Container for dosing a flowable solid

US11619533B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• PepsiCo, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Xavier Cortadellas · Golden Isles, US
• Syed Peer · Arlington Heights, US
• Toby Richard David Wingfield · Crystal Lake, US
• Albert J. Kwak · Brooklyn, US
• Charles Paradise · Brooklyn, US
• Emma Pearl Willmer-Shiles · Brooklyn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2021
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01F11/12
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Embodiments are directed to a container for dispensing equal doses of a flowable solid. The container may include a body defining an interior volume including a storage volume, an outlet passage, and a dosing chamber in communication with the storage volume and the outlet passage. The container may include a closure that has a lid and a plunger. The lid may be rotatably coupled to the body such that it rotates about a first axis from a closed position to an open position. The plunger may be rotatably coupled to the lid and configured to seal the dosing chamber. The container may be configured to dispense a dose of the flowable solid when the plunger is in the unsealed position and the container is at least partially inverted, and each dose may have an equal volume.