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Plastic container and corresponding metering element with a closure

US6547105B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 2002
Grant dateApr 15, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F11/082
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A plastic container having a storage chamber which graduates from a shoulder section into a bottle neck, in such a way that the length of the bottle neck can be changed about its axis. Thus, this invention provides a constriction between the shoulder section and a pour-out area. The constriction is adjacent the shoulder section and is followed by an area which can be axially compressed. The constriction can serve as a sealing area. Liquid, free-flowing and pourable media can be discharged in doses using a metering element which is fixed to the top of the bottle neck and which penetrates the constriction. By exerting pressure on the metering element, it is possible to establish an open or closed connection between the metering element and the storage chamber of the plastic container.

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