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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1990
Kenneth P Glynn, Raritan Township, Hunterdon County, NJ (US);
Charles Goldstein, Ramapo Township, Rockland County, NY (US);
Delta Dispensing, Inc., Flemington, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention involves a container having a metered dispensing unit at its outlet, which can simply be opened and poured with assured metered dispensing. The container dispensing unit has a loading chamber, a loading chamber fill port, a dispensing chamber, a dispensing chamber outlet port and a connecting orifice. The loading chamber is located at least partly adjacent to the dispensing chamber. The loading chamber fill port is located at an upper portion of the loading chamber such that when the loading chamber is tipped for pouring, liquid in the container may fill the loading chamber. The connecting orifice connects a lower portion of the loading chamber with a lower portion of the dispensing chamber. The dispensing chamber is connected to the container main body for liquid flow thereto from the container only via the loading chamber. The dispensing chamber outlet port is located at the top of both the dispensing chamber and the dispensing unit. The dispensing unit also includes a closable valve located in the connecting orifice of the inner rim, a biasing device maintaining the valve in a closed position while being capable of moving the valve to an open position by downward force. The dispensing unit further includes a cap located at the top of the container and a mechanism connectively related to the cap so as to apply downward force on the valve and biasing device when the cap is closed, so as to open the valve when the cap is closed, and so as to remove the downward force on the valve when the cap is open.