Dispensing closure for spreadable product

• US 6,688,501 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2002
• Issued: 02/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seaquist Closures LLC (AptarGroup Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Seaquist Closures Limited (AptarGroup Incorporated)
• Inventors: Blomdahl, Cori M., Pozgay, David S., DeGroot, Susan
• Primary Examiner(s): Kaufman, Joseph A.
• Application Number:
  US10/115,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20020104855A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 222/212, 222/546, 222/556, 222/563, 222/575
• US Class Current: 222/556
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/0804 integrally formed with the base element provided with the spout or discharge passage

Abstract

An improved dispensing closure system for dispensing a product from a container includes an elongate or oblong dispensing orifice for dispensing a ribbon of product. The dispensing closure system also includes a spout having a dispensing orifice that is oriented at an angle relative to the closure deck and relative to the flow direction of product from the orifice. The closure system provides for an abrupt “cut-off” of product and thus provides for the dispensing of product in a clean and controlled manner without mess. The closure system also incorporates conical geometries in transition surfaces extending from the container opening to the dispensing orifice. The conical geometries of the transition surfaces provides for a smooth transition of product flow from the container opening to the dispensing orifice, while minimizing the volume defined by the closure system spout and thereby providing increased “suck-back” and an abrupt “cut-off” of product compared to prior art devices.

Claims

1. A dispensing closure system for dispensing a ribbon of product from a container, the closure system comprising:

a body having a deck and a skirt extending from the deck for engaging the container, said deck extending substantially in a plane, said body having a recessed annular shoulder around the deck;

a spout extending from the deck and including a dispensing orifice peripheral surface defining an oblong dispensing orifice, the spout including a long back spout wall and a long front spout wall with said back and front spout walls extending substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the plane of the deck; and

a closure lid secured to the closure body for selective pivoting about an axis substantially parallel to said deck plane and substantially parallel to said back and front spout walls, said closure lid having an orifice sealing member engageable about said back and front spout walls with said sealing member comprising an oblong wall which is substantially orthogonal to the plane of the deck when engaged with the front and back spout walls when the lid is closed, said lid having a lid skirt receivable on said shoulder when the closure lid is closed, said shoulder cooperating with said lid skirt to position said closure lid and orifice sealing member relative to said body and said spout when said lid is closed.

2. The dispensing closure system of claim 1, further comprising a curved wall connecting said deck to said back and front spout walls, wherein said sealing member oblong wall overlaps said back and front spout walls when said lid is closed.