Automatic dispensing means

Claim 1

A DISPENSING CONTAINER PARTICULARLY ADAPTABLE FOR THE DISPENSING OF PASTY MATERIALS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) AN ELONGATED TUBULAR BODY, CRIMP-CLOSED AT ONE END AND FLEXIBLY WINDABLE INTO A ROOL FROM THAT END UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A PROPERLY DIRECTED WINDINGS FORCE; (B) MANUALLY OPERABLE DISCHARGE MEANS DISPOSED AT A SECOND END OF THE ELONGATE TUBULAR BODY IN SEALING RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH AND HAVING INCORPORATED BIASING MEANS FOR HOLDING IT IN CLOSED POSITION UNTIL MANUALLY URGED TO AN OPEN POSITION; AND (C) COIL SPRING MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN THE ELONGATE TUBULAR BODY IN SUCH COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION THEREWITH AS TO, IN ITS UNCOILED FORM, INDUCE WINDING OF THE LATTER INTO A ROLL FROM ITS CRIMP-CLOSED END UNLESS OPPOSED BY A SUFFICIENTLY STRONG RESISTING FORCE TO PREVENT SUCH INDUCEMENT; (D) ALL INVOLVED PARTS OF THE DISPENSING CONTAINER BEING SO PHYSICALLY CHARACTERIZED AND MUTUALLY ASSOCIATED AS TO PERMIT ITS ELONGATE TUBULAR BODY TO HOLD A DISPENSABLE MATERIAL IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO RENDER SAID BODY LONGITUDINALLY RIGID AND MAINTAIN SAID COIL SPRING MEANS IN SUBSTANTIALLY UNCOILED FORM THEREIN, AND TO AUTOMATICALLY DISPENSE SAID DISPENSABLE MATERIAL THROUGH SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE DISCHARGE MEANS WHEN THE LATTER IS URGED TO AN OPEN POSITION;