Pourer

• US 9,061,802 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2013
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guala Closures S.P.A.
• Original Assignee: Guala Closures S.P.A.
• Inventors: Viale, Luca, Giovannini, Marco
• Primary Examiner(s): Durand, Paul R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carroll, Jeremy W
• Application Number:
  US13/903,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20130320048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• Field of Search: 222/482, 222484-486, 222566-568
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2401/25 Non-metallic tear-off strips
• 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 47/123 with internal parts

Abstract

A pourer comprises a pouring body and members for liquid interception disposed inside the pouring body to form a first pouring orifice and a second pouring orifice, which define first and second pouring areas respectively, wherein the first pouring area is larger than the second pouring area. The members for liquid interception include a first wall and a second wall arranged in offset positions in the longitudinal direction and projecting into the pouring body from the inner surface of the pouring body.

Claims

1. A pourer for a container having a neck and a mouth, said pourer comprising:

a pouring body extending in a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end, said first end being located below said second end in said longitudinal direction,

members for liquid interception arranged in said pouring body to define a first pouring orifice and a second pouring orifice,

wherein;

said first and second pouring orifices have first and second pouring areas respectively,

said first pouring area is greater than said second pouring area,

said members for liquid interception include a first wall and a second wall arranged in offset positions in said longitudinal direction and projecting into said pouring body from an inner surface of the pouring body,

wherein said members for liquid interception include two wings for intercepting the outflow of liquid toward said first pouring orifice

said first wall is located below said second wall in said longitudinal direction,

said second wall has an edge,

said second wall extends inside said pouring body from a first portion of the inner surface to said edge,

said edge forms with a second portion of the inner surface of said pouring body said first pouring orifice,

said second pouring orifice is defined by a hole formed in said second wall.

2. A pourer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second walls are arranged in misaligned positions in the longitudinal direction.

3. A pourer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second wall is shaped as a half-circle, said half-circle comprising a semicircular portion and a diametrical portion, said semicircular portion being joined to said first portion of the inner surface of the pouring body, said diametrical portion defining said edge of the second wall.

4. A pourer as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said first wall extends inside said pouring body to an edge,

said edge of the first wall forms with the inner surface of the pouring body a passageway for the flow of liquid from the container to said second wall.

5. A pourer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second pouring orifice is formed in a portion of the second wall located near the inner surface of the pouring body.

6. A pourer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said members for liquid interception include a stem extending in the longitudinal direction between the first and the second walls and having a first end connected to the first wall and a second end connected to the second wall.

7. A pourer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said members for liquid interception include a tab for intercepting the flow of liquid toward the second pouring orifice, said tab being located below the second wall in substantially aligned relation to the second pouring orifice, in the longitudinal direction.

8. A pourer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second walls are arranged in misaligned positions in the longitudinal direction.