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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4733983 | Dispenser toothbrush A fillable toothbrush provided with a handle containing a dispenser for toothpaste is disclosed. One end of the handle is provided with a stem through which a duct is provided from a storage chamber to an outlet adjacent to a brush arranged at the free en... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4695177 | Dentifrice dispensing toothbrush A dentifrice dispensing toothbrush is described which stores dentifrice material in its handle and deposits a controlled portion of the stored material directly onto the top of the brush surface. The toothbrush comprises (1) a housing which includes a han... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4692047 | Brush for applying material in liquid or emulsion form A brush for applying liquid or emulsion material such as toothpaste, hair-dye, cleaning material, etc., has a handle, a rod having bristles, sponge, etc. at its head and a pumping mechanism accommodated in the handle. The rod is slidably held, at its rear... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4673106 | Dispenser for retaining toothbrush and floss A dispenser comprising, a container having a chamber for retaining a flowable material, and a nozzle defining an outlet orifice. The dispenser has a device for pumping the material through the orifice. The dispenser has a cap having an outwardly directed ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4659243 | Fountain type applicator for ink or the like and cartridge therefor A fountain type applicator for ink or the like having a cartridge handle for containing the ink, an applicator having a roller and a threaded extension received in a threaded recessed end forming a seal in one end of the cartridge, the applicator being pa... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4651904 | Dispenser for pasty compositions, particularly toothpaste dispenser A dispenser for pasty compositions, particularly a toothpaste dispenser, with pump-like actuation for the portioned delivery of the content from a nozzle discharge channel, in which connection the pump chamber, which can be reduced in volume by displaceme... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4564130 | Dispenser for paste-like products A dispenser for paste-like products comprises a headpiece including a discharge channel with a dispensing orifice, and a pump chamber the volume of which changes with the application of an external load and which is connected by a communication path, seal... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4551037 | Device for applying paint with reciprocating linear motor A compact portable, easily operated, paint applying apparatus has a frame adapted to rest on the ground, a lifting handle on the frame for ease in carrying to use locations, a paint reservoir removably supported in upright position on the frame, an electr... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4474313 | Dispenser for pasty substances A dispenser for pasty substances with a housing having a piston displaceable only in a discharging direction and an outer operating handle which is formed at a headpiece, compressible in a bellows-like manner in the direction of the piston, which headpiec... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4237822 | Animal medication brush A brush is provided comprising a hollow body containing a liquid medication. Detachably mounted on the bottom of the body is a hollow head communicating with a plurality of depending elongated hollow teeth. Enclosed within the hollow body is a pump manual... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4171171 | Long handled liquid dispensing applicator A long-handled dispenser device for applying lotion or other liquid material to parts of the body. The device consists of a long arcuately curved tubular handle employed as a reservoir for the material, with a screw plug at its free end. The handle is att... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4167349 | Applicator for liquid coating compositions A device for the roller application of liquid coating compositions such as paint is provided comprising; (a) a hollow body portion having an applicator opening at one end and a container opening at the opposite end; said portion containing; (1) a liquid feed t... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4140410 | Fluid applicator pressure device This invention relates to a fluid pressure device and more particularly to a fluid pressure device adapted to be attached to a paint roller applicator for supplying paint from a container to the roller applicator.... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4068974 | Fountain toothbrush having bristle carrier easily producible by injection molding A fountain toothbrush is described which comprises a bristle carrier having bristles, a handle containing a reservoir for liquid or pasty dentifrice, a duct leading from the reservoir to the bristles, and actuating means which urge the reservoir in a dire... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4053902 | Fluid pump for a writing device A pump mechanism for delivering ink or the like writing fluid from a reservoir to a point of utilization such as a writing device. The mechanism includes a piston slidable in a cylinder for drawing ink into the cylinder during a suction stroke and dischar... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4053901 | Fluid pump for a writing device having an air ejector feature A pump mechanism for pumping ink or similar writing fluid from a fluid reservoir to a writing device. A piston is moved in a cylinder in one direction to draw ink into the cylinder from a reservoir through a capillary tube, and is moved in an opposite dir... | 10/11/1977 |