Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
  • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
  • B65D5/72—Contents-dispensing means
  • B65D5/74—Spouts
  • B65D5/746—Spouts formed separately from the container
  • B65D5/747—Spouts formed separately from the container with means for piercing or cutting the container wall or a membrane connected to said wall
  • B65D5/748—Spouts formed separately from the container with means for piercing or cutting the container wall or a membrane connected to said wall a major part of the container wall or membrane being left inside the container after the opening

Definitions

• the present invention relates to pouring devices for containers and more
• a general object of the present invention is to provide an automatically
• An additional object of the present invention is to provide an
• Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic
• a further object of the present invention is to provide an easy opening
• Still another object of the present invention is to provide a pour spout
• Still another object of the present invention is to provide a pouring spout
• frangibly attached indicator to indicate prior opening of the spout.
• the tamper indicating band is
• pour spout fitment of the present invention opening pour spout fitment of the present invention.
• the present invention contains a spiral cam depending from the top wall of the
• pour spout fitment of the present invention described herein.
• Figure 1 is a side cutaway view of the pouring spout fitment
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of the pouring spout fitment of Figure 1
• Figure 3 is a bottom perspective view of the closure shown in Figure 1 ;
• Figure 4 is a bottom view of the closure shown in Figure 1 ;
• Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the fitment of Figure 1 with the
• Figure 6 is a side-sectional view of the fitment shown in Figure 1 with a
• Figure 7 is a top view of an alternative embodiment for the present
• Figure 8 is a side-sec tional view of the alternative embodiment for the
• Figure 9 is a side-sectional view of the pouring spout fitment shown in
• Figure 10 is a side-sectional view of the pouring spout fitment of Figure
• Figure 11 is a sectional view of the pouring spout fitment of Figure 7 in
• a threaded cap 20 which threadably engages a fitment
• flap 42 of the fitment 40 is found a weakened portion of the container sidewall
• the fitment 40 is comprised of base portion 49, flap 42 and upwardly
• opening of the cap 20 causes first downard pressure to achieve
• cam follower 24 contacts the vertical edge or back surface 45c of
• the spiral cam 24 passes over the tip portion 45c
• the fitment is comprised
• base 49 which provides an affixation point for the fitment to the container.
• the base portion 49 may overlay the exterior of the container, may be
• the fitment 40 may be of rectangular shape
• sidewall 46 extends upward from the base portion 49 and forms a pouring zone
• the fitment is additionally comprised of a plurality of
• the fitment 40 further contains at least one helical
• the flap 42 is hingedly connected to the
• Hinge 39 is defined as a weakened area of the base
• the flap further contains a cam follower 44 which, as is seen in
• the cam follower 44 in this embodiment is shown as being perpendicular
• the flap 42 of the fitment 40 may generally be about 20mm in diameter
• cam follower 44 as described above, is shown as being
• the cam follower 44 may
• Hinge line 39 allows the flap to move
• the cap 20 is generally comprised of a top wall 22,
• the spiral cam 24 which provides the downward force on flap 42 of the fitment 40.
• the cam 24 has center post 28 which, as can
• the cam 24 spirals in a clockwise fashion from the center post and
• cam follower 44 found on flap 42. As previously mentioned, the cam follower
• the spiral design of the cam 24 allows the cam to exert downward thrust
• spiral cam 24 and cam follower 44 provide a means to provide a
• cam 24 having depending driving edge 23 acts to drive the cam follower 44
• the cap 20 is further comprised of a tamper
• the tamper indicating band is provided with a plurality of
• the notches 42 of the cap receive notch members 41 and
• cam 24 is shown passing
• the hinge 39 is provided along a
• Figure 6 may be weakened sufficiently that it is less than one half the thickness of the remaining portion of the flap 42 but alternative formations of an
• the fitment 100 is provided with a stay open feature so that
• FIG. 7 shown in Figure 7 is comprised of a shoulder 50 which extends across the flap
• Figure 8 extends upward from the flap and rotates forward and downward
• stop members 52 and 53 which extend inwardly from the annular sidewall 46
• Stop members 52 and 53 as are seen in Figure 7, thereby engage the shoulder 50 after it has rotated downward and, once the shoulder 50
• the force concentrating member 54 is designed so that a slightly sha ⁇ ened portion may extend downward from the flap and provide
• member 54 as is shown in Figure 8 is slightly trapezoidal in shape but may
• member 54 extends downward from the flap and, is shown in Figure 9 does not
• the flap 42 is in a slightly raised position allowing the
• the hinge 39 of the fitment 100 allows the flap 42 to
• cam follower 44 along the vertical surface 45c providing a horizontal force to
• concentrating member may be slightly above the weakened portion of the container side wall.
• shoulder 50 may contact stop member 52 and 53 and pass
• cam follower 44 While one embodiment of a cam follower 44 shown in the Figures is
• present invention which depends from top wall 22, may be varied so as to

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