Apparatus for obtaining an apportioned amount of liquid mixture

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING AN APPORTIONED AMOUNT OF A MIXTURE OF A MAIN LIQUID WITH AT LEAST ONE SUBSIDIARY LIQUID IN PROPORTIONS SELECTABLE AT WILL COMPRISING A SELFMIXING DOSAGE CONTAINER, AN INTERNAL CONTAINER INSIDE SIDE DOSAGE CONTAINER, SAID INTERNAL CONTAINER COMMUNICATING BY MEANS OF APERTURES OF SMALL DIAMETER WITH THE REMAINING SPACE OF SAID DOSAGE CONTAINER; A FEED SYSTEM FOR SAID MAIN LIQUID, COMPRISING A MAIN LIQUID RETAINER, A PUMP, A FEED LINE OPENING INTO SAID INTERNAL CONTAINER, AND A RETAINING VALVE IN SAID FEED LINE, SAID PUMP FORCING SAID MAIN LIQUID INTO SAID I NTERNAL CONTAINER; SEPARATE FEED SYSTEMS FOR SAID SUBSIDIARY LIQUIDS, EACH SYSTEM COMPRISING A FEED LINE OPENING INTO SAID INTERNAL CONTAINERS, A PUMP FORCING SAID SUBSIDIARY LIQUID INTO SAID INTERNAL CONTAINER, AND AN ADJUSTABLE METERING DEVICE IN SAID FEED SYSTEM; DISPENSING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID INTERNAL CONTAINER, INCLUDING A DISCHARGE LINE AND A DISCHARGE VALVE IN SAID LINE; MANUALLY ACTUATED MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID DISCHARGE VALVE; AND A SELF-ACTING SWITCH ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DOSAGE CONTAINER BECOMING OPERATIVE WHEN SAID DOSAGE CONTAINER IS ENTIRELY FILLED; SAID APERTURES ENSURING INTIMATE MIXTURE OF THE LIQUIDS DURING THE FILLING OPERATION OF THE DOSAGE CONTAINER.