Condiment dispenser-X

Abstract

A condiment dispenser which is activated by an electrical vibrator is described. The dispenser has a container with a storage space filled with condiment. The bottom wall of the container is riddled with a multiplicity of spreading apertures. At the idle state the vibrator is deactivated and the apertures are blocked by a banded frame. The blocking frame isolates the condiment and prevents atmospheric moisture accumulation. At the active state the activated vibrator vibrates the condiment while the banded frame is moved such that the apertures are uncovered and facilitate condiment spreading. A multiple condiments dispenser is also presented. The multiple condiments dispenser has several separate containers and a vibrator which can vibrate all the condiments. The user selects which particular condiment to dispense by pressing the button which uncovers the apertures of the selected container while activating the vibrator.

Claims

1. A condiment dispenser comprising of: a vibrator and a condiment container comprising: a storage space filled with the condiment; wherein the storage space is confined within: a set of surrounding walls, a bottom wall situated at a bottom side of the storage space and a top wall situated at a top side of the storage space; wherein the bottom wall includes a multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate and also to vibrate the condiment when the vibrator is in an active state; wherein when the vibrator is in the active state, the vibrator is configured to facilitate dispensing the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the storage space comprises: an input opening; wherein the input opening is situated at the top side of the storage space and is configured to facilitate supplementing the condiment container with the condiment; wherein the input opening is equipped with a rotatable door which has an opened position in which the rotatable door facilitates supplementation of the condiment into the container; wherein the rotatable door has a closed position in which the rotatable door hermetically seals the input opening.

2. A condiment dispenser comprising of: a vibrator and a condiment container comprising: a storage space filled with the condiment; wherein the storage space is confined within: a set of surrounding walls, a bottom wall situated at a bottom side of the storage space and a top wall situated at a top side of the storage space; wherein the bottom wall includes a multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate and also to vibrate the condiment when the vibrator is in an active state; wherein when the vibrator is in the active state, the vibrator is configured to facilitate dispensing the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the storage space comprises: a banded frame situated on a top side of the bottom wall; wherein the banded frame comprises of a multiplicity of spaced bands which are configured to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and to block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the banded frame is in a blocking position; wherein when the banded frame is in an unblocking position, the multiplicity of spaced bands are configured not to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and do not block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein, at the unblocking position, the banded frame facilitates dispensation of the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the vibrator is in the active state.

3. A condiment dispenser comprising of: a vibrator and a condiment container comprising: a storage space filled with the condiment; wherein the storage space is confined within: a set of surrounding walls, a bottom wall situated at a bottom side of the storage space and a top wall situated at a top side of the storage space; wherein the bottom wall includes a multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate and also to vibrate the condiment when the vibrator is in an active state; wherein when the vibrator is in the active state, the vibrator is configured to facilitate dispensing the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is structurally attached to the condiment container; wherein in the active state, the vibrator facilitates vibrating the condiment container and the condiment container facilitates vibrating the condiment.

4. A condiment dispenser comprising of: a vibrator and a condiment container comprising: a storage space filled with the condiment: wherein the storage space is confined within: a set of surrounding walls, a bottom wall situated at a bottom side of the storage space and a top wall situated at a top side of the storage space: wherein the bottom wall includes a multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate and also to vibrate the condiment when the vibrator is in an active state; wherein when the vibrator is in the active state, the vibrator is configured to facilitate dispensing the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the storage space comprises: a banded frame situated on a top side of the bottom wall; wherein the banded frame comprises of a multiplicity of spaced bands which are configured to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and to block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the banded frame is in a blocking position; wherein when the banded frame is in an unblocking position, the multiplicity of spaced bands are configured not to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and do not block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein, at the unblocking position, the banded frame facilitates dispensation of the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the vibrator is in the active state; wherein the vibrator is mechanically attached to the banded frame by a vibrating bar and facilitates vibrating of the banded frame when the vibrator is in the active state; wherein the vibrations of the banded frame are configured to vibrate the condiment.

5. A condiment dispenser comprising of a vibrator and a condiment container comprising: a storage space filled with the condiment; wherein the storage space is confined within: a set of surrounding walls, a bottom wall situated at a bottom side of the storage space and a top wall situated at a top side of the storage space; wherein the bottom wall includes a multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate and also to vibrate the condiment when the vibrator is in an active state; wherein when the vibrator is in the active state, the vibrator is configured to facilitate dispensing the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; the condiment dispenser comprising: an electrical power source and an electrical switch; wherein the electrical switch is electrically connected to the vibrator and to the electrical power source; wherein activating the electrical switch switches the vibrator into the active state in which the vibrator is vibrating; wherein when the electrical switch is not activated the vibrator is in an inactive state in which the vibrator is not vibrating; wherein the storage space comprises: a banded frame situated on a top side of the bottom wall; wherein the banded frame comprises of a multiplicity of spaced bands which are configured to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and to block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the banded frame is in a blocking position; wherein when the banded frame is in an unblocking position, the multiplicity of spaced bands are configured not to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and do not block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein, at the unblocking position, the banded frame facilitates dispensation of the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the vibrator is in the active state; wherein the vibrator is mechanically attached by a vibrating bar to the banded frame; wherein the vibrator facilitates moving the banded frame into the unblocking position when the vibrator is switched into the active state; wherein the vibrator facilitates moving the banded frame into the blocking position when the vibrator is switched into the inactive state.

6. A condiment dispenser comprising of: a vibrator and a condiment container comprising: a storage space filled with the condiment; wherein the storage space is confined within: a set of surrounding walls, a bottom wall situated at a bottom side of the storage space and a top wall situated at a top side of the storage space; wherein the bottom wall includes a multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate and also to vibrate the condiment when the vibrator is in an active state; wherein when the vibrator is in the active state, the vibrator is configured to facilitate dispensing the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the condiment dispenser comprising: an electrical power source and an electrical switch; wherein the electrical switch is electrically connected to the vibrator and to the electrical power source; wherein activating the electrical switch switches the vibrator into the active state in which the vibrator is vibrating; wherein when the electrical switch is not activated the vibrator is in an inactive state in which the vibrator is not vibrating; wherein the storage space comprises: a banded frame situated on a top side of the bottom wall; wherein the banded frame comprises of a multiplicity of spaced bands which are configured to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and to block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the banded frame is in a blocking position; wherein when the banded frame is in an unblocking position, the multiplicity of spaced bands are configured not to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and do not block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein, at the unblocking position, the banded frame facilitates dispensation of the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the vibrator is in the active state; wherein the electrical switch has a pressing button which facilitates manual activation of the electrical switch when pressed; wherein the pressing button also is mechanically connected with the banded frame using a sliding bar; wherein the pressing button is configured to move the banded frame into the unblocking position when pressed; wherein the pressing button is equipped with a retaining spring which moves back the pressing button and deactivates the electrical switch when the pressing button is not pressed; wherein the retaining spring also moves back the sliding bar and the banded frame into the blocking position when the pressing button is not pressed.

7. A condiment dispenser comprising of: a vibrator and a condiment container comprising: a storage space filled with the condiment; wherein the storage space is confined within: a set of surrounding walls, a bottom wall situated at a bottom side of the storage space and a top wall situated at a top side of the storage space; wherein the bottom wall includes a multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate and also to vibrate the condiment when the vibrator is in an active state; wherein when the vibrator is in the active state, the vibrator is configured to facilitate dispensing the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the storage space comprises: a banded frame situated on a top side of the bottom wall; wherein the banded frame comprises of a multiplicity of spaced bands which are configured to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and to block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the banded frame is in a blocking position; wherein when the banded frame is in an unblocking position, the multiplicity of spaced bands are configured not to cover the multiplicity of dispensing apertures and do not block the multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein, at the unblocking position, the banded frame facilitates dispensation of the condiment via the multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the vibrator is in the active state; wherein a multiplicity of tapered ramps are attached to the surrounding walls which engage with the banded frame at the bottom side of the container; wherein the multiplicity of tapered ramps are configured to prevent leakage of the condiment out of the storage space.

8. A multiple condiments dispenser comprising of: a vibrator and at least two condiment containers each of said condiment containers comprising: a particular storage space filled with a particular condiment; wherein each of the particular storage spaces is confined within: a particular set of surrounding walls, a particular bottom wall situated at a bottom side of the particular storage space and a particular top wall situated at a top side of the particular storage space; wherein the particular bottom wall includes a particular multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is structurally attached to the multiple condiments dispenser; wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate and also to vibrate all the particular condiments in the multiple condiments dispenser when the vibrator is in an active state; wherein when the vibrator is in the active state, the vibrator is configured to facilitate dispensing each of the particular condiments via the particular multiplicity of dispensing apertures situated at the particular storage space; the multiple condiments dispenser comprising: an electrical power source and a multiplicity of particular electrical switches; wherein all the particular electrical switches are electrically connected in parallel to the vibrator and to the electrical power source; wherein activating any of the particular electrical switches, is switching the vibrator into the active state in which the vibrator is vibrating; wherein when all the particular electrical switches are not activated the vibrator is in an inactive state in which the vibrator is not vibrating.

9. A multiple condiments dispenser comprising of: a vibrator and at least two condiment containers each of said condiment containers comprising: a particular storage space filled with a particular condiment; wherein each of the particular storage spaces is confined within: a particular set of surrounding walls, a particular bottom wall situated at a bottom side of the particular storage space and a particular top wall situated at a top side of the particular storage space; wherein the particular bottom wall includes a particular multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein the vibrator is structurally attached to the multiple condiments dispenser; wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate and also to vibrate all the particular condiments in the multiple condiments dispenser when the vibrator is in an active state; wherein when the vibrator is in the active state, the vibrator is configured to facilitate dispensing each of the particular condiments via the particular multiplicity of dispensing apertures situated at the particular storage space; wherein each of the particular storage spaces comprising: A particular input opening; wherein the particular input opening is situated at the top side of the particular storage space and is configured to facilitate supplementing the particular condiment container with the particular condiment; wherein the particular input opening is equipped with a particular rotatable door which has an opened position in which the particular rotatable door facilitates supplementation of the particular condiment into the particular container; wherein the particular rotatable door has a closed position in which the particular rotatable door seals the particular input opening.

10. The multiple condiments dispenser, of claim 8, wherein the particular storage space comprises: a particular banded frame situated on a top side of the particular bottom wall; wherein the particular banded frame comprises of a particular multiplicity of spaced bands which are configured to cover the particular multiplicity of dispensing apertures and block the particular multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the particular banded frame is in a blocking position; wherein when the particular banded frame is in an unblocking position, the particular multiplicity of spaced bands are configured not to cover the particular multiplicity of dispensing apertures and do not block the particular multiplicity of dispensing apertures; wherein, at the unblocking position, the particular banded frame facilitates dispensation of the particular condiment via the particular multiplicity of dispensing apertures when the vibrator is in the active state.

11. The multiple condiments dispenser of claim 10, wherein each of the particular electrical switches has a particular pressing button which facilitates manual activation of the particular electrical switch when pressed; wherein each of the particular electrical switches when activated is also configured to activate the vibrator; wherein each of the particular pressing buttons also is mechanically connected with the particular banded frame which pertains to that particular condiment container and moves the particular banded frame into the unblocking position when pressed; wherein each of the particular pressing buttons is equipped with a particular retaining spring which moves back the particular pressing button and deactivates the particular electrical switch when the particular pressing button is not pressed; wherein, the particular retaining spring also moves back the particular pressing button and the particular banded frame into the blocking position when the particular pressing button is not pressed.

12. The multiple condiments dispenser of claim 10, wherein a multiplicity of tapered ramps are attached to the particular surrounding walls which engage with the particular banded frames at the bottom sides of the particular containers; wherein the multiplicity of tapered ramps are configured to prevent leakage of the particular condiments out of their particular storage spaces.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 illustrates a cross sectional drawing of the frontal view of an embodiment of the condiment dispenser X which is configured for dispensing a single condiment.

(2) FIG. 2 describes a side view of the embodiment of condiment dispenser X described in FIG. 1.

(3) FIG. 3 Depicts a cross sectional top view of the embodiment of condiment dispenser X described in FIG. 1.

(4) FIG. 4 illustrates a cross sectional drawing of the frontal view of an embodiment of the condiment dispenser X with the vibrating bar connecting the vibrator to the banded frame.

(5) FIG. 5 describes a side view of the embodiment of condiment dispenser X with the vibrating bar option described in FIG. 4.

(6) FIG. 6 Depicts a cross sectional top view of the embodiment of condiment dispenser X with the vibrating bar option described in FIG. 4.

(7) FIG. 7 illustrates a cross sectional drawing of the frontal view of an embodiment of a multiple condiments dispenser X which is configured for dispensing two condiments. A multiple condiments dispenser for more than two condiments will have very similar structure with additional condiment containers.

(8) FIG. 8 describes a side view of the embodiment of the multiple condiments dispenser X described in FIG. 7.

(9) FIG. 9 Depicts a cross sectional top view of the embodiment of multiple condiments dispenser X described in FIG. 7.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(10) FIG. 1 illustrates a cross sectional drawing of the frontal view of an embodiment of the condiment dispenser X denoted by 1. The pressing button 2 is spring 3 loaded and is mechanically connected to the electrical switch 4 which activates the vibrator 11. The spring 3 moves back the pressing button 2 and the switch 4 into the inactive position when the manual pressing ceases. The retaining spring 3 also returns the banded frame to the blocking position when the manual pressing ceases. The electrical vibrator 11 is structurally connected to the walls of the dispenser 1. With this arrangement, the dispenser's walls transfer the vibrations from the vibrator 11 to the condiment stored in container 7. The push button 2 is mechanically connected also to the sliding bar 10 which can slide the banded frame 5. The push button 2 is retained by spring 3 which moves back the pressing button and deactivates the electrical switch 4 when the push button 2 is not pressed. When the push button 2 is not pressed and the vibrator 11 is inactive, the banded frame 5 blocks the dispensing apertures 6 and isolates the condiment in container 7 from the surrounding atmosphere. In this idle or inactive state, the banded frame 5 prevents the accumulation of atmospheric moisture in the condiment. But when the push button 2 is manually pushed to the left by the user, the vibrator 11 is activated and the sliding bar 10 moves the banded frame 5 to the left such that the dispensing apertures 6 become unblocked and facilitate spreading condiment. The tapered ramps 14 are attached to the surrounding walls of the container and also fit snugly with the margins of the banded frame. The tapered ramps are configured to prevent the condiment leakage from the container 7 via the margins of the banded frame which engages the surrounding walls of the container. The electrical batteries 12 which are electrically connected to the electrical switch 4 and to the vibrator 11, provide electrical power that activates the vibrator 11 when the electrical switch 4 is activated. The rotatable door 8 is used for condiment supplementation. The handle 9 facilitate opening the door 8.

(11) FIG. 2 describes a side view of the embodiment of condiment dispenser X denoted by 1 described in FIG. 1. The push button 2 is illustrated on top of the sliding bar 10. Also the rotatable door handle 9 is shown.

(12) FIG. 3 Depicts a cross sectional top view of the embodiment of condiment dispenser X denoted by 1 and described in FIG. 1. The activation button 2 is spring 3 retained and is mechanically connected to the electrical switch 4 which activates the vibrator 11. When the pressing button 2 is manually pressed the switch 4 is activated and activates also the vibrator 11 at the same time the sliding bar 10 which is connected to the pressing button, moves the banded frame 5 into unblocked position in which the dispensing apertures 6 are unblocked by the banded frame 5 and facilitate spreading of the condiment. When the manual pressing ceases, the spring 3 returns the pressing button and the electrical switch back into the inactive position and at the same time the sliding bar 10 returns the banded frame 5 into the blocking position. The spring 3 returns the pressing button 2 and the switch 4 into the inactive position when the manual pressing ceases. The retaining spring 3 also returns the banded frame to the blocking position when the manual pressing ceases. The electrical vibrator 11 is structurally connected to the walls of the dispenser 1. The dispenser's walls transfer the vibrations from the vibrator 11 to the condiment stored in container 7. The push button 2 is mechanically connected also to the rigid sliding bar 10 which can slide the banded frame 5 into the unblocked position when the pressing button 2 is manually pressed. The push button 2 is retained by spring 3. When the push button 5 is not pressed and the vibrator 11 is inactive, the banded frame 5 blocks the dispensing apertures 6 and isolate the condiment in container 7 from the surrounding atmosphere. In this idle state, the banded frame 5 prevents the accumulation of atmospheric moisture in the condiment. But when the push button 2 is manually pushed to the left by the user the vibrator 11 is activated and the sliding bar 10 moves the banded frame 5 to the left such that the apertures 6 become unblocked and facilitate spreading condiment. The tapered ramps 14 are configured to prevent the condiment leakage from the container 7.

(13) FIG. 4 illustrates a cross sectional drawing of the frontal view of an embodiment of the condiment dispenser X denoted by 1 with the vibrating bar 13 option. The activation button 2 is spring 3 loaded and is mechanically connected to the electrical switch 4 which activates the vibrator 11. The electrical vibrator 11 is structurally connected to the walls of the dispenser 1. The dispenser's walls transfer the vibrations from the vibrator 11 to the condiment stored in container 7. The vibrator 11 is mechanically connected also to the vibrating bar 13 which can vibrate and also slide the banded frame 5 into unblocked position when vibrator 11 is activated. The push button 2 is retained by spring 3. When the push button 5 is not pressed and the vibrator 11 is inactive, the banded frame 5 blocks the dispensing apertures 6 and isolate the condiment in container 7 from the surrounding atmosphere. In this idle state, the banded frame 5 prevents the accumulation of atmospheric moisture in the condiment. But when the push button 2 is manually pushed to the left by the user the vibrator 11 is activated and the vibrating bar 13 vibrates and also moves the banded frame 5 to the left such that the apertures 6 become unblocked and facilitate spreading condiment. The rounded ramps 14 are configured to prevent the condiment leakage from the container 7. The electrical batteries 12 which are electrically connected to the electrical switch 4 and to the vibrator 11, provide electrical power that activates the vibrator 11 when switch 4 is activated. The rotatable door 8 is used for condiment supplementation. The handle 9 facilitate opening the door 8.

(14) FIG. 5 describes a side view of the embodiment of condiment dispenser X denoted by 1 with the vibrating bar 13 option and described in FIG. 4. The push button 2 is illustrated. Also the rotatable door handle 9 is shown.

(15) FIG. 6 Depicts a cross sectional top view of the embodiment of condiment dispenser X denoted by 1 with the vibrating bar 13 option which is and described in FIG. 4. The activation button 2 is spring 3 loaded and is mechanically connected to the electrical switch 4 which activates the vibrator 11. The electrical vibrator 11 is mechanically connected to the walls of the dispenser 1. The vibrating bar 13 transfers the vibrations from the vibrator 11 to the condiment stored in container 7. But when the push button 2 is manually pushed to the left by the user the vibrator 11 is activated and the vibrating bar 13 vibrates and also moves the banded frame 5 to the left such that the apertures 6 become unblocked and facilitate spreading condiment. The push button 2 is retained by spring 3. When the push button 5 is not pressed and the vibrator 11 is inactive, the banded frame 5 blocks the dispensing apertures 6 and isolate the condiment in container 7 from the surrounding atmosphere. In this idle state, the banded frame 5 prevents the accumulation of atmospheric moisture in the condiment. But when the push button 2 is manually pushed to the left by the user the vibrator 11 is activated and the vibrating bar 13 vibrates the condiment and also moves the banded frame 5 to the left such that the apertures 6 become unblocked and facilitate spreading condiment. The rounded ramps 14 are configured to prevent the condiment leakage from the container 7.

(16) FIG. 7 illustrates a cross sectional drawing of the frontal view of an embodiment of a multiple condiments dispenser X which is configured for dispensing two condiments. A multiple condiments dispenser for more than two condiments will have very similar structure with additional condiment containers.

(17) The only difference between FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 is the attachement of a second container with a storage space 7 to the first container. As illustrated, the second container also has a banded frame 5 dispensing apertures 6 a pressing button 2 which is connected to an electrical switch 4 and to a sliding bar 10 both retrievable by a retaining spring 3. The tapered ramps 14 are also drawn.

(18) FIG. 8 describes a side view of the embodiment of the multiple condiments dispenser X described in FIG. 7.

(19) FIG. 9 Depicts a cross sectional top view of the embodiment of multiple condiments dispenser X described in FIG. 7.