Pressurized container

• US 3,178,075 A
• Filed: 03/19/1964
• Issued: 04/13/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ellis M. Reyner, George M. Riedl, Robert Freede Solon
• Original Assignee: Ellis M. Reyner, George M. Riedl, Robert Freede Solon
• Inventors: Riedl, George M., Reyner, Ellis M., ROBERT FREEDE SOLON
• Application Number:
  US04/353,045
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• US Class Current: 222/386.5
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/625 the propellant being generated by a chemical or electrochemical reaction for pressure gas in portable fire extinguishers A62C13/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/663 at least a portion of the propellant being separated from the product and incrementally released by means of a pressure regulator

Claims

2. APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING FLOWABLE MATERIALS OF VARYING VISCOSITY COMPRISING A CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM AND A CAP WITH AN OPENING THEREIN, A MANUALLY OPERABLE VALVE POSITIONED IN SAID OPENING, A MANUALLY MOVABLE ACTUATOR SECURED TO SAID VALVE FOR MOVING THE VALVE TO AN OPEN POSITION, SAID ACTUATOR HAVING A DISCHARGE DUCT THEREIN, A TUBE CONNECTED TO SAID DUCT AND EXTENDING DOWN INTO SAID CONTAINER, A PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER ADAPTED FOR HOLDING THE FLOWABLE MATERIALS WHICH ARE UNDER PRESSURE, A GAS GENERATOR POSITIONED IN A SECOND PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER, AND A FLEXIBLE BAG ENVELOPING SAID GENERATOR SUCH THAT WHEN HE VALVE IS IN OPEN POSITION, THE GENERATOR BEGINS TO PRODUCE A GAS GRADUALLY AND REGULARLY SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE BAG UNDIMINISHED REGARDLESS OF ITS EXPANSION AND IN TURN EFFECTS A FURTHER PRESSURE AGAINST THE MATERIALS SO AS TO FACILITATE THE EXPULSION THEREOF.