Product dispensing head and packaging with variable flow
US7017785B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D83/20
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A package for dispensing a product and a dispensing head for such a package are provided. In an illustrated form, the dispensing head has an axis X, designed to actuate a dispensing element mounted on a receptacle to dispense a product contained in the receptacle. A dispensing conduit is capable of communicating with the product inside the receptacle and has at least two passages of different cross-sections. In a preferred form, the conduit is molded as a single piece with the arrangement attaching the head to the receptacle integral therewith via a deformable connection. An actuator arrangement is provided to actuate the dispensing element and to cause the conduit to communicate with the inside of the receptacle, with a dispensing orifice formed at the extremity of a channel preferably having a length greater than the diameter of the dispensing orifice. The actuating arrangement is movable relative to the conduit between at least two positions, a first position in which the dispensing orifice communicates with one of the passages, and a second position in which the dispensing orifice communicates with the other passage.
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