Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, in a pneumatic outlet a discharge tube is attached to sloped outlet walls having lips at their lower inner edges. A rotatable control valve is located within the discharge tube. The control valve is provided with a pattern of openings for metering flow of lading into the discharge tube and is arranged to reduce or eliminate pellets from becoming trapped in the valve opening. Preferably the metering contour includes a pattern of sharp edges and tapered recesses. The tapered recesses are arranged to guide pellets away from the valve opening. The sharp edges will shear the remaining pellets which are trapped in the metering opening, thus avoiding jamming the control tube. The control valve further comprises arcuate segment of less than 180.degree..

Abstract: A closure device is disclosed herein for use in conjunction with a plastic squeeze discharge container which includes a screw-on type of bottle cap provided with a pair of indentures or cavities arranged normal to each other and a two-pronged, elbow shaped combined actuator and dispensing nozzle which movably fits into the indentures or cavities. A selected cavity is provided with a reduced entrance so as to insertably receive and snap-lock with the dispensing nozzle. The other cavity is formed to correspond to the shape of the actuator so as to recess the actuator into the cap. A finger engaging portion of the actuator extends beyond the exterior of the cap. An orifice is formed in the cap supporting the dispensing nozzle which registers with a hole in the side of the nozzle communicating with an elongated passageway that terminates in a discharge opening.

Abstract: A multiple function closure for attachment to a container for divided material, including a first cap having an end wall, a measuring unit attached to one side of the end wall and a second cap attached to the other side of the end wall. The first cap can be attached to the container so that the end wall closes the opening in the container. The second cap is rotatably mounted on the first cap and can selectively be placed in a closed position, a measured dispensing position and a non-measured dispensing position.

Abstract: A device for taking specimens for laboratory analysis, specimens being of a fluid type such as body liquids or may be liquids of a different source. The device comprises a hollow body member with a closed end and an open end. The closed end has orifice therethrough which orifice is eccentric with respect to the longitudinal axis of the body member. A plunger having a plunger tip means is inserted into the body member for the purpose of accurately varying the internal volume of the device. The closed end is provided with an exteriorly mounted closure which may be of a rotatable type or a sliding plate type. The closure contains an orifice which may be aligned with the orifice in the closed end to take specimens into the device and then the closure may be moved with reference to the body member to misalign the orifices so that the orifice in the body member is closed and the specimen cannot be ejected from the device.

Abstract: The rotatable cap of an end closure and the associated end closure base are provided with detent elements defining one rotative position out of the entire 360 degrees and allowing rotation up to such position from all other rotative positions throughout the entire 360 degrees. The detent may be in the form of a plug which is received in and closes the discharge opening of the closure to act as an anti-sifting element. Automatic orientation can be accomplished by simply engaging the cap with a friction member carried at the end of a power-driven spindle provided with a slip clutch while turning the spindle through at least one full turn.

Abstract: An adjustable cap for collapsible tubes and like containers, wherein the cap is secured to the container and is adjustable to an open and closed position, whereby the container or tube contents can be discharged without removing the cap. The adjustable cap includes a base-cap member adapted to be mounted to a tube or the like, and a rotatable body member that is formed having an aperture which is aligned with the discharge passage formed in the base-cap member when the cap body is rotated to an open position.

Abstract: A deodorant dispenser of the kind comprising a receptacle containing a pad impregnated with a deodorant material wherein the receptacle is provided with relatively rotatable top parts containing openings which on the one hand may be aligned by rotation of the parts and on the other hand positioned to be partially or completely out of alignment.

Abstract: A safety pouring closure comprises an inner cap and an outer cap assembled together by snap-engagement, each cap having an off-center orifice, the caps being capable of being rotated relatively between an open position in which the orifices are aligned and a closed position in which the orifices are angularly off-set, at least one blocking lug on the cap engaging in a recess in the cap in the closed position, the lug being capable of being disengaged from the recess by elastic deformation of the cap. The invention is applicable to closures for containers containing products dangerous to children.

Abstract: A thermally insulating beverage container includes a dispensing assembly releasably secured to a beverage receptacle. The dispensing assembly includes one dispensing member rotatably mounted atop another dispensing member such that rotation thereof to a position in which two openings are in registry permits dispensing of the beverage from the beverage container.

Abstract: A reusable cup cover having two separable parts for washing and mating in such a way that a segmented portion is slidably arranged to seal the top of the cup cover by means of a users thumb operation to enable the user to drink from the covered cup and reseal between drinks with a lockable tab.

Abstract: A closure for a collapsible tube having a base portion mounted on the reinforced dispensing end of the tube. The base portion of the closure defines a bore communicating at one of its ends with the interior of the tube. The opposite end of the bore opens on the surface of a substantially spherical portion of the base member and serves as an outlet through which the tube contents are dispensed. This outlet is selectively opened and closed by a cap member fabricated from a semi-rigid material which defines a cavity which rotatably receives the spherical member therein. The tube contents are dispensed by rotating a port defined in the cap member into alignment with the base portion outlet and collapsing a portion of the tube wall. In one embodiment means are provided to assist in guiding the rotation of the cap member with respect to the spherical member for purposes of aligning the base portion opening and the cap member opening.

Abstract: A powder measure device which includes a drum having two apertures and a metering piston assembly wherein the metering piston includes means for changing the diameter of the operative end of the metering piston. Thereby, only a single metering piston assembly is required and is operative with either bore of the drum. To insure a uniform discharge from the device, the device includes an adjustable baffle.

Abstract: A locking device for a self-closing closure of the kind which is provided to be connected to a package and which comprises a diaphragm member and a central member having a stem forming a valve with an opening in said diaphragm member comprising a tubular portion connected to or integral with the diaphragm member and a cylindrical portion connected to or integral with the central member. The tubular and cylindrical portions sealingly engage each other in the closed position of the closure and are each provided with openings. The diaphragm member and the central member are connected to each other in a manner enabling the closure members to be angularly displaced relative to each other.

Abstract: A device for collecting and dispensing non-pressurized liquids, comprising a collection compartment having a capillary passageway extending from an intake and along the entire sample collection length of the compartment, and a dispensing chamber.

Abstract: A valve body has outlet ducts to be positioned below the surface of the molten lead, and a head rotatable with respect to the body. The head has recesses which terminate in slots that can be aligned with the outlet ducts to open the valve. These slots have smaller cross-sections than the ducts. The body also has open ended passages which align with the outlet ducts when the valve is closed.

Abstract: The bottom portion of a cupshaped vessel adapted to fit snugly over the rim of a conventional beverage can is provided with a selectively slotted opening preferably bounded by a sealing rib, the opening being contoured to approximate the usual pull-tab opening in the beverage can to provide a drinking attachment therefor. A second sealing rib may be provided to reseal the opening of the beverage can for storage and transport upon the rotation of the drinking attachment from a first or drinking position to a second or sealing position. The vessel may be provided with a lid portion to serve as a product container the contents of which may be emptied and the vessel thereafter used as a drinking attachment.

Abstract: A container for flowable materials such as baby food and the like has a circular shaped enclosing cap with a port opening into the interior of the container. A cover having an elongated hollow extension terminating in a feeder or dispenser portion releasably engages the circular cap so that the hollow extension can be rotatably aligned with the cap port thereby allowing transfer of flowable materials from the container into the feeder portion by gravity, flexure of the container or both. The cover is rotatable on the circular cap so as to control the amount of opening alignment with the cap port between a fully open and fully sealing closure position. The cover and cap can include cooperating stops for facilitating alignment and closure. An O-ring in surrounding relation to the cap port provides additional sealing.

Abstract: An infant training tumbler includes an upright tubular housing within which is an upright internal web that divides the housing into a pair of longitudinal compartments. Affixed upon the upper end of the housing is a cap that completes a closure of the upper end of that one compartment. Openings in the cap permit the egress of liquid from the cap upon tilting of the housing. The geometrical relationships are such that the compartment is opposite the egress opening so that, upon a dropping of the housing, the openings are in a position that prevents significant spillage.

Abstract: The hermetically sealed plastic container of the present invention has a body portion, a neck portion and a dispensing head all integrally formed. The containers furthermore preferably and advantageously are formed, filled and sealed in one continuous operation, automatically. The dispensing head is integrally molded with and atop the neck portion, and has an inside diameter which substantially corresponds with the outside diameter of the side wall of the neck portion so as to slidably and frictionally receive the neck portion within the dispensing head. A severable annular groove is provided between the neck portion and the dispensing head, with this annular groove being proportioned such that it can be severed by exerting a downward force on the dispensing head. Simultaneously, as the dispensing head is forcibly urged downwardly to sever the annular groove, the dispensing head is forcibly urged downwardly about the neck portion.

Abstract: A seatless valve for controlling the flow of granular material from a hopper or the like. The valve comprises a housing having a cylindrical spout fixed therein. Coaxial with the spout but spaced therefrom is a rotor gate having a cutaway cylindrical wall that rotates around the spout. In one position, flow through the valve is uninterrupted. In another position, the gate occupies the area of repose of the material falling through the spout, thus interrupting that flow. The housing may seal the spout and gate from the surrounding atmosphere.