US20070181600A1 - Multiple spice dispenser device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to devices for holding and dispensing powders or seasonings such as, for example, salt, pepper, spices and the like; other powders or substances may be held.
- a holding and dispensing device may include at least two internal holders or cartridges to hold at least two kinds of spices, seasonings, salt or the like. Powders or materials other than spices may be held.
- the device may include a rotatable cap or disk to select at least one spice to be poured and a rotatable flow selector to select the preferred flow of the selected spice or seasoning.
- FIG. 1 depicts a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 a depicts a half cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 b depicts a bottom view of a half cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 depicts a quarter cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 a depicts a rotation direction of a multi-spice dispensing device cap, according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 b depicts a top view of a multi-spice dispensing device cap, according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 c depicts a rotation direction of a multi-spice dispensing device flow selector, according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 d depicts a top view of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 depicts top view of a quarter cartridge and a half cartridge located inside a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 6 depicts a cap a cartridge and a base of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to some embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 7 depicts a connection between a base and a top portion of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to some embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 1 depicts a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- device 5 may include outer shell, container or housing 10 which may be used for holding and dispensing at least two seasonings such as spice, salt and the like. Powders or materials other than spices may be held.
- Device 5 may include a outer container or a housing 10 having a base 11 and a top portion 12 which may be connected to each other, for example, by placing top portion 12 on base 11 and applying pressure on top portion 12 , e.g., snap mechanism, by a screwing mechanism or any other suitable connection mechanism.
- the housing 10 may have a shape of a cylinder (as shown), oval cross section, box or any other shape. Top portion 12 and base 11 may move or rotate around the same axis.
- Top portion 12 may include a rotatable cap or rotatable inner cap 13 with an upper disk 14 .
- Upper disk 14 may be fixed to or integral with upper portion or rotatable cap 13 of top portion 12 .
- Device 5 may contain plurality of internal cartridges, reservoirs or sub-containers, shown more clearly in FIGS. 2 a, 3 and 6 .
- Upper disk 14 may include an opening, not shown in FIG. 1 but shown in FIG. 4 b, that is used to select one of the internal cartridges or containers.
- inner cap 13 may select an internal cartridge for dispensing.
- Device 5 may include a rotatable perforated top or flow selector 15 .
- Rotatable inner cap 13 and flow selector or rotatable outer cap 15 may move or rotate around a shared axis which may be the center of device 5 .
- the axis of flow selector or rotatable selection disk 15 may be different from that of top portion 12 or cap 13 ; for example flow selector 15 may be off-center.
- Flow selector 15 may include a knob, bulge or handle 17 which may be used to move or rotate flow selector 15 to for example select a pour or dispensing mode or method, such as pour, sift, small flow, large flow, etc.
- Rotatable selection disk, flow selector or rotatable outer cap 15 may include one or more holes, openings or groups of holes or openings, e.g., groups or holes 16 a, 16 b and 16 c to enable selection of the desired spice flow rate, mode or type, for example, to select among round hole 16 a, half moon shape hole 16 b or plurality of small, perforated holes 16 c.
- An opening 16 a, 16 b or 16 c may be considered a group of openings, and may include a plurality of sub-openings, e.g., a set of sifting holes.
- At least one of the plurality of outer cap openings 16 c comprises a plurality of perforated holes, and at least a second of the plurality of outer cap openings 16 a may comprise one opening, where the area of the second opening 16 a may be more than the combined area of the perforated holes 16 c.
- the plurality of rotatable outer cap openings 16 may correspond to the rotatable inner cap or upper disk 13 opening when move or rotated above inner cap opening (e.g., container selection opening 41 of FIG. 4 b ). Any other shape of hole and any other number of holes may be used. Methods or turning or operating flow selector 15 other than using handle 17 may be used. For example, a user may simply rotate flow selector 15 without a handle being needed, a depression or grip portion may be provided, or a handle may, for example, extend laterally out of the side of top portion 12 .
- the spice or powder selected by the position of the disk 14 may be dispensed in the mode or method selected by the specific hole 16 .
- FIG. 2 a depicts a half cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- housing 10 may contain one or two half cartridges or reservoirs 20 .
- Half cartridge 20 may have the size, volume and capacity of approximately half of the multi-spice dispensing device housing 10 .
- Half cartridge 20 may contain a spice, seasoning, salt or the like.
- housing 10 may contains two half cartridges 20 which may hold or contain two different spices and may enable the selection of spreading one spice out of the two.
- Half cartridge 20 may be designed in such a way to properly fit into housing 10 , e.g., base 11 and top portion 12 when in connected configuration (as shown in FIG. 1 ).
- Housing 10 may be designed to stabilize or hold the sub-containers such as, for example, half cartridge 20 .
- the matching or connection between half cartridge 20 and base 11 may be performed for example by a sink, slot or slit 21 in half cartridge 20 and/or a corresponding protrusion, bump or bulge in the inner part of base 11 (not shown).
- the matching or connection between half cartridge 20 and top portion 12 may be done by an indentation or slit 22 in half cartridge 20 and a corresponding protrusion, bump or bulge in the inner part of top portion 12 (not shown).
- FIG. 2 b depicts a bottom view of a half cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- the bottom of half cartridge 20 may have one or more protrusions or feet 23 and 24 which correspond to indents or receiving portions in the bottom of device 5 , to hold the cartridge 20 .
- Two or more protrusions or feet 23 and 24 may be used so that if instead of a half cartridge 20 a quarter cartridge (e.g., quarter cartridge 30 of FIG. 3 ) is used, each quarter cartridge may include only one protrusion or foot.
- Any other division of device 5 may be used and any other number of internal cartridges or sub-containers may be used.
- device 5 may contain sixth, eights or other portions of a circle in any suitable combination.
- Such indentations, slits, feet, etc, may allow the cartridge to move with the bottom portion 11 and rotate within the top portion 12 , so that when the top portion 12 or a part of top portion 12 is turned, an opening can select a spice or powder to be dispensed.
- Each cartridge may be attached to or temporarily or permanently fixed to the lower portion or base 11 , and may rotate relative a selection cap or disk.
- FIG. 3 depicts a quarter cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- Housing 10 may contain plurality of internal cartridges, reservoirs or sub-containers.
- device 5 may contain up to four quarter cartridges 30 .
- Quarter cartridge 30 may have the size, volume and capacity of approximately one quarter of a multi-spice dispensing device housing 10 .
- Quarter cartridge 30 may contain a spice, seasoning, salt or the like.
- device 5 which contains four quarter cartridges 30 may hold up to four different spices or seasonings and may enable the selection of one spice or seasoning out of the four.
- Quarter cartridge 30 may be designed in such a way to properly fit into housing 10 , e.g., base 11 and top portion 12 when in connected position (as shown in FIG. 1 ).
- housing 10 may be designed as to stabilize or hold the sub-containers such as, for example, quarter cartridge 30 .
- the matching or connection between quarter cartridge 30 and base 11 may be similar to that of the half cartridge, for example using sinks, slots or slits 31 and 33 in quarter cartridge 30 , sink, slot or slit 32 , or foot or protrusion 34 .
- Each cartridge may be fixed to the base and may rotate relative to the rotatable inner cap 13 .
- Indentations or slits 22 or 32 may match a protrusion or bump on the inner portion of cap 13 or upper portion 12 , such that when upper portion 12 or cap 13 is turned to select a certain container or cartridge, the protrusion or bump connects into slit 22 or 32 , to loosely hold the upper portion 12 or cap 13 in place and to indicate to a user that a spice or powder has been selected. In this manner opening 41 may be properly aligned with a cartridge or container.
- Device 5 may contain any suitable combination of half cartridges and quarter cartridges, for example, one half cartridge 20 and two quarter cartridges 30 . Any other division of device 5 may be used and any other number of internal cartridges or sub-containers may be used. For example, in one embodiment of the invention device 5 may contain sixth, eights or other portions of a circle in any suitable combination.
- FIG. 4 a depicts a rotation direction of a multi-spice dispensing device cap, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 b depicts a top view of a multi-spice dispensing device cap, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- device 5 may include an upper part or rotatable cap 13 .
- Rotatable cap 13 may be rotated up to 360° in order to select a single spice or seasoning from device 5 as is shown in arrow 43 . Narrower ranges of rotation may be used.
- the rotatable inner cap 13 which may be fixed to housing 10 may be turned by turning housing 10 .
- Cap 13 may include an upper disk or top 14 . Referring to FIG.
- cap 13 may be rotated until an opening 41 in upper disk 14 is located over a desired spice, e.g., over a preferred internal cartridge or sub-container.
- rotatable inner cap 13 may be made (completely or partially) of a transparent material, or may include a transparent or open window of such material, such as glass, plastic or any other transparent material in order for a user to see over which internal cartridge the cartridge or container selection opening 41 is located.
- the internal cartridges (or portions thereof) and/or base 11 (or portions thereof) may be made of a transparent material, such as glass, plastic or any other transparent material in order for a user to see over which internal cartridge opening 41 is located, or may include transparent or open (e.g., cutaway) windows.
- Opening 41 may have other shapes and sizes, for example, a round hole, a square or a sector of a circle.
- the size of opening 41 may be correlated to the internal cartridges size, e.g., if two half cartridge are used, opening 41 may be larger than if four quarter cartridges are used.
- only a portion of cap 13 may be made of transparent material, e.g., cap 13 may have a transparent window to enable selection of spices by a user.
- FIG. 4 c depicts a rotation direction of a multi-spice dispensing device flow selector, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 d depicts a top view of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- housing 10 may include a rotatable perforated top or a flow selector 15 .
- Flow selector 15 may be rotated up to 360° in order to select a spice flow rate as is shown in arrow 43 .
- a user may choose which spice to dispense, e.g., which internal cartridge may release material from the dispensing device, by turning cap 13 and locating opening 41 over the chosen spice.
- a user may choose a preferred way or mode to dispense the spice, e.g., by rotating flow selector 15 until the chosen hole or opening, e.g., one of holes 16 a, 16 b or 16 c is located above opening 41 .
- the rotation of rotatable perforated top or a flow selector 15 may be done by holding or grabbing knob 17 .
- Flow selector or outer cap 15 may be turned by turning the outer cap 15 or a handle attached to the outer cap 15 .
- knob 17 may have any shape and size, for example, round button, square button, bulge, handle, stub or bump. Any other shape and size may be used.
- Flow selector 15 may include one or more holes or perforated openings, e.g., holes 16 a, 16 b and perforated opening 16 c to enable selection of the desired flow rate, for example, a user may select to use hole 16 a to pour a large amount of spice or when the selected spice's particles are large, a user may select hole 16 b to pour a large amount of spice having small particles or to pour a small amount of spice having large particles, a user may select perforated opening 16 c to sift or to sprinkle small amount of a selectable spice.
- Flow selector or outer cap 15 may select a method of dispensing among a plurality of methods or dispensing modes, e.g., pour or sift.
- Flow selector 15 may include other number of openings which may have other shapes and other numbers of perforated holes.
- FIG. 5 depicts top view of a quarter cartridge and a half cartridge located inside a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the invention.
- Base 11 may contain any suitable composition of plurality of inner cartridges or containers which may fill the internal volume, but need not.
- one half cartridge 52 and one quarter cartridge 51 may be located inside housing 10 which may be in use when is not completely full, for example, when less spices than the maximum number need to be in use, when for example one of the internal cartridge is being filled or washed.
- the structure of base 11 may stabilize or hold cartridges 51 and 52 inside, e.g., the matching or connection between cartridges 51 , 52 and base 11 may be done by a sinks, slots or slits, e.g., slots 31 and 33 of FIG. 3 , slot 21 of FIG. 2 a and a protrusion, bump or bulge in the inner part of base 11 . Any other connection or attachment means may be used.
- FIG. 6 depicts a cap, a cartridge and a base of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to some embodiments of the invention.
- Base 11 may include an inner wall 60 with a circumference, e.g., diameter which may be smaller than the circumference of the outer housing of base 11 .
- Inner wall 60 may have a screw or thread mechanism to allow top portion 12 to be attached or connected to base 11 .
- Top portion 12 may have a matched screwing mechanism to allow the connection. Any other attaching method such as snap may be used.
- top portion 12 may be attached to base 11 and rotatable cap 13 may rotate separate from top portion 12 e.g., rotatable cap 13 and bottom part 11 may rotate one against the other, while in other embodiments top portion 12 may turn relative to the bottom part 11 , e.g., top portion 12 and bottom part 11 may rotate one against the other.
- FIG. 7 depicts a connection between a base and a top portion of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to some embodiments of the invention.
- a cross section of the connection between inner wall 60 of base 11 and the top portion 12 by a hidden screw 70 is shown.
- top portion 12 may include a hidden screw or thread 70 which may be connected or screwed to inner wall or screw part 60 of base 11 .
- This connection or bond between top portion 12 and base 11 may allow the rotation or movement of the rotatable inner cap 13 in relation to base 11 , top portion 12 and housing 10 .
- Other methods of connection may be used.
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A holding and dispensing device may include at least one internal cartridge to hold at least one kind of spice, seasoning, salt or the like. The device may include a rotatable cap to select at least one spice to be poured and a rotatable flow selector to select the preferred flow of the selected spice or seasoning.
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- The present invention relates to devices for holding and dispensing powders or seasonings such as, for example, salt, pepper, spices and the like; other powders or substances may be held.
- Devices for holding and dispensing powders or seasonings such as, for example, salt, pepper, spices and the like are known. However, present devices are not capable of efficiently and easily holding and containing plurality of spices or seasonings in a single device, and allowing simple selection of a single spice.
- In one embodiment of the present invention, a holding and dispensing device may include at least two internal holders or cartridges to hold at least two kinds of spices, seasonings, salt or the like. Powders or materials other than spices may be held. The device may include a rotatable cap or disk to select at least one spice to be poured and a rotatable flow selector to select the preferred flow of the selected spice or seasoning.
- The subject matter regarded as the invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. The invention, however, both as to organization and method of operation, together with objects, features and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following detailed description when read with the accompanied drawings in which:
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FIG. 1 depicts a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 a depicts a half cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 b depicts a bottom view of a half cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 depicts a quarter cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 a depicts a rotation direction of a multi-spice dispensing device cap, according to one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 b depicts a top view of a multi-spice dispensing device cap, according to one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 c depicts a rotation direction of a multi-spice dispensing device flow selector, according to one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 d depicts a top view of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 5 depicts top view of a quarter cartridge and a half cartridge located inside a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 6 depicts a cap a cartridge and a base of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to some embodiments of the invention; and -
FIG. 7 depicts a connection between a base and a top portion of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to some embodiments of the invention. - It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, elements shown in the figures have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements may be exaggerated relative to other elements for clarity. Further, where considered appropriate, reference numerals may be repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements.
- In the following description, various aspects of the invention will be described. For purposes of explanation, specific configurations and details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, it will also be apparent to one skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced without the specific details presented herein. Furthermore, well known features may be omitted or simplified in order not to obscure the invention.
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FIG. 1 depicts a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring toFIG. 1 device 5 may include outer shell, container orhousing 10 which may be used for holding and dispensing at least two seasonings such as spice, salt and the like. Powders or materials other than spices may be held.Device 5 may include a outer container or ahousing 10 having abase 11 and atop portion 12 which may be connected to each other, for example, by placingtop portion 12 onbase 11 and applying pressure ontop portion 12, e.g., snap mechanism, by a screwing mechanism or any other suitable connection mechanism. Whentop portion 12 andbase 11 are connected thehousing 10 may have a shape of a cylinder (as shown), oval cross section, box or any other shape.Top portion 12 andbase 11 may move or rotate around the same axis. -
Top portion 12 may include a rotatable cap or rotatableinner cap 13 with anupper disk 14.Upper disk 14 may be fixed to or integral with upper portion orrotatable cap 13 oftop portion 12.Device 5 may contain plurality of internal cartridges, reservoirs or sub-containers, shown more clearly inFIGS. 2 a, 3 and 6.Upper disk 14 may include an opening, not shown inFIG. 1 but shown inFIG. 4 b, that is used to select one of the internal cartridges or containers. For example,inner cap 13 may select an internal cartridge for dispensing.Device 5 may include a rotatable perforated top orflow selector 15. Rotatableinner cap 13 and flow selector or rotatableouter cap 15 may move or rotate around a shared axis which may be the center ofdevice 5. Alternately, as shown inFIG. 1 , the axis of flow selector orrotatable selection disk 15 may be different from that oftop portion 12 orcap 13; forexample flow selector 15 may be off-center.Flow selector 15 may include a knob, bulge or handle 17 which may be used to move or rotateflow selector 15 to for example select a pour or dispensing mode or method, such as pour, sift, small flow, large flow, etc. Rotatable selection disk, flow selector or rotatableouter cap 15 may include one or more holes, openings or groups of holes or openings, e.g., groups orholes moon shape hole 16 b or plurality of small, perforatedholes 16 c. An opening 16 a, 16 b or 16 c may be considered a group of openings, and may include a plurality of sub-openings, e.g., a set of sifting holes. In one embodiment at least one of the plurality ofouter cap openings 16 c comprises a plurality of perforated holes, and at least a second of the plurality of outer cap openings 16 a may comprise one opening, where the area of the second opening 16 a may be more than the combined area of the perforatedholes 16 c. - The plurality of rotatable outer cap openings 16 may correspond to the rotatable inner cap or
upper disk 13 opening when move or rotated above inner cap opening (e.g., container selection opening 41 ofFIG. 4 b). Any other shape of hole and any other number of holes may be used. Methods or turning oroperating flow selector 15 other than usinghandle 17 may be used. For example, a user may simply rotateflow selector 15 without a handle being needed, a depression or grip portion may be provided, or a handle may, for example, extend laterally out of the side oftop portion 12. When a selected one of the groups of holes or holes 16 is aligned with or corresponds to the opening indisk 14, and the opening indisk 14 is above an internal cartridge, the spice or powder selected by the position of thedisk 14 may be dispensed in the mode or method selected by the specific hole 16. -
FIG. 2 a depicts a half cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention. In one embodiment of theinvention housing 10 may contain one or two half cartridges orreservoirs 20.Half cartridge 20 may have the size, volume and capacity of approximately half of the multi-spicedispensing device housing 10.Half cartridge 20 may contain a spice, seasoning, salt or the like. For example,housing 10 may contains twohalf cartridges 20 which may hold or contain two different spices and may enable the selection of spreading one spice out of the two.Half cartridge 20 may be designed in such a way to properly fit intohousing 10, e.g.,base 11 andtop portion 12 when in connected configuration (as shown inFIG. 1 ). -
Housing 10 may be designed to stabilize or hold the sub-containers such as, for example,half cartridge 20. The matching or connection betweenhalf cartridge 20 andbase 11 may be performed for example by a sink, slot or slit 21 inhalf cartridge 20 and/or a corresponding protrusion, bump or bulge in the inner part of base 11 (not shown). The matching or connection betweenhalf cartridge 20 andtop portion 12 may be done by an indentation or slit 22 inhalf cartridge 20 and a corresponding protrusion, bump or bulge in the inner part of top portion 12 (not shown). -
FIG. 2 b depicts a bottom view of a half cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention. In one embodiment of the invention the bottom ofhalf cartridge 20 may have one or more protrusions orfeet device 5, to hold thecartridge 20. Two or more protrusions orfeet quarter cartridge 30 ofFIG. 3 ) is used, each quarter cartridge may include only one protrusion or foot. Any other division ofdevice 5 may be used and any other number of internal cartridges or sub-containers may be used. For example, in one embodiment of theinvention device 5 may contain sixth, eights or other portions of a circle in any suitable combination. - Such indentations, slits, feet, etc, may allow the cartridge to move with the
bottom portion 11 and rotate within thetop portion 12, so that when thetop portion 12 or a part oftop portion 12 is turned, an opening can select a spice or powder to be dispensed. Each cartridge may be attached to or temporarily or permanently fixed to the lower portion orbase 11, and may rotate relative a selection cap or disk. -
FIG. 3 depicts a quarter cartridge of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention.Housing 10 may contain plurality of internal cartridges, reservoirs or sub-containers. In one embodiment of theinvention device 5 may contain up to fourquarter cartridges 30.Quarter cartridge 30 may have the size, volume and capacity of approximately one quarter of a multi-spicedispensing device housing 10.Quarter cartridge 30 may contain a spice, seasoning, salt or the like. For example,device 5 which contains fourquarter cartridges 30 may hold up to four different spices or seasonings and may enable the selection of one spice or seasoning out of the four.Quarter cartridge 30 may be designed in such a way to properly fit intohousing 10, e.g.,base 11 andtop portion 12 when in connected position (as shown inFIG. 1 ). Inaddition housing 10 may be designed as to stabilize or hold the sub-containers such as, for example,quarter cartridge 30. The matching or connection betweenquarter cartridge 30 andbase 11 may be similar to that of the half cartridge, for example using sinks, slots orslits quarter cartridge 30, sink, slot or slit 32, or foot or protrusion 34. Each cartridge may be fixed to the base and may rotate relative to the rotatableinner cap 13. - Indentations or slits 22 or 32 may match a protrusion or bump on the inner portion of
cap 13 orupper portion 12, such that whenupper portion 12 orcap 13 is turned to select a certain container or cartridge, the protrusion or bump connects intoslit upper portion 12 orcap 13 in place and to indicate to a user that a spice or powder has been selected. In this manner opening 41 may be properly aligned with a cartridge or container. -
Device 5 may contain any suitable combination of half cartridges and quarter cartridges, for example, onehalf cartridge 20 and twoquarter cartridges 30. Any other division ofdevice 5 may be used and any other number of internal cartridges or sub-containers may be used. For example, in one embodiment of theinvention device 5 may contain sixth, eights or other portions of a circle in any suitable combination. -
FIG. 4 a depicts a rotation direction of a multi-spice dispensing device cap, according to one embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 4 b depicts a top view of a multi-spice dispensing device cap, according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring toFIG. 4 a,device 5 may include an upper part orrotatable cap 13.Rotatable cap 13 may be rotated up to 360° in order to select a single spice or seasoning fromdevice 5 as is shown inarrow 43. Narrower ranges of rotation may be used. In one embodiment the rotatableinner cap 13 which may be fixed tohousing 10 may be turned by turninghousing 10.Cap 13 may include an upper disk or top 14. Referring toFIG. 4 b,cap 13 may be rotated until anopening 41 inupper disk 14 is located over a desired spice, e.g., over a preferred internal cartridge or sub-container. In some embodiments rotatableinner cap 13 may be made (completely or partially) of a transparent material, or may include a transparent or open window of such material, such as glass, plastic or any other transparent material in order for a user to see over which internal cartridge the cartridge orcontainer selection opening 41 is located. In some embodiments the internal cartridges (or portions thereof) and/or base 11 (or portions thereof) may be made of a transparent material, such as glass, plastic or any other transparent material in order for a user to see over whichinternal cartridge opening 41 is located, or may include transparent or open (e.g., cutaway) windows.Opening 41 may have other shapes and sizes, for example, a round hole, a square or a sector of a circle. In some embodiments the size ofopening 41 may be correlated to the internal cartridges size, e.g., if two half cartridge are used, opening 41 may be larger than if four quarter cartridges are used. In some embodiments only a portion ofcap 13 may be made of transparent material, e.g.,cap 13 may have a transparent window to enable selection of spices by a user. -
FIG. 4 c depicts a rotation direction of a multi-spice dispensing device flow selector, according to one embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 4 d depicts a top view of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring toFIG. 4 c housing 10 may include a rotatable perforated top or aflow selector 15.Flow selector 15 may be rotated up to 360° in order to select a spice flow rate as is shown inarrow 43. A user may choose which spice to dispense, e.g., which internal cartridge may release material from the dispensing device, by turningcap 13 and locatingopening 41 over the chosen spice. In addition a user may choose a preferred way or mode to dispense the spice, e.g., by rotatingflow selector 15 until the chosen hole or opening, e.g., one ofholes flow selector 15 may be done by holding or grabbingknob 17. Flow selector orouter cap 15 may be turned by turning theouter cap 15 or a handle attached to theouter cap 15. Referring toFIG. 4 d knob 17 may have any shape and size, for example, round button, square button, bulge, handle, stub or bump. Any other shape and size may be used.Flow selector 15 may include one or more holes or perforated openings, e.g., holes 16 a, 16 b and perforated opening 16 c to enable selection of the desired flow rate, for example, a user may select to use hole 16 a to pour a large amount of spice or when the selected spice's particles are large, a user may selecthole 16 b to pour a large amount of spice having small particles or to pour a small amount of spice having large particles, a user may selectperforated opening 16 c to sift or to sprinkle small amount of a selectable spice. Flow selector orouter cap 15 may select a method of dispensing among a plurality of methods or dispensing modes, e.g., pour or sift.Flow selector 15 may include other number of openings which may have other shapes and other numbers of perforated holes. -
FIG. 5 depicts top view of a quarter cartridge and a half cartridge located inside a multi-spice dispensing device, according to one embodiment of the invention.Base 11 may contain any suitable composition of plurality of inner cartridges or containers which may fill the internal volume, but need not. Referring toFIG. 5 onehalf cartridge 52 and onequarter cartridge 51 may be located insidehousing 10 which may be in use when is not completely full, for example, when less spices than the maximum number need to be in use, when for example one of the internal cartridge is being filled or washed. The structure ofbase 11 may stabilize or holdcartridges cartridges base 11 may be done by a sinks, slots or slits, e.g.,slots FIG. 3 , slot 21 ofFIG. 2 a and a protrusion, bump or bulge in the inner part ofbase 11. Any other connection or attachment means may be used. -
FIG. 6 depicts a cap, a cartridge and a base of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to some embodiments of the invention. Referring toFIG. 6 a lateral view ofquarter cartridge 30 and its position relative totop portion 12 andbase 11 is shown.Base 11 may include aninner wall 60 with a circumference, e.g., diameter which may be smaller than the circumference of the outer housing ofbase 11.Inner wall 60 may have a screw or thread mechanism to allowtop portion 12 to be attached or connected tobase 11.Top portion 12 may have a matched screwing mechanism to allow the connection. Any other attaching method such as snap may be used. In oneembodiment top portion 12 may be attached tobase 11 androtatable cap 13 may rotate separate fromtop portion 12 e.g.,rotatable cap 13 andbottom part 11 may rotate one against the other, while in other embodimentstop portion 12 may turn relative to thebottom part 11, e.g.,top portion 12 andbottom part 11 may rotate one against the other. -
FIG. 7 depicts a connection between a base and a top portion of a multi-spice dispensing device, according to some embodiments of the invention. Referring toFIG. 6 a cross section of the connection betweeninner wall 60 ofbase 11 and thetop portion 12 by a hidden screw 70 is shown. In some embodiments of theinvention top portion 12 may include a hidden screw or thread 70 which may be connected or screwed to inner wall or screwpart 60 ofbase 11. This connection or bond betweentop portion 12 andbase 11 may allow the rotation or movement of the rotatableinner cap 13 in relation tobase 11,top portion 12 andhousing 10. Other methods of connection may be used. - It should be noted that although a portion of the discussion may relate to holding and dispensing of seasoning and spices, the present invention is not limited in this regard, and embodiments of the present invention may be used to hold and dispense other suitable materials.
- While certain features of the invention have been illustrated and described herein, many modifications, substitutions, changes, and equivalents may occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is, therefore, to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit of the invention.
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1. A dispensing device comprising:
a housing including at least a base;
a plurality of internal cartridges;
a rotatable inner cap having an opening to be placed above an internal cartridge; and
a rotatable outer cap including at least plurality of openings.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises transparent material and the internal cartridges comprise transparent material.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable outer cap and the plurality of internal cartridges comprise transparent material.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of outer cap openings correspond to the inner cap opening when rotated above the inner cap opening.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the inner cap and outer cap are rotated around a shared axis.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of outer cap openings comprises a plurality of perforated holes, and at least a second of the plurality of outer cap openings comprises one opening, where the area of the second opening is more than the combined area of the first opening.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the inner cap is fixed to the housing.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the inner cap is turned by turning the housing and wherein the outer cap is turned by turning the outer cap or a handle attached to the outer cap.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the inner cap selects an internal cartridge for dispensing and wherein the outer cap selects a method of dispensing among a plurality of methods.
10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of methods include at least pour and sift.
11. The device of claim 1 , wherein when the inner cap opening is positioned over a first internal cartridge and an outer cap opening is positioned over the inner cap opening, only the first internal cartridge may release material from the dispensing device.
12. The device of claim 1 , wherein each cartridge is fixed to the base and may rotate relative to the inner cap.
13. A powder dispensing device for dispensing powder from a selected one of a plurality of internal reservoirs at any one time, the dispensing performed in one of a selected set of modes, the device comprising:
an outer container;
a plurality of internal reservoirs;
a first rotatable selection disk comprising an opening, the opening to select
a reservoir; and
a second rotatable selection disk comprising a plurality of openings corresponding to dispensing modes.
14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the outer container and the internal reservoirs comprise transparent material.
15. The device of claim 13 , wherein the first rotatable selection disk comprises transparent material.
16. The device of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of second rotatable selection disk openings correspond to the first rotatable selection disk opening when rotated above the first rotatable selection disk opening.
17. The device of claim 13 , wherein the first rotatable selection disk and second rotatable selection disk are rotated around a shared axis.
18. The device of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the plurality of second rotatable selection disk openings comprises a plurality of perforated holes, and at least a second of the plurality of outer cap openings comprises one opening, where the area of the second opening is more than the combined area of the first opening.
19. The device of claim 13 , wherein the first rotatable selection disk is fixed to the outer container.
20. The device of claim 13 , wherein the first rotatable selection disk is turned by turning the outer container and wherein the second rotatable selection disk is turned by turning the second rotatable selection disk or a handle attached to the second rotatable selection disk.
21. The device of claim 13 , wherein the first rotatable selection disk selects an internal reservoir for dispensing and wherein the second rotatable selection disk selects a method of dispensing among a plurality of methods.
22. A dispensing device comprising:
an outer shell;
a plurality of internal reservoirs attached to a lower portion of the outer shell and moveable within an upper portion of the outer shell;
a selection disk moveably attached to the upper portion of the outer shell,
the selection disk comprising a plurality of opening groups.
23. The device of claim 22 , comprising a container selection opening disposed on the upper portion of the outer shell, the selection opening aligned with a selected one the opening groups when the selection disk is moved.
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