Self-opening and self-plugging bottle stopper
OwnerDavid Shabtayinventor
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Abstract
A bottle stopper adapted for self-opening and self-plugging a bottle, comprising a cylindrical cover having a bottom end and a top end. The cylindrical cover is sized and shaped to plug a bottle. A cartridge is encompassed by the cylindrical cover and has a fluid chamber; the cartridge also has at least one lateral protrusion thereon to form between the cartridge and the cylindrical cover. There is at least one fluid channel for fluidly connecting between a space below the bottom end and above the top end. A conduit having at least one inlet and at least one outlet is for fluidly connecting transferring the fluid of the fluid chamber to outside of the bottle stopper. An activation cap is mounted to push the conduit along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical cover from a closed state to an open state.
Claims17
A bottle stopper adapted for self-opening and self-plugging a bottle, comprising:
- a cylindrical cover having a bottom end and a top end, wherein the cylindrical cover is sized and shaped to plug the bottle;
- a cartridge encompassed by the cylindrical cover and having:
- a fluid chamber,
- at least one lateral protrusion thereon to form between the cartridge and the cylindrical cover at least one fluid channel for fluidly connecting between a space below the bottom end and above the top end;
- a conduit having at least one inlet and at least one outlet;
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- an activation cap mounted to push the conduit along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical cover from a closed state to an open state;
- wherein in the open state, the at least one outlet extends beyond the bottom end and the at least one inlet is fluidly connected to the fluid chamber;
- wherein in the closed state the at least one outlet and the at least one inlet are mounted between the bottom end and the top end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.