Dentifrice dispensing head

Claim 1

A DISPENSING HEAD COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING OPPOSITE ENDS; A RESERVOIR DISPOSED ABOVE THE HOUSING AND ADAPTED TO DELIVER MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED THERETO; A METERING SLIDE MOUNTED FOR RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE HOUSING BETWEEN PREDETERMINED LOADING AND DISCHARGING POSITIONS AND HAVING A PASSAGE OF PREDETERMINED VOLUME ADAPTED TO RECEIVE MATERIAL FROM THE RESERVOIR WHEN THE SLIDE IS IN THE LOADING POSITION; AN AGITATOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON AN END OF THE HOUSING WITHIN THE RESERVOIR IN CLOSING RELATION TO SAID PASSAGE AND HAVING A FILLING OPENING THERETHROUGH; A DOWNWARDLY DISPOSED CAM MOUNTED ON THE AGITATOR; AN UPWARDLY DISPOSED CAM MOUNTED ON THE SLIDE ENGAGEABLE WITH THE CAM ON THE AGITATOR TO RAISE THE AGITATOR AS THE SLIDE IS MOVED TOWARD DISCHARGING POSITION AND TO LOWER THE AGITATOR AS THE SLIDE MOVES TOWARD LOADING POSITION, SAID SLIDE HAVING A LONGITUDINAL CHANNEL COMMUNICATING WITH ITS DISCHARGE PASSAGE AND EXTENDED LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT TOWARD THE DISCHARGING POSITION; AND A DIVISION FINGER MOUNTED ON THE END OF THE HOUSING TOWARD WHICH THE SLIDE MOVES IN TRAVELING TO DISCHARGING POSITION EXTENDED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CHANNEL OF THE SLIDE TO A POSITION DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF THE PASSAGE WHEN THE SLIDE IS IN DISCHARGING POSITION.