Pouring container having a non-drip lip
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsChristophe Guillemin, Erik Lebrun
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Abstract
A container for pouring liquids, composed of a vessel having a longitudinal axis and a bottom, and a pouring lip made of a plastic material. The pouring lip has a central pouring part having a pouring end, and lateral parts, and the lip is composed of: an upper wall, a lower wall and a connecting surface that extends between the upper wall and the lower wall; the upper wall is inclined downwardly into the vessel when the longitudinal axis of the vessel has a vertical orientation; and, in the central pouring part, the connecting surface is free of any sharp edge and has an upper segment having a radius of curvature between 0.5 and 2 mm in a plane passing through the longitudinal axis.
Claims25
A container for pouring liquids, comprising a vessel having a longitudinal axis, a bottom and a pouring lip made of a plastic material, wherein said pouring lip has a central pouring part having a pouring end, and lateral parts, and said lip comprises:
- an upper wall, a lower wall and a connecting surface that extends between said upper wall and said lower wall;
- wherein said upper wall is inclined downwardly into said vessel when the longitudinal axis of said vessel has a vertical orientation;
- in said central pouring part, said connecting surface is free of any sharp edge and has an upper segment having a radius of curvature between 0.5 and 2 mm in a plane passing through the longitudinal axis;
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- said connecting surface further has a lower segment with a radius of curvature in the plane passing through the longitudinal axis that is smaller than the radius of curvature of said upper segment.
A container for pouring liquids, comprising a vessel having a longitudinal axis, a bottom and a pouring lip made of a plastic material, wherein said pouring lip has a central pouring part having a pouring end, and lateral parts, and said lip comprises:
- an upper wall, a lower wall and a connecting surface that extends between said upper wall and said lower wall;
- wherein said upper wall is inclined downwardly into said vessel when the longitudinal axis of said vessel has a vertical orientation;
- in said central pouring part, said connecting surface is free of any sharp edge and has an upper segment having a radius of curvature between 0.5 and 2 mm in a plane passing through the longitudinal axis;
- said upper wall has an inclination of between 25° and 45° with respect to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
- said upper wall is parallel to said lower wall;
- said pouring end has a thickness less than 1.2 mm;
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- said pouring lip presents a flow path having a central axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axis and said lower wall has a length, parallel to the central axis, greater that 4 mm.
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