Abstract: A valve or tap is provided for use with a flexible film pouch or bag of the type that contains liquids or fluidic material, and wherein the valve includes a sealing flange or a fitment that is suitably secured or affixed to the outer surface of the film or bag, and a piercer is provided for selectively puncturing the bag or film when manual pressure is applied to a cap so that the material in the bag can be selectively dispensed from the bag.

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.

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.

Abstract: A feeder cap used for liquid containers of duplicating machines, etc.

Abstract: A dispensing valve to be used with a bottle of fluent imaging material. The valve is so structured that it can be assembled more rapidly and easily than existing dispensing valves used for the same purpose. The new valve holds the valve plug and the biasing spring in proper relative position on the actuating spindle without the use of retaining rings and does not require a jig for its assembly.

Abstract: A receptacle for dosifying granulated, pulverulent or liquid products includes a product containing receptacle and a hollow cover which houses a solid closure member normally spring urged to a closed position. By inverting the receptacle and imparting a shaking motion to it, the solid closure member moves away from its closed position against the tension of the spring to an open position thus permitting measured amounts of the product to be dispensed as continued opening and closing of the closure member occurs relative to the motion imparted to the receptacle by the user. The inner portion of the solid closure member is preferably provided with at least one annular recess which receives the product when the receptacle is inverted and aids in dispensing a given quantity thereof. The retraction of the solid closure member by the spring causes it to forcibly engage the adjacent edge of the hollow cover, thus breaking up any lumps of the product which may be present at the discharge opening.

Abstract: A remote delivery nozzle assembly is adapted to be releasably connected to a pressurized container to permit delivery of the pressurized contents thereof to a location remote from the container. A cap assembly is connected through a flexible conduit to a wand for delivery of the pressurized contents of the container. Upon seating of the cap assembly on the container, the valve of the container is opened pressurizing the wand through the flexible conduit. The wand includes a flexible membrane which when depressed by finger pressure opens a valve between the pressurized inlet and an outlet passage to deliver the pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A combination of a pressure vessel for pneumatic fluids at pressures above 200 kilograms per square centimeter and a stationary mounting therefor, the pressure vessel having a neck which fits into a socket in the mounting and is retained therein by a locking mechanism, for example, a bayonet coupling or a polygonal flange on the neck passing through an aperture of the same shape in a flange in the socket. The neck contains a valve and the combination includes a mechanism for controlling the valve. Such mechanism may be in the neck or in the mounting and preferably comprises an axially movable valve operating member mounted by an external screw thread in a second member and coupled to a third member, such as a manually operable knob, by a coupling which transmits rotation, but not translation.

Abstract: In a device for the melting and measured discharge of a thermoplastic adhesive, the adhesive material is melted within a melting chamber and then flows out through a discharge nozzle. The discharge nozzle contains a spring biased valve body for blocking flow out of the melting chamber until the biasing force is overcome. If the spring fails and cannot return the valve body into position to seal the melting chamber, the discharge nozzle is arranged to prevent the valve body from blocking the flow of the melted adhesive material through and out of the discharge nozzle.

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 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 valve mechanism for dispensing viscous, sticky materials from a container having a neck defining a discharge opening. The valve is formed by a tubular body threaded at one end for engaging the container neck. A normally closed spring biased valve in said body controls the discharge of material from said container. The valve body defines a spheroidal dispensing cavity opening through one end thereof for accessibly retaining for subsequent use an increment of material discharge from the container through the valve. In an alternative version, a ball valve is so seated as to preclude wedging of the material into 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: The glue dispenser comprises a collapsible tube having an externally threaded spout. A nozzle assembly comprises an internal nozzle threaded onto the spout and a external nozzle mounted on the internal nozzle. A nozzle valve registers with the opening of the external nozzle and is biased into closing engagement therewith by a deformable portion of the valve being urged against a cam surface. A piercing element is formed on the internal nozzle element, and when the nozzle is completely threaded down on the threads of the spout of the collapsible tube, the piercing element penetrates the sealing diaphragm of the spout so that the material in the collapsible tube can be squeezed through the spout and through the nozzle, with the nozzle valve controlling the flow of the material from the dispenser.

Abstract: A drink dispenser spigot comprises a barrel, a valve plunger, a stem for the plunger, and a spout opening in the barrel. A splash deflector collar about the stem is movable therewith. As the spigot is opened by withdrawing the plunger so that it passes over the spout opening to dispense drink, the splash deflector at least partially blocks splashing of the drink through the spout opening and into the barrel. Some drink splash may enter the barrel but the splash deflector has a wiper flange which will wipe interior surfaces of the barrel as the plunger moves toward closed position and wipe drink splash from the inside of the barrel and out through the spout opening.

Abstract: A beverage dispensing tap of the type wherein a compensator sleeve inside the housing maintains a shut-off valve open for supply of the beverage into the housing of the tap. The invention simplifies the structure of the tap by replacing a number of sealing rings at the inlet of the housing by a single gasket which seals the compensator sleeve against the housing, provides valve seat for the shut-off valve and also serves as a seal at a union connecting the inlet of the housing to a connection pipe for feeding the beverage into the housing.

Abstract: A closure for containers adapted to be opened by the user's lips. A cap or cap body is provided which is a closure for the container, the cap body carrying a lip openable cap which includes a valve member cooperating with a seat formed within the cap body. The lip openable cap carrying the valve member is normally urged in closing direction by spring means integrally formed with it and constructed to seat against an annular shoulder formed in the container.

Abstract: A drinking container is provided with a removable cap engageable with a cup in sealing arrangement. A drinking opening is provided in the cap and is normally sealed shut by a spring biased plug. A trigger on the exterior of the cap, when actuated, withdraws the plug from the drinking opening to allow the user to imbibe a beverage.

Abstract: A hollow container having an open top is provided with a cap releasably secured thereto. The cap, in turn, includes an open top having an inwardly and downwardly extending lip surrounding the opening. A lid is positioned in the opening and includes a peripheral lip that extends upwardly and outwardly to engage the lip of the cap to form a liquid seal therebetween. A spring member is seated within an annular groove within the cap and contacts the lid to urge the lid upwardly toward the cap. A slight air gap is maintained between the lips; the force of liquid in the container pushing against the lid when the container is tilted causes the lips to engage and maintain a liquid seal therebetween.

Abstract: A thermo-insulated drinking cup covered by a detachable lid; the lid having a depressed top area and an orifice. A valve closing said orifice is actuated by a rotating thumb-controlled lever. The lever is effective when rotated in either direction in order to accommodate right-handed or left-handed handling of the cup.

Abstract: A cap with a supply stopper for use with ordinary containers comprising a detachable double cap, that is, an outer cap and an inner cap which is used as a supply cap having a supply opening and a supply stopper. By an engagement mechanism of the upper cap and the inner cap, when the upper cap is fastened, the supply stopper is firmly pressed against the supply opening so that the leakage of contents in the container during storage or transportation is completely prevented.

Abstract: A solvent-bearing sludge material is pumped by a variable speed positive displacement pump from a preparation mixing tank through a pressure responsive valve which distributes the material into the upper portion of an insulated distilling or processing vessel. Steam is introduced into the lower portion of the vessel and mixes with the material to volatize the solvents which are directed through a condenser and pump to a storage tank. Water and suspended solid particles are continuously pumped from the bottom of the vessel to an insulated settling tank where the solid particles settle and are continuously removed by a drag-out conveyor. The hot water in the upper portion of the settling tank is pumped back into the vessel, and may have sufficient velocity to increase agitation within the vessel, or a mechanical agitator may be installed within the bottom portion of the vessel.

Abstract: A decanter for hot or cold liquids, comprising a cylindrical receptacle having an open top and a cover detachably mounted on the receptacle at its open top. The cover consists of an upper annulus and a skirt of larger diameter than the annulus and connected thereto by a shoulder. Portions of the skirt and the annulus are spaced apart to provide a groove which receives the upper edge portion of the receptacle with a sealing fit. A top wall is integral with the annulus and is tilted with respect to a plane normal to the axis of the receptacle. This top wall is formed with a drinking opening adjacent its periphery and a relief vent diametrically opposed to the drinking opening and also adjacent to the periphery of the top wall. Depending from the inner face of the top wall and between the drinking opening and vent are a pair of spaced posts.

Abstract: A cover for a drinking vessel of heat-insulating material comprising a cylindrical wall with elements at its lower end which cooperate with complemental elements at the upper end of a drinking vessel to provide a detachable bayonet joint. Integral with the upper end portion of the cylindrical wall is an inclined flat wall formed with a drinking opening and a relief vent in diametric alignment. Depending from the inclined wall substantially midway between said opening and vent are a pair of spaced lugs each having a journal recess opening onto its lower edge. A lever has a pair of studs extending from its opposite side faces and received in said recesses with snap fits. Upstanding from one end of the lever is an arm which projects through the drinking opening and carries a valve member on its upper end which is of greater extent than said drinking opening and normally engages the upper surface of the inclined wall about the drinking opening.

Abstract: Containers for dispensing pressurized fluids, such as aerosols, comprise a space for the fluid and a wall movable automatically to reduce the volume of the space as the contents become exhausted, a vacuum chamber being arranged in communication with at least a part of the movable wall in such a manner as to maintain the pressure on the pressurized fluid at a substantially constant level. A spring may be provided to act on the movable wall so as to apply pressure to the pressurized fluid, in which case the vacuum chamber is arranged to act in opposition to the spring and to reduce its effect as the spring extends. Alternatively the spring may be omitted and the fluid space and vacuum chamber may be arranged to vary in volume in the same sense, the vacuum acting on the movable wall to apply pressure to the pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A tip seal dispenser valve for a pressurized container of a viscous product comprises a valve body, mountable with the container, which includes a hollow valve conduit that defines an outlet orifice and is in fluid communication with the interior of the container. The valve body also includes a hollow actuator channel laterally displaced from the valve conduit. A valve core, formed with a sealing tip, is mounted for axial reciprocal movement in the conduit between a closed position with the tip blocking the outlet orifice and an open position with the tip withdrawn inwardly from the orifice. A fin arrangement guides the core for proper movement in the conduit so that the tip correctly seats in the outlet orifice when closed. The valve core is operated by an actuator button, mounted for axial reciprocal movement in the actuator channel, that is linked to the core so that movement of one causes movement of the other. Further, a seal is associated with the actuator button and channel to prevent leakage thereby.

Abstract: A cup shaped cover and valve assembly is provided for a drinking receptacle to close off the open top of the receptacle to prevent spilling or splashing of either hot or cold beverages in the receptacle. The cover includes a plate surrounded by a rim, the plate being slightly tilted in the rim so that its top surface slopes between diametrically opposite points on the rim. An elongated opening is provided in the plate adjacent to its lowest level portion and a valve head in turn positioned beneath the plate to close the opening. The valve head is biased against the opening by resilient integral supporting arms secured to the bottom of the plate.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an enclosed cup like drinking receptacle having a cover provided with a drinking opening therein which is disposed near the peripheral portion of the cover; the drinking opening being controlled by a liquid dispensing valve and a pneumatic pressure relief valve, both carried by a common manual actuator such that both valves are moved in unison and the dispensing valve being moveable relative to its seat a short distance without breaking its seal relative to said seat and to provide for sufficient movement of the pressure relief or vent valve to vent pneumatic pressure from the interior of said receptacle and cover so as to prevent unwarrented flow of hot beverages or the like through said dispensing valve and said drinking opening and thereby allowing a person to drink through said drinking opening with the normal flow of a hot beverage or other beverage therethrough.

Abstract: A casting head for cooperation with a mold in which hardenable synthetic resins can be cast under a high temperature, comprising: a stationary and a respectively movable head part; at least one hydraulic cylinder in the stationary head part to change the relative position of a portion of the movable part, between a closed rest position and a casting position, in which latter a passage of the casting head is open to feed the resin to an inlet opening of the mold; the movable head part includes a housing with bottom and top parts; at least one toggle lever is slidably journaled and pivotable in the bottom housing part while the movable head part has therein a lengthwise movable closure rod, the outer end of the latter carrying a closure head which acts on the passage to open and close the same; and spring means for closing the passage when the pressure applied to the cylinder has been released, the spring means being compressed by way of the closure rod and the closure head when the passage is being opened.

Abstract: An improved consumer safety container for the storage and dispensing of flammable liquids, formed as a hollow chamber having a continuously closed inner surface, the chamber having formed therein a number of tubular extensions with openings for filling, pouring and venting the container. A spring-loaded compression closure device is mounted in these openings to provide an effective seal of the container. Closure attachment means position and protect the spring loaded compression closure means within the container. Flammable liquid may be filled into or dispensed from the container by release insertion means which disengage the compression closure device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closure which can be fitted to a container and which has an opening to enable the contents of a container to be poured therefrom, the closure comprising an end wall portion, a peripheral wall portion extending from one side of the end wall portion, a wall spaced from the peripheral wall portion and extending from the end wall portion, a drain communicating between the wall portion, means for attaching the cover to a container, a pouring opening in the peripheral wall portion, an aperture in said spaced wall aligned with the pouring opening and having a cross-sectional area less than that of the pouring opening, and a manually movable closure member which can be moved between a position in which it closes the aperture and a position in which the aperture is open.

Abstract: One end of a resiliently flexible valve stem is supported in a coaxially aligned, axially adjustable, socket means and mounts a ball at its other end for normally closing the seat of an outlet orifice of a nozzle. A portion of the valve stem intermediate its ends is operatively associated with a laterally reciprocable operator bar for selectively effecting flexure of the valve stem to displace the valve ball on its seat to open the orifice to release a fluid to be dispensed through the nozzle. A plurality of such valve assemblies are actuable by a common operator bar and the adjustment means of each valve can be selectively manipulated to render one or more of the valves inoperable to establish a desired pattern of flow of fluids from the valves which remain operable, or to vary the time sequence of operation of the valves proportionally to the degree of adjustment of the individual valves, or to vary flow rates.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates generally to fluid dispenser valves.

Abstract: A drinking receptacle provided with a generally cup-like body and an enclosing cover removably coupled to the top portion and upper open end of the cup-like body; the cover having a drinking or outlet opening near the peripheral rim thereof; and a finger operated valve adapted to open and close said drinking or outlet opening whereby the receptacle may contain hot or cold beverages therein and the valve prevents spillage of said beverages at times when beverages are not being poured or drunk from said drinking or outlet opening. The finger operated valve having an actuator portion reciprocally mounted in the side of the cover or in the side of the drinking receptacle and being coupled directly to and integral with the valve whereby pressure on the actuator by a persons finger may directly open the valve in such a manner as to allow liquid to pass through said drinking or outlet opening.

Abstract: A transportable container for handling powdered, granulated or other particulated solid materials, having a tapering lower wall portion of hopper form and a discharge opening at its base, the opening being normally closed by a valve member which is movable upwardly into the interior of the container to define an annular opening between its periphery and the internal surface of the container wall, retaining springs being provided within the container and arranged to hold the valve member in its closed position until lifted by, for example, a probe fixed relative to a material receiving member onto which the transportable container may be lowered. This inventionTHIS INVENTION concerns the handling of powdered, granulated or other particulate solid materials. Such materials will hereinafter be termed materials of the kind referred to.Materials of the kind referred to are widely used by the process industries and are normally dispensed for use from bins or hoppers.

Abstract: A drinking receptacle provided with a generally cup like body and an enclosing cover removably coupled to the top portion and upper open end of the cup like body, the cover having a drinking opening near the peripheral rim thereof, and a finger operated valve adapted to open and close said drinking opening whereby the receptacle may contain hot or cold beverages therein and the valve prevents the spillage of said beverages at times when beverages are not being poured or drunk from said drinking opening. The finger operated valve having an actuator reciprocally mounted in the side of the cover and having wedge like actuator structure as well as a finger operating abutment adapted wedgingly to move an arm of said valve away from a lower side of said cover and for actuating a resilient finger on said arm to thereby move a poppet head portion of said valve away from said opening for allowing contents to be poured through said opening and drunk at the rim of said cover.

Abstract: There is herein disclosed oil and insecticide dispensing apparatus for livestock comprising a one-piece plastic valve housing frictionally retained in a mounting wall with an outlet opening in a rounded end wall cooperably receiving a one-piece plastic spring biased valve plunger movable by animal contact between a closed position and an open position relative to the outlet opening and sealed within the housing of an O-ring made of fluorocarbon plastic material.