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Container, especially a disposable container for beverage concentrates, with a preferably magnetically-actuated reusable measurer attached to the opening of the container

  • US 4,496,078 A
  • Filed: 09/04/1981
  • Issued: 01/29/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Container mounting and metered dispensing assembly for beverage concentrates, comprising a container having an opening formed therein, a seal including a carrier disposed in said opening and a sealing membrane also disposed in said opening and, together with said carrier, sealing said opening of said container, a reusable measuring device disposed coaxially with said carrier and having an end section for attachment to said container at said opening, at least one tab projecting from said end section for punching through said seal, and at least one barbed hook disposed on said at least one tab and being solidly snappable onto said carrier when attaching said measuring device to said container at said opening, said measuring device being detachable from said container, after being attached to said container, exclusively by destructively ripping said carrier from said opening, said seal having a rim formed thereon, said barbed hook having a notch formed therein, and said carrier being in the shape of a star having a centrally-disposed solid plate snappable into said notch and having ridges extending substantially radially from said plate to said rim.

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