US3235147A
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Dual-outlet container closure
Assignee: Standard Oil Co
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Filing: 1963-07-30
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Granted: 1966-02-15
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Expires: 1983-07-30
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 John E Hamilton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 05:16
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D47/00; B65D47/04; B65D47/06; B65D47/18; B65D47/12; B65D47/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
304 words
A DUAL-OUTLET DISPENSING CLOSURE OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED IN A CONTAINER HAVING A CIRCULAR APERTURE THEREIN SURROUNDED BY AN ANNULAR OUTWARDLY EXTENDING LIP, SAID CLOSURE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: (A) A CLOSURE SPOUT FORMED OF A COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL AND HAVING A FIRST FLUID PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, A SHOULDER MEMBER EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SPOUT, A VERTICAL ANNULAR GROOVE ON THE UNDERNEATH SIDE OF SAID SHOULDER ENCIRCLING SAID SPOUT, A FRUSTRO-CONICAL SECTION DEPENDING FROM SAID SHOULDER MEMBER, THE DIAMETER OF SAID FRUSTO-CONICAL SECTION AS ITS BAASE BEING SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID GROOVE, SAID SECTION EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID BASE, SAID SPOUT BEING ADAPTED TO BECOME INTEGRAL WITH SAID CONTAINER WHEN THE LIP OF SAID CONTAINER IS FORCED OVER THE FRUSTO-CONICAL SECTION INOT SAID GROOVE, SAID SPOUT FURTHER HAVING A MOUTH SECTION ADJACENT ITS UPPER END ABOVE SAID SHOULDER MEMBER, SAID MOUTH SECTION HAVING A FRUSTO-CONICAL FORM WITH A BASE SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE EXTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID SPOUT AND EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY TOWARD THE UPPER END OF SAID SPOUT, SAID MOUTH SECTION ENCIRCLING THE UPPER END OF SAID SPOUT; AND, (B) A COVE LID FLEXIBLY ATTACHED TO SAID SPOUT SAID LID HAVING AN ANNULAR INNER AND OUTE WALL DEPENDING THEREFROM SAID OUTER WALL HAVING AN INWARDLY EXTENDING ANNULAR FLANGE THEREON, SAID ANNULAR INNER WALL BEING OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN SAID OUTER WALL AND SPACED APART FROM SAID OUTER WALL TO FORM AN ANNULUS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE MOUTH SECTION OF SAID SPOUT TO FORM A SEAL WHEN THE OUTER WALL OF SAID LID IS SNAPPED OVER THE FRUSTRO-CONICAL MOUTH SECTION OF SAID SPOUT, SAID LID FURTHER HAVING A NOZZLE OF SMALL DIAMETER IN COMPARISON WITH SAID SPOUT, SAID NOZZLE EXTENDING FROM SAID LID AND SAID NOZZLE HAVING A FLUID PASSAGE THERETHROUGH TO PERMIT FLUID FLOW THROUGH SAID APERTURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
304 words
A DUAL-OUTLET DISPENSING CLOSURE OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED IN A CONTAINER HAVING A CIRCULAR APERTURE THEREIN SURROUNDED BY AN ANNULAR OUTWARDLY EXTENDING LIP, SAID CLOSURE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: (A) A CLOSURE SPOUT FORMED OF A COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL AND HAVING A FIRST FLUID PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, A SHOULDER MEMBER EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SPOUT, A VERTICAL ANNULAR GROOVE ON THE UNDERNEATH SIDE OF SAID SHOULDER ENCIRCLING SAID SPOUT, A FRUSTRO-CONICAL SECTION DEPENDING FROM SAID SHOULDER MEMBER, THE DIAMETER OF SAID FRUSTO-CONICAL SECTION AS ITS BAASE BEING SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID GROOVE, SAID SECTION EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID BASE, SAID SPOUT BEING ADAPTED TO BECOME INTEGRAL WITH SAID CONTAINER WHEN THE LIP OF SAID CONTAINER IS FORCED OVER THE FRUSTO-CONICAL SECTION INOT SAID GROOVE, SAID SPOUT FURTHER HAVING A MOUTH SECTION ADJACENT ITS UPPER END ABOVE SAID SHOULDER MEMBER, SAID MOUTH SECTION HAVING A FRUSTO-CONICAL FORM WITH A BASE SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE EXTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID SPOUT AND EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY TOWARD THE UPPER END OF SAID SPOUT, SAID MOUTH SECTION ENCIRCLING THE UPPER END OF SAID SPOUT; AND, (B) A COVE LID FLEXIBLY ATTACHED TO SAID SPOUT SAID LID HAVING AN ANNULAR INNER AND OUTE WALL DEPENDING THEREFROM SAID OUTER WALL HAVING AN INWARDLY EXTENDING ANNULAR FLANGE THEREON, SAID ANNULAR INNER WALL BEING OF SMALLER DIAMETER THAN SAID OUTER WALL AND SPACED APART FROM SAID OUTER WALL TO FORM AN ANNULUS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE MOUTH SECTION OF SAID SPOUT TO FORM A SEAL WHEN THE OUTER WALL OF SAID LID IS SNAPPED OVER THE FRUSTRO-CONICAL MOUTH SECTION OF SAID SPOUT, SAID LID FURTHER HAVING A NOZZLE OF SMALL DIAMETER IN COMPARISON WITH SAID SPOUT, SAID NOZZLE EXTENDING FROM SAID LID AND SAID NOZZLE HAVING A FLUID PASSAGE THERETHROUGH TO PERMIT FLUID FLOW THROUGH SAID APERTURE.
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