Patent ID: 6206250
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B01F,B44D

Abstract:
A lid member for an original cylindrical container of a pourable component, the lid member being usable with a system for dispensing the pourable component from its original cylindrical container into a receptacle according to a formula to form a mixture of pourable components, the lid member comprising:a base portion adapted to releasably engage an open top of a cylindrical side wall of the original cylindrical container of the pourable component;a pour spout on the base portion through which the pourable component can be dispensed from its original cylindrical container;a cover element for the pour spout, the cover element being movably mounted to the base portion such that the cover element is movable between a closed state, wherein the cover element covers the pour spout and the pourable component is prevented from being dispensed from the original cylindrical container, and an opened state, wherein the pour spout is uncovered and the pourable component can be dispensed from its original cylindrical container through the pour spout into the receptacle upon tilting of the original cylindrical container, the cover element including:operating means engageable with and disengageable from an operating device of the pourable component dispensing system upon mounting and dismounting of the lid member and original cylindrical container to and from the pourable component dispensing system, the operating means when engaged with the operating device allowing the operating device of the pourable component dispensing system to move the cover element between its closed and opened states according to the formula to form the mixture of pourable components; andvent means defined by a vent passage passing through the base portion of the lid member, the vent passage having a first open end communicating with an interior region of the original cylindrical container and a second open end communicating with atmosphere, wherein the second open end of the vent passage is radially exterior to the side wall of the original cylindrical container to prevent the pourable component from flowing out of the vent passage through the second open end upon tilting of the original cylindrical container to dispense the pourable component from the pour spout in the opened state of the cover element.