Wide pattern laminated end disk for food dispensing gun and cartridge for implementing same
AssigneeHuhtamaki Consumer Packing, Inc.
InventorsJoseph A. Pantelleria, George E. MacEwen
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Abstract
A laminated end disk construction for food sauce dispensing cartridges and other food containers. A laminated end disk through which food sauce may be dispensed is provided with a valve layer and a support layer. The valve layer includes a plurality of valves, and the support layer includes one or more openings and a kiss cut defining an outer perimeter area and an inner area. A protective patch may be removably attached to the support layer along at least a portion of the outer perimeter. The invention also provides a laminated end disk wherein the ratio of the support area to the dispensing area is less than about 7.
Claims16
A laminated end disk assembly for a sauce dispensing cartridge, comprising:
- a valve layer including a plurality of valves;
- a support layer attached to the valve layer and including one or more openings and a kiss cut defining an outer perimeter area and an inner area;
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- a patch removably attached to the support layer along at least a portion of the outer perimeter area.
A cartridge for holding and dispensing food sauce, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical body having opposite first and second ends and an interior for holding food sauce;
- a plug in the body adjacent the first end thereof adapted to be advanced in the body toward the second end thereof to dispense the food sauce;
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- a laminated end disk adjacent the second end thereof comprising a valve layer and a support layer, wherein the valve layer includes a plurality of valves and the support layer includes inner and outer major planar surfaces, one or more openings extending between the inner and outer major planar surfaces, and a kiss cut traversing the outer major planar surface but not traversing the inner major planer surface, the kiss cut defining an outer perimeter area and an inner area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.