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US 2008/0073307 A1Published application
Infusion cap
AssigneeTheodore J. Sweeney & Company, Inc.
InventorsTheodore J. Sweeney, Drew J. Smith
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Abstract
An infusion cap for a bottle having a threaded neck is screwed onto the threaded neck of a bottle; and, by removing a locking tab, a portion of the cap can be pressed toward the bottle to discharge an infusion substance into the bottle.
Claims10
An infusion cap for use on bottles having a cylindrical neck, the infusion cap comprising:
- a barrel having concentric inner and outer sleeve portions having upper and lower ends to be received lower-end-first over the bottle neck;
- an upwardly opening third sleeve portion having upper and lower ends and extending upwardly from the barrel at the upper ends of and concentric with the inner and outer sleeve portions;
- a plunger closing the lower end of the inner sleeve portion;
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- a reservoir cap enclosing the upper end of the third sleeve portion,
- the reservoir cap, plunger and barrel forming a closed infusion substance reservoir with the plunger responsive to depression of the reservoir cap to open the infusion substance reservoir into a bottle neck and allow discharge of an infusion substance from the infusion substance reservoir into a bottle.
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An infusion cap for use on bottles having a cylindrical neck, the infusion cap comprising:
- a barrel having concentric inner and outer sleeve portions with the outer sleeve portion being internally threaded for threaded engagement, lower-end-first, over an externally threaded bottle neck and with the inner sleeve portion received downwardly within the bottle neck;
- an upwardly opening third sleeve portion extending upwardly from the barrel at the upper ends of and concentric with the inner and outer sleeve portions;
- a plunger closing the lower end of said inner sleeve portion and having a stem extending upwardly through the inner and third sleeve portions and supported thereby for axial displacement;
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- a reservoir cap closing the upper end of the third sleeve portion and disposed to engage the stem and axially shiftable on the third sleeve portion,
- the reservoir cap, plunger and barrel forming a closed infusion substance reservoir with the plunger responsive to axial displacement of the reservoir cap to open the infusion substance reservoir and allow discharge of an infusion substance from the infusion substance reservoir into a bottle upon which the infusion cap is mounted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.