Jug and method

The method of forming a jug having a body, said body having side walls, a top, a bottom, a handle and a bottle neck having cap engaging means at the upper portions comprising the steps of:

• forming said handle to be hollow from one end to the other, parallel with the top, and in open communication at one end to the body, and in open communication at the other end to the bottle neck;
• providing the bottle neck with a breather ring beneath the cap engaging means to vent to the handle;
• providing a control tube having an axis parallel with that of the bottle neck but offset therefrom in a direction away from the hollow handle;
• and
• proportioning the bottle neck to have a larger cross-sectional area than the control tube.

A jug comprising, in combination,

• a body having side walls, a bottom, and a top;
• a handle portion, hollow in the interior, extending across the major portion of the top of the jug body;
• a bottle neck in open communication with the interior portion of the handle and the exterior portion of the jug;
• a flow control tube formed in open communication with the bottle neck and having an axis parallel to that of the axis of the bottle neck;
• said flow control tube having a diameter smaller than the bottle neck and positioned opposite and substantially axially offset from the bottle neck with a breather ring between the bottle neck and the flow control tube;
• said flow control tube having a diameter substantially one half that of the breather ring, and less than that of the bottle neck.

A jug comprising, in combination,

• a body having side walls, a bottom and a top;
• a bottle neck on the top of the jug;
• a handle portion, hollow in nature extending across the major portion of the top of the jug body, and having an end in open communication with the bottle neck and the other end in open communication with the interior of the body remote from the neck;
• a breather ring interiorly of the bottle neck having means for diverting air to pass through the hollow handle into the interior portion of the body;
• a flow control tube having a diameter smaller than the bottle neck I.D. and positioned paraxially spaced from the bottle neck;
• the cross-sectional area of said flow control tube being less than that of the cross-section area of the bottle neck whereby the fluid is initially controlled in its flow by the control tube and sufficient space provided in the downstream direction of pouring for the fluid to avoid contact with the hollow handle;
• said control tube being axially spaced from the bottle neck axis, all in such relationship that the control tube is as close to the sidewall as practicable;
• said cross-sectional area relationship of the I.D. of the control tube to the breather ring I.D. is in the range of 50% to 100%;
• and
• said flow control being eccentric in with the pouring spout thereby defining a crescent-shaped relief area in the neck leading to ambient.