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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7708173 | Self-orienting aerosol apparatus and method of cleaning a trash can An orienting skirt joined to an aerosol can, the orienting skirt having a generally arcuate rim extending outward such that when the can is placed on a flat surface, the rim urges the can into a predetermined generally stable horizontal configuration with the discha... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7299941 | Container seal with flexible central panel A seal mountable to the rim of an open mouth container the seal including a resiliently flexible central panel separately formed from and intimately bonded to a substantially rigid peripheral mounting ring adapted to snap-mount to the rim of the container with the c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7168433 | Packaging and dispensing device Various embodiments of a dispensing device are disclosed. The device may include a receptacle having a first face and at least one outlet orifice for dispensing a substance contained in the receptacle. The receptacle may be configured to be rested on a horizontal pl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7086110 | Selective dispensing of laundry additives during automatic machine laundering of fabric Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and kits for the timed dispensing of laundry additive materials into the drum during a cycle of a multiple cycle fabric laundering operation. To bring about such dispensing of additives, a housing structure device having multi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7007862 | Rinse release dispensing device A lightweight, free-body and buoyant dispenser that is centrifugally actuated for releasing a laundry product following the spin cycle includes a housing that has one or more covered apertures one of which is exposed during the spin cycle. The laundry product, which... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996869 | Dispensing cartridge and method of dispensing a product from a dispensing cartridge A dispensing cartridge for holding a product adapted to be inserted into a machine configured to utilize the product. A container has a bottom and at least one side wall. The bottom of the container has an opening configured to cooperate with the machine. A removabl... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6945434 | Device that facilitates pouring of liquid from a container A device that makes it easier to pour a liquid from a container that might be difficult to lift for a person having hand, finger, or arm muscles that have been weakened by disease, injury, old age, or the like. The device has a generally “L” shape when viewed in... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6860413 | Shaving cream dispenser A shaving cream dispenser with a weighted bottom and/or an air space in its upper section allowing for upright flotation in water. The dispenser can also be colored red on its top section and white on its bottom section to resemble a fishing bobber. ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6736294 | Apparatus for dispensing rinse water additive in an automatic washing machine A rinse water additive dispenser having an upper housing having a opening and a lower housing releasably connected to the upper housing, the lower housing walls defining an internal chamber for containing a rinse water laundry additive. The dispenser further compris... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6681963 | Apparatus for dispensing rinse water additive in an automatic washing machine A rinse water additive dispenser for use in an automatic washing machine is disclosed. The dispenser includes a top, a valve assembly and a base releasably connected to the top. The valve assembly is retained within a valve housing located in the top and ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6644510 | Bag-in-box container and faucet A bag-in-box container includes a faucet for dispensing liquid from the container upon tipping or other movement of the container. The faucet includes a body defining a bore. A valve seat and valve member are located in the bore. The valve member includes... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6574883 | Dispensing for dryer A dispenser for laundry products, particularly for fabric softener products to be used in the dryer. The dispenser comprises a hollow ball having a plurality of product dispensing openings and a further product ingress opening for placing product in the b... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6167841 | Pet food feeding apparatus A pet food feeding apparatus, which includes a bowl-like base having a flat bottom wall, a hollow top cover shell covered on the base, the top cover shell having a plurality of outlets spaced around the periphery, a pan mounted in between the base and the... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6095380 | Dosing device for a highly viscous liquid A dosing device for dispensing a highly viscous liquid includes a frame and a flexible sheet. The frame has an open top and an open bottom. The sheet is suspended from the open top of the frame for retaining the liquid within the sheet.... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5699939 | Metering of liquids A metering system 10 for metering liquid to be supplied to equipment which utilizes the liquid to generate a predetermined product includes a body member 12 which defines a chamber 14 therein, the body member 12 being mountable in a predetermined position... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5358152 | Detergent doser The present invention provides a detergent doser for dispensing liquid doses from a liquid dispenser. The liquid dispenser has a nozzle through which the detergent is dispensed. The detergent doser includes a container having an outer wall and an inner wa... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5353971 | Electric caulking gun apparatus A caulking gun is arranged to include a cylindrical housing having an entrance opening, with a door pivotally mounted over the entrance opening to receive a caulking gun tube therewithin such that a reversing electric drive motor having a reciprocating pi... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5323939 | Automatic dumping hopper An automatic dumping hopper mechanism includes a hopper of an asymmetrical configuration relative to a vertical axis which is mounted for pivoting movement about a horizontal axis with a door normally closing a discharge opening at a lower end of the hopp... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5320246 | Truncated kettle adapted for use as a steamer A kettle is adapted for use on a narrow ledge of a wood, pellet, or coal burning stove or the like by flattening one side and providing substantially greater weight per unit area to the flattened side and bottom such that the center of gravity of the kett... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5314098 | Automatic dosing dispenser employing atmospheric vent to improve opening reliability An improved dispenser for reliably adding fluid rinse additive to the rinse water in an automatic washing machine. The dispenser includes a filling/dispensing aperture within the uppermost portion of a container for adding the fluid additive to the dispen... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5267671 | Apparatus for dispensing rinse water additive in an automatic washing machine An improved apparatus for accurately measuring and dispensing a rinse water additive in an automatic washing machine. In a particularly preferred embodiment, an apparatus is provided for accurately measuring a relatively small volume of fluid product by f... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5160072 | Container valve having a weighted actuator A valve for a fluid pressurized dispensing container that is useful for the low pressure dispensing of medium and low viscosity fluids at controlled rates and is actuated by merely inverting the container and in which the flow of the dispensed liquid begi... | 11/03/1992 |
| 4915267 | Dispensing storage container for a laundry treatment material A dispensing storage container comprising a somewhat spherical housing forming a storage compartment for a supply of laundry treatment liquid and having an inlet/outlet portion, which may also be a removable cover portion. The inlet/outlet portion compris... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4883203 | Dispensing storage container and assembly for laundry treatment material Dispensing storage containers and assemblies of such containers secured over the conventional cup-like cap of a bottle designed to contain a supply of laundry treatment material. The dispensing storage containers have a shell housing, a closed base end, a... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4850515 | Particulate material storing and dispensing hopper structure An elongate, horizontally upwardly opening particulate material storing receptacle with vertical front and end walls, upwardly projecting side walls, a longitudinally extending bottom wall, a material discharge opening at the front end of the receptacle, ... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4650097 | Developer material supply arrangement A developer material supply arrangement which includes a developer hopper mounting portion for detachably mounting a developer hopper on the mounting provided portion at an opening at the upper portion of a developing tank of an electrophotographic copyin... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4379515 | Automatic dispenser for rinse water additive The object of the invention is to provide a free body dispenser for a washing machine wherein the dispenser employs premeasured and preloaded laundry additive units. It is not necessary to measure out additive from a storage bottle. Another object is to p... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4265376 | Beverage carbonation and dispensing container A substantially cylindrical container for use in carbonating small quantities of water for household or individual use as a soft drink dispenser contains a spherical, porous stone through which carbon dioxide gas is expressed under pressure for diffuse di... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4042150 | Water gravity plant feeder A water gravity plant feeder comprising a housing, water bottle mounted on said housing, and a device for supplying water from the bottle to plants arranged adjacent the housing. The watering device comprises a feed tray positioned under the water bottle ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4025249 | Apparatus for making metal powder An improved apparatus is set forth wherein powder is produced by melting metal in a crucible where it is then poured into a tundish which directs the molten metal onto a spinning disc means. A nozzle plate has a central opening through which the metal is ... | 05/24/1977 |
