Dispensing container for proportional mixing of fluids
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1. A hand-held liquid dispenser for dispensing a plurality of intermixed liquids separately stored therein comprising:
- a container sized to be grasped in the user'"'"'s hand and provided with a plurality of separate storage chambers;
a liquid mixing and dispensing nozzle fixed immovably to said container having a single outlet and a plurality of inlets in communication with said outlet;
a supporting base for said container reciprocable axially thereof and normally spring biased to an extended position to support said container and its contents elevated above said base; and
said supporting base including manually reciprocable piston means in communication with a respective one of said storage chambers operable upon the retraction thereof in opposition to said spring to transfer separate charges of liquid from a respective one of said storage chambers to said nozzle and to intermix and dispense the same through said single outlet, and operable upon the reverse movement thereof by said spring to withdraw replenishment charges of liquid from an associated one of said storage chambers in readiness for transfer of said charges to said nozzle upon the next retraction movement of said piston means.
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Abstract
A hand held dispenser constructed to dispense a mixture of separately stored fluids and including provision for simultaneously dispensing this mixture in one of a plurality of preselected ratios. The dispensing mechanism is normally spring biased to a retracted position from which it is manually shiftable to the mixing and dispensing position from which it is manually shiftable to the mixing and dispensing position. The device includes provision for blocking fluid flow from separate storage chambers and for arresting flow while the ratio selector mechanism is undergoing adjustment to a different position.
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1. A hand-held liquid dispenser for dispensing a plurality of intermixed liquids separately stored therein comprising:
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a container sized to be grasped in the user'"'"'s hand and provided with a plurality of separate storage chambers; a liquid mixing and dispensing nozzle fixed immovably to said container having a single outlet and a plurality of inlets in communication with said outlet; a supporting base for said container reciprocable axially thereof and normally spring biased to an extended position to support said container and its contents elevated above said base; and said supporting base including manually reciprocable piston means in communication with a respective one of said storage chambers operable upon the retraction thereof in opposition to said spring to transfer separate charges of liquid from a respective one of said storage chambers to said nozzle and to intermix and dispense the same through said single outlet, and operable upon the reverse movement thereof by said spring to withdraw replenishment charges of liquid from an associated one of said storage chambers in readiness for transfer of said charges to said nozzle upon the next retraction movement of said piston means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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