Apparatus and method for preparing ingredients for a baby bottle

摘要

An apparatus for preparing infant formula to be supplied to a bottle, and methods and circuits for operating the same, are disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing having a shape for integrating together components of the apparatus. A fluid reservoir for holding fluid and configured to be coupling to the housing is provided. Further provided is a formula disc disposed at a first location of the housing. The first location defined above a dispense location of the bottle, and the formula disc having a top end and a dispense end, the formula disc further includes a plurality of slots for holding the infant formula in a powder state. The apparatus has an end plate that is coupled to the dispense end of the formula disc, and the end plate has a dispense hole, such that the end plate is rotatable relative to the formula disc.

主权项

1. An apparatus for preparing infant formula to be supplied to a bottle, comprising:
a housing having a shape for integrating together components of the apparatus; a fluid reservoir for holding fluid and configured to be coupling to the housing; a removable formula disc disposed at a first location of the housing, the first location defined above a dispense location of the bottle, the removal formula disc having a top end and a dispense end, the removal formula disc further including a plurality of holes for holding the infant formula in a powder state, each of the plurality of holes configured to hold one or more measured scoops of the infant formula; an end plate coupled to the dispense end of the removable formula disc, the end plate having a dispense hole, such that the end plate is rotatable to enable alignment of the dispense hole to any one of the plurality of holes of the removable formula disc; a scoop dial selection disposed on the housing, the scoop dial selection being settable to correspond to the one or more measured scoops of the infant formula present in at least one of the plurality of holes of the removable formula disc; a circuit for controlling rotation of the end plate to cause a vertical drop of the formula, when present, directly into the bottle and to cause a delivery of the fluid, when present in the reservoir, directly into the bottle, the circuit further controlling an amount of the fluid to be dispensed into the bottle based on the setting of the scoop dial selection; and an agitation unit for holding the bottle, when present, the agitation unit is configured to move the bottle to cause a mixing of the formula and fluid.