Liquid dispensing apparatus

US11434062B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Benjamin Le Reverend · Kirkwood, US
• Heiko Oertling · Lausanne, CH
• Beat Gerber · Moudon, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D81/3216
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid dispensing apparatus, may include a first container configured to hold a first liquid. The first container can have an opening in an end of the first container. The liquid dispensing apparatus may further comprise a frustoconical-shaped container inside and attached to the first container. The frustoconical-shaped container is configured to hold a second liquid. A frustum of the frustoconical-shaped container has an opening. The frustum of the frustoconical-shaped container is proximate to the end of the first container and the opening in the frustoconical-shaped container may have a smaller cross-sectional area than the opening in the first container. The frustoconical-shaped container separates the first liquid from the second liquid. When the first and the second liquids are poured from the apparatus, the first liquid flows through the opening in the first container, the second liquid flows through the opening in the frustoconical-shaped container and the opening in the first container, such that the first liquid begins to exit the opening in the first container before the second liquid begins to exit the opening in the first container.