Multiple semi-fluid dispensing nozzle having adjustable vanes

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF A NOZZLE FOR DISCHARGING A PLURALITY OF SEMI-FLUID MATERIALS FROM DIFFERENT SUPPLY SOURCES IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION INTO A CONTAINER, SAID NOZZLE COMPRISING A HOLLOW BODY HAVING A DISCHARGE SIDE AND END WALLS, SAID NOZZLE BODY HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING AT THE LOWER END AND A COVER MEMBER AT THE UPPER END, SAID COVER MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST THREE OPENINGS THEREIN SPACED APART IN A DIRECTION LENGTHWISE OF THE SIDE WALLS AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE OPENINGS TO DIFFERENT SOURCES OF SEMI-FLUID MATERIAL, AT LEAST TWO VANE IN SAID NOZZLE BODY EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS, SAID VANES BEING LATERALLY SPACAED FROM THE END WALLS AND FROM EACH OTHER, MEANS SUPPORTING THE VANES ON THE SIDE WALLS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO SAID SIDE WALLS AND DISPOSED RELATIVELY CLOSER TO THE LOWER EDGE OF THE VANES THAN TO THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF, AND MEANS INDIVIDUAL TO EACH VANE AND OPERABLE FROM EXTERNALLY OF THE NOZZLE FOR ADJUSTABLY TILTING SAID VANES ABOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE AXES TO CONTROL THE FLOWS OF SEMI-FLUID MATERIAL THROUGH THE NOZZLE INTO THE CONTAINER.