Claims
- 1. The invention claimed is an apparatus for dispensing and dispersing material, said apparatus comprising:
- a vessel for holding and dispensing a flowable material and having an open end; and
- a dispensing assembly coupled to said open end of said vessel, said dispensing assembly including a dispensing element closing said open end and having a face with an aperture therethrough for dispensing the flowable material, and a carriage having an edge and a planar surface for receiving the flowable material, said carriage movably coupled to said face of said dispensing element, moveable between a closed position covering the aperture and an open position with the edge of the carriage adjacent the aperture, whereby in the open position, the flowable material from the aperture is deposited onto the surface of the carriage proximate the edge to facilitate spreading of the flowable material on another surface.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said carriage further includes an element of an engagement pair and said dispensing element further includes a complemental element of said engagement pair, said element being fixedly and movably engageable to said complemental element.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said dispensing element includes:
- a base engageable with said end of said vessel;
- an upwardly extending portion terminating with an end;
- a face member having an outer surface;
- said aperture suitably formed through said face member proximate said end; and
- a chamber suitably positioned between said aperture and said base for receiving said flowable material dispensed from said vessel.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said engagement pair includes a pair of opposed ways, one of said ways, comprising portions of said element, carried proximate said carriage, and the other of said ways, comprising portions of said complemental element, carried proximate said face member.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said complemental element further includes a longitudinally extending groove, integral with said face member, and suitably spaced between said base and said aperture, said groove operative to receive portions of said element of said engagement pair.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said carriage further includes a lower surface, said element of said engagement pair being carried proximate said lower surface.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said element of said engagement pair further includes a male engagement member, said male engagement member being normally outwardly biased and slidably receivable by said groove concurrently upon engagement of said pair of opposed ways, said male engagement member operative for normally biasing said carriage against said face member, said carriage operative to expose said aperture when said carriage is disposed along said groove in a first position.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said longitudinally extending groove further includes a detent suitably located proximate a terminal portion of said groove, and sized for selectively retaining said male engagement member of said carriage in a second configuration thereby disposing portions of said carriage over said aperture for selectively closing said aperture.
- 9. What is claimed is a method for dispensing and spreading a flowable material upon a surface, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a vessel having an open end and containing a flowable material;
- providing a dispensing assembly coupled to and closing said open end of said vessel, said dispensing assembly having an aperture for dispensing the flowable material, and a carriage movably coupled to said dispensing element, the carriage moveable between a closed position covering the aperture and an open position adjacent the aperture, and having a surface for receiving the flowable material dispensed from said aperture, in the open position;
- moving said carriage to the open position;
- dispensing said flowable material from the vessel through the aperture;
- receiving said flowable material dispensed from the vessel through the aperture, on said surface of said carriage;
- moving said carriage to the closed position thereby closing the aperture,
- spreading said flowable material with said carriage.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/521,318 filed 30 Aug. 1995 now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (10)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
Number |
Date |
Country |
465717 |
May 1937 |
GBX |
Continuations (1)
|
Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
521318 |
Aug 1995 |
|