Patent ID: 7025235
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A fluid dispenser with an adjustable size dispensing orifice, which comprises: (a) a fluid dispenser container having a hollow inside for storage of flowable material, said container having a top with a fluid outlet and having an adjustable size dispensing orifice unit connected to said outlet; (b) said adjustable size dispensing orifice unit, having a base member with a dispensing orifice connected to said container, at least one shutter, a shutter movement ring connected to said shutter and rotatably connected to said base member, said shutter movement ring having a first position and a second position and adapted for rotation from said first position to said second position and from said second position to said first position, said shutter having travel pins that are located in said shutter movement ring and in said base member, one of said base member and said shutter movement ring having a radiant travel guide and the other having a non-radiant travel guide, such that when said shutter movement ring is rotated from said first position to another position, said travel pins travel linearly and move said at least one shutter linearly along said radiant travel guide and said non-radiant travel guide, and further wherein when said shutter movement ring is in said first position said shutter fully closes said at least one shutter and said dispensing orifice, and when said shutter movement ring is moved to a position between said first position and said second position, said at least one shutter is partially open, and when said shutter movement ring is moved to its second position, said at least one shutter is fully open.