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US 9,284,177 B2Granted
Flexible bottle wrapper for preservation and dispensation of air sensitive materials
OwnerClaude Ramon Littoinventor
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Abstract
A volumetric displacement device, especially good for preserving and dispensing carbonated beverages has been constructed that is extremely light, small, safe, attractive, easy to use, energy efficient and inexpensive. It can use battery power, has an ovaloid shape, can be constructed of thin flexible plastics, and operates in various positions that eliminate the need for a pickup tube. The controls of the device have been linked both electronically and mechanically for ease of operation.
Claims19
A volumetric displacement device comprising:
- (a) an outer containment means, and
- (b) a displacement partition located substantially within said outer containment means so as to form two distinct chambers, a displacement matter chamber and a usable material chamber, and
- (c) a means for bi-directional transport of usable material between the environment and said usable material chamber, and
- (d) a means for bi-directional transport of displacement matter between the environment and said displacement matter chamber, and wherein
- (e) said displacement matter is a compressed gas, and
- (f) said volumetric displacement device is designed to accept a flexible bottle as said displacement partition, and further comprising
- (g) a junction separating said outer containment means into a bell and a closure, said junction having an inside diameter large enough to accommodate passage through said junction of the largest outside diameter of said flexible bottle designed to fit said volumetric displacement device, and
- (h) a usable material valve means for controlling said bi-directional transport of said usable material, and
- (i) a usable material valve actuation means for actuating said usable material valve means, and
- (j) a displacement matter forcing means for forcing said displacement matter into said displacement matter chamber, and
- (k) one or more members selected from a separable outer containment means group consisting of said bell with an interior surface shape that is a section of an ovaloid shape that may be cut or sectioned from a complete ovaloid shape, said closure with an interior surface shape that is a section of an ovaloid shape that may be cut or sectioned from a complete ovaloid shape, said bell with an exterior surface shape that is a section of an ovaloid shape that may be cut or sectioned from a complete ovaloid shape, and said closure with an exterior surface shape that is a section of an ovaloid shape that may be cut or sectioned from a complete ovaloid shape.
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A volumetric displacement device comprising:
- (a) an outer containment means, and
- (b) a displacement partition located substantially within said outer containment means so as to form two distinct chambers, a displacement matter chamber and a usable material chamber, and
- (c) a means for bi-directional transport of usable material between the environment and said usable material chamber, and
- (d) a means for bi-directional transport of displacement matter between the environment and said displacement matter chamber, and wherein
- (e) said displacement matter is a compressed gas, and
- (f) said volumetric displacement device is designed to accept a flexible bottle as said displacement partition, and further comprising
- (g) a junction separating said outer containment means into a bell and a closure, said junction having an inside diameter large enough to accommodate passage through said junction of the largest outside diameter of said flexible bottle designed to fit said volumetric displacement device, and
- (h) one or more members selected from a separable outer containment means group consisting of said bell with an interior surface shape that is a section of an ovaloid shape that may be cut or sectioned from a complete ovaloid shape, said closure with an interior surface shape that is a section of an ovaloid shape that may be cut or sectioned from a complete ovaloid shape, said bell with an exterior surface shape that is a section of an ovaloid shape that may be cut or sectioned from a complete ovaloid shape, and said closure with an exterior surface shape that is a section of an ovaloid shape that may be cut or sectioned from a complete ovaloid shape.
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A volumetric displacement device comprising:
- (a) an outer containment means, and
- (b) a displacement partition located substantially within said outer containment means so as to form two distinct chambers, a displacement matter chamber and a usable material chamber, and
- (c) a means for bi-directional transport of usable material between the environment and said usable material chamber, and
- (d) a means for bi-directional transport of displacement matter between the environment and said displacement matter chamber, and
- (e) a usable material valve means for controlling said bi-directional transport of said usable material, and
- (f) a usable material valve actuation means for actuating said usable material valve means, and
- (g) a displacement matter forcing means for forcing said displacement matter into said displacement matter chamber, and
- (h) a displacement matter removal means for substantially lowering the internal pressure in said usable material chamber, and
- (i) a displacement matter removal actuation means for actuating said displacement matter removal means, and
- (j) a bi-directional displacement matter removal actuation linking means linking the actuation of said displacement matter removal means with the actuation of said usable material valve means.
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A volumetric displacement device comprising:
- (a) an outer containment means, and
- (b) a displacement partition located substantially within said outer containment means so as to form two distinct chambers, a displacement matter chamber and a usable material chamber, and
- (c) a means for bi-directional transport of usable material between the environment and said usable material chamber, and
- (d) a means for bi-directional transport of displacement matter between the environment and said displacement matter chamber, and
- (e) a usable material valve means for controlling said bi-directional transport of said usable material, and
- (f) a usable material valve actuation means for actuating said usable material valve means, and
- (g) a displacement matter forcing means for forcing said displacement matter into said displacement matter chamber, and
- (h) a displacement matter forcing actuation means for actuating said displacement matter forcing means, and
- (i) a bi-directional displacement matter forcing actuation linking means linking the actuation of said displacement matter forcing means with the actuation of said usable material valve means.
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A volumetric displacement device comprising:
- (a) an outer containment means, and
- (b) a displacement partition located substantially within said outer containment means so as to form two distinct chambers, a displacement matter chamber and a usable material chamber, and
- (c) a means for bi-directional transport of usable material between the environment and said usable material chamber, and
- (d) a means for bi-directional transport of displacement matter between the environment and said displacement matter chamber, and
- (e) a usable material valve means for controlling said bi-directional transport of said usable material, and
- (f) a usable material valve actuation means for actuating said usable material valve means, and
- (g) a displacement matter forcing means for forcing said displacement matter into said displacement matter chamber, and
- (h) a displacement matter forcing actuation means for actuating said displacement matter forcing means, and
- (i) a displacement matter removal means for substantially lowering the internal pressure in said usable material chamber, and
- (j) a displacement matter removal actuation means for actuating said displacement matter removal means, and
- (k) a bi-directional displacement matter forcing displacement matter removal actuation linking means linking the actuation of said displacement matter forcing means with the actuation of said usable material valve means.
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A volumetric displacement device comprising:
- (a) an outer containment means, and
- (b) a displacement partition located substantially within said outer containment means so as to form two distinct chambers, a displacement matter chamber and a usable material chamber, and
- (c) a means for bi-directional transport of usable material between the environment and said usable material chamber, and
- (d) a means for bi-directional transport of displacement matter between the environment and said displacement matter chamber, and
- (e) a usable material valve means for controlling said bi-directional transport of said usable material, and
- (f) a usable material valve actuation means for actuating said usable material valve means, and
- (g) a displacement matter forcing means for forcing said displacement matter into said displacement matter chamber, and
- (h) a usable material check valve means for preventing the actuation of said usable material valve means.
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A volumetric displacement device comprising:
- (a) an outer containment means, and
- (b) a displacement partition located substantially within said outer containment means so as to form two distinct chambers, a displacement matter chamber and a usable material chamber, and
- (c) a means for bi-directional transport of usable material between the environment and said usable material chamber, and
- (d) a means for bi-directional transport of displacement matter between the environment and said displacement matter chamber, and
- (e) a usable material valve means for controlling said bi-directional transport of said usable material, and
- (f) a usable material valve actuation means for actuating said usable material valve means, and
- (g) a displacement matter forcing means for forcing said displacement matter into said displacement matter chamber, and
- (h) a user intent sensing means selected from a sensor group consisting of cap switch, tip sensor and motion sensor, and wherein the actuation of said user intent sensing means actuates members from said fluid control group.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.