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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1987
Morris Braun, Chicago, IL (US);
W. Braun Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A hinge assembly for an articulated, multi-component closure for a dispensing container. The closure includes a generally cylindrical sleeve embracing a neck of the container and secured in place. The sleeve is bridged by a transversely-extending top wall formed with a through port for dispensing the contents of the container. A cap of the closure, which is hingedly mounted on the body of the closure, carries a downwardly-projecting plug for entry into to seal the dispensing port. The hinge assembly intercouples the body of the closure or the sleeve with the lid or cap and includes cap-carried hinge shaft elements seated in cooperating slots or openings formed in the sleeve body and defining a pivot axis extending in a plane paralleling the top wall of the sleeve but displaced downwardly therefrom. The sleeve body, which may be either circular or non-circular in transverse section, is provided with cut-away wall portions for accommodating the pivoting of downwardly-extending struts which secure the cap to the hinge shaft. The closure is characterized in that no portion of the hinge assembly extends beyond the diametric limits of the closure sleeve. The structure described facilitates the use of automatic capping machinery. In one embodiment of the invention, the closure and dispensing assembly includes an adapter or reducer to reduce the diameter of the mouth of the container.