Abstract: A directional dispensing package which is easily shipped, filled and assembled is disclosed. The package includes a retaining opening into which a modular pump is snap-fit by inserting the modular pump through an open end of the package. The package also includes a upstanding wall portion, which provides a dispensing actuator locking and sealing mechanism, as well as a tamper-evident tab. The package and pump are assembled at a production site, and are thereafter shipped to a filling site with a bottom portion. The package is filled through the open bottom end, and then the bottom portion is sealingly affixed to the package. The package may include an integrally-molded dip tube structure and a bottom portion with specific structure for allowing easy assembly while preventing leakage. Accordingly, the device of the present invention can be filled and finally assembled with a minimal number of steps, and is therefore particularly suited for quick-turnaround marketing.

Abstract: The present invention is a continuous action liquid dispenser which includes a main housing with a housing outlet and a housing inlet which is adapted to receive a pumping rod. It also includes a pumping rod which is at least partially located within said main housing so as to be vertically reciprocally movable therein. The rod has a predetermined shape, volume and displacement with a first, upward position and a second, downward position and includes a valve seat and one-way valve which permits liquid material to pass therethrough in a relative direction toward the outlet, but not toward the inlet. There is also an inlet valve seat and valve connected to the inlet of the main housing and arranged so as to permit flow of fluid material into, but not out of, the main housing inlet. There is a top housing connected to the upper end of the main housing adapted for reciprocal movement with an activator.

Abstract: A promotional dispensing package which is easily shipped, filled and assembled is disclosed. The package includes a retaining opening into which a modular pump is snap-fit by inserting the modular pump through an open end of the package. The package also includes a upstanding wall portion, which provides a dispensing actuator locking and sealing mechanism, as well as a tamper-evident tab. The package and pump are assembled at a production site, and are thereafter shipped to a filling site with a bottom portion. The package is filled through the open bottom end, and then the bottom portion is sealingly affixed to the package. Accordingly, the device of the present invention can be filled and finally assembled with a minimal number of steps, and is therefore particularly suited for quick-turnaround marketing.

Abstract: A dispenser comprises a collapsible bottle and a valve assembly for placement in the throat of the bottle which includes a first hollow valve member sealed in the throat of the bottle and a hollow second valve member having apertures in the side wall. The second valve member telescopes in the first valve member between a closed position in which the apertures are located within the channel of the first valve member to close the bottle and an open position in which the apertures are in flow communication with the interior of the bottle. The first and second valve members are dimensioned to receive a probe forming part of a dispenser pump mechanism. The bottle is provided with crease lines located on the front, back and sides so that the bottle collapses as liquid is pumped out of the bottle to prevent exposure of the liquid contents to air.

Abstract: A dripless caulk gun is disclosed having a biased-spring drive mechanism and a plunger that presses against an inside surface of a caulk tube for dispensing caulk. At the end of the plunger is a piston having a flexible rim which creates a seal between the piston and an inside surface of the caulk tube, thus creating a partial vacuum in a volume between the piston and the inside end face of the caulk tube when the plunger is moved backward. The partial vacuum causes a drive plate within the caulk tube to move back into the partial vacuum, thereby relieving all built-up pressure within the caulk-filled portion of the caulk tube which immediately ends dispensing of caulk.

Abstract: A low cost trigger sprayer has a housing with a first liquid passage containing a spinner assembly. A pump element is positioned generally horizontally such that pulling the trigger contracts or retracts the element and releasing the trigger permits the element to return to an extended position. An elastomeric spring is positioned between the housing and pump element to improve the return characteristics of the pump element. The sprayer includes a low cost spinner assembly and low cost valving to control the flow of liquid within the sprayer. In one aspect of the invention, the housing has front and rear sections with the rear section having a saddle portion and being hinged to the front section for pivotal movement from an open position for molding the housing to a closed position for operating the sprayer.

Abstract: A self-contained beverage dispensing system configured for portable or fixed installations. The beverage system is designed to dispense carbonated and noncarbonated mixed beverages, as well as any carbonated and noncarbonated unmixed beverages in liquid form. In particular, the self-contained beverage dispensing system includes a cabinet and a refillable source of CO.sub.2 gas under pressure disposed in the cabinet. A water storage tank is provided for providing flat water and includes a water insolation member, such as a diaphragm, for dividing the water storage tank into a water storage portion and a separate portion, the separate portion designed for either accepting pressurized CO.sub.2 gas or for housing a compression spring for biasing the diaphragm so as to force the flat water out of the water storage portion. An isolation storage tank is provided for storing a non-carbonated beverage. The internal construction of the isolation storage tank is similar to that of the water storage tank.

Abstract: A dispenser for a viscous substance includes a disposable plastic container for the substance and a pump permanently unreleasably mounted to the top of the container for pumping the substance from the container. The pump includes a housing communicating with the interior of the container and a pumping assembly including a movable housing wall and a tubular member connected to the wall and being movable along a motion axis between extended and retracted positions relative to the housing. An actuator is provided for the pump which includes a support member removably mounted to the cartridge, a target member movably mounted to the support member and linkage for releasably linking the target member to the tubular member so that when the target member is moved in one direction, the pumping assembly is moved to its extended position in the housing and when the target member is moved in another direction, the pumping assembly is moved to its retracted position in the housing.

Abstract: A fluid dispensing gun is provided which is manually operated by a lever arm and cam mechanism. As an operator draws the lever arm to an open flow position, a pivot plate displaces a cam bar to which is attached a valve stem. This causes movement of the valve stem away from a valve opening and permits fluid flow. A U-shaped stem housing and an open tubular spring housing provide convenient access for axial adjustment of the valve stem and compression adjustment of the valve spring.

Abstract: A device which positively dispenses small, accurately measured, amounts of a flowable material, such as a resin, epoxy, etc. A pair of reciprocal pistons are movably mounted, each in a respective fluid pressure chamber, formed in a main body of a housing. One of the pistons moves a material dispense rod within a first section of a bore formed in a tubular portion of the housing. The second piston moves a sleeve which is telescopically mounted on the tubular housing between a material load position wherein flowable material is admitted into the first bore section, and a material discharge position wherein the first bore section is in communication with the second bore section.

Abstract: The present invention is a continuous action spray dispenser for spraying liquid material therefrom. It includes a main housing with a housing outlet and a housing inlet, adapted to receive a pumping rod and having a connecting mechanism for connection to a container. It also includes a pumping rod which is at least partially located within the main housing so as to be vertically reciprocally movable therein. The rod has a predetermined shape, volume and displacement with a first, upward position and a second, downward position and includes a valve seat and one-way valve which permits liquid material to pass therethrough in a relative direction toward the outlet, but not toward the inlet. There is also an inlet valve seat and valve connected to the inlet of the main housing and arranged so as to permit flow of fluid material into, but not out of, the main housing inlet. There is a top housing connected to the upper end of the main housing adapted for reciprocal movement with an activator.

Abstract: A disposable nozzle assembly for connection to the lower end of a syringe in a viscous material dispensing apparatus. The disposable nozzle assembly includes a nozzle portion having an internal cylindrical drop generation chamber and an exit orifice. A cylindrical feed tube having a central feed passage has a lower end that can slide up and down within the cylindrical drop generation chamber. A dynamic seal is provided on the lower end of the feed tube that prevents viscous material from escaping between the feed tube and the inner wall of the drop generation chamber. The disposable nozzle assembly is further provided with a modified luerlock fitting having an internal hollow stem that mates with the tapered nozzle of a standard adhesive syringe in a manner which prevents the entrapment of an air bubble in the fluid path when an empty syringe is replaced.

Abstract: There is disclosed a foaming device for dispensing foam. The device includes a collapsible liquid container and a foam pump attached to the container outlet. The foam pump includes two enclosures, the first being bonded in the throat of the container and the second being telescopingly received in the first. When assembled, the two enclosures define an air chamber and a fluid chamber each having outlets which merge by the foamer outlet. The fluid chamber accepts liquid from the container and when the second member is moved with respect to the first member the fluid chamber is pressurized to open an outlet valve and air is simultaneously expelled through the outlet. The liquid and air commingle as they pass through a wire, plastic or fabric mesh thereby forming the foam. There is included a dispenser housing for releasibly receiving the collapsible liquid container and foam pump.

Abstract: A tamper evident, removable and anti-rotative lock for a rotatable plunger with a manually operable dispensing pump in which the plunger has a hollow stem reciprocable through an annular collar of the pump during pumping operation, the lock comprising an arcuate strip partially surrounding the stem and located between the stem and the collar when the lock is installed on the pump, the strip having at least one tooth, protuberance or rib adapted to engage the collar when the lock is installed for preventing rotation between the strip and the collar, and axially extending mating rib and groove elements on the strip and on the stem when the lock is installed on the pump for transmitting the rotative immobility to the plunger from the strip.

Abstract: A cartridge for dispensing metered amounts of liquid electrophotography toner concentrate. The cartridge comprises first and second endcaps within a hollow of the cartridge for confining the concentrate; a tube rigidly attached to the first endcap having a passage therein for allowing expulsion of the concentrate when pressure is applied to the concentrate by the first endcap; and a first and second control lip rigidly attached to the tube for metering the expulsion of concentrate out through the passage. In an alternate embodiment, the first endcap is a diaphragm whereby the bowing capacity of the diaphragm meters a controlled amount of concentrate out through the passage. A pressurized medium or vacuum acts upon the first endcap to effectuate a pumping of the concentrate out through the passage for mixing with a carrier fluid.

Abstract: A dispenser for the metered discharge of liquids and in particular pasty masses, having a delivery pump actuatable by finger pressure. The pump has a vacuum-type action and a restoring spring and pressure and suction valves. The container to which the pump is to be attached preferably is a container having resilient walls. The pump has a discharge bore with a closure element, to open and close the discharge bore. The pump has a pump chamber that is open and closed at its top end by a pressure valve. The pressure valve is connected to a plunger. A suction valve is axially spaced from the pressure valve and the suction valve is positioned to open and close the bottom end of the pump chamber. Contact zones are provided between the suction valve and the pressure valve. The plunger is displaceable in the delivery direction, and a restoring spring is located outside of the pump chamber. The restoring spring is clamped between a shoulder surrounding the pump chamber and a plunger flange.

Abstract: The present invention has its object, the provision of a liquid sprayer capable of spraying a long time and a simple construction with respect to liquid sprayers having a cylinder and a piston. In order to accomplish this object, the liquid sprayer according to the present invention is constructed so as to have a long piston stroke, and has an operating member up- and downwards slidably located on the container body having a cylinder, a stem hung from this operating member and fitted into the cylinder, a trunk-like piston being provided at the lower end of the stem sliding in the cylinder together with the up- and downward movements of the operating member, a spring provided in the interior of the cylinder and energizing said piston and said stem downwards, a depressing spraying head provided on the operating member, and a discharge valve provided in the interior of the operating member and communicating the stem with the depressing spraying head together with the depression of the depressing spraying head.

Abstract: A gas powered applicator for dispensing measured doses of a liquid comprising a handle with a detachable mounted dispensing unit and a manually operated gas control valve which selectively places the dispensing unit either in connection with a source of gas under pressure or in connection with an exhaust.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a predetermined amount of fluid material from chambers within a cartridge. This device includes a housing, a trigger pivotably connected to the housing and a plunger having teeth on a top side thereof entering the housing and passing through an upper part of the trigger. A ratchet is attached to the upper part of the trigger and engaged between the plunger teeth. When force is applied to the trigger, the ratchet is pushed forward, causing the plunger to also move forward, dispensing the contents of each of the chambers within the cartridge. When the trigger is released, the ratchet moves backward causing the plunger to move with the ratchet. The plunger moves backward a short distance until the force applied by the ratchet is overcome through frictional engagement between the plunger and a frictional brake mounted on the housing, at that point the ratchet slides over the next tooth behind it on top of the plunger.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser bottle of the upright variety having a pump dispenser (spout or spray nozzle) at the upper end thereof wherein provided in the interior base of such bottle to direct the contents into a sump at such base, a draw tube engaging within and extending upwardly from the sump to the pump dispenser, and slots in the draw tube to permit the contents of the bottle to flow into the sump.

Abstract: A spray dispenser includes an outer body, a product bag containing a liquid product disposed in the outer body, and a valve disposed at an upper end of the outer body. An elastic energy-storing member is disposed below the bag, and an energizing member is disposed below the energy-storing member for compressing the latter. The energizing member is raised by rotation of a threaded post which extends through the energizing member in threaded connection therewith. The post comprises a plurality of screws telescopingly arranged to define separate stages of operation, whereby the screws move from a retracted relationship to an extended relationship as the energizing member moves upwardly.

Abstract: A manually-operated dispensing pump for attachment to a container. The pump has a cylinder and a plunger with first and second skirts slidable in the cylinder. The plunger moves in one direction in an intake stroke and is manually-operated to move in the opposite direction in a pressurizing stroke. The plunger has a passage extending to a spray head on its end away from the cylinder for passing flowable product to the spray head. The pump has structure for connecting the interior of the container above the level of the product in it to the atmosphere during each pressurizing stroke of the plunger.

Abstract: An automatic liquid soap dispenser includes a liquid soap container which receives liquid soap therein and which has a bottom wall that is formed with an outlet port. A flow control unit includes a plunger and a tubular body secured to a bottom surface of the bottom wall such that a through-hole at a closed rear portion of the tubular body is aligned with the outlet port. The closed rear portion of the tubular body is further formed with an upright soap outlet adjacent to the through-hole. A ball valve unit controls the flow of liquid soap through the soap outlet. The plunger has a piston which extends fittingly and movably into the tubular body via an open front portion of the latter, and a flexible shaft portion connected to the piston. An actuating unit includes an infrared unit for detecting a target, a driving unit activated by the infrared unit upon detection of the target, and a driving gear driven rotatably by the driving unit.

Abstract: The trigger operated pumping mechanism for a fluid dispensing device comprises a body extending rearwardly from a discharge end of the fluid dispensing device toward a hand gripping formation of the fluid dispensing device. The body has a hollow cylinder therein extending to a rear wall. A piston is received in the cylinder. A trigger is movably mounted to the body, has a front side and a back side, and is coupled to the piston. A biasing mechanism for biasing the trigger away from the body to bias the piston coupled to the trigger out of the cylinder is positioned between the body and the trigger. The biasing mechanism includes non-metal, non-coiled, elongate spring structure having opposite ends, extending rearwardly from the trigger toward the hand gripping formation, having one end positioned adjacent to and acting against the trigger and having another end positioned rearwardly of the trigger adjacent the body at a location which is closer to the rear wall of the cylinder than to the trigger.

Abstract: The trigger operated pumping mechanism for a fluid dispensing device comprises a body and the pumping mechanism comprises a cylinder in the body of the dispensing device, a piston received in the cylinder and having a piston rod extending outwardly therefrom to an outer end and a trigger movably mounted to the body and having a front side and a back side. A first coupling structure is provided on the outer end of the piston rod for coupling to the trigger. A second coupling structure is provided on the back side of the trigger for releasably coupling to the first coupling structure on the piston rod in a snap-fitting manner and a spring is provided outside of the cylinder for biasing the trigger away from the body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a manually operated pump able to dispense liquid or creamy substances at a predetermined constant pressure. The pump comprises a hollow main body carrying a dip tube and fixable to the mouth of a container containing the substance to be dispensed. The cavity of the main body houses a movable piston and a stem which are sealedly connected together. The piston is sealedly slidable along a cylindrical surface of the main body and is urged by a spring which maintains the stem thrust against a stop on the main body, with a stem appendix projecting to the outside. Between the stem and the piston a chamber is defined which houses in a sealedly mobile manner a valving member which is urged by a spring against an annular ridge projecting from the opposing surface of the piston. The two springs are isolated from the path taken by the substance to be dispensed, and the delivery pressure of the substance can be easily predetermined.

Abstract: The improvements relate to the connections between the trigger lever (21) and the body (1) of the sprayer device, and to the rod (18) of the pumping piston (17). The rod (18) is coupled to the trigger lever (21), which is snap-inserted, as a fork arrangement, into the body (1) of the sprayer device.

Abstract: The trigger operated dispensing device for mounting to a container comprises: a body made of plastic material and having a pumping chamber therein. The pumping chamber has an open outer end and an inner back wall, a pumping mechanism associated with the body and includes a plastic piston situated in the pumping chamber and a plastic trigger coupled to the body. Non-metal biasing structure is situated between the trigger and the body for biasing the piston out of the pumping chamber. Non-metal fluid inlet structure and non-metal fluid outlet structure are associated with the pumping chamber and comprise first and second plastic flap valves in or adjacent the back wall. Also provided is non-metal structure for coupling the body to the container. The trigger operated dispensing device has only parts made of non-metal or synthetic material therein.

Abstract: To avoid the use of propellants which are harmful to the environment, a spraying apparatus employs a supply chamber which contains a material to be sprayed and includes a pressure chamber of variable volume. This pressure chamber of variable volume is connected to actuating structure which is provided for increasing the volume of the pressure chamber and thus for sucking material from the supply chamber into the pressure chamber. Since the material within the pressure chamber is kept under pressure by pressurizing structure, a nonreturn valve is disposed in the suction conduit leading to the supply chamber. Material can be sprayed with the aid of the spraying apparatus without any harmful effects on the environment, the use of conventional spraying heads being here possible.

Abstract: A disposable plastic pump for dispensing liquids is disclosed which comprises two basic unitary, preferably all plastic, elements: a chamber forming body having an open outer end and an inner end in fluid communication with a liquid reservoir, and a piston formed to slidably fit into the chamber. The chamber forms two axially adjacent coaxial chambers, an inner chamber of one diameter and an outer chamber of a greater diameter. The piston comprises a stem on which is located two spaced flexing disc each sized to fit in and serving as a one-way valve in the inner chamber and outer chamber, respectively, permitting fluids to flow outwardly past each flexing disc. A sealing disc is located on the stem outwardly of the outermost flexing disc. A passageway is provided from an inlet on the piston between the outermost flexing disc and the sealing disc through which the dispensed liquid flow.

Abstract: Fluid dispensing apparatus comprising a housing containing two box-like members, an upper and a lower with the lower box being adapted to slide into the upper box to provide a space beneath it for receiving a plastic bag containing a fluid to be fed therefrom. A drive plate is disposed within and in operative relation with the lower box and a plurality of springs disposed between the drive plate and the lower box cause the lower box to apply pressure to the plastic bag to dispense fluid therefrom.

Abstract: A spray dispenser comprises a container in which a product-containing bellows is situated above an energy storing bellows. A piston is disposed within the container below the energy storing bellows. A sleeve surrounds the container and is threadedly connected with the piston whereby rotation of the sleeve relative to the container causes the piston to rise and compress the energy storing bellows. The energy storing bellows thus pressurizes the product-containing bellows to expel the product when the valve is opened. The outer diameter of the bellows is of progressively reduced diameter to enable the bellows segments to become more snugly nested within one another when collapsing.

Abstract: The trigger operated pumping mechanism for a fluid dispensing device comprises a body. The pumping mechanism comprises a cylinder in the body of the dispensing device, a piston received in the cylinder, a trigger movably mounted to the body and having a front side and a back side, and being coupled to the piston, and a non-metal biasing mechanism for biasing the trigger away from the body to bias the piston coupled to the trigger out of the cylinder. The biasing mechanism includes a separate, non-coiled elongate, generally flat, spring having elongate, opposed flat surfaces and opposite ends and being positioned between the body and the trigger. The trigger back side has a back wall. The spring has one flat surface of one end portion at one end of the spring positioned adjacent the back wall of the trigger and has the other end of the spring positioned rearwardly of the trigger and engaging against the body.

Abstract: Hand-held gun for inflating and deflating large volume balloons by the use of a syringe having a barrel and a syringe plunger having a head and slidably mounted in the barrel. The gun is provided with a handle adapted to be grasped by the hand. A housing is carried by the handle and is adapted to receive and retain the barrel of the syringe. A plunger rod is provided which has proximal and distal extremities and is slidably mounted in the handle for movement in a direction parallel to the movement of the syringe plunger between forward and rearward positions. A sleeve is secured to the proximal extremity of the plunger rod and extends coaxially for at least a portion of the plunger rod. A coil spring is mounted on the plunger rod for yieldably urging the plunger rod in a direction axially of the plunger rod toward the rearward position. A plate is secured to the sleeve and is adapted to be removably secured to the head of the syringe plunger.

Abstract: A device for dispensing of small volume comprises a pump associated with a container of the substance to be dispensed, the pump comprising: a hollow pump body; and a piston sliding inside said pump body in sealing contact with the pump body around a circular periphery of diameter D2; wherein the pump further includes: a push rod including a central channel in which a valve seat is formed, the push rod sliding in contact with the pump body around a circular periphery of diameter D1 less than D2; a punch secured to the piston and capable of bearing in sealed manner against the valve seat; and resilient means urging the piston against the valve seat.

Abstract: An auto-pull follower is provided for use in a grease gun of the type having a grease reservoir with a piston mounted for reciprocating movement in the reservoir. The reciprocating piston is provided with a novel auto-pull mechanism comprising a spring biased spool mounted for rotation on the piston, and a flexible cord or chain extending from the spool and out of the reservoir through a hole in a rearward end wall of the reservoir. Pulling the end of the cord outside the reservoir causes the spool to rotate against the bias of the spool spring and causes a length of cord to be unwound from the spool. After unwinding the length of cord from the spool, continued pulling of the cord from the reservoir end wall causes the piston to move against the bias of a piston spring in a direction towards the reservoir end wall. The movement of the piston toward the end wall increases the interior volume of the reservoir and enables the loading of grease into the reservoir interior.

Abstract: A dispenser (10, 32) that provides accurate control of the material dispensed has an upper adjuster (27) which is used to adjust the distance that the dispenser's (10, 32) plunger (23) is withdrawn from the dispenser's (10, 32) material reservoir (17), and a separate lower adjuster (28) to adjust the distance that the plunger (23) is inserted into the cavity (17) to dispense the material. The dispenser (10, 32) also includes a nozzle (16) and a nozzle plate (14, 14') that are formed from a dimensionally stable material in order to provide accurate control of the dispensing rate and the position of the nozzle. These features facilitate utilizing the dispenser (10, 32) as a portion of a multiple nozzle dispenser system (32) that accurately controls the rate at which material is emitted.

Abstract: A spray dispenser includes a manually actuable discharge valve at a longitudinal end thereof. The dispenser dispenses a product carried by a flexible bag. A body encompasses the bag to form a gas-containing space therebetween. The body is formed of a stiffer material than the bag. The dispenser includes a manual actuator which enables a user to collapse the body in order to compress the gas disposed within the space. The collapsed gas stores energy capable of pressurizing the bag and the product contained therein. Upon actuation of the valve, the pressurized product is expelled. When the gas energy is dissipated, the body is further collapsed to generate and store additional energy.

Abstract: A disposable plastic pump for dispensing liquids is disclosed which comprises three basic unitary all plastic elements: a chamber forming body having an open outer end and an inner end in fluid communication with a liquid reservoir, a one-way valve located at the inner end of the chamber between the reservoir and the chamber permitting fluid flow only from the reservoir into the chamber, and a piston formed to slidably fit into the chamber. The piston comprises a stem on which is located an inwardly located flexing element serving as a one-way valve to permit fluid flow outwardly past the flexing element and a sealing element located outwardly of the flexing element. A channel is provided from an inlet on the piston between the flexing element and the sealing element through which the dispensed liquid flows.

Abstract: A spring-loaded viscous-material dispensing gun is presented which has a front material receiving portion and a rear drive portion. The front of the gun is loaded with viscous material and snapped into place by means of a locking collar and pins. A spring-driven drive disc then forces the viscous material out the tapered nozzle of the front of the gun. Safety mechanisms are provided to insure that the spring-loaded drive device is locked in place when the front material receiving cylinder is removed. A number of front material receiving cylinders may accompany the rear drive unit so as to insure the continuous ability of the workman to apply caulk or other material during the job.

Abstract: A dispenser, particularly useful as a pump for viscous material such as toothpaste has, in one embodiment, a body, a spout at the top of the body, a tube disposed vertically within the body aligned to register with the spout, a piston surrounding the tube below the top and a spring exerting continuous downward force on the piston so that the material to be dispensed which is located under the piston is forced up through the tube and out the spout when the spout is open. The spout may be of the turret type. Another embodiment comprises the same basic design, but it adapted to receive a refill container of the material. This Abstract shall not be construed to limit the scope of the specification, drawings or claims.

Abstract: A dispenser comprises an inner cylinder defining a contents chamber. A discharge valve is disposed at one longitudinal end of the chamber. A piston assembly disposed in the chamber is displaceable toward the valve for pressurizing the contents of the chamber. The piston includes longitudinally spaced ejector and energizer members with compressible air disposed therebetween for storing and transmitting energy from the energizer member to the ejector member. The air is confined by the sealing action of the ejector and energizer members against the inner cylinder. Alternatively, the air may be contained within a flexible enclosure extending between the ejector and energizer members, in order to avoid migration of air through the inner cylinder.

Abstract: An improved container closure and dosing pump or syringe has a piston formed with a truncated cone-shaped face. A spring-biased operator yieldably holds the piston sealed deeply in a dosing chamber from which it can be shifted to project essentially by the height of the truncated piston face to completely scavenge the chamber. The device is formed of only three injection molded plastic parts and a return spring, to effect inexpensive production.

Abstract: The present dispenser device is designed in particular for eye treatment and comprises a pump body including a pump chamber, a piston slidable within the chamber and extended beyond the chamber by a rod pierced by a channel capable of communicating with the chamber, and an endpiece fixed to the rod and having a dispensing orifice in line with the channel of the rod. In addition to the above conventional items, the dispenser has a chamber admission valve which is constituted by co-operation between the enclosure defining the pump chamber and the piston which engages therein or projects therefrom as the case may be. The co-operation is preferably via a sealing lip. This disposition makes it possible to dispense a drop whose volume as determined by the capacity of the chamber is very small. In addition, the piston is returned to its rest position with the admission valve closed by resilient means disposed between the pump body and the endpiece. This guarantees that only drop is dispensed at a time.

Abstract: A container for fluent material having a nozzle for dispensing the material with the nozzle being moved into dispensing position and also being actuated by a slidably mounted container cover. The container may be, for instance, a pressurized container for dispensing an aerosol product or a pump container equipped with, for example, a ball check valve for dispensing a fluent mass material.

Abstract: The improved precompression pump has a body in which a hollow stem is slidingly disposed under the control of a knob or pushbutton provided with a nozzle. On the stem there is mounted a piston arranged to move along the stem against the action of a spring to uncover ports through the stem which communicate with the cavity in the stem. A non-return (intake) valve is positioned between the piston and a dip tube which is immersed in the product to be dispensed. The spring has a portion which is substantially cylindrical and another portion which is substantially conical, and moreover is not in contact with the product. The spring is secured at an intermediate point to the stem, acts at one end against the piston and is secured at its other end to the body.

Abstract: A dispensing package which automatically relieves residual pressure on a cream product and dispenses this product in incremental doses is disclosed. The package uses a feed screw to drive an elevator which impels the cream product in a unidirectional manner. The drive of the feed screw is superimposed with reciprocatory motion caused by internal cams which retract the elevator. By intermittently retracting the elevator a suitable distance, discrete amounts of the product are dispensed for each cycle and the residual pressure on the product is relieved, preventing it from weeping onto the applicating surface of the dispenser. The dispensing package is well suited to contain and dispense cream deodorants and antiperspirants.

Abstract: A dispenser gun having a hollow tubular body member for receiving a cartridge of flowable material therein, and a removable cap member to maintain the cartridge within the body member so that a nozzle of the cartridge extends through an opening in the cap member. The body member includes a trigger mechanism for acting upon a cam retaining mechanism to disengage a cable into a released position to allow a spring biased pressure disc, which is connected to the cable, to act upon the cartridge to dispense or discharge the flowable material therefrom. In the non-discharging position, the cam retaining mechanism engages the cable in a locked position so that the cable prevents any forward movement of the pressure disc against the cartridge. The cartridge can be of either the disposable type or the reusable type, where a liquid impermeable insert bag can be inserted within the reusable type cartridge.

Abstract: A dispenser for paste-like materials is described which has a cover that automatically seals the dispenser's spout when no material is pumped therefrom thereby protecting the spout and its immediate surroundings from ambient air. The cover automatically unseals the spout while material is being dispensed. The dispenser includes (1) a housing, (2) a reservoir or replaceable cartridge for storing paste-like material, (3) a pump for causing the flow of a controlled quantity of material from the reservoir or cartridge, through a channel and its discharge from the spout and (4) an integrated, rotatable cover containing a sealing cap for the spout and a plunger for activating the pump. The sealing cap and plunger move in concert with each other so that material is pumped from the spout after the sealing cap moves away from the spout.

Abstract: A dispenser for pasty compositions, having a housing within which a piston displaceable in only the direction of emptying is arranged. An actuator enables a headpiece to act on a restorable wall which can be pressed in the direction towards the piston, the headpiece having a dispenser outlet opening. The wall forms an outlet tube the opening of which is coordinated to the outlet opening, and on which opening a stopper is formed which closes the outlet opening. The outlet opening is formed in the front side actuator and the actuator can act on the wall by means of the lever transmission.