Patent ID: 8276790

Claim:
A dispensing closure for a container containing granular dispensable materials, the dispensing closure comprising: a cap adapted to be received on the container, the cap having an inside face, an outside face, and an aperture extending from the inside face to the outside face through the cap to allow materials within the container to be dispensed; a rotor positioned adjacent the inside face of the cap to selectively block the aperture in the cap, the rotor having a passage being movable between a first position in which the aperture is not in communication with the passage and a second position in which the aperture is in communication with the passage, wherein the passage has a first edge and a second edge, the first edge coming into communication with the aperture before the second edge as the rotor is rotated, the second edge passing across the aperture in movement of the rotor between the first and second positions and having a recess positioned along the edge to define a gap between the rotor and the cap, wherein the gap allows dispensable materials entrapped between the rotor and the cap to escape; and a movable member positioned adjacent the outside face of the cap to selectively block the aperture in the cap, the movable member being movable between a first position in which the aperture is blocked and a second position in which the aperture is not blocked, movement of the rotor and the movable member being sequenced such that at least one of the rotor and the movable member always blocks the aperture.