Compartment for preparation as bottle cap of drinking water

Abstract

Present invention provides a compartment as bottled beverages cap for a formula of liquid or powder preparation which may be mixed-up easily with beverages inside of another bottle into a liquid composition. The user simply changes bottle beverage cap with a compartment according to present invention, expel the content into bottle with tear-off mechanism thus the content is mixed-up with water inside of bottle, and creates a ready-to-drink liquid composition. Further present invention provides a breaker having a stopper to against unintentional movements, specifically due to user's accidentally movement, such that said breaker does not tear beverages. This avoids seal becomes leaked which further may create caking of the content and reduced its quality.

Claims

1. A bottle cap for dispensing a preparation to mix with a liquid within a bottle, comprising: a pressing portion (3) comprising an elastic substance, a threaded head portion (4), a rigid surface formed at least partially over the pressing portion (3) and configured to increase downward pressure on the pressing portion (3) upon downward rotation of the threaded head portion (4), and a first seal (S1) to cover a bottom of a compartment within the bottle cap, further comprising: a chamber (1) to store the preparation; a second seal (S2) connected to the head portion (4) and separable therefrom by rotating the head portion (4); a breaker (2) to tear the first seal (S1) when the head portion (4) is downwardly rotated along the thread, wherein the pressing portion is positioned to transfer pressure from the rigid surface to the breaker (2); and a stopper (ST) for preventing unintentional vertical movement of the breaker (2).

2. The bottle cap according to claim 1, wherein further said stopper (ST) is configured as a protrusion with a height of 0.2-0.3 millimeters from a surface.

3. The bottle cap according to claim 1, wherein said breaker (2) has eight blades.

4. The bottle cap according to claim 1, wherein the bottle cap is made of any one of Polyethylene (PE), High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE).

5. The bottle cap according to claim 2, wherein the bottle cap is made of any one of Polyethylene (PE), High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE).

6. The bottle cap according to claim 1, wherein the pressing portion (3) is in communication with the head portion (4) and the breaker (2).

7. The bottle cap according to claim 6, wherein the pressing portion (3) provides elastic communication between the head portion (4) and the breaker (2) for dampened linear translation of the breaker (2) relative to rotation of the bottle cap according to a compression of the pressing portion (3).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

(1) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of example embodiment of present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 shows an exploded view of compartment component according to present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 shows a view of compartment component according to present invention at deployed state.

(4) FIG. 4 shows a view of breaker according to present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION

(5) Next description refers to attached drawings.

(6) Present invention provides a compartment as packed bottle cap to dispense any preparation to mix up with beverages inside to be a composition. This compartment includes a pressing portion (3) made of elastic substances, a threaded head portion (4), a second seal (S2) to cover bottom of compartment. Then said compartment according to present invention characterized with a chamber (1) to store preparation, a first seal (S1) connected to head portion (4) and separatable by rotating said head portion (4), and a breaker (2) to tear said seal (S2) when head portion (4) is downwardly rotating along thread and stopper (ST).

(7) Further, compartment as packed bottle cap according to present invention provides a breaker (2) with configuration of eight blades.

(8) A compartment according to present invention is made as packed bottle cap. Its shape and dimension are designed suitable to standard bottle beverages (commonly known as packed drinking water/PDW). Said head portion (4), first seal (S1), second seal (S2), chamber (1), and breaker (2) are made Polyethilene (PE). Specifically, said head portion (4) is made of High Density Poluethilene (HDPE) and the rest are Low Density Poluethilene (LDPE).

(9) In one example embodiment, a compartment according to present invention is designed suitable with bottle beverage cap (commonly shortened as PDW). Their substances are any plastic material available in market. The shape and dimension of said compartment are any possible shapes and dimensions, as long as lower portion of the compartment is suitable to bottle's opening.

(10) Said preparation stored inside of compartment according to present invention may be any solid or liquid preparation. The preparation term used here is not intended to limit to pharmaceutical matter, otherwise to encompass general foods/beverages. Said preparation here refers to a foods/beverage in certain state, preferably solid/powder or liquid, to be mixed with water into a solution.

(11) A compartment according to present invention includes a pressing portion (3) made of elastic material. The material is Low Density Polyethilene (LDPE). This is chosen with considering requirement to join pressing portion (3) with chamber (1) from High Density Polyethilene (HDPE) material. It simply needs moderate elasticity so rubber material is not necessary to implement.

(12) A compartment according to present invention includes a threaded head portion (4). Prior to use, head portion (4) is integrated to second seal (S2) by a common seal connector. This ensures said compartment unopened so the content is secured. Being used, user may rotate said head portion (4) until the seal connector is broken and second seal (S2) is separated with head portion (4). These head portion (4) and second seal (S2) may use HDPE material.

(13) A compartment according to present invention is provided with a first seal (S1) to cover bottom of compartment. This seal functions to protect the content from ambience thus its quality is secured. Said seal is common alumunium foil sheet in this art.

(14) Further, a compartment according to present invention provided with a chamber (1) to store preparation. The chamber is made of HDPE material to keep solid/powder or liquid preparation.

(15) Further, a compartment according to present invention, head (4) rotates downward along thread to push-down pressing portion (3), and then to move breaker (2) to tear off said first seal (S1).

(16) According to present invention, the breaker (2) is made of HDPE material and be configured into eight blades. This configuration is aimed to tear sufficiently first seal (S1) which is made of alumunium foil sheet.

(17) The breaker (2) is an independent structure inside of chamber (1) and disconnected to pressing portion (3). This causes said breaker is not permanently in vertical direction and possibly said breaker moves down due to its gravitation thus tear-off first seal (S1) accidentally. To avoid this, breaker (2) is provided an auxilary minor structure (ST) or stopper which functions to against vertical movement by friction to inner wall of chamber (1).

(18) The barrier or stopper (ST) works by friction between a protrusion on surface of breaker and surface of chamber (1). Unintentional vertical movement is vertical movement due to gravitation force to the breaker (2), or another accidentally movement. Meanwhile, when user uses bottle cap according to present invention, movement due to rotating head (4) is easily passes said stopper (ST). For this purpose, barrier or stopper (ST) is configured as protrution with 0.2-0.3 milimeter high from surface of said breaker.

(19) Material terms here refer to common understanding in the art. Different meaning shall not deemed different material according to common understanding or standard.