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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2013
Michael R. Anderson, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Michael R. Anderson, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A dispensing capsule including a cap body having an outer race, an ingredient storage chamber, an upper sealing member, and a lower sealing member; a hollow plunger slidingly disposed within the chamber; an actuating cover disposed at a top portion of the cap body including a flexible actuator and an internal punch. The internal punch is disposed on an underside of the flexible actuator. The flexible actuator is configured to deform downward causing the internal punch to puncture the upper sealing member and engage the hollow plunger, causing a distal end of the hollow plunger to puncture the lower sealing member, therefore dispensing an ingredient stored in the ingredient storage chamber.