Dispensing capsule for a liquid container
A two piece sealed capsule that is inserted into a liquid bearing container including but not limited to the neck of a bottle, said capsule being a container or receptacle for sealably containing a liquid and/or dry material and a dispenser for releasing the material when desired into the container. The top of the capsule is depressed manually forcing two or more blade like prongs against the bottom of the capsule ripping a portion away, dispensing the material. The present invention allows the use of materials that would discolor, degrade or interact with other substances when added to the contents of the bottle, to remain stable and/or inactive until the time of use.
1. A capsule that contains liquid and/or dry material to be subsequently dispensed into a container comprising:
a capsule body that is impervious to liquid;
said capsule body, including a first member and a second member, said second member mountable in said first member;
said capsule first member body having a top opening and a sealed closed bottom;
said capsule second member having a sealed closed top and an open bottom and a cutting element defining the open bottom, said cutting element further including a first prong and a second prong disposed along the peripheral edge of the second member bottom and having a cutting edge disposed between said first prong and said second prong, said first prong and said second prong being disposed below an opposite bottom edge and forming the lower portion of said bottom edge whereby said first member can be moved relative to said second member such that the second member will cut open the sealed closed bottom of said first member; and
said first and second members in a first mode are sealed forming said capsule body preventing any liquid or dry material from escaping from the capsule body; and
said first member having a peripheral lip with apertures that extends radially outward from said first member top opening.
2. A capsule that contains liquid and/or dry material to be subsequently dispensed into a container comprising:
a capsule body that is impervious to liquid;
said capsule body, including a first member and a second member, said second member mountable in said first member;
said capsule first member body having a top opening and a sealed closed bottom;
said capsule second member having a sealed closed top and an open bottom and a cutting element defining the open bottom, said cutting element further including a first prong and a second prong disposed along the peripheral edge of the second member bottom and having a cutting edge disposed between said first prong and said second prong, said first prong and said second prong being disposed below an opposite bottom edge and forming the lower portion of said bottom edge whereby said first member can be moved relative to said second member such that the second member will cut open the sealed closed bottom of said first member; and
said first and second members in a first mode are sealed forming said capsule body preventing any liquid or dry material from escaping from the capsule body; and
said second member having a hole in said closed end and removable sealing means covering said hole.