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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7044342 | Hand held fuel container A portable hand held fuel container includes a pour tube, a fill tube spaced from the pour tube, a removable closure cap to close the inlet end to the fill tube, a vent arrangement in the closure cap that permits and prevents exterior air to enter to fill tube to en... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6648184 | Refillable water bottle system A refillable water bottle system includes a container having a neck defining an outlet and receivable by a conventional bottled water dispenser. Opposite the neck, the container includes a cap defining an inlet for receiving water into the container. A fi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 5960999 | Condiment dispenser A condiment dispenser principally intended for use in the storing and dispensing of salt or pepper. The dispenser preferably includes a container housing the condiment, and having one or more pour openings extending therethrough. At least one flow control... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957336 | Inverted dispenser A viscous fluid dispenser is provided including an upper extent constructed from a flexible material and having a top face and a peripheral side wall with an inverted frusto-conical configuration defining a lower peripheral edge. Further provided is a low... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5358153 | Mixing lid including a pouring device for containers used on stirring machines A mixing lid with a pouring device for containers used on stirring machines includes an integral one piece slidable closure for a pouring spout and has a first rearward opened pouring position and a second forward closed sealed position. A removably secur... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5020700 | Lid provided with a variable-flow pouring spout and with an improved vent device, particularly for cans of base color for automobile coachwork A lid which is provided with a variable-flow pouring spout and with an improved vent device, particularly for cans of base color for automobile coachwork. The lid includes a vent opening which is provided on an inner face thereof with a channel which lead... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4991749 | Manually-operated fluid dispenser and associated closure cap A manually-operated dispenser for user-controlled discharge of an internally-stored fluid includes a variable length assembly normally driven to its maximum longitudinal extension for fluid-tightly closing a fluid discharge opening and a vent opening disp... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4930689 | Resealable cap for a container A cap for a gas pressurized container, adapted to maintain the pressure therein. The cap includes an insert which forms a seal between the exterior surface of the insert and the opening in the bottle. Disposed inside the insert is a valve which forms a se... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4883204 | Manually-operated fluid dispenser and associated closure cap A manually-operated dispenser for user-controlled discharge of an internally-stored fluid includes a variable length assembly normally driven to its maximum longitudinal extension for substantially closing a fluid discharge opening and for fluid-tightly c... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4877159 | Pour dispenser A pour dispenser for pouring fluid from a container and including a body having an outlet nozzle and adapted for mounting on a container, a piston in the body and slideable between a valve open condition providing a first flow path between the container a... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4874117 | Manually-operated fluid dispenser and associated closure cap A manually-operated dispenser for user-controlled discharge of an internally-stored fluid includes a variable length assembly normally driven to its maximum longitudinal extension for fluid-tightly closing a fluid discharge opening and a vent opening disp... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4871096 | Liquid dispenser for a bottle A dispenser for a liquid in a bottle has a housing adapted to screw onto a threaded neck of the bottle. A tubular valve plunger is located within an aperture in the housing to form a liquid passage between the housing and the valve plunger. The valve plun... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4838462 | Double bellows purge valve A liquid dispensing unit is described. The unit includes a first valve element that is held within a liquid passageway by a first spring mechanism. This spring mechanism is designed to yield under pressure to allow the first valve element to move off a va... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4793528 | Lid with an adjustable pouring and venting arrangement, particularly for primary color or paint containers utilized for car bodywork A lid with an adjustable "quillotine" type pouring arrangement, adapted to be mounted, in particular, on the primary color or paint containers for car bodywork and employed in paint stirring machines. The lid includes at least one component for fixing the... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4754898 | Multi-orifice dispensing closure A dual orifice dispensing closure comprises a body with first and second orifices therein, the orifices being of different sizes. Lid members are hinged to the body such that plugs on the lids may be selectively positioned in or removed from orifices in t... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4715516 | Apparatus for dispensing carbonated beverage from containers An apparatus for dispensing carbonated beverages and the like from a container has a body portion adapted to replace a screw top cap of the container. The body portion includes a tube which will project into the ullage volume of the container and will ven... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4679711 | Multi-orifice zero cavity nozzle dispenser A valved device for dispensing multiple closely spaced streams of liquid from a plurality of dispensing orifices. The device includes selectively actuatable valve needles associated with each of the dispensing orifices for controlling liquid flow from the... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4646942 | Multiway gravity box and door assembly A multiway gravity box and door assembly is capable of selectively storing, transporting and/or dispensing different particulate solid materials. The gravity box has a partition wall to separate the box into two separate compartments each of which communi... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4645099 | Safety container for flammable liquids A safety container having two openings, one having a pouring spout attached thereto, the second having a filler tube attached thereto with a spring-biased safety cap thereon, a rigid carrying handle mounted between the pouring spout and the filler tube, a... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4582231 | Contact type liquid applicator A contact applicator head includes a plurality of needle valves which are each spring biased against a respective one of a plurality of valve seats, and a rotary cam actuator which when rotated retracts the needle valves away from the seats.... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4310038 | Metering valve for beverage containers Liquid dispensing metering valve for attachment to the outlet of an inverted beverage bottle has upper and lower chambers separated by an apertured opening. The lower chamber has a dispensing opening closed by a ball plug movable in the chamber and having... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4131211 | Receptacle made of thermoplastic material Receptacle such as a bottle, beaker or the like made of thermoplastic material, wherein each opening for extraction is constituted by a curved or polygonal slot at least partially closed on itself and made in the end wall by partially melting the thermopl... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4024992 | Air atomizer bottle sprayer with screw cap A bottle and cap of relatively very simple design for spraying an atomized liquid; the bottle being made of squeezable material so that air and liquid within its interior can be together forcibly pushed outwardly therefrom through a common port leading fr... | 05/24/1977 |
