Abstract: Provided is a plug assembly for a beverage container, exhibiting a favorable pourability without hindering a compactness. The assembly includes: an outer plug fitted into an upper opening of a container body and having an outflow passage therein; and an inner plug fitted into an upper opening section of the outer plug. Provided on the inner circumferential surface of the outer plug is a female screw having a thread continuous in the radial direction and used to attach the inner plug. Provided on the outer circumferential surface of the inner plug is a male screw corresponding to the female screw. Flow passages are formed by vertically cutting out at least a part of the male screw, and provided on the upper regions of the flow passages are control walls linearly slanting upward and outward. A stable screwed state can be consistently maintained regardless of the locations of the flow passages.

Abstract: A beverage release cap over a bottle cap of a plastic carbonated beverage bottle for dispensing a beverage, without losing gasses inside the bottle, when the bottle is inverted or partially inverted for pouring. The beverage release cap has three distinct functional and physical sections. A lower section engaging a bottle rim below the bottle cap and snapping over the bottle rim, thereby retaining the beverage release cap to the bottle while providing a seal and permitting a twisting rotation of the beverage release cap. A middle section gripping the bottle cap with vertical, equally spaced ribs, a space between the ribs allowing beverage to flow between the bottle cap and the beverage release cap. An upper section providing a path for the beverage to flow from the middle section. The beverage release cap may alternatively be a replacement to the standard bottle cap.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser has an intermediate body which permits the dispenser head to rotate freely on its container, until the intermediate body is hand-blocked from rotating.

Abstract: A carbonated drink closure and dispensing device having an upper cap portion, a lower cap portion removably and rotatably secured to the upper cap portion at one end, and removably secured to a top opening of a container at an opposing end. The lower cap portion includes an opening allowing fluid contents of the container to flow thererough, and a valve member is dimensioned and configured to cover the lower cap portion opening. An anti-rotation device is disposed on the lower cap portion and houses the valve member, wherein the rotation of the upper cap portion slides the valve member within the anti-rotation device, closing off the opening of the lower cap portion in one position, and moves away from the opening of the lower cap portion allowing fluid contents from the container to flow through the opening and through the upper cap portion.

Abstract: A portable fuel tank includes a fuel-storing seat, a cap and a control mechanism. The fuel-storing seat includes a tank wall defining a fuel-storing chamber and formed with a fuel-feeding port at an upper portion thereof, and a fuel-discharging port at a lower portion thereof. The cap is mounted removably on the fuel-storing seat for covering the fuel-feeding port. The control mechanism includes a valve disposed movably within the fuel-storing seat and biased to a sealing position so as to close the fuel-discharging port in the fuel-storing seat. The valve is movable to a non-sealing position so as to separate from the fuel-discharging port, thereby allowing for drainage of fuel from the fuel-storing chamber through the fuel-discharging port by virtue of gravity.

Abstract: A device for packaging and dispensing a product, in particular a cosmetic product, which includes a container holding the product. The container is surmounted by a neck, such that a free edge of the neck delineates a first dispensing aperture for the product. A detachable lid is capable of engaging with the neck to selectively close off the first dispensing aperture. In an illustrated example, the free edge of the neck at least partially delineates a second dispensing aperture, with the second dispensing aperture capable of passing from a closed off position to an open position in response to a movement of the lid relative to the neck, so that (i) in a first dispensing mode, the lid is in an intermediate position relative to the neck between a closed-off position of the first aperture and a detached position from the neck, and the product is dispensed via the second aperture, and (ii) in a second dispensing mode, the lid is detached from the neck, and the product is dispensed via the first aperture.

Abstract: A closure for a liquid container comprising a base including a conduit extending therethrough, the base further including a substantially tubular spout guide and a plug positioned radially within the tubular spout guide, and a substantially annular spout mounted to the tubular spout guide for reciprocation between an open and a closed position, the spout including an annular wall and an annular deck extending radially inwardly from an upper end of the annular wall forming a central orifice, where the plug includes a leading end and an annular, outer seal surface that is received within, and blocks the central orifice when the spout is in the closed position and that is removed from the central orifice when the spout is in the open position, and where at least a substantial portion of the outer circumferential seal surface of the plug is axially recessed with respect to the tubular spout guide.

Abstract: A cap assembly cooperates with a container to form a vent portion and a pour portion when a cap is oriented in an open position relative to the container. The cap is dimensioned to seal the container opening in a closed position. The cap and opening are oblong, preferably oval in configuration, and have cooperating thread assemblies that permit the cap to be selectively rotated between the open and closed positions. The cap preferably has a threaded shank that is engaged along a portion of its periphery by central threaded portions disposed on opposite sides of the generally oval container opening.

Abstract: A twist-type closure cap for a container, the twist-type closure cap including a cap portion, and a stand portion, the cap portion including cap body rotatably mounted on a threaded central post having a bore therethrough with a bottom portion of the post being adapted to be secured to a container such that the container is in communication with the bore such that rotation of the cap body relative to the central post opens and closes the bore, and the stand portion comprising one or more legs, each leg being dependent from the cap body and extending radially outwardly therefrom, such that in use, the stand portion enables the container to maintain an inverted position whilst the or each leg thereof facilitates rotation of the cap body relative to the central post.

Abstract: A self-piercing radiator drain valve which is implemented in a radiator requiring the coolant therein to be drained, particularly a radiator having no integrated drain valve. A radiator foot has a blind bore. A self-piercing valve body including a piercing tip and a resilient seal is threadingly driven into the blind bore to cause the piercing tip to penetrate the bore end wall and enter into a coolant reservoir tank, thereby providing a valve orifice for draining the tank. The seal provides coolant tight sealing with respect to the valve orifice for the remaining life of the radiator. At any time in the future, coolant draining and refilling can again be performed by unthreading and then rethreading the self-piercing valve with respect to the blind bore, as recounted.

Abstract: A vacuum insulated carafe having high flow characteristics is taught, which includes a double wall metallic body (22) with the air evacuated from the space between the walls forming an insulating layer. The body has a top (26) and a bottom (28) with a base (30) attached to the bottom for resting the carafe on a flat surface. A mounting ring (34) is connected to the top of the body and includes a outside surface (36) and a central opening (38), with the outside surface having a pouring spout (40) and a handle (50). An interfacing gasket (54) seals the mounting ring to the body and a stopper (58), having a cap (70), an inner cup (60) and an outer ring (62) containing external male threads, and a plurality of integral ribs (68) connect the cup to the ring while forming a void (68) between the ribs. A liquid sealing gasket (72) is disposed between the stopper and the mounting ring.

Abstract: A plug for removably resealing an aperture in a soft plastic dispensing conduit of a container of material. The plug includes a handle-like upper portion, and a conically tapering lower portion with contiguous scoring edges each having a leading and a trailing surface which form a sharp circumferential point. By firmly inserting the plug into the aperture and then screwing it in, one or several points score a segment of the conduit interior surface, proximate to the aperture, forming grooves. Meshing of edge points and grooves create an air-tight seal. The aperture, reopened by unscrewing the plug, can be repetitively resealed because the scoring edges track within the preformed grooves.

Abstract: A cap assembly cooperates with a container to form a vent portion and a pour portion when a cap is oriented in an open position relative to the container. The cap is dimensioned to seal the container opening in a closed position. The cap and opening are oblong, preferably oval in configuration, and have cooperating thread assemblies that permit the cap to be selectively rotated between the open and closed positions. The cap preferably has a threaded shank that is engaged along a portion of its periphery by central threaded portions disposed on opposite sides of the generally oval container opening.

Abstract: The invention provides a caulk storage and dispensing system having a reusable sealing device and a caulk dispensing container. The reusable sealing device has a threaded portion disposed on a pin section. The threaded portion seals the caulk dispensing container and assists in removing the reusable sealing device from the caulk dispensing container. The threaded portion may be tapered or straight and may have a constant or variable pitch. The caulk dispensing container has a nozzle surrounding a container opening for dispensing caulk. The reusable sealing device is inserted into the nozzle. The threaded portion may engage the caulk dispensing container and the nozzle interior. A head section may seal the nozzle opening. The reusable sealing device also forms a seal with the caulk. The caulk dries or hardens around the threaded portion, thus sealing the caulk dispensing container and forming a screw hole.

Abstract: A cap assembly cooperates with a container to form a vent portion and a pour portion when a cap is oriented in an open position relative to the container. The cap is dimensioned to seal the container opening in a closed position. The cap and opening are oblong, preferably oval in configuration, and have cooperating thread assemblies that permit the cap to be selectively rotated between the open and closed positions. The cap preferably has a threaded shank that is engaged along a portion of its periphery by central threaded portions disposed on opposite sides of the generally oval container opening.

Abstract: A carburetor float bowl drain screw and recovery system includes a retaining screw having a threaded forward end, an intermediate portion having a plurality of transverse holes leading to an axial channel and an internally threaded end portion terminating in a hex head. An externally threaded insert engages the end portion and includes a tapered forward portion which engages tapered internal walls on the retaining screw to effect a seal, an internal channel and a hexagonal rear portion terminating in a cylindrical end for coupling a fuel line thereto. When the insert is loosened fuel flows through the holes in the screw into the screw channel and then outwardly through the insert channel to a fuel line. The fuel bowl may thus be safely drained.

Abstract: A closure for a container-and-closure sealing system embodied in a container and closure package, and method of making the same. The container has an open mouth surrounded by a cylindrical neck wall having internal threads and an open upper edge. The closure is a cap/dispensing cup type and has a skirt with external threads adapted for threaded receipt within the container neck wall. A circumferentially continuous flange projects outwardly from the skirt and has a conical portion adapted for cam engaging, trapping and sealing with the open upper edge of the neck wall as the closure is threaded into this wall. The closure skirt also has a circumferentially continuous plug-type sealing surface that extends radially outwardly from the skirt between the trapping flange and closure external threads adapted for interference sealing engagement with the neck wall as the closure is threaded thereinto.

Abstract: A bottle manufactured by injection molding techniques for use with liquids which diffuse greatly. The bottle and a cap are of almost continuous double-walled construction. Two concentric walls extend from the container shoulder, wherein an inner container wall is shorter than an outer container wall. The single-walled or double-walled bottom is shaped in such a way that the inner container wall is sealed by contact on the inside and the outside, while the outer container wall is only sealed by interior contact at the bottom.

Abstract: A container-and-closure sealing system embodied in a container and closure package, and method of making the same. The container has an open mouth surrounded by a cylindrical neck wall having internal threads and an open upper edge. The closure is a cap/dispensing cup type and has a skirt with external threads for threaded receipt within the container neck wall. A circumferentially continuous flange projects outwardly from the skirt and has a conical portion for cam engaging, trapping and sealing with the open upper edge of the neck wall as the closure is threaded into this wall. The closure skirt also has a circumferentially continuous plug-type sealing surface that extends radially outwardly from the skirt between the trapping flange and closure external threads for interference sealing engagement with the neck wall, as the closure is threaded thereinto.

Abstract: An assembly is provided having a beverage container and a lid. The beverage container includes a body defining a hollow interior for holding liquids, and a curved annular wall attached to the top rim of the body, the curved annular wall having an upper end that defines a drinking mouth. The inner diameter of the curved annular wall is greater at the upper end than at a central portion thereof. The lid includes a core having an annular outer wall which has a generally curved configuration, and at least one groove provided along the annular outer wall and extending from the top end of the core to the bottom end of the core. The lid further includes a top plate attached to the top end of the core and completely covering the groove, with the top plate having an outer circumferential edge.

Abstract: A combination cap and dispensing spout assembly for a carbonated beverage bottle. It is designed to stay on the beverage bottle until it is empty. It is pressed onto the original sealing cap of the carbonated beverage bottle and it is detachably snapped over the annular shoulder on the neck of the bottle. When it is desired to dispense some of the beverage, the bottle is turned upside down and the combination cap and dispensing spout assembly is rotated about 1/4-3/4 of a turn which allows the carbonated beverage to pour out of the tubular spout of the combination cap and dispensing spout assembly. The carbonated gas that has escaped from the liquid beverage cannot readily escape from the carbonated beverage bottle but instead rises into the space above the liquid beverage in the bottles upside down position.

Abstract: A device for bleeding or draining a duct comprises a member for closing a passage that opens out into the duct, the member having a helical groove formed in its peripheral surface enabling it to be moved in the passage by screwing and unscrewing on a helical rib of a collar embedded in the material defining the passage.

Abstract: The device comprises a valve body (6) mounted in seal-tight manner through the wall (7) of a chamber (3) and a shutter (4) received in the body, and means (4) for selective seal-tight connection of the chamber (3) to a pipe system (5) with the shutter in an open position.The connecting means (4) comprise a removable sleeve (18) adapted to be externally secured in seal-tight manner to the body (6), and a means (23, 31) for actuating the shutter (7), mounted for rotation in the sleeve (18) so as to move the shutter in the sleeve between a closed position and the aforementioned open position in which the chamber (3) communicates with the pipe system (5) via the body (6) and the sleeve (18).

Abstract: A no spill container including a bottle having a threaded neck for attaching to a threaded cap. The cap includes a conical stopper and a flared skirt extending inward on the bottle. The inward end or hem of the skirt provides a gripping surface away from the neck of the bottle for opening and closing the cap. The neck includes an opening to receive the stopper when the cap is closed. An aperture is formed in the cap. When the cap is open, fluid in the container flows into the neck opening and is discharged from the aperture. When the cap is closed the stopper extends inside the neck opening and the outer end of the neck closes the aperture in the cap, to thereby prevent fluid flow out from the container.

Abstract: A plug for a threaded opening in an oil pan or other fluid container. The plug has a cylindrical midportion and upper and lower threaded portions at each end of the midportion. The midportion has a side orifice that is connected to another orifice at the end of the upper threaded portion. The end of the lower threaded portion has a grip for turning the plug. The plug may be installed by screwing the upper threaded portion into the threaded opening, sliding the plug further into the container, and screwing the lower threaded portion into the container. Fluid may be drained or vented by unscrewing the lower threaded portion and sliding the plug out of the container until the side orifice is exposed. Once unscrewed, the plug may be rotated to orient the flow of fluid from the side orifice in any direction. Fluid flow may be stopped by sliding the plug into the container until the upper edge of the lower threads contact the container wall.

Abstract: A dispenser for the dispensing of particulate solids such as salt and pepper. The dispenser comprises a dispenser body having a plurality of open-ended cylindrical bores, each bore defining a space adjacent the bottom end thereof into which particulate material can be inserted and the open ends of the bores being threaded to receive a threaded closure. A threaded closure is associated with each of the bores. The threaded open ends of the bores include openings which allow the spaces to communicate with the exterior of the body only when the threaded closures are partially unthreaded.

Abstract: A dispensing tap of the type which is attached to a cask or a bottle is described. The tap body having an inlet and an outlet and a valve element controlling the outlet. A small bore capillary tube is attached to the inlet of the tap and a sleeve surrounds the junction between the small bore capillary tube and the tap body and pass the length of the small bore capillary tube. The valve element and body are formed with cooperating screw threads so arranged that rotation of the valve element causes movement thereof relative to the outlet to open or close the outlet. A releasable locking means is provided for preventing rotation of the valve element.

Abstract: A low profile closure which includes a coupling member which is mounted on a container dispensing opening, and an open ended dosing cap including a boundary wall which is dimensioned for removable attachment to an interior surface of the coupling member. The coupling member includes an open ended body portion formed by an upright boundary wall, and a top peripheral edge which defines an outwardly projecting spout. An exterior surface of the dosing cap is arranged in conforming frictional relation to the outwardly projecting spout to provide a low profile closure. Cooperating external and internal threads respectively disposed on the cap boundary wall and coupling body portion are employed to removably fasten the cap in the coupling member.

Abstract: A cap for use with water treatment apparatus specifically adapted to cooperate with an open neck of a bottle having an exterior projection formed on the neck thereof. The cap includes a lower component having a circumferentially continuous lower portion which has an interior projection adapted to cooperate with the exterior projection of the bottle, and surfaces for cooperatively engaging a tubular member mounted in the open neck of the bottle. The cap lower portion also includes a top portion having a central part and a peripheral part which has a plurality of circumferentially spaced through-extending openings, the openings disposed substantially 360 degrees around the circumference of the cap.

Abstract: A bulk material container with an opening has a door arranged to move over a rectilinear path for the opening and the closing of the opening. For moving the door over a rectilinear path to either open or close the opening, a threaded shaft is journalled for rotation within the container and is aligned axially with the center of the door. Means on the threaded shaft engage the door so that the door is moved over the rectilinear path by the rotation of the threaded shaft. A gasket surrounds the opening at the time of closure of the door. Continued rotation of the shaft for the closure of the door will cause the gasket to be compressed against the plate surrounding the opening. Rotation of the door is inhibited while the gasket is being compressed.

Abstract: A bulk material container with an opening has a door arranged to move over a rectilinear path for the opening and the closing of the opening. For moving the door over a rectilinear path to either open or close the opening, a threaded shaft is journalled for rotation within the container and is aligned axially with the center of the door. Means on the threaded shaft engage the door so that the door is moved over the rectilinear path by the rotation of the threaded shaft. A gasket surrounds the opening at the time of closure by the door. Continued rotation of the shaft for the closure of the door will cause the gasket to be compressed against the plate surrounding the opening. Rotation of the door is inhibited while the gasket is being compressed.

Abstract: A thermos carafe with an inner container surrounded by a casing, whereby the inner container and the casing at the top have an opening which can be closed by a plug. The plug and/or the opening are shaped in such a way that it is possible to fill and empty the inner container, while the plug is left in the opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to an insulating jug or bottle having a housing in which a recess is arranged on the upper side which recess may be closed by means of a lid, having an opening therein, positioned in the region of the recess and which is to be closed and opened by means of a closing member carrying a sealing member, which closing member is mounted in the lid so that it may be adjusted between an opened and closed position by means of an adjusting mechanism, more particularly a worn gear or the like, having a hand grip, which mechanism acts inflexibly in the direction of the closed position, whereby movement of the hand grip is restricted in the closed position and the lid is fixed on the housing in the direction of movement of adjustment of the closing member.

Abstract: A hand-held dispenser for a flowable product, including a container having a neck portion at its top, and a cap body having a discharge opening and a base portion cooperable with the neck portion of the container to mount the cap body thereon. The base and neck portions have cooperable automatic pressure-relief valving structures which are responsive to increased gas pressure in the container, for venting a limited quantity of gas when the container is in its upright position, so as to prevent possible explosion of the container and spillage or splattering of its contents. In one form, there is a first annular sealing surface on one portion and a cooperable annular sealing surface on a companion portion which is engageable with the first surface when the cap body is fully seated on the neck portion. A projection on one of the portions is located adjacent the sealing surface thereof, and is engageable with the cooperable sealing surface on the other of the portions.

Abstract: An insulating jug having a protective housing is formed of a molded construction of synthetic material and includes an integrally formed spout, which is closed or pipe-shaped and has a conical cross-section that diverges inwardly. A recess is formed in the top of the protective housing to receive a lid element that is threaded on its lower portion and by inserting the threaded portion into a mating threaded portion in the top of the protective housing respective sealing surfaces are brought into contact, and the top of the lid resides within the recess and blocks the spout. Pouring is accomplished by use of relieved portions on the threaded part of the lid, which when unthreaded appropriately permit liquid to exit a container arranged within the molded protective housing.

Abstract: A ski pole comprises a shaft, a hand grip, a stop basket, cavity means in said shaft, adapted to contain a liquid, hand strap means on said hand grip, and access means, in said hand grip, to said cavity means.

Abstract: A container with a circular spout having a spiral groove receiving a closure cap axially movable on the spout to close the spout outlet which is offset from the axis of the spout. The cap is provided with a cutaway section closing the offset spout outlet in the closed position and unblocking the spout outlet in a second rotary position on the spout.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling or bleeding fluid out of a container which is cld by a plug wherein the apparatus includes a block which has a cavity. A gasket and a clamp are utilized for sealably attaching the block to the container so that the cavity can be sealed about the plug. The block has a pair of passageways which extend outwardly from the cavity to respective spaced apart ports. A fitting is connected in the port of one of the passageways for filling or bleeding fluid through the plug opening, and a screwdriver is slidably fitted through the other passageway for loosening or tightening the plug in the plug opening. The screwdriver may be sealed to its respective passageway by an O-ring when the screwdriver is inserted therethrough. In this manner, a seal of the container is maintained while (1) the plug is loosened, (2) while fluid is inserted in or bled from the container, and (3) while the plug is tightened in the plug opening.

Abstract: A hollow stopper for dispensing fluid from a bottle having a neck and a top lip is provided. The stopper comprises a top wall having a laterally extending, downwardly open, spout-like protrusion. The top wall has a continuous, annular, uninterrupted undersurface for sealing engagement with the top lip of a bottle. An annular skirt depends from the top wall inwardly of said undersurface. The skirt is adapted to fit within the neck of a bottle and to move axially with respect thereto between a sealing position in which said undersurface is in sealing engagement with the bottle lip and a plurality of dispensing positions in which said undersurface is spaced from the bottle lip. The skirt includes an axial pouring slot extending from the top wall undersurface along one side of the skirt in alignment with the spout-like protrusion.

Abstract: A bung screw-threadedly received in a receptacle has a plurality of flow openings therethrough disposed in a series about the axis of the bung, and an axially movable valve disc for simultaneously opening or closing all of the openings. Each opening has a thin penetrable closure which can be penetrated without disturbing any of the other closures. In this way, when the container is tilted to discharge the contents, only the closure of the flow opening which is lowermost need be broken. The disc can then be manipulated to open and close the bung, without the contents of the container flowing over the tools and the hands of the operator who opens and closes the disc.