Claims
- 1. Applicator assembly comprising a container for liquids having a bottom wall member, a cap member having means for detachably securing it over a discharge opening in said container, an upstanding wall, a bottom wall having an upstanding post member having an opening communicating with the interior of said container and defining a measuring chamber for a predetermined measured quantity of the liquid, with a cylindrical wall portion of said cap member, an elongated tubular member mounted in said opening in said post member extending downwardly into said container adjacent the lowest portion of said bottom wall member, a valve seat plate member mounted at the open end of said cylindrical wall portion and having a wall portion terminating in a valve opening which is tapered towards said valve opening and functions as a funnel during discharge of contents to ensure complete transfer from the measuring chamber to a dispensing chamber above said measuring chamber, a flexible dauber having outlet holes and mounted over the outer end of said valve seat plate member and having a depending valve element biased solely by said dauber to be normally sealing the valve opening therein, said valve element actuatable axially by pressure to overcome the bias of said dauber to permit flow of fluid from the measuring chamber to an enclosed dispensing chamber defined by said dauber and valve seat plate member.
- 2. Applicator assembly comprising a container for liquids having a bottom wall, a cap member (130) having means for detachably securing it over a discharge opening in said container, a valve seat plate member (122) mounted at the open end of said cap member, a metering plate of generally M-shaped cross section disposed between the container and valve seat plate member and wherein a measuring chamber is defined between an upstanding outer wall of said valve seat plate member and a wall of a retainer cap holding the valve seat plate member in place over said discharge opening in the container spaced radially outwardly from said upstanding outer wall of said valve seat plate member, said valve seat plate member having a wall portion which is tapered towards a valve opening and functions as a funnel during discharge of contents to ensure complete transfer of fluid from said measuring chamber to a dispensing chamber above said measuring chamber, a flexible dauber (124) having outlet holes mounted over the outer end of said valve seat plate member and having a depending valve element biased solely by said dauber to be normally sealing said opening in said valve seat plate member (122), said valve element actuatable axially by pressure to overcome the bias of said dauber to permit flow of fluid from the measuring chamber to said dispensing chamber defined by the dauber and valve seat plate member.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 246,457, filed on Sep. 19, 1988, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 837,535, filed on Mar. 10, 1986, now abandoned.
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