Disposable ingredient-dispensing apparatus
View Patent ↗A disposable ingredient-dispensing apparatus selectively dispenses one or more ingredients. The disposable ingredient-dispensing apparatus includes a substantially circular base member comprising multiple chambers circumferentially positioned along the base member, and a ring frame configured to be rotatable circumferentially along a surface of the base member. Each chamber is filled with the one or more ingredients, and is sealed with a diaphragm. The ring frame comprises a rupturing member positioned at a predefined section of the ring frame, and the ring frame is rotated to selectively align the rupturing member to enclose one of the chambers, and the rupturing member contacts the aligned chamber to rupture the diaphragm for selectively dispensing the ingredients.
1. A disposable ingredient-dispensing lid for selectively dispensing one or more ingredients, the disposable ingredient-dispensing lid comprising: a substantially circular base member comprising a huh, and plurality of chambers circumferentially positioned along the base member, wherein each chamber is filled with the one or more ingredients, and each chamber is sealed with a diaphragm, and a rotatable ring element mounted on the hub of the base member, configured to be rotatable circumferentially along a surface of the base member, wherein the rotatable ring element comprises a rupturing member positioned at a predefined section of the rotatable ring element, wherein the rotatable ring element is rotated to selectively align the rupturing member to enclose one of the chambers, wherein the rupturing member contacts the aligned chamber to rupture the diaphragm for selectively dispensing the one or more ingredients, wherein the rupturing member is a rupturing arm, and wherein the rupturing arm comprises a groove and a sliding element, and the sliding element seated in the groove is configured to slide from the hub of the base member towards the rotatable ring element to rupture the diaphragm for selectively dispensing the one or more ingredients.
2. The disposable ingredient-dispensing lid of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable ring element is mounted on the hub of the base member via the rupturing arm radially extending from the hub of the base member to join the rotatable ring element.