Beverage can with integral pour spout
OwnerGuglielmo L. Ronchailinventor
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Abstract
The container has an end wall which is weakened along an open line defining the outline of a lid and of a corresponding hole, and a lever member which is connected to the outer face of the end wall of the container and can be operated manually to tear the wall along the weakened line and to deflect the lid thus formed from the plane of the end wall. A mouthpiece connected to the portion of the wall, which is intended to form the lid, is disposed inside the container before the wall is torn and, after the tearing, can be entrained by the lever member and by the lid through the corresponding hole formed in the wall to a position of use in which its end, which is inside the container, abuts the wall.
Claims18
A container (1), particularly for drinks, having an end wall (5) which is weakened along an open line (6) defining the outline of a lid portion (7) and of a corresponding hole (31),
- a traction member (8) which is connected to the outer face of the end wall (5) of the container (1) and can be operated manually to tear the wall (5) along the weakened line (6) and to displace the lid portion (7) thus formed from the plan of the end wall (5);
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- a mouthpiece (15) connected to the lid portion (7) of the end wall (5) and disposed inside the container (1), beneath the end wall (5) before the end wall (5) is torn, and capable, after the wall (5) is torn, of being entrained by the traction member (8) and by the lid portion (7) through the corresponding hole (31) formed in said end wall (5) to a position of use in which a distal end (18) of the mouthpiece, which is inside the container (1), abuts said end wall (5);
- characterized in that the mouthpiece (15) is provided with an externally bent appendage (19) extending from the distal end (18) towards a mouth end (16) thereof;
- said appendage (19) being connected to the lid portion (7);
- the traction member being a lever member (8) connected to said lid portion (7) of the end wall (5) so as to be pivotable, together with the lid portion (7) and the mouthpiece (15), about an axis which extends adjacent end portions (6a) of the weakened line (6);
- the arrangement being such that, after the mouthpiece (15) has reached said position of use, the lever member (8), the lid portion (7) and said appendage (19) are further pivotable away from the mouthpiece (15).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.