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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a., Vevey, CH;
Joel Morend, Chatonnaye, CH;
Lin Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The invention concerns A container () for storing, metering and dispensing bulk material, the container comprising: —a tank () to store the bulk material, said tank comprising a close top end and an opened bottom end, and said tank presenting an essentially cylindrical shape, —a dispensing closure () to dispense the bulk material from the opened bottom end of the tank, said dispensing closure comprising: an inner rotatable member () with at least one aperture (), said inner rotatable member being rotatable around a longitudinal central axis (XX), and said inner rotatable member comprising central connecting means () designed to removably engage with a rotating shaft extending along the central axis (XX), an outer fixed member () with a central aperture () and at least one outlet aperture () therein, wherein the inner rotatable member () is configured for being selectively rotatable with respect to the outer fixed member () such that at least in one rotational position of the inner member, the at least one aperture () of the inner member overlaps with the at least one outlet aperture () of the outer fixed member for enabling the dispensing of the bulk material from the container, wherein the tank comprises at least one longitudinal straight rib () projecting inside the internal volume of the tank.