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US3186606A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Punch-out pouring spout closure

Assignee: Dover Molded Products Co
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Filing: 1963-01-21
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Granted: 1965-06-01
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Expires: 1983-01-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert J Williams

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 04:20
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D47/00; B65D47/04; B65D47/06; B65D47/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 169 words
A COMBINATION CLOSURE CAP AND LIQUID DISPENSER FOR USE WITH A SQUEEZE BOTTLE COMPRISING A UNITARY MOLDED CAP HAVING A CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL PORTION AND A CIRCULAR DISC-LIKE TOP PORTION AT ONE END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION; RECEPTACLE-ENGAGING MEANS ON THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION, AND RECEPTACLE-SEALING MEANS ADJACENT THE TOP PORTION; A SHALLOW POURING SPOUT EXTENDING SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID TOP PORTION, AND PROVIDING A SHORT DISPENSING PASSAGE THE INNER WALL OF WHICH FLARES OUTWARDLY BY AT LEAST THIRTY DEGREES FROM THE AXIAL LINE OF THE CAP; A THIN RUPTURABLE DIAPHRAGM CLOSING THE SMALLER END OF SAID OUTWARDLY FLARING PASSAGE, SAID DIAPHRAGM HAVING AT LEAST TWO INTERCEPTING WEAKENED LINEAR PORTIONS TO FACILITATE RUPTURING OF THE DIAPHRAGM, WHEREBY FLUID IS DISPENSED IN A COHERENT STREAM FROM THE DISPENSING PASSAGE, THERE BEING SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BEHIND THE DIAPHRAGM SO THAT RUPTURED PORTIONS THEREOF CAN BE STRESSED BEYOND THEIR ELASTIC LIMIT, WHREBY SUCH PORTIONS ARE BENT INWARDLY AND REMAIN BENT TO PROVIDE A PASSAGE FOR LIQUID FLOW.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 169 words
A COMBINATION CLOSURE CAP AND LIQUID DISPENSER FOR USE WITH A SQUEEZE BOTTLE COMPRISING A UNITARY MOLDED CAP HAVING A CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL PORTION AND A CIRCULAR DISC-LIKE TOP PORTION AT ONE END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION; RECEPTACLE-ENGAGING MEANS ON THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION, AND RECEPTACLE-SEALING MEANS ADJACENT THE TOP PORTION; A SHALLOW POURING SPOUT EXTENDING SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID TOP PORTION, AND PROVIDING A SHORT DISPENSING PASSAGE THE INNER WALL OF WHICH FLARES OUTWARDLY BY AT LEAST THIRTY DEGREES FROM THE AXIAL LINE OF THE CAP; A THIN RUPTURABLE DIAPHRAGM CLOSING THE SMALLER END OF SAID OUTWARDLY FLARING PASSAGE, SAID DIAPHRAGM HAVING AT LEAST TWO INTERCEPTING WEAKENED LINEAR PORTIONS TO FACILITATE RUPTURING OF THE DIAPHRAGM, WHEREBY FLUID IS DISPENSED IN A COHERENT STREAM FROM THE DISPENSING PASSAGE, THERE BEING SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BEHIND THE DIAPHRAGM SO THAT RUPTURED PORTIONS THEREOF CAN BE STRESSED BEYOND THEIR ELASTIC LIMIT, WHREBY SUCH PORTIONS ARE BENT INWARDLY AND REMAIN BENT TO PROVIDE A PASSAGE FOR LIQUID FLOW.

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