US 5,850,950 AGranted

Container for dispensing powdered granular or flaked substances

AssigneeMagenta Corporation

InventorRichard W. Hofmann

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Abstract

A container for dispensing granular, flaked or powdered substances. The container has a container body, an adapter or neck, and a closure. The adapter is a hollow tube and has an adapter end connected to the container body. The adapter has an open end opposite the adapter end connected to the container body. The closure is adjustably coupled to the adapter at the adapter open end. The closure has a plurality of apertures in its closure wall. The closure is adjustable along an axis of the adapter by rotating the closure. The closure can be rotated to adjust the closure to an open position so that the apertures in the closure are at least partially unobstructed by the adapter and form a passageway into an interior hollow of the container. The closure can be rotated to adjust the closure to a closed position so that the closure apertures are completely obstructed by the adapter. Rotation of the closure changes the axial length of the container so that the axial length of the container is greater when the closure is in the open position than when the closure is in the closed position. The closure when in the closed position tightly seals the container.

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Dependent claims

A container for dispensing granular, flaked or powdered substances comprising:

a container body, said container body having a closed end, and an interior surface defining a container body hollow;
an adapter having an adapter end, an adapter open end opposite said adapter end, an adapter exterior surface and an adapter interior surface, said adapter interior surface defining an adapter hollow, said adapter end connected to said container body, said container body hollow and said adapter hollow forming an interior hollow of said container;
a closure adjustably coupled to said adapter, said closure having a closure wall, a closure open end at one end of said wall, and a closure top opposite said closure open end, said closure wall having a plurality of granular, flaked or powdered substance dispensing apertures, said closure top is over said adapter open end;
means for adjusting said closure relative to said adapter in a first axial direction along an axis of said adapter, and for adjusting said closure relative to said adapter in a second axial direction opposite to said first axial direction, wherein adjustment in said first axial direction causes an increase in an axial length of said container and adjustment in said second axial direction causes a decrease in said axial length of said container and wherein;
said closure is adjustable to an open position in which the plurality of apertures are at least partially unobstructed by said adapter and wherein;
said closure is adjustable to a closed position in which the plurality of apertures are completely obstructed by said adapter and wherein;
the axial length of said container when said closure is in an open position is different than the axial length of said container when said closure is in said closed position.

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