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Dispensing cap

  • US 4,523,694 A
  • Filed: 12/16/1983
  • Issued: 06/18/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A dispensing cap for a container to enable a single item to be dispensed from the container, said dispensing cap comprising an inner cap adapted to be non-rotatably connected to the container, an outer cap rotatably associated with the inner cap and container, a rotor positioned between the inner cap and outer cap and rotatable in relation to each of the caps and the container, said inner cap including a discharge port, said outer cap including a discharge port, said rotor including a chamber movable between positions in alignment with and misalignment with the ports in the inner and outer caps with the chamber in the rotor being of a size to receive only a single item to be discharged, and means interconnecting the inner cap, rotor and outer cap to rotate the rotor in response to rotational movement of the outer cap with the rotating movement of the rotor being at a different speed than the rotating movement of the outer cap for moving the rotor from a position with its chamber in alignment with the port in the inner cap to a position in alignment with the port in the outer cap upon rotational movement of the outer cap through a predetermined arc.

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