Bottle opening and additive dispensing apparatus
AssigneeHodges & Drake Design Limited
InventorsDaniel LONGMAN, Duncan SHEA-SIMONDS, Kevin HODGES
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Abstract
An apparatus (20) for dispensing an additive into a liquid in a container comprises a support structure (22) and a container holder (28), supported by the support structure (22), for holding a container (21) containing a liquid. The apparatus (20) also includes a capsule holder (38) for holding a capsule (40) containing an additive, for example a liquid, semi-liquid or powder, and a manipulator device (41) which is operable to manipulate the capsule (40), for example by crushing it, to thereby dispense the additive into the liquid in the container (21).
Claims19
1-18. (canceled)
An apparatus for dispensing an additive into a liquid in a container, the apparatus comprising:
- a support structure;
- a container holder for holding a container containing a liquid, the container holder being supported by the support structure;
- a capsule holder for holding a capsule containing an additive;
- and
- a manipulator device operable to manipulate the capsule to dispense the additive into the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.