Ninety degree pouring spout
AssigneeSeal Spout Corporation
InventorRobert J. Brucker
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Abstract
A spout for a container is provided with depending wings extending down from a bottom edge of the spout. The depending wings terminate in a point for piercing a container. The depending wings permit the spout to pivot ninety degrees from the container to extend from a container at a ninety degree angle therefrom. The spout has side walls with upper edges having arcs of ninety degrees. The spout is inserted into a container with a ram which drives the spout against a ramp to rock the depending wings upward with respect to the bottom edge of the spout. Thereafter, the ram drives the points into the container and the upper edges of the side walls of the spout contact the container and cam the spout back to a horizontal position to insert the ninety degree spout with the depending wings into a container.
Claims10
A pouring spout formed from a sheet of material and constructed to be inserted into a wall of a container comprising:
- first and second bends in said sheet forming a central chute section, the central chute section including:
- a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a right side wall and a left side wall;
- the side walls each comprising:
- a curvilinear upper edge extending from the central chute section at a point above the bottom edge;
- a puncture point constructed to pierce a container and allow the curvilinear upper edge to cut a groove to allow the side walls to enter a container;
- a lower edge comprising:
- an inner edge extending from the bottom edge of the central chute section to an end point;
- said first and second bends disposed to position said inner edge substantially horizontal with respect to said bottom edge of said central chute section;
- an outer edge extending from the end point of said inner edge to the puncture point and extending below the bottom edge of said central chute section;
- a lobe formed on said curvilinear surface above said puncture point to form a detent between said lobe and said puncture point for coaction with said container;
- said detent disposed no higher than said bottom edge of said central chute section to enable pivoting of said central chute section to at least ninety degrees from a wall of a container into which the spout is inserted.
A spout for a container, the spout capable of pivoting ninety degrees to open the spout, the spout comprising:
- a chute having a top and bottom;
- side walls extending from the chute, the side walls having curvilinear upper edges extending along an arc of at least ninety degrees, and lower edges, the lower edges comprising:
- horizontal edge portions;
- angled edges extending from the horizontal edge portions to end points;
- puncture points extending from the end points;
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- stop surfaces at the termination of the curvilinear upper edges, the top surfaces positioned adjacent to the puncture points.
A spout for a container comprising:
- a chute;
- side walls extending from the chute, the side walls having a curvilinear upper edges, and bottom edges;
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- depending wings extending from the bottom edges of the side walls, the depending wings including points for puncturing a container;
- the curvilinear upper edges of the side walls having an arc of ninety degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.