Outlet Element In One Wall, Rod Actuator Through Container Interior And Another Wall Patents (Class 222/510)
  • Patent number: 5299376
    Abstract: A buck lure dispensing device for dispensing a fluid animal scent is disclosed which includes a housing, a reservoir within the housing for containing the animal scent, a valve assembly for controlling flow of the animal scent out of the reservoir, and a timer. The device further includes a tubular member extending from the bottom of the reservoir and an absorbent wick mounted at the bottom of the tube. The device allows gradual and controlled emission of animal scent into the surrounding air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Inventor: Benton A. Roberts
  • Patent number: 5285931
    Abstract: A pressure capsule for a spray can includes a housing with a chamber disposed therein and a valve mounted within a wall of the housing, the valve is capable of being moved into an open and a closed position such that the valve is moved into the closed position when (1) the pressure capsule is placed in an atmospheric environment and (2) the pressure capsule is placed in a spray can and subjected to a pressure equal to or greater than the operating pressure of the spray can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Jaico C.V., cooperatieve vennootschap
    Inventor: Vandoninck Alfons
  • Patent number: 5277342
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus capable of dispensing a wide variety of fluids, such as adhesives, is provided. The structure of the apparatus allows it to be miniaturized, thereby facilitating its use for many applications. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing in which a slide is mounted. The housing includes a fluid reservoir which is supplied with pressurized fluid. A longitudinal passage extends through the slide for providing this fluid to the reservoir. A bellow seal is employed for sealing off an actuating mechanism from the reservoir. The seal is connected between the slide and a support fixedly mounted to the housing. A valve mechanism is provided at one end of the housing for controlling the flow of fluid from the reservoir. The valve mechanism is directly or indirectly responsive to the slide. Fluid may be caused to flow through the valve mechanism either by fluid pressure or by positive displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Loctite Corporation
    Inventors: Ewald F. Dickau, Mark Holmes
  • Patent number: 5242093
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Bunn-O-Matic Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Worrell, William E. Midden
  • Patent number: 5193719
    Abstract: A dispensing container for motor oil includes a conventional oil which has an upwardly tapered top surface. A valve at the outlet and a valve stem is axially disposed in the container. The valve and valve stem have a bellowed actuating member disposed in an open cavity at the container bottom, which when depressed, opens the valve. A safety stem is provided on the valve stem which engages the tapered top surface for preventing said valve and valve stem from falling out of the container after the container has been opened and inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Inventors: Terry Huffman, Aage Nost
  • Patent number: 5145009
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for metering dry and pulverulent pourable material, for example dye powder in a laboratory dyeing line for textiles, the apparatus (1) having a discharge container (8) which has a closable outlet (9) in its lower region, scales (10) for metering the amount of material that is to be conveyed from the outlet (9) of the container (8), with outlet (9) being arranged on the underside of the container (8) and having as closure a valve body (12) that tapers towards the top and can be displaced vertically downwards, the valve body (12) being drivable in rotation and rotating while it is in its open position and having the capability for conveying the material in the direction towards the outlet opening (14), therefore performing a dual function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: Mickael Mheidle, Roland Bauhofer
  • Patent number: 5123570
    Abstract: A container for dispensing engine oil including a self-contained plunger with a cutting head that permits dispensing of the oil in an inverted position in cramped spaces. The container includes a foil or other frangible seal across the spout opening that is pierced by manual actuation of the plunger after the container is inverted. The container base includes a flexible area for pressing manually against the plunger end. The invention permits dispensing of oil into an engine without spillage in engine compartments having limited space for positioning the oil container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Inventors: Brian C. Dubow, Andres Barcenas
  • Patent number: 5014883
    Abstract: A paint toning machine comprising a plurality of color paste containers (1); a pump (2) for each paste container (1) for pumping color paste (3) for the dispensing and circulation thereof; and a dispensing valve (11) for each pump (2) for dispensing a desired amount of color paste. For the elimination of the problems caused by leaks occurring in the dispensing valve and the pipe connections thereof, the dispensing valve (11) according to the invention is arranged in the paste container (1) in the vicinity of a bottom (4) thereof essentially below the surface of the color paste (3) contained in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: Cimcorp Oy
    Inventor: Pentti Airaksinen
  • Patent number: 5011045
    Abstract: A paint toning machine comprising a plurality of color paste containers (1), and a pump (2) for each color paste container (1) for pumping color paste from the container for the dispensing or circulation thereof. For the elimination of the problems caused by leaks occurring in the color paste dispensing pump and the connections of the color paste suction and feeding conduits thereof, the pump (2) according to the invention is arranged in the paste container (1) in the vicinity of a bottom (4) thereof essentially below the surface of the color paste (3) contained in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Cimcorp Oy
    Inventor: Anssi Tammi
  • Patent number: 4995533
    Abstract: Pressure capsule for spray can, characterized by the fact that it principally consist of at least two chambers (2, 3), the first of which (2) is intended to be filed with a fluid under relatively high pressure and the second of which (3) is intended to be filled with a fluid up to a pressure equal or practically equal to the overpressure which normally exists in a spray can (19) and which is needed for expelling a liquid (18); in the wall of the second chamber (3), a membrane (5) that can control the valve (4); and a removable element (6) that, in its unremoved condition, keeps the valve (4) closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Jaico C.V., Cooperatieve Vennootschap
    Inventor: Alfons Vandoninck
  • Patent number: 4991736
    Abstract: A collection container for reusable material with a closed upper structure, which has a bottom opening to a base and to which is pivoted a bottom which can be swung outwardly for emptying, the upper structure having at its top at least one insertion opening, can be very simply and economically made and has a high stability because the upper structure is formed two housing halves, facing each other in a vertical plane and connected to one another by a connecting profile which holds the housing halves together and extends around the upper structure in a vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Inventor: Lothar Ruehland
  • Patent number: 4982770
    Abstract: An apparatus for filling a specified amount of liquid comprising a metering cylinder having a piston therein, a vertical filling nozzle having an open lower end and feedable with a liquid from the metering cylinder by the operation of the piston, a damper for opening and closing the open lower end of the filling nozzle, a spring biasing the damper to hold the nozzle end closed with the damper while the feed of the liquid is discontinued, and an opening portion adapted to open the damper against the spring simultaneously with or immediately before the start of feed of the liquid with the damper closed and to be subsequently brought out of operative relation with the damper before the feed of the liquid is discontinued so as to render the damper closable by the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Shikoku Kokoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Saijo, Takashi Arao, Yoshitaka Yamane
  • Patent number: 4973183
    Abstract: An original container-applicator device for relatively viscous preparations, such as and of the consistency of hair shampoos and conditioners. Provided with a supply of such a preparation, the device functions as the original container until, in the hands of the ultimate consumer, it serves also as the applicator. The device comprises a chamber; massage fingers, an outlet or dispensing port, as defined by an elongate rim with a proximal end and a distal end; and, a reciprocative valve. The valve has a flange and a gate, and moves between first and second positions. At the first position, the gate closes the distal end while the valve leaves the proximal end open and enables the preparation from the chamber to fill the rim, but not flow from the device. At the second position the flange closes the proximal end and prevents flow from the chamber, while the gate is displaced from and leaves the distal end open, thus to enable a quantity of preparation to flow or drain from the rim, and be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Philip Shevick
    Inventors: Philip Shevick, Kenneth Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 4955514
    Abstract: A simplified fluid dispenser for dispensing precise quantities of fluid without requiring special seals, particularly sliding seals, or springs. It comprises a housing defining a fluid reservoir, having an inlet for delivery of pressurized fluid to the reservoir, and including a valve seat defining an outlet for dispensing fluid from the reservoir. A deformable closure member overlies an open end of the housing opposite the outlet and normally biases a valve engageable with the valve seat to the closed position. When the closure member is selectively deformed, the valve is able to move to the open position to dispense a quantity of the fluid from the reservoir. When released, the closure member returns to its normal condition, returning the valve to the closed position instantaneously shutting off the dispensing of fluid. This operation causes the fluid being dispensed to rapidly reverse direction resulting in an immediate termination of flow and elimination of drippage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Loctite Corporation
    Inventor: Ewald F. Dickau
  • Patent number: 4955746
    Abstract: A portable cleaning device for golf clubs has a reservoir for containing cleaning fluid, a scrubbing means attached to the bottom of the reservoir and a valve means for controlling the flow of the cleaning fluid into the scrubbing means. The user can control the valve by straightening the fingers of his hand while holding the device in one hand and the golf club to be cleaned in the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Inventor: Joseph M. Craigmile
  • Patent number: 4950237
    Abstract: A dual chambered vial is equipt with a dislodgeable stopper device between the two chambers, whereby components of a mixture may be maintained in separate chambers until comingling is desired. The stopper is dislodged by means of a plunger activated by depression of flexible walls of one chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Henault, Carleton H. Macartney, Gilbert Lataix, Ronald G. Saffron
  • Patent number: 4925069
    Abstract: An apparatus for filling a specified amount of liquid comprising a metering cylinder having a piston therein, a vertical filling nozzle having an opening at its lower end and forcibly chargeable with a liquid from the metering cylinder by the operation of the piston, a damper for opening and closing the opening of the filling nozzle, a spring biasing the damper so as to hold the damper closed against the gravity acting on the liquid filling the nozzle while the damper is closed with the charging discontinued although permitting the damper to be opened with the pressure of the liquid forcibly charged into the filling nozzle from the metering cylinder, and a closing device adapted to act on the damper in its open state to close the damper when the charging of the liquid is discontinued and adapted to be brought out of action transmitting relation with the damper so as to permit the spring only to hold the damper closed before the charging of the liquid is subsequently started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Ueda, Shigeru Wakabayashi, Yoshihiro Saijo, Yasuji Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 4923101
    Abstract: A bulk material container with an opening has a door arranged to move over a rectilinear path for the opening and the closing of the opening. For moving the door over a rectilinear path to either open or close the opening, a threaded shaft is journalled for rotation within the container and is aligned axially with the center of the door. Means on the threaded shaft engage the door so that the door is moved over the rectilinear path by the rotation of the threaded shaft. A gasket surrounds the opening at the time of closure of the door. Continued rotation of the shaft for the closure of the door will cause the gasket to be compressed against the plate surrounding the opening. Rotation of the door is inhibited while the gasket is being compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Fabricated Metals, Inc.
    Inventor: Clarence B. Coleman
  • Patent number: 4858791
    Abstract: A bulk material container with an opening has a door arranged to move over a rectilinear path for the opening and the closing of the opening. For moving the door over a rectilinear path to either open or close the opening, a threaded shaft is journalled for rotation within the container and is aligned axially with the center of the door. Means on the threaded shaft engage the door so that the door is moved over the rectilinear path by the rotation of the threaded shaft. A gasket surrounds the opening at the time of closure by the door. Continued rotation of the shaft for the closure of the door will cause the gasket to be compressed against the plate surrounding the opening. Rotation of the door is inhibited while the gasket is being compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Fabricated Metals, Inc.
    Inventor: Clarence B. Coleman
  • Patent number: 4834270
    Abstract: A container for gasoline or other liquids is provided which includes a hollow body having an outwardly directed pouring spout, but otherwise sealed so as to permit inversion thereof, a main valve closing the outer end of the spout, a remotely disposed operating stem manually operable to open said main valve, and an air admission system operable to deliver air from outside the container body. The main valve is in the form of a conical plug having a smooth surface, whereby liquid is poured from the spout in a laminar, hollow cylindrical flow pattern. The hollow cylindrical flow pattern pours easily from the spout without splashing while enabling the user to view the surface of the liquid within a gasoline tank or other receptacle into which the liquid is poured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Inventor: Marvin M. Messner
  • Patent number: 4821921
    Abstract: Liquid dispensing apparatus is disclosed having at least one liquid dispensing chamber and an associated prefill chamber with displacement mechanism for transferring liquid therefrom to the dispensing chamber. The dispensing chamber is in communication with the prefill chamber over a weir so that liquid in the dispensing chamber in excess of a predetermined measure flows back over the weir to the prefill chamber. The dispensing chamber has an outlet openable and closable by a seal to dispense the measure held in the dispensing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Inventors: Garry E. Cartwright, Paul Palmer
  • Patent number: 4753375
    Abstract: A viscous substance applying apparatus equipped with a nozzle, for use, for example, in applying frit to the sealing part of a funnel in manufacturing a cathode-ray tube. The nozzle is provided with two valve elements disposed in a frit chamber formed in a nozzle body. One of the valve elements, for shutting a frit outlet, is moved inward away from the frit outlet, applying suction to the frit contained in the frit chamber, at the start of the frit applying operation, while the other valve element for shutting a frit inlet is moved outward toward the frit inlet in ending the frit applying operation; consequently, the undesirable drip of the frit at the star and at the end of the frit applying operation is obviated, and hence the frit is applied regularly in a predetermined width to the sealing part of the funnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinzo Takei, Katsutoshi Miyahigashi
  • Patent number: 4746036
    Abstract: A container for gasoline or other liquids is provided with a hollow body portion equipped with a pouring spout. A manually actuated valve mechanism plugs or unplugs the pouring spout by the axial displacement of a control rod which extends through both the pouring spout and the container body. The plug and control rod being biased towards a closed position and displaceable to a locked open position. In the locked open position the interior of the hollow body portion is vented via a vent tube, ventable to either the upper or lower portions of the container. The air admission system including a pair of pressure-actuated valves disposed respectively in the upper and lower portions of the vent tube and each operable to admit air to the container only when it is not submerged in the container contents. Thus, the flow of fluid will be continuous whether the container is upright or inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Inventor: Marvin M. Messner
  • Patent number: 4577135
    Abstract: A source for the provision of ions or charged droplets of a liquid metal, consisting of a needle having an emitting tip, a reservoir for a liquid metal, ions or charged droplets of which are to be emitted by the source, and a sheath surrounding the needle and from which the needle projects. The sheath serves to convey liquid metal to the emitting tip of the needle at a controlled rate. There is provided a device for withdrawing the emitting tip of the needle into the sheath so as to enable the emitting tip of the needle to be immersed in the liquid metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventors: Derek K. Jeffries, Duncan J. McMillan
  • Patent number: 4527717
    Abstract: In an apparatus for quantitatively supplying melted solder, a first chamber storing the melted solder is provided with a vessel of the apparatus. A second chamber communicates with the first chamber through a first communicating hole, and communicates with a third chamber through a second communicating hole. A nozzle for supplying the melted solder is disposed at the third chamber. A valve for opening and closing the first communicating hole is disposed therein. A piston is disposed in the second communicating hole. The melted solder stored in the first chamber is moved to the second chamber when the valve is opened. Subsequently, the valve is closed, and the piston which was disposed so as not to move the melted solder from the second chamber to the third chamber, is moved toward the second chamber, thus allowing the melted solder to move from the second chamber to the third chamber. When the piston is moved back toward the third chamber, the melted solder is supplied from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao Emoto, Yoshitaka Nagata
  • Patent number: 4513883
    Abstract: A disposable oil can having displacable tab portions on the top and bottom lids, with a connecting rod lodged between the tabs. According to this arrangement, the oil can can be opened manually by pressing downwardly on the upper tab portion to cause the lower tab portion to open for drainage directly into the crankcase of an automobile without utilizing a pour spout. In an alternate embodiment, the upper pre-scored tab portion opens upwardly, and the lower pre-scored tab portion opens downwardly. A pivot bar is attached to the lower tab portion and is coupled to the upper tab portion so that upward movement of the upper tab causes downward rotation of the lower tab portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Inventors: Edward R. Melzi, Arie Sharon
  • Patent number: 4503915
    Abstract: System for distributing secondary fluid into a primary fluid, as in a fire-fighting system, including a proportioner having plurality of passages, each of which is sized for the amount of secondary fluid necessary for a particular one of a plurality of fire-fighting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Feecon Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Gagliardo, Albert J. Pruneau
  • Patent number: 4432475
    Abstract: A processor of photosensitive material having a plurality of tanks for containing fluids, one of which is a wash tank for containing wash water, and a top cover, including a movable front portion for covering the tanks when the processor is in operation is provided with a spring-loaded valve for controlling draining of wash water from the wash tank. The spring-loaded valve includes a U-shaped spring attached to the top of the wash tank. Connected to the spring is a plunger which extends vertically down into the drain hole. The plunger is equipped with a gasket for sealing the drain hole when the cover is in its lowered closed position. The spring has an adjustable striker extending upward to contact the bottom of the processor cover. When the processor cover is in its normal operating position, the striker is depressed and the spring is compressed. This seals the gasket against the bottom of the tank and prevents draining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Assignee: Pako Corporation
    Inventors: Conrad E. Lee, Jerry A. Caflisch
  • Patent number: 4423988
    Abstract: A manure handling unit comprising a manure holding tank having an inlet and an outlet and a conduit section leading from the outlet. An inlet valve is provided within the tank for closing the inlet. An operating device within the tank operates the inlet valve. The unit also has an outlet valve within a sleeve extending between the conduit and the tank. An operating device in the tank operates the outlet valve in the sleeve to close or open the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Inventor: Camille Cote
  • Patent number: 4416395
    Abstract: A bulk liquid (e.g. wine, etc.) container of the type having an outer carton and an inner flexible pouch or bag, and means including a tap for dispensing the liquids. The tap is normally disposed in a separate housing that is attached to one wall outwardly to dispensing position, whereby a seal is established between one end of the tap and a fitting on the pouch, a sealing membrane of the pouch is disrupted and finally a secondary seal is established. Also a tap construction having means for establishing the second seal and a housing tap assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Inventor: Rene J. M. Gaubert
  • Patent number: 4416396
    Abstract: There is disclosed a dispenser and container for fuel and oil having separate compartments, including three legs which lift the bottom of the fuel and oil compartments off the ground by about a foot. Each compartment is provided with an opening at the bottom connecting to a hose several feet long so that fuel or oil will flow by gravity into the tank of a chain saw or similar internal combustion engine powered device resting on the ground. The outlets for the hoses are provided with valves which are operated from the top of the dispenser and automatically vent the containers and the hoses for free-flow of the fuel or lubricating oil. The dispenser includes compartments built into the top for carrying tools, rags, replacement parts, etc. A retaining groove and clip is provided for each hose for convenience in transporting the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Inventor: Jackson G. Ward
  • Patent number: 4413972
    Abstract: A device for use in making doughnuts or the like having a partition of inverted frusto-conical form provided with a central opening; an inner tubular ring extended downwardly from the partition in circumscribing relation to the opening; an outer tubular ring extending downwardly from the partition in circumscribing relation to the inner ring; a container for dough mounted upwardly on the partition; and a valve head fitted to the opening selectively for opening and closing the opening to deposit dough from the container for cutting by the rings into a doughnut and a plug centrally of the doughnut, the configuration of the respective lower sides of the partition and of the head facilitating release of the doughnut and the plug from the rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Inventor: Richard L. Lawson
  • Patent number: 4307763
    Abstract: A toner container includes a displaceable member located within the container and attached to one end of a flexible membrane utilized to seal the container closed. A bellows member also forms part of the container. Once the container is inserted into the copy machine in a sealed condition, operator initiated pressure upon an outer wall of the container causes the bellows member to collapse and further causes the displaceable member to move downward carrying with it the membrane member. As the membrane member is thus deflected, the seal of the membrane member to the toner container is broken allowing the contents of the container to escape into the copy machine. A safety mechanism is utilized with the container to prevent accidental operation of the displaceable member during shipment or handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: James P. Wang
  • Patent number: 4286737
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Inventor: Edward Gallant
  • Patent number: 4249678
    Abstract: A combined closure and dispensing control top for closing containers and for controlling the rate of dispensing of the contents of the containers when inverted. The top has a housing defining a body member with fore and ejection chambers interconnected by a passageway. A closure member has a piston portion positioned for sliding movement within the ejection chamber for controlling the effective size of the passageway. The piston portion is movable between a blocking position closing the passageway and a dispensing control position which determines the effective size of the passageway. The ejection chamber has front and rear openings, with the front opening being closable by an intermediate portion projecting forwardly from the piston portion. Prior to initial dispensing from the container, the closure and dispensing control member has an enlarged portion positioned outside of the housing and connected to the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Inventor: Jorge Pombo
  • Patent number: 4239407
    Abstract: An aerosol pressure can containing liquid wax for furniture, the can including interchangeable nozzles, one of which is cone shaped, another sprays sideward, and another sprays endways; and the can includes a depressible button its side for opening a dispensing valve along an outlet tube leading to the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Inventor: Hester L. Knight
  • Patent number: 4191311
    Abstract: A dispensing container has two compartments which have adjacent outlet openings alternately opened and closed by a pivoted closure member. The closure member is moved by a rod which is connected to a pushbutton by a mechanism which moves the rod and closure member to different positions in response to successive manual depressions of the pushbutton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Inventor: Giuseppe Auguadro
  • Patent number: 4167238
    Abstract: A tobacco pouch having a built in framework including a discharge tube extending through one side of the pouch and a spiral type ejector mechanism having one end loosely disposed in the tube and its other end journaled for rotation in the framework portion opposite from the tube and a handle disposed outside of the pouch whereby as the handle is operated the spiral mechanism will rotate to move tobacco in the pouch out through the discharge tube into the bowl of a smoking pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Inventor: Philip A. Koski
  • Patent number: 4162747
    Abstract: Refill container for pumpable active ingredients of washing agents to replenish washing agents in supply receptacles in a washing machine, in which the refill container has a pouring spout which has a shape and size to fit the filling opening of the supply receptacle and can be tightly but detachably connected to the filling opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Assignee: Bosch Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Graf
  • Patent number: 4159788
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser is disclosed, most of whose parts along with its wall-mounting bracket are of a resilient plastic such as polystyrene and cooperate in such manner as to permit hand assembly. The dispenser comprises a facade member on which a plurality of separate containers for different fluid substances are mounted, and each container is provided with a simplified dispensing valve and operator, composed of snap-fitted parts, for dispensing a premeasured amount of the fluid. The wall mounting bracket is provided with adjustment plates for corner mounting the dispenser on irregular walls, and a top cover fits over the facade member, containers and wall bracket forming a shelf and sealing the fluid in the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1979
    Inventor: John S. Doyel
  • Patent number: 4144915
    Abstract: A device for the accurate measuring and for holding a discharge of liquid quantities is described as well as apparatus for charging liquid into the device from bulk storage. The measuring and dispensing device includes a liquid compartment, a dispensing nozzle, a carrying handle and a nozzle operating means adjacent the carrying handle. The compartment includes a vent which is open and closed by the nozzle operating means with a float included in the vent to shut the vent when filling the device and when liquid in the device reaches a chosen level. A coupling nozzle is engageable with the first-mentioned nozzle for charging liquid into the device and includes a stem and a sliding sleeve which cooperate with the first nozzle to allow liquid flow from the coupling nozzle through the first nozzle and into the compartment for charging the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1979
    Assignee: Murray Jack Braunstein
    Inventor: William D. Henderson, deceased
  • Patent number: 4129232
    Abstract: A tank in the form of a spherical wall having a discharge opening at the bottom thereof with a seat surrounding this opening. An inlet opening having a cover is provided at the top of the spherical wall. A plug in the chamber is positioned to engage the seat and thereby close the discharge opening. Operating means connected to the plug is operable selectively to move the plug onto and off the seat to close and open the discharge opening to retain fluid substance in the chamber and allow this substance to flow out of the chamber, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Inventor: Robert B. Coupar
  • Patent number: 4082163
    Abstract: This invention relates to an oil replenishing cartridge which is adapted for use in the air-eliminating operation from automobile hydraulic systems such as hydraulic brake or hydraulic clutch with one operator, and which is capable, upon being simply placed on a reserve tank for said hydraulic system, of automatically replenishing oil to a given level in said reserve tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Inventor: Norikazu Takeishi
  • Patent number: 4075939
    Abstract: A liquid feeding device for roasting or stewing pots is described which permits a supply of liquid, and specifically water, to be continuously added to the interior of the pot to compensate for liquids lost by evaporation. The liquid feeding device is in the form of a liquid reservoir mounted on the cover of the pot, the reservoir having a porous, liquid permeable bottom wall through which the liquid is stored in the reservoir may slowly be filtered. The reservoir, which may be made entirely from a porous surrounding-type material, is advantageously provided with impermeable coatings on the side walls thereof to limit the flow of water into the cooking container through the bottom wall thereof. Advantageously, an array of nipples are provided on the under surface of the reservoir to assure a uniform distribution of liquid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Assignee: Fissler Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Walter Horn, Rudolf Fissler
  • Patent number: 4069952
    Abstract: A container for noxious substances provided with a discharge orifice in its lower wall with a plunger extending through the upper wall of the container and adapted to move from a first position sealing the discharge orifice to a second position retracted to open the discharge orifice to gravity discharge of the contents. At a third position, below the first position, a cap covering the bottom of the discharge orifice is removed by pressure of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: Judge International Limited
    Inventor: Edward Rankine Martin
  • Patent number: 4058237
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for protecting a person from attack from an assailant wherein the device is worn on the person in such manner that it is always available for instant operation for defense without the necessity reaching into a pocket or hand bag to thereby enhance the safety of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1977
    Inventor: Clark Luke
  • Patent number: 4037820
    Abstract: A seatless valve for controlling the flow of granular material from a hopper or the like. The valve comprises a housing having a cylindrical spout fixed therein. Coaxial with the spout but spaced therefrom is a rotor gate having a cutaway cylindrical wall that rotates around the spout. In one position, flow through the valve is uninterrupted. In another position, the gate occupies the area of repose of the material falling through the spout, thus interrupting that flow. The housing may seal the spout and gate from the surrounding atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Inventor: Richard L. Lowe
  • Patent number: 3952927
    Abstract: A nozzle, particularly adapted for the production of articles of structural or dense foam, provided with extended guide surfaces or splines adapted to contact the enlarged portion of a nozzle rod. The forward end of an enlarged portion of the nozzle rod remains in contact with the splines during complete operation cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company
    Inventors: Ernest C. Schaumburg, Robert K. Larson