Abstract: A dispenser for use particularly with high viscosity or thixotropic materials and especially those containing grit is disclosed and comprises a two-piece housing adapted to be received on a supporting surface and to receive a replacable supply container for the material. The housing has an internal track at least partially disposed in a curved condition and intended to receive and support a flexible tube which interconnects the supply container and a dispensing nozzle which is carried by the housing. One of the housing components also carries a roller crank having a pair of diametrically opposed rollers which can be selectively moved into and out of occlusive contact with the tubing to force a measured amount of the material through the flexible tube and out the nozzle. A handle is disposed externally of the housing for connection with the roller crank for actuation thereof.

Abstract: A cap-like closure device for a container which is arranged with a raised annular boss formed in one end to receive the closure device includes a flexible spout member secured to the raised annular boss by means of an anchor ring which is disposed overlapping the outermost edge of the flexible spout member and is crimpable to secure this outermost edge around the top lip portion of the raised annular boss. A resealable cap is provided which threadedly engages the top rim portion of the flexible spout and includes a depending annular groove in its top lip portion which is suitably sized to receive the top rim portion of the flexible spout to provide a secondary seal. Disposed over the resealable cap is a tamper-proof cap which is temporarily retained by the anchor ring, but which may be removed from beneath the innermost edge of the anchor ring by prying. Integral with the flexible spout member is a diaphragm which has joined thereto a pull tab ring member.

Abstract: A beverage container has an internal vertical tube joined to an upper part of the container. An external L-shaped tube has one end interconnected to the container top in alignment with the internal vertical tube. The L-shaped tube can be rotated so that in one position the L-shaped tube overlaps the cover in a storage position and in a second position part of the L-shaped tube extends outwardly of the container for drinking. In the stored position, a porthole in the L-shaped tube is non-aligned with a porthole in the container. The portholes align when the L-shaped tube is rotated for drinking.

Abstract: A stoma drainage appliance having a fluid collecting pouch constructed of sheets of flexible material with two internal sheets sealed together at spaced intervals to provide a valve across the center of the pouch precluding upward flow of fluid between the two internal sheets. There is at least one unsealed space between the seals located so as to provide a direct, straight path from an inlet opening of the upper section of the pouch to the lower section of the pouch. The stoma drainage appliance further includes an outlet spout connected at the lower section of the pouch. The spout has a tapered opening with an inlet neck section of oval cross-section and an outlet end section of circular cross-section. The spout is made of flexible material for clamping along the neck section to close the spout and includes a cap for attachment to the end section thereof.

Abstract: A nestable pouring spout assembly for dispensing liquid products from cans and pails. A molded plastic spout has in extended pouring position an enlarged flexible lower wall portion joined to a relatively rigid externally threaded upper wall portion closed off by an imperforate sealing diaphragm. A peripheral sealing channel is disposed about the base of the lower wall portion for securing to a container wall opening neck by means of an overlying metal crimping ring. The upper wall portion receives an internally threaded reclosing cap which is cooperatively engaged within the confines of the crimping ring when the spout is in stored position with the upper wall concentrically nested within the lower wall. Gripping bails integrally formed on the reclosing cap facilitate lifting the spout to raised pouring position by reversing the lower wall portion with respect to the sealing channel from a downwardly extending position to an upwardly extending position.

Abstract: A poultry feeder apparatus comprises a feed hopper suspended on an overhead rail by motor driven trolley wheels. Feed in the hopper is gravity fed to a flexible auger hose at the lower end of the hopper. At the outlet of the auger hose, a handle is provided to enable the farmer to manually direct discharge of feed into floor mounted trays accessible to very young chicks. Electrical switches mounted on the handle control forward and reverse movement of the hopper on the rail as well as operate the discharge auger. Using the handle mounted switches, the farmer controls movement of the feed hopper along the overhead rail to follow him throughout the chicken house as he distributes charges of feed into the feed trays. The feeder apparatus may be used in non-automated chicken houses without alteration. Automated houses can be adapted to use the apparatus by disconnecting the standard, suspended feed receptacles to enable the hopper to pass freely through the house.

Abstract: A method of making an extruded construction for bags, comprising forming in an integral one piece plastic extrusion a flexible collapsibly foldable thin wall closure web area joined at its opposite ends to proximal ends of a pair of pull flange portions of substantial length, and as part of the extrusion forming separable resiliently flexible interlocking complementary fastener profiles adjacent to said proximal ends; collapsibly folding the closure web area away from the flange portions and the profiles, coupling the fastener profiles together, and enveloping the collapsibly folded closure web area within bag body side wall panels having end parts joined to the extrusion adjacent to the profiles. The side wall panels may be extruded integrally with the closure web area, the flange portions and the fastener profiles; or the side wall panels may be separately formed and sealed to the collapsibly folded closure web area or the flange portions adjacent to the profiles.

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 set of fittings for converting a conventional plastic bottle into a drip irrigation device, and the combination of said bottle with certain of the fittings installed thereon. The set includes a hand operable trepanning tool manipulatable from the exterior of the bottle for cutting a substantially circular hole in the side wall of the bottle near its bottom. The fittings include a discharge element and auxiliary attachment elements arranged and related to each other and to the size of the hole so that the discharge element can be installed on the bottle and secured to the bottle wall portion surrounding and adjacent the hole in sealed relation thereto. A flexible tube is connected to the discharge element for conducting liquid from the bottle to points of application. A flow regulator is provided on the tube for regulating the rate of discharge, and is capable of limiting the discharge to a number of preselected controlled drips, selectively.

Abstract: An improved slide top carton, and a one-piece blank for forming it, for dispensing products through a face therein having inner and outer overlapping members closing said face, said members having communicating orifices for dispensing the carton contents therethrough, blocking means movably attached to said carton and interposed between said inner and outer members for controlling communication between said orifices, and sealing means removably attached to at least one of said overlapping members to block communication between the orifices without regard to the position of the blocking means.

Abstract: A container is disclosed having a collapsible pouring spout in a top portion thereof. The pouring spout is nestable within the container in a preferred arrangement, and the container walls, container top and pouring spout are of integral or unitary construction having been blow molded. The spout has a partially removeable cover secured thereto in unitary fashion with a weakened tear line extending partially therearound, and the cover has an element thereon for withdrawal of the spout and partial removal of the cover. Additionally, a vent structure may be employed to assist in withdrawal of the spout from its nested position. Upon lifting of the withdrawal structure, the vent structure opens first. Thereafter, at the top of the spout withdrawal, the cover is partially removed along the tear line which terminates at a cover hinge means.

Abstract: A fuel supplying apparatus comprises a conduit pipe adapted to conduct a liquid fuel from a storage tank to a high place above a fuel supplying service area, a fuel supplying hose connected at one end thereof to the conduit pipe at its end at the high position and provided at the other free end thereof with a fuel supplying nozzle, the free end of the hose being suspended from the high place, an arm mechanism having one arm end pivoted at the high place and another arm end adapted to move in a straight line, the total length of the arm mechanism being substantially constant irrespective of the displacement position thereof, and a guide mechanism for guiding the other arm end of the arm mechanism in a substantially horizontal movement, that is, in a movement substantially parallel to the service area. One part of the hose is disposed substantially along the arm mechanism at the high place. The other part of the hose is suspended from the other arm end of the arm mechanism.

Abstract: A temperature controlled liquid dispenser having an insulated receptacle with improved ventilation characteristics; and having a novel dispensing valve. A novel valve is described which can be removed from the liquid dispenser and the portable container thereby eliminating the requirement of emptying the container before removing it from the dispenser, yet allowing removal of the valve from the container whereby the container can be capped and the valve used again.The receptacle is adapted to receive a portable liquid filled container which is temperature controlled by a thermo-electric device in contact with a heat conductive lining which engages a portion of the interior of the receptacle for heating or cooling the contents thereof. Heat insulation-filled receptacle channel portions extend downwardly from the main body of the receptacle on either side of heat exchange fins which are attached to and extend downwardly away from the thermo-electric device.

Abstract: An elongated generally straight tubular member is provided and one end of the tubular member is flattened closed. The other end portion of the tubular member is open and is bevelled at an angle of between 20 and 70 degrees relative to a plane normal to the center line of the tubular member. The bevelled end portion is disposed in a plane normal to the plane of the flattened end portion and the extended lip defined by the bevelled end portion includes a slot formed therein opening laterally outwardly of one side of the lip at one end, the slot being closed at its other inner end. The slot may slidingly and retentively receive a hook portion carried by the base end portion of a fuel delivery nozzle telescoped into the open end of the tubular member and the open end of the slot is inclined toward the flattened end portion of the tubular member.

Abstract: In a system comprising a pump, a source of gasoline, a hose, and a cutoff valve and nozzle with the hose attached at a distant end to the nozzle and the central end to the pump, the improvement which comprises providing at the distant end of the hose, a rupturable self sealing unit; the sealing unit is converted by movement of the cutoff valve and nozzle as would otherwise tear the hose or damage the pump while reliably and automatically sealing the hose to prevent dangerous spillage of fuel such as gasoline on a service station roadway surface.

Abstract: A dispensing container is disclosed herein with an improved collapsible pouring spout. The container, preferably a blow molded container, has at least one side wall with a nestable dispensing spout secured thereto. Most preferably a wall, top and spout are integral having been blow molded with a bottom being provided by way of a metal cap or the like and applied during the filling operation. Initially the pouring spout is nested within the container and is extractable to a dispensing position. The nestable dispensing spout has a bellows section therealong about which the spout partially everts from a nested to an extended position and vice versa, with the bellows section containing a series of progressively smaller pleats from bottom to top. At least certain of the pleats have circumferentially compressible sections therearound which may be protrusions, detents or both.

Abstract: A process for the production of a blow molded container having an improved spout withdrawal means provided thereon. Process steps of the present invention generally comprise the extrusion of a thermoplastic parison in a pliant form between a plurality of mold sections; bringing the mold sections together into registry and entrapping the parison therebetween at points above and below mold cavities that are provided in said mold sections; simultaneously entrapping a portion of said parison adjacent an end of said mold between angularly presented forming sections, and compression molding an integral portion of said container at an angle with respect to the container to develop a memory bias therein; and injecting a blowing fluid internally of said parison to inflate the parison into conformity with the cavities in said mold, whereby a blow molded container is produced having a compression molded integral portion extending outwardly therefrom.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a container having a collapsible corrugated spout stored in folded condition recessed below an exterior surface of the container. One end of the spout covers an opening in the container through which the spout passes when unfolded. The other end of the spout is closed by a removable cap. The spout is maintained by clamping forces adjacent the surface of the container when the spout is in an unfolded stored position.

Abstract: A recloseable, dispensing container is disclosed herein. The container, preferably a blow molded container, has at least one side wall with a nestable dispensing spout secured thereto. Most preferably a wall, top and spout are integral having been blow molded with a bottom being provided by way of a metal cap or the like during the filling operation. Initially the pouring spout is nested within the container and is extractable to a dispensing position. A cover is secured to the top pouring spout and is removable therefrom to permit dispensing. The cover is adapted so as to be replaceable after removal, over the pouring spout to reclose and reseal same. The cover is provided with means internally thereof which mate with the spout or a portion thereof to reseal the spout after the cover has been removed.

Abstract: A container is disclosed having a collapsible pouring spout in the top portion thereof. The pouring spout is nestable within the container in a preferred arrangement, and the container walls, container top and pouring spout are of integral or unitary construction having been blow molded. The pouring spout in the nested position within the container is more easily withdrawn if a vent is provided. The vent may be opened at the time it is desirable to initially withdraw the spout for dispensing from the container. Where the spout has a removable cover secured thereto in unitary fashion with a weakened tear line therearound, and the cover has a handle means thereon for withdrawal of the spout and removal of the cover, the present invention adds a further feature of a V or similar shaped undercut adjacent the weakened tear line between the cover and the pouring spout. Upon lifting of the cover handle, the V shaped undercut section opens first and accomplishes a double result.

Abstract: A plastic closure for a container is molded in an integral single piece. The closure includes a closure ring at the bottom which seats in the opening in the container, a spout at the top of the closure; above the spout is a dual purpose closure element which seals the closure before its first use, and after the closure element is initially torn loose, the closure element is thereafter emplaced in and removed from the spout to seal the spout; integrally molded between the base of the closure element and the top of the spout is a tear off band having a removal handle such that drawing upon the handle removes the band and separates the closure element from the spout.

Abstract: An end cover or closure for an accurate pour style container that is particularly well suited for use with non-viscous liquids has included thereon a displaceable portion proximate the periphery which prescribes an opening in the cover that is size-limited by means of a short score in the panel having reversely-curled ends, there being a non-detachable pull tab attached to said displaceable portion with a pull ring for the tab disposed radially inwardly from the point of tab attachment; the tab and the displaceable portion of the cover when opened being adapted to pivot through about 90.degree. with the tab then assuming a thus stopped position generally perpendicular to the container end panel adjacently neighboring the side wall of the enclosed container so that the extended open tab can thereupon function as a very effective and efficient pour guide for effluent during container discharge.

Abstract: Automotive windshield wiper fluid is dispensed from a multiple-charge replaceable container in a cabinet mounted in elevated position beside a service station driveway and provided with a gravity-feed hose having a manual flow controller at its free end. The cabinet has sides and top forming a weatherproof enclosure and has an open bottom to receive an upwardly-inserted 5-gallon container consisting of a carton having therein a collapsible plastic bladder with a bottom outlet fitting to which the hose is attached. A bottom shelf at the front of the bottom opening supports the carton from below when in mounted position, and a sloping wall at the top of the rear side cams the top of the carton forward as it approaches mounted position so as to support the container in vertical position in the cabinet. A slot in the shelf clears the hose connection. The cabinet is readily detachable from its mounting for removal to inside storage when the service station is closed.

Abstract: Container with pull-tab opener and score line opening area type lid, having a fan-folded member within the container and secured at its edge portions to the underside of the lid in the opening area marginal portions and at its central portion to the underside of the lid in the corresponding central pull-tab opening area and being freely disposed in corresponding fold portions disposed between its edge portions and central portion and folded to a collected position substantially adjacent to the lid, whereby when the tab opener is lifted to provide the lid opening, the attendant displaceable portions of the fan-folded flexible member are outwardly drawn therewith to form a pouring spout for the container.

Abstract: A pressure-responsive valve mechanism for discharging a slurry of reduced fluid content from the bottom of a solids-liquid separator. The valve mechanism includes (1) an inlet duct for receiving the slurry, (2) an outlet duct which extends below the inlet duct and which is free to move in an axial direction in response to an increase or a decrease in the downward force imparted to it by the slurry, (3) a constrictable nozzle attached to the lower terminus of the outlet duct, (4) a seal to provide a fluid-tight seal between the inlet duct and the outlet duct, and adapted to allow the outlet duct to move in an axial direction relative to the inlet duct, and (5) a lever mechanism mechanically actuated by the axial movement of the outlet duct to increase the constriction of the nozzle in response to an upward movement of the outlet duct and decrease the constriction of the nozzle in response to a downward movement of the outlet duct.

Abstract: An integral molded plastic closure for a container opening, wherein the closure comprises a base, a spout separated from the base and a collapsible bellows joining the base and the spout; integrally formed with and to the spout is a separable closure element comprising a hollow cylinder closed off by a sealing disc; the open end of the closure element cylinder is integrally formed to the open end of the spout; a tearable section integral with both the closure element cylinder and the spout is defined between these elements, whereby the cylinder may be separated from the spout; the spout opening and the closure element cylinder are cooperatingly contoured to enable the closure element spout to pass into and seal the spout opening.

Abstract: A pinch tube type valve adapted to be mounted to a liquid container receiver to accept an elongated flexible outlet tube protruding from a liquid container disposed in the receiver for selective control of liquid flow through the tube from the container. The tube is passed through a passageway in the valve body for selective engagement by a stem which is reciprocable into and out of closing engagement therewith. The passageway is enlarged adjacent the inlet end of the valve body to permit easy insertion of the liquid container outlet tube therethrough. An apertured tube retaining area is disposed adjacent the outlet end of the valve body passageway to receive and retain the tube in a desired position relative to the container receiver to facilitate ease of liquid dispensing operations. The stem may also include a tube engaging protrusion arrangement when the valve is contemplated for use in pressurized liquid systems.

Abstract: A dispenser pen for dispensing liquids such as adhesives has a tube 12 connecting a supply 14 of the liquid to a nozzle 15. The tube 12 passes between a cross-pin 19 and one end of a pivoted lever 18 which is normally urged by a spring 23 to squeeze the tube 12 between the lever and the cross-pin so as to close the tube to flow of the liquid. The region 17 of the tube between the lever 18 and the cross-pin 19 is predeformed to a generally flattened shape which can open to permit flow of liquid but can be closed with little force and by a short movement of the lever 18.

Abstract: A bulk material container has a recloseable pouring spout formed in the bottom portion of the side of the container. The pouring spout is formed by a door cut in a juxtaposed side panel and band of the container. A valve member is slidable between the side panel and the band for closing the pouring spout. The container is particularly provided with a liner telescoped in the carton and having an opening aligned with the pouring spout.

Abstract: A sanitary drinking spout interiorly attached to a liquid container and extendable therefrom. The container includes a top wall with an aperture sealed by a tear tab. The spout includes a pair of flanges integrally attached together and spaced apart by a flexible center portion. The flanges are interiorly mounted to the top wall on opposite sides of the sealed aperture. The center portion of the spout is projectable when the aperture is opened by tearing the tab sealing the aperture closed. In one embodiment, a finger is mounted interiorly to the tear tab with the spout projecting between the finger and tear tab. Upon removal of the tear tab from the can, the finger forces the spout outwardly through the aperture. In another embodiment, a second aperture is provided on the top wall of the can for allowing air to enter the can facilitating pouring through the spout.

Abstract: In a petrol pump for the forecourt of a gasolene station, a support for the delivery hose and nozzle comprises a flexible and resilient arm incorporating at least one flexible petrol conduit extending longitudinally of the arm, means at one end of the arm for connecting the arm in an upright unflexed condition to a casing of the petrol pump and coupling means at the other end of the arm for connecting at least one delivery hose and establishing communication between the conduit and the hose.