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When I tip up a plastic bottle to drink, and that bottle has moisture on the outside, it drips down my face and chin and onto my shirt. I hate that.
If the flange on the neck of the bottle below the threaded neck were designed to flare out and then back down it could catch the drips before they reached
my shirt. That would make me happy.
I have linked to my sketch of a cross-section of the bottle modification I'm describing.
Drip Catch Flange
http://i63.photobuc...ottle_top_phixr.jpg
The baker's little sketch. [danielo, Sep 18 2007]
[link]
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Q. where does the drip go once it has been tipped upright again? |
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those drip catcher lips in weighted containers e.g. garden parasols are a buggar to empty. I'd like anti-plastic drip catcher valves. anyone? |
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[dentworth] -- The drip goes back down the bottle, which is much preferable to me than my chin/shirt. I don't mind my hand getting wet. |
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Shirley the solution lies in having an
absorbent layer of custard powder in
the flange. Beneath said layer lies a
low-wattage heating element, powered
by a small generator in the base of the
bottle. Preferably, the wattage of the
aforementioned heating element is
sufficient to cause re-drying of the
custard powder before the next use of
the bottle. According to Claim 2, the
generator is driven by a Stirling engine
which draws its motive force from the
temperature difference between the
beverage and the surrounding air. |
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No, no, no. You need to line the flange with a moebius strip so when the condensation collects, becoming a tiny rivulet, it rolls over the strip and is diverted back upon itself and up the side of the bottle. |
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Either that or use a straw. |
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