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A DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING A NORMALLY HORIZONTAL HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL LIQUID CONTAINER HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED OPEN AND CLOSED ENDS, A SPOUT COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW FUNNEL-SHAPED SIDEWALL HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED OPEN FRONT AND REAR ENDS WITH SAID REAR END HAVING A DIAMETER GREATER THAN SAID FRONT END, MEANS RELEASABLY-CONNECTING SAID REAR END OF SAID SPOUT WITH SAID OPEN END OF SAID CONTAINER, LIQUID-DISPENSING VALVE MEANS MOUNTED ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF SAID SPOUT INTERMEDIATE SAID FRONT AND REAR ENDS THEREOF, SAID VALVE MEANS COMPRISING A VERTICAL PARTITION WALL FORMED WITH A VERTICAL SLOT, SAID SLOT BEING CLOSED AT ITS REAR SIDE WITH A REAR WALL AND AT ITS FORWARD SIDE BY A FRONT WALL, SAID FRONT WALL HAVING A LOWER END SPACED UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM PART OF SAID SIDEWALL OF SAID SPOUT TO DEFINE A LIQUID-TRANSFER OPENING, THE CONFRONTING SIDEWALLS OF SAID PARTITION WALL DEFINING THE OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID SLOT EACH BEING FORMED WITH AN INWARDLY-EXTENDING GROOVE WITH SAID GROOVES BEING DISPOSED IN SPACED CONFRONTING AND PARALLEL RELATION RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, A VALVE PLATE HAVING SIDE EDGES SLIDABLY-CONFINED IN SAID GROOVES, SAID VALVE PLATE BEING SHORTER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM PORTIONS OF THE SIDEWALL OF SAID SPOUT, SAID SIDEWALL OF SAID SPOUT HAVING AN OPENING EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETHROUGH CONFRONTING SAID VALVE PLATE, A STEM MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID VALVE PLATE AND PROJECTING AWAY THEREFROM, SAID STEM WORKING THROUGH SAID OPENING PROVIDED IN SAID SIDEWALL, A FINGER KNOB ON THE SUPPER END OF SAID STEM, A COIL SPRING CIRCUMPOSED ON SAID STEM AND COMPRESSED BETWEEN SAID KNOB AND SAID SIDEWALL, SAID SPRING NORMALLY HOLDING SAID VALVE PLATE IN ELEVATED CLOSED POSITION, SAID REAR WALL BEING FORMED WITH AN OPENING REGISTERED WITH SAID TRANSFER OPENING, SAID VALVE PLATE BEING FORMED WITH A DISPENSING OPENING ADAPTED TO REGISTER WITH SAID REAR WALL OPENING ONLY IN A DEPRESSED POSITION OF SAID VALVE PLATE, A LIQUID-FLOATING PAN INCLUDING MEANS FOR DETACHABLY-CONNECTING SAID PAN TO SAID SPOUT WITH SAID PAN PROJECTING FORWARDLY OF SAID OPEN END OF SAID SPOUT, SAID PAN INCLUDING A BOTTOM WALL HAVING AN UPSTANDING SIDEWALL AT THE OUTER PERIPHERAL MARGINAL EDGE THEREOF, SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING FORMED WITH PERFORATIONS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETHROUGH ADJACENT SAID OUTER MARGINAL EDGE THEREOF, SAID BOTTOM WALL ALSO INCLUDING AN UPWARDLY-DOMED CENTRAL PORTION DISPOSED IN JUXTAPOSED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID OPEN END OF SAID FUNNEL, AND SAID PERFORATIONS BEING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY-SPACED ABOUT SAID BOTTOM WALL.