Mess free dispensing nozzle and container with suck back feature
AssigneeMcCormick & Company, Incorporated
InventorsTracie WILSON, Jim WHISENHUNT
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Abstract
A container especially adapted for dispensing food coloring includes a body including a neck with a nozzle including a skirt inserted into the body neck. The body neck and nozzle skirt together may have a plurality of beads to form an air and liquid (especially food coloring) tight seal. The nozzle includes a channel formed by substantially parallel walls including an orifice opening into the bottle at a first end of the channel, the orifice including a diameter of between 0.010 and 0.016 inches. The second end of the channel terminates in a flat nozzle tip for dispensing food coloring. The container provides an easy to use mess free dispenser with precise drop control and consistent drop size.
Claims14
A nozzle, comprising:
- a wall defining a substantially cylindrical channel including first and second ends, said channel having a substantially constant diameter,
- said first end of the channel including an orifice of 0.008 to 0.019 inches in diameter,
- said second end of the channel forming a dispensing tip defined by an end of said channel wall which is substantially flat;
- a cylindrical skirt portion;
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- means for forming at least three seal regions with a bottle.
A dispensing container for food coloring, comprising:
- a body containing food coloring including a neck;
- a nozzle including a cylindrical skirt for engaging said neck;
- and
- a removable cap for insertion into said nozzle, wherein the body and the nozzle comprise:
- means for dispensing substantially constant volume drops of food coloring,
- means for sucking back non-dispensed drops from a tip end of the means for dispensing into the body, and
- wherein the nozzle skirt and body neck form at least two seals to form an air and liquid tight seal between the body neck and the nozzle skirt.
A dispensing container, comprising:
- a body, said body including a neck;
- a nozzle including a cylindrical skirt for engaging said neck;
- and
- a removable cap for insertion into said nozzle,
- said nozzle including a wall defining a substantially cylindrical channel including first and second ends, said channel including a substantially constant diameter,
- said second end of the channel forming a dispensing tip defined by an end of said channel wall, the dispensing tip being substantially flat,
- said nozzle skirt and body neck collectively including at least two beads to create an air and liquid tight seal between the neck and the nozzle skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.