Metering and dispensing closure

A dispensing closure for a container, the dispensing closure comprising:

• a cap adapted to be received on the container, the cap having an inside face, an outside face, and an aperture extending from the inside face to the outside face through the cap to allow materials within the container to be dispensed;
• a first movable member positioned adjacent the inside face of the cap to selectively block the aperture in the cap, the first movable member being movable between a first position in which the aperture is blocked and a second position in which the aperture is not blocked;
• a plurality of resilient fingers coupled to the first movable member and extending from the first movable member toward the cap, the resilient fingers extending into the aperture of the cap when the fingers are aligned with the aperture;
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• a second movable member positioned adjacent the outside face of the cap to selectively block the aperture in the cap, the second moveable member being movable between a first position in which the aperture is blocked and a second position in which the aperture is not blocked, the second movable member comprises an edge that contacts and passes over the aperture in the cap when the second movable member moves from the second position back to the first position, the edge comprises a generally angled surface terminating at a point defining an acute angle, movement of the edge over the aperture removes a dispensed material coupled to an outer surface of the cap adjacent the aperture;
• wherein the movement of the first moveable member and the second moveable member is sequenced such that at least one of the moveable members is always blocking the aperture.

A dispensing closure for a container, the dispensing closure comprising:

• a cap adapted to be received on the container, the cap having an inside face, an outside face, and an aperture extending from the inside face to the outside face through the cap to allow materials within the container to be dispensed;
• a first movable member positioned adjacent the inside face of the cap to selectively block the aperture in the cap, the first movable member having a first passage and movable between a first position in which the aperture is blocked and a second position in which the aperture is not blocked;
• a second movable member positioned adjacent the outside face of the cap to selectively block the aperture in the cap, the second movable member having a second passage and movable between a first position in which the aperture is blocked and a second position in which the aperture is not blocked, the first passage rotatably offset relative to the second passage, the second movable member further having an edge that contacts and passes over the aperture in the cap when the second movable member moves from the second position back to the first position, the edge including a generally angled surface terminating at a point defining an acute angle, and the angled surface having a concave portion;
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• a plurality of resilient fingers coupled to the first movable member and extending from the first movable member toward the cap, the fingers being movable with the first movable member between a position in which the fingers are not aligned with the aperture and a position in which the fingers are aligned with the aperture, the resilient fingers extend into the aperture of the cap when the fingers are in the aligned position,
• wherein movement of the first movable member and the second movable member is sequenced such that at least one of the movable members is always blocking the aperture, and
• wherein the first and second movable members rotate between the first and second positions such that the first and second passages are selectively and sequentially placed in communication with the aperture.