Ingredient dispensers
AssigneeJened LLC
InventorsEdward Ertel, Yen Wei Lee, Zachary Carlins, Brendan Crawford, James Shepard
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Abstract
Ingredient dispensers for use in dispensing a measured amount of dry and/or liquid ingredient for a user are disclosed. In some embodiments, a dry ingredient dispenser is provided and may include a receptacle configured to contain a select amount of dry ingredient and a cap comprising an actuating portion and a measuring chamber portion. In some embodiments, a liquid ingredient dispenser is provided and may include a receptacle configured to contain a select amount of liquid ingredient and a dispensing portion which may be rotatable to dispense a measured amount of liquid ingredient for the user.
Claims6
An ingredient dispenser for dispensing a measured amount of liquid ingredient, the ingredient dispenser comprising:
- a receptacle configured to contain liquid ingredient;
- a button configured to actuate a plunger between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position the plunger is configured to permit flow of the liquid ingredient from the receptacle, and wherein in the closed position the plunger is configured to prevent flow of the liquid ingredient from the receptacle;
- a measuring chamber including one or more measurement indicators configured to indicate a measurement volume, wherein the measuring chamber is configured to receive the flow of the liquid ingredient from the receptacle;
- one or more spouts, wherein the one or more spouts are configured to direct flow of the liquid ingredient from at least one of the measuring chamber or the receptacle;
- wherein the one or more spouts include a free-flow spout configured to dispense the liquid ingredient from the receptacle;
- and,
- a stopper configured to prevent flow of the liquid ingredient from the free-flow spout, and further comprising a lever configured to actuate the stopper between a closed position in which flow of the liquid ingredient from the free-flow spout is prevented and an open position in which flow of the liquid ingredient from the free-flow spout is permitted, wherein the lever is adjacent the button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.