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US 9,567,131 B2Granted
Containers with pouring spout
AssigneeTacom S.A.
InventorFrancesco Riva
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Abstract
Containers are provided which provide controlled dispensing for items such as saltshakers. Such containers can be produced in a simple and economical manner and can be adapted to different types of products, such as different types of salt. Such containers are particularly useful for dispensing fine salt.
Claims6
A container comprising:
- a casing with at least an outer wall having at least one pouring opening;
- a pouring spout inserted in the pouring opening, the spout being movable between a retracted, closed position and an extracted position for pouring a certain quantity of a product in granule, powder or flake form, contained inside the casing;
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- the casing comprising an inner wall, juxtaposed to the outer wall, wherein an inner wall forms a cutout at least partially aligned with the pouring opening, whereby a first part of the pouring opening is occluded by a portion of the inner wall, and a second part of the pouring opening, complementary to the first part, creates with the cutout a single passage for pouring the contents of the casing,
- wherein the casing is formed by bending a single shaped sheet which forms in a single piece all the walls or flaps of the casing;
- wherein the pouring opening is formed by a cut made in a first peripheral flap of the shaped sheet,
- and wherein the shaped sheet has a second peripheral flap located on its side or end opposite to the side having the first peripheral flap, wherein the cutout is formed in the second peripheral flap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.