A drinking vessel includes a bottle having a chamber for receiving a liquid, and a mouth communicating with the chamber of the bottle, a cover device includes a cover member for detachably attaching to the mouth, the cover member includes a port having a passage formed in the port and communicating with the chamber of the bottle, a plug is attached to a lower portion of the port and includes an orifice communicating with the passage of the port and the chamber of the bottle, a valve member is engaged in the passage of the port, and the port includes a rib for anchoring the valve member in the passage of the port and for preventing the valve member from being disengaged from the cover member.

A pump mechanism for vacuum sealing an airtight cavity formed by a container and a lid, including a bore having a first one-way seal allowing air from the airtight cavity to enter the bore and blocking air inside the bore from returning to the airtight cavity and a second one-way seal allowing air inside the bore to leave the bore without returning to the airtight cavity and blocking air outside of the bore from entering the bore, a piston disposed inside the bore, and a chamber of air enclosed by the bore, the first and second one-way seals, and the piston, wherein actuation of the piston in a first direction causes air to evacuate the airtight cavity and enter the chamber through the first one-way seal, and wherein actuation of the piston in a second direction causes air to exit the chamber through the second one-way seal.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses to optimize all stages of sparkling wine production using the Champagne method. For instance, there is a specially configured apparatus utilized for a method for producing sparkling wine within the wine bottle through a secondary fermentation. The apparatus is attached to the wine bottle to seal in pressure. Specifically, a neck collar of the apparatus is positioned upon a neck section and a sealing cap is pressed onto a mouth opening wine bottle above the neck collar and coupled to the neck collar of the apparatus. A tensioner of the apparatus induces a clamping force between the neck collar and the sealing cap to seal the pressure generated from fermentation. A pressure indicator measures and displays pressure which is retained and limited to a maximum pressure within the bottle via a Pressure Reduction Valve (PRV) of the apparatus. Sediment from fermentation is removed without freezing via a riddling operations and evacuation of sediment from an inverted bottle through a ball valve configured within the apparatus. Other related embodiments are disclosed.

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to contain and dispense a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a control device, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid separated from the fluid back therein. In some embodiments, a dispensing bottle includes a non-removable closure cap with a tamper evident feature that indicates whether the cap was previously opened. By one approach, the dispensing bottle includes discontinuous threads on a bottle neck and ratchet projections on a closure cap that engage the discontinuous thread(s) to prevent or inhibit manual removal of the cap from the bottle.

Disclosed is a vapor-tight container comprising a container body having a first extension formed to extend outwards along a rim of a sidewall thereof and a locking protrusion bent downwards from an end of the first extension, and a container lid configured to cover an upper portion of the container body so that the inside of the container body is sealed.

According to one example, a vessel for one of cooking and storing one or more food items includes a container and a removable lid. The container has a bottom and an upward extending sidewall that terminates in a rim. The lid includes a central portion, and an annular gasket positioned to surround a perimeter of the central portion. The annular gasket includes an upper portion coupling the gasket to the central portion; a vertical portion descending downward from the upper portion; and a flexible skirt extending horizontally outward from an outer side of the vertical portion. The lid further includes an annular lid rim positioned to surround a perimeter of the upper portion of the gasket.

A one-way valve integrated into a lamination of the kind used as a membrane seal for coffee containers and the like. The valve comprises a top layer, a substrate and a fluid polyol film. The top layer and the substrate are adhered together by an adhesive disposed between the top layer and the substrate. The adhesive defines a boundary of a valve chamber in which the top layer and the substrate are not permanently adhered to each other. The film enhances the adhesiveness of the top layer to the substrate in the area of the valve chamber so that gas inside the container does not escape until the internal pressure reaches a minimum value.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including food waste removal system employed to eliminate food waste from trash for food permitted establishment. In one aspect, a method for evacuating food waste from a food permitted establishment includes providing a sealable container, the sealable container comprising a vessel and a lid, the vessel comprising a base portion and a vertical sidewall forming a closed bottom, an inner surface, and an open top, the inner surface having been exposed to a chemical to form a coating resistant to molecule permeation, the lid configured to form a seal preventing oxygen from entering, distributing the sealable container within the food permitted establishment, filling the vessel with the food waste, sealing the vessel with the lid to form the seal, placing the sealable container on a delivery vehicle, and removing the sealable container filled with food wastes from the food permitted establishment with the delivery vehicle.

A food and beverage Appliance enables storage and consumption of a food and beverage snack, such as cereal and milk, in a portable form factor suitable to consume the snack while in motion or during or after traveling. The Appliance stores the food and beverage separately to preserve the crispiness and freshness. It dispenses the food and beverage separately and non-simultaneously to preserve the crispiness and freshness until tasting, and to allow the user to control exactly the size of each portion dispensed. The Appliance prevents leakage of the beverage out it its container, during filling, storage, traveling, or dispensing, to avoid getting the food soggy prior to dispensing and to avoid messes. It is also ideal for a use in and creating a new revenue category for restaurants and for pre-packaged retail applications.

An oil tank cap adapted to be removably engaged with an oil tank having an oil storing space. The oil tank cap includes a cap body, an air seal, and an air valve. The cap body includes an outer casing, and a cap base being plastic and one-piece, and defining an accommodation space with the outer casing. The cap base has an annular seat portion that has at least one exhaust hole, a tube portion, a separation portion having at least one ventilation hole. The air seal has a protrusion portion, and an annular body that encircles the ventilation holes. The air valve is inserted into the tube portion, is connected airtightly to the air seal, and is operable to open or close for balancing pressure of the oil storing space and pressure of an external environment.