Valved pressurized fluid dispensing receptacle with receptacle-attached fitting

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IN A DEVICE COMPRISING A PRESSURIZED VALVE RECEPTACLE HAVING A VALVE AND CONTAINING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE AND AN APPLIANCE FOR DISPENSING SAID FLUID AND UTILIZING THE POTENTIAL ENERGY STORED IN SAID FLUID BY REASON OF SAID PRESSURIZATION; WHEREIN SAID RECEPTACLE COMPRISING A DISHED METAL CLOSURE MEMBER HAVING A HORIZONTALLY-EXTENDING ANNULAR BOTTOM, AN OUTER CIRCULAR PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID ANNULAR BOTTOM AND EXTENDING INWARDLY AT ITS UPPER PORTION TO TERMINATE AT ITS UPPER PERIPHERAL PORTION WITH A CRIMPED SEAL TO THE BODY OF SAID RECEPTACLE, AN INNER PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE INNER EDGE OF SAID ANNULAR BOTTOM, A SUBSTANTIALLY ANNULAR TOP PORTION ON SAID INNER PORTION HAVING A HOLE IN THE CENTER THEREOF THROUGH WHICH A TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDS, SAID FLUID BEING DISPENSED THROUGH SAID TUBULAR MEMBER; APPARATUS TO MAINTAIN SAID RECEPTACLE IN ENGAGED RELATION WITH SAID APPLIANCE AND OPEN THE VALVE IN SAID RECEPTACLE; SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY ANNULAR MEMBER SURROUNDING SAID INNER UPWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION AND LYING AGAINST SAID BOTTOM, A PLURALITY OF MEMBERS EXTENDING DIAGONALLY OUTWARD AND UPWARD FROM THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID ANNULAR MEMBER INTO THE METAL OF SAID OUTER CIRCULAR PORTION, AND A PLURALITY OR MEMBERS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID ANNULAR MEMBER AND THENCE SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY; AND, AS A PART OF SAID APPLIANCE, A RECEIVER HAVING AN OUTER WALL AND AN INNER WALL DEFINING A SPACE THEREWITHIN, TUBE MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID APPLIANCE THROUGH SAID INNER WALL, AN ORIFICE MEMBER IN SAID RECEIVER, SAID ORIFICE MEMBER HAVING AN ORIFICE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SPACE IN SAID RECEIVER AND COMMUNICATINGLY ENGAGED WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID RECEPTACLE THROUGH SAID HOLE IN SAID ANNULAR TOP PORTION; SAID ORIFICE MEMBER DEPRESSING SAID TUBULAR MEMBER TO OPEN SAID VALVE IN SAID RECEPTACLE; AND A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR DOWNWARD EXTENDING MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID RECEIVER AND PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF SURFACES EQUAL IN NUMBER AND SPACING TO THE SAID PORTIONS EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ANNULAR MEMBER, EACH OF SAID SURFACES HAVING A BEGINNING AND AN END AND EXTEDNIGN IN AN ARC AROUND THE AXES OF SAID ORIFICES AND EXTENDING UPWARD FROM ITS BEGINNING TO ITS END; EACH OF SAID SURFACES BEING ENGAGED BY THE HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING PORTION OF ONE OF SAID UPWARDLY AND HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING PORTIONS.