Cartridge for holding a supply of a flowable substance

A cartridge for holding a supply of a flowable substance, said cartridge adapted for use in a plurality of different dispensing devices which can force said substance from said cartridge, said cartridge including:

• a hollow elongate body for containing a supply of a flowable substance;
• a slidable seal fitted inside said body for sealing one end of said body, an opposite end of said body being closed by an integral wall;
• a sealed nipple formed on said wall and through which said substance can flow when said nipple is cut;
• a line of weakness formed about said body near said opposite end;
• and,
• means protruding radially from an outer circumferential surface of said body and spaced from said opposite end by said line of weakness;
• wherein, when said cartridge is to be used in a grease gun, said slidable seal can be pulled out of said body and said wall removed by cutting along said line of weakness to allow dispensing of said substance, said flange supporting said cartridge in a cylinder of the grease gun;
• and
• when said cartridge is to be used in a caulking gun, said nipple can be cut and pressure applied to said slidable seal by a trigger actuated plunger of the chalking gun to force said substance out of said body through said nipple;
• and
• when said cartridge is to be used in a vacuum gun, said nipple can be cut screwed into an opening of a lever actuated vacuum mechanism of vacuum device which, on operation sucks said substance from said body with said slidable seal sliding along an inside surface of said body to maintain a seal therewith.