Claims
- 1. A manually-operated liquid discharge container comprising:
- a container having a body;
- a cap-shaped member including a circumferential wall fitted on said container body; and
- an actuator having a stem extending upwardly from said container body, an operation head attached on a top of said stem and provided with a discharge nozzle, and a U-shaped bail having lefthand and righthand end portions pivotally connected to said operation head so that said U-shaped bail forms a finger knob when pivoted upright to an open position and covers a front face of said discharge nozzle when pivoted downwardly to a closed position, said finger knob allowing manual pulling up and depressing down of said actuator, said actuator sucking up a liquid from within said container body and discharging the liquid out of said discharge nozzle by vertical movement of said actuator.
- 2. The manually-operated liquid discharge container of claim 1, wherein an upper end portion of a front face of said circumferential wall of said cap-shaped member includes a locking portion for mating with said U-shaped bail to lock said U-shaped bail in said closed position.
- 3. The manually-operated liquid discharge container of claim 2, wherein said U-shaped bail has an engagement member that mates with said locking portion of said cap-shaped member.
Parent Case Info
This is a Division of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/246,366 filed May 18, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,390,829, which in turn is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/910,272 filed Aug. 6, 1992, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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Continuations (1)
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