Dauber having an internal compressed body

Claim 1

A DAUBER COMPRISING A FLUID CONTAINER HAVING A NECK TERMINATING IN AN OPEN END, A RETAINER RING HAVING A RETAINING FLANGE AND HAVING A PROJECTING PORTION FITTED IN SAID NECK, A RESILIENT TWO PLY COVER OF LAMINATED NYLON KNITTED BRUSHED FABRIC AND COARSE POLYURETHANE FOAM SECURED TO SAID RING BY SAID FLANGE OUTWARDLY OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID RING HAVING A TAPERED OPENING THEREIN FORMING A VALVE SEAT, A VALVE MEMBER MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID VALVE SEAT TO CONTROL FLUID FLOW THROUGH SAID OPENING FROM SAID CONTAINER TO SAID COVER, SAID VALVE MEMBER INCLUDING A HELICAL COIL SPRING SECURED TO SAID PROJECTING PORTION AND A CONICAL VALVE HEAD EXTENDING INTO SAID OPENING AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID OPENING, AND A RESILIENT CYLINDRICAL POROUS BODY OF POLYURETHANE FOAM DISPOSED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID COVER AND SAID RING THROUGH SAID OPENING FROM THEREBELOW WITH SAID BODY BEING CONTINUOUSLY UNDER COMPRESSION, SAID BODY WHEN NOT COMPRESSED BEING OF SUCH DIMENSIONS THAT SAID BODY IS THICKER THAN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID COVER AND SAID RING, SAID BODY HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN SAID OPENING, SAID SPRING MEANS PRESSING SAID VALVE HEAD AGAINST SAID BODY, SAID BODY BEING DEFORMABLE SO THAT SAID COVER MAY BE DEPRESSED URGING A PORTION OF SAID BODY TOWARD SAID OPENING TO DEPRESS SAID VALVE HEAD AWAY FROM SAID VALVE SEAT AGAINST THE FORCE EXERTED BY SAID SPRING MEANS.