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Spice jar and associated dispenser cap

  • US 5,465,871 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1994
  • Issued: 11/14/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A measuring/dispensing jar comprising a container body having a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall and terminating at an upper open end defined by a rim;

  • said upper open end including first means for receiving a cap; and

    a measuring/dispensing cap including a substantially planar top wall having at least one dispensing door pivotally mounted by an integral hinge within said top wall and including a free edge at the periphery of the top wall, a peripheral depending skirt extending downwardly from said top wall, said peripheral skirt being divided into upper and lower portions, said lower portion including second means cooperable with said first means for removably securing the measuring/dispensing cap on the upper open end of the container body;

    a substantially parallel partition disk having at least one dispensing aperture therein, said dispensing aperture defined in part by a straight edge lying in the plane of said disk, said partition disk located between said upper and lower portions of said skirt to thereby form in combination with said top wall and said upper portion of said peripheral skirt one unobstructed, substantially cylindrical volumetric space for receiving contents from said container body, and wherein said straight edge of said dispensing aperture and said free edge of said dispensing door are located on opposite sides of a horizontal center line through the cap in a direction parallel to said integral hinge, thereby enabling container contents to be transferred to said volumetric space and to be subsequently discharged from said dispensing door without additional container contents spilling into said volumetric space; and

    wherein volumetric indicators are provided on said cap and located and arranged to permit a user to determine an exact amount of container contents transferred to said volumetric space while said container body is in a horizontal orientation.

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