Abstract: An oral cavity cleaning device includes a stem having a mainly longitudinal extension and a pointed profile at a first end; a fluid channel enclosed within the stem and extending along such stem; a fluid reservoir operably connected to the second end of the stem to establish a hydraulic connection with the channel; and a tip having bristles and designed to be removably associated with the first end of the stem, the tip having a plurality of through holes for the passage of fluids from the channel to the area external to the tip, at the bristles.

Abstract: A toothbrush system has a stem and an integrated paste dispenser disposed in a protective case. The stem may be manually advanced from the protective case to position a brush head for use. While the stem is being advanced, the integrated paste dispenser delivers a line of toothpaste along the top of the brush head bristles so that the toothbrush can be deployed and the toothpaste applied to the bristles in a single step.

Abstract: A cosmetic system includes a motorized applicator/dispenser with an applicator brush and a motorized handle unit for automatically moving the applicator brush in one or more directions. A cosmetic container unit containing a cosmetic is in communication with the applicator brush and the cosmetic is wicked or dispensed onto the skin when the applicator brush comes into contact with the skin and the applicator brush is automatically moved in one or more directions. In some embodiments, the motorized applicator/dispenser includes touch control for controlling the movement of the applicator brush.

Abstract: A battery operated detachable back scrubber that includes a head portion releasably attachable at a distal end of a handle, said head portion having a motor interiorly disposed, which motor operationally engages a rotatable connect socket centrally disposed in a first side of the head portion, said rotatable connect socket operationally communicating the kinetic energy from the motor to a drive shaft of an interchangeable attachment member releasably attachable to the head portion, wherein a plurality of tactile devices disposed on a front surface of a base of the attachment member are mechanically manipulable for use in scrubbing or massaging, as desired.

Abstract: A brush for providing a composition to a surface. The brush includes a base and a plurality of bristles. The plurality of bristles have a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end is functionally attached to the base and the distal end has a greater bristle density than the proximal end. The plurality of bristles forms at least one flow path from the distal end towards the proximal end.

Abstract: A painting system comprises a pressurized paint canister and a pressure fed paint brush or powered paint roller connectable to the pressurized paint canister. The canister includes a paint reservoir, a self-sealing gas pressure fitting in fluid communication with the paint reservoir and configured to be connected to a gas pressure source, a paint outlet in fluid communication with the paint reservoir, and a removable cap for filling the paint reservoir with paint. The brush assembly includes a main body having a handle and a brush stock and a bristle bundle secured in the brush stock. A plurality of fluid distribution members extend into the bristle assembly and are multidirectionally flexible such that the distribution members flex substantially freely with the flex of the bristles in any direction. The fluid distribution members prevent paint flow when in an unflexed state and allow flow onto the bristles only when flexed.

Abstract: A device configured to apply a product may include a receptacle defining an inside space configured to contain a product to be applied and an applicator element fixed to the receptacle. The device may include a cap configured to close the receptacle. The device may include at least one channel configured to load the applicator element with product from the receptacle. The at least one channel may be in flow communication with an inside space of the receptacle and the at least one channel may open out directly to an outer periphery of the applicator element. The at least one channel may be disposed so as to be able to guide product from the receptacle over the outer periphery of the applicator element.

Abstract: A floor scrubber that includes a housing having a plurality of brush assemblies mounted therein. Each brush assembly is connected to a liquid supply by a tube. A disperser is mounted on each brush assembly and cleaning liquid flows from the liquid supply onto the disperser. As the brush assembly is rotated, the disperser rotates in unison with the assembly and the cleaning liquid is dispersed onto the bristles and onto the floor surface to be cleaned. The disperser includes a plurality of fins that aid in propelling the cleaning fluid onto the bristles.

Abstract: A fluid dispensing oral care implement with fluid delivery system. The implement includes a storage member containing a fluid. A channel formed of one or more wicking or capillary members extends through at least a portion of the oral care implement to deliver fluid(s) through one or more fluid outlets via capillary action. In one embodiment, the fluid outlet is comprised of a wicking or capillary material and is disposed in the head of the implement. In some embodiments, the implement may include a valve and a specially configured storage cap. A variety of fluids can be administered for therapeutic, hygienic, and/or other benefits, such as fresh breath, tooth whitening, tooth sensitivity, plaque and/or tartar control, or producing sensations of heat, cool, or tingling.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for dispensing doses of fluid substances with different viscosities or densities, comprising a container (11), a piston (25) housed and sliding in a chamber (24) formed by a portion of the container, a load tank (33) formed by a remaining portion of said container and designed to contain the substance to be delivered, a metering mechanism (12) associated and moving with the piston (25), a preloaded thrusting device (27) associated with the piston with the metering mechanism to push it normally towards the substance in the load tank, and blocking means (12) between the metering mechanism and the container to alternately stop and release the piston to have it move forward under the thrust of said preloaded flexible device in lengths corresponding to a dose of the substance.

Abstract: A container and applicator unit, in particular test unit, comprises a container for a cosmetic. An applicator top is placed thereon, having an applicator that stands out from the top in a principal sense of extension. The applicator, at least by sections, is rotationally symmetrical or plurally symmetrical in relation to an axis of symmetry that is parallel to the principal sense of extension. At least one passage, which, at least by sections, is decentralized from the axis of symmetry of the applicator, leads from the container to the applicator. The result is a container and applicator unit by which to enable a cosmetic to be spread uniformly on the surface of application.

Abstract: A toothbrush includes a handle that is sized and configured for grasping, and a head that is provided with bristles. The head may be removed from the handle and replaced. Toothpaste may be contained in the head and forced into the bristles. The handle and a number of heads may be provided in a kit. Each head is provided in a separate sealed housing that allows the head to be attached to the handle without requiring a person assembling the toothbrush to remove the head from the packaging or touch the head.

Abstract: A five-surface cleaning brush comprises a seat having a top surface, a front surface, an inclined surface connected the top surface and the front surface; and two lateral surfaces; and a plurality of hair beams which are formed on the top surface, front surface, inclined surface and two lateral surfaces of the seat; the hair beams being formed with a five hair surfaces. A first hair surface is formed on the top surface. A second hair surface is formed on the front surface. A third hair surface is formed on the inclined surface. The fourth and fifth hair surfaces are formed on the two lateral surfaces. The first hair surface is inclined to the third hair surfaces with a first inclined angle and the second hair surface is inclined to the third hair surface with a second inclined angle.

Abstract: A fluid material is applied to a surface by an applicator implement shown in the form of a brush having a stem and an applicator in the form of bristles supplied with the fluid material through an array of relatively small diameter lumens extending along the stem of the brush and delivering the fluid material to the bristles in a corresponding array of small streams of fluid material directed along the bristles to lay down the fluid material in an essentially even distribution of regulated amounts of fluid material along the bristles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for applying flowing media to a surface. Said device comprises a container for the media with at least one opening which is located above the surface and can be deaerated and a mopping or applicator device which is attached to a handle. In addition, the device has a flow-regulating hose which can be shut off, for conveying the media form the container by force of gravity to an outlet on the mopping or applicator device. In addition, the device has a portable unit which is worn on the back, comprising supporting and fixing straps and a mounting plate which is fitted to said unit and which has a rapid-action coupling device. The container has a resealable exit opening at one end with a connecting sleeve and a resealable fill opening at the opposite end, in addition to a hose adapter which can be connected to the connecting sleeve of the exit opening. Said adapter has a shut-off device and a rapid-action coupling for the hose with a drip-protection unit.

Abstract: A brush for in situ cleaning of one or more passageways defined by a medical device. The brush includes a NiTiNOL shaft attached to a fill section by way of a proximal connector sleeve that is resistance welded to the fill section and the shaft. The fill section is preferably composed of braided wire and includes bristles, or fill, interweaved with the braided wire. The fill section in turn, is attached to an atraumatic tip by way of a distal connector sleeve which is resistance welded to the fill section and the atraumatic tip. The atraumatic tip includes a NiTiNOL core wire about which is disposed a gold-plated tungsten coil readily visible under a fluoroscope. The coil is bonded to the core wire. A bulb disposed on the coil helps effectuate cleaning of the passageway while also protecting the patient and the medical device from cleaning-related trauma.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for applying flowing media to a surface. Said device comprises a container for the media with at least one opening which is located above the surface and can be deaerated and a mopping or applicator device which is attached to a handle. In addition, the device has a flow-regulating hose which can be shut off, for conveying the media form the container by force of gravity to an outlet on the mopping or applicator device. In addition, the device has a portable unit which is worn on the back, comprising supporting and fixing straps and a mounting plate which is fitted to said unit and which has a rapid-action coupling device. The container has a resealable exit opening at one end with a connecting sleeve and a resealable fill opening at the opposite end, in addition to a hose adapter which can be connected to the connecting sleeve of the exit opening. Said adapter has a shut-off device and a rapid-action coupling for the hose with a drip-protection unit.

Abstract: A chewable toothbrush includes a pliable bristle anchor, bristles attached to the bristle anchor, and a handle attached to the bristle anchor. In one embodiment, the bristle anchor includes a cavity that holds a material such as toothpaste or mouthwash. When the toothbrush is chewed, the material is released from the cavity and onto the bristles. The toothbrush may be realized as a single-use disposable unit or as a multiple-use unit. The cavity in a multiple-use unit can be reloaded with material prior to each use.

Abstract: A toothpaste container portion, which can be attached or detached from a toothbrush portion, is disclosed. The toothpaste container portion and the toothbrush portion can be screwed into one another to attach the two portions or can be unscrewed from each other to detach the two portions. The toothbrush portion may be comprised of a plurality of bristles. Each of the plurality of bristles may have a hollow interior through which toothpaste can flow. The toothpaste container portion may have a chamber. The toothbrush portion may have a chamber. Typically toothpaste can flow from the chamber of the toothpaste container into the chamber of the toothbrush portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for applying flowing media to a surface. Said device comprises a container for the media with at least one opening which is located above the surface and can be deaerated and a mopping or applicator device which is attached to a handle. In addition, the device has a flow-regulating hose which can be shut off, for conveying the media form the container by force of gravity to an outlet on the mopping or applicator device. In addition, the device has a portable unit which is worn on the back, comprising supporting and fixing straps and a mounting plate which is fitted to said unit and which has a rapid-action coupling device. The container has a resealable exit opening at one end with a connecting sleeve and a resealable fill opening at the opposite end, in addition to a hose adapter which can be connected to the connecting sleeve of the exit opening. Said adapter has a shut-off device and a rapid-action coupling for the hose with a drip-protection unit.

Abstract: A chewable toothbrush includes a pliable bristle anchor, bristles attached to the bristle anchor, and a handle attached to the bristle anchor. In one embodiment, the bristle anchor includes a cavity that holds a material such as toothpaste or mouthwash. When the toothbrush is chewed, the material is released from the cavity and onto the bristles. The toothbrush may be realized as a single-use disposable unit or as a multiple-use unit. The cavity in a multiple-use unit can be reloaded with material prior to each use.

Abstract: Described is a device that is useful for basting food products in the cooking process. More specifically, the device is useful by providing variable fluid flow capabilities to food product basting appliances. The food basting device comprises two separate pieces, a cap piece and a brush piece that work in rotating relationship with each other to prove variable fluid flow through the device. The food basting device preferably works with fluid containers that do not have screw threads for a cap or lid, such as a beer or soda can.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for applying flowing media to a surface. Said device comprises a container (1) for the media with at least one opening (2, 3) which is located above the surface and can be deaerated and a mopping or applicator device (5) which is attached to a handle (4). In addition, the device has a flow-regulating hose (6) which can be shut off, for conveying the media from the container (1) by force of gravity to an outlet on the mopping or applicator device (5). In addition, the device has a portable unit which is worn on the back, comprising supporting and fixing straps (8) and a mounting plate (9) which is fitted to said unit and which has a rapid-action coupling device. The container has (1) a resealable exit opening at one end (2) with a connecting sleeve and a resealable fill opening (3) at the opposite end, in addition to a hose adapter (11) which can be connected to the connecting sleeve of the exit opening (2).

Abstract: A device for sweeping a substantially horizontal surface is provided which includes a broom having a handle and a head, a valve disposed on the device, and a spray bar movably disposed on the head for directionally spraying a liquid that is supplied to the valve, wherein the valve regulates the pressure of liquid sprayed by the spray bar. The valve can be spring-loaded and/or hand-controlled. The device may include tubing between the valve and the spray bar, which tubing may be positioned internal to the handle or external to the handle. The handle may be used to convey liquid, such as that from a garden hose, from the valve to the spray bar. In an embodiment, the head may include water channels and the spray bar may be made integral to the head. The spray bar may oscillate and may take a variety of shapes, including elliptical, u-shaped and straight shapes. The device may further include a reservoir for holding an agent for treating the horizontal surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cosmetic article having an improved dispensing structure, which compactly combines liquid cosmetic product with an applicator used for applying the liquid cosmetic product.

Abstract: A method for applying a sealant to a component, in which the sealant is applied to a part of or the entirety of a sealing surface of the component, comprises the steps of: disposing in the sealant, an abutting member approximately in parallel to a surface of the sealant, which is a liquid, formed into a film of a specified thickness; pressing the sealing surface of the component to the abutting member in the sealant formed into the film; and transferring the sealant to the sealing surface of the component by pulling the component apart from the sealant.

Abstract: A cleaning system utilized a bottle having an integrally formed handle in conjunction with connection section, including a pump, leading to an integral brush to provide for an integral single piece cleaning system wherein the handle for the bottle serves as the handle for the cleaning system and, in conjunction with the connection section, as a pump for the fluid in the bottle.

Abstract: An applicator comprising a container containing an application liquid and an applicator member of the application liquid held to an opening provided in part of the container, wherein the applicator member comprises an application face material and a cover ring for engaging the application face material with the container, and at least in the central region of the outer surface of the application face material, a plurality of flexible fine protruding from the outer surface of the applicator member are arranged, and at the same time, at least in part of clearances between a plurality of the fine filament like portions in the outer surface of the application face member, holes for discharging the application liquid are provided, and the application face material and the cover ring are composed with different synthetic resins, and provides remarkable durability and convenience.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing mechanism contained in a handle of a cleaning implement. The handle includes internal upper and lower valve assemblies sealably mounted within the handle to provide an air tight chamber therebetween for holding liquid. The upper valve assembly includes a push button actuator for introducing air into the chamber. The lower valve assembly includes a dispensing outlet for discharging the liquid from the chamber. When air is introduced into the air tight chamber through the upper valve assembly, a corresponding amount of liquid is dispensed from the chamber and out from the handle through the dispensing outlet.

Abstract: A pump used in a power toothbrush for fluid delivery to the bristles. The pump moves fluid provided to it to a dispensing valve located in the brushhead. The pump includes a pump chamber with a piston ball located therein. The piston ball moves within the chamber in response to movement of the brushhead, moving fluid out a discharge end of the pump chamber under pressure. The pump includes a fluid exit channel which connects the discharge end of the pump chamber with an opening in the brushhead in which the dispensing valve is located.

Abstract: An electric back brush for providing an invigorating scrub comprising an elongated arm having one end attached to a handle and the other end attached to a head assembly. The length and shape of the elongated arm is selected to permit self-administration to normally hard to reach areas of the body, especially the back. The head assembly includes an electric motor and a brush head attached thereto via a flexible drive shaft for driving the brush head in rotary oscillation while permitting the brush head to pivot freely with respect to the head assembly. The brush head is detachably mounted to the motor so that it can be removed therefrom and fitted with another brush head with different textures whenever desired. A soap reservoir compartment is formed within the elongated arm for storing liquid soap so as to allow the user to selectively dispense soap while scrubbing one's back with the brush head.

Abstract: A combination fluid container cap and basting brush assembly includes a cap member having a circular top wall with a continuous side wall perpendicularly depending therefrom. The cap member may be threadedly coupled with a conventional fluid container. On the top wall of the cap member is a depression having an aperture therein through which a fluid may be dispensed from the container. A lid hingedly engages the top wall of the cap member and is dimensioned to seat within the depression for covering the dispensing aperture. A brush member is removably attached to the top wall immediately adjacent the lid which may be used as a basting brush. When the lid is in an open position, it functions as a splash guard for preventing fluid from contacting the brush while being dispensed through the aperture.

Abstract: A cosmetic applicator system including a container for storing a fluid cosmetic material such as eyeliner, and an applicator having a hollow stem formed with a reservoir, a felt applicator tip with a body portion inserted in the distal end of the stem, and a plurality of longitudinal channels extending along the passage in surrounding relation to the body portion of the tip for conducting liquid cosmetic material from the container to the reservoir when the tip is immersed in the container, and from the reservoir to the tip when the applicator is used to apply the cosmetic material after withdrawal from the container.

Abstract: A brush for applying a given kind of material is disclosed. The brush has an operative portion consisting of a tube split along at least one generatrix and containing at least one insert surrounded by flexible filaments held in place by means of a sleeve, and the free ends of the filaments project out of the slit in the tube to form the brush bristles. The brush enables, inter alia, the application of mascara onto eyelashes.

Abstract: A portable toothbrush case, suitable for use away from home, contains separate compartments for storage of a toothbrush and toothpaste. The compartments are separated by a central partition with a hole that allows toothpaste to flow from its storage space onto the bristles of the toothbrush. Pressing on a portion of the wall of the toothpaste storage compartment squeezes the toothpaste through the hole, onto the toothbrush. Another hole on the outside wall of the toothpaste storage compartment allows refilling from a conventionally designed tube of toothpaste.

Abstract: An applicator primarily for applying colorants and other treatments to hair includes a container to which is mounted, preferably releasably, a reservoir for the treatment fluid, the reservoir being provided with at least two, and preferably between six and ten nozzles. The bores of the nozzles communicate with the interior of the reservoir so that fluid can be expelled from the reservoir through the nozzles and onto the hair in a controlled manner. The applicator is particularly convenient for applying several narrow bands of color to the hair.

Abstract: Water flow through the main body and a cover of a cleaner is regulated by a flow guide having an L-shaped flow groove which permits water flow through the cleaner to be selectively terminated or directed through either a straight outlet for direct contact with an object to be cleaned or through a spray outlet of the main body for flow down and around an invertible cleaning block through an annular space formed in the cover.

Abstract: A garbage disposal cleaning device having a foldable and/or compressible splatter-guard to shield and prevent splattering of liquid and solid material when the device is being used. The handle of the garbage disposal cleaning device can be bent to make rotating the device easier, while the use of semi-soft non-abrasive bristles allows cleaning a garbage disposal unit without abrasive damage. The bristles can be specially contour-shaped to make cleaning of the garbage disposal unit and the surrounding drain more effective.

Abstract: The cleaning device includes a squeeze-bottle with a spout and a brush extending from the spout. A flow restrictor prevents cleaning fluid from being dispersed from the spout to the brush until the bottle is squeezed. The flow restrictor is formed simply by inserting the twisted wire handle of the brush into a tube forming the outlet of the spout. The length of the tube and the twisted wire can be selected to give the desired amount of flow restriction. The device is particularly well adapted for use in cleaning solder flux and other undesirable substances from printed circuit boards after they have been assembled. The cleaning device is relatively compact, inexpensive to make, and simple to use.

Abstract: An applying implement including: a main body having an application fluid storage; a head cylinder having a front end portion having an opening, a rear end portion having a communication hole communicating to the application fluid storage, and a tapered portion formed between the front and rear end portions so as to increase its radius as it advances rearward; a valve body having a shape fitted to an inside surface of the tapered portion around it, and being made of a soft and resilient material and accommodated inside the head cylinder so as to be slidable in an axial direction; an urging member for resiliently urging the valve body forward so that the valve body can be firmly pressed against the inside surface of the tapered portion by urging force of this urging member; and an application tip provided in front of and independent of the valve body in the head cylinder, so as to be shiftable in the axial direction until it protrudes out of the head cylinder, and the application tip being spaced from a front e

Abstract: A grip cleaning device is disclosed for removing debris, sweat and/or other foreign matter from the grip material on athletic equipment such as golf clubs, rackets of all kinds and handle grips on bikes and the like. The device includes tufts with working ends defining a cleaning surface for the grip and an integral cleaning liquid dispenser.

Abstract: A laparoscopic instrument comprises a receptacle for storing a predetermined amount of a biologically active composition, a mechanical ejector operatively connected to the receptacle for ejecting the predetermined amount of the biologically active composition into a patient's abdomen, and an actuator operatively connected to the ejector for enabling an actuation of the ejector to eject the predetermined amount of the biologically active composition into the patient's abdomen. The laparoscopic instrument includes an elongate hollow shaft.

Abstract: An apparatus wherein an elongate, coaxially aligned housing is defined by a first chamber mounting a floor adjacent a lower terminal end of the housing, with the floor including a chamber floor underlying the floor, and a removable lid for rotatably mounting a dental floss spool therewithin. A piston is slidably mounted overlying and spaced from the floor to define a toothpaste chamber therebetween, wherein the piston mounts a dispensing boss, including a plurality of ports, wherein a plurality of spaced, parallel rails are diametrically mounted on the piston spaced from the dispensing boss, with a recess positioned within a top surface of the piston for receiving an upper terminal end of the toothbrush therebetween to position the toothbrush in alignment with the dispensing boss. A second chamber is fixedly mounted coextensively with the housing adjacent a side wall thereof for receiving the toothbrush therewithin.

Abstract: A manually operated appliance for the treatment of textile floor coverings with a foaming cleaning liquid, comprising a shaft-like handle with a bristled cleaning element attached thereto, a container for cleaning liquid replaceably mounted on the handle by means of a holding element, and a hose for connecting the container and cleaning element which is operatively connected to a dosing mechanism regulating the outflow of cleaning liquid from the container. The hose has a grooved internal profile and the cleaning element is a hollow brush having an inlet nozzle on its top surface for the hose level with a socket for fixing the handle. Outlet holes face the floor between rows of bristles arranged at the outer edges of the hollow brush, and a distributor plate covers the brush surface.

Abstract: A toothbrush comprises a grip portion and a brush base portion having bristles implanted thereon. The bristles each have a spherical tip. The grip portion has a storage chamber for a fluid material. A communicating passage through which the fluid material may be fed extends from the storage chamber to the bristle-implanted portion so that the fluid material can be fed through the communicating passage. A polishing material may be contained in the tips of the bristles. A medicinal material for oral health or a gingiva-massaging medicine may be contained in the storage chamber.

Abstract: In a liquid-applying tip assembly in which the liquid-applying member is pushed to operate the valve to allow the liquid to flow to the liquid-applying member, the liquid-applying member is a plastic member which comprises: a plurality of ribs extending radially and axially from an axial core in such a manner as to form a plurality of axial liquid passageways therebetween. A barrier is provided between the valve and the cylinder of the tip assembly, the barrier having a hole whose diameter is slightly larger than the outside diameter of the liquid-applying member to control the flow of liquid.

Abstract: The present invention offers a device for fixing a writing or coating member in a writing or coating tool for a liquid composition, such as a writing brush, comprising a main body with a hole having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of a plate portion provided at the rear end of the writing or coating member, a cutaway communicating from one side fringe of the main body to the hole with tapered side lines, a bow-shape leaf spring portion which is protruded from the fringe side opposite to the cutaway of the main body and lapped in such a manner that an intermediate portion approaches substantially in contact with the side face of the main body while its top end being maintained apart from the side face of the main body by a distance larger than the distance of a nearest approached portion, and 2 leg plates which are protruded from both the other fringes of the main body substantially vertically to the plane of the main body, and in the side opposite to the side where the leaf spring is located

Abstract: Disclosed is an interdental tooth cleaning appliance for use in cleaning a space formed between adjacent teeth. In order to clean more effectively as compared with a known appliance, the cross-sectional shape of the bristles as seen in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the brush is such as to provide three circumferentially spaced groups of bristles which are longer than the remaining bristles. The interdental tooth cleaning appliance of this invention is provided with a guide which makes it a more convenient one. It also has a device for injecting a liquid medicine.

Abstract: A pen tip structure comprises (1) an elongated stem which defines a cylindrical outer surface and a flat end surface, the flat end surface including one or more grooves which extend from the cylindrical outer surface radially inwardly towards a center point thereof, (2) a tube positioned around the elongated stem, the tube including inwardly-extending protrusions that form at least one longitudinal ink flow channel along the cylindrical outer surface of the elongated stem, and an end portion which is located beyond the flat end surface of the elongated stem, the end portion providing a mouth, and (3) a rotatable member positioned between the noted mouth and the flat end surface of the elongated stem, the rotatable member having a surface portion which extends beyond the mouth for conveying ink to a receiving surface and an opposite surface portion for receiving ink supplied thereto by capillary action.

Abstract: A fluid outlet opening/closing mechanism and a fluid storing member equipped with this mechanism including a valve seat having a portion formed of a magnetic material, housed in the fluid storing member and adapted to be attached to an outlet portion of the fluid storing member, and a valve member having a portion formed of a magnetic material and adapted to be seated on the valve seat. At least either of the magnetic portions respectively of the valve seat and of the valve member is constituted by a material capable of generating a magnetic field.