Pressurization type cap assembly having storage chamber for secondary material

• US 8,413,802 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2006
• Issued: 04/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jeong-Min Lee, Seong-Jae Lee
• Original Assignee: Jeong-Min Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Jeong-Min, Lee, Seong-Jae
• Primary Examiner(s): Fidei, David
• Application Number:
  US12/520,415
• Publication Number:
  US 20100025268A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,309 Days
• Field of Search: 206/219, 206/220, 206/221, 206/568, 215/DIG.8, 222/94, 222/145.5, 222/145.6
• US Class Current: 206/221
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/082 the partition being in the form of a plug or the like which is removed by increasing or decreasing the pressure within the container B65D81/3211 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2835 ruptured by a sharp element, e.g. a cutter or a piercer
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2864 the element being a plug or like element closing a passage between the auxiliary container and the main container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3222 with additional means facilitating admixture

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cap assembly mounted on a discharging portion of a container for containing an ingredient different from that in accommodated in a container, which comprise a cap body having a housing formed with a chamber for storage of a secondary ingredient, a closing element provided at a lower end opening of the housing for opening the lower end opening under pressure so as to open the lower end opening.

Claims

1. A container and cap assembly, the cap assembly mounted on a discharging portion of the container for containing an ingredient different from that contained in a container, comprising:

a beverage contained in the container;

a cap body having a housing formed with a chamber for storage of a secondary ingredient, the cap body threadably coupled to a neck of the container, the housing containing a secondary ingredient which is different from the beverage;

a closing element provided at a lower end opening of the housing for sealing the lower end opening, wherein the closing element moves into the housing and in a direction away from the container and the beverage due to pressure within the container increasing thereby allowing the secondary ingredient to exit the housing and enter the container, the cap body and the container fixedly attached to prevent relative movement therebetween.

2. A cap assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the housing is assembled to the cap body.

5. The cap assembly in accordance of claim 1 including a sealing member on the closing element configured to seal the closing element to the housing thereby preventing the secondary ingredient from mixing with the beverage.

3. A container and cap assembly, the cap assembly mounted on a discharging portion of the container for containing an ingredient different from that contained in a container, comprising:

a beverage contained in the container;

a cap body having a housing formed with a chamber for storage of a secondary ingredient, the cap body threadably coupled to a neck of the container, the housing containing a secondary ingredient which is different from the beverage;

a closing element provided at a lower end opening of the housing for opening the lower end opening under pressure, so that the secondary ingredient may be discharged into the container so as to be mixed with a primary ingredient in the container, wherein the closing element moves into the housing and in a direction away from the container and the beverage in response to an increase in pressure within the container and the secondary ingredient exits the housing and enters the container, the cap body and the container fixedly attached to prevent relative movement between the housing and the neck of the container while the closing element moves into the housing.

4. A cap assembly in accordance with claim 3, wherein when the container is pressed, the closing element sealing the lower end opening is raised for opening a lower end opening so as to discharge the secondary ingredient through the lower end opening to be mixed with the primary ingredient in the container.

6. The cap assembly in accordance of claim 3 including a sealing member on the closing element configured to seal the closing element to the housing thereby preventing the secondary ingredient from mixing with the beverage.