Ingredient Release Spout

• US 20110163119A1
• Filed: 03/03/2011
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
• Original Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
• Inventors: Nyambi, Samuel Ombaku, Seelhofer, Fritz
• Granted Patent: US 9,592,940 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 222/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/243 moving linearly, i.e. without rotational motion
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2835 ruptured by a sharp element, e.g. a cutter or a piercer

Abstract

The present application provides an ingredient release spout with an ingredient therein for use on a container. The ingredient release spout may include a cap with the ingredient therein and a nozzle. The cap may include a diaphragm with a capsule insert extending therefrom. The nozzle may include a cutting device therein such that rotating the cap pulls the diaphragm and the capsule insert towards the cutting device.

Claims

1. An ingredient release spout with an ingredient therein for use on a container, comprising:

a cap;

the cap comprising a diaphragm with a. capsule insert extending therefrom and with the ingredient therein; and

a nozzle;

the nozzle comprising a cutting device therein such that rotating the cap pulls the diaphragm and the capsule insert towards the cutting device.

2. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein capsule insert comprises a sealing layer thereon.

3. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, further comprising a capsule positioned within the capsule insert and with the ingredient therein.

4. The ingredient release spout of claim 3, wherein the capsule comprises a sealing layer thereon.

5. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein the cap comprises a tamper evident band.

6. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein the cap comprises a pair of circular cap threads and wherein the nozzle comprises a pair of circular nozzle threads that cooperate therewith for horizontal rotation of the cap.

7. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein the cap comprises one or more cap cross-plates and the nozzle comprises one or more nozzle cross-plates that cooperate therewith to stop horizontal rotation of the cap.

8. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein the capsule insert comprises a circular band therein sized according a spout of the container.

9. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein the capsule insert comprises one or more capsule insert threads and wherein the nozzle comprises one or more sleeve threads that cooperate therewith to pull the capsule insert downward.

10. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein the diaphragm comprises one or more indented surfaces and one or more raised surfaces.

11. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein the diaphragm comprises one or more concentric circles.

12. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein the nozzle comprises an internal opening sleeve with the cutting device therein.

13. The ingredient release spout of claim 1, wherein the nozzle comprises one ore more internal threads thereon that cooperate with a spout of the container.

14. The ingredient release spout of claim it wherein the cutting device comprises a cylinder and a number of supports.

15. A method of releasing an ingredient from a spout with a diaphragm into a container, comprising:

filling a cap of the spout with the ingredient;

sealing the ingredient therein with a sealing layer;

placing the cap on a screw-on nozzle of the spout with a cutting device therein;

placing the spout on the container;

horizontally rotating the cap with respect to the screw-on nozzle such that the diaphragm allows the cutting device to cut the sealing layer; and

flowing the ingredient into the container.

16. An ingredient release spout for use on a container, comprising:

a cap;

the cap comprising a diaphragm with a capsule insert extending therefrom an ingredient positioned within the capsule insert; and

a nozzle;

the nozzle comprising a cutting device therein such that rotating the cap pulls the diaphragm and the capsule insert towards the cutting device so as to release the ingredient into the container.

17. The ingredient release spout of claim 16, wherein the ingredient comprises a probiotic ingredient.

18. The ingredient release spout of claim 16, wherein capsule insert comprises a sealing layer thereon.

19. The ingredient release spout of claim 16, further comprising a capsule positioned within the capsule insert and with the ingredient therein.

20. The ingredient release spout of claim 19, wherein the capsule comprises a sealing layer thereon.