A micro-dosing oil dispenser with the ability to dispense multiple doses after the user rapidly depresses a dispensing button. The oil dispenser may vibrate upon completion of the doses. The oil dispenser may have a felt tip for better absorption.

A micro-dosing oil dispenser with the ability to dispense multiple doses after the user rapidly depresses a dispensing button. The oil dispenser may vibrate upon completion of the doses. The oil dispenser may have a felt tip for better absorption.

A powered caulking apparatus includes a power source, a motor, a drive gear, an extension tape, and a top roller guide and bottom roller guide. The tape includes extension tape slots that receive gear teeth of the drive gear such that rotational motion of the drive gear translates into linear motion of the extension tape. The extension tape preferably comprises a radius, and the top roller guide and bottom roller guide preferably conform to the radius of the tape. The top roller guide and bottom roller guide may form an interference for the tape while still allowing linear motion of the tape. The apparatus may extend the tape to cause the tape to exert a force on a caulk tube to extrude caulk, and the tape may thereafter reverse linear motion of the tape to remove the force of the apparatus on the caulk tube.

A dispenser assembly includes a rod, a plunger and a stopper. The rod has a plunger receiving end with a clip receiving recess. The plunger has a rod receiving structure with a rod engaging clip biased to fit to the clip receiving recess of the rod for movement therewith. The stopper has a plunger receiving space that defines an aperture extending through the plunger receiving space with the rod extending through the aperture. The plunger receiving space is dimensioned such that with the rod receiving structure of the plunger located within the plunger receiving space, movement of the rod engaging clip is restricted by contact with surfaces of the plunger receiving space preventing release of the rod from the plunger.

A dispenser assembly includes a rod, a plunger and a stopper. The rod has a plunger receiving end with a clip receiving recess. The plunger has a rod receiving structure with a rod engaging clip biased to fit to the clip receiving recess of the rod for movement therewith. The stopper has a plunger receiving space that defines an aperture extending through the plunger receiving space with the rod extending through the aperture. The plunger receiving space is dimensioned such that with the rod receiving structure of the plunger located within the plunger receiving space, movement of the rod engaging clip is restricted by contact with surfaces of the plunger receiving space preventing release of the rod from the plunger.

A caulking gun incorporating a caulk tube receptacle having a dispensing end a handle end; a plunger rod having a dispensing end and having a handle end, the dispensing end of the plunger rod extending toward the caulk tube receptacle's dispensing end and the handle end of the plunger rod extending away from the caulk tube receptacle's handle end; a trigger actuator operatively supporting the plunger rod at the caulk tube receptacle's handle end; a hammerhead; and a mounting sleeve fixedly attaching the hammerhead to the handle end of the plunger rod, the caulking gun being alternatingly usable as a caulk applying tool and as a hammer for resetting protruding nail heads.

An apparatus for capping the tip of the nozzle of a caulking tube retained in a caulking gun to prevent the caulking tube from leaking caulking material such as latex or silicone during non-use. The apparatus has a cap portion, a housing portion, and a retractable flexible cord to provide a retractable cap to be used with the caulking tube placed in a caulking gun to prevent leakage when the caulking gun and caulking tube are not in use. The housing contains a retraction member which is placed under force when the cap is pulled away from the retraction member and placed over the tip of the caulking tube nozzle. When the cap is removed from the caulking tube nozzle, the tension from the retraction member causes the flexible cord to pull the cap to a location adjacent the housing so that the cap can be easily retrieved and not lost.

The method for dispensing of a liquid, viscous, pasty, powdery, or gaseous product by means of a dispensing device (100) adapted to being held and manipulated by a single hand of the user U comprises: Taking a dispensing device (100); Selecting a connection tip from a tip assortment A through G, each of them having a previously defined function; Securing the tip chosen from the tip assortment A through G inside the dispensing device (100); Selecting a mode among the different modes of the control program; Positioning the dispensing device (100) in the work zone; Activating a control button (400); Releasing the control button (400); Removing the selected tip from the dispensing device (100);

Caulk tubes having caulk tube plungers with internally threaded apertures are described herein.

Applicators for glue and other squeeze bottles are described. The applicator may include an arm that compresses the squeeze bottle, and a chamber with ribs that also compresses the bottle.