Abstract: A liquid dispensing closure for bottles and the like comprising a one-piece body having an end wall for covering the mouth of the bottle and a depending skirt for threading onto the neck of the bottle. A dispensing aperture in the end wall is surrounded by a spout that affords directional control of a stream of liquid being dispensed and reduced dribbling when dispensing is discontinued. A flap is hinged on the end wall to open and close the aperture with an associated depending plug that fits in the spout. The end wall, spout and hinged flap are arranged in a manner relative to one another that permits the flap to be advantageously molded in an upright position.

Abstract: A package, particularly suited for containing viscous foodstuff, comprising a wide-mouth generally rectangular container and a dispensing closure. The closure seals onto the container with a push-on motion and includes a resealable flip-up hinged lid. The container is originally sealed, after being filled, with a seal membrane applied to the container mouth. The closure is configured to permit the seal membrane to be conveniently removed from the container mouth while the closure remains assembled on the container.

Abstract: A dispensing cap with hinged flaps for opening and closing spoon and shake apertures in the cap end wall. The flaps, which are hinged away from the perimeter of the cap, include sealing plugs for the apertures. The plugs and apertures are formed by tooling elements on the same half of a mold to maintain very precise positioning of the plugs relative to the apertures. This precise positioning of the plugs and apertures allows them to be sized to produce a very light interference or touch fit that effectively stops moisture vapor transmission into the container and sifting of product out of the container to which the cap is fitted but, desirably, has little effect on flap opening and closing force. The sealing effectiveness of the plugs and apertures enables the cap to be used without a sealing liner for the mouth of the container.

Abstract: A dispensing closure with a hinged flap for conveniently opening and closing a dispensing aperture. The closure is a one-piece molded part having an integral living hinge. A mechanism for releasably locking the flap in a stay-open position and thereby resisting any tendency of the hinge to resiliently bias the flap towards a closed position is provided. The stay-open mechanism comprises a cooperating pair of surfaces molded into the flap and main body of the closure which are arranged to snap into and out of locking engagement when the flap is deliberately moved into or out of the open position.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing closure for bottles and the like comprising a one-piece body having an end wall for covering the mouth of the bottle and a depending skirt for threading onto the neck of the bottle. A dispensing aperture in the end wall is surrounded by a spout that affords directional control of a stream of liquid being dispensed and reduced dribbling when dispensing is discontinued. A flap is hinged on the end wall to open and close the aperture with an associated depending plug that fits in the spout. The end wall, spout and hinged flap are arranged in a manner relative to one another that permits the flap to be advantageously molded in an upright position.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing closure for bottles and the like comprising a one-piece body having an end wall for covering the mouth of the bottle and a depending skirt for threading onto the neck of the bottle. A dispensing aperture in the end wall is surrounded by a spout that affords directional control of a stream of liquid being dispensed and reduced dribbling when dispensing is discontinued. A flap is hinged on the end wall to open and close the aperture with an associated depending plug that fits in the spout. The end wall, spout and hinged flap are arranged in a manner relative to one another that permits the flap to be advantageously molded in an upright position.

Abstract: Screw on caps for bottles that have an anti back off feature formed on a hinged tab of the cap engaging detent teeth below the threads on the bottle. The hinge has a unique configuration that enables the tab to snap into and hold a gripping position while avoiding temporary distortion or creep. The detent teeth are particularly suited for use with blow molded bottles and are capable of restraining a cap within a small angle of a fully tightened position to avoid any significant back off and potential leakage. In one embodiment, the anti back off feature is provided in a child resistant cap while in another embodiment this feature is provided in a simpler continuous thread cap.

Abstract: A plastic container closure has a skirt which is connected to a tamper-evidencing band by frangible bridges, all molded in a single unit. Where the closure is a cap for a container neck, there is at least one retaining means on the skirt and another on the band. The neck has two retaining means which cooperate with those on the cap to prevent upward movement of the cap without fracture of the bridges. To reduce the likelihood of unintentional fracture of the bridges, particularly during installation of the cap on the neck, plural ejection bumpers of extended arcuate lengths are located on the top edge of the band and or from the bottom edge of the skirt and the bridges are located between the bumpers. This snap lock ring functions to replace the conventional retaining means located centrally of the band. The invention is applicable to tamper-evidencing bands of closures and of push/pull closures of sports-type cap spouts.

Abstract: The nozzle assembly comprises two pieces, they being: a nozzle cap; and, an integral nose bushing on which the nozzle cap is threadedly received. The integral nose bushing includes a body portion received and mounted in a body of a trigger sprayer and a bushing portion integral with the bushing portion. The bushing portion includes a generally cylindrical portion having a distal end and a proximal end with the proximal end having threads thereon and the distal end having a smooth outer cylindrical surface. The cylindrical portion has an annular slot therein defining an outer cylindrical flange and a central cylindrical portion. The central cylindrical portion has an outer end which extends outwardly of the outer cylindrical flange and which has an outer end having an annular wall defining therein a swirl cavity. The nose bushing has a passage therein communicating a waterway in the bushing portion with the annular slot in the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: The 90.degree. rotation nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer comprises a nose bushing and a nozzle cap rotatably mounted on the nose bushing. The nose bushing has a front core with a front face and a generally cylindrical periphery. The generally cylindrical periphery has first, second and third, angularly spaced apart, longitudinally extending channels therein which open onto the front face of the core and extend rearwardly therefrom. The nozzle cap includes a front wall having a back side and a cylinder having an inner cylindrical wall surface and extending rearwardly from the back side of the front wall to a rear end of the cylinder. The front wall has a discharge orifice therethrough and the back side of the front wall has a swirl chamber formed therein in the area of and communicating with the discharge orifice.

Abstract: The one-piece foamer nozzle comprises an inner cap portion, an outer barrel portion, and an internal wall inside the nozzle between the cap portion and the barrel portion. The internal wall has a central orifice therethrough. The cap portion has a cavity and structure in the cavity for receiving and mating with a nose bushing mounted to the front end of a trigger sprayer. The structure has passageways adapted to register with passageways on the nose bushing when the nozzle is rotated to a predetermined position on the nose bushing to direct liquid in a swirl whereby a conical spray exits the central orifice when the trigger sprayer is operated. The outer barrel portion has an inner, generally cylindrical, wall surface. The nozzle further has a short annular formation coaxial with the orifice and fixed to and extending outwardly from the internal wall around the orifice.

Abstract: A connecting assembly for mounting a fluid dispensing assembly onto a container comprises a cap for receiving and connecting the dispensing device onto the container and a cylindrical neck finish on top of the container for receiving the cap. The cap as well as the cylindrical neck finish have threads for mutual engagement.Furthermore, the cap has an orifice within its top wall for receiving the fluid dispensing device.Ratchet teeth inside the cap and corresponding ratchet teeth outside the cylindrical neck finish engage mutually to prevent the cap from being unlocked accidently. The ratchet teeth inside the cap have a rearwardly extending short back face and a forwardly extending long front face whereby the short back face and the long front face form an acute but almost rectangular angle. The short back face of one ratchet tooth extends of the bottom of a long front face of an adjacent ratchet tooth. The ratchet teeth inside the cap are uniformly distributed.

Abstract: The nozzle cap, spring valve and body assembly for a trigger sprayer comprises a nozzle cap, a spring valve and a body. The nozzle cap is capable of being screwed upon the nose bushing portion of the body. The nozzle cap has an outlet orifice located in its front face and a sleeve extending rearwardly from a front wall thereof. The sleeve is threaded inside the rear portion thereof and has an internally contoured surface on a short annular formation that is located forwardly of the threads on the back side of the front wall to provide an inner annular surface and an outer annular surface rearward of an inner wall surface of the nozzle cap and forward of the internal threads inside the sleeve. The nose bushing portion of the body has a cavity in which is received the spring valve.

Abstract: The nozzle assembly comprises a cap and a bushing for mounting to the front of the body of a trigger sprayer in communication with a passage in the trigger sprayer. The cap is mounted to said bushing and is rotatable on the bushing between three positions, they being a stop position, a spray position and a foam position. The nozzle has first passage means and the cap has second passage means. The respective first and second passage means are arranged to communicate with each other in the rotated spray position and in the rotated foam position of the cap. The cap is provided with foam generating means within the cap and in communication with the respective passage means when the cap is rotated to a foam position for generating foam on actuation of a trigger of the trigger sprayer to which the nozzle assembly is mounted.

Abstract: A trigger sprayer pump for dispensing a fluid from a container includes a body containing a pumping chamber having an inlet and an outlet conduit. A piston is reciprocably mounted in the pumping chamber, the piston having a convexly contoured outer end surface. A trigger pivotally mounted and locked to the body has a plurality of triangular supports co-joined to form a tapered socket receiving the outer end surface of the piston. A channel-defining insert is received in the outlet conduit, the insert having a centrally situated, forwardly facing, fixed surface. The fixed surface can be concave or a convex protuberance. An elastic, cup-shaped member secured at its periphery to the body has a central aperture situated in contact with and closed by the fixed surface.

Abstract: A hand-operated pump for dispensing a fluid from a container includes a body containing a pumping chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A piston is reciprocably mounted in the pumping chamber, the piston having a convexly contoured outer end surface. A trigger pivotally mounted to the body has a plurality of triangular supports co-joined to form a tapered socket receiving the outer end surface of the piston. A channel-defining insert is received in the outlet, the insert having a centrally situated, forwardly facing, fixed protuberance. An elastic, cup-shaped member secured at its periphery to the body has a central aperture situated in contact with and closed by the fixed protuberance.