Product dispensing and drainback fitting
AssigneeThe Dial Corporation
InventorChristopher J. Wolpert
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Abstract
A product dispensing and drainback fitting, for directing the flow of a liquid product from a container and minimizing the occurrence of double pour, having an outer wall for engagement with the neck of said container; an inner spout centrically positioned within said outer wall, a base extending between said wall and said spout and creating a circumscribing well, a longitudinal slot formed in said inner spout, said longitudinal slot beginning at a point about 30 mm to about 48 mm above said base and extending the remainder of the length of said spout; and drainback hole formed in said base and aligned with said longitudinal slot, said drainback hole having an area of about 10 mm2 to about 20 mm2.
Claims5
A product dispensing and drainback fitting for directing the flow of a liquid product from a container and minimizing the occurrence of double pour, said fitting comprising:
- (a) an outer wall for engagement with the neck of said container;
- (b) an inner spout centrically positioned within said outer wall;
- (c) a base extending between said wall and said spout and creating a circumscribing well;
- (d) a longitudinal slot formed in said inner spout, said longitudinal slot beginning at a point about 30 mm to about 48 mm above said base and extending the remainder of the length of said spout;
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- (e) a drainback hole formed in said base and aligned with said longitudinal slot, said drainback hole having an area of about 10 mm2 to about 20 mm2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.