The invention is a single use container having an outer enclosure and an inner compartment isolated therefrom and is advantageous for the machine washing of laundry using detergent compositions having mutually incompatible constituents. Through an opening, the inner compartment receives a constituent of a detergent composition, such as a peroxidic additive. The outer enclosure receives another constituent of the detergent composition through a separate opening. For storage and for sale, a hood crowns the upper part of the container sealing the openings of the enclosure and compartment, thereby isolating the constituents of the enclosure and compartment. With the hood removed, the container is inserted into the drum of a washing machine. Simultaneous and gradual release of the constituents within the enclosure and compartment occurs during the washing operation.
A composite container includes an outer metal or plastic container body having relatively rigid side, bottom and top walls, with the top wall having a centrally located aperture for insertion and removal of an inner container in the form of a thin, flexible liner or bladder. The inner liner or bladder includes a relatively thin peripheral side wall and bottom wall, and a relatively thicker upper portion including an integrally formed pour spout. The side wall and bottom wall of the outer container body provide substantially full surface support for the side and bottom walls of the inner liner. The pour spout is provided with a peripheral groove which may be snap fit within the aperture formed in the outer container after the major portion of the liner or bladder has been collapsed and inserted into the outer container through the aperture. The pour spout itself has a thin peripheral upper portion which allows the spout to be collapsed to an inoperative position, with the major portion of the spout being located beneath the top wall of the outer container, to facilitate shipment and vertical stacking. Suitable closures may be provided for closing the otherwise open upper end of the pouring spout.
An air freshener dispenser having a transparent outer container. A detachably mounted top has one or more openings to allow circulation. A detachable insert is suspended in the outer container and thus floats in the outer container above the outer container's bottom. Additional decorative elements may be positioned between the outer container and the insert. An intermediate decorative insert can be removably positioned between the outer container and the transparent or translucent insert.
A beverage container including a beverage compartment, an ice compartment in heat exchange contact with the beverage compartment, a handle and a cap. The beverage compartment opens upward. The ice compartment opens downward and is quickly filled by holding the container inverted and scooping the opening into crushed ice. The handle is specially configured for both upright and inverted use. It is placed in a balanced location relative to the midpoint of the container and designed with sufficient thickness that it can be gripped tightly with comfort as needed when scooping ice. The cap makes a watertight seal to close the ice compartment and form a base for the container when it is upright. The container is formed of an impact resistant material to resist repeated scooping impacts with ice and preferably forms the two compartments as an integral one-piece compartment. The ice compartment is arranged to provide greater cooling per unit volume of beverage when the container is partially full than when completely full, and ribs or other protrusions increase the heat transfer rate between the ice and beverage compartments.
A chemiluminescent device includes an outer container, having an interior surface defining an interior space, and an insert, placed in the interior space, and separated from the interior surface
An ink jet cartridge is refilled by establishing a fill opening extending from an outer portion of the cartridge into an interior ink bladder of the cartridge, applying pressure to sides of the cartridge to provide a decreased volume of the interior ink bladder, transferring ink into the interior ink bladder through the fill opening while maintaining the decreased volume, sealing the fill opening, and relieving pressure on the sides of the cartridge to provide an increased volume of the interior ink bladder. The fill opening can be established using a poker. Transferring ink can include using a squeeze bottle filled with ink. Pressure can be applied to the sides of the cartridge with a clamp similar to a #100 binder clip manufactured by Office Mate International Corporation of Edison, N.J. The fill opening can be sealed with a set screw or a ball cork along with pressure-sensitive tape.