Packaging of flowable products

A container for containing and dispensing flowable products, comprising:

• a housing having opposed first and second end walls and opposed first and second side walls;
• a partition in the housing obliquely extending from one side wall to the other side wall, dividing the housing into first and second compartments, and having opposite first and second ends respectively in adjacent spaced relation to the first and second end walls, the first side wall having a first end portion extending from the partition to the first end wall and a second end portion extending from the partition to the second end wall, the second side wall having a first end portion extending from the partition to the first end wall and a second end portion extending from the partition to the second end wall,
• the first end portion of the first side wall having an outlet therein directly communicating with the first compartment and the second end portion of the second side wall having an outlet therein directly communicating with the second compartment, the outlets being respectively adjacent to the first and second ends of the partition, the first compartment being defined by the partition, the first end portion of the first side wall, the first end wall, and the first end portion of the second side wall, and the second compartment being defined by the partition, the second end portion of the second side wall, the second end wall, and the second end portion of the first side wall;
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• closures on the outlets, the second end of the partition and its adjacent outlet being lower than the first end of the partition in one position of the container such that the partition will cause flowable products in the first compartment will gravitate toward and out of the lower outlet when it is open.

A package, comprising;

• a housing providing wall means and partition means dividing the housing into a pair of back-to-back funnel-shaped compartments that are inverted relative to each other and have laterally opening outlets at opposite ends of the container, the housing being movable so that either outlet can be placed above the other outlet;
• flowable products in the compartments, the partition means causing product to flow toward the lower outlet from its compartment;
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• closures on the outlets.

A container comprising:

• a housing adapted to contain a flowable product therein and having multiple compartments and respective outlets from the compartments;
• means for maintaining said product in the compartments and for enabling selective orientation of each compartment into a dispensing position wherein the product from that compartment can gravitationally flow through the outlets for that compartment without tilting the container;
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• valve means for closing and opening the outlets.

A method of dispensing product contained in separate compartments of a container having outlets from the compartments and wherein the product within each compartment is gravitationally urged toward its outlet when such outlet is downwardly disposed, comprising the steps of:

• supporting the container in a first position wherein the outlet of one compartment is downwardly disposed;
• opening the downwardly disposed outlet to allow product to flow from its respective compartment through said downwardly disposed outlet while the container remains in said first position;
• closing the downwardly disposed outlet;
• re-orienting the container into a second position wherein the outlet of another compartment is now downwardly disposed;
• opening the now downwardly disposed outlet to allow product from its compartment to flow therethrough while the container remains in said second position;
• and
• closing the now downwardly disposed outlet.

A container comprising:

• a housing having opposed first and second end walls and opposed first and second side walls;
• a partition in the housing dividing it into first and second compartments, each compartment being bordered by the partition and respective end and side walls, the partition having opposite first and second ends relatively adjacent to the first and second end walls,
• the first side wall providing a first outlet from the first compartment adjacent to the first end of the partition and the second side wall providing a second outlet from the second compartment adjacent to the second end of the partition, each compartment and its outlet communicating with each other at the interface between the compartment and the side wall that provides the outlet, the first and second ends of the partition being respectively sloped toward the first and second outlets;
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• first and second closures on the first and second outlets.

A container for containing and dispensing flowable materials, comprising:

• a housing having opposed first and second end walls and opposed first and second side walls;
• a partition in the housing dividing it into first and second compartments, each compartment being bordered by the partition and respective end and side walls, the partition having opposite first and second ends relatively adjacent to the first and second end walls,
• one of the walls providing a first outlet from the first compartment adjacent to the first end of the partition and one of the walls providing a second outlet from the second compartment adjacent to the second end of the partition, the first and second ends of the partition being respectively sloped toward the first and second outlets and being disposed at an angle relative to the end walls such that flowable materials in the container will gravitate toward the lower outlet when the housing is disposed with the side walls in upstanding positions;
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• first and second closures on the first and second outlets.

A container for holding and dispensing flowable materials having an angle of repose, comprising:

• a housing having opposed first and second end walls and opposed first and second side walls;
• a partition in the housing dividing it into first and second compartments, each compartment being bordered by the partition and respective end and side walls, the partition having opposite first and second ends relatively adjacent to the first and second end walls,
• one of the walls providing a first outlet from the first compartment adjacent to the first end of the partition and one of the walls providing a second outlet from the second compartment adjacent to the second end of the partition, the partition being disposed in the housing at angle relative to the end wall that exceeds the angle of repose of the material in the container, the first and second ends of the partition being respectively sloped toward the first and second outlets;
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• first and second closures on the first and second outlets.