Dispensing devices
AssigneeDart Industries Inc.
InventorScott H. Stillinger
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Abstract
A closure device for a container provided with at least three compartments open at the top of the container and angularly offset from one another around the container axis, including a cover mounted on top of the container, and presenting first and second dispensing openings, a cap covering the top of the container, enclosing the cover and provided with an outlet opening, and linkage connected between the cover and the cap for permitting the cap to rotate relative to the cover so that the outlet opening of the cap moves between the first and second dispensing openings and for causing the cap and cover to rotate as a unit when the cap outlet opening is aligned with one of the dispensing openings and the cap is rotating in the direction away from the other dispensing opening with respect to the angular path.
Claims19
A closure device for a container provided with at least three compartments open at the top of the container and angularly offset from one another around the container axis, said device comprising:
- cover means mounted on top of said container, and rotatable about its axis, said cover means overlying all of said compartments and presenting first and second dispensing openings having respectively different configurations and spaced apart from one another about the container axis, said cover means presenting a compartment sealing region between said openings;
- cap means covering the top of said container, enclosing said cover means and provided with an outlet opening, said cap means being mounted for rotation about the axis of said container to bring said outlet opening into alignment with any selected one of said compartments;
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- linkage means connected between said cover means and said cap means for permitting said cap means to rotate relative to said cover means through an angular path over which said cap means outlet opening moves between said first and second dispensing openings of said cover means and for causing said cap means and cover means to rotate as a unit when said cap means outlet opening is aligned with one of said dispensing openings and said cap means is rotating in the direction away from the other said dispensing opening with respect to the angular path.
A closure device for a container provided with at least three compartments open at the top of the container and angularly offset from one another around the container axis, said device comprising:
- first cover means arranged to be mounted on top of the container, and rotatable about its axis, said cover means being arranged to overly all of the compartments and presenting first and second dispensing openings having respectively different configurations and spaced apart from one another about the container axis, said cover means presenting a compartment sealing region between said openings;
- second cover means arranged to cover the top of the container, adjacent said first cover means and provided with an outlet opening, said second cover means being arranged to be mounted for rotation about the axis of the container to bring said outlet opening into alignment with any selected one of the compartments;
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- linkage means connected between said first and second cover means for permitting said second cover means to rotate relative to said first cover means through an angular path over which said second cover means outlet opening moves between said first and second dispensing openings of said first cover means and for causing said first and second cover means to rotate as a unit when said second cover means outlet opening is aligned with one of said dispensing openings and said second cover means is rotating in the direction away from the other said dispensing opening with respect to the angular path.
A closure device for a container provided with multiple compartments, each compartment having an opening spaced from the openings of the other compartments, said device comprising:
- first cover means arranged to be mounted on the container, and movable thereon, said cover means being arranged to overly all of the compartment openings and presenting first and second dispensing openings having respectively different configurations and spaced apart from one another, said cover means presenting a compartment opening sealing region between said dispensing openings;
- second cover means arranged to cover the container, adjacent said first cover means and provided with an outlet opening, said second cover means being arranged to be mounted for movement on the container to bring said outlet opening into alignment with any selected one of the compartment openings;
- and linkage means connected between said first and second cover means for permitting said second cover means to move relative to said first cover means along a path over which said second cover means outlet opening moves between said first and second dispensing openings of said first cover means and for causing said first and second cover means to move as a unit when said second cover means outlet opening is aligned with one of said dispensing openings and said second cover means is moved in the direction away from the other said dispensing opening with respect to the path.
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