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US 5,667,106 AGranted
Container cap with a measuring spout
AssigneeE. S. Robbins Corporation
InventorEdward S. Robbins, III
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AssigneeE. S. Robbins Corporation
InventorEdward S. Robbins, III
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A cap for use with an associated container comprises a measuring spout which is wholly contained inside the cap and does not protrude into the container. The cap comprises a cap wall which is adapted to provide an opening in which the spout is seated. The spout comprises a forward wall and at least one side wall which forms an open-topped hopper. The spout pivots between a closed, filling position and an open, dispensing position. The spout is formed from a visually translucent material, such as any of a number of commonly available plastics. Volumetric measuring indicia are disposed on an outer surface of the forward wall of the spout, thereby allowing a user to determine and adjust the desired volume of the material prior to discharge of the material from the spout. The cap is also provided with upwardly and inwardly tapered portions which guide the material into the hopper. In use, the container-cap assembly may be tilted while the spout is in the closed position, so as to fill the hopper with a predetermined amount of particulate solid material from the container. The spout may then be opened to allow the user to dispense the desired volume of the material from the spout.
A cap having a dispensing spout for use on a container body, the container body including a perimetral edge defining an upper margin of the container body, the cap comprising a cap wall portion having a lower perimetral edge dimensioned to join the container body upper margin, the cap wall further including a second edge defining an opening receiving the dispensing spout, and pivot means coupling the dispensing spout axially and radially adjacent to the lower perimetral edge for pivoting the dispensing spout between a dispensing and a filling position, the dispensing spout having an outside wall for closing said opening when in the filling position and an inside wall defining a hopper, the cap wall being configured to maintain the pivotable spout inside wall at all times above a plane defined by the cap wall lower perimetral edge, the cap wall including opposed upwardly and inwardly tapered portions leading to the hopper to facilitate filling of the hopper.
A translucent plastic cap having a dispensing spout for use on a container body including a perimetral edge defining an upper margin of the container body, the cap comprising a cap wall portion having a lower perimetral edge dimensioned to join the container body upper margin, the cap wall further including a second edge defining an opening receiving the dispensing spout, and pivot means coupling the dispensing spout axially and radially adjacent to the lower perimetral edge for pivoting the dispensing spout between a dispensing and a filling position, the dispensing spout having an outside wall for closing said opening when in the filling position and at least one inside wall defining a hopper, the outside wall being provided with volumetric measuring indicia, the cap wall being configured to maintain the at least one inside wall of the pivotable spout at all times above a plane defined by the cap wall lower perimetral edge, the cap wall including opposed upwardly and inwardly tapered portions leading to the hopper to facilitate filling of the hopper.
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