Dispensing device

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR CLAMPING ABOUT A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER, AN ANNULAR FRAME FOR LOOSELY RECEIVING THE CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER COMPRISING A PAIR OF ARCUATE FRAME SEGMENTS PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTED AT ONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS, EACH OF SAID FRAME SEGMENTS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER VERTICALLY ALINED ARCUATE BANDS DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATION AND A VERTICAL WEB EXTENDING BETWEEN AND INTERCONNECTING SAID UPPER AND LOWER BANDS, SAID FRAME SEGMENTS BEING SPACED APART AT THE OTHER OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS, A LEVER ARM EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID FRAME SEGMENTS AND HAVING UPPER AND LOWER VERTICALLY ALINED FLANGES DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATION AT AN INNER END PORTION THEREOF, SAID FLANGES BEING PIVOTALLY ATTACHED AT THE INNER END OF SAID LEVER ARM TO THE UPPER AND LOWER BANDS AT THE OTHER END OF ONE OF SAID FRAME SEGMENTS AND EXTENDING TOWARD THE UPPER AND LOWER BANDS OF THE OTHER FRAME SEGMENT BUT STOPPING SHORT THEREOF TO DEFINE A GAP THEREBETWEEN, A PAIR OF LINKS STRADDLING SAID LEVER ARM AND BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SAID FLANGES AND THE UPPER AND LOWER BANDS OF THE OTHER FRAME SEGMENT, A PIN PENETRATING ONE END OF EACH OF SAID LINKS AND PIVOTALLY ATTACHING SAID LINKS TO RESPECTIVE FLANGES CORRESPONDING THERETO AT A MEDIAL LOCATION ALONG SAID LEVER ARM, THE OPPOSITE END OF EACH OF SAID LINKS BEING PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO RESPECTIVE UPPER AND LOWER BANDS OF THE OTHER FRAME SEGMENT, THE UPPER AND LOWER BANDS OF SAID ONE FRAME SEGMENT BEING RESPECTIVELY PROVIDED WITH VERTICALLY ALINED NOTCHES AT A LOCATION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID ONE FRAME SEGMENT, AND SAID LINKS AND SAID FLANGES BEING MOVABLE INTO SUPERIMPOSED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECTIVE PORTIONS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER BANDS OF SAID ONE FRAME SEGMENT ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF IN RESPONSE TO PIVOTING OF SAID LEVER ARM ABOUT THE PIVOTAL ATTACHMENT AT ITS INNER END BETWEEN THE FLANGES THEREOF AND THE UPPER AND LOWER BANDS AT THE OTHER END OF SAID ONE FRAME SEGMENT TO DRAW THE RESPECTIVE OTHER ENDS OF SAID FRAME SEGMENTS TOWARD EACH OTHER, WHEREBY THE AREA OF AN ENCLOSED REGION PROVIDED BY SAID ANNULAR FRAME IS REDUCED TO CONSTRICT SAID FRAME ABOUT THE CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER, AND SAID PIN BEING RECEIVED IN SAID NOTCHES PROVIDED IN THE UPPER AND LOWER BANDS OF SAID ONE FRAME SEGMENT WHEN SAID LEVER ARM HAS BEEN PIVOTED TO CONSTRICT SAID FRAME.