U.S. patent application number 13/598462 was filed with the patent office on 2013-02-28 for container with dispenser-supporting collar.
This patent application is currently assigned to BERRY PLASTICS CORPORATION. The applicant listed for this patent is W. Gordon Beecroft, Brett J. Kaufman, John Tauber. Invention is credited to W. Gordon Beecroft, Brett J. Kaufman, John Tauber.
Application Number | 20130048676 13/598462 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 47742168 |
Filed Date | 2013-02-28 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130048676 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Kaufman; Brett J. ; et
al. |
February 28, 2013 |
CONTAINER WITH DISPENSER-SUPPORTING COLLAR
Abstract
A container includes a bottle and a bottle closure. The bottle
closure is configured to close a mouth opening into an interior
region in the bottle. Glue is used to retain a portion of the
bottle closure in a fixed position on the bottle.
Inventors: |
Kaufman; Brett J.;
(Newburgh, IN) ; Tauber; John; (Bel Air, MD)
; Beecroft; W. Gordon; (Leola, PA) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Kaufman; Brett J.
Tauber; John
Beecroft; W. Gordon |
Newburgh
Bel Air
Leola |
IN
MD
PA |
US
US
US |
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Assignee: |
BERRY PLASTICS CORPORATION
Evansville
IN
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Family ID: |
47742168 |
Appl. No.: |
13/598462 |
Filed: |
August 29, 2012 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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61528590 |
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
222/153.09 ;
215/228; 222/394; 222/566 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B05B 11/3047 20130101;
B05B 11/0037 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
222/153.09 ;
215/228; 222/394; 222/566 |
International
Class: |
B65D 47/00 20060101
B65D047/00; B65D 51/00 20060101 B65D051/00 |
Claims
1. A container comprising a bottle including a body formed to
include an interior fluid-storage region and a filler neck formed
to include a neck passageway opening into the interior
fluid-storage region and a bottle closure including a
dispenser-support collar coupled to the filler neck of the bottle
and a fluid dispenser coupled to the dispenser-support collar and
arranged to extend through the neck passageway to communicate with
the interior fluid-storage region formed in the bottle, wherein a
radially outwardly facing cylindrical outer wall included in the
filler neck cooperates with a radially inwardly facing cylindrical
inner wall included in the dispenser-support collar to form an
annular glue channel therebetween and wherein the dispenser-support
collar includes a downwardly facing annular well wall arranged to
surround the filler neck and lie in spaced-apart confronting
relation to an upwardly facing annular surface included in the
bottle to form a downwardly opening annular glue overflow well
configured to provide means in the dispenser-support collar for
receiving excess glue flowing out of the annular glue channel in a
downward direction toward the body of the bottle and allowing such
excess glue to flow in a radially outward direction away from the
filler neck into the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well
before the glue that is present in the annular glue channel sets up
and bonds to each of the filler neck and the dispenser-support
collar to retain the dispenser-support collar in a stationary
position on the filler neck.
2. The container of claim 1, wherein the downwardly facing annular
well wall formed in the dispenser-support collar has a concave
surface facing toward and mating with the excess glue that is
present in the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well.
3. The container of claim 2, wherein the downwardly opening annular
glue overflow well has a volume that is greater than a volume of
excess glue that is admitted into the downwardly opening annular
glue overflow well during movement of the dispenser-support collar
in the downward direction relative to the filler neck to cause glue
present in the annular glue channel to flow in the downward
direction.
4. The container of claim 2, wherein a radially outer portion of
the concave surface of the downwardly facing annular well wall
faces toward the radially outwardly facing cylindrical wall of the
filler neck.
5. The container of claim 4, wherein excess glue that is present in
the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well mates with a
radially inner portion of the concave surface that is located
between the filler neck and the radially outer portion of the
concave surface without mating with the radially outer portion of
the concave surface.
6. The container of claim 2, wherein the filler neck includes a
cylindrical outer wall having an upper portion positioned to lie in
confronting relation to the outer sleeve and a lower portion
arranged to interconnect the body and the upper portion, the bottle
also includes an external thread coupled to the lower portion of
the filler neck and arranged to provide the upwardly facing annular
surface and to mate with an internal thread included in the
dispenser-support collar and coupled to the outer shell, the
dispenser-support collar further includes an outer sleeve formed to
include the radially inwardly facing cylindrical inner wall and an
outer shell coupled to the outer sleeve and arranged to extend
radially outwardly away from the filler neck, the outer shell
includes the downwardly facing annular well wall and is formed to
include the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well, and the
outer shell also includes a downwardly facing top wall arranged to
lie in spaced-apart relation to the filler neck to locate the
downwardly facing annular well wall therebetween and to mate with
the downwardly facing annular well wall along a downwardly
projecting circular raised edge arranged to lie in spaced-apart
confronting relation to the external thread of the bottle.
7. The container of claim 6, wherein the dispenser-support collar
further includes an inner sleeve arranged to extend into the neck
passageway to locate the filler neck between the inner and outer
sleeves and a top bridge arranged to interconnect upper portions of
the inner and outer sleeves and lie above an upwardly facing top
edge of the filler neck.
8. The container of claim 1, wherein the dispenser-support collar
includes an outer sleeve providing the radially inwardly facing
cylindrical inner wall, an outer shell coupled to the outer sleeve
and arranged to surround a portion of the filler neck and lie
between the outer sleeve and the body, and an internal thread
coupled to the outer shell and arranged to extend toward the filler
neck, and the bottle also includes an external thread coupled to
the filler neck and configured to mate with the internal thread
included in the dispenser-support collar and arranged to mate with
the external thread during rotation of the dispenser-support collar
about an axis of rotation relative to the filler neck to retain the
dispenser-support collar in the stationary position on the filler
neck to provide means for causing glue present in the annular glue
channel to flow in the downward direction and any excess glue in
excess of a predetermined amount to flow in the radially outward
direction into the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well to
limit the amount of glue that is present in the annular glue
channel so that the dispenser-support collar can be rotated about
the axis of rotation to assume a predetermined position on the
filler neck without hindering seating of the dispenser-support
collar on the filler neck.
9. The container of claim 8, wherein the dispenser-support collar
further includes an inner sleeve arranged to extend into the neck
passageway to locate the filler neck between the inner and outer
sleeves and a top bridge arranged to interconnect upper portions of
the inner and outer sleeves and lie above an upwardly facing top
edge of the filler neck.
10. The container of claim 9, wherein the fluid dispenser comprises
a stopper arranged to close a central opening formed in the inner
sleeve of the dispenser-support collar, a fluid discharger mounted
on the stopper, and a fluid-discharge tube arranged to extend
downwardly from a portion of the fluid discharger through an
aperture formed in the stopper into the interior fluid-storage
region formed in the body of the bottle.
11. The container of claim 1, wherein an external thread included
in the bottle and coupled to the radially outwardly facing
cylindrical outer wall of the filler neck mates with an internal
thread included in the dispenser-support collar to support the
dispenser-support collar for rotation about an axis of rotation
relative to the filler neck to provide means for displacing an
annular bead of glue provided in the annular glue channel to cause
glue to flow in the annular glue channel and the excess glue to
exit the annular glue channel and flow in the radially outward
direction into the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well
formed in the dispenser-support collar.
12. The container of claim 11, wherein the downwardly facing
annular well wall formed in the dispenser-support collar has a
concave surface arranged to intercept the excess glue that is
flowing in the radially outward direction during rotation of the
dispenser-support collar about the axis of rotation relative to the
filler neck.
13. The container of claim 12, wherein the dispenser-support collar
further includes an inner sleeve arranged to extend into the neck
passageway to locate the filler neck between the inner and outer
sleeves and a top bridge arranged to interconnect upper portions of
the inner and outer sleeves and lie above an upwardly facing top
edge of the filler neck
14. The container of claim 13, wherein the fluid dispenser
comprises a stopper arranged to close a central opening formed in
the inner sleeve of the dispenser-support collar, a fluid
discharger mounted on the stopper, and a fluid-discharge tube
arranged to extend downwardly from a portion of the fluid
discharger through an aperture formed in the stopper into the
interior fluid-storage region formed in the body of the bottle.
Description
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C.
.sctn.119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/528,590,
filed Aug. 29, 2011, which is expressly incorporated by reference
herein.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present disclosure relates to a container for storing a
dispensable product, and particularly to an aerosol container. More
particularly, the present disclosure relates to a dispenser-support
collar included in a product-dispensing container.
SUMMARY
[0003] A container in accordance with the present disclosure
includes a bottle and a bottle closure. The bottle closure is
configured to close a mouth opening into an interior fluid-storage
region formed in the bottle.
[0004] In illustrative embodiments, the bottle closure includes a
dispenser-support collar coupled to a filler neck of the bottle and
a fluid dispenser coupled to the collar and arranged to communicate
with pressurized fluid stored in the interior fluid-storage region
formed in the bottle. Glue applied to confronting surfaces on the
collar and bottle filler neck is used to retain the
dispenser-support collar in a stationary position on the bottle
filler neck. The dispenser-support collar is formed to include a
downwardly opening annular glue overflow well sized and arranged to
receive therein glue discharged from a space provided between the
confronting surfaces in the collar and bottle filler neck when the
collar is mounted on the bottle filler neck.
[0005] In illustrative embodiments, an annular bead of glue is
provided in an annular glue channel formed between a radially
outwardly facing cylindrical outer wall included in the filler neck
and a surrounding radially inwardly facing cylindrical inner wall
included in the dispenser-support collar during assembly at a
factory of components included in the container. A helical external
thread included in the bottle and coupled to the radially outwardly
facing cylindrical outer wall of the filler neck mates with a
helical internal thread included in the dispenser-support collar.
Such mating engagement supports the dispenser-support collar for
rotation about an axis of rotation relative to the filler neck
during installation of the dispenser-support collar on the filler
neck at a factory to provide means for displacing the annular bead
of glue in the annular glue channel to cause glue, before it sets,
to flow in the annular glue channel and to cause excess glue to
flow in a radially outward direction away from the filler neck into
the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well before the glue
sets to retain the dispenser-support collar in a stationary
position on the filler neck.
[0006] Additional features of the present disclosure will become
apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of
illustrative embodiments exemplifying the best mode of carrying out
the disclosure as presently perceived.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] The detailed description particularly refers to the
accompanying figures in which:
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container including a
bottle for storing a dispensable product and a bottle closure made
in accordance with the present disclosure and comprising a fluid
dispenser and a dispenser-support collar adapted to be mounted on
and glued to the filler neck of the bottle as suggested in FIGS. 10
and 11 to be retained in a permanent position on the bottle filler
neck as suggested in FIGS. 5-7;
[0009] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective assembly view of the
container of FIG. 1 showing an illustrative bottle,
dispenser-support collar above the filler neck of the bottle, and a
dispenser comprising a stopper sized to plug a central opening
formed in the dispenser-support collar, a fluid-discharge tube, and
a button-actuated fluid discharger mounted on the stopper and
coupled to the fluid-discharge tube;
[0010] FIG. 3 is a partial side elevation view of the container of
FIG. 1, showing only a portion of the filler neck of the bottle and
showing the dispenser-support collar of FIGS. 1 and 2 mounted on
the filler neck of the bottle;
[0011] FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the dispenser-support collar
shown in FIG. 3;
[0012] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the filler neck and the
dispenser-support collar shown in FIG. 3;
[0013] FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 6-6 of
FIGS. 4 and 5;
[0014] FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken from a circled
region of FIG. 6 showing that glue used to retain the
dispenser-support collar in a stationary position on the bottle
filler neck includes an upper portion positioned to lie in an
annular glue channel provided between an outer wall of the bottle
neck finish and a surrounding inner wall formed in the
dispenser-support collar and a lower portion located outside of the
annular glue channel in a downwardly opening annular glue overflow
well formed in the dispenser-support collar;
[0015] FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the dispenser-support collar of
FIGS. 3-6;
[0016] FIG. 9 is a partial bottom perspective view of the
dispenser-support collar of FIGS. 3-6 and 8 taken along lines 9-9
of FIG. 8;
[0017] FIG. 10 is a perspective assembly view showing that a glue
dispenser has been used to apply an annular bead of glue to the
cylindrical outer wall on an upper section of the bottle filler
neck before the dispenser-support collar is lowered to mate with
the bottle filler neck;
[0018] FIG. 11 is a view similar to FIG. 10 after the
dispenser-support collar has been moved downwardly toward the
bottle filler neck during a collar mounting process in accordance
with the present disclosure;
[0019] FIG. 12 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 12-12
of FIG. 11 showing the bead of glue in place on the exterior wall
of the filler neck as the dispenser-support collar is being lowered
onto the filler neck of the bottle;
[0020] FIG. 13 is an enlarged view taken from the circled section
of FIG. 12;
[0021] FIG. 14 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 12 during
rotation of the internally threaded dispenser-support collar onto
the externally threaded filler neck of the bottle;
[0022] FIG. 15 is an enlarged view taken from the circled section
of FIG. 14;
[0023] FIG. 16 is a sectional view similar to FIGS. 12 and 14
showing the dispenser-support collar in a stationary mounted
position on the filler neck of the bottle; and
[0024] FIG. 17 is an enlarged view taken from the circled section
of FIG. 16.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] A container 10 in accordance with the present disclosure is
shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Container 10 includes a bottle 12 and a
bottle closure 14 comprising a dispenser-support collar 16 and a
fluid dispenser 18 configured to mate with dispenser-support collar
16 as suggested in FIG. 2. As suggested in FIGS. 12-17, glue 20 is
used to retain dispenser-support collar 16 in a stationary position
on a filler neck 22 of bottle 12. Dispenser-support collar 16 is
formed to include a downwardly opening annular glue overflow well
24 sized and arranged to receive therein glue 20 discharged from an
annular glue channel 26 provided between filler neck 22 and
dispenser-support collar 16 as suggested in FIG. 17 when collar 16
is mounted on filler neck 22 at a factory during assembly of
components included in container 10.
[0026] Bottle 12 includes a body 21 formed to include an interior
fluid-storage region 13 as suggested in FIGS. 1 and 2. Filler neck
22 of bottle 12 is formed to include a neck passageway 22P opening
into interior fluid-storage region 13 of body 21 as suggested in
FIG. 2. Bottle 12 also includes an external thread 22T coupled to
filler neck 22 and configured to mate with an internal thread 16T
included in dispenser-support collar 16 as suggested in FIG. 6 to
retain dispenser-support collar 16 in a stationary mounted position
on filler neck 22. Single or multiple lead threads may be used in
accordance with the present disclosure.
[0027] Filler neck 22 of bottle 12 includes a cylindrical inner
wall 221 providing a boundary for neck passageway 22P as suggested
in FIGS. 6 and 10. Filler neck 22 also includes a radially
outwardly facing cylindrical outer wall 22O and the external thread
22T is appended to this outer wall 22O as suggested in FIGS. 2 and
10. In an illustrative embodiment, external thread 22T winds
helically around cylindrical outer wall 22O as suggested in FIG.
10.
[0028] Dispenser-support collar 16 includes an inner sleeve 161, an
outer sleeve 163, a top bridge 162 arranged to interconnect upper
portions of inner and outer sleeves 161, 163, and an outer shell
164 coupled to and arranged to extend around a lower portion of
outer sleeve 163 as suggested in FIGS. 8-10. Inner thread 16T is
coupled to a radially inwardly facing surface 1641 of outer shell
164 as suggested in FIGS. 9-11. Inner sleeve 161 is formed to
define a boundary for a collar passageway 16P terminating at a
central opening bounded by top bridge 162 and communicating with
neck passageway 22P formed in filler neck 22 of bottle 20 when
dispenser-support collar 16 is mounted on filler neck 22 as
suggested in FIG. 6. Each of inner sleeve 161, top bridge 162,
outer sleeve 163, and outer shell 164 has an annular shape in an
illustrative embodiment.
[0029] Outer shell 164 of dispenser-support collar 16 includes an
outer band 164B formed to include radially inwardly facing surface
1641 as suggested in FIG. 6. Outer shell 164 also includes an
annular radially inwardly extending lip 164L arranged to
interconnect an upper portion of outer band 164B and a lower
portion of outer sleeve 163 as also suggested in FIG. 3.
[0030] Annular glue channel 26 is formed between bottle filler neck
22 and dispenser-support collar 16 when collar 16 is mounted on
filler neck 22 at a factory as suggested, for example, in FIGS. 13,
15, and 17. Glue 20 applied to cylindrical outer wall 22O of filler
neck 22 will flow and otherwise move in annular glue channel 26
when dispenser-support collar 16 is rotated about a vertical axis
to mate in threaded engagement with bottle filler neck 22 as
suggested in FIGS. 12-17. In an illustrative embodiment, annular
glue channel 26 is formed between an upper section U of cylindrical
outer wall 22O of bottle filler neck 22 and a surrounding radially
inwardly facing cylindrical inner wall 163I of outer sleeve 163 of
dispenser-support collar 16 as shown, for example, in FIGS. 13, 15,
and 17. Upper section U is located above external thread 22T and
terminates at top edge 22E as suggested in FIGS. 10 and 15.
[0031] Glue overflow well 24 is formed in a radially inner portion
of annular radially inwardly extending lip 164L of outer shell 164
of dispenser-support collar 16 as shown, for example, in FIGS. 6
and 7. Glue overflow well 24 opens downwardly toward an upwardly
facing surface of external thread 22T of bottle filler neck 22 when
dispenser-support collar 16 is mounted on bottle filler neck 22 as
shown, for example, in FIGS. 6 and 7. Glue overflow well 24 is
formed to lie below a lower edge of outer sleeve 163 and in a space
provided between outer sleeve 163 and above external thread 22T of
bottle filler neck 22 as suggested in FIG. 7. Glue overflow well 24
is ring-shaped as suggested in FIG. 9. In an illustrative
embodiment, glue overflow well 24 is bounded by an annular concave
wall included in a radially inner portion of annular radially
inwardly extending lip 164L of outer shell 164 as suggested in FIG.
9. Glue overflow well 24 is configured to communicate with annular
glue channel 26 as shown, for example, in FIG. 15 to receive
therein glue 20 discharged from annular glue channel 26 during
mounting of dispenser-support collar 16 on bottle filler neck
22.
[0032] Fluid dispenser 18 comprises a stopper 181, a
fluid-discharge tube 182, and a button-actuated fluid discharger
183 in an illustrative embodiment as suggested in FIG. 2. Stopper
181 is sized to close the central opening 16f formed in
dispenser-support collar 16 when fluid dispenser 18 is mounted on
dispenser-support collar as suggested in FIG. 2. Fluid discharger
183 is mounted on stopper 181 and coupled to an upper end of
fluid-discharge tube 182 as suggested in FIG. 2. Fluid-discharge
tube 182 is arranged to extend downwardly from fluid discharger 183
into interior fluid-storage region 13 of body 21 of bottle 12 to
reach and communicate with any pressurized (or unpressurized) fluid
stored in body 21 as suggested in FIG. 2. When a consumer applies a
downward force to a spring-loaded button 183B included in fluid
discharger 183, pressurized fluid extant in interior fluid-storage
region 13 of body 21 of bottle 12 is conducted through a passageway
formed in fluid-discharge tube 182 and discharged to the
surroundings outside of container 10.
[0033] In an illustrative embodiment, stopper 181 includes a rim
181R that seats on top bridge 162 of dispenser-support collar 16
and a flange 181F that extends downwardly from rim 181R into collar
passageway 16P formed in dispenser-support collar 16 when fluid
dispenser 18 is mounted on dispenser-support collar 16. Fluid
dispenser 18 can be coupled to dispenser-support collar 16 using
any suitable means.
[0034] An illustrative process for anchoring dispenser-support
collar 16 of bottle closure 14 to filler neck 22 of bottle 12 in
accordance with the present disclosure is shown, for example, in
FIGS. 10-17. A glue dispenser 30 dispenses an annular bead of glue
20 discharged from glue supply 32 onto an upper U (above external
thread 22T) of radially outwardly facing cylindrical outer wall 22O
of bottle filler neck 22 as suggested in FIG. 10. Then
dispenser-support collar 16 is lowered onto bottle filler neck 22
in a manner suggested in FIGS. 11-13. Glue 20 is displaced in
annular glue channel 26 provided between cylindrical outer wall 22O
and a radially inwardly facing cylindrical inner wall 163I of outer
sleeve 163 of dispenser-support collar 16 during mounting of
dispenser-support collar 16 onto bottle filler neck 22 as suggested
in FIGS. 14 and 15. Downwardly opening annular glue overflow well
24 is sized and arranged to receive therein glue 20 discharged from
annular glue channel 26 provided between bottle filler neck 22 and
dispenser-support collar 16 as suggested in FIGS. 16 and 17 when
collar 16 is mounted on filler neck 22. As suggested in FIG. 17, an
upper portion of glue 20 is positioned to lie in annular glue
channel 26 and a lower portion of glue 20 is positioned to lie
outside of annular glue channel 26 in the overflow glue well
24.
[0035] Overflow glue well 24 is configured to provide means in
dispenser-support collar 16 for receiving excess glue 20 flowing
out of annular glue channel 26 so that collar 16 can be torqued
onto the same position on bottle filler neck 22 every time a collar
16 is mounted on a companion filler neck 22. After glue 20 is
applied to filler neck 22, collar 16 is then torqued onto filler
neck 22. While collar 16 is rotating, glue 20 starts to build up
and create a hydraulic (e.g., binding) effect which hinders seating
of collar 16 on bottle filler neck 22 and prevents consistent
application of collar 16. Overflow glue well 24 provides an area
for receiving excess glue flow so as to allow a relatively larger
range of glue tolerance, more consistent seating of collar 16 on
bottle filler neck 22, and maximized container sealing. By allowing
excess glue 20 to flow radially outwardly into overflow glue well
24, glue engagement along a 360.degree. path is obtained to
maximize sealing, more consistent collar height placement is
obtained, and a relatively larger production process window for
excess glue flow without inhibiting container performance is
obtained.
[0036] Container 10 includes a bottle 12 and a bottle closure 14 as
shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Bottle 12 includes a body 21 formed to
include an interior fluid-storage region 13 and a filler neck 21
formed to include a neck passageway 22P opening into interior
fluid-storage region 13 as suggested in FIGS. 2 and 6. Bottle
closure 14 includes a dispenser-support collar 16 coupled to filler
neck 22 of bottle 12 and a fluid dispenser 18 coupled to
dispenser-support collar 16 as suggested in FIGS. 3-7.
Fluid-dispenser 18 is arranged to extend through neck passageway
22P to communicate with interior fluid-storage region 13 formed in
bottle 12 as suggested in FIG. 2.
[0037] A radially outwardly facing cylindrical outer wall 22O
included in filler neck 22 cooperates with a radially inwardly
facing cylindrical inner wall 163I included in dispenser-support
collar 16 to form an annular glue channel 26 therebetween as
suggested in FIGS. 13, 15, and 17. Dispenser-support collar 16
includes a downwardly facing annular well wall 16W shown, for
example, in FIGS. 9, 13, 15, and 17. Annular well wall 16W is
arranged to surround filler neck 22 and lie in spaced-apart
confronting relation to an upwardly facing annular surface S
included in bottle 12 to form a downwardly opening annular glue
overflow well 24 as suggested in FIGS. 7, 13, 15, and 17. Glue
overflow well 24 is configured to provide means in
dispenser-support collar 16 for receiving excess glue 20 flowing
out of annular glue channel 26 in a downward direction toward body
21 of bottle 12 and allowing such excess glue to flow in a radially
outward direction away from filler neck 22 into the downwardly
opening annular glue overflow well 24 before the glue 20 that is
present in annular glue channel 26 sets up and bonds to each of
filler neck 22 and dispenser-support collar 26 to retain
dispenser-support collar 26 in a stationary position on filler neck
22 as suggested in FIGS. 12-17.
[0038] The downwardly facing annular well wall 16W formed in
dispenser-support collar 16 has a concave surface facing toward and
mating with the excess glue 20 that is present in the downwardly
opening annular glue overflow well 24 as suggested in FIGS. 7 and
17. The downwardly opening annular glue overflow well 24 has a
volume that is greater than a volume of excess glue 20 that is
admitted into the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well 24
during movement of dispenser-support collar 26 in the downward
direction relative to filler neck 22 to cause glue 20 present in
annular glue channel 26 to flow in the downward direction as
suggested in FIGS. 13, 15, and 17.
[0039] A radially outer portion 24O of the concave surface of the
downwardly facing annular well wall 24 faces toward the radially
outwardly facing cylindrical wall of filler neck 22 as suggested in
FIGS. 7 and 17. Excess glue 20 that is present in the downwardly
opening annular glue overflow well 24 mates with a radially inner
portion of the concave surface that is located between filler neck
22 and the radially outer portion 24O of the concave surface
without mating with radially outer portion 24O of the concave
surface as suggested in FIGS. 7 and 17.
[0040] Filler neck 22 includes a cylindrical outer wall 22O having
an upper portion 22U positioned to lie in confronting relation to
an outer sleeve 163 included in collar 16 and a lower portion 22L
arranged to interconnect body 21 and the upper portion 22U as
suggested in FIG. 17. Bottle 12 also includes an external thread
22T coupled to lower portion 22L of filler neck 22 and arranged to
provide the upwardly facing annular surface S and to mate with an
internal thread 16T included in dispenser-support collar 26 and
coupled to an outer shell 164 included in collar 16 as suggested in
FIGS. 12, 14, and 16.
[0041] Dispenser-support collar 16 further includes an outer sleeve
163 formed to include the radially inwardly facing cylindrical
inner wall 163I and an outer shell 164 coupled to outer sleeve 163
and arranged to extend radially outwardly away from filler neck 22
as suggested in FIG. 7. Outer shell 164 includes the downwardly
facing annular well wall 16W and is formed to include the
downwardly opening annular glue overflow well 24. Outer shell 164
also includes a downwardly facing top wall 164W arranged to lie in
spaced-apart relation to filler neck 22 to locate the downwardly
facing annular well wall 16W therebetween and to mate with the
downwardly facing annular well wall 16W along a downwardly
projecting circular raised edge 164E arranged to lie in
spaced-apart confronting relation to the external thread 16T of
bottle 12.
[0042] Dispenser-support collar 16 further includes an inner sleeve
161 arranged to extend into neck passageway 22P to locate filler
neck 22 between the inner and outer sleeves 161, 163 as suggested
in FIGS. 7 and 17. A top bridge 162 is also included in
dispenser-support collar 16 and arranged to interconnect upper
portions of inner and outer sleeves 161, 163 and lie above an
upwardly facing top edge of filler neck 22.
[0043] Dispenser-support collar 16 includes an outer sleeve 163
providing the radially inwardly facing cylindrical inner wall 163I,
an outer shell 164 coupled to outer sleeve 163 and arranged to
surround a portion of filler neck 22 and lie between outer sleeve
163 and body 21, and an internal thread 16T coupled to outer shell
163 and arranged to extend toward filler neck 22 as suggested in
FIGS. 7 and 17. Bottle 12 also includes an external thread 22T
coupled to filler neck 22 and configured to mate with internal
thread 16T included in dispenser-support collar 16 and arranged to
mate with the external thread 22T during rotation of
dispenser-support collar 16 about an axis of rotation relative to
filler neck 22 to retain dispenser-support collar 16 in the
stationary position on filler neck 22 to provide means for causing
glue 20 present in annular glue channel 26 to flow in the downward
direction and any excess glue 20 in excess of a predetermined
amount to flow in the radially outward direction into the
downwardly opening annular glue overflow well 24 to limit the
amount of glue 20 that is present in annular glue channel 26 so
that dispenser-support collar 26 can be rotated about the axis of
rotation to assume a predetermined position on filler neck 22
without hindering seating of dispenser-support collar 26 on filler
neck 22 as suggested in FIGS. 12-17.
[0044] An external thread 22T included in bottle 12 and coupled to
the radially outwardly facing cylindrical outer wall 22O of filler
neck 22 mates with an internal thread 16T included in
dispenser-support collar 16 to support dispenser-support collar 16
for rotation about an axis of rotation relative to filler neck 22
to provide means for displacing an annular bead of glue 20 provided
in annular glue channel 26 to cause glue 20 to flow in annular glue
channel 26 and the excess glue 20 to exit annular glue channel 26
and flow in the radially outward direction into the downwardly
opening annular glue overflow well 24 formed in dispenser-support
collar 16 as suggested in FIGS. 13, 15, and 17. The downwardly
facing annular well wall 16W formed in dispenser-support collar 16
has a concave surface arranged to intercept the excess glue 20 that
is flowing in the radially outward direction during rotation of
dispenser-support collar 16 about the axis of rotation relative to
filler neck 20 as suggested in FIGS. 13, 15, and 17.
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