Mixing device for delivering liquid mixtures or solutions

Claim 1

A MIXING DEVICE FOR DELIVERING LIQUID MIXTURES COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A BODY MEMBER HAVING INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS FOR A LIQUID; PASSAGE MEANS IN SAID BODY MEMBER FOR THE FLOW OF LIQUID BETWEEN SAID INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS; HOUSING MEANS SUPPORTED ADJACENT SAID BODY MEMBER; A MIXING CHAMBER IN SAID HOUSING MEANS, SAID BODY MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURE FORMED THEREIN COMMUNICATING WITH SAID PASSAGE MEANS AND WITH THE MIXING CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO DELIVER LIQUID TO THE MIXING CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING MEANS AND SAID BODY MEMBER HAVING A BORE FORMED THEREIN SPACED FROM SAID APERTURE COMMUNICATING WITH THE MIXING CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING MEANS AND WITH SAID PASSAGE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO DELIVER A LIQUID MIXTURE TO SAID PASSAGE MEANS; HOLDING MEANS IN SAID HOUSING MEANS FOR HOLDING A CAPSULE IN THE MIXING CHAMBER ADJACENT SAID BORE SO THAT UPON PIERCING OF SAID CAPSULE THE CONTENTS THEREOF WILL MIX WITH LIQUID IN THE MIXING CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING MEANS AND THE LIQUID MIXTURE THUS FORMED WILL ENTER SAID PASSAGE MEANS THROUGH SAID BORE; PIERCING MEANS SUPPORTED IN OPERATIVE PROXIMITY WITH THE MIXING CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING MEANS FOR PIERCING SAID CAPSULE WHILE THE SAME IS HELD BY SAID HOLDING MEANS; AND GUIDING MEANS GUIDING SAID PIERCING MEANS INTO THE MIXING CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING INTO PIERCING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CAPSULE TO DISCHARGE THE CONTENTS OF SAID CAPSULE INTO THE MIXING CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING MEANS TO MIX WITH LIQUID IN THE MIXING CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING MEANS.