US 12,130,164 B2
Dosing device
Luis Fernando Rueda, Munsingen (CH); Laura Canovas, Fribourg (CH); and Miguel Daniel Tovar Nuez, Morges (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 17/907,747
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/058353
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/198290, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20166897 (EP), filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0132527 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G01F 19/00 (2006.01); D21J 1/02 (2006.01); D21J 1/06 (2006.01); D21J 1/16 (2006.01); D21J 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 19/002 (2013.01) [D21J 1/02 (2013.01); D21J 1/06 (2013.01); D21J 1/16 (2013.01); D21J 3/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dosing device integrally made of molded pulp fiber, the dosing device comprising:
a container portion having a defined volume for receiving and retaining a dosage material, the container portion having a container body delimiting the defined volume, the container body having a rim portion circumferentially delimiting an opening at an upper side of the dosing device to access the defined volume;
a handle portion for manually moving the container portion relatively to the dosage material in a dosing process;
the handle portion is connected to an outer surface of the container body by a connecting portion of the handle portion and extends from the container body along a longitudinal axis;
the rim portion and the handle portion extend in a common plane and define a circumferential edge of the dosing device extending in the common plane; and
a ribbing portion, which extends from the circumferential edge at least at the handle portion to a lower side of the dosing device such that mechanical stresses acting on the container body in the dosing process are dissipated by the handle portion.