transfer protective layer of a transfer foil.

Abstract: A self-closing funnel includes a downwardly narrowing flow-receiving part 1, a tubular spout 2 extending from the receiving part, and a float 5 which is movable within the spout. The funnel further includes a float-control valve 11, 12 and a permanent magnet 10 which influences the closing movement of the valve. The funnel includes a spring 9 which in the active state of the float counterbalances an essential part of its intrinsic weight, and a constriction 11 provided upstream of the float is configured so that the flow area 8 through the construction is smaller than the flow area between the spout and the float.

Abstract: An overfill safety adapter is provide which is suitable for use on the outlet end of funnel like devices being used to transfer fluid from one container to another to prevent the overfill of the container and spilling of the fluid which includes an elongated frusto conical shaped housing member adapted to be releasably fitted within an opening of a container to be filled having a bore therethrough, the bore of the housing having a conically shaped upper portion adapted to be releasably mounted on an outlet end of a funnel or spout and a substantially cylindrically shaped lower discharge portion which slidably supports a float operably responsive to the level of fluid in a container; and a magnetically operative valve within the bore of the housing which magnetically co-acts with the float to close the flow of fluid through the bore responsive to the level of fluid in a container to be filled.