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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
David George Butler, Bolton, GB;
David George Butler, Bolton, GB;
Bettix Limited, Bolton, GB;
Abstract
A dispensing container () for a liquid comprises: (i) a bottle () having a main chamber () for holding a first liquid () to be dispensed from the container and a secondary chamber () for holding a concentrate () of the first liquid, and (ii) a closure element () removably located on the mouth of the bottle. The secondary chamber () is associated with an outlet aperture through which the concentrate () may be transferred from the secondary chamber () into the main chamber (). The container () is further provided with a plugging assembly () which plugs the outlet aperture when the closure element () is located on the mouth of the bottle and allows liquid () to be transferred from the secondary chamber () into the main chamber () when the closure element () is removed. Once all of the liquid () in the main chamber () has been dispensed, a further aliquot of concentrate () may be transferred from secondary chamber () to the main chamber () and diluted therein so that the container is again ready for use. In this way, the main chamber () and diluted therein so that the container is again ready for use. In this way, the main chamber () may be re-filled several times using the concentrate () stored in chamber ().