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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher H Lowe, Forrestfield, Furnace Green, Crawley, Sussex, GB;
Nicholas J Allen, Highgate, London N6, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222189 ; 99295 ; 99323 ; 206-05 ; 426 77 ; 426 85 ;
Abstract
A dispensing device for a soluble granular material is disclosed, which device comprises a tube formed of a liquid-impermeable material and of unitary construction, the tube being closed at both ends and having perforations along a portion of its length at or close to one end, and containing a soluble granular material. Preferably the lower end of the tube has a flattened, paddle-like portion, and the perforations are arranged linearly along opposite sides of the tube aligned with the edges of this flattened portion.