Patent ID: 6422424
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A45D,B65D

Abstract:
A dispensing jar comprising:a dispensing section having an annular upright side wall portion and a transverse bottom wall portion; a fixed partition disposed within said dispensing section in a vertical plane, extending radially from the center of said dispensing section to the side wall portion thereof and engaged with the transverse bottom wall portion of said dispensing section, said partition being adapted to define first and second chambers in said dispensing section; an actuator of disk-like configuration constituting a cover for said dispensing section; means turnably mounting said actuator on said dispensing section to enable rotation with respect thereto; a double-bladed vane including first and second blades rigidly carried by and depending from said actuator and disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular thereto, with each of said first and second blades slidably engaging an inner surface of said annular side wall portion of said dispensing section and slidably engaging said transverse bottom wall portion thereof, in each of said first and second chambers, and with said first and second blades being spaced apart to receive a pivot defined by a pin and socket extending therebetween; with said actuator cover having a first dispensing orifice disposed at one edge communicating with one of said chambers and having a second dispensing orifice disposed on an opposite edge communicating with the other of said chambers; whereby the contents of one chamber are dispensed through said first orifice and the contents of said other chamber are dispensed through said second orifice simultaneously as said actuator cover is rotated with respect to said dispensing section.