Ball follower dispenser

• US 3,146,919 A
• Filed: 10/17/1960
• Issued: 09/01/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Story F. Chappell
• Original Assignee: Story F. Chappell
• Inventors: Chappell, Story F.
• Application Number:
  US04/063,002
• Time in Patent Office: 1,415 Days
• US Class Current: 222/212
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/265 of the ball type

Claims

1. A DISPENSER IN COMBINATION WITH A CONTAINER HAVING FLEXIBLE SIDEWALLS, A TOP OPENING AND A BOTTOM WALL, THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF ANY OBSTRUCTIONS, SAID DISPENSER COMPRISING A TOP OPENING, CYLINDRICAL SIDEWALLS AND A BOTTOM OPENING AND A BALL VALVE WITHIN THE CONTAINER, SAID DISPENSER BEING POSITIONED AT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CONTAINER NEAR THE CONTAINER'"'"''"'"'S TOP OPENING, THE TOP DISPENSER OPENING BEING OF REDUCED SIZE AND SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE BALL VALVE AND THE DIAMETER OF THE BOTTOM DISPENSER OPENING AND DISPENSER SIDEWALLS BEING APPROXIMATELY THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE BALL VALVE, SAID BOTTOM OPENING BEING SHUT OFF FROM COMMUNICATION WITH THE LOWER PORTION OF THE CONTAINER BY SAID BALL VALVE WHEN SAID CONTAINER AND DISPENSER ARE INVERTED, THE BOTTOM DISPENSER OPENING AND THE TOP CONTAINER OPENING BEING IN COMMUNICATION WHEREBY THE BALL VALVE ON INVERSION OF SAID CONTAINER IS MOVABLE TO A POSITION ADJACENT TO AND OPPOSITE THE TOP OPENING IN THE DISPENSER AND FLOW OF LIQUID FROM THE CONTAINER THROUGH SAID OPENING IS SHUT OFF AND SAID VALVE IS FURTHER MOVABLE TO SEAT AGAINST THE TOP DISPENSER OPENING BY SQUEEZE PRESSURE EXERTED ON THE FLEXIBLE CONTAINER WALLS.