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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Silgan Dispensing Systems Slatersville Llc, Slatersville, RI (US);
Clifford W. Skillin, Blackstone, MA (US);
Patrick J. Brannon, Warwick, RI (US);
Sergey Romanov, Cranston, RI (US);
Gordana K. Giguere, North Smithfield, RI (US);
Vincent J. DeSanto, Lincoln, RI (US);
Silgan Dispensing Systems Slatersville LLC, Slatersville, RI (US);
Abstract
A squirt dispensing closure () for liquid drink flavor concentrate includes a closure body (), a hinged cap (), and a flow baffle (). The closure body has a closure deck () and a tubular dispensing spout () having a lower portion () extending downwardly to provide a flow conduit () from the interior of the closure body. The flow baffle () includes a bottom wall (), and a side wall () which is snap mounted over the lower portion of the dispensing spout (). A fluid well () is formed in the bottom wall () and a fluid opening () is formed on a peripheral edge of the bottom wall. An arcuate baffling wall () extends upwardly from the bottom wall () adjacent the fluid opening (), forming a restricted flow gap () from the fluid opening into an interior of the flow baffle (). A baffling post () extends upwardly from within the fluid well) into the flow conduit () to form a restricted annular flow passage () therebetween.