Chambered bottle cap
OwnerDon Martusinventor
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Abstract
A closure cap for a bottle comprising a tubular housing adapted to seal the neck of the bottle includes a chamber having one end in communication with the interior of the bottle. A displaceable plug closes the other end of the tubular housing and includes an elongated stem having a valve formed on its lower end. Further insertion of the plug closes the valve against the tapered end wall at the open end of the housing so that sediment which has settled in the chamber when the bottle is inverted becomes trapped within the cap and remains separated from the contents of the bottle.
Claims22
A closure for closing the neck of a bottle comprising:
- a tubular housing defining a chamber having one end open for fluid communication with the interior of the bottle;
- first means for selectively closing said one end of said chamber;
- second means for closing the other end of said chamber;
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- third means on said housing for sealing the housing against the neck of said bottle to seal the bottle.
A method for separating sediment from the liquid in a bottle having an open top comprising:
- installing a closure cap having a chamber communicating at one end with the interior of the bottle;
- inverting the bottle so that sediment settles in the chamber of said closure cap;
- closing said one end of said chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.