US 9,284,102 B2Granted

Dispenser and methods

AssigneePlastek Industries, Inc.

InventorsAlex S. Szekely, Richard H. Seager, Timothy C. Dzurik

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Abstract

A chamber body is mounted to the bottle body and has an opening and partially bounds a first chamber and a second chamber. A selector is mounted to the chamber body for relative rotation between a first dosing condition and a second dosing condition. In the first dosing condition: flow is not blocked from the first chamber out the opening; flow is blocked from the second chamber out the opening; flow is blocked from the bottle interior to the first chamber; and flow is not blocked from the bottle interior to the second chamber. In the second dosing condition: flow is blocked from the first chamber out the opening; flow is not blocked from the second chamber out the opening; flow is not blocked from the bottle interior to the first chamber; and flow is blocked from the bottle interior to the second chamber.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a bottle body having an interior for storing a flowable material;
a chamber body mounted to the bottle body and partially bounding a first chamber and a second chamber and having:
an opening;
and
a spout;
and
a selector mounted for rotation relative to the chamber body between a first dosing condition and a second dosing condition,
wherein:
in the first dosing condition:
flow is not blocked from the first chamber out the opening;
flow is blocked from the second chamber out the opening;
flow is blocked from the bottle interior to the first chamber;
and
flow is not blocked from the bottle interior to the second chamber;
and
in the second dosing condition:
flow is blocked from the first chamber out the opening;
flow is not blocked from the second chamber out the opening;
flow is not blocked from the bottle interior to the first chamber;
and
flow is blocked from the bottle interior to the second chamber.

18 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/261,849Filed 25 Apr 2014 · continuation in part
Priority: 6 Jan 2011
Published: US 2014/0224827 A114 Aug 2014
Granted: 15 Mar 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B65D 47/268
Having a rotational or helicoidal movement: the valve member pivoting about an axis perpendicular to the container mouth axis
G01F 11/262
Wherein the measuring chamber is filled and emptied by tilting or inverting the supply vessel, e.g. bottle-emptying apparatus: for liquid or…
Y10T 29/49826
Method of mechanical manufacture: assembling or joining
B65D
Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials

Family

Application61/430,511Us provisional application · filed 6 Jan 2011
PCT/US2012/020471Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 6 Jan 2012
Application61/816,368Us provisional application · filed 26 Apr 2013
US 2014/0224827 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 Aug 2014
Application13/643,318Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 8,752,738 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2013/0270304 A1Published application
US 9,284,102 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.