Abstract: A closing valve for a container comprises a closing jacket connected therewith, which closing jacket is provided on the inside with a narrowed and a widened portion, and a valve part movable in this closing jacket. This valve part has a closing element and a clamping element which is provided on at least the outside with a thickening which, when the passage through the closing jacket is sealed by the valve part, cooperates with the widened portion in the closing jacket. Furthermore, a head part movable in the closing jacket back and forth is provided, by means of which the valve part can be moved with respect to the closing jacket such that the passage therethrough can be released and/or closed, while when releasing the passage through the closing jacket, the thickening on the outside of the clamping element is brought into the narrowed portion of the closing jacket, as a result of which the clamping element reaches a position in which it is engaged by the head part.

Abstract: A closure for sealing the open end of body fluid collection, transport or storage containers or tubes. The closure includes a ball and socket arrangement, wherein the ball rotates within the socket to align a passageway through the ball with the opening in the tube. To close the closure, a tab or protrusion extending from the ball is pushed to rotate the ball and orient the passageway perpendicular to the opening of the tube. When the closure is in the closed position, the ball and socket form a liquid tight seal to prevent liquid in the tube from leaking out of the tube, evaporating or being contaminated.

Abstract: A closure for sealing the open end of a specimen collection container from the environment is provided. The closure includes a socket mountable on the open end of the collection container for enclosing an interior region of the collection container. The socket includes a ball receiving internal surface having a protrusion thereon. The closure further includes a generally spherical-shaped ball mounted within the socket and at least partially enclosed by the socket. The ball is capable of rotative movement within the socket between an open position and a closed position. The ball includes an external surface capable of interference engagement with the protrusion of the socket upon rotative movement of the ball between the open position and the closed position.

Abstract: The material handling apparatus is in the form of apparatus for controlling the discharge of flowable material from a store thereof and comprises a hollow support member, a through-flow device slidable within the hollow support member, a closure operating member movable upwardly together with the through-flow device for opening a closure device to allow material to flow from the store into the through-flow device and actuator means between the hollow support member and the through-flow device for moving the through-flow device and the closure operating member relative to the hollow support member.

Abstract: A closure for sealing the open end of body fluid collection, transport or storage containers or tubes. The closure includes a ball and socket arrangement, wherein the ball rotates within the socket to align a passageway through the ball with the opening in the tube. To close the closure, a tab or protrusion extending from the ball is pushed to rotate the ball and orient the passageway perpendicular to the opening of the tube. When the closure is in the closed position, the ball and socket form a liquid tight seal to prevent liquid in the tube from leaking out of the tube, evaporating or being contaminated.

Abstract: A closure for sealing the open end of a specimen collection container from the environment is provided. The closure includes a generally spherical-shaped ball having a passageway extending therethrough, with the ball including an axle permitting rotative movement of the ball thereabout between an open position and a closed position. The closure further includes a socket mounted on the open end of the collection container, with the socket including a ball receiving internal surface having an axle-support for receiving the axle of the ball for accommodating rotative movement of the ball therein. The passageway of the ball is aligned with the open end of said collection tube when the ball is in an open position and is out of alignment with the open end of the collection container when the ball is in a closed position.

Abstract: A closure for sealing the open end of a specimen collection container from the environment is provided. The closure includes a generally spherical-shaped ball having a passageway extending therethrough, with the ball including an axle permitting rotative movement of the ball thereabout between an open position and a closed position. The closure further includes a socket mounted on the open end of the collection container, with the socket including a ball receiving internal surface having an axle-support for receiving the axle of the ball for accommodating rotative movement of the ball therein. The passageway of the ball is aligned with the open end of said collection container when the ball is in an open position and is out of alignment with the open end of the collection container when the ball is in a closed position. The axle-support of the socket and the axle of the ball are parallel and eccentric with respect to each other.

Abstract: Fluid dispensing nozzles which include valve mechanisms that allow fluid flow around substantially the entire periphery of valve elements. The valve elements are located in a substantially linear central flow path formed in the bodies of the dispensing nozzles. Dispensing spouts are coupled to the nozzle bodies so that the axes of the dispensing spouts intersect the angle of the axes of the central flow paths at obtuse angles, and preferably at angles which reduce flow resistance. The dispensing nozzles of the present invention include push rod bores and bores for receiving the dispensing spouts which bores are parallel so that they can be machined simultaneously, thereby reducing machining steps and manufacturing costs.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stopping capsule with self-retracting spout which comprises a capsule body with a central orifice, a mobile spout and a rotating lid which controls the emergence and retraction of the spout. The capsule body comprises a shaft which communicates with the spout by a supple, elastically deformable, hollow body, and the lid comprises a sleeve fitted in the shaft and presenting a lateral hole capable of being opposite the pipe of the spout.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a cold water storage vessel mounted on an interior side of a door of the refrigerator. The vessel has a valve for opening and closing a water outlet thereof. A manually actuable lever mounted on the door is actuable by a user to discharge water. By actuating the lever, a magnetic force causes the valve to open. The magnetic force can be imposed by a first permanent magnet which is caused to approach a second permanent magnet disposed on the valve to repel the second magnet and thereby open the valve. Alternatively, a permanent magnet disposed on the valve can be repelled by a magnetic force of a stationary electromagnet which is energized by actuation of the lever.

Abstract: A beverage vessel or carafe 20 includes a container 22, an upper body 24 which is secured to the container, a handle 28 which extends between the upper body 24 and the container 22, a spout 30 formed in the upper body and a lid 34 which located in an opening 32 of the upper body. A seal 52 or 52a is located between, and compressed by, the container 22 and the upper body 24 to preclude the beverage from undesirably entering a chamber 70 of the carafe 20. A rib 98 of the upper body 24 cooperates with a pocket 110 of the container 22 to secure the upper body with the container. A fastening element 142 is attached within a pocket 140 formed on an outer surface of the container 22 and includes a sleeve 148 which fits snugly within a hole 156 of an end 38 of the handle 28 and is secured in this firm assembly by a threaded fastener 164. A compliant handle cover 180 is assembled with the handle 28 to provide a firm but tactile comfort for one who uses the carafe 20.

Abstract: Control mechanism with at least two side push buttons for the distribution of a product contained in a receptacle. The control mechanism includes an end piece capable of being mounted on an opening of a receptacle and a cap capable of being arranged on the receptacle so as to cover the end piece. The cap is provided with at least one outlet hole for the product. At least two side push buttons, which are also provided on the cap, are diametrically opposed lever action push buttons which are hinged to swing inward and are secured to stops. The cap further includes a mechanism capable of fixing the cap on the receptacle. The end piece is capable of being movably mounted on the opening of the receptacle. The end piece includes at least two diametrically opposed radial support surfaces, on which the stops of the at least two side push buttons are pressed such that a lateral pressure applied on the at least two push buttons causes an axial displacement of the end piece from a closed position to an open position.

Abstract: A closure for sealing the open end of a specimen collection container from the environment is provided. The closure includes a socket mountable on the open end of the collection container for enclosing an interior region of the collection container. The socket includes a ball receiving internal surface having a protrusion thereon. The closure further includes a generally spherical-shaped ball mounted within the socket and at least partially enclosed by the socket. The ball is capable of rotative movement within the socket between an open position and a closed position. The ball includes an external surface capable of interference engagement with the protrusion of the socket upon rotative movement of the ball between the open position and the closed position.

Abstract: A closure for sealing the open end of a specimen collection container from the environment is provided. The closure includes a generally spherical-shaped ball having a passageway extending therethrough, with the ball including an axle permitting rotative movement of the ball thereabout between an open position and a closed position. The closure further includes a socket mounted on the open end of the collection container, with the socket including a ball receiving internal surface having an axle-support for receiving the axle of the ball for accommodating rotative movement of the ball therein. The passageway of the ball is aligned with the open end of said collection container when the ball is in an open position and is out of alignment with the open end of the collection container when the ball is in a closed position. The axle-support of the socket and the axle of the ball are parallel and eccentric with respect to each other.

Abstract: A dispensing system is provided for a container having an opening to the container interior. The dispensing system includes a closure with an elevator that is disposed within the container opening for movement between a fully elevated position and a fully lowered position while the elevator is restrained by the container from rotating. The elevator has a seat defining an inlet passage and has a thread. A rotatable housing is mounted on the container at the opening and has a thread engaged with the elevator thread. The housing has a dispensing passage and an occlusion member. The occlusion member sealingly engages the elevator seat and prevents flow through the elevator inlet passage when the elevator is in the fully elevated position. When the elevator is moved away from the fully elevated position by rotation of the housing, flow is permitted through the inlet passage and into the housing dispensing passage. A flexible dispensing valve is sealingly secured across the dispensing passage in the housing.

Abstract: A closure for sealing the open end of a specimen collection container from the environment is provided. The closure includes a generally spherical-shaped ball having a passageway extending therethrough, with the ball including an axle permitting rotative movement of the ball thereabout between an open position and a closed position. The closure further includes a socket mounted on the open end of the collection container, with the socket including a ball receiving internal surface having an axle-support for receiving the axle of the ball for accommodating rotative movement of the ball therein. The passageway of the ball is aligned with the open end of said collection tube when the ball is in an open position and is out of alignment with the open end of the collection container when the ball is in a closed position.

Abstract: A closure cap which adjusts the delivery, through a discharge passage, of at least one non-compact product contained in a container, including: a closure member which also adjusts the delivery of the product, made of an elastic material, which can be mechanically deformed in at least two directions, this member having passing through it a bore for dispensing the product, a stationary element, and an element which is movable in translation with respect to the stationary element, the stationary element and the moving element defining the discharge passage, the closure member being sandwiched between the stationary element and the moving element, an actuating mechanisms for bringing about the translational displacement of the moving element towards the stationary element. This displacement leads to progressive compression of the closure member in such a way that the passage is progressively closed by an elastic deformation of the said material.

Abstract: A valve and dispensing assembly for dispensing powdered material from a container includes a flexible tube intended to be collapsed to actuate a valve which permits the tube to selectively open for dispensing the material through the tube. The assembly includes a flexible tube apparatus including a body attachable to the container and a valve releasably received within the tube and normally closing it off. Collapse of the tube causes it to move relatively of the valve to unseat it and open the tube for material discharge. The assembly also includes a declumper secured to the tube for movement therewith during collapse of the tube. The valve closes off the tube when in its uncollapsed condition while the tube and declumper move relatively of the valve during collapse to open the tube. A portion of the declumper is bifurcated and has serrated opposed edges which can engage the head of the valve during the tube collapse to assist in breaking up clumps which may have formed in the material.

Abstract: A cap with a rotatable skirt (1), applicable to the mouth (6) of a container (7) for a fluid dispensable via the cap, which can also act as a closure cap. The cap comprises a skirt (1) rotatable on the mouth (6) of the container (7) and defines a cavity housing a hollow body (2) connected to the skirt (1) by breakable teeth (4), the skirt (1) and the hollow body (2) being formed in one piece by moulding. Between the skirt (1) and the hollow body (2) there extends an axially translatable cup-shaped body (3) connected to the skirt (1) by a disc (19) housed in a seat (21) provided on the top of the skirt (1), this disc (19) being moulded in one piece with the cup-shaped body (3), to which it is connected by breakable teeth (20).

Abstract: Apparatus having a valve for a container intended to hold liquid. The valve includes an inner conduit which can be easily assembled through flexible fingers of an outer sleeve. The inner conduit both moves axially relative to the outer sleeve between open and closed positions and circumferentially so that the inner conduit can be threaded with respect to a mating hose. A tab which functions to stop the valve in the closed position, as well as in the open position, includes tamper-evident structure.

Abstract: A closure device for a squeeze tube that is squeezed to expel the contents thereof, the closure device being of the type comprising a first portion provided with a dispensing orifice and a second portion provided with a stud suitable for co-operating with the dispensing orifice in order to close it and also to open it; the first and second portions are associated with each other on a permanent basis while still being capable of being displaced one relative to the other. The stud is continuously urged towards its closed position by a resilient member. According to the invention, the first portion comprises a sealed thrust device suitable for acting against the resilient member in the stud-opening direction so that in the closed position the stud closes the dispensing orifice under drive from the resilient member, the thrust device then being inactive, while in the open position, the stud opens, the dispensing orifice under drive from the thrust device.

Abstract: A spout for a liquid pump includes a first valve body mounted onto an outlet of a liquid pump. The first valve body includes a bottom part that has a flowing hole, and a cylindrical body and a shaft extend from the bottom part. The cylinder body and the shaft define an annular space in which the flowing hole is disposed. A second valve body includes an engaging part engaged with a distal end of the cylinder body of the first valve body, and a cylindrical body extends from the engaging part. The cylindrical body is partially disposed within the annular space and has a smaller diameter at an end so as to form an end opening part of the cylindrical body that is resiliently fittable on the shaft.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing package includes a container whose finish has an opposed pair of slots extending vertically from a free end thereof. A nozzle element with a dispensing passage extending therethrough is positioned within the finish and has an opposed pair of pins which extend into and through the slots of the finish to permit the nozzle element to translate, but not rotate, with respect to the finish, the translation being between a sealed, non-dispensing position and an unsealed, dispensing position. A cap element is rotatably affixed to the finish and has an opening in a top central panel which is aligned with the dispensing passage of the nozzle element. A skirt of the cap element has part helical grooves on its inside surface, and these grooves receive the free ends of the pins of the nozzle element. Thus, rotation of the cap element results in translation of the nozzle element.

Abstract: A dispensing closure is provided with a body having an outlet passage. A sleeve is mounted on the body for rotation relative to the body. The sleeve has a transverse deck defining a discharge passage for communicating with the body outlet passage as the discharge passage moves in an arc relative to the body. In one embodiment, a seal is provided between the sleeve deck and the body around the outlet passage and discharge passage. In a preferred embodiment, an actuator is mounted on the sleeve for rotation with the sleeve. Engaging structures are defined by the body and actuator for tilting actuator between a closed position and an open position while the actuator is rotated with the sleeve. The actuator includes engaging portions for engagement with drive members projecting upwardly from the body through openings in the sleeve.

Abstract: A water bottle includes a container, a cap mounted to an upper end of the container and has two holes therein, and a cover which is mounted around the cap and is rotatable between first and second positions. When the cover is in the first position, a straw mounted on the cap is hidden inside the cover while the holes are blocked. When the cover is in the second position, the straw is rotated to extend through an opening in the cover and the holes are open to allow continuous suction of the user.

Abstract: A device for the loading of bottled fluid with no spillage consists of a valve body and a base plate coupled to the valve body in a vertically slidable manner. The valve body consists of a body, an integrated cap handle, a bottle seal and a pair of hinge brackets. The base plate consists of a body, a set of bottle stabilization posts and a pair of hinge brackets which, being coupled to the valve body through a pair of clamp levers, converts the sliding movements between the base plate and the valve body into rotations of the clamp levers to permit or prohibit the flow of fluid from the bottle regardless of its orientation while simultaneously unlocking or locking the device onto the bottle.

Abstract: A dispensing closure is provided for a container and includes a base for being mounted to the container over the container opening. An actuator is mounted on the base and is tiltable between a closed position and an open position. A ring is mounted on the base for rotation relative to the base and actuator. The ring and base together cooperatively define a cam drive system for effecting the tilting of the actuator.

Abstract: A dispensing cap apparatus is provided for dispensing a fluid from a container. The cap includes a base portion and a cover cap portion which are slidably moveable with respect to each other. The base includes a cam surface and the cover cap includes a cam follower. Opening the apparatus requires squeezing opposing sides of the cover cap to move the cam follower against the camming surface which forces the cover cap into a raised position to unseal the cap and allow fluid to flow thereout. In another embodiment, a portion of the base is cammed downward with respect to their cover cap to open the apparatus. Also included as embodiments are a child-proof embodiment wherein the cover cap must first be aligned with the base before the apparatus may be opened and an embodiment wherein the camming surface and cam follower coact to prevent the cap from being closed after it has been opened.

Abstract: A self-closing cap for the filler neck of an oil pan is provided which allows the oil pan of an engine to be filled without the necessity of removing the cap. The cap comprises a lower body having a flat inner bottom surface with a passage in it, and a spring-loaded closing plate that likewise includes an opening. The closing plate is slidably movable over the flat inner bottom surface o the lower body against the force of the spring by means of a handle such that its opening is alignable with the opening in the bottom surface of the lower body to form an oil receiving passage.

Abstract: A guard device for exposed acting portions of aerosol dispensing containers. The nozzle, which projects out of a cap upon use is taken in and all of the acting portions containing the nozzle are closed, making operation impossible to provide protection against pollution and external forces.

Abstract: A first vertical hollow cylinder is secured at an open lower end to the open end of the container. The first cylinder having a closed upper end with a small centrally disposed first opening therein and has a raised peripheral first lip. A curved vertical wall is secured to and extends upwardly from this upper end of the first cylinder. The wall engaging the first lip at two spaced apart positions and curves around one side of the first opening. A second vertical hollow cylinder open at both ends and secured to the upper end of the first cylinder so that its axial bore is vertically aligned with the first opening. A horizontally elongated member defines a figure 8 with left hand and right hand like half sections, each half section having a hole therein. One hole is sealed, the other hole being open. The member rests slidably on top of the second cylinder, with one member side slidably engaging the wall.

Abstract: A dispenser for liquids, e.g., ophthalmic liquids, is provided with a restricted up and down movable top that locks in both open and closed positions and that lifts to uncover an aperture and to expose a recessed dispensing tip which is always maintained below the plane of the aperture and that lowers to cover the aperture and conceal the dispensing tip.

Abstract: This invention relates to a closure for a container such as a bottle having mouth, the closure including a closure plug fit into the mouth, a plug with a turnspout and a shield disposed on the plug. A cap is fitted on the plug and has a lateral opening through which the turnspout can pass in an operational position. When the turnspout is in a closed position, the shield closes the lateral opening.

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: A retractable turnspout closure for a flexible container comprises a plug mounted across the neck of the container, the plug having an offset opening and a valve member mounted over the opening and having the turnspout's turret mounted thereon. A cap mounted over the bottle's neck comprises an eccentrically oriented boss which abuts the plug base and causes the turnspout to extend or retract through a cap opening as the cap is rotated. When the turnspout is completely retracted a double seal exists comprising the cap wall and a shield extending upward from the plug base.

Abstract: A dispensing system for bottled water, having a vented fluid dispenser assembly secured to the neck of a bottle which is inverted and supported by a bracket. The vent tube extends inward through the fluid to near the bottle bottom and ends with a check valve. A concentric valve member located within a flow tube seals against a valve seat and is manipulated by the reciprocating motion of a sleeve which surrounds the flow tube. The valve member is shaped with varying diameters, to regulate flow rate as a function of its elevation relative to the valve seat. The outer end of the valve member is releasably fastened to the sleeve center.

Abstract: A pen type dispenser structure attachable to a container for ink correction liquid. The dispenser includes a frusto-conical liner wall formed into a spiral configuration; a shaft extends from the small end of the liner wall into a liquid discharge opening formed in the tip end of a surrounding cover. A manually-squeezable lever is mounted on the container for rotating the cover. A wedge surface on the cover interior surface is slidably engaged with a wedge surface on the spiral liner wall, such that rotation of the cover causes the spiral liner to move the internal shaft away from the liquid discharge opening at the tip end of the cover.

Abstract: A child's liquid drink container in the form of a canteen which is equipped with a drinking straw. The canteen has a dome-shaped rotatable cover with a hole in one side. The cover may be rotated to a first angular position in which an internal closure member closes the hole with the straw retracted into the cover. The cover may also be rotated to a second angular position in which the closure member moves away from the hole and in which the straw is caused to project out through the hole. This enables one to drink the liquid contained in the canteen quickly and easily and without the need to remove the cover.

Abstract: A vertical hollow cylinder is closed at its upper end, open at its lower end, and has a hole in the cylinder wall. First and second vertical parallel posts are secured to the upper end of the cylinder and extend downwardly inside the cylinder on opposite sides of the hole. The posts are adjacent the hole and are disposed adjacent but spaced apart from the inner surface of the cylinder wall. A vertical hollow cylindrical member is disposed rotatably within the first cylinder and has an open lower end, the cylinder and member having a common vertical axis. A flat circular disc is secured to and closes the upper end of the member, the center of the disc being aligned with the common axis, the disc having an off center opening and being provided with a vertical upwardly extending peripheral lip which extends partially around the disc. The disc is disposed within the first cylinder in such manner that the lip extends rotatably between the inner surface of the cylinder and both posts.

Abstract: A cartridge is formed of two parts which form an outlet valve at the lower end. The valve is opened or closed by relative rotation of the parts.

Abstract: A fluid container and dispenser including an elastomeric reservoir and a dispensing tube connected thereto and a valve to either allow or inhibit fluid flow into or out of the reservoir. One embodiment includes an elongate tube with a hole in one side and an elastomeric sleeve surrounding a portion of the tube. A sliding valve element is mounted in the tube to close the hole. The valve element is mounted on a second, smaller tube which slides within the first-mentioned tube. The sleeve is filled by sliding the valve element away from the hole and injecting fluid under pressure into the sleeve to expand it. The valve then is slid to its closed position. The combined first-mentioned and second tubes together form a straw to withdraw fluid from a secondary container into which fluid may be dispensed.

Abstract: A valve for pressurized containers with a closing member which is movable toward a valve seat and engages thereon in a rest position or closing position is proposed. The valve includes a bushing which is fixedly inserted into the container and partly surrounds a sliding sleeve which at its upper end is provided with the valve seat and includes at its lower inner end a plurality of recesses. Connected to the bushing are a plurality of arms wherein each of the arms is guided through a respective one of the recesses. A rod which is disposed centrically and slidable within the bushing and the sliding sleeve and which on its upper end is provided with the closure member is in connection at its lower end with each of the arms so that upon downward movement of the sliding sleeve the arms are moved radially outwardly and the valve is opened.

Abstract: A dispensing valve for dispensing concentrate and diluent to make a beverage includes a first member containing therein a cylindrical bore having a first pressurizing gas passage terminating at an alongate opening in the bore and a first diluent passage terminating in a further outlet in the bore. The bottom of the bore contains an open area through which concentrate can be dispensed. Seals around the alongate outlet and the further outlet and seal against a central, rotatable valve member of generally angularous shape which is disposed for rotation within the cylindrical bore.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed container is provided with a neck portion having an end wall defining a container contents-dispensing aperture therein. The aperture is closed with a removable cap structure connected with a frangible web unitary with the end wall and cap so as to seal the container contents-dispensing aperture. An overcap is rotatably mounted on the container and has a cage for matingly engaging the cap and is adapted to break the frangible web when the overcap is rotated.

Abstract: A container consisting of a flexible body, base and cover and having flexible discharge and filling tubes in the base and cover, respectively, and flaps attached to the exterior of the base; the discharge and filling tubes and flaps having releasable securing means. The container may be provided with means to control the rate of discharge of the contents of the container from the discharge tube.

Abstract: An improved dispensing assembly is disclosed for dispensing liquids, powders, and the like from a container, including a container member having a body portion, a reduced neck portion, and an enlarged head portion, which enlarged head portion contains a first pouring opening, and a hinged flap moveable between open and closed positions relative to the first pouring opening. A dispensing closure member is rotatably mounted concentrically about the enlarged head portion, which closure member contains a second pouring opening and is rotatable between closed and open positions in which the pouring openings are out of and in alignment, respectively.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser including a container, or alternatively, one which is adapted to receive a bottle or the like for storing a supply of fluid, a push button valve, and a flexible tube connecting the container to the push button valve. The fluid flows by gravity from the container, through the flexible tubing, to the push button valve. The push button valve is spring-loaded, and has a pair of aligned openings through which the flexible tubing extends. In the inoperative or normal position of the push button valve, the flexible tubing is pinned shut at the point where it extends through the openings, thus cutting off the flow of fluid from the container to the push button valve. To operate the fluid dispenser, the push button valve is simply pressed downwardly to align the pair of openings, which reaction releases the crimping or pinching of the flexible tubing, allowing the fluid to flow through the flexible tubing.

Abstract: A valved closure for a container holding plastic or pasty material and having an opening generally in the form of a neck for dispensing the material from the container. The valved closure is permanently or, in the alternative, removably mounted over the neck of the container. The valved closure consists of a hollow housing with an aperture for placing the interior of the container in communication with the ambient and, a rotatable valve body being disposed proximate the aperture such as to obturate the aperture in a first position. The valve body has a passageway placing the interior of the housing in communication with the housing aperture in a second position of the valve body. The valve body is directly actuatable by means of a lever or, in the alternative, by means of a slide or a rotatable collar.

Abstract: A flow control handle for supplying lubricant to a grease fitting. The handle includes a flow control valve interiorly thereof, a handle extension and a manual trigger for controlling the flow control valve. A pressure relief valve is operable to relieve high pressure grease in the handle extension. This valve is automatically closed and is opened by movement of the trigger in a direction opposite to that required to open the flow control valve whereby high pressure grease cannot enter the extension when the relief valve is open.