Liquid dispenser

• US 3,094,245 A
• Filed: 05/02/1960
• Issued: 06/18/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Keichi Mizuno
• Original Assignee: Keichi Mizuno
• Inventors: KEICHI MIZUNO
• Application Number:
  US04/026,144
• Time in Patent Office: 1,142 Days
• US Class Current: 222/43
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 19/00 Calibrated capacity measures for fluids or fluent solid material, e.g. measuring cups

Claims

1. APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING A VOLUME OF LIQUID IN RESPONSE TO A RISE IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, COMPRISING A SUPPLY CONTAINER ADAPTED TO PARTIALLY FILLED WITH A LIQUID TO BE DISPENSED AND THE SPACE ABOVE SAID LIQUID FILLED WITH AIR, SAID CONTAINER HAVING AN OPEN RESERVOIR AT THE TOP, A TUBULAR DISPENSING ELEMENT EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID RESERVOIR DOWNWARDLY IN SEALED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTAINER AND TERMINATIANG WITHIN SAID CONTAINER BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE LIQUID, A VOLUME-FLOW ADJUSTMENT ROD MOUNTED WITHIN AND SPACED FROM SAID TUBUALR ELEMENT TO DEFINE THEREWITH A CONSTRICTED PASSAGE THEREBETWEEN FOR DISPENSING SAID LIQUID, AND MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID ROD AT DIFFERENT LONGITUDINAL POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID TUBULAR ELEMENT TO VARY THE LENGTH OF SAID PASSAGE WITHIN SAID TUBUALR DISPENSING ELEMENT.