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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Hodges & Drake Design Limited, Leicester, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HODGES & DRAKE DESIGN LIMITED, Leicester, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/41 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); B67B 7/16 (2006.01); B65D 83/00 (2006.01); A23L 2/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/407 (2013.01); A23L 2/52 (2013.01); A47J 31/402 (2013.01); A47J 31/404 (2013.01); A47J 31/4425 (2013.01); B67B 7/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus () for dispensing an additive into a liquid in a container comprises a support structure () and a container holder (), supported by the support structure (), for holding a container () containing a liquid. The apparatus () also includes a capsule holder () for holding a capsule () containing an additive, for example a liquid, semi-liquid or powder, and a manipulator device () which is operable to manipulate the capsule (), for example by crushing it, to thereby dispense the additive into the liquid in the container ().