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Device for dispensing flowable material

  • US 5,941,380 A
  • Filed: 01/10/1998
  • Issued: 08/24/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for dispensing a flowable material into any receptacle randomly selected from a predefined group of receptacles, whose neck and mouth sizes, and shapes, may differ comprising:

  • a body, said body defining a storage compartment able to hold the flowable material;

    an aperture in communication with said storage compartment and through which the flowable material can flow from said storage compartment;

    a generally tubular wall protruding from said body, said tubular wall defining said aperture, and said tubular wall'"'"'s radius smaller than the radius of the smallest receptacle mouth in the predefined group;

    a generally flat area surrounding said tubular wall on the surface of said body;

    a generally cylindrical barrier protruding from said flat area and encircling said tubular wall, said cylindrical barrier'"'"'s center at the approximate center of said aperture, and said cylindrical barrier'"'"'s radius greater than the radius of the largest receptacle neck in the predefined group;

    a generally cylindrical receiving groove formed by said cylindrical barrier, said flat area, and said tubular wall for engaging said device onto the upper end of the neck, and against the mouth, of the receptacle to insert said tubular wall into the mouth of the receptacle to connect said storage compartment to the interior of the receptacle;

    a rupturable covering over the exposed open end of said tubular wall to cover said aperture to restrain flowable material within the confines of said storage compartment; and

    said rupturable covering attached to said cylindrical barrier to compel the neck and mouth of the receptacle to contact and to rupture said rupturable covering when said receiving groove is urged onto the receptacle neck thereby allowing the flowable material to flow from said storage compartment into the engaged receptacle.

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