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Cap assembly having storage chamber for secondary material with inseparable working member

US8485353B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 12, 2006
Grant dateJul 16, 2013
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S215/08
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cap assembly mounted on a neck of a container for containing an ingredient different from that accommodated in the container includes a cap body having an inner housing formed with a chamber for storage of a secondary ingredient and a working member adapted to open a low end opening of the chamber to allow the secondary ingredient in the chamber of the inner housing to be mixed with a primary ingredient in the container. The mixed ingredients may be discharged through an opening.

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