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US 2016/0167830 A1Published application
Containers with pouring spout
AssigneeTacom S.A.
InventorFrancesco RIVA
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Abstract
Containers are provided which provide controlled dispensing for items such as saltshakers. Such containers can be produced in a simple and economical manner and can be adapted to different types of products, such as different types of salt. Such containers are particularly useful for dispensing fine salt.
Claims7
1-6. (canceled)
A container comprising:
- a casing with at least an outer wall having at least one pouring opening;
- a pouring spout inserted in the pouring opening, the spout being movable between a retracted, closed position and an extracted position for pouring a certain quantity of a product in granule, powder or flake form, contained inside the casing;
- the casing comprising an inner wall, juxtaposed to the outer wall, wherein the inner part forms a cutout at least partially aligned with the pouring opening, whereby a first part of the pouring opening is occluded by a portion of the inner wall, and a second part of the pouring opening, complementary to the first part, creates with the cutout a single passage for pouring the contents of the casing, wherein
- the casing is formed by bending a single shaped sheet which forms in a single piece all the walls or flaps constituting the casing;
- and wherein the pouring opening is formed by a cut made in a first peripheral flap of the shaped sheet, and the same shaped sheet has a second peripheral flap located on a side or end of the shaped sheet opposite to the side having the first peripheral flap, wherein the cutout is formed in the second peripheral flap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.