A dispensing system is provided and can be embodied in a dispensing closure
for a container having an opening. The system includes a unitary,
resiliently flexible, molded valve array structure for being sealingly
disposed on the container over the container opening. The valve array
structure includes an impervious membrane. The valve array structure also
includes a plurality of resiliently flexible, slit valves molded unitary
with the membrane. Each valve has a normally closed dispensing orifice
which opens when the pressure in the interior of the container exceeds the
pressure on the exterior of the valve by a predetermined amount. The
valves can be arranged to discharge parallel streams, diverging streams,
or converging streams.