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Liquid dispensing device

  • US 3,152,723 A
  • Filed: 12/21/1961
  • Issued: 10/13/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1961
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A DISHWASHER HAVING A DOOR MOVABLE BETWEEN A VERTICAL CLOSED POSITION AND A HORIZONTAL OPEN POSITION, SAID DOOR COMPRISING INNER AND OUTER DOOR LINERS, A LIQUID DISPENSING CONTAINER LOCATED WITHIN SAID DOOR BETWEEN SAID INNER AND OUTER LINERS, SAID CONTAINER HAVING AN OPENING IN THE BOTTOM THEREOF WITH A PIPE LEADING THEREFROM TO A DISPENSING MEANS, SAID CONTAINER FURTHER HAVING AN EXPOSED INLET PROTRUDING THROUGH SAID INNER DOOR LINER, A CAP FOR CLOSING SAID EXPOSED INLET, SAID CAP HAVING A TRANSLUCENT ELONGATED MEMBER EXTENDING THERETHROUGH INTO SAID CONTAINER, THE OUTER END OF SAID TRANSLUCENT MEMBER BEING CONVEX AND THE INNER END THEREOF HAVING AN IRREGULAR SURFACE, WITH SAID TRANSLUCENT MEMBER AND SAID LIQUID HAVING REFRACTIVE INDICES SUCH THAT THE IRREGULARITIES OF SAID SURFACE, WITH SAID TRANSLUCENT MEMBER AND SAID LIQUID HAVING REFRACTIVE INDICES SUCH THAT THE IRREGULARITIES OF SAID SURFACE CAN BE OBSERVED THROUGH THE EXPOSED CONVEX END OF SAID MEMBER WHEN SAID SURFACE IS SURROUNDED BY AIR BUT NOT WHEN SAID SURFACE IS SURROUNDED BY THE LIQUID, SAID CONVEX END OF SAID TRANSLUCENT MEMBER MAGNIFYING SUCH IRREGULARITIES WHEN OBSERVABLE.

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