Dispensing – With lock or fastening seal – Inhibiting operation of flow controller or closure
Patent
1997-09-22
1999-12-21
Huson, Gregory L.
Dispensing
With lock or fastening seal
Inhibiting operation of flow controller or closure
222470, 251 99, B67B 500
Patent
active
060037350
ABSTRACT:
A much safer, and more convenient to use, flammable-liquid storage-container of the hand-portable 1-5 gallon blow-molded/polyethylene-plastic type; featuring a special direct thumb-actuated ballvalve, with geneeric-variations, configured to enable single-handed holding and dispensing without hazardous spillage. Designed to be safely carried within a car's trunk, the removable fill-cap is equipped with a child-resistant/tipover-safe safety-lockout device disengaging the thumb-control from positive engagement with the ball-valve in the closed position. The user must first grasp and uphold the "SafeTflow".TM. container in hand via the upper longitudinal handle-grip, while positioning their thumb forward upon a leverarm actuator arranged upon a pivot-shaft extending up and aftward from the ballvalve rotary-axis. The user must first be of the mind to intentionally exert certain dexterity as to at once depress the spring-loaded swivel-leverarm with their thumb, thereby engaging the swivel-leverarm with a spline on the ballvalve's pivotshaft. Otherwise the swivel-leverarm merely rotates continuously without opening the ballvalve. Included is an optional quick-disconnect dispensing-nozzle of clear-plastic, which can be readily stowed within the container just beneath the ballvalve cap; which preserves compactness of the apparatus, while enabling spill-free dispensing when externally attached.
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