Integrated dispenser
US7032787B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F11/18
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A dispenser for powdered, granular or related fluent materials. The dispenser includes a reservoir and an actuation mechanism that together define a housing, or enclosure. The reservoir sealingly contains a fluent material such that the contents are not easily contaminated or tampered with. User-imparted relative movement between cooperating parts of the actuation mechanism and reservoir enables a predetermined and repeatable quantity of the fluent contents to be discharged from the dispenser and onto a desired area, such as a food product. The dispenser is configured as a disposable device such that, after depletion of the fluent material contents arising out of a multiplicity of uses, it can be thrown away.
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