Container having splines and method for using same
AssigneePechiney Plastic Packagaing, Inc.
InventorsJohn J. Vincent, III, Douglas A. Abbott, Daniel L. King
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Abstract
Disclosed is a container for receiving contents from another container. The container has a receptacle and a head. The receptacle has a chamber therein. The head has a neck. The neck has a receiving orifice therein and a bore therethrough. The receiving orifice communicates with the chamber through the bore. The neck further has an inner surface contiguous to the receiving orifice and/or the bore. The inner surface has a plurality of splines extending therefrom and generally directional to the longitudinal extension of the neck. Further disclosed is a tube container. Still further disclosed is a method for introducing the contents of one container into another container.
Claims13
A method for introducing the contents of one container into another container, comprising:
- a) providing a receiving container having a receiving body wall, the receiving body wall defining a receiving chamber therein, the receiving container having a receiving head, the receiving head comprising a receiving neck and a receiving shoulder which communicates between the receiving neck and the receiving body wall, the receiving neck having a receiving orifice therein and a receiving bore therethrough, the receiving orifice being in communication with the receiving chamber through the receiving bore, the receiving neck further having a receiving inner surface contiguous to the receiving orifice and/or the receiving bore, the receiving inner surface having a plurality of splines extending therefrom and generally directional to the longitudinal extension of the receiving neck, the splines being made of a plastic;
- b) providing a dispensing container, the dispensing container defining a dispensing chamber, the dispensing chamber having contents therein, the dispensing container having a dispensing neck having a dispensing orifice therein and a dispensing bore therethrough, the dispensing orifice being in communication with the dispensing chamber through the dispensing bore, the dispensing neck having a dispensing outer surface defining threads adapted to be received by the splines of the receiving container, the threads being of a material harder than the plastic of the splines;
- c) inserting the dispensing neck of the dispensing container into the receiving orifice of the receiving container and emptying the contents into the receiving container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.