Abstract: A bottle cap of the pushbutton type having a jacket threaded to fit to the bottle top, and a round pushboard interfitted and pivotally mounted in the jacket with protrusions on the pushboard to control openings of an effluent pipe and an air intake pipe mounted in a check board portion of the jacket, with an effluent port and an air intake path in the pushboard for fluid connection to those respective pipes. The ports on the bottom of the jacket leading to the pipes therein are spaced from each other by use of a shield over the bottom port of the air intake pipe allowing pouring of a liquid from the bottle, using a pushbutton type cap, through the effluent pipe, without interference with the air intake system.

Abstract: A drinking cup and cover with a straw assembly seated in the cover; a fixed straw piece extends from the cover to the bottom of the cup and a movable straw piece of the assembly extends upwardly from a hole in the cup's cover and is pivotally and sealably attached thereto so as to permit pivoting of the straw with respect to the cover.

Abstract: This invention discloses an improvement in accordion pleated containers used with a controlled discharge valve connected preferably to a flexible and resilient length of tubing. This container includes an air vent which is removably mounted to an opening formed in a top surface portion of the container. An integral handle is carried by this top portion, said handle is folded over for storage and is retained in a flat folded condition by a clip or other type of retaining means. The bottom of this container includes a discharge opening on which is removably mounted a swivel-type fluid cutoff valve. The body of this valve, where mounted to the discharge outlet of the container, has an extending manipulative flange adapted for grasping, shaking and/or agitating the fluid contents of the container. The discharge outlet is shown as offset and central and in one embodiment with the container having a boss on which is adapted to retain a collar made from a lapped strip.

Abstract: An auger-hopper construction for mounting at the tailgate of a truck includes a pair of hoppers, one of which is stationarily and removably mounted to the truck, and the second of which is pivotally mounted to the first hopper adjacent an opening in the bottom of the first hopper. The second hopper also includes an opening adjacent its bottom at which an auger tube is swivelly mounted. The auger tube, by virtue of the pivotal and swivel mountings is pivotable in a 90.degree. arc in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the pivotal movement and is swivelable in a 180.degree. arc in a plane which is parallel to the axis of the pivotal movement.

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.

Abstract: A cap and neck unit having a vertical neck with interconnected upper and lower sections. The lower section defines a first hollow vertical cylinder having a closed top end with a central circular opening. The upper section defines a second hollow vertical cylinder open at its upper and lower ends. The lower end is coincident with the central opening. The outer surface of said first cylinder has a single continuous endless groove which has upper and lower horizontal regions interconnected by inclined regions. A cap has a top and a vertical interior chamber extending downwardly from the top and terminating in a hollow cylindrical region open at bottom and disposed concentrically about the neck. The region has an iwnardly extending horizontal prong engaging said groove. The cap is rotatable between a first position at which the prong engages the lower horizontal region and a second position at which the prong engages the upper horizontal region.

Abstract: Auger-hopper constructions for mounting to an inclinable body of a truck at the tailgate of the truck includes a pair of hoppers, one of which is stationarily and removably mounted to the truck, and the second of which is pivotally mounted to the first hopper adjacent an opening in the bottom of the first hopper. The second hopper also includes an opening adjacent its bottom at which an auger tube is swivelly mounted. The auger tube, by virtue of the pivotal and swivel mountings, is pivotable in a 90.degree. arc in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the pivotal movement and is swivelable in a 180.degree. arc in a plane which is parallel to the axis of the pivotal movement. Both the first and second hopper are dimensioned and positioned such that no portion of either of the hoppers extends substantially beneath a plane defined by the bottom of the inclinable body of the truck.

Abstract: A load out chute system for controlling and directing the flow of relatively large quantities of bulk material, such as coal, is disclosed. The chute system includes an upper chute and a sliding gate valve positioned above the upper chute. A pair of hydraulic cylinders move the valve plates of the upper gate valve into partially overlapping relation for effective sealing of the flowpath. A lower chute pivots from a horizontal stored position to a position wherein the upper and lower flow paths align for discharging material. The lower chute includes a triangular skirt pivotally secured to an overhead structure and includes an arcuate bottom plate enabling the lower chute to cover the upper chute discharge opening when the lower chute is pivoted up. A corresponding curved retainer plate is operative to cover the lower chute inlet opening.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser for a bulk container for portable liquids or the like. A rigid outer box contains a sealable flexible fluid-containing plastic bag having a tubular dispenser sleeve mounted at an oblique angle to a plastic mounting fixture which is attached to the box that is also sealed to the outer surface of the fluid-containing bag. The dispenser, which is stored prior to use within the box, may be withdrawn and snapped into a horizontal position into a plastic clamp that is part of the mounting fixture and which prevents rotation of the sleeve. A turncock barrel rotatable within the dispensing sleeve has a sharp cutting tip which is normally angled with the angled end of the sleeve positioned to prevent piercing of the fluid bag. When rotated a half turn, the sharp cutting tip pierces the bag to permit the fluid to pass into the bore of the barrel and out through mating apertures in the barrel and sleeve.

Abstract: A child-resistant safety closure is provided for closing the outlet of a hand-operated fluid product sprayer dispenser used on a container to prevent leaks from the container during periods of non-use and to resist accidental use by children or unwary adults. The closure cannot be moved from an "outlet closed" position to an "outlet open" position without the performance of at least two discrete, predetermined definite actions by the user to first disable a lock and then to linearly or rotatably move the cap into the "outlet open" position to permit spraying or dispensing. A closing member is connected to the bottom portion of the sprayer for removably mounting the sprayer to the container and closing the same. The member and the sprayer to which it is connected cannot be removed without the performance of at least two discrete, predetermined definite actions, which actions are difficult if not impossible for young children to perform.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air compressed thermal bucket and, more particularly, to an air compressed thermal bucket, in which the drain pipe may be laid on the bucket body at users' will and the outlet may be automatically locked by way of a locked mechanism to prevent boiling water within the bucket from spilling over and to prevent loss of heat.

Abstract: An assembly unit for use with bulk containers for marketing liquids such as wine and which have an inner plastic pouch liner. The assembly unit, which includes a housing and a tap, is disposed within the carton and the housing secured to one of the carton walls. When it is desired to dispense liquid, the tap is swung outwardly and one end is caused to automatically pierce a sealing membrane of the bag and to be coupled to the same. Liquid may then be dispensed as desired by opening a valve at the outer end of the tap. Also a bulk container for the marketing of liquids like wine, the exterior carton of the container having an inner liner of plastic material and a fitting attached to a lower portion of the pouch which has an opening that is normally closed by a sealing membrane. The above assembly unit is disposed within the carton and connected to the fitting. It is accessible through the carton wall to which it is secured for outward movement to dispensing position.

Abstract: A hand-held aerosol dispenser, especially for medicament in the treatment of disorders requiring inhalation such as asthma, comprises a housing formed with a receptacle for the medicament and an electrically powered ultrasonic nebulizer for atomizing the liquid medicament. The housing receives a replaceable cassette or cartridge-type battery for energizing the control circuit. The housing has a compartment for enabling easy replacement of the battery and a simply opening and closing valve, from which the mist is discharged, is provided.

Abstract: A one-piece dispensing closure consists of a cup-shaped cap having means for retaining it on the neck of a container and a lid which is connected by an integral hinge to the cap at one edge thereof and which is adapted to be swung over on top of the cap There are openings through the top of the cap and through the lid, one of which is closed by a stopper element when the lid is swung over and pressed down into closed position against the top of the cap. The relative positions and sizes of the opening in the lid and the stopper element are such that the stopper is withdrawn from the opening when the lid is lifted angularly a short distance to open position by raising the edge of the lid opposite the hinge connection. The cap and lid have cooperating means for limiting the normal, upward, angular movement of the lid away from closed position to open position.

Abstract: Effective, easily manufactured seals for dispensing closures in which a spout is rotatably mounted on a cap can be created using an edge on an external surface of the cap to engage an end of the spout. This edge serves to create a seal. The end of the spout and the external surface adjacent to the edge have related cross-sectional configurations such that in all positions of the spout the end engages the edge in the same manner so as to form a seal.

Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing two pasty substances in adjustable proportions from a deformable tube containing those substances in different regions within the tube. The device includes a body having two passages terminating in two outlets in the body, and a valve member pivotable within the body and having at least one through passage extending between an inlet on the surface of the valve member and a common outlet nozzle. The valve member has two extreme positions in which both passages in the body are fully closed or fully open, respectively. Pivotal positions of the valve member between these two extremes determine the degree of alignment of the inlet in the valve member with at least one of the outlets, so that the amount of substance dispensed through the partially covered outlet can be varied while the amount of substance dispensed through the other outlet remains constant.

Abstract: A flow controlling pouring spout has a hollow body portion provided with structure to facilitate attachment to the lip about a pouring opening of a container. A spout portion extending normally generally horizontally communicates with the interior of the container through the hollow body portion and has a baffle separating a lower pouring passage and an upper displacement air passage which extends from adjacent to the discharge opening of the spout to the inner end of the spout and has a displacement air opening from the inner end of the air passage to the inner end of the pouring passage. A hinged closure plug is mounted on the discharge end of the pouring spout. Swivel structure connects the pouring spout with the base portion to permit turning the spout from pouring orientation to non-pouring orientation. Stabilizing and flow controlling slidably cooperating flanges are provided on the swivelly related base portion and spout.

Abstract: A two-part delivery outlet closure device for containers, especially for liquids, including a cap part whose end wall is provided with a through bore leading into a recess which has two side walls wherein a rocking lever, which is also provided with an axial through bore, is pivotally mounted by a bearing system including a pair of bearing pins normal to the bores, one on each side thereof, and a pair of latch slots each adapted to receive one pin and open on one side and of narrower width in this region to the diameter of the bearing pin so that the pins are adapted to engage in the slots in the manner of a snap fastening, for which reason at least one part of the device is made of a resilient material, and the bearing pins being arranged in the side walls of the cap part and the latch slots on the lever part.

Abstract: It is known to manufacture closure structures so that each of such structures has a cap part including two spaced, aligned bearings and a movable part extending between the bearings and including trunnions fitting within the bearings. At least one of the parts of such closure structures is formed of a material which is sufficiently resilient so that the trunnions may be snapped into the bearings during the assembly of the closure structure. Such a closure structure may be improved so as to reduce damage to one or both of the parts during the manufacture of such a closure structure by shaping the trunnions and the bearings so that they both have shapes of surfaces of revolution which decrease in diameter in accordance with the distance from the portion of the movable part fitting within and between the spaced bearings. The entrances employed should also decrease in width in a corresponding manner.

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 closure for use in dispensing a spray of liquid and air can be constructed so as to utilize a cap and a spout rotatably mounted on the cap so as to be capable of being moved between open and closed positions. An air-liquid mixing chamber is located within the spout adjacent to the discharge end of the spout and an orifice is provided on the discharge end of the spout so as to lead from the mixing chamber. A liquid passage and at least one gas passage are provided in the cap and in the spout for conveying liquid and gas into the mixing chamber. A tube extends downwardly from the cap so as to be capable of conveying a liquid to the liquid passage.

Abstract: A dispensing closure having a cap adapted to be mounted upon a container and a spout mounted on the cap so as to be capable of being moved between an open and closed position can be made child resistant through the use of an engagement structure on the spout such as, for example, a notch in the base of the spout located so that a vertically directed force exerting against the engagement structure will not tend to move the spout from the closed position. The cap and the spout employed should be dimensioned so that the spout is incapable of being manually engaged so as to be manipulated when in the closed position.

Abstract: It is possible to provide a dispensing closure which is tamper evident by using a relatively flexible strap connecting the movable end of a spout as conventionally used in such a closure with a cap or cap body employed in such a closure. The use of such a strap makes it possible to mold the spout and the cap as a unitary article. The assembly of a dispensing closure from such an article avoids the possible problem of a "wrong" spout being assembled with a specific cap or cap body. The strap employed should not extend from the cap so as to interfere with the use of conventional capping apparatus. The strap used can be shaped and dimensioned to facilitate location of the spout during the assembly of the spout on the cap or cap body and, if desired, as a cover for the passage in the spout when the spout is assembled in an operative position.

Abstract: A safety-type dispensing closure can be constructed using a spout rotatably mounted on a closure body so that it is capable of being rotated between open and closed positions and using a retainer movably mounted on the retainer body. The retainer used in such a closure is capable of being moved to a position in which it does not interfere with spout rotation between the two positions specified and to other positions in which it blocks such movement. The retainer used is preferably a ring rotatably mounted on the closure body so as to be conveniently accessible and so as to appear as a part of the body.

Abstract: An improved spout for a dispensing closure of the swivel-spout type for use with a container for fluent substances has a hollow cylindrical knuckle received with a snap fit in mating bearing openings in a base for rotatable relation therewith to position the spout between "on" and "off" positions. A hollow nozzle intersects the knuckle wall. The knuckle has sealing and sliding contact with pads on the base and with a protuberant ring circumjacent a passage in the base for exit of the contents of the container through the bore of the nozzle when the spout is in the "on" position.

Abstract: A bottle screw cap carries a dispensing nozzle member on its top face for swinging about a vertical axis in a recess in the top face between retracted and extended positions in which the discharge end of the nozzle is within and beyond the peripheral edge of the screw cap top, the nozzle proximal end being out of and in registry with a port in the cap communicating with its interior when the nozzle member is in its retracted and extended position respectively. In one form, the top face is oval and includes a vertical tubular post having an outlet port and the nozzle member terminates at its proximal end in a cap rotatably engaging the post. In another form, the top face is circular and the recess is delineated by a chord and the periphery, the shoulder along the chord having a housing recess in which the retracted nozzle member nests.

Abstract: A closure actuating device is disclosed for freeing rotation of discharge control doors for railway hopper cars of the type where the door assembly is supported for rotation about a pivotal axis parallel to and beneath the discharge opening in the railway car. To alleviate sticking of the doors due to compaction of fines on the upper surface of the control doors which cover the discharge openings, the device lowers the control doors to increase the clearance between the terminating edges of the discharge openings and the upper surface of the discharge door.

Abstract: A dispensing closure having a cap adapted to be secured to a container so that it is substantially impossible to remove the cap from the container and having a spout rotatably mounted on the cap so as to be capable of being rotated between a closed position in which the spout covers an opening through the cap and an opened position in which the spout is in alignment with the opening can be easily modified so as to render the closure child resistant in character. The modification involves shaping the cap and the spout so that only the tip of the spout can be engaged to rotate the spout when the spout is in the closed position. The modification also involves forming a wall structure on the cap so as to define a slot, this slot being positioned so that the tip of the spout fits within it and is spaced from the bottom of the slot when the spout is in the closed position.

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 child resistant dispensing closure can be constructed by modifying a known type of cap and a known type of spout so that the spout fits entirely within an elongated groove in the cap when the spout is in a closed position. When the spout is in such a position the end of the spout which is normally engaged to move the spout between opened and closed positions is located within this groove in the top of the cap facing the interior of a part of the skirt. This part of the skirt is preferably separated from the remainder of the skirt by slits leading from the top of the cap along opposed sides of the part. This part is capable of being temporarily distended by manual manipulation so as to permit spout movement. Preferably such spout movement is initiated by applying pressure to a portion of the spout remote from the noted end of the spout.