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US 5,960,999 AGranted
Condiment dispenser
AssigneeDart Industries Inc.
InventorNele Wallays
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AssigneeDart Industries Inc.
InventorNele Wallays
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A condiment dispenser principally intended for use in the storing and dispensing of salt or pepper. The dispenser preferably includes a container housing the condiment, and having one or more pour openings extending therethrough. At least one flow controller is mounted to the container for manual rotation between closed and open positions. In the closed position the flow controller covers the associated pour opening(s). The ensure a proper seal, the flow controller may include an extending plug which seals the pour opening. In the preferred form, two flow controllers are provided, with both mounted to a common lug for rotation about a common axis. Each flow controller is associated with a different number of pour openings, such that the rate of dispensing may be varied. The flow controllers include indicia to indicate the flow rate associated therewith. The flow controllers are mounted to a removable top wall of the container, with a seal being provided about the top wall.
A condiment dispenser comprising a container having an upwardly opening mouth, a dispenser cap overlying and closing said mouth, said cap including a top panel with dispensing holes defined therein, a pair of adjacent flow control members, said members extending outward from said top panel in parallel adjacent vertical planes, pivot means transverse to said control members for pivotally joining said control members to said top panel for individual rotation of each of said control members in the vertical plane thereof between an open position and a closed position, each control member having a lower sealing edge which, in the closed position, is in closely overlying relation to said top panel, said dispensing holes underlying said sealing edges with at least one of said holes underlying said sealing edge on each control member for closure of said at least one hole in said closed position of the corresponding control member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.