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US 4,226,367 AGranted
Squeeze bottle dispenser
AssigneeEthyl Corporation
InventorThomas H. Hayes
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Abstract
An apparatus for dispensing liquid including a flexible container for storing liquid, a closure connected to the container, a cap rotatably connected to the closure having an orifice therein, a film-forming post connected to the closure with an orifice therein alignable with the orifice in the cap, a stem projecting upwardly from the closure for conveying liquid to the film-forming post, and a dip tube connected to the stem for conveying liquid from the container to the stem.
Claims23
An apparatus for dispensing liquid, comprising:
- a. flexible container means for storing said liquid;
- b. closure means connectable to said container means;
- c. film-forming means connected to said closure means, said film-forming means having first orifice means therein through which gas or air from said container is sprayed;
- d. cap means having a generally horizontal top rotatably connected to said closure means, said cap means having second orifice means in said top alignable with said first orifice means;
- e. stem means connected to said closure means, said stem means having channel means through which liquid can exit said stem means and strike said film-forming means;
- and,
- f. dip tube means connected to said stem means for conveying said liquid from said container to said stem means.
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An apparatus for dispensing liquid, comprising:
- a. flexible container means for storing said liquid;
- P1 b. closure means connectable to said container means;
- c. cap means having a generally horizontal top rotatably connected to said closure means, said cap means having second orifice means in said top alignable with first orifice means;
- d. stem means connected to said closure means, said stem means having channel means through which liquid can exit said stem;
- e. dip tube means connected to said stem means for conveying liquid from said container to said stem means, and,
- f. film-forming means connected to said closure means, said film-forming means having said first orifice means therein, said film-forming means being located adjacent to said stem means and aligned with said stem means to receive liquid flowing through channel means in said stem means, said film-forming means comprising first post means having said first orifice means therein throuh which gas or air from said container is sprayed, said post means having a hollow chamber therein which communicates with the interior of said container, said post means being connected to said closure means, said post means having a curved exterior surface over which said liquid flows prior to said liquid reaching said second orifice means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.