Cap Carried Axial Plug Patents (Class 222/546)
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Patent number: 6045014Abstract: A pour spout closure for use on containers comprising, a cap configuration having a pour spout and a return reservoir integrally joined to a closure by a live hinge. A secondary cap is formed on the closure that is registerable in the return reservoir when the closure is in closed position holding the secondary cap and closure in closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Inventor: Michael Marino
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Patent number: 6039224Abstract: A dispensing structure is provided for a container that has an opening from which a product can be dispensed. The structure includes a body for extending around the container opening. The body is provided with a plurality of dispensing apertures. A lid is provided for sealingly occluding the foraminous member and for moving between a closed position and an open position. The lid has two spaced-apart sealing walls for sealing the sides of the body channel over the dispensing apertures.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: Aptar Group, Inc.Inventors: Milton R. Dallas, Jr., Jeffrey T. Randall
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Patent number: 5996850Abstract: A package for dispensing a flowable substance is provided which includes a container, a closure and a cap. The container on a closed end is sufficiently rounded to render that end incapable of standing upright. A second end of the container has a round opening for dispensing the flowable substance. The closure is positioned across the second end and includes an oval top wall with opposite exterior and interior surfaces, a skirt surrounding the top wall and at least two separate apertures for fluidly communicating with the opening of the container. The cap is seatable over the closure and includes a roof with an inner surface and a flat outer surface, an apron surrounding the roof and a set of plugs projecting downwardly from the inner surface of the roof. The plugs are equivalent in number and shape to the apertures and seatable therewithin to prevent egress of flowable substance from the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1998Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA CoInventors: Mauricio Morali, Antonio Leon de la Barra
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Patent number: 5983059Abstract: A recyclable toner container having a hollow cylindrical body, a toner outlet at one end of the container, and a removable cap fitted in the toner outlet. The cap have a plurality of circumferential protuberances on an outer periphery thereof and contacting the inner periphery of the toner outlet. The diameters of the plurality of protuberances are sequentially increased from a downstream side toward an upstream side in a direction in which the cap is inserted into the toner outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Oka, Yasushi Akiba, Masumi Ikesue, Masakazu Nakada, Hiroyasu Itou
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Patent number: 5976655Abstract: A method of converting on a single line printing press, two webs of material into individual rolls of ribbons of dual-layered, peelably-bonded-together lids. One layer of each lid has dispensing holes formed therein, or otherwise is cut through to form plugs, and the other layer of each label is printed with selected indicia and/or logos. The resultant product is wound in multiple layers of ribbons, or so-called, "daisy chains" of dual-layered lids around cardboard cores ready for shipment to processors of food particles, such as salt or cheese, to be secured as individual covers on cup-like containers.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Label Makers, Inc.Inventor: Joseph A. Sykes
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Patent number: 5971225Abstract: A new method fills a dispenser with cyanoacrylate adhesive from the rear. The container is sealed by a pressed-in base section (4). The latter has a vent opening which can be sealed, preferably by a plug (68) pre-mounted on it. Preferably the contacting surfaces of the container and this base have an oval shape. In this novel method, the container is first filled, while the end is still open. The base is then pressed in, sealing it onto the container. In so doing, the air displaced, is released through the base vent. During the final phase of pressing-in, the vent is plugged, irreversibly sealing it. Also claimed is an adhesive dispenser, essentially as described, with further preferred detail of the seals, the pipette construction of the container and a slot valve in the plug unit. USE--A dispenser filling method and dispenser, especially suitable e.g. for a super glue.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: UHU GmbHInventor: Hans-Martin Kapsa
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Patent number: 5957336Abstract: A viscous fluid dispenser is provided including an upper extent constructed from a flexible material and having a top face and a peripheral side wall with an inverted frusto-conical configuration defining a lower peripheral edge. Further provided is a lower extent constructed from a rigid material and having a planar bottom face coupled with respect to the lower peripheral edge of the upper extent. The bottom face of the lower extent has at least one bore formed therein. Next provided is a lid hingably coupled to the lower extent for selectively closing the bore.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1998Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Inventors: Dan Radassao, Antoinette Radassao
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Patent number: 5950848Abstract: A dispensing cap (3) having a body (32) made of a rigid or semirigid material, intended to be mounted on a reservoir (21) containing a product of a fluid-to-viscous consistency, is provided with an opening (4) permitting the dispensing of the product and a lid (5) of a rigid or semirigid material capable of obturating the opening (4). The lid (5) is articulated on the body (32) in the vicinity of an articulation axis (A) so as to be capable of selectively passing from an open position to a closed position, and is connected to the body (32) by a connecting element (10) having one of its ends joined to the lid (5) and its other end joined to the body (32). The connecting element (10) is disposed so as to be situated on one side of the articulation axis (A) in the open position and on the other side of the axis (A) in the closed position. The connecting element (10) is subjected to an elongation when the lid (5) passes from one to the other of its open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Gilles Baudin
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Patent number: 5944234Abstract: A sealing and dispensing closure for the outlet opening of a package, such as a flexible plastic bottle containing a consumable beverage. The closure comprises a closure base which is threaded onto the outlet opening of the bottle, and a removable overcap which is pivotally connected to the closure base. The closure base includes a spout having a self-sealing dispensing valve therein which is movable from a lowered closed position to a raised open position by an increased pressure in the bottle resulting from the squeezing of the bottle. The valve is positioned at a recessed location within the spout so as to preclude access to the valve by the consumer when the valve is lifted to its raised open position, and the overcap includes a post which seats in the upper end of the spout when the overcap is mounted on the closure base, and so as to form a hermetically sealed chamber above the valve which prevents the valve from lifting to its raised position in the event the bottle is inadvertently squeezed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1998Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignees: AptarGroup, Inc., The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: William H. Lampe, Jeffrey T. Randall, Christopher J. Wood, Paul E. Brown, Timothy R. Socier
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Patent number: 5944228Abstract: A thermoplastic closure for a fluid container which has a flexible needle-like dispensing extension continuous with and extending from the base and ending at a tip wherein the extension has an internal cylindrical cavity with an interior aperture positioned within the base and an exterior aperture positioned at the tip. The flexible, needle-like extension facilitates ease in refilling reservoirs such as ink-jet cartridges and facilitates control over the rate of flow of the ink from the container into the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1995Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Renewable Resources CompanyInventor: Stephen M. Gray
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Patent number: 5897033Abstract: A container has a valve (2) and a lid (3) which covers the valve (2) from the outside. The valve (3) includes a slit (23) which opens due to outward deformation of the valve (3) when the internal pressure of the body (1) is higher than atmospheric pressure, and which closes due to elasticity of the valve (3) when the internal pressure is approximately equal to atmospheric pressure. The container of the present invention further comprises a pushing structure (4) formed on the inside of the lid (3), this pushing structure (4) being shaped so as to come into contact with the valve (2) when the lid (3) is shut, thereby pushing the valve (2) slightly inwards to open the slit (23).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1998Date of Patent: April 27, 1999Assignees: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd., Kao CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Okawa, Hiroshi Mizushima, Tetsuhiro Osawa, Shinichi Inaba
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Patent number: 5865354Abstract: An easy opening dispenser closure is disclosed having a top and an annular depending base skirt with a lid mounted on the top. The lid has a downwardly depending annular edge which in turn has an extension with an end shaped to fit the end of a thumb. The skirt has a thumb recess in which the extension fits. The extension locks the lid securely and detachably to the base skirt. The lid has a chamfered edge on the top to assist in centering the entire closure on the container during capping.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Vinod Kumar Bansal
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Patent number: 5865353Abstract: A dispensing cap intended to equip a reservoir containing a liquid or viscous product includes a body provided with at least one dispensing opening and a lid articulated to the body around an axis. The lid is intended to stopper the dispensing opening in the storage position. The body and the lid are made of a rigid or semirigid material. At least one gripping zone is arranged on the lid and/or the body to facilitate the opening and/or closing of the lid, the gripping zone being formed by an elastomeric material.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1997Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Gilles Baudin
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Patent number: 5816503Abstract: The invention is particularly directed to a trigger sprayer having structure for foaming a dispensed liquid where the structure is adapted for adjustments to vary the foam pattern of the dispensed liquid to obtain an optimum foam pattern for any particular liquid, and to the incorporation of a device integral with the sprayer nozzle housing for sealing the opening of a foam dispensing passage of the foamer trigger sprayer.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 1994Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Continental Sprayers International, Inc.Inventor: Philip L. Nelson
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Patent number: 5810212Abstract: A cap for containers, which includes: a collar (2) with a substantially central through hole (20) in which is movably connected, a dispenser (3; 7; 8; 9) provided with a dispensing pipe (63; 73; 83; 93) and with a cover (4). The cover presents at least two sealing elements (41; 42) each one of which is suitable for coupling with sealing effect with the dispensing pipe (63; 73; 83; 93) applied to the collar.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1996Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Taplast SpaInventor: Evans Santagiuliana
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Patent number: 5799829Abstract: The invention includes an adhesive-filled tube comprising a membrane-sealed mouth and a cannula, with a bore extending over is longitudinal axis, inseparably fixed to the mouth, and a closure cap releasably fixed to the cannula with a needle-like spike which is guided for displacement in the bore of the cannula, and which is held fixed by its head elements, the latter being thicker than its needle element, in a starting position in a recess of the closure cap provided with an access opening to the cannula with the opportunity for axial displacement into an opening position piercing the membrane. In particular, the danger of adhesive issuing from the cannula after the membrane has been pierced is reduced. To this end, a closure element is formed on the spike between the head element and the needle element bearing sealingly against the cannula outlet opening in the membrane-piercing opening position of the spike.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1996Date of Patent: September 1, 1998Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf AktienInventors: Rolf Lier, Herbert Densky
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Patent number: 5782388Abstract: A dispensing cap (3) for a container containing a liquid or viscous product, including a dispensing orifice (4) and a lid (5). The lid is provided with a hollow plugging pip (6) intended to plug the dispensing orifice (4) in the storage position, the pip (6) being formed by a skirt (7) inside which are arranged means (8a, 8b) capable of retaining by a capillary effect the product occupying the inside of the pip (6). These retaining means may include a tube, for example.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1996Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Stanislas De Nervo
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Patent number: 5779110Abstract: A package including a container assembly, such as a tube having a dispenser spout, and a closure assembly having a concealed hinge, is provided for use in dispensing a consumer product such as toothpaste or medicinal ointment. The concealed hinge of the closure assembly permits a lid to be opened up to 180.degree. away from an associated closure base to provide maximum access to the container assembly to which the closure assembly is assembled. The closure assembly, including the lid and base, is capable of being molded in a single mold cavity and having maximum ease of opening and closing together with either one or two seals.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1995Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Courtaulds Packaging, Inc.Inventors: John J. Brown, Michael F. Jacobs
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Patent number: 5662245Abstract: An integrally molded plastic container including a container body and a closure. The closure includes an orifice cap and sealing cap. The orifice cap is flexibly hinged to the neck portion adjacent to the container opening for pivoting movement from an open position to a closed position where the orifice cap closes the opening. The sealing cap is also flexibly hinged to the neck portion adjacent to the opening for pivoting movement relative to the orifice cap between a closed position where the sealing cap is in sealing relation with an orifice in the orifice cap and an open position where the sealing cap is out of sealing relation with the orifice.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1995Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Schmalbach-Lubeca AGInventor: Chris J. Grant
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Patent number: 5655687Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing container having an inner cavity for storing content to be dispensed, such as bath and beauty products. Content is dispensed when the container is squeezed through a dispensing valve. The container is supported in an inverted position so that the dispensing valve is at a base or dispensing end of the container. Accordingly, when the dispensing container is supported in an upright position by the base, bath products stored in the inner cavity gravitate toward the dispensing valve for immediate release. A travel cap seals the dispensing valve for transport. The travel cap is selectively attached to a closed end of the container when the container is in use and the dispensing end of the container to seal the dispensing valve for transport.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: August 12, 1997Assignee: Redmond Products, Inc.Inventors: Timothy E. Fitten, Dieter F. Lay, Thomas M. Bender
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Patent number: 5645193Abstract: A multi-cavity dispensing container is provided for the co-extrusion of at least two flowable materials. The container includes a refill cartridge and a reusable base. The cartridge contains a pair of separate parallel cylinders within which are carried the flowable materials. At a lower end of each cylinder is a piston head. The lower surface of the piston head is configured as a hollow recess. The reusable base is formed with a pair of separate parallel piston support posts. These posts are characterized by a central hub surrounded with at least two outwardly projecting arms. Tops of the posts can readily engage within the recesses of the piston heads. Consequently the refill cartridge and reusable base can be readily engaged and disengaged from one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1996Date of Patent: July 8, 1997Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co.Inventors: James Gentile, John Eimer
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Patent number: 5582333Abstract: A nail polish remover product is provided formed of a liquid nail polish remover composition and a dispenser for storing and delivering the composition. A volatile solvent such as acetone or ethyl acetate usually forms a significant portion of the composition. The dispenser will include a bottle and a cap. The bottle will have a mouth at an open end thereof which is provided with a coupling mechanism such as a male screw thread to lock the cap. The cap has a deck to cover the bottle mouth, a female screw thread to lockingly engage the thread around the mouth, a skirt surrounding the deck and a lid hingedly attached to the skirt. The deck is concave shaped with an aperture centered therein allowing dispensing of the composition from the bottle when the lid is in an open position but preventing dispensing when the lid is in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventor: Robert Bennett
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Patent number: 5551607Abstract: The present invention is a container dispensing cap closure, which includes a container, a circular base and a pivot cap. The container has a neck, an open top and external threading for affixing a circular base thereto. The circular base has a circular inside wall with internal threading for attachment to the neck of the container. The circular base has an inwardly flexible leveraged sidewall trigger with a catch thereon which, when flexed inwardly, engages and pivots a pivot cap upwardly into an open position. The circular base has an upwardly extending guide-wall that regulates the pivotal rotation of the pivot cap, and an opening from which contents may be dispensed. The pivot cap is attached to the circular base by a clasp-element which is attached to two raised sidewall tracts located on the top of the circular base. The raised sidewall tracts comprise impressions which interact with snap-in-bead protrusions located on the clasp-element, thus allowing the pivot cap to pivot thereabout.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1995Date of Patent: September 3, 1996Assignee: Primary Delivery Systems, Inc.Inventors: Stuart DeJonge, Sr., John E. Harrold
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Patent number: 5531710Abstract: A closure is provided for a syringe of the type having a housing with a substantially tubular and cylindrical neck with a through bore through which the contents of the syringe are dispensed. The closure includes an elongated probe having a free end and a cross-sectional area substantially the same as the syringe through bore. The closure further includes a first and second tubular and cylindrical sealing ring. The first tubular and cylindrical ring has an inner diameter substantially the same as the outer diameter of the syringe neck while the second sealing ring is positioned concentrically around the first sealing ring. The sealing rings and probe are dimensioned so that, upon insertion of a free end of the probe into the syringe through bore, the probe and first sealing ring sealingly engage both the internal and external surfaces of the syringe neck. Simultaneously, the free ends of the first and second sealing ring sealingly engage the outer surface of the syringe housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1995Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: Courtaulds Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Nguyen T. Dang, Lawrence B. Martin, Richard Jerrard
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Patent number: 5501370Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement of a nozzle cap for a composite container containing a low-viscosity liquid such as a humidity-curing type adhesive of .alpha.-cyanoacrylate-based adhesive, solvent-volatile type adhesive, various chemicals, food, and ink. A container is provided with a nozzle cap which includes a nozzle connected to a container body and a cap threadably mounted to the nozzle for closing a discharge port of the nozzle. A head of the cap is provided with a column element projecting inwardly for closing the nozzle and a head of the column element is provided with a concave hole into which the tip of the nozzle is removably inserted or fitted. A superior, unique effect is exhibited such that the closure of the nozzle is easily and completely performed, and adhesive or the like adhering to the tip of the nozzle does not spread around and cure, thereby preventing formation of an umbrella- or mushroom-shaped solid material.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1994Date of Patent: March 26, 1996Assignee: Taoka Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Naomi Okamura, Takao Hino, Akio Nimura, Masayuki Fukai, Keizi Shimizu, Harumi Teramae, Chiaki Hata
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Patent number: 5497906Abstract: A one-piece plastic closure for fastening on a container having a lower part with a top surface which forms a pouring opening, and a cap pivotably connected to the lower part by a hinge shaft. A security element is connected to the closure such that, during initial opening of the closure, the security element is transformed from a secured state to a visually recognizable state of use.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1993Date of Patent: March 12, 1996Assignee: Createchnic AGInventor: Werner F. Dubach
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Patent number: 5462205Abstract: A pluggable multiple cartridge comprises two separately manufactured and optionally filled storage containers, a common outlet tube socket provided on one storage container, which common outlet tube socket contains a separately disposed channel for each storage container, and the other storage container comprises a dispensing channel pluggable into the common outlet tube socket. Further, the two storage containers can be fixed together at their other ends. Such a pluggable cartridge solves the sealing problems of the outlet parts present in conventional pluggable cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1994Date of Patent: October 31, 1995Inventor: Wilhelm A. Keller
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Patent number: 5417350Abstract: A closure including an improved hinge includes a cap member selectively coupleable to a container to cover an opening in the container. The cap member includes a first substantially planar member, a depending skirt and an aperture formed through the first substantially planar member. A solid member integrally formed with the cap member projects out of the first substantially planar member. The solid member includes an upper surface and two opposed side surfaces, with each of the opposed side surfaces having an indentation formed therein. The closure further includes a flip top having a plug wherein, when the flip top is in a closed position, the plug seals the aperture formed in the first substantially planar member and the flip top covers substantially all of the first planar member, wherein the flip top includes a cut-out area to accommodate the solid member so that, when the flip top is in the closed position, the flip top and the upper surface of the solid member form a substantially continuous surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1984Date of Patent: May 23, 1995Assignee: Kerr Group, Inc.Inventor: James Y. C. Koo
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Patent number: 5395015Abstract: A two piece dispensing closure for a container with a dispensing orifice in the front section and an elevated rear land that has a pivot recess adapted to receive a separate lid with a recess or groove which enables the lid to be rotated to about 150.degree. from the closed position. The front section of the lid is generally circular with a pivot post at its rear. A chamfered elevated land which saves plastic material and is easier to mold, is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1993Date of Patent: March 7, 1995Inventors: Robert J. Bolen, Jr., Thomas R. Bolen
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Patent number: 5379927Abstract: A package, with a nozzle, a chamber, a cap which fits over the nozzle, and a pin attached to the interior of the cap which fits into the opening of the nozzle, for storing and dispensing a liquid, having an improved closure mechanism comprising at least one rectangular stopping member and at least one rectangular band in the interior of the cap and at least one guide flange on the nozzle. The package also has a plurality of guide ribs located around the nozzle to aid in the proper placement of the cap. The package is designed to be leak proof, nonclogging, able to dispense the liquid precisely, and can be easily opened even when the pin has bonded to the opening of the nozzle without breaking or shearing the pin.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1994Date of Patent: January 10, 1995Assignee: Loctite CorporationInventors: Robert E. Montenieri, Maurice T. O'Connell, Alan T. Crampton, Geoffrey F. Seymour, Richard C. Edstrom, Bryon J. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 5373991Abstract: The invention is particularly directed to a trigger sprayer having screen support structure for foaming a dispensed liquid where the support structure is comprised of a plurality of annular shoulders of varying diameters adapted to screens of differing diameters such that the distance between the nozzle and screen may be varied and thereby change the foam pattern of the dispensed liquid to obtain an optimum foam pattern for any particular liquid, and to the incorporation of a door connected with the sprayer nozzle housing for sealing the opening of a foam dispensing passage of the foamer trigger sprayer.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1993Date of Patent: December 20, 1994Assignee: Contico International, Inc.Inventor: Philip L. Nelson
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Patent number: 5358130Abstract: A one-piece closure for dispensing product from a container has a cap secured to the container and a lid connected to the cap by a support arm through an integrally molded hinge. The support arm is pivoted by the hinge between a pair of upstanding projections on the end wall of the cap. Ribs projecting laterally from the support arm engage the projections to maintain the lid opened when the container is inverted to dispense product. When the lid is pushed closed, the ribs deform to allow the support arm to pass between the projections. In one embodiment, side edges of the ribs engage upwardly facing cylindrical camming surfaces on the projections. In another embodiment, the outer surfaces of the ribs engage confronting flat surfaces on the two projections. In the closed position of the lid, the ribs in both embodiments are received in recesses in the projections so that they do not become permanently deformed and loose their effectiveness over time.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1994Date of Patent: October 25, 1994Assignee: Continental Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Mengeu, Herbert V. Dutt
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Patent number: 5346097Abstract: The dispensing container has a bottle with at least two compartments for accommodating different fluent components. The compartments are so designed that they dispense their contents at equal flow rates when the bottle it tilted. In addition, security is provided against cross-contamination of the contents of the different compartments when, after a dispensing operation, the bottle is righted again. The bottle is provided with a cap that seals off the outlets from the compartments simultaneously when fitted to the bottle. The cap can be a separate component or it can be provided as a flip-top cap. The bottle is made entirely of plastics material and directional pouring spouts can be provided to ensure that the contents of the compartments leave in well-defined streams during a dispensing operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1992Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Inventors: Tristan G. Melland, Clive H. Gay
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Patent number: 5330083Abstract: This relates to the provision of the pour spout portion of a blow molded plastic bottle with a dripless lip. In one form, the terminal end of the pour spout is internally reamed at an angle so as to terminate in an exterior sharp edge, after which the resultant tapered end portion of the pour spout is engaged by a rotating tool which frictionally heats the plastic engaged thereby and progressively turns over the sharp edge through an angle on the order of 180.degree. to provide the desired dripless lip. In another form, the pour spout portion of the container neck finish is provided with an integrally molded outwardly directed hollow rib which lies in a sloping plane. The rib extends only partially about the circumference of the pour spout. The pour spout is then trimmed at an angle to the axis of the pour spout and parallel to the plane of the rib so as to provide for a pour lip of limited circumferential extent and which pour lip, depending upon the plane of trimming may terminate in a sharp dripless lip.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1993Date of Patent: July 19, 1994Assignee: Continental Plastic Containers, Inc.Inventors: George F. Bartimes, Lawrence D. Stepenske
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Patent number: 5328058Abstract: The present invention is a dropper bottle assembly (30) with a dispensing closure (34) having a base (48) adapted to be secured to the bottle 32) and an elongated dropper spout (64) extending from the base (48) to a distal open end (72) and with a separate cap (36, 236) defining a cavity (76) sized to receive the spout (64) therein wherein the cap (36, 236) and closure (34) share cooperating hinge (80, 84) and lock structures (130, 132, 264) for pivotably mounting the cap (36, 236) about a fixed axis and locking the cap (36, 236) closed with the spout opening (72) closed off. The lock (130) and hinge (84) structure are formed on the spout (64) below the opening (72) thereof but spaced from the closure base (48).Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1993Date of Patent: July 12, 1994Assignee: Nalge CompanyInventors: Richard A. Leoncavallo, Ravinder C. Mehra, Gregory R. Phillips
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Patent number: 5305900Abstract: An improved bottle cap device formed so as to have a positive sealing arrangement for use with bottles that store gaseous fluid such as soda water and like beverages, wherein the bottle cap device includes a threaded cap body and a hinged cover or lid that is formed having a sealing annular structure which compresses an annular gasket against the mouth of the bottle by a depending convex wall that engages a gasket mounted when the cover is locked in a close sealed position and a pressure release latch for limiting the movement of the hinged cover after it is unlocked from the cap body to relieve pressure within the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1993Date of Patent: April 26, 1994Inventors: Paul R. Maguire, John M. Lown
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Patent number: 5295601Abstract: A caulk cartridge cap is designed to enable the storage of unused portions of products of the types supplied within caulk cartridge type containers to thus maintain them in a reusable condition. The cap operates as a closure for purposes of resealing a caulk type cartridge to prevent the premature drying out or aging of the materials stored within the cartridge and to also prevent blockage within the cartridge applicator tube. The cap includes an orifice retention rod which is positionable within the applicator tube, and a self-threading insert positioned within the cap is then used to threadably attach the cap to the cartridge. Modified embodiments of the cap include the use of a tether, a scraping edge formed on the orifice retention rod, and a bracket assembly to which the cap is rotatably attached and which may be mounted to a conventional caulk cartridge holding gun.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1992Date of Patent: March 22, 1994Inventor: Richard F. Bostelman
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Patent number: 5261575Abstract: A dispenser for, in particular, pulverulent or granular materials, have a storage chamber, a portioning chamber and a discharge chamber having a discharge opening. The discharge chamber is separated from the portioning chamber by a partition, in which, by a first tilting over, the material passes into the portioning chamber and from there, on tilting back, passes into the discharge chamber and, on a second tilting over, the portioned material is discharged. The dispenses also includes, as well as with a closure, which in the closed state closes both a through opening from the storage chamber to the portioning chamber, as well as the discharge opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1992Date of Patent: November 16, 1993Assignee: Effem GmbHInventor: Peter Keller
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Patent number: 5251793Abstract: A two piece dispensing closure for a container having an internally threaded base with a dispensing orifice in the front section and an elevated rear land that has a pivot recess adapted to receive a separate lid that rotates at least 90.degree. from the closed position. The front section of the lid is generally circular with a pivot post at its rear, and when closed the upper surfaces of the lid and base are co-planar, and the closure has the appearance of a conventional screw cap.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 1991Date of Patent: October 12, 1993Inventors: Robert J. Bolen, Jr., Thomas R. Bolen
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Patent number: 5246145Abstract: A dropper bottle assembly with a dispensing closure having a base adapted to be secured to the bottle and an elongated dropper spout extending from the base to a distal open end and with a separate cap defining a cavity sized to receive the spout therein wherein the cap and closure share cooperating hinge and lock structures for pivotably mounting the cap about a fixed axis and locking the cap closed with the spout opening closed off. The lock and hinge structure are formed on the spout below the opening thereof but spaced from the closure base. The lock mechanism includes cooperating teeth and an index finger or a cooperating spring-arm and a grip bar. The spout is sealed by a surface of the cap or a compliant mat on that surface, the latter being held in place by a rib within the cap.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1992Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Assignee: Nalge CompanyInventors: Richard A. Leoncavallo, Ravinder C. Mehra, Gregory R. Phillips
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Patent number: 5244113Abstract: A lid assembly for a container is provided having a pour opening and a drinking straw opening, each opening having a corresponding closure hingedly connected to the lid. Each closure employs a novel sealing plug that matingly engages the opening to seal the opening with both a friction seal and a snap-fit seal. The lid assembly also has an independently formed handle hingedly connected to the lid for carrying.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1992Date of Patent: September 14, 1993Assignee: Northwestern Bottle CompanyInventor: Charles A. Stymiest
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Patent number: 5224632Abstract: A measuring cap which is attached onto a squeezable bottle, and can extract a desirable amount of liquid inside the bottle into the measuring chamber of the cap by squeezing the body of the bottle. Measuring cap (1) consists of cap main body (3), inner plug (4), and supply pipe (5), cap main body is integrally constituted by bottle neck engaging wall (6), is a measuring chamber (9) constituted by circumferential wall of measuring chamber (7) and top wall (15) which forms a pouring mouth at an upper portion, and an upper cap (8) which has a bung that can close the pouring mouth. The inner plug has a discharging pipe (21) and an engaging circumferential wall (22) which engages to the circumferential walls of the measuring chamber, and the discharging pipe (21) and engaging circumferential wall is constituted by being connected with the bottom wall of measuring chamber (23).Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 1992Date of Patent: July 6, 1993Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Hiroaki Murakami, Manabu Waseda, Hiroaki Hayashi
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Patent number: 5211313Abstract: A dispensing tap of the type which is attached to a cask or a bottle is described. The tap body having an inlet and an outlet and a valve element controlling the outlet. A small bore capillary tube is attached to the inlet of the tap and a sleeve surrounds the junction between the small bore capillary tube and the tap body and pass the length of the small bore capillary tube. The valve element and body are formed with cooperating screw threads so arranged that rotation of the valve element causes movement thereof relative to the outlet to open or close the outlet. A releasable locking means is provided for preventing rotation of the valve element.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1991Date of Patent: May 18, 1993Assignee: Waddington & Duval LimitedInventors: Anthony J. Lucking, Charles A. Lane, Derek L. Tyrrell
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Patent number: 5207657Abstract: A dispenser for liquids, e.g., ophthalmic liquids, is provided with a movable top that pivots open to expose a recessed dispensing tip and pivots closed to cover and seal the dispensing tip.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1991Date of Patent: May 4, 1993Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventor: Kenneth J. Gibilisco
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Patent number: 5178613Abstract: A dispenser for liquids, e.g., ophthalmic liquids, is provided with a movable top that rotates to uncover an aperture and to expose a recessed dispensing tip.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1991Date of Patent: January 12, 1993Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventor: Kenneth J. Gibilisco
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Patent number: 5169035Abstract: A closure is provided for use in a squeeze-type container that defines a discharge opening communicating with the container interior in which the fluid product is contained. The closure includes a body for being mounted to the container over the container opening. An insert member is mounted in the body. In one embodiment, the insert member defines a dispensing orifice through which the container contents can be dispensed, and the closure body defines a vent aperture adjacent the insert member for cooperating with the insert member to define a vent passage between the container opening and the ambient atmosphere. A resilient sealing lip is defined by the insert member for sealingly engaging the interior surface of the closure body around the vent aperture in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1991Date of Patent: December 8, 1992Assignee: Seaquist Closures a division of Pittway CorporationInventor: Leo R. Imbery, Jr.
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Patent number: 5154327Abstract: A sealable nozzle adaptor is described for use on a caulking tube. The adaptor incudes a nozzle portion, a base including a flexible skirt portion for engaging the leading end of the caulking tube, a cap for closing and sealing the open end of the nozzle, and an elongated pin secured in the cap and extending into the nozzle portion. The cap can be attached to the base with a flexible strip or cord to prevent loss. The adaptor slides over the leading end of the caulking tube and prevents air from leaking into the caulking tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1991Date of Patent: October 13, 1992Inventor: Kyle D. Long
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Patent number: 5152438Abstract: A pour spout carton for extended shelf life paperboard containers, such as those of the gable top type. A first barrier layer lines the carton interior and a second lines the carton exterior surface. A dispensing opening is formed, as by die cutting, in a panel of the carton. The two barrier layers span the dispensing opening, except for a concentric dispensing hole through them, with the two barrier layers sonically sealed together along an annular zone radially intermediate the dispensing opening and the dispensing hole. The pour spout carries a flange extending from the edge of the dispensing hole to a location radially beyond the dispensing opening, the flange sonically bonded to the outer barrier layer at three radially spaced, concentric zones. The spout screw cap is of a different polymer than the spout, to prevent bonding between the cap and spout.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1990Date of Patent: October 6, 1992Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventors: Robert L. Gordon, Roderick W. Kalberer
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Patent number: 5121859Abstract: A non-resealable dispenser cap construction having an elongate tapered, stepped hollow spout member with an exterior shoulder intermediate its ends, and a discharge orifice. A closure cap member having a transverse closure wall is mounted on the spout member with the transverse wall engaging and closing over the discharge orifice. With the closure cap member so mounted, the transverse closure wall is distorted and biased by its engagement with the wall of the discharge orifice. One of the members is formed with two oppositely-disposed frangible tabs which overlie and are permanently attached to the other member, and each tab has a zone of weakness which can be readily ruptured upon the application of opposing rotative forces to the members. With the cap member removed the orifice is exposed, permitting discharge of the container contents through the spout member. Re-sealing of the cap member on the spout member is prevented, due to a lack of interengageable parts on the two members.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1991Date of Patent: June 16, 1992Inventor: Gene Stull
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Patent number: 5110040Abstract: A pour spout carton for extended shelf life paperboard containers, such as those of the gable top type. A dispensing opening is formed, as by die cutting, in a panel of the carton. A pour spout carries a flange extending from the edge of the dispensing hole to a location radically beyond the dispensing opening, the flange sonically bonded to the outer barrier layer along an annular outermost knurled zone. The knurled zone sonic horn configuration yields pour spout attachment times and spout attachment integrity superior to known prior spout attachment methods and spout constructions.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1991Date of Patent: May 5, 1992Inventors: Roderick W. Kalberer, Frederick J. Henkel, Arnold L. Berzins