US 11,794,964 B2
Assembly for dispensing liquids
Jeremy Turner, Omokoroa (NZ); Paul Swinney, Newmarket (GB); Elizabeth Dixon, Newmarket (GB); Thomas Brand, Newmarket (GB); and Elanor Dixon, Newmarket (GB)
Assigned to TRISTEL PLC, Newmarket (GB)
Appl. No. 16/768,796
Filed by TRISTEL PLC, Newmarket (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/GB2018/053741
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/135065, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1800024 (GB), filed on Jan. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171253 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 51/28 (2006.01); B65D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/2814 (2013.01) [B65D 25/20 (2013.01); B65D 51/2878 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for dispensing liquids, the assembly comprising:
a base member;
a cap on the base member; and
a dispensing capsule in the base member and covered by the cap;
the dispensing capsule comprising:
a capsule body having a first end and a second end;
at least one first wall defining a first cavity within the capsule body, the first cavity having a first opening at the first end of the capsule body;
at least one second wall defining a second cavity within the capsule body, the second cavity having a second opening at the first end of the capsule body;
the first opening and the second opening provided with a seal member which seals the first cavity and the second cavity;
wherein the at least one first wall and the at least one second wall are collapsible if pressure is applied to the cavities from the second end of the capsule body;
the cap including a plunger which will bear against and cause progressive collapsing of the at least one first wall and the at least one second walls if the cap is made to move by an external force from a loaded position with the plunger over the first cavity and the second cavity with the cavities sealed, to a dispensing position in which the at least one first wall and the at least one second walls- of the cavities are sufficiently collapsed to cause unsealing of the first opening and the second opening, the plunger being fixed to and movable with the cap;
the base member including a cup member for receiving and retaining liquids from the cavities when the first opening and the second opening have been unsealed;
the base member having at least one drain opening disposed at or adjacent the top of the cup member to permit liquid to enter and leave the cup member and the assembly;
wherein the cap and the base member are provided with locking members arranged and adapted to prevent or inhibit removal of the cap from at least one of the loaded position and the dispensing position on the base member.