Selective dispenser

• US 3,272,387 A
• Filed: 10/06/1964
• Issued: 09/13/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Morris H. Katz, Rubin Weiner
• Original Assignee: Morris H. Katz, Rubin Weiner
• Inventors: Katz, Morris H., Weiner, Rubin
• Application Number:
  US04/401,908
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• US Class Current: 222/48
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/64 by piston

Claims

1. A DISPENSER CAPABLE OF SELECTIVELY DISPENSING ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SEGREGATED, FLOWABLE SUBSTANCES CONTAINED THEREIN THROUGH A SINGLE DISPENSING NOZZLE WHICH COMPRISES:

(1) A CONTAINER BODY A. DEFINING A FIXED ENCLOSED VOLUME B. HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS, AND C. AN APERTURE POSITIONED ABOUT SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS (2) A TUBULAR-WALLED VALVE STEM A. AXIALLY MOUNTED IN SAID APERTURE B. BY MEANS OF A RESILIENT SEALING MEMBER, SAID SEALING MEMBER (I) ALLOWING TILTING OF SAID STEM ABOUT AT LEAST ONE AXIS OF ROTATION PERPENDICULAR TO SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS, AND (II) BEING IN SEALING CONTACT WITH SAID APERTURE AND SAID VALVE STEM, C. SAID VALVE STEM HAVING A BASE PORTION INCLUDING ING (I) A TERMINAL SURFACE DEFINED BY THE LOCUS OF POINTS EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID AXIS OF ROTATION, AND (II) TWO OPENINGS PENETRATING SAID TUBULARWALLED VALVE STEM NEAR SAID BASE PORTION, (3) AN AXIALLY POSITIONED DIVIDER IN SAID CONTAINER BODY A. DIVIDING SAID ENCLOSED VOLUME INTO AT LEAST TWO COMPARTMENTS, SAID COMPARTMENTS POSITIONED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID AXIS OF ROTATION, B. SAID DIVIDER BEING IN SEALING CONTACT WITH (I) SAID TERMINAL SURFACE,