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US 12,528,058 B2Granted
Container for liquid and method associated therewith
AssigneeSpritz, Inc.
InventorsMark Wiggins, John Thorp, JonPaul Turner
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Abstract
A method includes obtaining a cartridge having a first fluid within an interior of the cartridge, where the cartridge includes a valve; obtaining a container having a second fluid within an interior of the container; obtaining a pressurizer; installing the cartridge within the pressurizer; installing the pressurizer within a container opening at a top end of the container; and opening the valve in the cartridge, to flow the first fluid within the interior of the cartridge through a first flow path in the valve, and a second flow path in the pressurizer into the second fluid in the container.
Claims29
A method of mixing fluids, comprising:
- obtaining a cartridge having a first fluid within an interior of the cartridge,
- wherein the cartridge includes a valve disposed within an interior of the cartridge,
- wherein the valve comprises:
- a valve housing,
- a valve stem,
- wherein the valve stem is movable within the valve housing to open and close a first flow path,
- an annular component, and
- a valve disk,
- wherein the valve disk is configured to rupture when exposed to a predetermined pressure that results in the first fluid within the interior of the cartridge flowing through the ruptured valve disk and through the first flow path, and
- wherein the valve disk comprises a cup shape with a first surface and a second surface,
- wherein the first surface is exposed to the first fluid within the interior of the cartridge,
- wherein the second surface extends perpendicular to the first surface,
- wherein the second surface is positioned between a sidewall of the annular component and a sidewall of the valve stem;
- obtaining a container having a second fluid within an interior of the container;
- obtaining a pressurizer,
- wherein the pressurizer defines a second flow path;
- installing the cartridge within the pressurizer;
- installing the pressurizer within a container opening at a top end of the container;
- and
- moving the valve stem of the valve in a first direction to open the valve in the cartridge, to thereby flow the first fluid within the interior of the cartridge through the first flow path in the valve, and through the second flow path in the pressurizer, and then into the second fluid in the interior of the container, to thereby pressurize the second fluid by mixing the first fluid with the second fluid.
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A method of mixing fluids, comprising:
- obtaining a cartridge,
- wherein the cartridge comprises:
- a cartridge body;
- and
- a cartridge neck,
- wherein the cartridge body comprises a cartridge interior storing a first fluid,
- wherein the cartridge neck includes a valve,
- wherein the valve comprises:
- a valve housing,
- a valve stem,
- wherein the valve stem is movable within the valve housing to open and close a first flow path,
- an annular component, and
- a valve disk,
- wherein the valve disk is configured to rupture when exposed to a predetermined pressure that results in the first fluid within the interior of the cartridge flowing through the ruptured valve disk and through the first flow path, and
- wherein the valve disk comprises a cup shape with a first surface and a second surface,
- wherein the first surface is exposed to the first fluid within the interior of the cartridge,
- wherein the second surface extends perpendicular to the first surface,
- wherein the second surface is positioned between a sidewall of the annular component and a sidewall of the valve stem;
- obtaining a container,
- wherein the container comprises a container interior storing a second fluid;
- obtaining a pressurizer,
- wherein the pressurizer comprises a pressurizer body,
- wherein the pressurizer body defines a third second flow path;
- installing the cartridge within the pressurizer body;
- installing the pressurizer within a container opening at a top end of the container;
- and
- moving the valve stem of the valve in a first direction to open the valve in the cartridge, to thereby flow the first fluid within the cartridge interior through the first flow path in the valve, and through the second flow path in the pressurizer, and then into the second fluid in the interior of the container, to thereby pressurize the second fluid by mixing the first fluid with the second fluid.
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