The Procter Gamble Company

Michael J Crowley

Arthur H Dornbusch

Paul J Green

A dispensing container for solid stick-type products is described which is adapted to be bottom filled with molten solid stick-type product while in a completely assembled condition. The dispensing container includes a substantially tubular container body having an open upper end and a base member with an aperture formed therethrough mounted in its lower end. A cup-shaped closure cap telescopes over the upper end of the dispensing container. A threaded follower having an at least partially open skeletal structure adapted to permit axial flow of molten solid-stick product therethrough during filling operations is slidably and non-rotatably disposed within the container body for axial movement therewithin. Means are provided to manually vary the axial position of the follower within the container body, with those varying means including an externally threaded screw stem having cooperative engagement with the follower, rotating means disposed on the lower exterior of the container body and extending into the container body through the aperture formed in the base member, and skeletal structured mounting means attaching the screw stem to the rotating means thereby permitting axial flow of molten solid-stick product therethrough during filling operations. The rotating means is also formed with a bore providing fluid communication from the exterior to the interior of the container body. The fully assembled dispensing container can be bottom filled with molten product and requires no further assembly or closure thereafter.

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Maineville, OH, United States of America

Michael J Crowley