Abstract: A fixing device for a folded paste tube such as toothpaste, includes a tube bottom end formed on one end of the tube to have a certain width and length and a pair of hook parts formed on one surface of the tube bottom end to face each other in a tilted direction along a perforated line cut from one side to the other side in a horizontal direction and the tilted direction, and binding parts formed inside the hook parts, wherein the hook parts are cut along the perforated line, the hook part on one side and the hook part on the other side are unfolded and surround a rolled and folded part of the tube bottom end, and the binding parts come into contact with each other so as to allow hooks to be held by each other.

Abstract: A collapsible tube squeezing device includes a tubular member and a rotary member. A tubular wall of the tubular member has a slit which extends in an axial direction through two opened ends. The rotary member has a tubular shaft rotatably disposed in the tubular wall about an axis, a handle connected to a shaft end for a manual rotational operation, and a centered member connected to an opposite shaft end, and configured to be kept and centered along the axis. A shaft wall of the tubular shaft is coaxial with and spaced apart from the tubular wall, and has a slot for a sealed end of a collapsible tube to be inserted thereinto.

Abstract: A flexible container including a first web portion defined by a first periphery, and a second web portion defined by a second periphery. The second web portion may be disposed in a face to face relationship with the first web and at least partially overlapping the first web. At least a portion of the second periphery may be bonded or sealed to the first web, the sealed portion defines a first product volume. The container further includes a dispensing aid disposed adjacent to the sealed portion of the second periphery and may include a dispensing valve. The dispensing aid includes third and fourth web portions sealed along a closed periphery and defining an expanded volume or structural support volume.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for making a coiled cigarette filter is described. The apparatus includes a winding pin having a pinhead and a pin body, the pin body having a slot therein, separating the pin body into a first leg and a second leg. The winding pin is secured to a pin holder for synchronized rotation therewith, such that the pin body extends beyond one end of the pin holder to expose a length of the pin body. One end of a sheet of cigarette filter paper is inserted into the slot in the pin body and the pin holder is rotated in one direction causing the cigarette filter paper to wind around the pin body forming the coiled cigarette filter. Included as well is a pin cover, which is removeably attached to the pin holder for protecting the pin body when not in use.

Abstract: A shaft portion moves in a first direction in accordance with a liquid storage amount in a bag by taking up an elastic member which generates a restoring force in the first direction. The shaft portion extends in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and has a protruding end portion provided at an end in the third direction. An arm portion extending in the first direction is arranged in a case main body and moves along a fourth direction orthogonal to the first and the third directions. A contact portion of the arm portion is arranged on a movement path of the protruding end portion such that the contact portion comes into contact with the protruding end portion that moves in the first direction. A display portion of the arm portion moves along the fourth direction in accordance with the movement of the arm portion.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for containing and dispensing a fluid. The apparatus includes a fluid receiving sleeve made of a pliable material having a structural integrity that may be overcome by a weight of a fluid when the fluid is located within the fluid receiving sleeve. A support member comprising a substantially rigid rod, having a structural integrity sufficient to support the pliable material of the fluid receiving sleeve, supports the fluid receiving sleeve along the sidewall of the fluid receiving sleeve when the support member is positioned in an engaged position. A support member coupling couples the fluid receiving sleeve with the support member along the sidewall of the fluid receiving sleeve when the support member is positioned in an engaged position. In this manner the support member maintains the structural integrity of the fluid receiving sleeve.

Abstract: A device for use in dispensing the contents of a collapsible tube comprises a hollow cylindrical member for winding about the tube. The cylindrical member includes an elongated slot for receiving a tail portion of the collapsible tube, as well as a plurality of notches positioned along a periphery of a first end of the cylindrical member. An elastic flexible tether anchors to a second end of the cylindrical member. The tether is positionable between at least one of the plurality of notches contained within the first end of the cylindrical member. After winding, the tether is stretched and positioned between a selected notch, thereby securing the tether to the first end of the cylindrical member and retaining the thusly wound tube in a selected position. The hollow cylinder may also include a floss dispensing member positionable therein, as well as act as a storage compartment.

Abstract: A flexible fluid storage system for holding large volumes of fluid and a process and apparatus for the handling and transportation of the flexible storage system is provided. The flexible storage system includes a main storage bag with an attachment apron with fingers, a ground sheet, a lay flat tube for fluid circulation, a pressure release port, and fill/drain ports. The flexible storage system is configured for attachment to a trailer and reel system such that the flexible storage system can be mechanically rolled onto or off of a reel on a semi-truck trailer bed for easy transportation, deployment, and storage of the flexible storage system.

Abstract: Disclosed therein is a fluid jetting apparatus. The fluid jetting apparatus includes: a nozzle having a jetting hole adapted to jet a fluid; a nozzle opening and closing part adapted to open and close the jetting hole; at least one elastic fluid-storing part adapted to store the fluid therein and connected with the nozzle at a portion thereof in such a way as to jet the fluid by its elasticity through the jetting hole, the elastic fluid-storing part increasing elasticity accumulated by receiving the external force; and a pressurizing part adapted to increase elasticity accumulated in the elastic fluid-storing part by applying the force to the elastic fluid-storing part. The fluid jetting apparatus is applied to various devices, such as a sprayer, an atomizer, an oral cleaner, and so on, for jetting materials of a liquid, gas or gel type to thereby jet the fluid with a strong jetting force in a convenient manipulation.

Abstract: A squeezable dispenser tube wind-up device, comprising a longitudinally elongated hollow body having opposite, substantially flat exterior sides tapering laterally toward an elongated body inlet at one lateral extremity of the body, the body having an outwardly enlarged, manually grippable, first domed exterior surface at the opposite lateral extremity thereof and merging with said flat sides, the body having opposite ends, the opposite end of the body having an endwise secondarily domed outer surface, for nesting in the palm of the hand of the user, said second domed surface merging with said first domed surface and with said flat tapering exterior sides.

Abstract: A two piece dispensing system for viscous fluids includes a valve body and a valve cap. The valve body threadingly engages the factory nozzle of the viscous fluid tube/cartridge. The hollow valve body and valve cap are slidably engaged via rotational engagement to allow the discharge of fluid or to seal the container. The valve body has two groves with a circumferential scraping edge to collect the fluid, prevent unwanted ejection of the fluid from the tube, and help seal the tube's contents from the atmosphere. The dispensing system is matingly conformed so as to utilize a triple atmospheric seal when closed.

Abstract: The device is a mechanism for dispensing the contents of a collapsible tube. The invention contains a narrow slot inside a body for inserting the end of a tube. A knob is located to the side, which when turned causes the tube to wrap around the body, expelling contents of the tube. A rod is attached to the body on each side of the tube with two loops. The loops allow the rod to remain still while the main body is turned. Once the desired quantity is dispensed, this rod prevents to the tube from unwinding. The rod also guides the tube to prevent it from wrapping to one side. In addition, when the contents are expelled, the rod can be held while the tube is pulled out. The body will spin, unwinding the tube.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a liquid dispensing apparatus for dispensing a liquid from a flexible bag. The apparatus has a support for supporting the flexible bag in use and a mounting adapted for receiving a proximal portion of the flexible bag, for progressive movement relative to the support towards an outlet located at a distal portion of the flexible bag. As the flexible bag is progressively wound up, liquid is squeezed from the proximal portion to the distal portion to dispense liquid from the outlet in a controlled manner in use. This allows desired and precise dosage portions of liquid to be squeezed from the bag and direct dosing from the flexible bag amongst other advantages.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for dispensing paste from a collapsible container elongate about an axis from a first closed end to a second open end, the method comprising rotating one of the first end and second end relative to the other to twist the container about the axis, thereby collapsing the container, compressing paste contained therein and extruding the paste from the second open end.

Abstract: The toothpaste dispensing system includes a toothpaste tube and a pair of mating hook and loop fastening strips affixed to opposing surfaces of the toothpaste tube. When the bottom end of the tube is rolled up to dispense toothpaste, the mating hook and loop strips from opposing tube surfaces interlock. Consequently, the emptied, folded portions of the tube are held together, facilitating efficient dispensing of the toothpaste. The hook and loop strips may be permanently affixed to the toothpaste tube, or removably affixed for re-use with multiple tubes.

Abstract: A dispenser apparatus for use to dispense a material from a squeezable and collapsible tube is provided. The dispenser apparatus comprises a housing unit having a storage portion at the top end, a dispensing portion at the bottom end, and at least one channel which extends vertically from the top end to the bottom end. The dispenser also includes a feeder plate which is downwardly sloping from the storage portion to the dispensing portion, and a dispensing member above the feeder plate. When the dispensing member is in an open position, passage of one tube from the storage portion to the dispensing portion is permitted, and when the dispensing member is in a closed portion, passage of any tube into the dispensing portion is precluded. When in the dispensing portion, material can be dispensed from the tube, and thus converted the full tube to a collapsed, empty shape. Only when the tube has taken on the collapsed empty shape, is the tube removable from the dispensing portion.

Abstract: A toothbrush with an extraction device, such as a key winding tool feature, built into the handle portion, which is used to facilitate the dispensing of toothpaste or the contents of other pasty substances found in collapsible tubes. One or more open-ended slits allow the handle portion to be easily slipped onto the free end of a tube or to be slipped back onto an already curled tube for further ease of manipulation. The toothbrush easily slips off the tube after curling with it, so as to allow the toothbrush to be used for brushing teeth, and allows its use on a plurality of collapsible tubes in various stages of use. The brush head portion can be made detachable so that other attachments made be attached to the handle portion or so that a winding tool remains after the toothbrush head is rendered no longer usable.

Abstract: The present invention is a tube clip for securing the coiled/rolled up end of tubes such as toothpaste, salves, ointments and the likes, thus eliminating the possibility of the tube unrolling and keeping the manufacturers product continually at the ready.

Abstract: A retainer used in conjunction with a collapsible tube, the retainer including a body adapted to contact the end of the tube; and at least one tab extending from the body laterally of the tube and adapted to selectively laterally wrap around the tube to hold a portion of the tube in a selected position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for dispensing neat and measured quantities of the viscous liquid contents of deformable flexible tubes. The disclosed method entails dispensing a small quantity of the contents until a depleted portion near the crimped end of the tube is created, and then folding the depleted portion toward the open end of the tube and securing the fold with an elastic band stretched to encircle and fit snugly around the folded portion. Dispensing, folding and securing are continued until the entire tube is secured in folds and the tube is nearly devoid of contents.

Abstract: A one-piece, generally planar, key-like device for use with flexible, collapsible, tubes that contain viscous materials for extrusion through the open end of the tube. The device includes an elongated shaft portion having a opening disposed longitudinally therewithin for receiving the flattened end of the tube, and a handle for rotating the shaft and having locking means for securing the tube in the wound up condition. The closed, substantially flat end of the tube is inserted into the elongate slot and the handle rotated to wind up depleted portions of the tube after extrusion of viscous material from the open end of the tube. The handle locking means includes extensions overlapping the shaft portion on opposite sides for merging with the wound up tube portion to thereby secure the tube in the wound up position. The device may be left on the tube and will effectively prevent the viscous material remaining in the tube from flowing back into the emptied portion of the tube.

Abstract: The invention disclosed is an actuator for use with a bag having two openings therein wherein the actuator seals one opening and assists in forcing the flowable substance out of the bag. The actuator is demonstrated with a generally conically shaped bag used with mortar such as masonry cement. The bag provides method for applying a continuous constant pressure to the bag thereby forcing the mortar out in a continuous and constant flow.

Abstract: A clip is provided for a dispensing tube about which the collapsed end of the tube may be wrapped. The clip is substantially rectangular and includes a plurality of transfer ducts, at least one on each of a top and a bottom edge. The ducts are accessible from the side of the folded dispensing tube so that one leg of a retainer pin can be inserted into a duct, the second leg of the pin forceably contacting the outside surface of the tube. Thus, the pin maintains the position of the folded tube against the clip and prevents it from unraveling. The clip is generally rectangular and as the collapsed end of the tube is folded up to the next position, the pin is moved from one duct at one side of the clip to the other side of the clip.

Abstract: A lever arm tool is provided for facilitating the efficient squeezing of relatively thick or dense material from a tube or bag. This invention provides an arm, which serves as a handle to rotate a second arm that is provided with a slot for receiving the end of the tube or bag for squeezing. Adapted specifically for the extraction of such materials as calk, putty, sealant and even cake decorating material, this invention provides an easy, efficient, relatively stress free means of squeezing materials from tubes and bags.

Abstract: A tube squeezer having a simple and small-sized structure, which can squeeze out the content material out of a tube effectively, and surely maintain the squeezed state of the tube. This tube squeezer comprises, a tube having a closed one end along a length direction and another end from which a material contained therein can be discharged; a frame mounted integrally on one end of the tube along a width direction for holding the end of the tube; and a handle having a main body mounted on the frame and an arm extending from the main body. The main body projects from the tube in the width direction, so that a user can hold the main body when rolling up the tube by the frame. The arm extends from the main body such that a tip end portion thereof overlaps with a part of the tube, thus the tip end portion can be engaged with the surface of the tube when the tube is rolled up. Therefore, this tube squeezer makes it possible to prevent the reversed rotation of the rolled tube.

Abstract: A toothpaste extracting device includes a housing having a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The front wall has an opening therein. The opening is generally bounded by an inner housing having an upper wall having an aperture extending therethrough for receiving an open end of a tube of toothpaste. Each of first and second side walls has an elongated slot therein. A spindle is positioned in the housing and extends through each of the slots. The spindle has an engaging portion adapted for removably receiving a closed end of the toothpaste tube. A pair of gears is positioned on the spindle. A pair of tracks is positioned on an inner surface of the front wall and engage each of the gears. A motor rotates the spindle when turned on by an actuator.

Abstract: The present invention is a constant pressure ink supply for use in an inkjet printing system. The ink supply includes a flexible ink reservoir for containing ink, an ink outlet, and a spring which has an expanded position, and a contracted position. The ink supply is in fluid communication with an inkjet printhead. The flexible ink reservoir is disposed and arranged to engage the flexible ink reservoir as the spring transitions from the expanded position to the contracted position thereby rolling the flexible ink reservoir and the spring together to produce fluid at a substantially constant fluid pressure at a fluid outlet.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for rolling up a tube of toothpaste and retaining the tube in the rolled-up condition as the toothpaste is dispensed from the tube. The roll-up means is achieved by providing a bendable strip of material and integrally molding a pair of parallel spaced bendable wires with the bendable strip of material. This device is then attached to a bottom end of the toothpaste tube. The ends of the integrally molded bendable strip and wires extend past the bottom end of the toothpaste tube on both sides of the toothpaste tube, and these extending ends are foldable over the toothpaste tube end to maintain the toothpaste tube in a progressively rolled up condition as the toothpaste is dispensed from the tube.

Abstract: A device for winding and locking collapsible tubes or like containers. This device involves a key-like assembly having at least one handle portion and a spindle about which the tube/container is to be wound. The handle portion also includes at least one flange or stop member that is itself flexible or is flexibly connected to the handle portion. The stop member provides for locking the wound portion of the tube/container on the spindle by resilient contact with the tube/container after being flexibly moved from one side to the other of the tube/container.

Abstract: An evacuator for a plastic bag containing viscous liquid within a rectangular, parallelepiped container having a drain positioned at a bottom edge region uses a windlass for drawing and winding an evacuated upper region of the bag to a region above the drain. A bag wall region diagonally opposite the drain is gripped, preferably with a noose; and a windlass positioned on the walls of the container above the drain draws the gripped region of the bag across the top of the container and then winds the evacuated upper regions of the bag onto the windlass to funnel the viscous liquid toward the drain in lower, unevacuated regions of the bag.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel squeezable dispensing container, a sleeve for conventional squeezable dispensing containers, and a tab strip that can be used to convert conventional squeeze tubes into those of the present invention, that can be secured in an at least partially rolled up configuration after at least a portion of the contents of the container have been extruded.

Abstract: A holder for squeezing a soft tube, includes a main housing having a longitudinal slot and a hollow cylindrical interior, a center tube gripper having a longitudinal slot for receiving a closed end of a soft tube and being received by the main housing, a cover being assembled with the main housing at one end of the housing and having a plurality of fixed teeth, the cover receiving a key section of the center tube gripper, and a rotating device for rotating the center tube gripper so that a soft tube inserted into the longitudinal slot of the center tube gripper is wound up, and thereby flattened. The wound portion of the soft tube is stored inside the main housing. The rotating device further includes a rotation handle for manually rotating the center tube gripper, the rotation handle receiving the key section of said center tube gripper.

Abstract: Delivery apparatus for a flowable material such as toothpaste wherein a two part container is employed, thereby to form a dispenser of which one part is replaceable to renew the contents. A preferred embodiment is a sachet (450) progressively rolled up with a roll-up spring (Tensator) within a housing (418, 426) which is openable to enable the sachet to be replaced.

Abstract: A device for use in dispensing the contents of a collapsable tube, the device including a shaped spring clip the ends of which are inserted into the ends of a slotted member so that in use a folded tail of the collapsable tube is inserted into the slotted member, when the slotted member is rotated the spring clip contacts the exterior of the tube forcing it to wrap around the slotted member and if the cap of the tube is removed, material is dispensed from the tube.

Abstract: A device for facilitating the dispensing of the contents of a collapsible tube. The device has a turn key member which is supported in a frame. The frame has a tube contact face which is preferably curved. The turn key has a handle. To dispense of the contents of a tube, the bottom of the tube is placed in a slot in the turn key member and the tube rests against the face of a tube support member. As the turn key is turned the tube winds around the turn key and the portion of the tube that winds around the turn key is exposed to the user's touch.

Abstract: A collapsible tube winder and lock device wherein the winder includes a slotted key member for receiving the crimped closed end of a collapsible tube, the contents of the tube being dispensed by turning the key to wind the tube around the key to thereby squeeze the contents from the tube. The lock device includes an arm having depending legs detachably connected to the winder. The arm engages a wound portion of the collapsible tube to prevent the tube from unwinding itself from the winder.

Abstract: A combination tube-winder and dispenser for emptying the contents of a collapsible tube, flattening the empty portion of the tube and winding the empty flattened portion of the tube upon a portion of the device. The device is formed, from a single length of wire in which the base is a clasp portion having substantially parallel spaced apart members for holding, flattening, winding, and dispensing the contents of the tube and the upright portion is a lever disposed at an interior angle of less that 90 degrees relative to the clasp, which uses mechanical advantage to facilitate the winding function. The less-than-90-degrees interior angle permits the upper portion of the lever of the device to be positioned behind the tube and thus passively restrain the tube from unwinding. The device may be disengaged from and reattached to a partially wound tube without completely unwinding the tube.

Abstract: A holder for a wound collapsible tube wherein a strip of non-resilient, non-elastic, flexible fabric is positioned in the center of a rolled up tube, the strip having protruding end portions which are folded over the unwound portions of the tube and fastened together to keep the rolled-up portion from unwinding. The medial portion of the fabric strip is provided with a reinforcing member to rigidify the medial portion of the fabric strip to thereby provide a mandrel to facilitate the winding of the tube around the fabric strip.

Abstract: An improved dispensing tube for a paste, cream, or gel in which a flexible or resilient dispensing tube is adapted with one or more fastening strips. The fastening strips are constructed of adequate strength and positioned along said tube so that the tube may be secured as it is rolled up from its closed towards its dispensing end.

Abstract: A tube dispenser 10 and a dispensing method for collapsible tubes 24 are disclosed for operation by one hand. The dispenser has a pistol-like handle 12 which allows a high torque to consistently be applied to the tube by the thumb, thereby dispensing the tube's contents rapidly and in a uniform bead.

Abstract: A procedure for dispensing and exhausting the contents of a squeeze tube, wherein the exhausted extent of the tube is rolled or folded along one side of the tube and the resulting convolutions are retained against one side of the tube by rolling a resilient loop along the opposite side of the tube. A squeeze tube is provided with a resilient loop embracing one side of the tube at the end thereof remote from the dispensing opening enabling execution of the above procedure.

Abstract: The locking tube squeezer device is a simple hand held reusable tube squeezer having the appearance of a large key with a slot in which the end of any tube containing a semi-liquid material is inserted. To empty the tube of its contents, the tube is wound about the body of the device and to prevent the tube from unwinding, the device has a slotted handle into which the tube is pushed to lock it in position. The other alternate locking elements are a fork that is positioned around the tube or a folding key handle that folds behind the tube, all accomplishing the intended purpose of locking the tube in place and thus preventing the unwinding of the tube.

Abstract: A retaining device integrally formed of a single piece of resiliently flexible material for retaining a flattened and rolled portion of a collapsible tube in a rolled condition. The retaining device is formed with two body portions, a first portion which is attached to an end of a tube, and a second portion which acts as a shackle to retain the tube in a rolled up condition. The second portion is integrally attached to the first portion an one end thereof and is releasably engageable with the first portion at an opposite end thereof. The retaining device has a perimeter which is shaped to permit interlocking of a plurality of the retaining devices when the retaining devices are juxtaposed in alternating directions forming a tessellation in a continuous strip of resiliently flexible material.

Abstract: A tube squeezer is disclosed wherein a lower end portion of a tube is wound on a winding shaft so as to squeeze out the contents of the tube. The slit extends along an axis of the inner cylinder. An outer cylinder is rotatably fitted on an outer periphery of the inner cylinder. The outer cylinder has an open portion for receiving the closed end portion of the tube, and the open portion extends along an axis of the outer cylinder. A disc-shaped plate is fixedly mounted on one end of said inner cylinder in coaxial relation thereto. The disc-shaped plate has a projection-and-groove portion formed at its outer periphery. The projection-and-groove portion has alternate projections and grooves arranged radially. A lock lever is supported at one end on an outer periphery of the outer cylinder. The lock lever is engageable at the other end thereof with the projection-and-groove portion.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a tube key dispenser (18) which comprises a key (12) and a locking bracket (10). The tube (14) to be dispensed is inserted between projecting arms (22) of the key (12), and, while holding a locking member (26) of the locking bracket (10) against the tube, the key head (20) is turned causing the substance in the tube (14) to be dispensed.

Abstract: A durable and reusable retainer clip for use in connection with a flexible tube containing a pasty material, such as toothpaste, comprises a rectangular body having a slot for insertion of the sealed end of the tube. The clip includes a rotatable holder on each side thereof adapted for gripping and holding folded flat segments of the tube in a neatly arranged position.

Abstract: An apparatus including an elongate, cylindrical elastomeric magazine body secured to a forward rigid, cylindrical shaft member, wherein the shaft member includes a forwardly threaded end threadedly mounted to an internally threaded conical valve, wherein the conical valve includes a forward nozzle aperture formed therewithin. The rearward end of the elastomeric body is knotted and the body is fastened to the forward cylindrical portion, wherein the conical forward end is received within a securement sleeve which in turn is mounted to a connector to mount the connector to a source of water to effect filling of the magazine housing to permit selective discharge thereof.

Abstract: A windup holder mountable to a collapsible container for progressively ejecting stored contents from a spout and storing the spent container. A key member having a slotted body and a winged end mount in rotatively supported relation to a slotted, C-shaped support bracket. In an alternative embodiment, the key is rotatable in a single direction via annular geared portions of the body which mate with projections from the winged end of the key.

Abstract: A device for winding up collapsible tubes, having open and closed ends, to allow full expression of contents from the open end and to prevent the wound tube from unwinding. The device includes an elongated slot shaped opening in one member or mandrel for receiving the closed end of a tube, such as a toothpaste tube. After the tube has been inserted into that slot and some amount of tube contents has been expressed, a handle, pivotally attached to one end of the member containing the slot, is pivoted to an open position not overlying the slot and substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the mandrel and is used to wind the tube. After winding, the handle will be pivoted back to its closed position where it is horizontally offset from and overlies at least a part of the mandrel and will rest against the wound layer or layers of tubing therebetween. Because of the cooperative relationship of the handle and the mandrel, the tube is prevented from unwinding.

Abstract: A grease tube defined by a deformable body, including a forward tube nozzle and a key member to effect a winding and pressurizing of the body, with a dispensing nozzle selectively and securably mounted in a threaded inter-relationship to a forward nozzle of the tube body. Modifications of the invention include a matrix of roughened projections, or alternatively a matrix of suction cups integrally cast to the tube body to enhance frictional engagement of the tube during pressurizing thereof.