Abstract:
The present invention involves a dispenser. The dispenser includes a main hollow housing with side walls, a base and a top which is at least partially open for dispensing material therethrough. A vertical support column is included within the hollow housing and it has horizontal ratchets thereon as well as a push plate located at its top. A trigger component is also contained within the housing and it is formed of plastic material with at least one flexible portion therein. It acts as a trigger, a ratcheting member and a spring, and is strategically positioned in a hinged manner such that a side wall cut out or other member holding the trigger component against the vertical support column ratchets may be rotated inwardly and released outwardly to cause the ratcheting mechanism to advance the support column. Thus the trigger component has a first position and a second position wherein, when it is moved from the first position to the second position, it advances the vertical support column upwardly and when it is released and moves from its second position back to its first position, it retreats to the next lower ratchet on the support column and is set for the next advance.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a metered dispensing cap system for containers such as tubes and the like. The system has a base element which is attachable to the neck of a squeezable container and which has a sidewall portion and a top. The base element has an opening in the top for outflow of a material from a squeezeable container into a meter element. This base element may be removeably attachable, e.g. by being screwed on, or may be permanently attached, e.g. by being integrally molded with the container. A one way valve is located in the opening of the base element to permit the flow of material from a container through the opening while preventing backflow. The system also includes a meter element which acts like an inverted trap and which has a sidewall portion and a top with an opening in the top for dispensing of the material therefrom. The sidewall portion of the meter element is slightly larger than and has the same across section shape as the sidewall portion of the base element and this sidewall portion of the meter element is higher than and located about and encompasses the sidewall portion of the base element. Further, the meter element is vertically slideable along the sidewall portion of the base element with an upward position for receiving a volume of material in a pre-determined amount when the squeezeable container is squeezed and downward position whereby the opening in the top of the meter element allows for dispensing of the desired amount of fluid when the meter element is pushed down.
Abstract:
A liquid applicator which comprises a liquid storage container fitted with a shaped applicator means that is made of a non-flexible, non-deformable, sintered, porous synthetic plastic resin having a controlled porosity and having omni-directional interconnecting pores.
Abstract:
A liquid applicator which comprises a liquid storage container fitted with a shaped applicator means that is made of a non-flexible, non-deformable, sintered, porous synthetic plastic resin having a controlled porosity and having omni-directional interconnecting pores.
Abstract:
A dispenser has a hollow housing with sidewalls, a base and a top. The top has a cylinder for receiving piston, and a catch for permitting limited movement of the piston within the cylinder. The piston having an inlet valve for allowing air into the cylinder. The cylinder has an outlet valve which forces air into the housing. The dispenser has a tri-purpose nozzle. The nozzle has a dispensing orifice at one end and is biased in an open up position. The piston is suspended from the bottom surface of the nozzle. As such, the nozzle acts as the pump for slidably moving the piston within the cylinder. The top has a fluid outlet port opposite the position of the cylinder. The nozzle is rotatably connected to the top. In addition, there is a structure for fluidly connecting the fluid outlet port to the nozzle. That is, when the nozzle is pumped downward, the nozzle is aligned with the fluid outlet port via the structure for fluidly connecting so as to permit a fluid to travel from the housing, through the fluid outlet port, through the structure for fluidly connecting, through the nozzle and out the dispensing orifice. When the nozzle springs back to its resting position, the nozzle and fluid outlet port are not in alignment, thereby preventing air and fluid from flowing out the housing. The nozzle and structure for fluidly connecting thus acting as a valve.
Abstract:
The present invention is a semi-flexible captive cap closure which includes a non-removable cap that rotates between a closed and open position and has opposing squeeze points that must be biased inwardly in order to open the cap. The preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a container which has a base and a neck for retaining the cap. The neck has at least one inclined recess track which has at least one impression which is adequately sized to correspond to a protrusion located on the cap. When the cap is in a closed position a user grasps the cap at the opposing squeeze points and applies inward pressure in order to displace the protrusion from the impression and to allow rotation to an open position. The cap is maintained in an open position either by frictional contact between the track and protrusion or by a second corresponding impression. The cap further includes a dispensing orifice which is closed by the neck of the container when the cap is in a closed position and opened when the cap is in an open position.
Abstract:
The present invention involves a dispenser. The dispenser includes a main hollow housing with side walls, a base and an open top which contains a manifold component for dispensing material therethrough. At least one vertical support column is included within the hollow housing and it has horizontal ratchets thereon as well as a push plate located at its top. A trigger component is also contained within the housing and it is formed of plastic material with at least one flexible portion therein. It acts as a trigger, a ratcheting member and a spring, and is strategically positioned in a hinged manner such that a side wall cut-out or other member holding the trigger component against the vertical support column ratchets may be rotated inwardly and released outwardly to cause the ratcheting mechanism to advance the support column. Thus, the trigger component has a first position and a second position wherein, when it is moved from the first position to the second position, it advances the vertical support column upwardly and when it is released and moves from its second position back to its first position, it retreats to the next lower ratchet on the support column and is set for the next advance. In one preferred embodiment, the main hollow housing has two separate components for ease of manufacturing and assembling.
Abstract:
The present invention is a spray container device for receiving, opening and spray dispensing liquid from an ampoule. It includes an upper container with a top, a bottom and side walls and has at least one top opening and at least a first bottom opening and a second bottom opening and has a vertical central axis of rotation. The top opening and bottom openings are off-centered from the central axis of rotation, the top opening and the first bottom opening being in vertical alignment so as to create a pump passage through the upper container for receiving a pump. The upper container further has an inside wall adjacent the second bottom opening of sufficient size and strength for breaking the top of an ampoule. There is also a lower container rotatably connected to and below the upper container. It has a top, a bottom and side walls and has at least one top orifice and at least one bottom orifice and has the same vertical central axis of rotation as the upper container. The top and bottom orifice are in alignment with one another and form a passage through the lower container which is adapted to receive a liquid-containing ampoule with a top of the ampoule protruding above the top of the lower container.
Abstract:
The present invention involves a child resistant closure for containers with threaded necks. It involves a cylindrical inner and outer cap which engage with one another by ratchets to close the closure. These ratchets do not engage when an attempt is made to open the closure. The inner cap has threads on its inside and is adapted to non-removably receive the outer cap in that the outer cap is rotatably engaged therewith. The outer cap is non-removably but rotatably mounted on and engaged with the inner cap. At least two biased keyway slots are used and each may be located either on the outside of the inner cap or the inside of the outer cap. There are at least two biased keyway protrusions, one corresponding to each slot, and each protrusion extends toward its corresponding keyway slot. Each is located on which ever of the inner cap and outer cap does not contain the corresponding slot. There are indexes on each of the caps and when they are aligned, the keyway protrusions ad their corresponding keyway slots will be aligned. The user will align the indexes or indicia and then lift up so that the protrusions fit into their keyway slots. In this manner, the outer cap engages the inner cap so that they are simultaneously rotated for opening. Upon closure ,the protrusion will be pushed or dropped out of the slot and the ratchets will engage for proper closure.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a container for dispensing tablets in a non-reversing manner. The container includes a main container body, an actuator disk and a stop. The main container body is adapted to receive at least one stack of tablets and has an operating orifice and at least one annularly located ejection post. It is adapted to receive and rotatably hold the actuator disk so as to render it rotatable about a central axis. The actuator disk has a first recess which form a complete annulus about the central axis and is coincidental to and mates with the ejection post. The actuator disk also has a recess of width and depth sufficient to receive a predetermined number of one or more tablets, which has an inward end which is at least coincidental with the dispensing orifice when located thereunder and an outward end which is open for tablet dispensing. The container also includes a stop to assure that said actuator disk can only be rotated in one direction.