Abstract: A convenient, spill-resistant and highly versatile pouring system for containerized liquids is disclosed. A primary funnel includes a container seating well having a built-in container piercing element. The primary funnel is inverted and placed over a liquid container or vice versa to carry out the piercing operation, following which the primary funnel and pierced container are in an upright position so that the reduced diameter pouring spout of the primary funnel can enter an aperture of a receiver of the liquid. Easily attachable secondary and tertiary pouring spout extensions allow pouring from the primary funnel into receivers having restricted openings and into receivers at relatively inaccessible locations. A convenient closure plug adapted to fit all pouring spouts of the system is provided. The secondary pouring spout can also be conveniently coupled with a standard size outlet of a bulk liquid storage container.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a unit for holding, opening, dispensing, and storing packaged particulate materials. The dispensing unit of the invention will comprise a support (20) for a package (36) containing a flowable particulate material, a cutting member (22) for opening the package, and a removable closure (24) to cover a dispensing opening (30) in the side wall (28) of the support. The cutting member has at least one sharpened piercing portion (38) and a sharpened leading edge (42) to provide a clean cut into the package by transverse and preferably rotating movement relative to the package.

Abstract: An upwardly pyramidal frame, formed of angularly spaced legs converging to a point, is mountable on a holder that extends about a fill opening of the pressure tank of a blast cleaning system. The frame is so disposed as to break open the end of a bag containing an abrasive media, when the bag is dropped onto the frame, with the break occurring at a location confined to the area of the fill opening. A screen supported upon a shoulder of the holder extends across the opening. At the bottom of the frame, outwardly directed feet on the legs extend into a space between the shoulder on which the screen is supported, and opposing, downwardly facing shoulders. Screws threaded in the feet bear against the peripheral portion of the screen, to clampably engage the feet and the screen against the opposed shoulders. When a screen is to be replaced, the screws are backed off, to loosen the frame and screen and permit their removal and replacement.

Abstract: A housing for a pressurized syrup package which includes a main body portion constructed of material impervious to carbon dioxide. A cap is provided for the housing and extends over an open top of the main body portion. Piercing pins are carried by the cap for penetrating the top wall of the syrup package when the cap is positioned thereon to provide communication between a source of carbon dioxide and a receiver for syrup removed from the package. A conduit extends between the source of carbon dioxide and a respective piercing pin. A valve is positioned in the conduit for closing off the source of carbon dioxide automatically upon removal of the cap from the main body portion.

Abstract: Container assembly for beverage concentrates, including a container having an opening formed therein, a carrier disposed in the opening, a membrane-type seal disposed in the opening sealing the carrier to the container, a reusable measuring device having an end section for attachment to the container at the opening, at least one tab projecting from the end section for punching through the seal, and at least one barbed hook disposed on the at least one tab being solidly snappable-in on the carrier when attaching the measuring device to the container at the opening, the measuring device being detachable from the container after being attached exclusively by pulling the carrier from the opening.

Abstract: A portable coolable beverage or liquid dispenser made of insulating material forming a base unit, shell and cap, all joined to form a chamber in which a pliant or ductile beverage-containing vessel is mounted on and partially supported by a container having a reservoir which captures the vessel's beverage after the latter's release therefrom. Such release occurs in the assembly for use of the dispenser, as a portion of the vessel's skin within a threaded collar connected to such skin is punctured by a tip on a sleeve extending through a threaded opening in the container's lid. The lid's opening and the vessel's collar are secured together prior to closure of the container by its lid. The container's reservoir is sealed by such lid closure to avoid contamination of the beverage. Spacial dimensions about the vessel and container provide for introduction of ice into the chamber, and a passageway from the reservoir to an external spigot provides the manner of dispensing the liquid.

Abstract: The present invention discloses card-type packages for holding and displaying flexible capsules and the like, and more particularly to a card having a puncturing means for opening the capsules.

Abstract: A container for an oil can spout of the type having a lower can-piercing end and an upper pouring end. The container has a bottom, side walls structure and an open top, all dimensioned so that the spout is receivable by the container with its lower end down and its upper end adjacent the top of the container. Lid structure closes the container, but the lid is selectively movable to an open position to enable insertion and removal of the spout. A support is provided within the container for relatively tightly receiving the lower end of the spout and a bottom oil reservoir receives oil draining from the spout after use. The reservoir has an oil drain for draining oil from the reservoir. The container may be mounted in a vehicle or on any appropriate support by a bracket and strap device. A seal is used between the lid and the top of the container to prevent passage of dirt and oil.

Abstract: A post-mix beverage dispensing system is disclosed which comprises a syrup dispenser provided with a rupturable membrane which seals the discharge end thereof and a vent with a vent cap on the opposite end thereof. An opening device is provided comprising a cylindrical piercing knife and a socket for receiving the membrane seal end of the syrup container. Due to the unique structure of the opening device, the rupturable membrane is effectively pierced and displaced upon insertion thereof into the socket, thus providing unobstructed continuous flow of the syrup from the container into an associated valve body.

Abstract: A dispenser comprises a hollow body adapted to receive a container of product to be dispensed, a dispensing mechanism disposed below the hollow body and means within the body for puncturing a container of product inserted therein to permit discharge of product from the container into the lower portion of the body. The lower portion of the body defines a reservoir of smaller volume than that of the container whereby the product accumulated in the reservoir acts to seal the punctured container and control the discharge of product therefrom. The container and the body are of complementary shape so that the container may only be inserted into the body in one position.

Abstract: A caulker 10 dispenses two viscous components contained separately in inner and outer molded resin chambers. The outer chamber 12 holds one of the components 14 around the inner chamber 11 and is generally cylindrical with standard dimensions to fit existing caulking guns and dispensing equipment. The second component 15 is held within collapsible inner chamber 11 aranged inside outer chamber 12 and having accordion pleats that collapse when axially compressed. Inner chamber 11 has a rear end filling opening 17, and a molded resin plunger 13 fitting closely within outer chamber 12 is secured to the rear end of inner chamber 11. The forward regions of both chambers join and form passageways merging at the forward end of caulker 10. Inner chamber 11 is sealed by an openable barrier 22, and a removable closure element 26 seals outer chamber 12.

Abstract: An automatic bag breaking system in which a bag of powdered material is opened and emptied within a protective enclosure. The enclosure is equipped with a bag holding assembly and at least one flapper to sequentially strike the bag after the bag is cut to enhance discharge of the bag's contents within the protective enclosure.

Abstract: A liquid container having easy penetratable wall portions provided in laterally extending hollow lobes or protuberances which communicate with the interior of the container. The container is impaled upon piercing pins positioned in sockets carried in a beverage dispensing device. The lateral protuberances serve as suspension elements for supporting the container and also provide surfaces through which piercing pins supply pressurized gas to the container and remove liquid syrup from the container for mixing with a carbonated liquid.

Abstract: A liquid containing and dispensing device is disclosed. The device comprises a rigid wall container adapted to receive a sealed liquid containing pouch having flexible walls in close contact with the walls of the container, and a pouring spout having a tubular depending portion with a sharpened end slidably mounted in the container and adapted to perforate the top of the pouch and form a seal around the opening in the pouch to effect pouring of the contents of the pouch.

Abstract: A canister for storing a can of oil has an arrangement to mount it within the engine compartment or trunk of an automobile or to other motorized vehicles. An inverted funnel is secured to the upper end of the cannister, serving as a cover enclosure or upon detachment, as a funnel for adding oil to the engine. The funnel spout receives a cap or stopper which has a handle on its outer side and a can opener on its inner side normally enclosed within the funnel.

Abstract: A readily refillable dispensing device for dispensing liquids and other fluids without a use of gaseous propellants includes an outer casing having an aerosol valve assembly, a refill assembly which is received within the outer case and an end cap. The refill assembly includes a rigid cylindrical sleeve, a piston slidably received within the cylindrical sleeve, a rubber wiper seal, and a coil spring for biasing the piston towards an upper portion of the refill assembly. The piston includes at least one depending lock hook which releasably engages a lower sleeve closure of the cylindrical sleeve. The piston is released from the lower sleeve closure by threading the bottom cap onto the outer case. A cam of the bottom cap urges the at least one depending lock hook out of engagement with the lower sleeve closure. The wiper seal is preferably made of a resilient material such as rubber or neoprene and effectively seals an interior chamber of the refill assembly.

Abstract: A pneumatic hammer, hammer drill or like percussion tool incorporating a cartridge-type oil tank detachably installed in the main body of the tool. The oil tank is made of transparent or semitransparent material and held from outside by a holding plate formed with at least one slit, permitting the user to check the tank from outside for an oil consumption. The oil tank is supported on a seat plate which is detachably mounted on the tool main body and which, when removed, enables the user to inspect or repair the interior with ease.

Abstract: A sterile or sterilizable container in which the contents are sealed has a wall provided by a rupturable membrane. Preferably the outer surface of the membrane is covered by a layer of sheet material peelably adhered thereto. To dispense the contents, another rupturable sheet is adhered to the membrane, having first removed the covering layer if present. The surface of said rupturable sheet remote from the membrane is sterile, and a sterile cutting tool is used to cut through the two rupturable layers to create an opening through which the contents can be discharged. The potentially contaminated outer surface of the container membrane is thus sealed to the adjacent surface of the rupturable sheet, which could also be contaminated, thereby minimizing the risk of such contamination being passed to the contents as they are dispensed from the container.

Abstract: A replaceable cartridge for a dispenser comprises an elongated collapsible envelope for containing the material to be dispensed. The cartridge includes a tubular body portion and two end walls which are of one-piece with the tubular body portion. The cartridge is constituted by a thin-walled, flexible, limp and collapsible material. A cap portion having a discharge outlet faces one end wall of the cartridge, and a movable compression disc faces the other end wall of the cartridge. In response to movement of the disc, the cartridge is collapsed to thereby cause rupture of the end wall adjacent the discharge outlet. Alternatively, a puncture needle is provided on the cap portion for puncturing the end wall adjacent the discharge outlet. Once opened, the material within the cartridge is free to escape through the discharge outlet in response to such movement of the disc.

Abstract: A shipping cage for animals having secured to an interior wall a receptacle containing a disposable bag of sterile water. A demand feeding valve having a piercing point is inserted into the bag through the wall of the receptacle and has intermediate integral retaining flanges on the valve which secure it to said wall.

Abstract: A can crushing and emptying device adapted to crush and drain large cans by cutting out one end, draining the contents into a container, flushing the can and then crushing it by means of a ram adapted to press the can onto a ring of sharpened teeth arranged to contact the end of the can near its perimeter. Levers are provided to move the end of the can into the interior of the can. A nozzle is provided to rinse the interior, and a support for the perimeter of the can is used to resist the force of the ram whereby the exterior of the can is crushed between the support and the ram.

Abstract: A dispensing package comprising a substantially rectangular, parallelepipedal container which is suitable for stacking, a bag-type liner, and an internal funnel having its outlet end disposed adjacent a sidewall of the container so that the contents of the container can be dispensed through its side as opposed to the flap formed, multiple layered top or bottom closure is disclosed. The funnel is provided with a sufficient degree of taper that substantially all of the flowable material contained within the bag liner can gravitate from the package when the package is oriented with the funnel pointing downardly and the portions of the bag liner and the carton sidewall which span the outlet end of the funnel are breached.

Abstract: A chemical replenisher system for supplying developer and fixer chemicals to a processor is disclosed. A developer and fixer tank are disposed side-by-side and coupled to the processor by way of hoses. A container-coded dispenser atop the tanks provides a substantially error-free arrangement for introducing the component chemicals into the tanks. A unique outline geometry is associated with each component container. By relating this geometry to a corresponding opening in a template of the dispenser, the introduction of the component chemicals is made error-free. The template openings also serve as guides for the containers. Uniquely designed knife assemblies are disposed below the template openings for piercing the tops of the sealed, chemical-filled containers upon inserting the containers into the template openings. Water is supplied under increased pressure as a mixing source is provided to each tank. A system of sensors provides low level alarm activation and automatic water shut-off.

Abstract: An apparatus for vaporizing wherein a vaporizer is positioned within a water closet so that the normal water level substantially fills a portion of the vaporizer. Upon discharging water from the water closet, the water level in the vaporizer falls thereby allowing air to enter the vaporizer. As the water level returns to its normal level within the water closet, the air in the vaporizer is forced into communication with a vaporizable compound and exits the vaporizer through an outlet into the atmosphere.

Abstract: A capsule containing concentrated detergent liquid or like material has a frangible bottom wall. The capsule which preferably has stiff side walls and a considerable more frangible bottom wall may be mounted in a cradle in the upper or neck portion of a special dispensing container having a removable top closure and the body of which contains a diluent or like liquid such as water and is provided with one or more devices for puncturing the bottom wall of an inserted capsule. In a preferred form the capsule has an annular storage compartment. A formation of the upper end of the capsule coacts with the closure so that, after insertion of a fresh capsule, mounting of the closure upon the container body displaces the inserted capsule relative to the puncturing devices on the cradle to destroy the frangible bottom wall and empty the capsule contents into the body of the container. In one form the capsule may serve as the container closure.

Abstract: A device for filling the crank case or transmission of an internal combustion engine with oil dispensed from a can opened by the device. The device comprises an outer casing, a cup member in the casing spaced from the side walls and bottom of the casing, registering openings in the cup member and casing bottoms, and a piercing and dispensing tube mounted in the cup member having a beveled piercing end facing upwardly in the cup member. Air passages are provided by the space between the cup member and casing communicating with the interior of the piercing tube. The tube is mounted in the cup member by a pin of magnetic material which has two functions: to attract ferrous matter and to separate the fluid flow momentarily, thereby allowing air passing upwardly or downwardly with the fluid, to mix with the fluid. The spacing means between the cup member and the casing may be a plurality of bars connected to the side walls of the cup member and having legs extending beyond the cup member bottom.

Abstract: Outside flaps, on each of two cells having adjoining wall panels secured together are secured to respective wall panels of the opposite cell to form a bridge across the respective opposite sides of the adjoining wall panels.

Abstract: Apparatus for commingling liquid chemicals includes a mixing tank having a drain valve and a liquid container impaling head for piercing a container impressed thereon so that the container's liquid chemical contents will flow into the tank. A pump is operatively connected to the tank for transporting liquid such as water from an external supply into the tank. The pump is also operable for continuously recirculating liquid from the tank and back thereinto so as to commingle the liquid from the supply and the container. The pump's inlet is also connected to a second liquid supply so that liquid from a barrel or drum may be withdrawn therefrom and mixed in the tank. An extendible-contractible member is slidably arranged within a conduit to permit the contents of the barrel or drum to be substantially evacuated.

Abstract: A device is provided for opening a flexible container and dispensing its contents in a convenient, efficient manner. Gripping means secure one end of the container. A serrated edge lies along the opposite end of the container. A scraper is mounted along the device and is slidable between the gripping means and the serrated edge. The device is especially suitable for use with plastic pouches in which foods are marketed.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for dispensing a liquid packaged in a thermoplastic film pouch into a receptacle therefor.

Abstract: The specification describes a mixing container for dissolving corrosive or poisonous chemicals, supplied in a sealed package, in a solvent. The container comprises a filling neck, which can be closed by a lid, for the chemicals, more particularly for the production of a plant protective spraying liquid, characterized by the following features. The filling neck is provided with a sleeve extension, directed towards the interior of the container, for receiving an as yet unopened chemical package. The sleeve extension in the interior part has an opener for the package and this opener becomes effective on pressing the package into the sleeve extension and the opener causes the content of the package to move past it into the container.

Abstract: A diluting and dispensing container having a neck portion for receiving and puncturing the bottom of a capsule of concentrated material. The capsule has an annular storage compartment, a central passageway and a frangible bottom wall.

Abstract: A fluid-containing and dispensing structure consisting of a flexible sealed fluid-containing pouch mounted within a container formed of a relatively rigid material compared with the pouch which is deformable. The container has associated therewith a pouring spout which cooperates with a tubular element positioned in the upper wall portion of the flexible sealed fluid-containing pouch to provide a passage for fluid in the pouch and is associated with a top wall structure of the container to enclose the pouch. The top wall structure cooperates with a side wall and the pouring spout to secure the pouring spout on the pouch with a bayonet portion of the pouring spout perforating the top wall portion to facilitate dispensing of the contents of the pouch through the pouring spout. The top wall structure is opened and removable from the remaining portion of the container and the pouch is readily removed therefrom and replaced by a similar pouch.