Abstract: A child resistant assembly is disclosed comprising an actuator button having a terminal orifice connected through a valve stem to a valve for enabling discharge of the aerosol product from the terminal orifice upon opening the valve. An overcap is rotatably secured to the aerosol container and includes a finger actuator movably mounted relative to the overcap. A non-symmetrical surface is disposed on either the actuator button or the finger actuator for cooperation with an engaging surface on the other of the actuator button and the finger actuator. The engaging surface engages the non-symmetrical surface for transferring the finger movement of the operator to open the valve only upon a selected orientation of the finger actuator relative to the actuator button. The engaging surface fails to contact the non-symmetrical surface upon finger movement of the operator when the finger actuator is in a non-selected orientation relative to the actuator button.

Abstract: A dust cover for an aerosol container includes a cup-shaped body placed over the dispensing valve of the container in an inverted position. To secure the cover, one or more fixed lugs project inwardly from the bottom edge of the body to engage a rim on the container. The cover is further secured by a release lug. A tab attaches the assurance lug to the body, the tab being permanently deformable to cause the assurance lug to be disengaged from the rim. The cover can then be removed by disengaging the release lug which is moved from its normal position by an actuator.

Abstract: A child resistant closure cap is detachably fastened over a peripheral flange associated with a container. The cap has a peripheral bottom flange upon which is located a plurality of fulcrum members which rest upon the top edge of the container flange. Located beneath a selected number of fulcrum members is a projecting undercut, which undercut as positioned underlies the container flange. One of the undercuts is not associated with a fulcrum member and above this undercut, a force is applied by a user to cause the cap to pivot about the fulcrums releasing the same from the container.

Abstract: An assembly unit for use with bulk containers for marketing liquids such as wine and which have an inner plastic pouch liner. The assembly unit, which includes a housing and a tap, is disposed within the carton and the housing secured to one of the carton walls. When it is desired to dispense liquid, the tap is swung outwardly and one end is caused to automatically pierce a sealing membrane of the bag and to be coupled to the same. Liquid may then be dispensed as desired by opening a valve at the outer end of the tap. Also a bulk container for the marketing of liquids like wine, the exterior carton of the container having an inner liner of plastic material and a fitting attached to a lower portion of the pouch which has an opening that is normally closed by a sealing membrane. The above assembly unit is disposed within the carton and connected to the fitting. It is accessible through the carton wall to which it is secured for outward movement to dispensing position.

Abstract: A sealing device for use with a bleed screw of an hydraulic system comprises a one-piece moulding of rubber or plastics material. The sealing device comprises a sealing ring of frusto-conical outline, an end cap, and a flexible strip interconnecting the ring and the cap. In its position of use the sealing ring is clamped between a shoulder on the bleed screw and a plain face on a caliper which surrounds a threaded bore into which the bleed screw is screwed. This prevents foreign matter from entering the screw threads externally. The end cap is detachably deformed over a bead at the free end of the bleed screw to prevent moisture or foreign matter from entering the bore through a bleed passage in the bleed screw.

Abstract: A dispensing device is provided with a tube that engages a nozzle orifice of the device. During storage, a cap covers the orifice and defines an opening that is adjacent to the body of said device, such that the tube is able to extend beyond the periphery of the cap. The disposition of the cap relative to the tube and dispenser body causes the tube to lie in proximity to an external wall of the body. When the cap is removed or, in an alternative embodiment, rotated, the tube can assume a radially outward configuration.

Abstract: An overcap assembly which is particularly suited for use in conjunction with spray-type cans having domed upper ends with annular beads surrounding a valve actuator. The overcap assembly includes a molded-plastic cup-shaped member adapted to be placed over the valve and an inverted, frusto-conical sleeve connecting the cap to the can in such a manner as to expose the valve when the cap is rotated. The sleeve has a pair of legs connected together by flexible webs providing fulcrums at diametrical locations. Lugs are provided on the lower ends of the legs to engage underneath the bead, and a helical groove is provided in the upper end of the sleeve. A cylindrical wall depends from the end wall of the cap and has a bead which engages in the helical groove. The webs of the sleeve are located closer to the top the cap than to the lugs at the bottom.

Abstract: Tear gas spray can effectively ward off a robbery attack. However, in many cases, the great speed and the surprise employed by expert attackers allow too little time for mobilization and aiming of the canister. The present invention fits over the canister, dispensing with the cap, and supplies a guiding tunnel over the discharge button for the distal phalanx of the triggering digit. Various identifying configurations of the parts are furnished and utilized so that, by feel alone, the fitted canister, resting in the pocket or purse, may be quickly grasped, rotated, and positioned in the hand, and the triggering digit tip may be placed in the tunnel, so that the fitted canister may then be quickly brought out and used, the pointing of the digital phalanx at the assailant's face assuring that the jet reaches its mark as the discharge button is depressed.

Abstract: A container having a neck with a lip is closed by a sheet metal ferrule that has an end pressing a gasket against the end of the neck. A cylindrical part of the ferrule extends along the neck and engages the lip. Transversely arranged, outwardly extending nibs project from the ferrule nearer the end surface than to the end of the skirt to engage a cylindrical skirt portion of a cover.

Abstract: A remote delivery nozzle assembly is adapted to be releasably connected to a pressurized container to permit delivery of the pressurized contents thereof to a location remote from the container. A connector assembly flowably connects one end of a delivery conduit to the valve stem of the container while a manually operable valve and nozzle coupled with the other end of the delivery conduit provides remote control of the release of the pressurized contents. The connector assembly comprises a hollow cap which frictionally engages an upstanding, annular rim of the container and completely encloses the valve stem. A connector element extends through the aperture in the top of the cap in aligned relationship to the valve stem, and is secured to the cap by frictional engagement therewith. An O-ring interposed between the connector element and the top of the cap provides a gas tight seal therebetween.

Abstract: A manufacture of fluid handling devices having a variety of different surface contours or appearances features a universal fluid handling component retaining body and a shroud for enclosing the universal body, the shroud being a selected one of a variety of shrouds that are fabricated separately from the body and that are characterized by having a common internal surface configuration for engaging in permanently affixed, or removable relation, predetermined, selected exterior portions of the universal body, and further, that are characterized by having different external or surface contours or appearances, the latter being determined by merchandising or consumer preference.

Abstract: A self-aligning overcap and button for aerosol containers including a button having a side surface terminating upwardly in a cylindrical wall surrounding a recessed upper surface which includes two helical ramps extending in opposite directions from a well adjacent to the wall to meet in a substantially radial edge diametrically opposite the well, and an overcap for engagement with the button, the overcap having a pointed alignment pin extending from the underside of an actuator tab and in position for engagement with the ramps and dimensioned for free insertion into the well in the button. Rotational alignment of the overcap and the button are accomplished under the force of gravity. In preferred embodiments the cylindrical wall of the button has an upper edge defining a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of the button. In other preferred embodiments the actuator tab includes a cylindrical guide-sleeve dimensioned to receive the button.

Abstract: A cup-shaped overcap made of deformable plastic material is provided with plural protruding lugs along the inside surface of the cup wall nearly adjacent the open end of the overcap. The lugs snap over the apex of an annular bead on a bottle holding the cap in inverted position over a closure on the filled bottle. The overcap protects the closure and end of the bottle and provides a drinking/measuring cup for use with the bottle and contents. The lugs and bead provide for arcuate distortion of the cap when applied, which permits use of less rigid tolerances in cap and bottle.

Abstract: A spray dispenser cap for assisting in the actuation of spray or aerosol containers and for preventing actuation thereof during storage. The cap is invertible so that in a safety storage position, the user is unable to place his finger in a position for actuation of the spray or aerosol plunger; and in a user position, the user is able to actuate the container plunger for dispensing the contents. The cap is compatible with existing structures.

Abstract: A two piece aerosol cap and actuator device in which the cap piece is shaped to provide an open end for attachment to an aerosol container and a receptacle at the opposite end to carry an actuator piece for use in locking the aerosol container valve in an open position.

Abstract: Aerosol includes overcap having a shoulder thereinside spaced downward from the top of the overcap and a washer-like element in the top wall of the overcap which may be broken away and placed up under the overcap against the shoulder so that when the overcap is reinstalled on the container, the washer-like element presses down an upwardly directed actuator provided on the container.

Abstract: The end walls of the container are hinged to the opposite vertical edges of one side wall. The roof is hinged to a longitudinal listel rigid with said one side wall, inwardly protruding from the longitudinal upper edge of the latter at 90.degree., and is disengageably coupled with a similar listel on the longitudinal upper edge of the other side wall. Both side walls have their longitudinal lower edges hinged to the base wall of the container, the said one side wall being hinged at a level lower than that of the hinges of the other side wall. The container is collapsable to a reduced volume by first folding the end walls onto the inner face of said one side wall, subsequently downwardly folding the roof onto the folded end walls, then downwardly folding onto the base wall said one side wall with its carried end walls and roof, and downwardly folding the other side wall onto the said one side wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a one-piece molded plastic over-cap, collar, container, or housing, of the type that preferably snaps down over or within an aerosol type spout or screws onto the spout, the over-cap differing from prior devices in that the resilient wedge projections extending about radially inwardly have upper-edge faces separate from and space away from and extending beneath the inner surface of the top horizontal inner wall of the cap device such that the molding process thereof and the resulting product from the molding process does not result in a top surface characterized by sink marks characteristic of prior art caps, the sink marks resulting from contraction of the cooling plastic of the respective wedge projections, the contracting plastic pulling downwardly on the top of the cap at the particular locations at which the radially inwardly wedge projections are in prior art caps positioned and integral with the upper wall, the present over-cap devices being free of such contraction-sink indent

Abstract: An aerosol dispenser having an overcap containing a valve actuator and dispensing nozzle, the outer end of the nozzle projecting through a window formed in the overcap so that the aerosol spray action takes place beyond the facade of the overcap. The nozzle structure includes a resilient hinged portion, so that depressing the projecting outer end of the nozzle from outside the overcap causes the nozzle to bend without applying an actuating motion to the valve actuator.

Abstract: Improvements in or relating to caps for containers, particularly aerosol containers, of the type comprising inner and outer skirt portions fast with each other by means of a top disc member, wherein the inner skirt member is seamable to the container through lugs and has a weakened zone which can be filled through rotation of a tab, which is integrating part of the cap and is joined at one end to the outer skirt member through a readily breakable lap.

Abstract: A cap with a supply stopper for use with ordinary containers comprising a detachable double cap, that is, an outer cap and an inner cap which is used as a supply cap having a supply opening and a supply stopper. By an engagement mechanism of the upper cap and the inner cap, when the upper cap is fastened, the supply stopper is firmly pressed against the supply opening so that the leakage of contents in the container during storage or transportation is completely prevented.

Abstract: A dispensing system is disclosed for use with a liquid dispensing package that includes a container and a system for forcing liquid from the container. The dispensing system directs liquid forced from the container to a defined area such as the eye and comprises a selectively operable nozzle that is mounted with the container to be movable relative thereto between liquid-dispensing and closed positions. The nozzle has an outlet orifice from which liquid is dispensed. An overcap is mounted in fixed relation with the container and defines an opening with which the nozzle orifice is registered when in the liquid-dispensing position. A shield, which directs liquid from the nozzle to the defined area, has an inlet aperture, a coupling arrangement for mounting the shield on the overcap with the inlet aperture registered with the overcap opening, and an outlet aperture remote from the inlet aperture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cap for an atomizer and, more particularly, to a cap for an atomizer especially of a type having a manually operated accumulation type main body.However, the cap of the invention is widely applicable to other types of atomizers than the above mentioned type, having an ejecting pipe extending upwardly from the top surface of the main body and provided at its upper end with an atomizing head having nozzle ports (This head may be called an "actuator," as well.), the ejecting pipe being adapted to be depressed for allowing the content of the pipe to be released through the pipe to be atomized by the atomizing head.The cap of the invention can be effectively used especially for those atomizers having a large amount of spray at one time.The cap of the invention is characterized by comprising a lever fitted thereto for depressing the atomizing head. Thanks to the provision of this lever, the atomizing head can be depressed with a reduced force, without substantial difficulty.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cap adapted for enclosing an aerosol can such as a shaving cream can, formed by a peripheral side wall and having a closed top and an open bottom end, the cap being substantially cylindrical in configuration, the peripheral side wall of the cap including an elongated slot extending along a line parallel to the tangential plane of the peripheral side wall and further including engagement lugs mounted on the peripheral side wall of the cap and positioned below the elongated slot, the engagement lugs cooperating with the elongated slot to facilitate the retention of a blade cartridge razor therein. In a preferred embodiment, the cap is further provided with a plurality of vertically oriented slots formed in the side wall, the slots having a closed bottom and an open top, access to which is had through a cut-away portion in the top of the cap, each of the vertically oriented slots being adapted to carry in storage configuration, a blade cartridge.

Abstract: A safety cap for spray cans with the cap including an inner slotted cap part and an outer cap part surrounding the inner slotted cap part and being provided with a window located radially opposite a slot of the inner slotted cap part. A stop or limiting device is provided behind the slot of the inner slotted cap part for preventing a tool inserted through the window from contacting a valve body of the spray can.

Abstract: A removable and replaceable cover for a container of the type having a cylindrical mounting cup with a peripheral undersurface defined by a peripheral outer edge located near the outlet end of the container. The cover is tamperproof until its first removal after which time it functions as a child resistant safety cover. The cover includes a top wall, a relatively thin flexible outer sleeve depending from the top wall and a relatively thin flexible inner sleeve which is generally coaxial with the outer sleeve and also depends from the top wall. Located at the lower end of the inner sleeve is an inwardly projecting locking flange which is adapted to extend under the peripheral undersurface of the container when the cover is installed on the container.

Abstract: A tilt-type aerosol dispensing valve is made child-resistant by arranging that the actuating button is axially movable between a free position (in which it can be operated) and a locked position in which parts of the button engage part of the valve mounting to prevent tilting. For example the button may have a skirt which, in the locked position, fits over the central boss of the valve mounting cup. The overcap can be arranged to push the button to the locked position automatically as the overcap is applied.

Abstract: A spray dispenser for dispensing a spray of a liquid material has a cylindrical container with a nozzle adjacent one end thereof directed generally at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the container. A mouthpiece of resilient material is pivotally mounted on the one end of the container so that in the storage position it has the axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of the container and it is easily pivoted to the dispensing position at right angles to the axis of the container and around the nozzle by simple pressure on the non-dispensing end thereof and is easily pivoted back to the storage position by pressure on the dispensing end.

Abstract: An inhalation apparatus comprising an automatic pressure regulator including a body having an opening for receiving the valve of an oxygen tank and an outlet for a hose extending from the outlet. A valve is attached to the hose and includes a manual control for selectively varying the volume of oxygen passing through the hose to an inhaling mask on the end of the hose. The pressure regulator body includes two chambers, a passage extending from one chamber to the other, and an inlet passage extending to one chamber. Each chamber has a diaphragm closing one wall thereof and a spring yieldingly urging the diaphragm in one direction. An orifice is associated with the inlet and an orifice is associated with the passage. A lever is pivoted adjacent its respective diaphragm and has one end thereof pivotally connected to its respective diaphragm and the other end thereof engaging a valve associated with the respective orifice.

Abstract: A wall-mounting unit includes a horizontally disposable shelf and a number of dispensers positioned below the shelf. The dispensers are each covered in front with a plate which has openings therein for outlets and operative levers to pass therethrough, and is shaped so as to have a recess towards the wall-contacting side of the unit.

Abstract: A valve guard is mounted on a scuba air tank and includes a protective cap which envelops and shields the air tank regulator valve from damage and abuse during both storage and use of the tank. Flexible air hoses which are coupled to the regulator valve during use may freely pass through apertures provided in the cap. The apertures provide ready access to the regulator valve without requiring removal of the valve guard from the tank. The cap defines a handle for lifting the tank without requiring engagement of the regulator valve.

Abstract: A universal spray can holder is longitudinally adjustable to securely hold an aerosol spray can and features an integral trigger mechanism to actuate the can valve. A built-in safety hood protects the spray can operator from missprayings, and from inhaling either can contents or can propellant.

Abstract: A tamper resistant cap is used in association with the plug of a quick-disconnect coupling to indicate when a socket may have been connected with the plug. The tamper resistant cap includes a frangible sidewall which surrounds the plug to prevent connection of a socket with the plug. The cap lockingly engages a seal ring groove in the plug to hold the cap in place on the plug. The only way in which the cap can be removed from the plug is by breaking the sidewall of the cap. Once the sidewall of the cap has been broken, there is a clear indication that a socket may have been connected with the plug. To promote breaking of the cap, a plurality of axially extending sections of reduced cross sectional area are formed in the sidewall of the cap. The cap is advantageously provided with an end wall which overlies the outer end face of the plug to block exposure of the plug end face to dust, dirt and other foreign particles.

Abstract: This invention relates to automatic closures of the type in which finger pressure applied to a portion of the closure opens an aperture of a container to which the closure is attached thereby permitting dispensing of granular material from the container. Upon release of finger pressure, the closure self-closes, preventing accidental dispensing of material from the container.

Abstract: A cap and valve actuator for spray dispensers used with aerosol containers, which includes a cap and a valve actuator member positioned therewithin and with the valve actuator member cooperating with the depressible discharge part of the spray dispenser, with the cap body having a circumference substantially that of the aerosol container so as not to extend substantially outwardly thereof, to permit the containers with caps thereon to be positioned contiguous to each other, and with the cap having an outlet opening at the front side thereof; the cap having a finger receiving socket extending inside the cap and accessible through a side rear opening in the cap body; the valve actuator having a socket for engagement with the valve stem of the aerosol container and a forwardly extending portion extending substantially to the front side outlet opening of the cap, with the forwardly extending portion of the actuator having a duct communicating with the socket engaging the valve stem of the aerosol container.

Abstract: A manually-operated, reciprocating pump for liquids comprising a pump body with a slidable piston, the piston being manually moved in one direction by a manually-operated actuating member and is resiliently-returned by a spring; the delivery stroke of the piston is disengaged from the actuating member during the return stroke so that the discharge is independent of the movement of the actuating member.

Abstract: A pilferproof closure is disclosed having an inner cap and an outer cap. The inner cap is joined together with the outer cap and thus the closure is not removable from a container before the connection between the inner cap and the outer cap has been broken. Inwardly directed projections are provided on said inner cap and arranged to be brought into engagement with the neck of the container to form a childproof reusable closure after the original closure has been broken.

Abstract: A portable spray container device comprising a pressurized container having a spray outlet and containing a spray composition; a covering cap releasably attached to the pressurized container and covering the spray outlet; and a pendant means attached to the covering cap for suspending the portable spray container device from a suspending means. Also a method of inhibiting a person's appetite comprising spraying into the mouth of the person an effective amount of a taste spray which simulates a food spray.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser which includes a stationary, upstanding base and an arm assembly rotatably coupled to the upper end thereof. The dispenser includes a fluid meter and a fluid pump for metering and for pumping a selected quantity of fluid respectively. A fluid dispensing hose is fixedly connected at one end thereof to the pump and meter and has a fluid dispensing nozzle connected to the other end thereof. The hose includes a loop portion which extends outwardly from the arm assembly. A weighted roller is provided for urging the hose into a retracted position within the base.

Abstract: Safeguard cap structure particularly for bottles, comprising a cylindrical hollow body which can be associated in sealing engagement with the neck of a bottle. A plurality of flexible reeds extending longitudinally in the hollow body in the proximity of the free edge thereof. A shut off disc supported by said reeds defines, in cooperation with the mentioned free edge, outlet ports for the issuing of a liquid from the bottle. A covering hood is in screwed engagement with the mentioned hollow body. A plurality of short and substantially rigid appendages and a plurality of long and substantially flexible appendages intervening between the short ones are part of the cap structure. The appendages extend radially from the periphery of the shut off disc, projections being provided peripherally along the inner bottom of the covering hood and adapted to engage the long and substantially flexible appendages during the rotation of the covering hood.

Abstract: A hollow, cylindrical, vertically elongated body has an open top and a closed bottom. A cap is detachably securable to the top of the body to seal the interior to a spray dispenser with a spray head is located in the cap. A manually operable pump is attached to the body so as to allow the contents of the body to be pressurized. A protective hood is attached to the cap, and surrounds the dispenser head, so as to prevent the dispenser from being accidentally operated.

Abstract: A safety overcap for a container, for example, an aerosol container. The child-resistant overcap includes a generally circular top wall and a generally cylindrical outer skirt depending downwardly from the top wall. The wall of the outer skirt is provided with a pair of opposed, longitudinally extending slots. An inner skirt depends downwardly from the top wall within the outer skirt and has two opposed portions positioned adjacent the pair of openings in the outer skirt. The inner skirt is provided with opposed, inwardly projecting beads on the lower portion thereof which enagage an annular groove provided at the top of the container to attach the cap to the container. By gripping the exposed portions of the inner skirt through the slots with the forefinger and thumb and applying pressure thereto, the inner skirt is distorted and releases the overcap from the container.

Abstract: A combination aerosol container carrier and deceleration chamber carries an aerosol container interiorly of the deceleration chamber and by pulling out and, pivoting the aerosol container in its case, is changed to a dispensing configuration in such a manner that essential parts are not apt to be dropped and incorrect assembly is avoided even when the user is under stress or adverse environmental conditions. The dispenser provides for unitary doses of inhalable medicament, with uniform doses and very convenient administration.

Abstract: A child-proof aerosol package in which the safety cap is permanently fastened to the aerosol container by means of a grooved ring that is attached to the container.

Abstract: A child resistant safety cover for a cylindrical container having a generally annular undersurface located adjacent the top thereof. A cover of this invention can be used with aerosol containers. The safety cover of this invention is formed of a resilient and flexible plastic and has a circular top wall and a tubular wall formed integrally with and depending from the circular top wall. Inwardly extending locking flanges are formed on the lower edge of the tubular wall and are positioned to engage the undersurface of the container when the cover is positioned thereon. Generally diametrically opposed slits are formed in the tubular wall and extend through the lower edge thereof to allow distortion and movement of the locking flanges. Wedging means are carried by the safety cover and are located adjacent to and outwardly of the slits.

Abstract: A safety cap for aerosol spray cans having a passage to afford access by an adult's index finger or middle finger to aerosol can valve actuation means. The cap is configured such that it does not protrude beyond an extension of the cylindrical surface defined by the aerosol can.

Abstract: Decorative cover for valved end of pressurized container comprises inner and outer cylindrical walls. The inner edge of the outer wall terminates in a retaining ring attached to engage over a peripheral abutment on the container and is surmounted by a tear strip. The inner cylindrical wall terminates at its lower end in lugs adapted to snap over another abutment on the container.

Abstract: An absorbent strip of material is carried for movement between a blocking position and a clearance position relative to the discharge of a valve actuator to provide for prolonged evaporative dispensing or direct dispensing of aerosol product, such as room deodorizer, to the atmosphere. The absorbent strip is carried in an annular groove defined by a plurality of vertical ribs on a carrier member, which is rotatable for movement into and out of alignment with the discharge outlet.

Abstract: An aerosol safety cap of the finger entry type is provided, having an additional safety feature in that there are two separate parts of the safety cap, one of which is rotatable relative to the other and must be rotated to a predetermined position in order to provide finger access to the valve actuating mechanism in the interior of the safety cap.

Abstract: A device for confining an aerosol spray containing a deodorant or antiperspirant to the axilla area, including a tubular shield which is separably coaxially coupled to the spray end of an aerosol container provided with an axially directed spray nozzle and a depressible valve actuating lever. An opening is formed in the proximate section of the shield to provide finger access to the valve actuator. The edge of the discharge end of the shield may be contoured to mate a corresponding border of the axilla area and the proximate borders of the shield may be shaped to engage aerosol containers of various configurations.