Container with dispenser-supporting collar

Abstract

A container includes a bottle and a bottle closure. The bottle closure is configured to close a mouth opening into an interior region in the bottle. Glue is used to retain a portion of the bottle closure in a fixed position on the bottle.

1 . A container comprising
 a bottle including a body formed to include an interior fluid-storage region and a filler neck formed to include a neck passageway opening into the interior fluid-storage region and   a bottle closure including a dispenser-support collar coupled to the filler neck of the bottle and a fluid dispenser coupled to the dispenser-support collar and arranged to extend through the neck passageway to communicate with the interior fluid-storage region formed in the bottle, wherein a radially outwardly facing cylindrical outer wall included in the filler neck cooperates with a radially inwardly facing cylindrical inner wall included in the dispenser-support collar to form an annular glue channel therebetween and wherein the dispenser-support collar includes a downwardly facing annular well wall arranged to surround the filler neck and lie in spaced-apart confronting relation to an upwardly facing annular surface included in the bottle to form a downwardly opening annular glue overflow well configured to provide means in the dispenser-support collar for receiving excess glue flowing out of the annular glue channel in a downward direction toward the body of the bottle and allowing such excess glue to flow in a radially outward direction away from the filler neck into the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well before the glue that is present in the annular glue channel sets up and bonds to each of the filler neck and the dispenser-support collar to retain the dispenser-support collar in a stationary position on the filler neck.   
     
     
         2 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the downwardly facing annular well wall formed in the dispenser-support collar has a concave surface facing toward and mating with the excess glue that is present in the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well. 
     
     
         3 . The container of  claim 2 , wherein the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well has a volume that is greater than a volume of excess glue that is admitted into the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well during movement of the dispenser-support collar in the downward direction relative to the filler neck to cause glue present in the annular glue channel to flow in the downward direction. 
     
     
         4 . The container of  claim 2 , wherein a radially outer portion of the concave surface of the downwardly facing annular well wall faces toward the radially outwardly facing cylindrical wall of the filler neck. 
     
     
         5 . The container of  claim 4 , wherein excess glue that is present in the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well mates with a radially inner portion of the concave surface that is located between the filler neck and the radially outer portion of the concave surface without mating with the radially outer portion of the concave surface. 
     
     
         6 . The container of  claim 2 , wherein the filler neck includes a cylindrical outer wall having an upper portion positioned to lie in confronting relation to the outer sleeve and a lower portion arranged to interconnect the body and the upper portion, the bottle also includes an external thread coupled to the lower portion of the filler neck and arranged to provide the upwardly facing annular surface and to mate with an internal thread included in the dispenser-support collar and coupled to the outer shell, the dispenser-support collar further includes an outer sleeve formed to include the radially inwardly facing cylindrical inner wall and an outer shell coupled to the outer sleeve and arranged to extend radially outwardly away from the filler neck, the outer shell includes the downwardly facing annular well wall and is formed to include the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well, and the outer shell also includes a downwardly facing top wall arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the filler neck to locate the downwardly facing annular well wall therebetween and to mate with the downwardly facing annular well wall along a downwardly projecting circular raised edge arranged to lie in spaced-apart confronting relation to the external thread of the bottle. 
     
     
         7 . The container of  claim 6 , wherein the dispenser-support collar further includes an inner sleeve arranged to extend into the neck passageway to locate the filler neck between the inner and outer sleeves and a top bridge arranged to interconnect upper portions of the inner and outer sleeves and lie above an upwardly facing top edge of the filler neck. 
     
     
         8 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the dispenser-support collar includes an outer sleeve providing the radially inwardly facing cylindrical inner wall, an outer shell coupled to the outer sleeve and arranged to surround a portion of the filler neck and lie between the outer sleeve and the body, and an internal thread coupled to the outer shell and arranged to extend toward the filler neck, and the bottle also includes an external thread coupled to the filler neck and configured to mate with the internal thread included in the dispenser-support collar and arranged to mate with the external thread during rotation of the dispenser-support collar about an axis of rotation relative to the filler neck to retain the dispenser-support collar in the stationary position on the filler neck to provide means for causing glue present in the annular glue channel to flow in the downward direction and any excess glue in excess of a predetermined amount to flow in the radially outward direction into the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well to limit the amount of glue that is present in the annular glue channel so that the dispenser-support collar can be rotated about the axis of rotation to assume a predetermined position on the filler neck without hindering seating of the dispenser-support collar on the filler neck. 
     
     
         9 . The container of  claim 8 , wherein the dispenser-support collar further includes an inner sleeve arranged to extend into the neck passageway to locate the filler neck between the inner and outer sleeves and a top bridge arranged to interconnect upper portions of the inner and outer sleeves and lie above an upwardly facing top edge of the filler neck. 
     
     
         10 . The container of  claim 9 , wherein the fluid dispenser comprises a stopper arranged to close a central opening formed in the inner sleeve of the dispenser-support collar, a fluid discharger mounted on the stopper, and a fluid-discharge tube arranged to extend downwardly from a portion of the fluid discharger through an aperture formed in the stopper into the interior fluid-storage region formed in the body of the bottle. 
     
     
         11 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein an external thread included in the bottle and coupled to the radially outwardly facing cylindrical outer wall of the filler neck mates with an internal thread included in the dispenser-support collar to support the dispenser-support collar for rotation about an axis of rotation relative to the filler neck to provide means for displacing an annular bead of glue provided in the annular glue channel to cause glue to flow in the annular glue channel and the excess glue to exit the annular glue channel and flow in the radially outward direction into the downwardly opening annular glue overflow well formed in the dispenser-support collar. 
     
     
         12 . The container of  claim 11 , wherein the downwardly facing annular well wall formed in the dispenser-support collar has a concave surface arranged to intercept the excess glue that is flowing in the radially outward direction during rotation of the dispenser-support collar about the axis of rotation relative to the filler neck. 
     
     
         13 . The container of  claim 12 , wherein the dispenser-support collar further includes an inner sleeve arranged to extend into the neck passageway to locate the filler neck between the inner and outer sleeves and a top bridge arranged to interconnect upper portions of the inner and outer sleeves and lie above an upwardly facing top edge of the filler neck 
     
     
         14 . The container of  claim 13 , wherein the fluid dispenser comprises a stopper arranged to close a central opening formed in the inner sleeve of the dispenser-support collar, a fluid discharger mounted on the stopper, and a fluid-discharge tube arranged to extend downwardly from a portion of the fluid discharger through an aperture formed in the stopper into the interior fluid-storage region formed in the body of the bottle.