Abstract: The cap assembly is used for directing a concentrated foam of lubricant from an aerosol can to areas of a drive chain between lateral link plates thereof. The cap assembly comprises a cap having means for engaging an upper end of a can of aerosol lubricant. An arm extends radially outwardly from the cap, the arm including a distal end portion having outlet means for directing a concentrated foam of lubricant to either side of a roller of the drive chain between lateral link plates of the drive chain. Supply means are also provided within the cap and arm for connecting the distal outlet means of the arm to the outlet of a spray head of the aerosol can of lubricant.

Abstract: A pressurized dispensing container for viscous and liquid materials comprises an outer container body, an inner container body and a container closure member secured on both the inner and outer container bodies. A container valve is located on the closure member for dispensing material from the container. A cap provided on the container has a discharge opening therein. The container valve is formed with and integral valve spout which extends from the container valve to the cap and which carries a discharge opening valve for opening and closing the discharge opening of the cap. An actuator lever arm for actuating the container valve is formed integrally with the container closure member to permit actuating the container valve. A locking mechanism for the container comprises a resilient tab which is provided on the cap for selective cooperation with an actuator button carried by the actuator lever arm to releasably lock the button against movement to prevent actuation of the container valve.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser has a closure cap for mounting the dispenser on a liquid container, and a non-removable tamperproof overcap secured to the closure cap. The overcap has a line of weakening to facilitate overcap separation to gain access to the dispenser actuator. And, the closure cap has a tamperproof ring.

Abstract: A tamper evidencing covering for containers, comprising a hollow container cover and a frangible ring shaped to fit about the cover. The cover includes an external annular retention recess for accommodating the frangible ring, and an annular internal locking bead for affixing the cover to a container. The bead may be segmented, or one or more vertical slots may be provided in the retention recess to relieve the gripping strength of the cover when on a container.

Abstract: A housing assembly has an upright back with side channels which carry a cartridge supporting bracket on which is mounted a removable liquid soap cartridge. A casing hinged at the bottom to the back and snapped to the top of the back, encompasses the cartridge and bracket when the casing is closed. A squeese nozzle connected to the cartridge protrudes out of the bottom of the casing and is activated when a plunger on the casing is depressed toward the bracket to squeeze the nozzle, therebetween.

Abstract: A dispensing assembly including an internally pressurized container of viscous liquid which may be dispensed through a hollow stem by deflecting the directing tube and stem to open a valve and cause liquid to flow out through an outlet opening in the directing tube. An overcap having a cavity adapted to receive the stem and directing tube releasably engages the container and has at least one, and preferably two, sockets along its inner surface for storing elongate hollow tapered application nozzles. The application nozzles have inlet ends adapted for engagement around the outlet opening on the directing tube so that the nozzles can be used to apply the liquid as it is discharged from the container.

Abstract: A blow-off nozzle assembly provides protection for users, without increasing the noise level, and also protects the nozzle from breakage if dropped. A circular cross-section rod assumes an oblong configuration defining an oblong shaped opening, with circular cross-section support posts extending from one side of the rod. The support posts are received by a casing having channels on opposite sides of a linear array of individual jets of a multi-channel substantially flat jet nozzle. The oblong shaped guard is mounted so that it is spaced from the nozzle in the direction of air flow from the nozzle with a linear array of jets centered within a geometric projection of the opening. The guard prevents deadending, so that the pressure of compressed air if the guard were pressed against a worker's skin would be below the OSHA standard of 30 p.s.i.

Abstract: A safety cap which functions as a protective and sanitary seal for covering valves or quick disconnect coupling plugs of the type which are used on beverage tank dispensers and which may only be removed by destruction of the cap so as to provide a positive indication of tampering wherein the cap includes an upper body portion which is securely engagable over the valve and completely covers it and a lower skirt portion which is attached thereto by both an integral tear strip and a plurality of spaced frangible connecting elements so that removal of the cap requires a destruction of the frangible elements and a subsequent severing of the tear strip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser for paste-like products which is characterized by a simplified metering device and a simple an low-cost construction in combination with reliable operation and high metering accuracy. The head piece of the dispenser includes a pump chamber at the top of a supply container communicating with the supply of the paste-like product within the container, the communication between the container and the pump chamber being established by a lateral opening in a guide member of the dispensing piston, the opening being surrounded by a bell-shaped sealing body defining a sealed communication space between the outlet opening of the container and the lateral inlet opening in the guide member of the dispenser piston. The dispenser piston is slidably mounted within the actuator cap of the dispenser which at the same time includes the dispensing channel.

Abstract: A device is provided for dispensing a mixture of propellant and product (e.g. medicament) from a pressurized aerosol container (3). The device has a housing (1) receiving the container (3), a cover (7) and an actuator lever (10) all pivotally connected to one another. The axes of pivoting are so arranged that moving the cover (7) from a closed position to an open position puts the device in a "primed" condition in which squeezing the housing (1) and actuator lever (10) together displaces the container (3) with respect to the housing (1) and thereby opens the outlet valve (4) of the container (3) to dispense mixture from the container.

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 mounting cap is disclosed for a container having a shoulder extending to a neck, a neck extending to a flange, an aperture surrounded by the flange, and a pump extending through the aperture, the pump terminating in an actuator button. The mounting cap comprises a cover and a sleeve, the sleeve extending from the cover and surrounding the flange and neck, and also means for mounting the sleeve to the container. In one modification, the mounting cap further comprises a collar extending upward and surrounding the pump. Also disclosed is a method for mounting such a cap onto the container.

Abstract: A dispenser for use particularly with viscous liquids which has a housing having positioned therein a collapsible reservoir for the liquid, a dispensing tube extending from the reservoir and positioned in front of a rolling member, and a front bar member which when pushed, causes the rolling member to contact the top of the dispensing tube and roll therealong to dispense predetermined, controlled amounts of liquid from the reservoir.

Abstract: Hand-over tear gas canisters and personal security devices utilizing same are herein disclosed. A tactile element, preferably in the form of an elongate ridge or rib, is provided on the outer surface of the canister, or on a holster which receives the canister, to facilitate orientation of the canister with a gas discharge nozzle thereof pointing away from the user. In use, by feeling the position of the ridge or rib, the user will be aware of the direction of gas discharge and can thereby avoid misdirection of the gas.

Abstract: A safety closure for an aerosol can including an externally screw threaded sleeve and a safety cap having internal threads to engage the threads on the sleeve. The sleeve may have a slit extending along one side thereof and an inwardly extending flange at its lower end. The flange is engageable below an upper peripheral rim of the aerosol can. The sleeve may include a disc which is positioned above the nozzle of the aerosol can and closes the opening of the sleeve. The sleeve is removed by flexing it until the flange is out of engagement with the peripheral rim of the aerosol can. Standard safety cap devices can be used with the invention sleeve.

Abstract: A support housing for a fluid-dispensing container that includes a pump for delivery of the fluid from the container. The container has a specifically contoured D-shaped neck portion flange which mounts to the support housing which has a receiving flange adapted to hold the neck portion flange. The housing also includes a front housing portion that is deformable and able to snap on and off of a back housing portion.

Abstract: A sliding and pivoting joint, and a retractable medicament spray dispenser having such a joint. A sleeve is telescopically mounted on the dispenser housing by engaging a pair of pin-like projections on a pair of ears on the sleeve into slots which are in opposite side walls of the housing. An elongated stud protrudes perpendicularly from the inward end of each pin. When the sleeve has been telescopically extended relative to the housing, abutments in the housing interact with the protruding studs to prevent the sleeve from being pivoted to any positions beyond those which correspond to the storage and the operating configurations of the dispenser.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pump dispensing type container and more particularly to the manner in which the customary pump button and overcap are assembled with respect to the container and pump assembly. Orientation of the pump button with respect to the overcap has been a problem. According to this invention the pump button is so related to the overcap so that the pump button need not be initially oriented with respect to the overcap, but after the pump button and overcap have been assembled with the container and pump assembly, the overcap will be held in place in a non-dispensing position until such time as the ultimate user rotates the pump button into alignment with the overcap. At this time the pump button is in position for actuation and is held in place by its interlocking with the dispensing tube of the pump.

Abstract: Two valve plugs project upwardly from a liquid containing tank and are each covered by a one-piece cap of molded plastics material. Each cap includes an inverted cup-shaped cylindrical portion completely enclosing the upper portion of the plug and integrally connected to a larger depending annular skirt portion by peripherally spaced frangible ties. Peripherally spaced spring finger elements are integrally molded with the skirt portion for positively engaging the valve plug to lock the cap to the valve plug. The skirt portion has at least one vertical slot and a tab which is pulled to tear the frangible ties and separate the skirt portion and the finger elements from the cover portion when access to the valve plug is desired. In one embodiment, the spring finger elements hook onto a frusto-conical portion of the valve plug, and in another embodiment, the finger elements engage radially projecting coupling pins on a valve plug.

Abstract: A support housing for a fluid-dispensing container that includes a pump for delivery of the fluid from the container. The container has a specifically contoured D-shaped neck portion flange which mounts to the support housing which has a receiving flange adapted to hold the neck portion flange. The housing also includes a front housing portion that is deformable and able to snap on and off of a back housing portion.

Abstract: A moisture-proof, cylindrical container is provided having a plurality of storage compartments for the receipt of various types of pills or other such items. A selector plate is rotatably mounted on the container to a position wherein an aperture in the plate is aligned over any one of the storage compartments to allow the introduction or removal of pills from that compartment. Indicia on the outside of the container adjacent the storage compartments identify the contents of that compartment. A cap secured to the container body over the selector plate, includes a threaded portion adapted to engage the container body below the indicia identifying the contents of the compartments.

Abstract: A beverage dispensing station has a chassis mounted on a panel of a dispensing machine, a dispensing head on the chassis, dispensing actuators mounted on the panel, selector buttons mounted to the panel and pivotally suspended on a horizontal axis hinge with there being one button for each actuator, a bracket on the chassis which has a ledge for restraining the buttons and a flange for flow controls and a clamp for beverage lines, and a cover removably mounted to the chassis; the cover is removable for access to the flow controls and the bracket is forwardly deflectable for releasing the buttons and enabling removal of valve elements from the preferred actuator which is a pneumatic valve.

Abstract: A safety closure of an aerosol can comprises an externally screw threaded sleeve having a slit extending along one side thereof and an inwardly extending flange at its lower end. The flange is engageable below an upper peripheral rim of the aerosol can after the sleeve has been temporarily flexed apart along its slit to enable the flange to pass over the rim. An internally screw threaded safety cap threadedly engages over the threaded sleeve and prevents the sleeve from flexing apart along the slit so locking the flange under the rim. The safety cap can only be unscrewed from the sleeve if the cap is additionally pressed firmly downwards. Advantageously the safety cap is of a type used as a childproof closure for medicines.

Abstract: The soap solution dispenser contains a reservoir into which opens an outlet or outflow opening of a container. In the reservoir there is present a float body or float which is pivotably mounted and provided with at least one indicator flag. Conjointly with the drop of the liquid level in the soap solution reservoir the float body also descends, which causes a displacement of the indicator flag. During the lowering of the surface of the soap solution the indicator flag moves along a viewing window formed in a cover or covering hood. There is thus signalled or indicated that the content of the soap solution in the reservoir is quite small or nearly consumed, so that the container now should be exchanged. One resulting advantage of the invention is that the indicator flag moves externally of the soap solution, so that the indicator flag cannot become stuck or bind, and thus, always remains readily visible.

Abstract: A perfume dispenser has compartments for separately storing a plurality of liquid perfumes each of a different fragrance, a selector device which enables any one liquid perfume or any combination of liquid perfumes to be selected for dispensing through an outlet of the dispenser and an actuating device operable to cause the release of a quantity of the selected liquid perfume or perfumes into a mixing chamber and from the chamber to said outlet. The actuating device includes a depressable cap which carries an outlet nozzle through which the selected perfume or combination of perfumers may be dispensed and a tubular member of resilient material is provided to conduct the selected perfume or combination of perfumes to the outlet nozzle this tubular member also providing a resilient force against which the cap is depressed when it is desired to actuate the dispenser to dispense the selected perfume or mixture of perfumes from the outlet nozzle.

Abstract: An automatic and adjustable valving mechanism in which a spray of pressurized fluid from an aerosol can, is released in intermittent sprays occurring in cycles of adjustable length. The valving mechanism consists of a body having an actuating bar mounted on drive rods which can be latched in an elevated position by a latch plate. Contact between the actuating bar and the nozzle of a pressure source, such as an aerosol can, releases pressurized fluid from the aerosol can into a first internal chamber of the valving mechanism. The pressurized fluid acts upon a diaphragm to force hydraulic fluid from the first chamber into a second chamber, which raises a piston which, in turn, raises the rods supporting the actuating bar, to terminate the discharge of the pressurized fluid from the aerosol can.

Abstract: A cap for an aerosol container has a transverse groove in its top for retaining therein a dispensing tube.

Abstract: A reclosable valve stem actuated valve structure for aerosol-type containers and the like is provided which has an external seal that includes a seal member, a bonding agent, and a separatable frangible zone. The external seal is installed after the valve structure is associated with a container and after a container filling operation of the type where filling is accomplished through the valve structure.

Abstract: A presentation cap (10) for an "aerosol spray" container is formed of two parts, the first (11) being fixed to the container and the other (21) being movable to operate the discharge valve (6) of the container. The movable part is a push button (21) connected by a film hinge (35) to a fixed member which is held within, and forms part of, the fixed cap part (11) and rests on the crimped rim (5) of the valve mounting cup (4) of the container. A tamper-proof cover (16) is provided as part of the fixed part (11) of the cap.

Abstract: Hand-held tear gas canisters and personal security devices utilizing same are herein disclosed. A tactile element, preferably in the form of an elongate ridge or rib, is provided on the outer surface of the canister, or on a holster which receives the canister, to facilitate orientation of the canister with a gas discharge nozzle thereof pointing away from the user. In use, by feeling the position of the ridge or rib, the user will be aware of the direction of gas discharge and can thereby avoid misdirection of the gas.

Abstract: A pressure can for dispensing polyurethane foams including a cylinder and a dome-like upper part with an opening therethrough. A closure member closes the opening and seals it and a valve body is inset in the closure member for dispensing the contents of the can. A can bottom covers the end of the cylinder opposite from the upper part and a piston is slidably disposed in the cylinder intermediate its ends for dividing the cylinder into a foam-former filling space between the piston and closure member and propellant space between the piston and the can bottom. The piston has a cylindrical depending skirt providing a gap between it and the cylinder wall sufficient to permit a limited amount of propellant to pass into the foam-former filling space but too restricted to permit the foam-former from passing from the foam-former space to the propellant space. The propellant dissolved in the foam former will flash when the filling is dispensed from the can at atmospheric pressure, creating bubbles to enhance foaming.

Abstract: A dispenser cap for an "aerosol can" container comprises a fixed cap body and a push button within the cap body. The push button is articulated to guides of the cap body, these guides including notches to abut the crimped rim of the valve carrying cap of the aerosol container for which the cap is intended.The articulation is achieved by means of trunnion elements of the push button resiliently engaging in corresponding recesses of the guides of the cap body.

Abstract: A dispensing valve for use on an inverted bottle of fluent imaging material includes a valve cap which can be threaded to the neck of the bottle. A resilient valve plug is carried on a spindle which extends through an opening in the valve cap. A spring compressed between an enlargement on the spindle and a hub in the valve cap biases the valve plug outwardly into sealing engagement with a valve seat at the interior end of the valve cap. The valve is protected from inadvertent opening by a disc-like clip and an overcap. The clip, which has a diametral slot to accommodate the spindle, is held between an end of the spring and the spindle enlargement. The overcap provides a complete cover for the valve; it can be removed to expose the clip so that the clip can be manually removed to permit the valve to be opened.

Abstract: A dispensing cap for pressurized containers such as aerosol bombs includes a cap proper and a push button within the cap intended to operate the dispensing valve of the pressurized container with the cap presenting an upper wall including a pilfer-proofing plate to prevent premature operation of the push button therebelow contained in the cap; the plate is fixed to the cap itself with the aid of a frangible connection to be ruptured before use to provide access to the push button, the pilfer-proofing plate presenting at its extremity near the lateral wall of the cap a return disposed as an extension of the lateral wall of the cap; the pilfer-proofing plate presenting a cut-out determining, on the return, a panel capable of hinging by elastic deformation to move aside at least partially to permit access to one edge of the cut-out to be grasped by a user to remove the plate to gain access to the push button.

Abstract: A reclosable valve stem actuated valve structure for aerosol-type containers and the like which valve structure is provided with a preassembled but removable external seal. The seal includes a seal member, bonding agent, and a rupturable frangible zone. The valve structure can be associated with an aerosol-type container without interference from the seal and the seal can be opened before the interveningly filled valve-equipped container is used.

Abstract: A cap unit for a container, which preferably is provided with a pliable dropper tube and comprising a cap for fastening directly on the container or thereon via a fastening part, may be secured against adulteration of the contents and may be permanently proofing before as well as after breaking of the security seal when the cap and the container neck or the fastening part in their mutual connection area comprise mutual cooperating complementary conical surfaces of a self locking conicity, and cooperating annular complementary engaging means, of which the one is performed of a resilient yieldable material integral with the cap or the fastening part via an annular weakening area. The fastening part may form a separate part of the container or may be manufactured in one piece with said container. The enclosing weakening area may be performed in the top of the fastening part or in the lower end of the cap.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pilfer-proof cap, for example for a beer container, which comprises two shell portions (4,6) connected by a hinge (8) incorporating a tear-strip, and capable of being secured around the valve of the container by a non-releasable fastening means (14,16). When authorized opening of the container is required, the tab (12) of the tear-strip is pulled away from the cap and releases the valve for use.

Abstract: A case for enclosing an aerosol dispenser is disclosed. The case is constructed of a semi-rigid material and conforms generally to the form of the aerosol dispenser. The uppermost portion of the case is designed to conform particularly to the actuator portion of a selected aerosol dispenser and together with an aperture disposed in the area of the aerosol nozzle, permits operation of the aerosol dispenser while the dispenser is contained within the case. In one embodiment the case includes a ring for attaching keys to the body of the case.

Abstract: A personal security device is disclosed which comprises a trigger actuated aerosol canister contained in a two-piece telescoping housing. The canister contains a pressurized offensive odor containing gas such as mercaptoethanol which, when ejected from the canister, emits a loud shrieking noise. Additionally, the gas may, as an additional additive, contain a suspension of fine solid or liquid particles of paint or stain so that the device when actuated, discourages a potential rapist or attacker with offensive odor and noise and also identifies him with a stain. In one preferred embodiment, the telescoping housing also includes a flash-type light which is actuated by the same triggers which actuate the canister. The telescoping housing has a key ring attached at one end and may also have a mechanical whistle at the other end.

Abstract: Detergent dispenser for providing water-added, concentrated detergent solutions, particularly for replenishing the detergent reservoir of an automatic washing machine, comprising a container equipped internally with a horizontally disposed perforated plate for receiving detergent the plate dividing the container into an upper detergent retaining zone and a lower fluid reservoir zone. In operation, water is continually admitted to the reservoir zone through an inlet port and rises through the plate and detergent mass, thereafter exiting as a concentrated detergent solution via a discharge port positioned above the detergent retaining zone.

Abstract: A continuous spray overcap assembly of the type primarily used in conjunction with an aerosol dispenser. The overcap has a substantially cup-shaped body and may be mounted on the rims at the top of an aerosol can thereby protecting the valve from accidental actuation during shipment and shelf storage. In use, the overcap is inverted and remounted onto the aerosol dispenser. A valve actuation device disposed in the base of the overcap opens the valve to continuously dispense product until the overcap is removed from the aerosol dispenser.

Abstract: An aromatic liquid dispenser assembly in which a spray can having a depressible actuating pin projecting from the upper end thereof is held by a fixture in an upright position against a wall, the fixture and the can being disposed within and concealed by a cover plate pivoted on the fixture and having a rocker formation. The plate is operatively linked to the pin, whereby when it is rocked, it acts to depress the pin to produce an aromatic liquid spray that is discharged through openings in the cover plate. The wall-mounted assembly simulates the appearance of a conventional light switch and is operated in a similar manner, thereby disguising the nature and purpose of the dispenser and making operation there possible at any time without social embarrassment.

Abstract: A cup-shaped, doubled-walled actuator for a pressurized aerosol dispenser for the dispensing of a foam product as a wad or pad including providing a venting path through the cup-shaped surface of the actuator, through the space defined by the cup-shaped surface and an outer cylindrical wall and beneath the outer wall to the outside of the container when the actuator is mounted in position on the container. An inner cylindrical wall suitable for affixing the actuator to the outside of the bead formed by the mouth of the container and the mounting cup resiliently urges the actuator toward valve closure.

Abstract: A child resistant actuator cap for a pressurized aerosol dispenser or the like operates in only one relative alignment of the cap and a collar affixed to the container. Alignment is signalled to the user by a predetermined number of clicks of a flexible blade following a blank space which produces no clicks.

Abstract: A feeder cap used for liquid containers of duplicating machines, etc.

Abstract: A one piece molded closure cap for a material dispensing container having a material dispensing valve and nozzle such as an aerosol can. The cap comprises a ring member securely mounted to the can, a closure member hingedly connected to the ring member and a tamper guard which is positioned over the dispensing nozzle and is connected to the ring member by frangible fingers. The tamper guard prevents manipulation of the dispensing valve prior to the removal thereof. In another embodiment, the ring member and closure member are molded with a nozzle which is connected to the ring member by frangible means such that the nozzle functions as a tamper guard. In another embodiment a latch is provided which has two operable positions with one position allowing the closure lid to be opened easier than by the other position.

Abstract: An apparatus for particular use in delivering leadless, tubular ceramic capacitors or like electronic components from a receptacle, containing a random pile of such components, to templates for the prearrangement of the components, preparatory to their attachment to printed circuit boards. The apparatus includes a vacuum pickup assembly for repeatedly picking up the components, at least one at a time, in the receptacle and depositing them on an entrance guide of approximately V-shaped cross section extending from an inclined, rotatable, tubular chute. The entrance guide functions to direct the components into the chute in alignment, for delivery to a desired location. After the pickup assembly deposits a component or components on the entrance guide each time, the entrance guide and the chute are bidirectionally rotated through a preassigned angle in each direction to facilitate the entrance of the component or components into the chute.

Abstract: Sprayer for fluid product in which a hand-actuated trigger forces a hollow piston mounted to move in vertical reciprocating fashion in a stationary tubular accumulator, against the compression of a spring. The product is forced upward and out through a swirl chamber adjacent the spray nozzle. Additional product is siphoned up into the accumulator by the partial vacuum created by the return of the piston to its rest position. Alternative embodiments, including both a vertically and horizontally directed sprayer, feature an annular flexible flange seating against an annular skirt below a swirl chamber, which keeps air out of the product chamber and deflects inwardly to release product under pressure. Additionally, a horizontally-directed spray-head may be attached to the vertical trigger sprayer for the purpose of converting the latter to a horizontal sprayer.

Abstract: A two phase interlock secures a cap to a container of a fluid. The interlock includes flanges extending from the cap for engaging lugs located about the mouth of the container which flanges are disengageably engagable with the lugs by rotating the cap relative to the container and a key extends from the cap into a key way in the container to prevent rotation of the cap relative to the container without withdrawal of the key from the keyway by deliberate precise flexing of the cap.

Abstract: A rotatable valve protector for a compressed gas cylinder having a neck to which a valve is attached. The valve protector comprises a rigid, hollow, open-ended, generally frustoconical element having large lateral openings affording access to the valve and enabling the use of the protector as a handle for the cylinder. The valve protector is rotatably mounted so that the access openings may be oriented in any direction without movement of the cylinder. In addition, the cylinder can be tipped and supported at the neck by the rotatable protector while the bottom of the cylinder is rolled along a supporting surface.