Applicator cap

Claim 1

AN APPLICATOR CAP COMPRISING: A CYLINDRICAL ENCLOSURE CAP, A CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE MEMBER, A CYLINDRICAL VALVE SUPPORT OF A SMALLER DIAMETER THAN SAID SLEEVER MEMBER AND COAXIALLY PRESS FITTED INTO THE SLEEVE MEMBER, A VALVE MEMBER OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN SAID VALVE SUPPORT, A SPRING WELL WITHIN SAID VALVE SUPPORT, A HELICAL SPRING TERMINATING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR SPIRAL WINDING, A THIN SHEETLIKE SPONGE MEANS, SAID VALVE MEMBER LOCATED WITHIN SAID VALVE SUPPORT, SAID SPIRAL WINDING OF THE HELICAL SPRING BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF SAID VALVE MEMBER, THE TOP OF SAID VALVE MEMBER LOCATED INSIDE OF SAID SPRING WELL, SAID SPONGE MEANS BEING FASTENED ABOUT ITS PERIPHERY BETWEEN SAID VALVE SUPPORT AND SAID SLEEVER MEMBER AND BEING SUPPORTED AND URGED UPWARDLY AT A SERIES OF CONCENTRIC POSITIONS BY THE TURNS OF SAID SPIRAL WINDING ON THE SPRING, SAID SLEEVE MEMBER BEING EXTERNALLY THREADED AND SAID CAP MEMBER BEING INTERNALLY THREADED TO THREADABLY ENGAGE THEREWITH, AND COOPERATING SEALING MEANS ON SAID CAP MEMBER AND SLEEVER MEMBER TO INTERENGAGE WHEN THE CAP IS THREADED ONTO THE SLEEVE AND PREVENT LEAKAGE OF FLUID THEREBETWEEN.