Patent ID: 7677417

Claim:
A storage/dispensing system ( 9 ) for a flowable dental substance, comprising a solvent-tight, resiliently deformable container ( 10 ) for the storage and provision of the flowable dental substance, and a dispensing device ( 1 ) connected to the container ( 10 ) for discharging the flowable dental substance from the container ( 10 ), the dispensing device having a cup ( 2 ) which has an outlet orifice ( 3 ) and a wall ( 4 , 4 ′) in which a passage orifice ( 5 ) is provided for introducing the flowable dental substance from the container ( 10 ), and a passage channel ( 6 ) on the opposite side of the passage orifice ( 5 ) to the cup ( 2 ), the passage channel ( 6 ) having a cross-section which is constant or decreases towards the passage orifice ( 5 ) in a discharging direction of the flowable dental substance, and a closure cap ( 20 ) having a ring ( 23 ) resting against an outside wall of a side wall ( 4 ) of the cup ( 2 ) wherein a space exists between the ring ( 23 ) and an inner wall surface of the closure cap ( 20 ) when the closure cap ( 20 ) is attached to the dispensing device ( 1 ), wherein an entire exterior of said sidewall ( 4 ) of the cup ( 2 ) is in parallel alignment with an interior surface of said ring ( 23 ) and wherein said closure cap further comprises a protrusion that rests firmly against a bottom of said cup when said closure cap is attached to the dispensing device.