Storage and mixing cartridge

Claim 1

A DUAL COMPARTMENT CONTAINER FOR SEPARATELY STORING TWO INGREDIENTS AND SUBSEQUENTLY INTERMISING THEM WITHOUT EXPOSURE TO AIR OR CONTAMINANTS, COMPRISING: AN ELONGATE, GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SHELL TO CONTAIN THE TWO INGREDIENTS AND HAVING NORMALLY CLOSED END WALLS; A PARTITION EXTENDING GENERALLY DIAMETRICALLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPAN OF SAID SHELL AT AN INTERMEDIATE POINT IN THE LENGTH OF THE LATTER TO DIVIDE IT INTO TWO COMPARTMENTS AT OPPOSING ENDS OF SAID SHELL SEALED FROM EACH OTHER TO STORE SAID TWO INGREDIENTS SEPARATELY; A DASHER EXTENDING ACROSS A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE SPAN OF SAID SHELL AND HAVING AN ELONGATE HANDLE EXTENDING THROUGH AN END WALL IN SLIDABLE AND ROTATABLE SEALING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH; SEVERING MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID DASHER TOWARD THE ADJACNET FACE OF SAID PARTITION AND HAVING A SHARP SEVERING EDGE; SAID HANDLE BEING OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID SEVERING MEANS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PARTITION AND ROTATE SAID SERVING MEANS IN PRESSURAL CONTACT THEREWITH TO CUT THROUGH THE THICKNESS OF SAID PARTITION AND ESTABLISH A FLOW PATH FOR PASSAGE OF EITHER INGRDIENT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE PARTITION TO THE OTHER; THE HANDLE BEING FURTHER OPERABLE TO RECIPROCATE THE DASHER THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE SHELL TO MIX THE CONTENTS.