An improved drinking fountain bubbler guard in which the guard of the invention herein is installed at an opposite angle to the front of the bubbler pedestal. The package may be of any type used to contain articles of merchandise, including, without limitation, a blister package, a clamshell package, a closed tube, or a box. In some aspects, the provided apparatus is an extruder for polymerizing polyorganosiloxanes into high viscosity silicone polymers and then emulsifying such polymers. A plunger is movable with respect to the container between a first plunger position and a second plunger position. The second electrical connection is severed late in the manufacturing process, preferably by laser-deletion.