Liquid dispensing apparatus for small quantities

Claim 1

LIQUID DISPENSER APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A SMALL QUANTITY SUCH AS A DROP OR SO OF LIQUID SOLDER OR THE LIKE TO A WORK-PIECE COMPRISING: A CONTAINER HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, A RECIPROCALLY AXIALLY MOVABLE ROD SLIDABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID OPENING, THE ROD BEING SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED, THE ROD HAVING A RECESS THEREIN, THE ROD BEING MOVABLE TO POSITION THE RECESS WITHIN THE CONTAINER, THE ROD BEING MOVABLE TO POSITION THE RECESS OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER, THE ROD HAVING A LOWER END PORTION EXTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER, THE END PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF ANNULAR PERIPHERAL GROOVES, THE LOWER END PORTION OF THE ROD BEING IN SPACED RELATION FROM THE RECESS, THE ROD HAVING A LOWER END SURFACE WHICH IS ENGAGEABLE WITH A WORK-PIECE, A SMALL QUANTITY OF LIQUID BEING DISPOSED IN THE RECESS WITHIN THE CONTAINER AND MOVED FROM THE CONTAINER WHEN THE ROD IS MOVED DOWNWARDLY TO MOVE THE RECESS TO POSITION OUTSIDE THE CONTAINER, THE SMALL QUANTITY OF LIQUID FLOWING DOWNWARDLY UPON THE ROD AND BEING RETAINED BY THE LOWER END PORTION UNTIL THE LOWER END SURFACE IS MOVED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH A WORK-PIECE TO PERMIT THE SMALL QUANTITY OF LIQUID TO FLOW FROM THE END PORTION OF THE ROD TO THE WORKPIECE.