Dosing Dispensor for Powdered or Granular Material to be Affixed to Water Dispensors

Abstract

A dosing dispenser to be incorporated to water dispensers with the purpose of providing powdered material that, when mixed with water, is used for human consumption. Said dosing dispenser comprises at least one dispensing unit affixed to one lateral wall (6) of the water dispenser's structure (A) and consists of a receiving ring (13) for the powdered material container, which is placed and fixed in an inverted position, facing a powdered material feeding duct (16), wherein a valvular closing means is inserted and mounted on an induced arm (18) through the gib (26) that runs through the wall of the duct. Said duct is associated in one end by an expansion spring (25) to the control arm (23), which carries the stirring pin (19) plunging inside the container. The control arm in its other end is associated with a manual control knob (7) operated by the user. The receiving ring (13) is cylindrical and has an internal screw thread cooperating with the threaded bead of the powdered material container. Additionally, the valvular closing means is a disk-like plate (24) cooperating with the induced arm of the powdered material feeding duct (16).

Description

[0001] Said duct consists of two co-axial cylindrical sections (14, 16) joined by two screws (27). [0002] The present patent application has as main object a dosing dispenser for powdered or granulated material to be mounted on a water dispenser that is specially built to be affixed to said water dispenser for improving its use and automating its service. [0003] More particularly, the present patent application protects a dosing dispenser created for delivering powdered material which, when mixed with water, is used for human consumption. This invention is used to provide coffee, coffee with milk, or the like, as well as sugar or any powder sweetener that, when mixed with water, result in widely used beverages or infusions. [0004] The present invention is also useful for dispensing fixed doses of soup, stock, yerba mate, tea, juice and similar products, all of which are provided in granules or powder specifically prepared to be consumed by users by mixing them with cold or hot water...

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Benefits of technology

[0018] The powdered material dispenser of the present application solves the above-mentioned problem since it is built in such a way that it guarantees that all the material delivered in each dosing action enters the cup without unwanted spills and leaving no trace of the powder in the discharge duct.

[0023] The present invention also provides threaded adapters which, once fixed in the dispenser's receiving ring, allow for the engagement of bottles or jars with smaller beads or threads of different sizes. This way, the user can grab a cup, place it beneath the powder delivery outlet and move the control knob to obtain one o more doses as preferred. Then with the same cup filled with the powdered material, the user places it under the cold or hot water faucet and finishes the mix.

[0024] The present invention makes it possible to affix more than one dosing dispensers to the water dispenser, and this way the user can obtain different powdered materials in order to combine them, such as a coffee container and a milk container, or in order to use them separately. The dosing units can be placed altogether in a single block affixed to the walls of the dispenser or they can be divided in two separate blocks on opposed walls of the dispenser. In both cases, it is possible to use the dosing dispenser for hot beverages such as coffee and soups and cold beverages such as fruit juices.

Problems solved by technology

However, there are no known machines in the art that would provide, additionally to water, powdered products in a direct or associated manner.

Although said machines are useful for delivering the desired product, they usually have service problems that make them not completely reliable.

After several uses, it is usually necessary to disassemble the equipment and clean the feeding tubes, since rests of coffee or other powder are accumulated and stuck against the walls of the tube, preventing its normal functioning.

The feeding tube for the powdered material is quite long and its outlet is somewhat excessively separated from the receiving cup, and is therefore not safe.

In addition, part of said material is usually delivered outside said cup, with the consequent loss of the product supplied.

Also, there are no other existing dispensing devices or equipments of powdered materials in the art that may be affixed to the body of the water dispensing equipment, thus avoiding the duplication of machines in a convenient fashion.

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