WICK SUPPORT AND STORAGE MEANS FOR NON-SPILLABLE SAFETY WICK DISPENSER BOTTLES

• US 3,724,756 A
• Filed: 06/14/1971
• Issued: 04/03/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: O'Connor Products Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Martin S. Maltenfort
• Inventors: Maltenfort, Martin S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wood, Jr., M. Henson
• Assistant Examiner(s): Love, John J.
• Application Number:
  US05/152,803
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 239/44-51.5
• US Class Current: 239/47
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/24 combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/32 with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents droppers B65D47/18; eating utensils or spatulas B65D51/246

Abstract

A cup-shaped insert engaged in the neck of a wick dispenser bottle for supporting a generally non-stiffened wick in dispensing position generally outwardly of the dispenser bottle. The cup-shaped member includes means sealingly engaging the wick for precluding spillage of liquid from the container and the cupshaped member includes means for storage of the dispenser wick in a nonuse position beneath a closure engaged over the neck of the dispenser bottle.

Claims

1. A wick holder and storage insert for upwardly opening engagement in the neck opening of a container of liquid to be dispensed by vaporization comprising a generally cup-shaped member having a generally tubular body having a bottom wall provided with a slot, a generally non-stiffened wick extending through said slot above and below said bottom wall, said wick being dimensioned so as to extend outwardly of said cup-shaped member in a use position, the periphery of said slot compressably and sealingly engaging said wick whereby said wick in wetted condition is normally non-retractable through said slot and said cup-shaped insert being dimensioned so as to have an interior volume sufficient to accommodate said portion of said wick above said bottom wall.

2. The combination of claim 1 including means carried by said wick for limiting movement of said wick relative to said bottom wall.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said tubular body is provided with an outwardly disposed radial flange adjacent the open end thereof.

4. The combination of claim 1 wherein said wick comprises an elongaged web of generally rectangular cross-sectional configuration, said web being folded back upon itself with the bight portion extending upwardly of said bottom wall.

5. A non-spillable wick dispenser including a liquid holding container for vaporizable liquid, a closure for said container, a cup-shaped insert engaged in the neck of the container and having a bottom wall provided with a slot, a generally non-stiffened wick extending through said slot, said wick being dimensioned so as to extend outwardly of said cup-shaped member in a use position, the periphery of said slot compressably and sealingly engaging said wick whereby said wick is normally non-retractable through said slot and said cup-shaped insert being dimensioned so as to have an interior volume sufficient to accommodate said wick beneath said closure.

6. The combination of claim 5 including means carried by said wick for limiting movement of said wick relative to said bottom wall.

7. The combination of claim 5 wherein said tubular body is provided with an outwardly disposed radial flange adjacent the open end thereof.

8. The combination of claim 5 wherein said wick comprises an elongated web of generally rectangular cross-sectional configuration, said web being folded back upon itself with the bight portion extending upwardly of said bottom wall.

9. The combination of claim 7 wherein said radial flange is of a lesser diameter than the neck of the container.

10. A wick holder and storage insert for upwardly opening engagement in the neck opening of a container of liquid to be dispensed by vaporization comprising a generally cup-shaped member having a generally tubular body having a bottom wall provided with a slot, a generally non-stiffened wick extending through said slot above and below said bottom wall, the periphery of said slot compressably and sealingly engaging said wick whereby said wick in wetted condition is normally non-retractable tHrough said slot and said cup-shaped insert being dimensioned so as to have an interior volume sufficient to accommodate said portion of said wick above said bottom wall, and means for extending said portion of said wick above said bottom wall so as to extend said wick upwardly and outwardly of said cup-shaped member.

11. A non-spillable wick dispenser including a liquid holding container for vaporizable liquid, a closure for said container, a cup-shaped insert engaged in the neck of the container and having a bottom wall provided with a slot, a generally non-stiffened wick extending through said slot, the periphery of said slot compressably and sealingly engaging said wick whereby said wick is normally non-retractable through said slot and said cup-shaped insert being dimensioned so as to have an interior volume sufficient to accommodate said wick beneath said closure, and means for extending said portion of said wick above said bottom wall so as to extend said wick upwardly and outwardly of said cup-shaped member.