Dispensing cap and related hinge

US5632417A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Edward S. Robbins, III · US

Inventors

• Edward S. Robbins, III · Muscle Shoals, US
• Gregory S. Burcham · Spruce Pine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 1995
• Grant date: May 27, 1997
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/00055
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A measuring/dispensing cap adapted for attachment to an open, upper end of a container, the cap including a lid and a peripheral skirt extending downwardly from the lid, the lid pivotally secured to the skirt; a sifter panel integral with the skirt and separating the skirt into upper and lower sections, the upper section including a measuring chamber and the lower section including a screw thread for attaching the cap to the open upper end of the container. The sifter panel is formed to provide a flow opening on one side of a horizontal centerline extending across the cap, the flow opening defined in part by a first edge extending parallel to and spaced from the horizontal centerline. A rotatable weir dam panel overlies the sifter panel, the weir dam panel having a second edge which may be aligned with the first edge to enable substantially free flow of container contents through the flow opening. The lid is pivotally secured to an upper edge of the peripheral skirt by an integral hinge having a center tab and a pair of hoops laterally spaced from opposite sides of the center tab.