Container with a grinder
AssigneeKraft Foods Global Brands LLC
InventorKeely Eileen Wheaton
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Abstract
A container for holding an edible liquid has a storage chamber for holding the liquid. The storage chamber has at least one outlet. The container also has an ingredient chamber separate from the storage chamber and for holding a flavor enhancing ingredient. A grinder is provided to communicate with the ingredient chamber for grinding the flavor enhancing ingredient. The grinder has at least one opening for dispensing the flavor enhancing ingredient on the opposite side of the grinder from the ingredient chamber.
Claims19
A container for holding an edible liquid, the container comprising:
- a storage chamber for holding the liquid and having at least one outlet;
- an ingredient chamber separate from the storage chamber and for holding a flavor enhancing ingredient;
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- a grinder communicating with the ingredient chamber for grinding the flavor enhancing ingredient and having at least one opening for dispensing the flavor enhancing ingredient on a downstream side of the grinder different from that of the ingredient chamber;
- wherein the grinder defines a bypass passage for conveying the liquid from one side of the grinder to the downstream side of the grinder.
A container for holding an edible liquid, the container comprising:
- a storage chamber for holding the liquid and having at least one outlet;
- an ingredient chamber separate from the storage chamber and for holding a flavor enhancing ingredient;
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- a grinder communicating with the ingredient chamber for grinding the flavor enhancing ingredient and having at least one opening for dispensing the flavor enhancing ingredient on a downstream side of the grinder different from that of the ingredient chamber;
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- a container outlet communicating with the storage chamber outlet for dispensing the liquid exteriorly of the container, and wherein the at least one opening is radially and outwardly spaced from the container outlet.
A container for holding an edible liquid, the container comprising:
- a storage chamber for holding the liquid and having at least one outlet;
- an ingredient chamber separate from the storage chamber and for holding a flavor enhancing ingredient;
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- a grinder communicating with the ingredient chamber for grinding the flavor enhancing ingredient and having at least one opening for dispensing the flavor enhancing ingredient on a downstream side of the grinder different from that of the ingredient chamber;
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- a mixing chamber for receiving both liquid from the outlet and flavor enhancing ingredient from the opening, and comprising a mixing chamber outlet for dispensing the mixed liquid and flavor enhancing ingredient.
A container for holding an edible liquid, the container comprising:
- a storage chamber for holding the liquid and having at least one outlet;
- an ingredient chamber separate from the storage chamber and for holding a flavor enhancing ingredient;
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- a grinder communicating with the ingredient chamber for grinding the flavor enhancing ingredient and having at least one opening for dispensing the flavor enhancing ingredient on a downstream side of the grinder different from that of the ingredient chamber;
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- a serving portion chamber separate from the storage chamber and configured to hold a single serving size of the liquid, and the container further comprising a passage from the storage chamber to the single serving portion chamber, the passage being configured so that applying pressure to the storage chamber forces liquid through the passage.
A container for holding an edible liquid, the container comprising:
- a storage chamber for holding the liquid and having at least one outlet;
- an ingredient chamber separate from the storage chamber and for holding a flavor enhancing ingredient;
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- a grinder communicating with the ingredient chamber for grinding the flavor enhancing ingredient and having at least one opening for dispensing the flavor enhancing ingredient on a downstream side of the grinder different from that of the ingredient chamber;
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- wherein the ingredient chamber comprises a body holding the flavor enhancing ingredient and being disposed within the storage chamber.
A container for holding an edible liquid, the container comprising:
- a storage chamber for holding the liquid and having at least one outlet;
- an ingredient chamber separate from the storage chamber and for holding a flavor enhancing ingredient;
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- a grinder communicating with the ingredient chamber for grinding the flavor enhancing ingredient and having at least one opening for dispensing the flavor enhancing ingredient on a downstream side of the grinder different from that of the ingredient chamber;
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- wherein the at least one outlet of the storage chamber and the at least one opening of the grinder are configured such that the liquid and the flavor enhancing ingredient can be dispensed simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.