Pressurized container providing for the separate storage of a plurality of materials

US4399158A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• General Foods Limited · US

Inventors

• Robert F. Bardsley · Harrington Park, US
• Thomas P. Finucane · Hartsdale, US
• Carl Hebel · Dover-Foxcroft, US
• Charles D. Schoonmaker · Boonton, US
• Philip J. Wruk · Wilton, US
• Edward Lee · Brooklyn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 1982
• Grant date: Aug 16, 1983
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D81/3222
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container providing for the storage of a pressurized fluid, such as a carbonated beverage, and having a separate compartment therein for the segregated storage of a second material, such as a flavoring for the beverage. The arrangement is responsive to a rapid drop in pressure which occurs in the container upon opening thereof to automatically cause the release of the second material from the compartment and dispensing thereof into the fluid stored in the container.