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US 11,925,287 B1Granted
Additive container with inlet tube
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsSimon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Timothy Christopher Stubbs
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Abstract
Containers are provided for use with a beverage dispensing device. The container can include a housing defining a hollow interior and having an inlet leading to the hollow interior therein, an outlet disposed on the housing and leading to the hollow interior, a tube extending from the inlet and through the hollow interior toward a wall of the housing opposite the inlet, and a valve disposed in the outlet.
Claims13
An additive container, comprising:
- a housing defining a hollow interior configured to retain a fluid therein, the housing having an inlet leading to the hollow interior and an outlet leading to the hollow interior, the inlet and the outlet being spaced apart from one another;
- an elongate tube disposed within the housing and having a first end fluidly coupled to the inlet and a second end defining an opening, the second end being positioned at an opposite end of the housing from the first end, and the second end being configured to extend above a level of fluid in the housing to allow gas to flow through the tube and into the housing;
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- a valve disposed in the outlet and movable between a closed configuration in which fluid is prevented from flowing therethrough, and an open configuration in which fluid within the hollow interior can flow therethrough, the valve being configure to move from the closed position to the open position in response to a pressure increase in the hollow interior resulting from delivery of gas into the hollow interior through the tube.
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An additive container, comprising:
- a housing defining a hollow interior, the housing having a top, a bottom, and at least one sidewall extending between the top and bottom;
- an inlet positioned in the bottom of the housing, the inlet having a tube extending therefrom into the hollow interior toward the top of the housing, the tube having an open end adjacent the top of the housing, and the tube being configured to allow a gas to be passed into the inlet and through the tube for delivery into the hollow interior;
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- an outlet positioned in the bottom of the housing, the outlet having a valve disposed therein, the valve being configured to move from a closed position to an open position in response to a pressure increase in the hollow interior.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.