Dispensing capsule for a liquid container
OwnerMichael R. Andersoninventor
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Abstract
A capsule that is inserted into the neck of a bottle, or within a pull-up liquid dispenser cap, said capsule being a container or receptacle for sealably containing a liquid and/or dry material and a dispenser for releasing the material when desired into the bottle through the orifice previously occupied by the first and second plugs frangibly sealed in a first position and unsealed mechanically by the consumer depressing an elongated shaft releasing the liquid and/or dry materials into the container body in second position. The present invention allows the use of materials that would discolor, degrade or interact with other substances when added to the contents of the bottle, to remain stable and/or inactive until the time of use.
Claims8
A capsule, for insertion within a liquid dispenser, where the capsule contains at least one of a liquid and dry material to be subsequently dispensed into the liquid dispenser comprising:
- a capsule body that is impervious to liquid where said capsule body has an hollow cylindrical shape;
- said capsule body fitting within a opening of said liquid dispenser;
- said capsule body having a top opening and a bottom opening;
- said capsule body having an annular lip where the annular lip extends around the top opening and the annular lip has a larger diameter than the capsule body and a plurarity of apertures within the annular lip which allow the passage of fluid from the liquid dispenser;
- said capsule body having a displaceable bottom sealing closure engaging said bottom opening in first position during a storage phase which prevents the at least one of liquid and dry material from escaping from within the capsule body;
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- an elongated plunger located within said capsule body extending vertically downward engaging and displacing the bottom closure of said capsule body into a second position allowing the at least one of liquid and dry material within said capsule body to be dispensed into the liquid dispenser when desired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.