Container with one-piece neck and discharge controller

Abstract

The hermetically sealed plastic container of the present invention has a body portion, a neck portion and a dispensing head all integrally formed. The containers furthermore preferably and advantageously are formed, filled and sealed in one continuous operation, automatically. The dispensing head is integrally molded with and atop the neck portion, and has an inside diameter which substantially corresponds with the outside diameter of the side wall of the neck portion so as to slidably and frictionally receive the neck portion within the dispensing head. A severable annular groove is provided between the neck portion and the dispensing head, with this annular groove being proportioned such that it can be severed by exerting a downward force on the dispensing head. Simultaneously, as the dispensing head is forcibly urged downwardly to sever the annular groove, the dispensing head is forcibly urged downwardly about the neck portion. The dispensing head has a dispensing spout formed in it, and the neck portion has at least one indentation in its side wall for providing a communicating channel between the side wall of the neck portion and the dispensing head which is in communication with the dispensing spout when the dispensing head is disposed about the neck portion. The product is dispensed from the container through the neck portion and the dispensing spout via the communicating channel between the side wall of the neck portion and the dispensing head.

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