Receptacles – Outlet or junction box type – Sectional receptacle
Patent
1974-06-24
1976-06-22
Lowrance, George E.
Receptacles
Outlet or junction box type
Sectional receptacle
222518, A47G 1922
Patent
active
039646319
ABSTRACT:
A drinking receptacle provided with a generally cup like body and an enclosing cover removably coupled to the top portion and upper open end of the cup like body, the cover having a drinking opening near the peripheral rim thereof, and a finger operated valve adapted to open and close said drinking opening whereby the receptacle may contain hot or cold beverages therein and the valve prevents the spillage of said beverages at times when beverages are not being poured or drunk from said drinking opening. The finger operated valve having an actuator reciprocally mounted in the side of the cover and having wedge like actuator structure as well as a finger operating abutment adapted wedgingly to move an arm of said valve away from a lower side of said cover and for actuating a resilient finger on said arm to thereby move a poppet head portion of said valve away from said opening for allowing contents to be poured through said opening and drunk at the rim of said cover.
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Lowrance George E.
Shoap Allan N.
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