Fluid material dispensing apparatus having a container piercing means and a material measuring receptacle

Claim 1

A DISPENSING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A CONTAINER CONTAINING A MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED, COMPRISING PIERCING MEANS INCLUDING A SPEAR HAVING A SHARP TIP TO PIERCE THE CONTAINER AND PROVIDE A DISCHARGE OPENING IN A WALL THEREOF, SAID PIERCING MEANS INCLUDING AN END WALL LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE SPEAR AND HAVING AN OUTLET OPENING THEREIN ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE DISCHARGE OPENING IN THE WALL OF THE CONTAINER, SAID END WALL BEING ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE END WALL OF THE CONTAINER BORDERING THE DISCHARGE OPENING THEREIN, A HOOD INCLUDING A TOP WALL DISPOSED IN SPACED, GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO THE SPEAR AND LOCATED GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE END WALL AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE TOP WALL OF THE CONTAINER, SAID HOOD ALSO INCLUDING A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS CONNECTED TO THE TOP WALL AND ADAPTED TO EMBRACE THE SIDE WALLS OF THE CONTAINER, A RECEPTACLE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED WITH RESPECT TO THE PIERCING MEANS AND HAVING AN INLET OPENING THEREIN DISPOSED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OUTLET OPENING IN THE END WALL, VALVE MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE OUTLET OPENING IN THE END WALL AND INLET OPENING IN THE RECEPTACLE FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF MATERIAL FROM