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US 2007/0181603 A1Published application
Dispensing closure for containers
AssigneeThe Proctor & Gamble Company
InventorsFilip Dominique Hubert Vangeel, Alex James Orchard
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a closure suitable for dispensing pourable product from a container. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a “twist to open” type closure operated by a twisting action.
Claims30
A dispensing closure suitable for being mounted on a container, said container having a dispensing opening and being suitable for containing a pourable product in its interior volume, wherein said dispensing closure comprises:
- (a) a base member comprising a means for attachment to said container, a hollow sleeve defining a draining canal adapted to communicate with the interior volume of said container and wherein said hollow sleeve comprises an obstructing member;
- (b) a discharging means adapted to communicate with said draining canal via a dispensing passage capable of dispensing said pourable product;
- (c) an actuating means which under actuation is capable of actuating primary complementary means of raising and lowering said discharging means, wherein said primary complementary means are located in said discharging means and in said hollow sleeve, and are adapted to switch said discharging means from a lower position wherein said dispensing passage is sealingly obstructed by said obstructing member with respect to the content of said container, and an upper position wherein said dispensing is unobstructed;
- and wherein said primary complementary means are actuated by secondary complementary means of raising and lowering said discharging means which are located in said actuating means and in said discharging means.
1 more element
A container closure assembly, comprising:
- (a) a container having a body portion for holding container content, a lower closed end for supporting said container, an upper end including a means of attachment thereon adapted to receive and affix a dispensing closure for containers;
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- (b) a dispensing closure according to any of the preceding claims mounted on said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.