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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2002
Claude Benoit-Gonin, Odenas, FR;
Andre Orsaud, Montmirey le Chateau, FR;
Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation, Alsip, IL (US);
Abstract
A pourer spout for a composite package of the carton brick type, arranged to be located level with the opening zone of the latter. The pourer spout comprises a base ( ) fixed onto the container around the opening zone, and an articulated cover ( ), able to reclose the container after opening. A perforating piece ( ) is mounted pivotally on the base ( ), facing the opening zone, in order to be moved between an initial position in which it is situated entirely outside the container to a final position in which it is situated substantially inside the container. A striker ( ) is mounted pivotally on the base ( ) in order to push the perforating piece ( ) towards the inside of the container while perforating the wall of the latter and to more or less take the initial position of the perforating piece ( ), the striker ( ) in this last position acting as pourer.