Bottle, system and method for sterilizing a liquid

• US 20110038754A1
• Filed: 08/12/2009
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neverest Travel Solutions Corp.
• Original Assignee: Neverest Travel Solutions Corp.
• Inventors: James, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 8,282,880 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 422/24
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/325 Irradiation devices or lamp constructions
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2201/009 Apparatus with independent power supply, e.g. solar cells, windpower, fuel cells for electrolysis apparatus C02F2201/46165
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2307/02 as part of a bottle
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 20/212 Solar-powered wastewater sewage treatment, e.g. spray evaporation

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.

Claims

1. 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 bottom end of the housing wherein the base is located outside of the interior of the housing and further wherein the base has a hole;

a lamp connected to the base wherein the lamp extends from the bottom end of the housing within the interior of the housing;

a bobbin located in the base that rotates relative to the base; and

a cord having a first end and a second end located in a position opposite to the first end wherein the second end of the cord is connected to the bobbin and further wherein the cord extends through the hole in the base wherein pulling the first end of the cord rotates the bobbin and further wherein rotation of the bobbin generates energy for the lamp to emit ultraviolet light and visible light.

2. The bottle of claim 1 further comprising:

a status light connected to the base wherein the status light indicates if the energy meets a threshold value.

3. The bottle of claim 1 further comprising:

a switch connected to the base wherein moving the switch from a first position to a second position initiates emission of the ultraviolet light and the visible light by the lamp.

4. The bottle of claim 1 further comprising:

a handle connected to the first end of the cord wherein pulling the handle pulls the first end of the cord to rotate the bobbin.

5. The bottle of claim 1 further comprising:

a battery connected to the base and the lamp.

6. The bottle of claim 1 wherein a volume of the interior of the housing is approximately one liter.

7. A system for sterilizing a liquid for a user, the system comprising:

a bottle that has an interior that holds the liquid wherein the bottle has a first opening;

a lamp connected to the bottle wherein the lamp extends into the interior of the bottle from a position located opposite to the first opening; and

a crank connected to the bottle that rotates relative to the bottle wherein rotation of the crank generates energy used by the lamp to emit ultraviolet light into the interior of the bottle.

8. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

a base that connects the crank to the bottle wherein the base is located in a position opposite to the first opening and further wherein the base has a width that is approximately equal to a width of the housing.

9. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

a lid that covers the first opening wherein the lid has a second opening that provides access to the interior of the bottle.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein the lamp emits visible light into the interior of the bottle.

11. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

a status light that emits light to indicate if the energy generated by the crank matches or exceeds a threshold value.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein the crank folds from a first orientation into a second orientation and further wherein a length of the crank in the second orientation is less than a width of the bottle.

13. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

a switch connected to the bottle wherein the lamp emits the ultraviolet light in response to movement of the switch.

14. A method for sterilizing a liquid for a user, the method comprising the steps of:

placing the liquid in an interior of a bottle through an opening;

connecting a lid to the bottle having the liquid wherein the lid covers the opening;

pulling a cord connected to the bottle to generate energy; and

emitting ultraviolet light into the interior of the bottle using the energy.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

emitting visible light into the interior of the bottle.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

indicating that the energy generated by the cord exceeds a threshold value.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

recharging a battery connected to the bottle using the energy generated by the cord.

18. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

emitting the ultraviolet light from a lamp connected to the lid wherein the lamp extends from the lid through the opening into the interior of the bottle.

19. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

moving a switch connected to the bottle wherein the ultraviolet light is emitted in response to movement of the switch.

20. The method of claim 14 further comprising the steps of:

indicating that the energy generated by the cord exceeds a threshold value; and

moving a switch connected to the bottle wherein emission of the ultraviolet light is responsive to the user moving the switch.