A paper lid with good usability includes a lid body portion that includes a paper material to be mounted on a container including an opening portion, a taper, and a curl portion. A first engaging portion is provided in the lid body portion and includes a taper in the same direction as a direction of the taper. The first engaging portion engages with the curl portion from outside the curl portion. A body portion side curl portion is provided in the lid body portion and is positioned above the first engaging portion.

A single pill distributing cap has a movable part and a fixed part The fixed part is releasably attached onto a bottle and the movable part is rotationally attached to the fixed pan. The fixed part consists in a pill sorting chamber, and an exit chamber. The pill sorting chamber allows only one pill at a time to egress from the pill sorting chamber by way of a pill sorting chamber hole. Once a pill is out of the pill sorting chamber, upon continued rotation of the movable part, it aligns itself with the exit chamber. Once thus aligned, the pill drops into the exit chamber.

The present invention provides a flow control assembly for a cup, comprising: a flow regulator located inside the cup, configured to cooperate with an outlet pipe of the cup, wherein the flow regulator is movable relative to the outlet pipe, and water quantity corresponding to the outlet pipe can be adjusted by changing relative position of the flow regulator and the outlet pipe; and a handle connected with the flow regulator, wherein the handle comprises a gripping portion located outside a cover of the cup and a shaft connected at one end with the gripping portion and at the other end with the flow regulator, and wherein the gripping portion is configured to control movement of the flow regulator via the shaft under external force. By providing a handle on the cover, the quantity of water at the water outlet can be easily adjusted without opening the cup body.

An additive container is configured to contain an additive to be added to a defibrated material therein and to be coupled to an intake port for introducing the additive of an additive supply device. The additive container includes a container that includes a discharge port and contains the additive, and a first shutter member that opens and closes the discharge port. The first shutter member enters an open state by rotating the container in a first direction around a central axis of the discharge port with respect to the first shutter member, and the first shutter member enters a closed state by rotating the container in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the first shutter member from the open state.

A two-piece spill proof open cup (10) is disclosed comprising a container (12) suitable for holding liquids, such as a beverage, and a lid (14). The container (12) has a sidewall (13), a neck (15) adjacent the sidewall (13) and an opening (40) defined by the neck (15). The neck (15) has a flange (28) along an edge (42) of the neck (15) and a plurality of posts (30) adjacent the flange (28). The lid (14) is adapted to fasten to the container (12). The lid (14) has an upper surface (46) external to the two-piece spill proof open cup (10) and a lower surface (48) internal to the two-piece spill proof open cup (10). The lid (14) also has a flap (16), a lid body (25) with a vent (22), a hinge (18) connecting the flap (16) to the lid body (25), a handle (20) on the upper surface (46) and a bead (34) having channels (32). The bead (34) is integrated into the lower surface (48). The lid flap (16) is adapted to form a liquid tight seal between the lid (14) and container (12).

A toner container for use with an image forming apparatus is provided with a toner accommodating portion in which toner is accommodated; a base portion including a receiving opening for receiving the toner accommodated in the toner accommodating portion, a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the toner, received through the receiving opening, to an outside of the toner container, and a passage which is a passage extending from the receiving opening to the discharge opening and which is for permitting passing of the toner; and a shutter constituted so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis relative to the base between an open position where the discharge opening is exposed to the outside and a closed position where the shutter covers the discharge opening, wherein the passage extends in a direction in which the passage is inclined relative to the rotational axis so that the receiving opening is in a position where the receiving opening crosses the rotational axis and so that the discharge opening is in a position where the discharge opening does not cross the rotational axis.

The invention relates to a closing device for a beverage container, comprising a closing body and a closing lid, said closing lid being mounted such that it can rotate, relative to the closing body, between a flow state and a sealed state. A liquid channel of the closing body is released in the flow state and blocked in the sealed state. A guide device is arranged between the closing lid and the closing body. The guide device has two preferred positions, which define the sealed state and the flow state. The rotatable mount between the closing lid and the closing body is in the form of a threaded mount.

A lid assembly outfits a liquid container and may function to position a liquid-permeable container relative to the liquid container. The lid assembly may include a lid body having a rim-receiving groove, an object-supportive depression or container support feature, and a primary liquid-letting aperture. The primary liquid-letting aperture primarily enables liquid egression from the liquid container thereby supporting certain lid body-based beverage service methodology, including the steps of supporting a liquid permeable container by the object-supportive depression or container support feature thereby forming a lid-container ensemble, and outfitting the liquid container with the lid-container ensemble. The liquid permeable container contains liquid permeable media and after being outfitted upon the liquid container via the lid body, liquid is directed into the liquid permeable container and through the liquid-permeable media for forming media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid. The flavor-infused liquid is then outlet into the liquid container for providing a contained beverage for consumption.

A closure assembly including a closure base configured to be selectively coupled to a neck of a liquid vessel and a valve assembly operatively coupled to the closure base, the valve assembly comprising a nozzle that extends away from the closure base and defines at least one drink outlet, shower outlets spaced around the at least one drink outlet, and a barrel valve, the barrel valve being configured to be selectively rotated relative to the closure base to transition the valve assembly between a closed configuration, in which a flow of liquid from the liquid vessel through the closure assembly is restricted, a drink configuration, in which liquid is permitted to flow from the liquid vessel through the drink outlet but not the shower outlets, and the shower configuration, in which liquid is permitted to flow from the liquid vessel through the shower outlets but not the drink outlet.

In one aspect, new dispenser components for use with portable fluid dispensing apparatus are provided. The present systems can be used to administer to a user water and other fluids optionally together with one or more other ingestibles such as flavoring, or a health supplement. In another aspect, new rotor or disk units that may comprise one or more pods or packets that contain ingestible material(s). In a further aspect, one or more of such pods or packets that may comprise one or more ingestible materials.