Abstract: A portable dispensing apparatus for dispensing a particulate material such as sand is provided, particularly for dispensing sand into divots made by golfers in the grass playing surface of a golf course when playing golf. The dispensing apparatus includes a container for containing sand and which has an outlet through which the sand can be dispensed, under the force of gravity. A valve member of a valve arrangement is displaceably located with respect to the outlet of the container for opening and blocking the outlet, the valve member being operatively linked with a handle formation for the container which is displaceably located with respect to the container, for displacing the valve member between its open position and its blocking position.

Abstract: A beverage server comprises a container having a top, a bottom, and side walls joined so as to form a water-tight vessel. The container has a fill opening in the top thereof that provides access to the interior of the container. The container also has a spout formed through a side wall of the container and opening onto the fill opening formed into the top and a handle connected to a side wall of the container opposite the spout. A lid having a top with a skirt wall depending downwardly therefrom is constructed and arranged to be received within the fill opening of the container. The skirt wall has a pour opening formed therethrough that may be aligned with the spout formed through the sidewall of the container to allow liquids to be poured from the beverage server. The lid is rotatable between three positions: a first, open/close position; a second, closed position; and a third, pouring position.

Abstract: The present invention is a spill-resistant beverage server ideally suited for pouring beverages aboard airliners in flight. The server utilizes a plurality of small pour openings and a closed top which prevents accidental spillage in the event of rough flying conditions. A thumb actuator lever opens the pour openings when in use and a closing device closes the pour openings when the thumb actuator is released. The server is shaped to provide a low center of gravity, even when the container is full, thereby providing a stable server resistant to tipping. A rubber coating over the handle gives the operator a positive grip and prevents accidental dropping. The server also incorporates an indicator device used to display the type of beverage contained therein.

Abstract: An infusing apparatus comprises a collecting spout capable of being fixed under the outlet aperture of an infusing chamber. The spout has a lid provided with an opening through which the infusion penetrates, and an obstructer of the opening for in particular keeping the infusion at an optimal temperature. Elements for actuating the obstructer are further provided for automatically releasing the opening by the action of a stop integral with the apparatus, when the spout is being fixed on the outlet aperture. The actuating elements are also capable of being manually controlled for releasing the opening and allowing the infusion collected in the spout to be extracted through the opening. The invention is useful for household electrical coffee-pots or teapots.

Abstract: An actuation device for coupling with an aerosol spray canister and dispensing the pressurized contents contained in the canister includes a housing with a trigger assembly that is spring biased to operate between depressed and released positions. The device further includes an engagement member pivotally mounted to a shaft within the housing. When the device is coupled with a canister, one end of the engagement member bears against a spray nozzle of the canister while an opposed end bears against the trigger assembly. The trigger assembly includes a spring biased pivotal flange configured such that a partial depression of the assembly followed by a release thereof causes the engagement member to automatically engage the spray nozzle to dispense a predetermined amount of spray. A full depression of the trigger assembly, however, causes a continuous dispensing of spray.

Abstract: A much safer, and more convenient to use, flammable-liquid storage-container of the hand-portable 1-5 gallon blow-molded/polyethylene-plastic type; featuring a special direct thumb-actuated ballvalve, with geneeric-variations, configured to enable single-handed holding and dispensing without hazardous spillage. Designed to be safely carried within a car's trunk, the removable fill-cap is equipped with a child-resistant/tipover-safe safety-lockout device disengaging the thumb-control from positive engagement with the ball-valve in the closed position. The user must first grasp and uphold the "SafeTflow".TM. container in hand via the upper longitudinal handle-grip, while positioning their thumb forward upon a leverarm actuator arranged upon a pivot-shaft extending up and aftward from the ballvalve rotary-axis.

Abstract: A docking station and bottle system 23 including a filling head 20 and bottle 22 which have a head interconnect 86 and a bottle interconnect 90, respectively, for fastening the bottle 22 to the filling 20 head in order to prevent spillage. The bottle interconnect 90 includes a fluid port 106 and a vent port 104 which are simultaneously opened from a closed position in order to allow the filling head 20 to draw concentrated fluid from the bottle 22 and mix the concentrated fluid with a diluting fluid such as water before being dispensed from a filling head nozzle 52. The bottle 22 includes identifying indicia 158 for purposes of tracking utilization of the bottle and the concentrated fluid contained therein. An information storage system 170 is associated with the bottle and filling head in order to provide records of such concentrated fluid utilization. A wall mounted docking station 200 including one or more filling heads 20 is also provided for. A refill head is further provided for refilling bottle 22.

Abstract: A dispensing lid assembly for use with a container assembly and a container assembly including the lid assembly. The lid assembly can be attached to a container liner of the container assembly. The lid assembly includes a spigot housing through which liquids are dispensed. The spigot housing is configured with a grip portion which facilitates tipping of the container assembly with the lid assembly attached thereto. A dispensing conduit is provided in the lid assembly which communicates with a cavity in the container liner. A spring loaded valve assembly is retained in the spigot housing to controllably dispense liquids from the container liner through the dispensing conduit. A check valve assembly is included in the lid assembly. The check valve assembly provides controlled introduction of air into the container to equalize the pressure in the cavity during dispensing.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive stick having a plunger anchoring the stick composition and a sleeve surrounding the stick composition, in which the propelling device for the upward and downward moving of the stick composition, which device at the same time serves as the actuating element, is formed together with the sleeve and the plunger as a one-part injection moulding. This propelling and actuating element (1) is designed in the form of a plate and is provided with lateral reinforcing webs (2) and is bonded on both sides to the plunger plate (0); it has at the vertex a pressure plate (3). Anchorage elements for the stick composition on the plunger plate (0) are designed in the form of bristles (6).

Abstract: A transportable safety gasoline container suitable for use in the workplace. The gasoline container has safety features that include, an automatically venting pour spout, a protective skirt on top of the gasoline container to prevent damage to valves and fittings, and a pressure relief cap which satisfies the various regulations associated with using gasoline containers in the workplace as well as for the transportation of such gasoline containers.

Abstract: The present invention is a hand-held fertilizer dispenser. The dispenser is tapered in shape, tapering into a small side discharge opening to place the fertilizer exactly where desired. A pivoted handle is provided at the top which allows it to be carried at arm's length to avoid contact with chemicals. A spring loaded trigger pulls a plate upwardly to open a side discharge opening. A retractable spike is used to hold the hopper in a vertical position while loading with fertilizer.

Abstract: As a particularly simple and compact metering apparatus for the continuous gravimetric metering of pourable material it is suggested to form a rotor (5) driven about a vertical rotational axis (4) and supported about a horizontal pivot axis (7) as a disk-type smooth-plane measuring disk and to arrange in the discharge region (6) a stripping-off element (10) extending over the radius of the measuring disk (9). In a preferred embodiment of the invention the pivot axis (7) extends - seen in plan view - centrally through the charge tunnel (3) and the stripping-off element (10).

Abstract: A bottle for storing a liquid and dispensing measured quantities thereof. The bottle has a large storage chamber and a small measuring chamber, each chamber including its own threaded, removable cap. The measuring chamber is adjacent and partially above the storage chamber, an opening extending and communicating therebetween. The opening opens to the top of the storage chamber and to the middle of the measuring chamber. A conduit controlled by a manually operated valve extends and communicates between the lowermost portion of the storage chamber and the lowermost portion of the measuring chamber. In a preferred embodiment, the conduit forms a loop with the remainder of the bottle, thus serving as a handle. In this embodiment, the manual valve is located such that it is operated by the hand grasping the handle. In use, the bottle is first inverted, and the valve held open, so that stored liquid fills the measuring chamber.

Abstract: A hand held spreader having the bottom-face of the hopper portion at an angle with respect of the horizontal and having the handle for holding the device disposed directly below the hopper and so directly below the weight of the hopper; the handle is angled so as to afford an in-line action between the trigger of the handle and the slide of a dispensing mechanism, thus avoiding any requirement or a linkage between the trigger and the slide mechanism. Also the gear-box portion of the device is of a simple clam-shell design that allows the rotary drive shaft of the device to be removably supported on opposite sides of its load bearing section by means of bearing supports on both sides of at least one of the gears. The supports are part of the separate halves of the housing itself, thus avoiding the need for additional or separate bearing structures.

Abstract: There is provided a beverage server comprising a pitcher and a multiple positionable lid. The lid is capable of being disposed in three distinct positions on the pitcher, including a filling position, a pouring position, and a locked position wherein beverage is substantially prevented from being spilled from the pitcher.

Abstract: A pitcher for holding and serving liquids including a jar portion, a ring member engageable with the jar portion, and a cover assembly engageably with the ring member. A rim portion of the cover assembly is defined by an aperture formed through the cover assembly and an integral spout is formed in a section of the rim portion for controllably pouring liquids from the pitcher. A mouth is formed at one end of the jar and a necked portion is formed on a surface of the jar spaced apart from the mouth. A diameter of the necked portion is smaller than a diameter of the mouth and includes a concave portion which is sized and dimensioned for matably engaging the ring member. Thread portions formed on cooperative surfaces of the cover assembly and the ring member attach the cover assembly to the jar. Included in the cover assembly is a cap for covering the aperture in the cover assembly and a lid assembly carried on the cap and movable relative to the cap and the spout formed on the rim portion.

Abstract: A beverage server has a divided fluid container comprising a pair of isolated chambers. The container has mounted thereon a closure cap of a cap assembly which locks to the top of the container. The closure cap has filler caps on its upper face for alternately exposing the chambers to permit filling them with beverages to be dispensed, and closing off the chambers from the outside. The cap assembly houses a chamber selection mechanism for alternately selecting one or the other of the chambers from which to dispense a beverage. The chamber selection mechanism includes a trigger housed in the handle which actuates a rack and pinion assembly housed in the closure cap. A pinion rod and chamber plug carrier arm mounted thereon rotate as the pinion gear is engaged by the rack. A chamber plug carried by the arm is rotated as desired into position for alternately opening up or closing off one of the two chambers.

Abstract: This invention relates to a spraying device comprising a receptacle for the fluid to be sprayed and a spray head disposed on the receptacle for spraying the fluid.To provide a spraying device of this kind which is characterized by an operation which is on the whole easier, safer, more pleasant and cheaper, especially during refilling and fluid change, the present invention aims at a spraying device wherein the receptacle comprises a refill pouch for receiving the fluid and a holding means for detachably holding the refill pouch, and wherein the spray head is mounted on the holding means and connected to the interior of the refill pouch through a connection means.

Abstract: This invention relates to a spraying device comprising a receptacle for the fluid to be sprayed and a spray head disposed on the receptacle for spraying the fluid.To provide a spraying device of this kind which is characterized by an operation which is on the whole easier, safer, more pleasant and cheaper, especially during refilling and fluid change, the present invention aims at a spraying device wherein the receptacle comprises a refill pouch for receiving the fluid and a holding means for detachably holding the refill pouch, and wherein the spray head is mounted on the holding means and connected to the interior of the refill pouch through a connection means.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing system for dispensing fuel such as gasoline, for example, includes a nozzle to which is mounted an actuator controlled transducer. The extent of movement of the actuator from a rest position causes the transducer to produce a flow rate signal having a magnitude proportional to the degree of movement of the actuator. The flow rate signals are electrically connected to a remotely located controller which responds to the signals by providing driving signals for operating a proportional flow control valve opening for attaining the called for flow rate of fluid to be dispensed from the remotely located valve, through a hose, to the nozzle for dispensement therefrom.

Abstract: A server top which is attachable to a container, includes a lid portion which fits over the container and has an outlet through which a substance within the container may be poured, two substantially parallel side faces which each extend outwardly from the lid portion and which each have a pivot hollow, a closure which is movable over the lid portion to open and close the outlet, and a push lever. The push lever is connected to the closure to open and close the outlet by sliding the closure back and forth. The push lever includes a push arm, two sides of which a portion of each side is inwardly adjacent to one side face near its pivot hollow, two pivot protrusions which each extend outwardly from one push lever side into the adjacent pivot hollow so that the push lever is pivotally mounted between the two side faces. The entire push lever is injection molded as a unitary form finished push lever, with the push arm, two sides, and two protrusions formed in the same molding operation.

Abstract: A racket handle and dispenser is set forth wherein a magazine is contained within an uppermost portion of the handle for containment of a desiccant powder wherein a spring-biased first plunger adjacent the magazine dispenses a portion of desiccant powder about an uppermost portion of the handle wherein an aligned underlying second chamber utilizes a second spring-biased plunger and associated valve to dispense desiccant powder selectively to a lowermost portion of the handle.

Abstract: A dispensing device for materials such as loose fill packaging material, is disclosed. The endwalls of the device housing are formed by corrugated sheets which are slit laterally from side to side and folded over into the inside of the housing to define hinged closure flaps. The housing sidewalls are attached to the endwalls by bolts or screws which extend through or are threaded into lateral flutes defined in the corrugated sheets. Also, cam follower rods are inserted into the flutes of the flaps. The flaps are biased together by a spring attached to the rods and are opened by a handle and attached cam plate.

Abstract: A dispenser of the coffee pot type for dispensing alternatively one or another beverage, such as coffee and decaffeinated coffee, includes a combined handle and lid unit and a two-compartment container. The dispensed liquid is manually selected by pushing on a trigger or stud positioned at the handle-allowing one-hand selection of the liquid to be dispensed from either of two compartments out of a spout in the lid. The selection is made by means of a unitary lid-handle-valve and valve actuator assembly in which all of the elements are in horizontal alignment with the pouring spout. One embodiment uses two valve units in which one valve unit is used for one compartment of the container and the other valve unit is used for another compartment of the container.

Abstract: A dispenser of the coffee pot type for dispensing alternatively one or another beverage, such as coffee and decaffeinated coffee, includes a combined handle and lid unit and a two-compartment container. The dispensed liquid is manually selected by pushing on a trigger or stud positioned at the handle - allowing one-hand selection of the liquid to be dispensed from either of two compartments out of a spout in the lid. The selection is made by means of a unitary lid-handle-valve and valve actuator assembly in which all of the elements are in horizontal alignment with the pouring spout. A further embodiment uses two valve units for the same end.

Abstract: A cartridge (1) contains dental material and at one end has a discharge nozzle (2) and at the other end is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to a nut (3) having an internal thread. A plunger is disposed at the end of a spindle ( 4) in the cartridge, for ejecting the dental material from the nozzle (2). A handle (6) is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to the spindle. The handle (6) and grip part (8) thereof are grasped in the lower portion of the hand, while the thumb and forefinger rotate the cartridge relative to the spindle to discharge the material.

Abstract: A dispenser for bottled liquid is provided comprising a housing attached to the bottle, the housing having a chamber for a source of pressurized gas, and a stopper for the neck of a bottle having a conduit connecting the stopper and the housing containing the pressurized gas. The stopper has ingress bores whereby the gas may be introduced into the bottle and an egress bore whereby the liquid in the bottle may be dispensed. The stopper has a slider with compressible and expandable means thereon and an operator to move the slider whereby the compressible material functions to seal the neck of a bottle.

Abstract: An electric spray including a spray casing having a grip formed with a recess, a tank mounted on the spray casing, a nozzle member fitted detachably into the recess and a slide switch mounted slidably on the grip. The spray casing accommodates a pump and a motor for driving the pump, while the slide switch is formed with a hollow for receiving the nozzle member so as to be at least partially exposed outwardly when the nozzle member has been received by the hollow.

Abstract: An open top receptacle with a laterally extending handle on one side is arranged to receive a cup-shaped cover. This cover includes a valve assembly to close off an opening in the top of the cover to prevent spilling or splashing of either hot or cold beverages from the receptacle. The valve assembly in turn includes a valve head biased against the opening in the cover by resilient integral supporting arms secured to the underside of the cover. An actuating member passes into one side of the cover at a point spaced 90.degree. from the opening, this point being generally vertically above the lateral handle on the receptacle. With this arrangement, a person can hold the handle of the receptacle in the manner of a mug using the thumb to depress the actuating member inwardly which action moves the valve head away from the opening in the cover to permit drinking of the beverage in the receptacle.

Abstract: A battery operated, personal, non-lethal defensive weapon capable of projecting a high intensity beam of light and, a fraction of a second thereafter, a highly concentrated spray of fluid capable of temporarily disabling an attacker features a unique structure for installing a battery and placing it in a circuit for energizing the lamp which produces the high intensity beam of light and also includes simple and effective apparatus for closing the circuit and immediately thereafter producing the spray facilitating its rapid fire use. The arrangement of the circuit closing contacts enables a rapid fire use of the weapon. In installing the battery according to a preferred embodiment, a thin board or plate of insulating material is provided to one face of which are secured strips of conductive material having free ends bent about edges of the board to project to and from the opposite face of the board.

Abstract: A dispenser is disclosed suitable for dispensing fertilizer on the plants either in liquid or dry forms. The dispenser has a nipple at the lower end to which a hose can be connected and the nipple has a cylindrical opening with a valve seat in its lower end. A valve extends into the nipple and the valve has a rod on it that extends out the top of the tank and a handle on the upper end of the rod can be grasped by a person holding the tank by its handle to conveniently move the valve to open position thereby allowing fertilizer to be dispensed from the nipple. The rods extend upwardly from the nipple to guide the valve into engagement with the valve seat.

Abstract: A drinking cap is described having a removable sealed cup with a laterally actuated valve operated by an actuator adjacent to the handle of the cup. Fluid retained in the cup by the cap can be poured out when the valve is actuated by the thumb. The top of the cap provides a reservoir having a canted surface for collection of any fluid in the cap around the valve. The valve actuator is correctly positioned adjacent to the handle of the cup by a bayonet-type lock.

Abstract: A plant watering device designed for watering overhead normally out-of-reach plants is disclosed comprising a housing with a handle for manual portability and support in the normally upright position of use and having a liquid fill opening for the reservoir. A rigid self-supporting conduit carried by the housing extends upwardly therefrom and has a distal, normally upper discharge end which extends the vertical reach of the user. A motor compartment is positioned at the bottom of the housing and has within it an electric motor and a pump driven thereby with a battery mounted in the compartment. The pump has an inlet connected to the reservoir and an outlet connected to the conduit. A manually actuatable electric switch is mounted on the housing in position for conjoint manual engagement of the handle and actuation of the switch. The switch is electrically connected to the battery and the motor.

Abstract: An arrangement for spraying liquid from a bottle comprises an air pump and a member which actuates the pump when a spraying action is desirable. The air flow is transmitted into the interior of the bottle to pressurize the liquid and urge the latter into a liquid outlet conduit which has a lower end extending into the liquid in the bottle and a discharge end outside the bottle. The arrangement is further provided with an element for spraying the liquid when the latter under the pressure supplied into the bottle enters the discharge end of the outlet conduit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved pouring spout for pouring liquid from an enclosed container and adapted to be sealingly located within a discharge opening in the container, the spout being moveable to a fully retracted position within the container when a closure is sealingly engaged with the discharge opening, the spout being further moveable to a fully extended position outside the container when the closure is removed from the discharge opening prior to a pouring operation.

Abstract: A non-lethal personal defense weapon providing for the simultaneous projection of a high intensity beam of light and a concentrated chemical spray designed to immobilize attackers. The weapon features a spray discharge having a range up to 10 feet and embodies a simple but effective safety which avoids accidental discharge of the spray. The spray discharge and the light emitting mechanism are controlled by a two-position switch which insures that the high intensity beam of light and the spray discharge may be substantially simultaneously energized.

Abstract: A non-metallic safety filling container is formed as a hollow wall having a continuously closed inner surface, terminating at openings for venting, pouring and filling. A trigger mechanism mounted to the container simultaneously vents the container and slides a ported cylinder into position to complete a pouring path from the interior of the container through the pour spout.

Abstract: A portable cryosurgical instrument suitable for one handed operation is provided with means to precisely control the amount of spray discharge necessary in order to necrotize the desired tissue.

Abstract: A manually supported housing has a handle extending therefrom in the area of the top thereof. A storage area in the housing stores material and has an opening at the bottom of the housing. A manually controlled dispenser control device in the housing, and extending therefrom, manually selectively controls the dispensing of material from the storage area.

Abstract: A unitary assembly has a housing for enclosing a drive, the housing including a handle, a cylindrical distribution chamber with a vertical axis and a slot directed away from the handle. A motor is mounted below the distribution chamber to rotate a rotor within the chamber, the rotor having vanes spaced from the center of the rotor. A hopper is removably mounted to the top of the distribution chamber. A control means is provided on the handle adjacent the side toward the distribution chamber for controlling the motor, and for controlling the flow of particulate material from the hopper into the distribution chamber.

Abstract: The dispenser may be in the form of a dispensing gun and is preferably used to dispense a low viscosity material such as a cynoacrylate glue. The dispenser includes a handle and a holder supported from the handle. The holder comprises a body defining a chamber in which the glue bottle is disposed and an end cap having a nozzle and into which the bottle is threadedly engaged. The handle has a venturi tube therein which receives a pressurized air flow and couples the air flow to the holder, and a valve means coupled to the venturi tube. When the valve means is open the pressurized air is vented to the atmosphere causing a partial vacuum (negative pressure) in the holder on the bottle thereby sucking any excess material into the bottle. When the valve means is operated to its closed position the pressurized air is directed to the holder causing the bottle to contract and thereby force metered amounts out of the nozzle of the dispenser.