Valved dispenser in combination with an aerating device for a bottled liquid

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF LIQUID AERATING DEVICE HAVING A CYLINDRICAL AND TUBULAR LOWER BODY MEMBER FORMED SECTOR IN SHAPE, A COLLAR DEPENDING INTEGRALLY FROM THE SAID BODY MEMBER ADAPTED TO SECURE SAID BODY MEMBER IN SUPERPOSED AND TELESCOPIC RELATION WITH THE UPPER PORTION OF A NARROW NECKED CONVENTIONAL LIQUEUR BOTTLE SURROUNDING THE OPEN MOUTH THEREOF, A CLOSURE MEMBER INTEGRAL WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SAID BODY MEMBER DISPOSED ADJACENT THE RADIAL RIM THEREOF, SAID CLOSURE HAVING A DIAMETRIC AXIS INCLINED TO THE CENTRAL AND LONGITUDINAL AXIS EXTENDING EXTERIORLY THE SAID BOTTLE, SAID CLOSURE MEMBER PROVIDED WITH BOTH A LIQUID OUTLET AND AN AIR INLET PAIR OF RESPECTIVE PORTS DISPOSED CONCENTRICALLY ON THE SAID DIAMETRIC AXIS, SAID AIR INLET PORT ALIGNED INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER PLANE OF THE SAID CLOSURE MEMBER, A CONDUIT HAVING ONE CLOSED END DISPOSED ECCENTRICALLY WITHIN THE BOTTLE NECK PORTION, SAID END PORTION HAVING A SIDE OPENING IN PROXIMITY WITH THE WALL OF THE SAID NECK PORTION, SAID CONDUIT HAVING THE UPPER END THEREOF SECURED IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SAID AIR INLET PORT; OF AN UPPER CYLINDRICAL AND TUBULAR BODY MEMBER PROVIDED WITH A UNIFORM OPENING INTERIORLY THEREOF CARRIED INTEGRALLY BY THE SAID LOWER UPPER BODY MEMBER, SAID UPPER BODY MEMBER CONSTITUTING A VALVE BODY HAVING A DISPENSING TUBE PROJECTING LATERALLY THE LOWER INCLINED WALL AND ADJACENT THE RADIAL RIM THEREOF, SAID DISPENSING TUBE HAVING ITS CENTRAL AND LONGITUDINAL AXIS ALIGNED DIAMETRICALLY WITH AN AUXILIARY AIR INLET PORT PROVIDED THROUGH THE OPPOSITE WALL OF THE SAID UPPER BODY MEMBER, SAID DIAMETRIC AXIS BEING DISPOSED IN PARALLELISM WITH THE SAID AXIS BISECTING BOTH THE LIQUID DISPENSING AND AIR INLET PAIR OF RESPECTIVE PORTS, A VALVE MEMBER COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL CORE HAVING A PERIPHERAL SURFACE COMPLEMENTING A CONTIGUOUS FIT WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SAID UPPER BODY MEMBER, SAID CORE HAVING THE LOWER WALL THEREOF IN BEARING AND SEALING RELATION WITH THE UPPER FACE OF THE SAID CLOSURE MEMBER, AND THE UPPER WALL THEREOF IN PLANAR RELATION WITH THE RADIAL RIM OF THE SAID UPPER BODY MEMBER, MEANS TO ROTATABLY SECURE SAID CORE MEMBER INTERIORLY THE SAID VALVE BODY MEMBER RELATIVE TO LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT THEREFROM, COMMUNICATING MEANS PROVIDED THROUGH THE SAID VALVE CORE, SAID COMMUNICATING MEANS INTERPOSING BOTH THE LIQUID OUTLET AND THE INTERIOR OPENING OF THE SAID DISPENSING TUBE, A SECOND COMMUNICATING MEANS PROVIDED THROUGH THE SAID VALVE CORE SPACED DIAMETRICALLY FROM THE FIRST SAID COMMUNICATING MEANS, SAID SECOND COMMUNICATING MEANS INTERPOSING BOTH THE AIR INLET AND AUXILIARY AIR INLET PAIR OF RESPECTIVE PORTS, WHEREBY ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE SAID VALVE CORE SYNCHRONIZES BOTH THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE LIQUID OUTLET AND AIR INLET PAIRS OF RESPECTIVE PORTS SELECTIVELY, A HEAD MEMBER COMPLEMENTING THE EXTERIOR PERIPHERY OF THE VALVE BODY SAID HEAD MEMBER SURMOUNTING IN SPACED RELATION BOTH THE UPPER WALL OF THE VALVE CORE AND THE RADIAL RIM OF THE VALVE BODY, A WINGED LEVER CARRIED DIAMETRICALLY BY THE SAID HEAD MEMBER, SAID LEVER HAVING THE LONGITUDINAL AND CENTRAL AXIS THEREOF ALIGNED IN VERTICAL RELATION RELATIVE TO THE CENTRAL AND LONGITUDINAL AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE SAID DISPENSING TUBE, A RESILIENT CIRCULAR GASKET INTERPOSING THE SAID HEAD MEMBER AND BOTH THE UPPER WALL OF THE SAID VALVE CORE AND THE SAID RADIAL RIM OF THE VALVE BODY, SAID GASKET COMPRESSED THEREBETWEEN AS WHEN THE LEVER IS DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE UPPER BODY PORTION OF THE SAID VALVE CORE THROUGH THE SAID HEAD MEMBER AND THE SAID GASKET WHEREBY EFFECTING AN IMPERVIOUS SEAL FOR THE CONTIGUOUS RELATION OF THE SAID VALVE CORE AND THE INNER SURFACE OF THE SAID VALVE BODY, STOP MEANS INTERPOSING THE LOWER WALL OF THE SAID VALVE CORE AND THE UPPER FACE OF THE SAID CLOSURE MEMBER ADAPTED TO LIMIT THE ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE SAID VALVE CORE RELATIVE TO THE WHOOLY OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION OF THE SAID COMMUNICATING MEANS FOR MAKING OR BREAKING CONTINUITY WITH BOTH THE AIR INLET AND LIQUID OUTLET PAIRS OF RESPECTIVE PORTS, INDEXING MEANS CO-OPERATING WITH THE LIMITS OF THE SAID STOP MEANS WHEREBY THE SELECTIVE ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT APPLIED UPON THE VALVE CORE THROUGH MANUAL MANIPULATION OF THE LEVER WILL VISUALLY INDICATE EITHER THE OPEN OR CLOSED POSITIONING OF THE VALVE MEMBER.