Abstract: An improved easy open closure system is described which includes a combination of center vent opening, pour hole, exterior tape and interior sheet material suitable for containers having therein a pressurized beverage. The exterior tape comprises a grip portion and body portion, the grip portion sealing the center vent opening and overlapping the body portion, which seals the pour hole.

Abstract: A device for dispensing adhesive includes a thin member having a plurality of adhesive dispensing openings extending therethrough. There is a passage for supplying adhesive to said openings. An inflatable tube is positioned in the passage and, when inflated, is positioned against said openings to prevent the flow of adhesive therethrough.

Abstract: A container-dispenser adapted to be contained in the end of a racket handle for holding and dispensing, when desired, a supply of a desiccant material such as rosin. The open end of the container is normally closed by a two-piece closure which can be operated by the application of pressure by the palm of the player's hand to release the material onto the player's hands. Upon the release of the pressure, the container is automatically returned to its sealed condition.

Abstract: Flow divider for a powdery material, comprising a vertical duct supplied with said material. A knife with a separating upper edge is provided at the outlet of said duct to divide the inflow of said material into two outflows. At least one straight air passage is provided, lateral with respect to the vertical axis of the knife, between the inlets of two eduction chutes for said outflows. The level of said air passage is notably below that of said separating upper edge of the knife.

Abstract: An easy opening closure for pressurized fluids and a method of making the same. The container has an end panel with multiple small openings and a tape strip of plastic or plastic coated metal foil is secured to the panel by a heat activated adhesive in a way by which the plastic is extruded into the openings to form hollow bosses each defined by a peripheral annulus or torus formed into the respective opening and at least partially bonded to an uncoated raw edge of the opening, the boss having a disk-like center portion and the surrounding annulus providing a thick cross-section resisting doming of the areas of the tape covering the openings and inhibiting the development of incipient cracks and their propogation resulting in premature peeling of the cohesive bond.

Abstract: A can end of the easy-opening type includes an end panel having a dispensing opening and a vent hole. A push-in dispensing opening plug extends into the dispensing opening and sealingly engages the end panel. A vent hole plug extends into the vent hole and sealingly engages the end panel. In one embodiment, the vent hole plug is smaller than the dispensing opening plug and includes a radially outwardly extending portion for retaining the vent hole plug within the vent hole after venting.

Abstract: A package is provided having a rotatable closure equipped with dispensing orifices. The orifices overlie a neck portion having indentations spaced about its inner edge and which when aligned with the dispensing orifices provide access to the contents of the package. The closure includes an inner annular skirt which has axial slots about its outer periphery. The slots direct the flow of the container contents through the neck indentations and out the orifices when the closure is rotated to an open position. When the closure is in a closed position, the orifices will be located above flat areas on the top edge of the container neck.The closure includes a downwardly depending inner wall having engagement means for rotatably connecting the closure to the container neck.

Abstract: The specification and drawings disclose a manifold-type dispensing head assembly. The head assembly disclosed comprises an elongated main body adapted to be mounted horizontally and defining a longitudinally-extending main manifold chamber. A plurality of spaced discharge passages extend vertically downwardly from the main manifold chamber. Flow through the discharge passages is controlled by a first longitudinally-extending slide valve mounted in the lower surface of the main body. A dispensing outlet subassembly is releasably connected to the main body beneath the discharge passages. The subassembly includes a recess which extends longitudinally and defines a small secondary manifold chamber which receives flow from the discharge passages. Outlet or dispensing orifices extend downwardly from the secondary chamber at locations corresponding to the desired pattern of discharge. A second valve is carried in the subassembly. The second valve controls the final discharge from the dispensing orifices.

Abstract: An improved easy open closure system is described, the closure system being particularly useful for cans containing carbonated beverages. The closure system comprises an exterior tape (having specified properties) which is adhesively secured to the portion of the container surrounding a pre-formed opening, and an interior sheet material (having specified properties) which covers the underside of the opening and is adhesively secured to the exterior tape in the area of the opening.

Abstract: Strewing apparatus for distributing seed, fertilizer, etc. in a garden, including a wheel on which the apparatus moves, a strewing shaft driven by motion of the wheel, a strewing means on the strewing shaft; an interchanging proportion and distributing plate on the side of the housing of the device, which plate has holes therethrough and shaped so as to desirably proportion the exit of material from the device.

Abstract: A cover for an open paint can having a rim about its top, the cover comprising a peripheral lower portion adapted snugly to engage the rim of the top of the paint can. The cover is provided approximately centrally thereof with a brush opening having at least one straight edge defined by a wall raised relative the adjacent area of the cover. The cover is provided wih an arcuate raised pouring lip at one area along its periphery and with an arcuately bounded opening located adjacent the lip. The top surface of the cover may be inclined or dished so that paint thereon will drain to the lowest point from which it will fall back into the paint can. The cover may be fixed to a paint can and another member of different design may be affixed to the bottom of the paint can, the member simultaneously serving as a closure for a can therebelow to permit stacking.

Abstract: An unloading system for granular lading comprising a hopper having four cells each with a discharge opening in the lower portion thereof, a discharge tube below the hopper and communicating with each of the openings, two part-tubular sliders within the discharge tube in general longitudinal arrangement with each adjacent to two of the openings, each of the sliders being independently shiftable longitudinally within the discharge tube between a storage position and one of two discharge positions, and a handle for each of said sliders extending to one end of the hopper for controlling the slider from the one end of the hopper; there also is disclosed an end cap for the discharge tube securable thereto and holding the handles in the storage positions thereof, a slide rod being provided on the hopper to hold the end cap when it is disengaged from the discharge tube.

Abstract: A closure apparatus is provided for optionally closing and opening a storage hopper portion of an adsorber filter fill system used for filling adsorber filter cells in a gas adsorber filter system. The closure apparatus is particularly adapted to have a portion thereof move with respect to a metering means of storage hopper of an adsorber filter fill system between first or open and second or closed positions, so as to optionally, selectably permit the opening and closing of the storage hopper. The closure apparatus provides a substantially air-tight seal at holes in the metering means of the adsorber filter fill system when the closure apparatus is at the closed position. The closure apparatus is designed so that its sliding operation and maintenance of substantially air-tight seals is not adversely affected by the presence of any granules of adsorbent which remain in the holes in the metering means or in the vicinity of the holes in the metering means once filling of the adsorber filter system is completed.

Abstract: Plywood is made by continuously propelling a liquid plywood glue in unfoamed condition at a predetermined flow rate, continuously foaming the glue as it is propelled, and continuously extruding or otherwise applying the foamed glue to the surface of a plurality of wood veneers. The flow rate of the unfoamed and foamed glue is maintained substantially the same on a unit weight of liquid glue per unit time basis. The veneers then are laid up into a plywood assembly and pressed into a plywood panel. The veneers may be preheated to expedite setting of the glue. The method is applicable generally to the application of a foamed liquid to a solid surface.

Abstract: An elongated wall structure providing a plurality of feed troughs in a row in side by side relationship for individual feeding of animals from an overlying source of supply of feed, the delivery of feed to the troughs being controlled by measuring devices of predetermined capacity which receive from the source of supply and deliver the predetermined quantities to the feed troughs. An elongated slide includes a plurality of such measuring devices and is reciphrocable in a guideway between the source of supply and the feed troughs, the guideway extending longitudinally over the row of feed troughs. The guideway includes a bottom wall having discharge openings through which feed is delivered from the measuring devices to the troughs, the bottom wall engaging only edges of the slide and measuring devices to support the same in the guideway.

Abstract: A flow distribution system which embodies a source of fluid under pressure, a plurality of delivery lines, a rotating valve body which progressively connects the source of fluid with the delivery lines, a housing for the rotating valve and means in the housing to absorb the shocks of redirecting the fluid flow to each of the delivery lines and releasing the absorbed energy back to the fluid flow to subsequent fluid lines as a resonant system.

Abstract: A dispensing-type box having therein a substantially closed compartment adapted for the storage of a particulate material. The box has dispensing openings formed in one sidewall of the box adjacent the upper end thereof, which openings are normally closed by a flap which is integrally formed on the box and extends downwardly over the openings. The flap has a striplike portion thereof secured to the box at a location below the openings, with the lowermost portion of the flap being free of connection to the box to permit same to be readily gripped so that the flap can be released from the box and swung upwardly to uncover the openings. The box also has, on the side thereof opposite the openings, a handle structure which comprises a separate member disposed within the interior of the box and projecting outwardly through an elongated slot formed in the sidewall of the box. The handle structure comprises a loop-like handle which can be folded downwardly to overlie the sidewall of the box.