Abstract: An aerator bottle pourer for smoothing the taste of certain liquids such as wine and preventing dripping of the liquid after being poured from a bottle. The aerator bottle pourer includes a pouring assembly being removably engaged to a bottle for pouring liquid from the bottle, and also includes an aerating assembly being attached to the pouring assembly for aerating the liquid as it is being poured from the bottle.

Abstract: A closure for a receptacle of a type having an open top and a closed bottom is provided. The closure comprises a base configured to be coupled to the top of the receptacle and a cover coupled to the base and rotatable relative thereto. The cover includes a flap having an outer edge with a downwardly extending skirt and is configured for selective movement between an open position and a closed position. The closure further comprises and an insert supported between the base and the cover. The insert defines at least one dispensing aperture and is rotatable relative to the base. Rotation of the cover rotates the insert relative to the base.

Abstract: A container, in particular a plastic ampule produced using a blow-molding process and filled and closed in the mold has a neck part (12) adjoining a container body (10) and threadly receiving a first cap part (14). A second cap part (16) extends at least partly between the first cap part (14) and the neck part (12) and is provided with an opening device (20). The opening device has at least one opening (22) for opening the container body (10), and can be closed by the first cap part (14). The first cap part (14) carries the second cap part (16) by the screwing-on process of the first cap part in such a way that the opening device (20) causes the container body (10) to be opened. A closure part (closure pin 26) of the first cap part (14) unblocks the opening (22) in the opening device (20) after the first cap part is unscrewed, with the second cap part (16) remaining on the neck part (12).

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a fluid supply assembly fluidly connectable to a source of fluid is provided. The fluid supply assembly includes a housing (702); a hydraulic assembly (710) supported within the housing (702), wherein the hydraulic assembly (710) is configured and adapted to pressurize the fluid which is supplied to a solenoid shut-off valve (724); a tank assembly (714) supported within the housing (702) for retaining a quantity of pre-conditioned fluid therein; and a filter assembly (720) supported within the housing (702) and in fluid communication with the hydraulic assembly (710).

Abstract: A storage container includes a container body that stores a supplementary material and is detachably attached to an image forming apparatus; a discharge port that is provided at a bottom of the container body; two protrusions that protrude from the container body toward both sides; and an opening-closing member that is movably supported by a guide frame surrounding the discharge port, wherein a rearward movement of the opening-closing member is restricted by stoppers while the container body is mounted on the mounting unit, the protrusions come in contact with the stoppers and push the stoppers laterally to release the restriction of the opening-closing member while the container body is pulled out of the image forming apparatus, and a width, in an attaching/detaching direction of the container body, of one protrusion of the protrusions is smaller than that of the other protrusion.

Abstract: A liquid pack with a filling gland having a post fill sealed membrane interposed between the product and the, or a, surround of the opening into die filling gland. An insertor integral part of the filling gland defines a dispensing gland, piercing adaptor and/or collar. This has been both (i) engaged to said filling gland if not integral therewith and (ii) had a surround of its opening sealed to said membrane. In use a suitable piercer to be guided by or received said dispensing gland, piercer adaptor and/or collar can pierce said membrane to allow egress of the product.

Abstract: A serving container for selectively dispensing one of two beverages includes a container body having an upper open mouth at the top and a vertically disposed partition to divide the container body into a pair of laterally disposed left and right compartments to hold two different beverages. The partition has a horizontally disposed sealing edge at the top between the compartments. A removable cover has a cooperating sealing surface adapted to engage the edge of the partition to form a seal that prevents mixing of the contents of the compartments when the cover is secured to the mouth of the container. A pair of selectively operable left and right valves are mounted in the cover to permit a beverage held in a selected storage compartment of the container to flow into either of two separate transfer chambers when a corresponding one of the valves is in an open position.

Abstract: A pump and stopper combination for vacuum or pressure sealing a container. The stopper has a pour opening and a one-way valve movable between an operative position to permit one-way flow of fluid into or out of the container when the pour opening is in the closed position, and an inoperative position when the pour opening is in the open position. A vacuum/pressure pump that connects to the stopper includes a drive adapted to convert rotational movement of a motor to reciprocating motion of a pump piston in a chamber, and one-way pump valves mounted in a selectable flow control member. The selectable flow control member is movable between pressure and vacuum positions to permit passage of fluid only into or out of the pump chamber. The pump also includes an indicator for indicating when a desired level of vacuum or pressure has been reached The pump may be incorporated into a container lid.

Abstract: A dispenser assembly that can be used as a dispenser on a container includes a dispenser body having a flow passage, and a porous flow control member positioned in the flow passage such that the liquid must pass through at least a portion of the porous flow control member before being dispensed. The porous flow control member is operable to vary a resistance to flow of the liquid through the dispenser assembly during dispensing. A valve is provided and is movable between an open position that allows the liquid to be dispensed and a closed position that prevents the liquid from being dispensed. A discharge spout directs the flow of liquid discharged from the container. A dip tube is attached to the dispenser body and extends inside the container to supply the liquid to be discharged to the dispenser body. An attachment portion is provided to attach the dispenser assembly to the container.

Abstract: A covering memeber (1) for mounting on a fastener ring (2), the ring and the covering member co-operating with each other to form a fastener system for fastening a dispenser member (3), such as a pump or a valve, on a recepacle neck (40), the covering member presenting a general configuration that is substantialy cylindrical, and comprising a top end (12), a bottom end (11), an outside wall (14), and an inside wall (15) for coming into clamping contact around the ring (2), the inside wall (15), at the bottom end (11), forming a fastener profile (111) that projects inwards, the covering member being characterized in that said profile defines a sharp catch (112) that is directed inwards and upwards, the profile being formed in direct proximity to the bottom end of the covering member so as to be able to engage said covering member under a fastner ring having a bottom end that comes practically into contact with the receptacle.

Abstract: A attachment for a concrete pump is provided. The attachment includes a generally tubular outer body including an open top end and bottom end. The attachment is connected at its top end to the discharge hose of a concrete pump. A deflection member is located within body and gaps are provided between the deflection member and the inner walls of the body.

Abstract: A straw adapter 2 is removably disposed in the opening of a beverage container 1, and a straw 22 is attached to the straw adapter 2. A straw cap 12 is mounted on the straw adapter 2, for covering the straw attached to the straw adapter 2. Operations of the straw cap 12 opens and closes an air hole opening/closing valve 6.

Abstract: A refillable container adapted to facilitate the purchase and use of larger volumes of consumer products and the selective discharge thereof The refillable container includes a refill-discharge cap assembly allowing ease in filling the container while permitting the selective discharge of lesser quantities of substance therefrom. In one embodiment, a refill-discharge cap is threadably connected to a container body portion wherein the refill-discharge cap includes a relatively small orifice for the selective discharge of the contents of the container therefrom.

Abstract: A refillable container adapted to facilitate the purchase and use of larger volumes of consumer products and the selective discharge thereof. The refillable container includes a refill-discharge cap assembly allowing ease in filling the container while permitting the selective discharge of lesser quantities of substance therefrom. In one embodiment, a refill-discharge cap is threadably connected to a container body portion wherein the refill-discharge cap includes a relatively small orifice for the selective discharge of the contents of the container therefrom.

Abstract: A convertible material spreader in which a single hopper bin with a conveyor is converted into a dual bin hopper with dual independent conveyors by nesting a secondary hopper and conveyor combination into the primary bin after removing an end gate.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a pourer, adapted to be mounted on the container neck, and an assembly forming a cover adapted to be mounted on said neck and comprising a cap mobile between a first position where it isolates the neck and the pourer from outside and a second position providing access to the neck and the pourer. The assembly forming a cover comprises two catching string rims (411, 412) extending radially inwards from a ring (41), one first string rim (411) being adapted to be engaged with an external flange (26) of the neck (2) while a second string rim (412) is adapted to be engaged with an external flange (36) of the pourer (3), said string rims (411, 412) defining between them a volume (V) for receiving the flanges (26, 36).

Abstract: The invention relates to a closure with integrated ventilation, comprising a pouring nozzle (1), a closing seal (2), which may be torn off and which closes the flow passage, fixing elements (3) for an essentially sealed connection with a container opening and ventilation tongues (4), extending radially inwards on a section of the pouring nozzle (1), lying axially on the inside of the closing seal (2). According to the invention, a closure with integrated ventilation in which the known positive pouring properties of closures provided with tongues is retained, whilst also providing a rapid pouring of liquids avoiding an uneven glugging of the pouring fluid caused by a corresponding incremental intake of air bubbles into the container may be achieved, whereby the ventilation elements are comprised partly of tongues (4) extending radially into the flow passage, which are separated by slots and partly of openings (5) in the wall of the flow passage (2) in the region between the tongues and the closing seal (2).

Abstract: The invention relates to an opening device for packaging containers that comprises at least one base element, which is placed on an opening of the container and which, in particular, completely surrounds the edge area of the opening on the outside and/or inside of the container. The opening device also comprises a covering element, which can be placed on the base element in order to cover the opening of the container. Said covering element has joining means for joining the covering element to the base element once the base element has been placed on the container, and has functional means for performing a predetermined function. The covering element advantageously comprises snap, detent, clamping, hinged or screw joining means for joining to the base element and, as a functional means, can comprise, for example, a closure part for reclosing the opening, a protective part for protecting the base element or a safety seal, which is irreversibly changed the first time the packaging container is opened.

Abstract: The invention concerns a pourer (3) associated with a closure cap (1) and designed to be fixed inside a container neck (9), comprising a peripheral skirt (4), a pouring element (8), and means for temporarily assembling said pourer and said closure cap. The invention is characterised in that: a) said peripheral skirt (4) comprises a lower part (5) capable of being radially spaced apart for the pourer to be fixed to the neck; b) the pourer (3) comprises a rigid component (6) axially mobile downwards, inside the peripheral skirt (4); c) the pourer (3) comprises means for causing the lower part (5) and the rigid component (6) to co-operate so as to transform the axial movement of the rigid component (6) into a radial movement of the lower part (1).

Abstract: The bottle cap unit (1) of this invention comprises an inner cap (2), which is tightly fitted to the bottleneck (24) to form a pour spout, and an outer cap (15)

Abstract: A closure cap for closing the opening of a bottle container. A neck of the bottle container includes a latching projection. The closure cap includes a latching arm attached to a ring (R), which circumferentially encircles the neck of the bottle container underneath the latching projection. The ring (R) includes a length store (L) and an undergripping projection. The length store allows the ring (R) to be flexed so that the diameter of the ring is large enough to pass over the latching projection. The undergripping projection is located on the upper side of the ring and sits against the latching projection when the ring (R) is in an unflexed position.

Abstract: A dosing device including a hopper (1) having an outlet opening which is closed by two spherical cap halves (3, 4), which can be pivoted in opposite directions. The pivoting movement is effected by two arms (5, 6) pivoted about a common pivot pin (8). The spherical cap halves (3, 4) can be pivoted by a rod assembly (18, 19, 22, 23) including a vertically mobile plunger (14). To prevent the bulk goods bridging, a rotating loosening and scraping device (30) is provided, the base (31) of which reaches close to the outlet opening. With the dosing device, both large and small quantities of bulk goods can be discharged in accurate doses.

Abstract: A brewing machine with brewing water flow control mechanisms for controlling flow between chambers, includes a filling chamber in fluid connection with a heating reservoir. In one aspect of the invention, a control chamber with a sealable opening is formed about a drain hole in the filling chamber so that water must flow through the control chamber to reach the reservoir, and fluid access to the control chamber is controlled by a seal which engages the opening in the control chamber. Engagement of the seal with the opening in the control chamber is controlled by operation of a lid which covers the filling chamber. In another aspect of the invention, a flow rate control valve assembly is at least partially housed within the control chamber and has a portion which is proximate to the drain hole in the filling chamber connected to the reservoir, whereby a rate of flow from the filling chamber to the reservoir is selectively controllable by adjustment of the flow rate control valve.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing closure for bottles and the like comprising a one-piece body having an end wall for covering the mouth of the bottle and a depending skirt for threading onto the neck of the bottle. A dispensing aperture in the end wall is surrounded by a spout that affords directional control of a stream of liquid being dispensed and reduced dribbling when dispensing is discontinued. A flap is hinged on the end wall to open and close the aperture with an associated depending plug that fits in the spout. The end wall, spout and hinged flap are arranged in a manner relative to one another that permits the flap to be advantageously molded in an upright position.

Abstract: A dispensing closure for a container that contains a flowable product such as a bath gel includes a body member that is constructed and arranged to be mounted to the container, that includes a dispensing opening and a further includes an upper deck portion, a lid member that is hinged to the body member and that includes a cover portion and at least one downwardly depending sidewall, and a snap fit mechanism for releasably locking the lid member to the body member. The downwardly depending sidewall portion of the lid member and the upper deck portion of the body member are advantageously configured to form therebetween a watertight seal when the lid member is in the closed position. To achieve this, the lid member may have a recess for providing clearance for a hinge, and the upper deck portion of the body member may include a complementary projection, which helps to maintain a watertight seal in the area of the hinge.

Abstract: A dispensing structure is provided for a container that has an opening from which a product can be dispensed. The structure includes a body for extending around the container opening. The body defines a first dispensing aperture communicating with the container opening. An intermediate member defines at least one second dispensing aperture that is smaller than the first dispensing aperture. The intermediate member is pivotable about an axis between a closed position and an open position. A lid is pivotable on the closure body about the same axis as the intermediate member, and the lid is pivotable between a closed position and an open position.

Abstract: A fitment is provided for incorporation into a closure assembly to provide at least one high-pressure seal suitable for maintaining high-positive pressures in a container having pressurized contents, such as carbonated beverages. The fitment and closure assembly also provide for bi-modal dispensing operations, because the fitment it can be removed from the closure assembly to provide alternative flow characteristics from the container through the closure assembly. The fitment may also be provided with one or more projections adapted to engage a thread on the closure body such that rotation of the closure body relative to the container results in removal of the fitment from the container. The fitment may also be provided with one or more projections for engaging the closure body to limit its movement relative to the container, thereby defining a fully open dispensing position of the closure body.

Abstract: A pet drinking device has a bottle having a threaded mouth, a cover engaging with the threaded mouth, a gasket, a sealing ring, a ball, a washer, and a sleeve. The sleeve has an inner thread and a through hole. The cover has a main body having an inner threaded portion, a tube connected to the main body, and the tube has a threaded end. The gasket is inserted in the main body of the cover. The sleeve engages with the threaded end of the tube. The sealing ring is disposed between the sleeve and the threaded end of the tube. The washer is inserted in an end of the sleeve. The ball is inserted in the through hole of the sleeve.

Abstract: A leak proof package for fluid materials in which the end of a tubular nozzle from a container is closed by a wall and dispensing openings are formed in the side of the nozzle to extend radially. The dispensing openings are closed by a sleeve which initially is fixed to the wall. The sleeve is separated from the wall along a line of frangible webs by twisting the sleeve relative to the nozzle to fracture the webs after which the sleeve slides axially of the nozzle between positions opening or closing the dispensing openings in the nozzle.

Abstract: A container and closure package that includes a container having a body with a finish surrounding a fill/dispensing opening, and a thread on the finish for removably securing a closure. A closure has a peripheral skirt with a thread for removably securing the closure to the container finish, and a base wall with a fill opening aligned with the fill/dispensing opening in the container when the closure is secured to the container. A cap is secured to the closure base wall closing the fill opening. In accordance with the preferred method for filling the package, the container and closure are provided to the packager as an assembled unit. The container is filled with product through the fill opening in the closure and the fill/dispensing opening in the container. The cap is then secured to the closure base wall over the fill opening to close and seal the package.

Abstract: A push-button type bottle head to be disposed on a bottle body can make it easier for pouring water out of the bottle body and for preventing water leakage. The push-button type bottle head mainly comprises a bottle head set on the bottle body and a bottle cap set on the bottle head. After the bottle cap is opened and when an external force is applied to an active element, a driven element will be pushed to drive a passive element to enter an "open state" for pouring inside water out; and when the external force is removed, a second elastic element will restore the active element to its original position and the driven element as well as the passive element back to a "close state.

Abstract: A dispensing structure is provided for discharging the contents from the interior of a container. The structure includes a body for extending from the container. The body defines a dispensing opening and a sealing surface around the dispensing opening. A lid is provided for movement between open and closed positions. The lid has a frame defining a lid dispensing passage through the lid. The lid includes a flexible valve that is disposed within the lid frame across the lid dispensing passage. The flexible valve has self-sealing slits which open to permit flow therethrough in response to increased pressure on the side of the valve facing the container when the lid is closed.

Abstract: A portable liquid dispenser apparatus has an insulated liquid container having a plurality of flexible dispensing tubes extending from the container. Each of the plurality of flexible dispensing tubes has a nozzle and valve on the end thereof for selectively dispensing liquid from the container. A wheeled container cart has two container supports thereon and has the liquid container removably mounted in a raised position for gravity dispensing of the liquid from the container to one or more individuals through each of the flexible tubes. The wheeled container cart can include a pair supporting surfaces for supporting two liquid containers. The insulated liquid container can have a generally rigid manifold attached to the outside of the container and connected to the inside of the container for receiving the liquid from the inside of the container and dispensing the liquid from the plurality of flexible tubes connected to the manifold.

Abstract: A device for the opening and re-closing of packages, more particularly flat, gabled, composite packages. The device consists generally of: a pouring aperture with a pouring nozzle formed thereon; a base having a flange enclosing the pouring aperture, for the attachment of the device to the surface of the container; a cover hinged to the base; and an opening element connected to the cover, the opening element disposed to move in a guide in the cover so that during the opening operation, the opening element pierces the subjacent container material through the pouring aperture in the base. The design is such that the clean opening and re-closing of the device is ensured and the package is tightly sealed. Opening of the package is accomplished by pressing an opening element consisting of a pressure plate and a piercing ring. After opening, the pressure plate remains with the cover, while the piercing ring remains in the base.

Abstract: A dispensing structure is provided for discharging the contents from the interior of a container. The structure includes a body for extending from the container. The body defines a dispensing opening and a sealing surface around the dispensing opening. A lid is provided for movement between open and closed positions. The lid has a frame defining a lid dispensing passage through the lid. The lid has a sealing member for sealingly engaging the body sealing surface when the lid is in the closed position. The lid includes a flexible valve that is disposed within the lid frame across the lid dispensing passage. The flexible valve has self-sealing slits which open to permit flow therethrough in response to increased pressure on the side of the valve facing the container when the lid is closed.

Abstract: A package for dispensing a flowable substance is provided which includes a container, a closure and a cap. The container on a closed end is sufficiently rounded to render that end incapable of standing upright. A second end of the container has a round opening for dispensing the flowable substance. The closure is positioned across the second end and includes an oval top wall with opposite exterior and interior surfaces, a skirt surrounding the top wall and at least two separate apertures for fluidly communicating with the opening of the container. The cap is seatable over the closure and includes a roof with an inner surface and a flat outer surface, an apron surrounding the roof and a set of plugs projecting downwardly from the inner surface of the roof. The plugs are equivalent in number and shape to the apertures and seatable therewithin to prevent egress of flowable substance from the container.

Abstract: A method of converting on a single line printing press, two webs of material into individual rolls of ribbons of dual-layered, peelably-bonded-together lids. One layer of each lid has dispensing holes formed therein, or otherwise is cut through to form plugs, and the other layer of each label is printed with selected indicia and/or logos. The resultant product is wound in multiple layers of ribbons, or so-called, "daisy chains" of dual-layered lids around cardboard cores ready for shipment to processors of food particles, such as salt or cheese, to be secured as individual covers on cup-like containers.

Abstract: A dispensing container for medicinal or food supplement tablets, capsules or other similarly shaped products, or granular, powder or liquid products, said container having a hollow body (101) closed at one end (122) and an aperture (106) at the other end and two external dispensing means (102, 110) movable in relation to said hollow body (101) and each other, said external dispensing means (102, 110) being attached to said other end of said hollow body so as to prevent them from being removed, said two external dispensing means (102, 110) having dispensing apertures or cut-outs (107, 115) that can either be aligned with said aperture (106) in said hollow body (101) by moving each one of said external dispensing means (102, 110) in relation to said hollow body (101), in order to enable the dispensing of said product or, alternatively, be misaligned with said aperture (106) in said hollow body (101) by moving either one of said external dispensing means (102, 110) in relation to said hollow body (101), in order

Abstract: A closure for sealing an open end of a specimen collection container from the environment is provided. The closure includes a socket mountable on an open end of the collection container for enclosing an interior region of the collection container. The closure further includes a generally spherical-shaped ball mounted within the socket which includes an environment-contacting surface, an opposed specimen-contacting surface and a passageway extending therethrough. The passageway is aligned with the open end of the collection container when the ball is in an open position. The environment-contacting surface is exposed to the external environment and the specimen-contacting surface is exposed to the interior region of the collection container when the ball is in a closed position. The ball further includes a piercable septum. The closure is capable of maintaining negative air pressure within collection container, with the piercable septum capable of being repeatedly pierced.

Abstract: An improved plugging system for a liquid container (31) comprises an inner plug (3) and an outer plug (1), an opening/closing member 8, and pressure adjusting springs (9, 9') which apply elastic force to the opening/closing member (8) against the inner plug (3). A push button (131) is mounted in the center of the plugging system and has a rib (132) which is downwardly extended and coupled to the opening/closing member (8). In a closed state of the plugging system, a shoulder portion (135) of an opening/closing button (133) is caught by the rib (132). While in an opening state, as the opening closing button (133) is pushed outwardly, the rib (132) is pushed downwardly and a moving rail portion (134) slides on the rib (132) since the shoulder portion (135) is released from the rib (132) thereby opening the discharge path (4).

Abstract: A sealing and dispensing closure for the outlet opening of a package, such as a flexible plastic bottle containing a consumable beverage. The closure comprises a closure base which is threaded onto the outlet opening of the bottle, and a removable overcap which is pivotally connected to the closure base. The closure base includes a spout having a self-sealing dispensing valve therein which is movable from a lowered closed position to a raised open position by an increased pressure in the bottle resulting from the squeezing of the bottle. The valve is positioned at a recessed location within the spout so as to preclude access to the valve by the consumer when the valve is lifted to its raised open position, and the overcap includes a post which seats in the upper end of the spout when the overcap is mounted on the closure base, and so as to form a hermetically sealed chamber above the valve which prevents the valve from lifting to its raised position in the event the bottle is inadvertently squeezed.

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

Abstract: A new safety dispensing cap for deterring children from gaining access to harmful liquids. The inventive device includes an inner cap adapted to be attached to a container, a delivery nozzle extending upward from the inner cap, an outer cap disposed around the inner cap for rotational and axial movement relative thereto, a first valve for controlling flow through the nozzle, and a second valve for controlling flow through the nozzle. The outer cap must be moved both axially and circumferentially on the inner cap to open the first and second valves.

Abstract: A thermoplastic squeeze tube has a self-sealing orifice where a one-way valve member is secured in the tube neck and an exposed portion thereof enclosed and protected by a frangible closure member integral with the neck portion. A pocket in the bottom wall of the frangible closure member closely encloses the one-way valve member to seal the same. A replacement cup-shaped closure member may be provided to reseal the tube after removal of the frangible closure member, which may have downwardly depending sealing protrusions which contain the upper portion of the exposed section of the one-way valve member to reseal the same.

Abstract: A closure base mountable to a container presents two ports individually and selectively sealed and opened by overlying lids. The ports having unobstructed pouring zones, and the lids having coplanar upper surfaces and integral positioning ears for resiliently retaining each lid in both an open and closed position.

Abstract: The cover of the present invention includes a base member and a lid which can be fastened to a container such as a paint can to provide an air-tight and fluid-tight arrangement. The base snaps on to a top of a container and includes a central portion, one-half of which is open and the other half of which is closed to provide a shelf. A lid is pivotally attached to the base and includes a spout which is disposed above the opening in the base when the base and the lid are interconnected but arranged so that the lid can be pivoted away from and above the base. The lid also includes a vent which permits the contents of the container to be poured through the opening in the base and the spout in the lid when the lid and the base are tightly interconnected.

Abstract: A simple cover and dispenser combination for bottles containing carbonated colas and pressurized liquids includes a cap for mounting in sealing engagement on the top end of a bottle; a sleeve extending downwardly from the center of the cap for receiving liquid from the interior of the container, and for discharging the liquid through a central opening in the cap; a valve seat in the sleeve around the bottom of the opening; and a valve in the sleeve, the valve including a tubular body fixed in the sleeve, a head on the body normally sealing against the valve seat, a plunger extending upwardly from the head through the central opening, and a resilient cage, defining a section of the body beneath the head, whereby the plunger can be pressed downwardly to deform the cage and open the valve by moving the head away from the seat, permitting the dispensing of fluid through the opening.

Abstract: A secondary seal in the form of a plug member insertable in the open end of a pneumatic discharge nozzle of a covered hopper car carrying granular material, such as plastic pellets, wherein the plug member includes means for maintaining the pellets in spaced relation to the open end of the nozzle to prevent spillage when the plug member is removed, and having retaining means connecting the plug member to the nozzle when it is removed from the open end of the nozzle.

Abstract: A container closure system having a closure cap with a cover and a depending skirt with container engaging threads and a projecting post at the center of the underside of the closure cover. The system also includes a perforated fitment having a disk-like membrane with a plurality of apertures distributed across the membrane and an aperture of the plurality of apertures located at the center of the membrane for receiving the post. The fitment further includes a lip at the outer edge of the membrane for frictionally engaging a container at its rim when the system is applied to the container.

Abstract: A device for connecting at least a feed off and return tube to a bung-hole of a container for liquids and the like having threads at its inner periphery, said device comprisinga cylindrical insert having threads at its outer periphery co-operating with the thread of the bung-hole, and a bottom part provided with at least two orifices,a tube mounting having a lower surface to be placed on the bottom of said insert and provided with ports being in communication with said orifices of the insert, anda clamp means to clamp said mounting into said insert,wherein the tube mounting and the insert are provided with lugs and co-operating recesses located according to a certain pattern, wherein a recess is arranged in the wall of an orifice debouching in the bottom of said cylindrical insert, and the co-operating lug protrudes axially out of the tube mounting or vice versa, such that with only two lugs a large number of coding possibilities is provided for.