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Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc.

Duncan M Toll

Richard A Gross

Timothy R Socier

Daniel G Schantz

Julie M Grissmeyer

Fred H Martin

A dispensing system is provided for two, constituent, fluent materials which are stored separately and then combined in a dispensing process to form a combination product. The dispensing system includes a container having at least two interior storage chambers, and each chamber has a separate discharge opening. Associated with each discharge opening is a separate, flexible valve. Each valve has an initially closed dispensing orifice which opens in response to a differential between the pressure acting against the side of the closed valve facing toward the associated discharge opening and the pressure acting against the side of the closed valve facing away from the associated discharge opening. In a preferred embodiment, a top is provided downstream of the valve. The top is movable between (1) a close position to occlude a dispensing flow path downstream of the valves, and (2) an open position which permits flow to be discharged from the system.

Package with multiple chambers and valves

The present invention relates to an improved gravity dispenser for dispensing, inter alia, a concentrate to be mixed with a diluent. The present invention includes a feature for reducing spray caused by closing of a flow control valve. A projection or ridge on a surface of one of the parts of the flow control valve, which projection or ridge can include bevelling or chamfering, sweeps across the area above the dispensing orifice, thereby directing a fluid shock wave away from the dispensing orifice. As a result, the fluid shock wave does not reach the dispensing orifice, thereby reducing or eliminating potential spray through the dispensing orifice.

Gravity dispenser with improved shut-off feature

Carbonated liquid under pressure is conducted to a point which is at a pressure close to atmospheric pressure without excessive loss of carbonation over a helical flow path formed from a tubular member having an inner circumference and a helical insert having a threaded portion disposed within the tubular member with the threaded portion and the inner circumference together defining the helical flow path. The helical insert has an upstream end formed with a pointed nose adjacent one end of the threaded portion and a downstream end formed as a flat tail adjacent the other end of the threaded portion. The helical flow path has a predetermined length and essentially constant cross section which tends to reduce the pressure of the solution without excessive loss of carbonation.

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Wilton, CT, United States of America

Duncan M Toll