Bottle, system and method for sterilizing a liquid
AssigneeNeverest Travel Solutions
InventorEric James
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Abstract
A bottle, a system and a method sterilize a liquid. The bottle has an interior to hold the liquid and an ultraviolet light emitting lamp that extends into the interior. A cord may be attached to the bottle so that pulling the cord may power the ultraviolet light emitting lamp and/or charge a battery used to power the ultraviolet light emitting lamp. The bottle may have a status light that indicates that the ultraviolet light emitting lamp may have an amount of power equal to or greater than a threshold value, such as, for example, an amount of power necessary for the ultraviolet light emitting lamp to operate for ninety seconds. The bottle may have a removable lid located opposite to the ultraviolet light emitting lamp.
Claims18
A bottle for sterilizing a liquid, the bottle comprising:
- a housing having an interior that holds the liquid wherein the housing has a top end and a bottom end wherein the bottom end is located in a position opposite to the top end and further wherein the housing has an opening located at the top end wherein the opening provides access to the interior;
- a lid that covers the opening wherein the lid reversibly attaches and de-attaches from the housing;
- a base connected to the housing wherein the base is located outside of the interior of the housing;
- a lamp connected to the base wherein the lamp has walls and the walls extend into the liquid in the interior of the housing;
- a rotatable means for generating energy to power the lamp located in the base that rotates relative to the base wherein rotation of the rotatable means generates energy for the lamp to emit ultraviolet light;
- a status light that indicates if the energy generated by the rotatable means matches or exceeds a threshold value;
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- a switch connected to the base wherein the lamp emits the ultraviolet light in response to movement of the switch when the status light indicates that the energy generated by the rotatable means matches or exceeds the threshold value.
An apparatus for sterilizing a liquid in an interior of a bottle, the apparatus comprising:
- a lamp having a body defined by walls wherein the body of the lamp inserts into the liquid in the interior of the bottle;
- a base to which the lamp is connected;
- a crank connected to the base wherein the crank rotates relative to the base to generate energy used by the lamp to emit ultraviolet light through the walls of the lamp and a status light that visually indicates if the energy generated the crank matches or exceeds a threshold value.
A method for sterilizing a liquid in an interior of a bottle, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the liquid in the interior of the bottle through an opening;
- connecting the bottle to a base wherein connection of the bottle to the base inserts a lamp connected to the base into the liquid in the interior of the bottle;
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- rotating a crank connected to the base to generate energy;
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- activating the lamp from the energy to emit ultraviolet light from the lamp to the liquid in the interior of the bottle;
- and providing a status light that visually indicates when the energy generated by the crank is sufficient to operate the ultraviolet light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.