Abstract: A hand-held liquid applicator for wipingly applying liquid herbicide to undesired vegetation. The applicator includes an elongated tubular handle and a removable wiper head. The tubular handle serves as a reservoir for containing liquid herbicide and as a conduit for supplying the herbicide to the applicator head. The applicator head is made of porous, bonded crumb-rubber irrigation piping, sealed at one end. Internally disposed inside the applicator head is a bendable wire stiffener which allows the applicator head to be conformed to a desired shape.

Abstract: A cleanser dispensing sponge including a housing having a reservoir with an opening for receiving cleanser concentrate, a head, and a cleanser delivery system comprising a pumping canal having a first opening through an outer surface of the head, and a second opening being in fluid transmitting communication with the reservoir, the second opening including a metering constriction for controlling liquid flow between the system and the sponge, the first opening including a back flow constriction for controlling liquid flow between the system and resilient, fluid conducting sponge means mounted on the head. Support ribs on the head resist bending and rotation of the mounted sponge means. Sealing means for the reservoir opening includes a recess for enclosing air within the sealed reservoir.

Abstract: An elongated longitudinally interlocking cluster of absorbent pads held together by a tear away adhesive strip of material for use in a nail polish removing wand.

Abstract: A device provides liquid material for application to a surface. The device comprises in order at least a carrying substrate, frangible microcapsules containing the liguid to be applied, a raised area around the microcapsules of a structurally rigid material, and a flexible, liquid permeable material overlaying the microcapsules. Pressure on the liquid permeable material ruptures the microcapsules and enables the liquid to flow through the permeable material.

Abstract: An improved nail polish removing wand comprising an elongated tubular device containing a stack of absorbent pads that are driven toward an open end of the tubular device by selective operator manipulation of the wand. The forward pad in the stack is moved to the end of the tubular device where it is held until ejected by a flange at the open end of the wand that cooperates with the geometric configuration of the pad. After the pad is used for removing nail polish, it is ejected by further manipulative action of the wand by the operator.

Abstract: An applicator for hair treating liquids comprising a hair clip in which one or more such liquids are expressed through mutually opposed linings in the jaw face; the combination of the applicator with such hair treating liquids; and a method for using the combination.

Abstract: A planar or plate-like nib for writing instruments has a plurality of separate ink feeding channels which are distributed in the widthwise direction of the planar nib, and a split at the end portion along the entire width thereof. The split provides a suitable flexibility to the nib and desirable writing with a predetermined thickness with clear marginal ends of written lines. Further, the split connects the separate channels with one another at the writing end portion of the nib so that a uniform flow of ink to the writing end portion of the nib is achieved.

Abstract: An ink pen, particularly a roller type marker, includes a pen body provided with a fibrous body ink reservoir for holding ink, and a pen tip is provided on the pen body for drawing ink from the ink reservoir. The fibrous body ink reservoir is composed of a gathered bundle of unbonded continuous false twist stretch yarn fibers having twist and curl which are oriented generally parallel to one another and which entangle one another and are sufficiently randomly oriented with one another so as to form a strong tangled fibrous mass having high capillarity for good ink-holding properties while preventing leakage. The ink reservoir can be used with a film overwrap or extruded coating layer.

Abstract: A cleaning pen for cleaning spectacle lenses includes a pen body, a cleaning tip, and a detergent reservoir contained in the pen body for automatically feeding the cleaning tip with detergent. A container which contains a cleaning cloth and at least one spectacle screwdriver therein is mounted removably on the pen body. A pen cap having a clip is sleeved removably on the pen body. The reservoir is designed so that the detergent is implemented therein. The container is designed so that the cleaning cloth and the spectacle screwdriver are removed conveniently therefrom.

Abstract: An applicator package for the application of flowable materials to surfaces, comprising: an applicator pad; a backing member, one surface of which is in adhesive contact with the pad, comprising a first, flexible sheet; a second member, in contact with the other surface of the backing member, comprising a formed semi-rigid sheet having at least one recess adjacent the pad; at least one cavity, or reservoir for flowable materials distally spaced from the recess; a peripheral groove in fluid connection with the recess and spaced from the distal and side edges of the member; co-planar separations, between the cavity and the groove and recess, in contact with the backing member the backing member being sealed to the second member at the periphery thereof and at the separations between the cavity, groove and recess; and an opening adjacent to and between the pad and the recess to permit the flow of the flowable materials therethrough into the pad and therethrough to the desired surfaces.

Abstract: A device for applying a predetermined quantity of liquid to a surface, the liquid being contained in a breakable ampule which is substantially cylindrical and enclosed in a flexible and resistant casing closed at one end with an absorbent material, wherein the device comprises a tubular body open at one end, accommodating the ampule and comprising at least two flexible blades formed in its wall, placed substantially opposite each other, each of these blades having at least one tappet facing inward and offset longitudinally with respect to the corresponding tappet of the other blade.

Abstract: A writing implement having at its front end a small writing tube and a writing wick axially slidable in it. The writing wick at its inner end has an enlarged head which engages a restoring spring. The restoring spring is part of a retaining ring which holds the spring in the implement, and the retaining ring has capillary ducts to convey ink between ink-conducting passages and the writing wick.

Abstract: Marking of edges and sides adjacent edges by a fibrous, porous member having a transverse slit. A barrel houses one or more fibrous, porous members which serve as reservoirs for a marking fluid. Openings in the barrel permit the passage of a sheet between the slits.

Abstract: A lotion applicator system is described for applying lotions, oils and the like to various parts of the human body. The system includes a container and a continuous lotion-carrying strip therein. The free end of the strip is accessible through an aperture in the container. Separable, disposable portions of the strip can be removed from the container and used to apply lotion to various parts of the human body. Optional clips or holders may be used to grasp and hold the ends of the strip portion being used.

Abstract: Elastomeric foam blocks are provided for constructing toys and models with a means of attachment of one block to another block in the form of flexible protuberances and cellular receptacles present on all surfaces, so that when one or more blocks are engaged, a clinging force is generated. Furthermore, either independently of, or in collaboration with the above, another means of connecting said blocks is provided by inserting simple pins into the matrix of said foam in any direction and without preformed perforations. The pins are held in place in the perforations created by the insertion of the pins into the foam by the elastomeric forces inherent in the polymeric structure of the foam, and the perforations snap shut upon the removal of the pins, thus allowing the building units to be reused again to construct more toys and models.

Abstract: A tip member for a coating tool in the form of a stick, wherein the stick is formed of a bundle of resin-treated fibers substantially uniformly stretched in the longitudinal direction of the fibers. One end of the stick is tapered to the tip with the fibers being unraveled to unbind the fibers in that area. One or more longitudinal grooves may be formed in the surface of the stick.

Abstract: A liquid applicator includes a combined liquid container and handle with an axially extending, liquid permeable sleeve. An elongated tube having apertures throughout its length provides internal support for the sleeve and valve means provides controlled flow of the liquid from the container, through the tube and to the permeable sleeve. In another embodiment the applicator consists of an elongated arm having an applicator head at one end, the other end having a threaded or snap connection for attachment to a squeeze type container. A plastic tube extends from the head to the container attachment and is enclosed by the arm.

Abstract: A disposable, individually packaged, self-contained topical application swab is disclosed. Liquid is initially stored in the swab and then caused to saturate the absorbent end of the swab immediately prior to application, thus eliminating spills and waste. The swab includes an absorbent material such as cotton, gauze, sponge, or the like attached to one end of a hollow plastic tube of small diameter which is sealed on the same end of the tube and which is sealed on the opposite end by a rubber cap. The unit is then inserted into a thin plastic tube of the same diameter as the absorbent material used on the swab to assure correct positioning of the swab. This exterior tube is sealed on one end by a plug containing a fixed lance. The other end of the exterior tube is sealed by the rubber cap on the swab when the swab is inserted into the tube. The entire unit may then be sterilized and strip packaged.

Abstract: The stick swab has one or more compliant heads adapted for cleaning body orifices such as ear canals. The head or heads are formed with a contoured outer surface to aid in gripping and removing material or debris from the body orifices. The contours preferably take the form of a helical augur whereby material will be withdrawn from the orifice merely by appropriately rotating the swab about its axis.

Abstract: A self-containing liquid swab applicator having a hollow tubing of a thin-walled plastic material for retaining therein a supply liquid and the material for being heat fusible, at least one end thereof being closed for securing retention of the supply liquid, one of the ends having an orifice adapted for exiting of the supply liquid, removable tab means secured upon the orifice for closure of the orifice until removed, and cotton form means permitting wicking and forming an environmental member about the orifice portion of the swab applicator for dispensing the supply liquid when the orifice is opened. The open end(s) may receive sequentially pulsing of alternate injections of supply liquid and air into one end of the tubing in measurable amounts and forming liquid lock portions and air lock portions along the tubing, and defining N segments of supply liquid spaced apart by air locks, and the segments may be cut apart at the air locks.

Abstract: Effective application of enough of the contents of an aerosol container to carpets and floor coverings to give thorough extermination of insects and mites infesting such floor coverings is accomplished by the method of this invention, comprising the steps of leading the contents from a stem to an applicator part formed on a lateral side of the aerosol container and allowing the contents to exude from an application face of the applicator part.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a scrub brush for medical cleaning purposes having a housing including a base with a plurality of walls comprising a reservoir for containment of treatment material. A foil type sealing material is disposed across the walls to seal the treatment material in the reservoir. A foam element is arranged on the housing, and a piercing means is arranged to break the foil and soak the foam.

Abstract: Improved imaging device for applying temporary indicia to substrate of the type having a base covered with a relatively light color, opaque, open cell microvoid-containing layer that is rendered translucent when the microvoids are filled with a liquid having a refractive index similar to that of the layer. The improvement in the imaging device involves insuring that the imaging liquid contains no substance having an evaporation rate less than about one-half of the liquid, thereby permitting the imaging device to be repeatedly applied to the same area of the substrate without leaving ghost images.

Abstract: A rub-on applicator for rubbing liquid onto a surface to be coated. The applicator includes a flexible compressible bottle containing the liquid to be dispensed. The mouth of the bottle is covered by a thin flexible molded diaphragm sealed to the lip of the bottle. The diaphragm is formed with a small, centrally located, permanently open hole. In one embodiment, the diaphragm normally projects concavely under suction forces into the bottle, but is sufficiently flexible that by squeezing and compressing the bottle, the diaphragm will be forced by compression of fluid in the bottle to project convexly outward of the bottle with a broadly rounded outer surface, so that by turning the bottle upside down and squeezing the bottle, liquid within the bottle is forced therefrom onto to a surface to be coated.

Abstract: A liquid applicator and scraper for applying a protective thin film of hardenable wax to glass during painting so that the surrounding area can be painted and the protective coating subsequently removed has a liquid container with a valve assembly for discharging the liquid to a sponge upon the application of pressure to the sponge, a blade unit which fits over the portion of the liquid container on which the sponge is mounted, the blade unit having a scraper blade affixed therein for removing the protective coating of wax after painting, and a cap for covering the portion of the blade unit in which the blade is affixed. The cap, the blade unit, and the liquid container, when assembled, form a single applicator and scraper unit with all components contained in one assembly.

Abstract: A marking implement in which an antistatic material is incorporated in the housing of the implement. The antistatic material is a nonionic fatty acid ester and the housing is of plastic. The antistatic material effects a significant reduction in surface resistivity of the polyethylene.

Abstract: An applicator for dispensing small amounts of fluid comprises a first inner cylindrical body provided with a top portion and a bottom portion and at least one side opening. This body is connected with a fluid dispensing device at one end. A second outer cylindrical body is in tight contact with the inner body at one point in proximity of the top portion and at another point in proximity of the bottom portion of the inner body. The outer body comprises a plurality of ribs, orifices between the ribs, two solid ledges holding the ribs at the upper and the lower end, an upper and a lower overhang, and an absorbing element held between the overhangs.

Abstract: A writing point for a writing or recording instrument is completely or partially formed of a metallic glass or amorphous metal or the writing tip may be provided with a coating or surface layer of metallic glass or amorphous metal.

Abstract: A rod or stick for pharmaceutical or cosmetic use in topical application to the skin of an easily oxidizable active substance comprises an internal fatty phase or core phase containing in an anhydrous medium the oxidizable active substance. The said core phase is protected from oxidation by an external fatty phase or sheath phase containing at least one surface active agent. The said sheath phase entirely envelopes the circumferential surface and at least one end section of said core phase.

Abstract: A washing and scrubbing utensil has a hollow elongated handle having a back longitudinal end provided with a cap and an opposite front longitudinal end formed with a central longitudinally forwardly projecting feed tube communicating with the interior of the handle and with two longitudinally forwardly projecting holding spikes each having opposite edges formed with sawteeth. A sponge is fitted to the front end with the spikes and feed tube imbedded in the sponge and the sawteeth of the spikes poking into the sponge. The spikes are generally flat and lie generally in a common plane with the teeth of each spike projecting oppositely in the plane, the sponge being formed with respective slits receiving the spikes and extending generally perpendicular to the plane thereof. The sponge is formed with a further such slit between the slits of the spikes and receiving the feed tube.

Abstract: This invention relates to a uniquely configured pen. The pen has an ink storage portion for holding the ink, a pipe-like pen point made of alumina and an ink guide core extending between the pen point and the ink storage portion.

Abstract: A make-up brush comprises a tapered hollow body made of a porous material restorable in shape when deformed, having a surface for oozing a make-up liquid, a make-up liquid guiding core covered by the hollow body and tightly inserted through a head seat fixed to one end of a liquid cylinder, a head cylinder through which the tapered hollow body extends, the head cylinder being secured to one end of a shaft cylinder to fix the tapered hollow body thereat, and a viscous substance filled in the liquid cylinder after the make-up liquid is filled in the liquid cylinder on a side of the head seat, thereby causing the make-up liquid to smoothly flow out of the make-up brush.

Abstract: A scrub sponge comprising, a packet having a rupturable wall and a closed chamber containing a liquid scrub agent, and a cover of foam material having a cavity to receive the packet and enclosing the packet. The sponge has a puncture member intermediate the cover and the packet and having a pair of generally aligned and spaced arms on opposed sides of the packet beneath the cover, and hinge means connecting the arms adjacent one end of the packet. The puncture member has at least one sharp projection on each of the arms directed toward the packet to pierce the wall when the arms are pressed toward each other to release the scrub agent into the cover, and an opening extending through the arms adjacent each of the projections.

Abstract: Cleaning device includes a cleaning-fluid container on which is mounted a head including a reservoir to which cleaning fluid is valved from the container in an amount sufficient to clean a phonograph stylus without waste. The cleaning is performed with a porous cleaning pad extending across the reservoir. The porous cleaning pad preferably consists of open-cell plastic foam and an exterior velour covering.

Abstract: This imbiber is to be used, for instance, by dentists for imbibing with a treating liquid a cotton swab held by a cotton plier. The treating liquid is contained in a container having at its upper end a pumping assembly including a piston having an upright piston rod terminated at its top end with an enlarged head formed with a top recess, into which opens a bore formed in the piston and piston rod and communicating with the cylinder of the pump assembly. This cylinder is located within the neck of the container and has at its lower end an intake tube extending close to the bottom of the container. A check valve is mounted in the lower end of the cylinder and a biasing spring urges the piston rod to an upper limit position. By applying with a cotton plier a cotton slab within the recess and depressing the piston with the pliers, the cotton swab becomes soaked with the treating liquid, this being done in a single operation.

Abstract: A scrub sponge comprising, a packet having a rupturable wall and a closed chamber containing a liquid scrub agent, and a cover of foam material having a cavity to receive the packet and enclosing the packet. The sponge has a puncture member intermediate the cover and the packet and having a pair of generally aligned and spaced arms on opposed sides of the packet beneath the cover, and hinge means connecting the arms adjacent one end of the packet. The puncture member has at least one sharp projection on one of the arms directed toward the packet to pierce the wall when the arms are pressed toward each other to release the scrub agent into the cover, and an opening extending through the one arm adjacent the projection.

Abstract: A surgical scrub apparatus includes a liquid-containing rupturable cylindrical cartridge which is slidable within a tubular handle having at least one and preferably two hollow interior spikes projecting longitudinally from one end. The cartridge can be inserted sufficiently far to cause rupture of the cartridge by both spikes. Liquid from the ruptured cartridge flows from within the handle, preferably through the spikes, to an applicator sponge having two wide area applicator surfaces. The spikes include exterior projections which are received in respective recesses or flow passages in the applicator to facilitate distribution of liquid through the applicator to the application surfaces. The recesses are contoured as desired to aid in liquid distribution. The interior of the spikes may be coated with a non-wetting agent such as silicone to facilitate flow through the hollow spikes.

Abstract: A dispenser package for flowable substances of the type where the flowable product is contained within a flexible pouch adhered to a relatively stiff material and may be opened along a fault line or cut pattern scored in the relatively stiff material with one hand by folding the stiff ends toward one another into a "V" shape containing one or more dimples, pyramidal shapes or other protrusions on the fault line or fault area. The protrusions not only increase and concentrate the stress forces, so that even very tough, high barrier materials may be used in constructing the package and will rupture at the protrusions by the aforesaid folding motion, but also control both the aperture shape and flow direction of the flowable substance as it is dispensed. The ability to make the package of tough materials enables the package to contain substances under pressure which subsequently will be dispensed.

Abstract: A toothbrush assembly having a handle, a brush assembly releaseably interconnected with one end of the handle, and a massaging device connected with a second end of the handle. The brush assembly has a cylindrical base shaped to be received in a recess in the end of the handle and has an array of bristles arranged to provide a concave brushing surface. The massaging device includes a carrier having a container of liquid positioned in an internal cavity of the carrier. The container is positioned so as to be broken and dispense its contents when an end of a toothbrush is inserted into the carrier. A porous, absorbent material forms an outer surface of the device and absorbs the liquid for application to the gums of a user.

Abstract: A scrub sponge comprising, a packet having a rupturable wall and a closed chamber containing a liquid scrub agent. The sponge has a cover of foam material having a cavity to receive the packet and enclosing the packet. The sponge also has a puncture member intermediate the cover and the packet and having a pair of generally aligned and spaced arms on opposed sides of the packet beneath the cover, and hinge means connecting the arms adjacent one end of the packet. The puncture member has a sharp projection on each of the arms directed toward the packet to pierce the wall when the arms are pressed toward each other to release the scrub agent into the cover, with the projection on one of the arms being spaced slightly from the projection on the other arm. The puncture member has an opening extending through the arms adjacent each of the projections, and an alignment boss on each of the arms intermediate the projections and the hinge means.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for applying a cleaning solution to a surface and for applying a scrubbing action to such surface. The device comprises a reservoir, a piercable closing means enclosing the reservoir to retain the cleaning solution therein and an abrasive scrubbing pad over the open mouth of the reservoir through which cleaning solution can be extruded onto the soiled surface and which can be used to provide a scrubbing action to the soil.

Abstract: An applicator for uniformly dispensing liquid such as ink. The applicator is composed of a flexible supply bottle with a porous plastic applicator disc attached to one end. The porous plastic applicator forms a tight seal with the ink supply bottle. The applicator disc is preferably composed of sintered porous polyethylene having an average pore size of between about 35 to 50 microns in diameter with pores occupying between about 40 to 50 percent of the applicator volume. When the bottle is squeezed, ink is forced out of the bottle through the porous applicator disc; and when the bottle is released, ink trapped within the applicator disc interior returns to the bottle preventing clogging of the applicator disc. The applicator is secured to the ink supply bottle by engagement between an annular flange at the bottle's mouth and a circumferential groove in the applicator.

Abstract: A scrub sponge comprising, a packet having a rupturable wall and a closed chamber containing a liquid scrub agent. The sponge has a cover of foam material having a cavity to receive the packet and enclosing the packet. The sponge also has a puncture member intermediate the cover and the packet and having a pair of generally aligned and spaced arms on opposed sides of the packet beneath the cover, and hinge means connecting the arms adjacent one end of the packet. The puncture member has a sharp projection on one of the arms directed toward the packet to pierce the wall when the arms are pressed toward each other to release the scrub agent into the cover. The puncture member has an opening extending through the one arm adjacent the projection. The other arm has a well defining a recess facing toward the packet, with the recess being aligned with the projection.

Abstract: A protective shield for a felt tip pen is provided for spacing the ink-laden felt nib of the pen from a ruling edge to prevent ink from contacting or bleeding under the ruling edge. The protective shield includes a relatively thin plate substantially overlying one side of the felt nib and including a relatively short wing projecting at least slightly beyond one longitudinal margin of the overlaid side. In use, the plate engages the ruling edge with its outboard face to space the felt nib therefrom when the felt nib is moved over a writing surface in a direction generally parallel with the plate. Alternatively, when the felt nib is moved over a writing surface in a direction generally perpendicular to the plate, the free marginal edge of the wing engages the ruling edge to maintain the nib in spaced relation therewith.

Abstract: This invention relates to disposable swab articles and other like packages comprising an applicator package having distal ends and having a foam applicator pad and a backing member adjacent thereto. The backing member has at least one reservoir and being formed of a relatively rigid, flat sheet material and a formed material for containing the contents of the reservoir therebetween. The flat sheet material has a slit or weakened portion in the surface of the material and the slit or weakened portion is transversely disposed of the flat sheet material, so that the slit or weakened portion is ruptured upon forcing the distal ends toward each other about the slit or weakened portion. The contents of the reservoir are thereby released into the foam applicator pad upon pressure deforming the formed material containing the reservoir.

Abstract: An improved liquid dispensing device having particular utility as a surgical scrub and/or swab unit is characterized by a cartridge which is slidable in a rigid handle and rupturably by a spike when slid within the handle to a predetermined degree. Fluid from the ruptured cartridge flows from within the handle to within a sponge through apertures which permit free flow of the dispensed fluid. The handle may be provided with longitudinally-extending slots to facilitate compression of the handle and the cartridge disposed therein. A check valve may be included in the hollow spike passage to prevent back flow of liquid from the sponge and dispensing chamber into the cartridge.

Abstract: A composite pen tip that comprises a core member inserted through a tubular casing to form an axial ink flow channel between the inner surface of the tubular casing and the core member. The core member is made of a material more wear-resistant than the tubular casing and the front ends of the core member and tubular casing are substantially flush with each other to form a level writing face. The tubular casing and the core member are curved in substantially the same form in at least one area in the axial direction and in substantially the same area so that said core member contacts the inner surface of said casing in the location of said curving and frictional contact thereat maintains said core front casing but permits said core to slide backward as said casing wears.

Abstract: A dripless, easily cleaned glue applicator for a machine for making two-piece paper cups comprises an outer body member in which there is a cavity that opens to a slot in a flat bottom surface of the member. The slot has a shape and size conforming to an area of glue to be applied. An inner member in the body member forces the longitudinally central portion of a resilient foam pad to bulge down through the slot and clamps the pad to the outer body member. The inner member also provides a glue chamber that is communicated with a pressurized source of glue and from which numerous bores, spaced along the length of the inner member, open downwardly to the pad. A top plate on the outer body member closes its cavity, holds the inner member in clamping relation to the outer body member, and provides for mounting the applicator.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a continuous rod having a capillary or capillaries, adapted for the writing nib of a writing instrument. The apparatus is comprised of a tubular body and a core arranged in the body. The core is provided with a plurality of radial slits. The apparatus is further provided with a restricted portion facing an outer periphery of the core for controlling the amount of melted material passed through the nozzle.

Abstract: This invention provides an image-forming and image-transferring sheet comprising a base layer having a first surface and a second surface. The base layer is impregnated with a first image-forming reactant whereas each of the surfaces of the base layer has coated thereon a microporous membrane layer having a gradient in elasticity across the thickness thereof. The more elastic surface of the membrane is in contact with the base layer. The other surface of the membrane is coated with a second image-forming reactant. Upon impact by an image instrument such as a typewriter key, the membrane becomes extended to allow diffusion of the first reactant through the membrane to react with the second image-forming reactant on the surface of an adjacent sheet to form an image on the surface of the adjacent sheet. A method of preparing an image-forming and image-transferring sheet is also provided.