Spreader Apparatus, For Use With Dispensers

• US 20070025807A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mack-Ray Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mack-Ray Incorporated
• Inventors: Liberatore, Raymond
• Application Number:
  US11/536,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20070025807A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 401/266
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/00506 Means for connecting the outlet element to, or for disconnecting it from, the hand tool or its container
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/00516 Shape or geometry of the outlet orifice or the outlet element
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/00583 the container for the material to be dispensed being deformable
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/42 Integral or attached nozzles or spouts
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/06 with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with slidable spouts B65D47/26
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/42 with pads or like contents-applying means contents-applying means associated to aerosol container nozzles B65D83/285; brushes combined or associated with containers A46B11/00; swabs for applying media to the human body from an integral supply A61F13/40
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/5872 Non-integral spouts
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0005 Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container B65D83/0072 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0011 moved by a screw-shaft
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/005 the piston or movable bottom being pulled upwards to dispense the contents
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0072 the contents of a flexible bag being expelled by a piston or a movable bottom or partition provided in the container or the package

Abstract

An apparatus for use with an edible food dispenser has a nozzle, a spreader surface associated with the nozzle, and a cap for entirely covering the nozzle.

Claims

1. A nozzle for attachment to a dispenser for dispensing material, the nozzle comprising:

a) a fitting at a first end to facilitate attachment to the dispenser;

b) an outlet at a second end opposite the first end through which material is dispensed; and

c) a peripheral outer surface defined along a longitudinal axis between the fitting and the outlet and further comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper and lower surfaces each further comprising a first region of first curvature adjacent the fitting and a second region of second curvature adjacent the outlet;

d) wherein the first curvature is greater than the second curvature relative to the longitudinal axis; and

e) wherein the second region is generally elongated and the second curvature is generally parallel relative to the longitudinal axis.

2. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the first region defines a convex curvature relative to the longitudinal axis that tapers toward the second region.

3. The nozzle of claim 2, wherein the second region only slightly tapers toward the outlet.

4. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the first region is longer along the longitudinal axis than the second region.

5. The nozzle of claim 4, wherein the first region is only slightly longer along the longitudinal axis than the second region.

6. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the peripheral outer surface is rounded adjacent the outlet to function as a spreader.

7. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the fitting is a threaded fitting.

8. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the outlet has a width and a height and the width is greater than the height.

9. The nozzle of claim 8, wherein the width is substantially greater than the height.

10. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the nozzle is flexible.

11. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the nozzle is stiff.

12. A dispenser for dispensing material comprising:

a) a container for containing the material and a nozzle attached to the container;

b) the nozzle further comprising a fitting at a first end to facilitate attachment to the container and an outlet at a second end opposite the first end through which material is dispensed;

c) the nozzle further comprising a peripheral outer surface defined along a longitudinal axis between the fitting and the outlet and further comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper and lower surfaces each further comprising a first region of first curvature adjacent the fitting and a second region of second curvature adjacent the outlet;

d) wherein the first curvature is greater than the second curvature relative to the longitudinal axis; and

e) wherein the second region is generally elongated and the second curvature is generally parallel relative to the longitudinal axis.

13. The dispenser of claim 12, wherein the first region defines a convex curvature relative to the longitudinal axis that tapers toward the second region.

14. The dispenser of claim 12, wherein the first region is longer along the longitudinal axis than the second region.

15. The dispenser of claim 14, wherein the first region is only slightly longer along the longitudinal axis than the second region.

16. The dispenser of claim 12, wherein the peripheral outer surface is rounded adjacent the outlet to function as a spreader.

17. The dispenser of claim 12, wherein the fitting is a threaded fitting.

18. The dispenser of claim 12, wherein the outlet has a width and a height and the width is substantially greater than the height.

19. The dispenser of claim 12, wherein the nozzle is flexible.

20. The dispenser of claim 12, wherein the nozzle is stiff.