Patent ID: 7780008

Claim:
An assembly adapted for storage and controlled distribution of unitary products, said assembly comprising a container for loosely storing the products, a means for closing the container, and a device for controlling the rate of distribution of the products, said device comprising an upper surface and a lower surface and further comprising the following to permit the passage of the products to be distributed from an interior portion of the container to an exterior portion thereof: an entry opening, on a lower surface of said device; a guiding surface for the products to be distributed between the lower surface and the upper surface; a distribution opening on the upper surface; a means for securing said device onto the container; Wherein a) the device is inserted into the container in such a way that at least a part of said upper surface is approximately flush with an upper peripheral surface of a neck portion of the container forming the sealing plane, or said device bears against the peripheral surface of said neck via a support means, the upper surface of which forms a sealing plane; b) wherein the means for closing the container comprises a heat seal fixed to the container on at least one sealing surfaces defined by: an upper peripheral surface of a neck portion of the container; and/or all or part of the upper surface of the device; and/or peripheral surface of the distribution opening of the device, and c) wherein if said device comprises thin walls, and if the distribution opening is set back in relation to the plane formed by the upper peripheral surface of the neck of the container, then said heat seal is sealed on a peripheral surface of the distribution opening.