1. A container closure comprising:
a cap body for attaching the closure to a container;
a spout extending outwardly from the cap body to a nozzle; and
a tip integrally molded with the spout at a break-away junction so as to form an integral piece therewith, the break-away junction being recessed from the nozzle, the tip extending outwardly from the nozzle to an end;
wherein the tip includes a top portion and a bottom portion integrally molded in one piece, the top portion including a cavity that is open at the end of the tip such that the top portion is more flexible than the bottom portion.
2. The container closure of claim 1, wherein the cavity in the top portion of the tip comprises a plurality slots defined by interposed fingers.
3. The container closure of claim 2, wherein the fingers are hollow.
4. The container closure of claim 2, wherein the fingers are solid.
5. The container closure of claim 1, wherein the bottom portion of the tip comprises walls defining a cavity.
6. The container closure of claim 1, wherein the bottom portion of the tip is solid.
7. The container closure of claim 1, wherein the spout comprises an orifice smaller than the nozzle, and wherein the break-away junction is defined by a thin-walled section located between the orifice and the nozzle.
8. The container closure of claim 7, wherein the orifice remains intact when the break-away junction is fractured to form a mouth that is larger than the orifice.
9. A container closure comprising:
a cap body for attaching the closure to a container;
a spout extending outwardly from the cap body to a nozzle; and
a tip integrally molded with the spout at a break-away junction so as to form an integral piece therewith, the tip extending outwardly from the nozzle to an end and including a top portion and a bottom portion integrally molded in one piece, the top portion including a cavity that is open at the end of the tip such that the top portion is more flexible than the bottom portion;
wherein the spout comprises an orifice smaller than the nozzle, the orifice remaining intact when the break-away junction is fractured to form a mouth that is larger than the orifice.
10. The container closure of claim 9, wherein the break-away junction is recessed from the nozzle, the break-away junction being defined by a thin-walled section disposed between the nozzle and the orifice.
11. The container closure of claim 10, wherein the cavity in the top portion of the tip comprises a plurality slots defined by interposed fingers.
12. The container closure of claim 10, wherein the bottom portion of the tip comprises walls defining a cavity.
13. The container closure of claim 10, wherein the bottom portion of the tip is solid.
14. A container comprising:
a spout having a dispensing nozzle;
a tip integrally molded with the spout at a break-away junction recessed from the nozzle so as to form an integral piece with the spout, the tip extending outwardly from the nozzle to an end and including a top portion and a bottom portion integrally molded in one piece, the top portion including a cavity that is open at the end of the tip such that the top portion is more flexible than the bottom portion; and
an orifice within the spout, the orifice being smaller than the nozzle, the break-away junction being disposed between the orifice and the nozzle, such that the orifice remains intact when the tip is broken away from the spout at the break-away junction.
15. The container closure of claim 1, wherein the tip further comprises a solid plug stop joining the top portion and the bottom portion of the tip, the cavity in the top portion having walls extending away from the plug stop to the open end of the cavity in the top portion opposite the plug stop, the bottom portion having walls extending away from the plug stop and defining a cavity opening into the spout.
16. The container closure of claim 9, wherein the tip further comprises a solid plug stop joining the top portion and the bottom portion of the tip, the cavity in the top portion having walls extending away from the plug stop to the open end of the cavity in the top portion opposite the plug stop, the bottom portion having walls extending away from the plug stop and defining a cavity opening into the spout.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A sensor circuit comprising:
a sensor element which outputs an output signal that has a first temperature coefficient based on an external factor;
an amplifier circuit which amplifies the output signal of the sensor element, and which outputs an output signal that has a second temperature coefficient based on the first temperature coefficient;
a reference voltage circuit which includes a voltage divider circuit and a temperature compensating resistor, and which outputs a reference voltage, the voltage divider circuit including a plurality of resistors that have the same temperature coefficient, the temperature compensating resistor having a temperature coefficient different from the temperature coefficient of the plurality of resistors, the reference voltage having a third temperature coefficient, which is substantially equal to the second temperature coefficient; and
a comparator circuit which compares the output signal of the amplifier circuit and the reference voltage of the reference voltage circuit to output one of a High signal and a Low signal when the output signal of the amplifier circuit is equal to or larger than the reference voltage of the reference voltage circuit, and to output another one of the Low signal and the High signal when the output signal of the amplifier circuit is smaller than the reference voltage of the reference voltage circuit.
2. A sensor circuit according to claim 1, wherein the sensor element includes a Hall element that outputs an output signal based on a magnetic flux density and direction of an applied magnetic field.
3. A sensor circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a first switch circuit which cuts off power supply to the reference voltage circuit.
4. A sensor circuit according to claim 1, wherein the sensor element outputs an output signal based on the external factor and a supply voltage.
5. A sensor circuit according to claim 1, wherein the reference voltage circuit includes:
a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, and a fourth resistor which are serially connected in the stated order between a supply terminal and a ground terminal;
a reference voltage terminal which is placed at a connection point between the second resistor and the third resistor;
a first output terminal which is placed at a connection point between the first resistor and the second resistor;
a second output terminal which is placed at a connection point between the third resistor and the fourth resistor; and
the temperature compensating resistor which is placed between the first output terminal and the second output terminal.
6. A sensor circuit according to claim 1, wherein the reference voltage circuit includes:
a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, a fifth resistor, a sixth resistor, a seventh resistor, and an eighth resistor which are serially connected in the stated order between a supply terminal and a ground terminal;
a reference voltage terminal which is placed at a connection point between the fourth resistor and the fifth resistor;
a fifth output terminal which is placed at a connection point between the first resistor and the second resistor;
a first output terminal which is placed at a connection point between the second resistor and the third resistor;
a second output terminal which is placed at a connection point between the third resistor and the fourth resistor;
a third output terminal which is placed at a connection point between the fifth resistor and the sixth resistor;
a fourth output terminal which is placed at a connection point between the sixth resistor and the seventh resistor;
a sixth output terminal which is placed at a connection point between the seventh resistor and the eighth resistor; and
the temperature compensating resistor which is placed between the fifth output terminal and the sixth output terminal.