Patent · US Expired

Tube type container with plural flow controller

US5102013A · kind A · utility

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11References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 10, 1990
Grant dateApr 7, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D35/242
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tube for dispensing a paste bead comprising a principal paste and a central thread of a second or secondary paste. The tube comprises a skirt portion, a neck portion having an opening serving as a dispensing orifice and a shouder portion joining the skirt and neck portions. The tube further comprises a distributing member comprising a cover portion disposed between the interior of the neck portion and the interior of the skirt portion, and fixed to the interior of the shoulder portion. This distributing member comprises a plurality of longitudinal, generally tubular passages opening into the interior of the skirt portion and into the interior of the neck portion through the cover portion, the tubular passages being separated by at least one gap which is open to the interior of the tube and open to the neck portion through at least one central aperture in the cover portion. The dispensing orifice is located at least 1.5 mm from the central aperture and has a cross-section smaller than 0.8 times the sum of the cross-sections of the tubular passages and the central aperture.

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