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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2013
David S. Smith America, Inc., Lester Prairie, MN (US);
James L. Richards, Dassel, MN (US);
Loren L. Brelje, Glencoe, MN (US);
David S. Smith America, Inc., Lester Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a dispenser for attachment to a liquid container may include one or more of the following features: (a) a tubular valve body of a generally hollow form having a liquid outlet port on one end of the valve body capable of coupling to the liquid container, the valve body further including an air vent opening and a liquid vent opening located on an opposite side of the valve body, (b) an integral lid with the valve body slidingly disposed on the opposite side of the valve body and coupled to be moved between a liquid blocking and a liquid dispensing position, and (c) a liquid seal coupled to the integral lid capable of positioning within a liquid vent opening and an air seal coupled to the integral lid capable of positioning within an air vent opening.