CA1294255C - Holder for beverage container - Google Patents
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The invention is concerned with a device for setting down beverage con-tainers, especially open beverage containers, preferably in vehicles.
The purpose of the invention is to create a device of the type described above, which prevents the splashing of a liquid from a beverage container duringthe movements of the vehicle and prevents tipping of the beverage containers, and which can be handled simply, preferably even with one hand.
According to the invention, this task is solved by a device which is characterized by the fact that it has a holder that can be set up in the vehicle, that a container receptacle is seated in this holder so that the receptacle can follow a pendulum movement and by the fact that the container receptacle has a guide to guide the pendulum movements.
In a preferred mode of execution, the guide is a recess on the top part of holder, and the container receptacle is placed in it with positive locking.
The invention is concerned with a device for setting down beverage con-tainers, especially open beverage containers, preferably in vehicles.
The purpose of the invention is to create a device of the type described above, which prevents the splashing of a liquid from a beverage container duringthe movements of the vehicle and prevents tipping of the beverage containers, and which can be handled simply, preferably even with one hand.
According to the invention, this task is solved by a device which is characterized by the fact that it has a holder that can be set up in the vehicle, that a container receptacle is seated in this holder so that the receptacle can follow a pendulum movement and by the fact that the container receptacle has a guide to guide the pendulum movements.
In a preferred mode of execution, the guide is a recess on the top part of holder, and the container receptacle is placed in it with positive locking.
Description
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- 1- 1299~2~i5 DISCLOSURE
The invention is concerned wlth a device for ~etting downbeverage contaln-ers, especially open beverage contalners, preferably in vehlcles.
There are h~lders kno~n that can be set up ln vehic~es, these holders 6erving for holding beverage containers. The holders prevent tipping of the bevera~e container, so that an occupant of the vehicle can put down his or her beverage container even when the vehicle is in motion and has to hold the beverage container only when drinking. ~hus, the occupant's hands are free most of the time because he or she does not have to hold the beverage container continuously.
l~hen an open beverage container is placed lnto a holder of the art, the problem occurs that, although the beverage container i6 secured in the holder agalnst tipping, however, the liquid content of the beverage container can fipill from the beverage container, especially during ~udden movements of the vehicle. In order to hinder this spilling, there is a holder known, for example, with a 6pring-loaded cover, which is placed on the opening nf the beverage container as a closure when it is placed in the holder. In order to be able to remove the beverage container from the holder again, the cover of the holder must be removed snd, at the same time, the beverage container must be removed from the holder, but, for example, the driver of the vehicle during driving ~as only one hand available to do this so that picking up of the beverage container is not only uncomfortable, but also distracts the driver of the vehicle in a dangerous manner. In sddition, the llquid contained ln the beverage con-tainer splashes against ehe cover, which may be result in sticking that is diffi-cult to counter~ct, for example, when the beverage container contains lemonade.
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In addltlon, only those beverage containers can be placed in the holder, the dimensions of which correspond to the dimensions of the holder, for example, to the dlameter of the cover and to the constructlve helght of the holder.
The purpose of the inventlon 18 to create ~ devlce explained at the outset, which device prevents the spilling of the llquid Erom n beverage container durlng movement of a vehlcle and prevents tipplng of the beverage container and which can be handled in a s~mple manner, for example, with one hsnd.
The task of the invention was solved by a device which is characterized by the fact that it has a holder that can be attached to the vehicle on which a conta~ner receptacle ls seated ln a pendular ~.anner and that the holder has a guide which guides the container receptacle in its pendular mo~ements.
The beverage receptacle, onto whlch the beverage container can be placed, is arranged so that it can move relative to the holder in such a way that lt does not follow the changes of posltlon of the vehicle. During acceleration of the vehicle, for example, when the velocity is increased or when the vehlcle moves alon~ a curve, the substantially horizontal forces act on the holder of the device that is set up ln the vehicle. Since the container receptacle and the holder of the device are coupled to one another only relatlvely weakly, these forces are not fully transferred onto the contalner receptacle, so that, 2 due to its inertia, the container receptacle attempts to remain in its stateof ~otion and adapts only gradually to the changed state of motion of the vehicle. No sudden movements are transferred to the beverage container placed on the receptacle, so that, when the motion of the vehicle changes, it will neither tip nor liquid will splash out of it. As a result of the guide of the holder, the beverage receptacle i9 guided forcibly so that, as a result of its relative motion to the holder, it receives the forces acting on the beverage receptacle that could lead to the tipping of the beverage container or spllling of the liquid and it acts against these forces by slavlng of the beverage container during its pendular movement.
The beversge container can be set down in a simple manner onto the con-tainer receptacle~ especially also with one hand. For example, the holder can be placed on a brackee of the car or on a table in a train or chip, but, for example, it can also be placed on a wall.
~zs~2~s In a preferred design of the device, the guides of the holder are in the form of 8 recess. When the container receptacle performs its pendular motion in this recess, lt is guided by the wall of the recess in such a way that it will be tipped relatlve to ehe holder, namely, ln a dlrectlon that counteracts th~ dlrectlcn of tipping of the inertial forces acting on the beverage container when the motion of the vehlcle changes, so that, as a result,the beverage container remalns on the container receptacle. Simllarly, the in-ertial forces actlng on the liquid in the beverage container are also counter-acted, so that no liquld will splash out from the beverage container.
A further development of the devlce ls characterlzed by the fact that the recess is a ball socket, that the container receptacle and the holder are engaged in the form of a ball-and-socket joint, that, on the slde opposlte to its ball-socket side, the container receptacle has a surface onto which the beverage con-tainer can be placed and that the center of curvature of the ball socket is above the container receptacle. During its pendular motion, the container receptacle ; oscillates around the center of curvature, guided by the ball socket. Prefer-ably, the radius of curvature of the ball socket is chosen large enough so that the center of curvature of the ball socket is as high above the container recept-acle as the surface of the liquid of a liquid contained ln the beverage contalner placed on the container receptacle. If the center of curvature of the ball socket, which is simultaneously the center of motion of the container receptacle, lies at abo~t this height, then the spllling of the liquid from the beverage con-tainer will reliably be prevented. By appropriate design of the place for the container on the container receptacle, for example, by having a circular recess,one can determine the maximum diameter of the beverage container placed on the container receptacle. In the usual beverage containers, the height of the beverage container usually correlates with the diameter of lts base, 60 that when producing the device according to the invention, one can establish an approximate relationship between the diame~er of the place on the container receptacle where the container is placed and the radius of curvature of the ballsocket.
In order to obtain guidance of the container receptacle with as little friction as possible, rolling parts are placed between the container receptacle and the wall of the recess.
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Preferably, the contalner receptacle has a weight ln its lower reglon, as a result of which the contalner receptacle assumes an asymmetrlc mass dlstri-butlon and the center of gravlty of the container receptacle ls dlsplaced do~n-ward as much as po~slble so that ehe contalner receptacle can move in the recessin a rolling-pendular motion. Preferably there ls an openlng ln the wall of therecess ln its lower reglon, through which the welght penetrates do~mward into the holder ln an approxlmate perpendlcular dlrectlon. However, the weight can also be an addition made of lead or similar material, wlth a hlgher speclfic gravity, placed in the recess, in the lower region of the contalner receptacle.
According to the further development of the inventlon, the device has a damping arrangement which damps the pendular movement of the container receptacle;
so that the container receptacle performing the pendular movement comes to a rest as rapidly as possible. Preferably, the damping arrangement is placed below therecess and has a vat filled with a viscous fluid into which the weight of the ` 15 container receptacle is immersed. The viscous fluid brakes the container recept-acle during each pendular movement 50 that the pendular movements of the container receptacle come to a rest relatively rapidly and that the container receptacle ~comes to its resting position where the beverage container placed on it is in .. ' D vertical position.
The damplng of the damping device can be varied in a further advantageous mode of execution of the invention by securing the weight on the container I receptscle with the aid of a bolt, the bolt having a thread, with the aid of which the bolt can be positioned at a variable depth in the container receptacle.
By varying the length of the fiection of the bolt that protrudes from the con-,1 25 tainer receptacle, the depth of immersion of the weight into the fluid and thus the degree of damping can be altered. The container receptacle itself may have an internal thread, but, for example, the bolt can also be ateached to the con tainer receptacle with the aid of a nut.
Preferably~ the weight has a larger cross-section than the opening and ~30 the bolt can be brought into the container recepeacle to the 5top of the weight ; ~, 's .~;
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According eO another fureher development of the devlce, not only the container recepeacle i8 secured so lt can oscillate, but the device has a sup-port also which can be arranged ln the vehicle, and that the holder i8 placed on this support 80 that lt can oscillate in a horizontal plane so that especially ¦ 1~ short-ter~ sudden changes of motion of the vehicle are compensated by the 06cllla-tion of the holder itself.
Preferably, the device is characterized by the fact that the holder has a plane base, with which it is placed on a seat surface of the support, that a tappet is arranged on ehe base, which protrudes perpendicularly downward into the support through an opening ln the seat surface and that a spring component is braced between the tappet and the side walls of the support. As a result of ` the braced spring elements, which are arranged, for example, in a cross-form and can be splral springs, rubber pieces or similar, the holder can perform pendular movements in the horizontal plane. To prevent the support from simultaneously performlng tipping movements, which may lead to the tlpping of i the beverage container set on it, the tappet has a supporting plate, which preferably protrudes in the radial direction and flanges the edges of the opening of the seat surface.
The spring components themselves serve to damp the oscillatlon of the holder, which, in a preferred mode of executlon of the device, is further supported with the aid of a viscous fluid that is filled into the support and into which the lower free end of the tappet is lmmersed.
Modes of execution which further indicate the characteristics of the inven-tion are shown in the drawing. The following are shown:
Figure 1 is a section through a first mode of execution of a device according to the invention;
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Figure 2 is a section through a second mode of execution of a device accordlng to the lnvention;
Figure 3 is a device according ~o Figure 1 with an addltional support in the rest pO5~ tion and Flgure 4 i8 a device according to Figure 3 in the deviated position.
Fizure 1 ~hows a first mode of execut~on of ~ device accord~ng to the inveneion. The device has a holder, 1, which has a recess on its upper surface, the recess designed in the form of a ball socket, into which the container ; receptacle, 2, is set in such a way that the container receptacle, 2, and holder 1, interlock as a ball~and-socket ~oint. The container receptacle, 2, can move in a pendular manner around the center of curvature, 3, of the ball socke~.
I On the side opposite to the ball socket 9 the container receptacle has a disk- ~ -like seat, 4, for the placement of a beverage conta$ner. Rolling parts, 6, are arranged between wall 5 of the ball socket and container receptacle 2, these rolling parts permitting movement of the container receptacle in the ball socketwith as little friction as possible.
Wall 5 of the ball socket has an openinp., 7, in its lower region, through which opening a weight, 8 9 located in the lower region of container receptacle 2 protrudes downward into the holder. Weight 8 is secured with the aid of bolt 9, which reaches the edges of opening 7 in the end position of the swings of container receptacle 2, whereby in the end position of the swings, container receptscle 2 is locked by weight 8, which flanges the wall, 5, of I the ball socket, so that it cannot slip out from the ball socket.
: Below container receptacle 2, there is a vat, 10, in holder 1, as a part ; 25 of a damping device, a viscous fluid, 11, being filled into the vat and weight 8 immersing into this fluid. Bolt 9 has a set screw with which the depth of immersion of weight 8 can be ad~usted.
; Figure 2 shows a second mode of execution of a device according to the ~nvention. The same constructional elements are designated with the same reference numbers as in Figure 1.
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Figure 3 shows a device whlch corresponds to a large extent to the devlce of Figure 1. The same constructlonal elemen~s are deslgn~ted wlth the same reference numbers as ln Flgure 1. In Flgure 3, holder 1 has a tappet, 14, which protrudes from base 12, perpendlcularly downward. Holder 1 16 placed wlth its base 12 on seat surface 15 of support 13. The aeat ~urface, 15, has an opening 16, through which tappet 14 of holder 1 protrudes into the support.
Rolling components 17 are placed between seat surface 15 and base 12 to pro-vlde ~ovement of holder 1 with as llttle frictlon as possible.
Spring components 19 are braced ln a horizontal plane between side walls ', 18 of support 13 and tappet 14 of holder 1, so that holder 1 is arranged ln a horizontal plane so that it can oscillate in support 13.
1 ~15 A supporting plate 20 is arranged on tappet 14, this plate protruding t~ ;~ ! from tappet 14 in ~ rsdlal dlrection and flanging the edges of opening 16 to prevent tipping of holder 1. The lower free end of tappet 14 is immersed j into a ~iscous fluid 21 filled into support 13. In order to lncrease the! area of tappet 14 which ls in contact with viscous fluid 21, tappet 14 has a glide plate 22, which protrudes radially from tappet 14 and is placed on the free end of the tappet.
Figure 4 shows a device accordlng to Figure 3, in which both holder 1 and support 13 as well as container receptacle 2 in holder 1 are shown in the deflected position. ~oth components are glven the same reference numbers as inj Figure 3.
Inorder to illustrate the ~ode of operation of the devlce better, an open beverage container, 23, is placed on container receptacle 2 in Flgure 4~ the beverage contalner containlng a liquid, 24.
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- 1- 1299~2~i5 DISCLOSURE
The invention is concerned wlth a device for ~etting downbeverage contaln-ers, especially open beverage contalners, preferably in vehlcles.
There are h~lders kno~n that can be set up ln vehic~es, these holders 6erving for holding beverage containers. The holders prevent tipping of the bevera~e container, so that an occupant of the vehicle can put down his or her beverage container even when the vehicle is in motion and has to hold the beverage container only when drinking. ~hus, the occupant's hands are free most of the time because he or she does not have to hold the beverage container continuously.
l~hen an open beverage container is placed lnto a holder of the art, the problem occurs that, although the beverage container i6 secured in the holder agalnst tipping, however, the liquid content of the beverage container can fipill from the beverage container, especially during ~udden movements of the vehicle. In order to hinder this spilling, there is a holder known, for example, with a 6pring-loaded cover, which is placed on the opening nf the beverage container as a closure when it is placed in the holder. In order to be able to remove the beverage container from the holder again, the cover of the holder must be removed snd, at the same time, the beverage container must be removed from the holder, but, for example, the driver of the vehicle during driving ~as only one hand available to do this so that picking up of the beverage container is not only uncomfortable, but also distracts the driver of the vehicle in a dangerous manner. In sddition, the llquid contained ln the beverage con-tainer splashes against ehe cover, which may be result in sticking that is diffi-cult to counter~ct, for example, when the beverage container contains lemonade.
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In addltlon, only those beverage containers can be placed in the holder, the dimensions of which correspond to the dimensions of the holder, for example, to the dlameter of the cover and to the constructlve helght of the holder.
The purpose of the inventlon 18 to create ~ devlce explained at the outset, which device prevents the spilling of the llquid Erom n beverage container durlng movement of a vehlcle and prevents tipplng of the beverage container and which can be handled in a s~mple manner, for example, with one hsnd.
The task of the invention was solved by a device which is characterized by the fact that it has a holder that can be attached to the vehicle on which a conta~ner receptacle ls seated ln a pendular ~.anner and that the holder has a guide which guides the container receptacle in its pendular mo~ements.
The beverage receptacle, onto whlch the beverage container can be placed, is arranged so that it can move relative to the holder in such a way that lt does not follow the changes of posltlon of the vehicle. During acceleration of the vehicle, for example, when the velocity is increased or when the vehlcle moves alon~ a curve, the substantially horizontal forces act on the holder of the device that is set up ln the vehicle. Since the container receptacle and the holder of the device are coupled to one another only relatlvely weakly, these forces are not fully transferred onto the contalner receptacle, so that, 2 due to its inertia, the container receptacle attempts to remain in its stateof ~otion and adapts only gradually to the changed state of motion of the vehicle. No sudden movements are transferred to the beverage container placed on the receptacle, so that, when the motion of the vehicle changes, it will neither tip nor liquid will splash out of it. As a result of the guide of the holder, the beverage receptacle i9 guided forcibly so that, as a result of its relative motion to the holder, it receives the forces acting on the beverage receptacle that could lead to the tipping of the beverage container or spllling of the liquid and it acts against these forces by slavlng of the beverage container during its pendular movement.
The beversge container can be set down in a simple manner onto the con-tainer receptacle~ especially also with one hand. For example, the holder can be placed on a brackee of the car or on a table in a train or chip, but, for example, it can also be placed on a wall.
~zs~2~s In a preferred design of the device, the guides of the holder are in the form of 8 recess. When the container receptacle performs its pendular motion in this recess, lt is guided by the wall of the recess in such a way that it will be tipped relatlve to ehe holder, namely, ln a dlrectlon that counteracts th~ dlrectlcn of tipping of the inertial forces acting on the beverage container when the motion of the vehlcle changes, so that, as a result,the beverage container remalns on the container receptacle. Simllarly, the in-ertial forces actlng on the liquid in the beverage container are also counter-acted, so that no liquld will splash out from the beverage container.
A further development of the devlce ls characterlzed by the fact that the recess is a ball socket, that the container receptacle and the holder are engaged in the form of a ball-and-socket joint, that, on the slde opposlte to its ball-socket side, the container receptacle has a surface onto which the beverage con-tainer can be placed and that the center of curvature of the ball socket is above the container receptacle. During its pendular motion, the container receptacle ; oscillates around the center of curvature, guided by the ball socket. Prefer-ably, the radius of curvature of the ball socket is chosen large enough so that the center of curvature of the ball socket is as high above the container recept-acle as the surface of the liquid of a liquid contained ln the beverage contalner placed on the container receptacle. If the center of curvature of the ball socket, which is simultaneously the center of motion of the container receptacle, lies at abo~t this height, then the spllling of the liquid from the beverage con-tainer will reliably be prevented. By appropriate design of the place for the container on the container receptacle, for example, by having a circular recess,one can determine the maximum diameter of the beverage container placed on the container receptacle. In the usual beverage containers, the height of the beverage container usually correlates with the diameter of lts base, 60 that when producing the device according to the invention, one can establish an approximate relationship between the diame~er of the place on the container receptacle where the container is placed and the radius of curvature of the ballsocket.
In order to obtain guidance of the container receptacle with as little friction as possible, rolling parts are placed between the container receptacle and the wall of the recess.
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Preferably, the contalner receptacle has a weight ln its lower reglon, as a result of which the contalner receptacle assumes an asymmetrlc mass dlstri-butlon and the center of gravlty of the container receptacle ls dlsplaced do~n-ward as much as po~slble so that ehe contalner receptacle can move in the recessin a rolling-pendular motion. Preferably there ls an openlng ln the wall of therecess ln its lower reglon, through which the welght penetrates do~mward into the holder ln an approxlmate perpendlcular dlrectlon. However, the weight can also be an addition made of lead or similar material, wlth a hlgher speclfic gravity, placed in the recess, in the lower region of the contalner receptacle.
According to the further development of the inventlon, the device has a damping arrangement which damps the pendular movement of the container receptacle;
so that the container receptacle performing the pendular movement comes to a rest as rapidly as possible. Preferably, the damping arrangement is placed below therecess and has a vat filled with a viscous fluid into which the weight of the ` 15 container receptacle is immersed. The viscous fluid brakes the container recept-acle during each pendular movement 50 that the pendular movements of the container receptacle come to a rest relatively rapidly and that the container receptacle ~comes to its resting position where the beverage container placed on it is in .. ' D vertical position.
The damplng of the damping device can be varied in a further advantageous mode of execution of the invention by securing the weight on the container I receptscle with the aid of a bolt, the bolt having a thread, with the aid of which the bolt can be positioned at a variable depth in the container receptacle.
By varying the length of the fiection of the bolt that protrudes from the con-,1 25 tainer receptacle, the depth of immersion of the weight into the fluid and thus the degree of damping can be altered. The container receptacle itself may have an internal thread, but, for example, the bolt can also be ateached to the con tainer receptacle with the aid of a nut.
Preferably~ the weight has a larger cross-section than the opening and ~30 the bolt can be brought into the container recepeacle to the 5top of the weight ; ~, 's .~;
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According eO another fureher development of the devlce, not only the container recepeacle i8 secured so lt can oscillate, but the device has a sup-port also which can be arranged ln the vehicle, and that the holder i8 placed on this support 80 that lt can oscillate in a horizontal plane so that especially ¦ 1~ short-ter~ sudden changes of motion of the vehicle are compensated by the 06cllla-tion of the holder itself.
Preferably, the device is characterized by the fact that the holder has a plane base, with which it is placed on a seat surface of the support, that a tappet is arranged on ehe base, which protrudes perpendicularly downward into the support through an opening ln the seat surface and that a spring component is braced between the tappet and the side walls of the support. As a result of ` the braced spring elements, which are arranged, for example, in a cross-form and can be splral springs, rubber pieces or similar, the holder can perform pendular movements in the horizontal plane. To prevent the support from simultaneously performlng tipping movements, which may lead to the tlpping of i the beverage container set on it, the tappet has a supporting plate, which preferably protrudes in the radial direction and flanges the edges of the opening of the seat surface.
The spring components themselves serve to damp the oscillatlon of the holder, which, in a preferred mode of executlon of the device, is further supported with the aid of a viscous fluid that is filled into the support and into which the lower free end of the tappet is lmmersed.
Modes of execution which further indicate the characteristics of the inven-tion are shown in the drawing. The following are shown:
Figure 1 is a section through a first mode of execution of a device according to the invention;
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Figure 2 is a section through a second mode of execution of a device accordlng to the lnvention;
Figure 3 is a device according ~o Figure 1 with an addltional support in the rest pO5~ tion and Flgure 4 i8 a device according to Figure 3 in the deviated position.
Fizure 1 ~hows a first mode of execut~on of ~ device accord~ng to the inveneion. The device has a holder, 1, which has a recess on its upper surface, the recess designed in the form of a ball socket, into which the container ; receptacle, 2, is set in such a way that the container receptacle, 2, and holder 1, interlock as a ball~and-socket ~oint. The container receptacle, 2, can move in a pendular manner around the center of curvature, 3, of the ball socke~.
I On the side opposite to the ball socket 9 the container receptacle has a disk- ~ -like seat, 4, for the placement of a beverage conta$ner. Rolling parts, 6, are arranged between wall 5 of the ball socket and container receptacle 2, these rolling parts permitting movement of the container receptacle in the ball socketwith as little friction as possible.
Wall 5 of the ball socket has an openinp., 7, in its lower region, through which opening a weight, 8 9 located in the lower region of container receptacle 2 protrudes downward into the holder. Weight 8 is secured with the aid of bolt 9, which reaches the edges of opening 7 in the end position of the swings of container receptacle 2, whereby in the end position of the swings, container receptscle 2 is locked by weight 8, which flanges the wall, 5, of I the ball socket, so that it cannot slip out from the ball socket.
: Below container receptacle 2, there is a vat, 10, in holder 1, as a part ; 25 of a damping device, a viscous fluid, 11, being filled into the vat and weight 8 immersing into this fluid. Bolt 9 has a set screw with which the depth of immersion of weight 8 can be ad~usted.
; Figure 2 shows a second mode of execution of a device according to the ~nvention. The same constructional elements are designated with the same reference numbers as in Figure 1.
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~ 7 _ ~ 55 The device according ~o Figure 2 dlffer~ from the device accor~ing to Figure 1, especially by the fact that weight 8 is arranged ln the seglon of container receptacle 2, which is resting in the ball socket.
Figure 3 shows a device whlch corresponds to a large extent to the devlce of Figure 1. The same constructlonal elemen~s are deslgn~ted wlth the same reference numbers as ln Flgure 1. In Flgure 3, holder 1 has a tappet, 14, which protrudes from base 12, perpendlcularly downward. Holder 1 16 placed wlth its base 12 on seat surface 15 of support 13. The aeat ~urface, 15, has an opening 16, through which tappet 14 of holder 1 protrudes into the support.
Rolling components 17 are placed between seat surface 15 and base 12 to pro-vlde ~ovement of holder 1 with as llttle frictlon as possible.
Spring components 19 are braced ln a horizontal plane between side walls ', 18 of support 13 and tappet 14 of holder 1, so that holder 1 is arranged ln a horizontal plane so that it can oscillate in support 13.
1 ~15 A supporting plate 20 is arranged on tappet 14, this plate protruding t~ ;~ ! from tappet 14 in ~ rsdlal dlrection and flanging the edges of opening 16 to prevent tipping of holder 1. The lower free end of tappet 14 is immersed j into a ~iscous fluid 21 filled into support 13. In order to lncrease the! area of tappet 14 which ls in contact with viscous fluid 21, tappet 14 has a glide plate 22, which protrudes radially from tappet 14 and is placed on the free end of the tappet.
Figure 4 shows a device accordlng to Figure 3, in which both holder 1 and support 13 as well as container receptacle 2 in holder 1 are shown in the deflected position. ~oth components are glven the same reference numbers as inj Figure 3.
Inorder to illustrate the ~ode of operation of the devlce better, an open beverage container, 23, is placed on container receptacle 2 in Flgure 4~ the beverage contalner containlng a liquid, 24.
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Claims (18)
1. A device for holding beverage containers comprising a holder and a container receptacle seated in said holder, said receptacle adapted for pendulum movement, said holder having guide means for guiding said receptacle in its pendulum movements, wherein said guide means comprises a recessed surface located on top of said holder to which recessed surface said receptacle is positively and movably attached, and wherein said recessed surface comprises a ball socket and said receptacle and said holder are adapted to form an interlocking ball and socket joint whereby said receptacle has a seat opposite said ball socket, said seat adapted to receive a beverage container, and a centre of curvature of said ball socket lies above said receptacle.
2. A device as defined in claim 1 further comprising rolling parts located between said recessed surface and said receptacle.
3. A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said receptacle has a weight located in its lower region.
4. A device as defined in claim 3 wherein said recessed surface has a centrally located opening through which a weighted portion of said receptacle extends downward into said holder.
5. A device as defined in claim 1, which device further comprises damping means for damping said pendulum movements of said container receptacle.
6. A device as defined in claim 4 further comprising damping means for damping said pendulum movement of said container receptacle.
7. A device as defined in claim 6 wherein said damping means comprises a vat located below said recessed surface and containing a viscous fluid into which said weighted portion of said receptacle extends.
8. A device as defined in claim 4 wherein said weighted portion is adjustably secured to an upper portion of said container receptacle by an adjustable bolt adapted for adjusting the depth of said weighted portion relative to said upper portion of said receptacle.
9. A device as defined in claim 6 wherein said container receptacle has an upper portion attached to said lower weighted portion with adjustment means for varying the depth between said upper and lower portions.
10. A device as defined in claim 9 wherein said lower weighted portion has a cross-section larger than the cross-section of said recessed surface opening and wherein said adjustment means comprise an adjustable bolt connecting said upper portion of said receptacle with a lower attached weight.
11. A device as defined in claim 1 further comprising a support adapted for supporting said holder upright while allowing said holder to slide horizontally.
12. A device as defined in claim 11 wherein said holder has (i) a flat base surface adapted for placement onto a seat surface of said support, and (ii) a tappet extending perpendicularly downward from said base through an opening in said support seat surface into said support and wherein spring components connect said tappet to side walls of said support.
13. A device as defined in claim 12 wherein said tappet further comprises a supporting plate which extends radially from said tappet flanging outward to the edge of said seat surface opening.
14. A device as defined according to claim 12 wherein said support contains a viscous fluid into which fluid a lower end surface of said tappet extends.
15. A device for holding an open beverage container in a vehicle comprising a holder, a container receptacle, and a weight wherein said holder has an arcuate top surface adapted to receive a movably attached arcuate lower surface of said container receptacle, said top holder surface having a centrally located opening therethrough and defining with a side wall and a bottom surface of said holder an open space to accommodate arcuate movement of said weight, said weight connected to said container receptacle by centrally located connector means, said receptacle having an arcuate lower surface adapted for movable attachment to said arcuate top surface of said holder and said receptacle having a top surface adapted to receive a beverage container bottom.
16. A device as defined in claim 15 wherein said receptacle top surface has an upwardly extending side wall guide for centering said beverage container on said receptacle.
17. A device as defined in claim 15 wherein said holder open space contains a viscous fluid into which said weight extends.
18. A device as defined in claim 16 wherein said connector means comprises means for adjusting the depth of said weight into said viscous fluid.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA000538874A CA1294255C (en) | 1987-06-04 | 1987-06-04 | Holder for beverage container |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA000538874A CA1294255C (en) | 1987-06-04 | 1987-06-04 | Holder for beverage container |
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| CA1294255C true CA1294255C (en) | 1992-01-14 |
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| CA000538874A Expired - Lifetime CA1294255C (en) | 1987-06-04 | 1987-06-04 | Holder for beverage container |
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