IP Library Granted Patent US 10,730,688
Granted Patent B2
US 10,730,688 · App. 14/895,392 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Dispenser for particulate material

Inventors: James Reed (Newcastle, GB); Paul Clarke (Northumberland, GB); Evgenia Menon (Newcastle upon Tyne, GB); Gary Fulcher (Newcastle, GB); Lee O'Donovan (South Shields, GB)
Assignee: ESSENTRA FILTER PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT CO. PTE. LTD
B65D83/06A24B13/00A24D3/0225A24F23/00A61M15/06B65D71/06B65D75/04B65D75/5827
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Patent No.
US 10,730,688
App. No.
14/895,392
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A particulate material dispenser including a longitudinally extending body having a longitudinally extending base element; a tubular element extending longitudinally from the base element such that an inner wall of the tubular element defines a first cavity; a capping element which is distanced longitudinally from an end of the tubular element; a common outer wrapper which is engaged around the base element, the tubular element and the capping element, the inner wall of the common outer wrapper defining a second cavity between the tubular element and the capping element; and snuff within both the first cavity and the second cavity. The base element and/or the tubular element is porous.

Claims (14)

1. A particulate material dispenser including a longitudinally extending body comprising:

a longitudinally extending base element;

a tubular element extending longitudinally from the base element such that an inner wall of the tubular element defines a first cavity;

a capping element which is distanced longitudinally from an end of the tubular element;

a common outer wrapper which is engaged around the base element, the tubular element and the capping element, the inner wall of the common outer wrapper defining a second cavity between the tubular element and the capping element; and

snuff within both the first cavity and the second cavity;

wherein the base element and/or the tubular element is porous.

2. The dispenser according to claim 1 wherein the amount of particulate material is 0.10 cm 3 to 0.20 cm 3 .

3. The dispenser according to claim 1 wherein the longitudinally extending body is a cylinder of external diameter 4 to 15 mm.

4. The dispenser according to claim 1 wherein the base element and the tubular element are of unitary construction.

5. The dispenser according to claim 1 wherein the common wrapper includes a line of weakness substantially in register with a junction between the tubular element and the base element.

6. A product comprising a plurality of dispensers according to claim 1 arranged end-to-end in a mirror image relationship; and a common wrapper engaged around the dispensers.

7. A product comprising two dispensers according to claim 1 joined together.

8. The product according to claim 7 wherein the dispensers are arranged base element to base element.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME & ADDRESS Recorded May 7, 2025
From: ESSENTRA FILTER PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT CO PTE. LTD.
To: FILTRONA DEVELOPMENT CO. PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 071194/0203 →
MERGER Recorded May 7, 2025
From: FILTRONA DEVELOPMENT CO. PTE. LTD.
To: FILTRONA PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 071194/0222 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2020
From: REED, JAMES; CLARKE, PAUL; MENON, EVGENIA; FULCHER, GARY; O'DONOVAN, LEE
To: ESSENTRA FILTER PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT CO. PTE. LTD
Reel/Frame 051996/0824 →
Priority Claims (3)
GB 1309923.9 · Jun 3, 2013 · national
GB 1313251.9 · Jul 24, 2013 · national
GB 1407617.8 · Apr 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160114964A1 · Apr 28, 2016