DE29809250U1 - Container for a drinkable liquid - Google Patents

Description

Gerd H. Arnold

Brick Hut 9
DE-79793 Wütöschingen-Schwerzen

Gerhard von Radecke-Oeschger
Ibrunnenstr. 18

DE-79787 Lauchringen

0 Container for a drinkable liquid

The invention relates to a container for a drinkable liquid, in particular for wine and wine-based beverages, such as sparkling wine, champagne, prosecco or the like, which is to be stored and/or consumed at certain temperatures.

Wines and wine-based beverages should be stored at certain temperatures so that they can mature and/or retain their quality. They should also be drunk at certain temperatures so that they can develop their full flavor and fruitiness. To determine this temperature, there are

Storage rooms usually have thermometers that show the temperature in the storage room. However, this only allows an overall temperature to be determined and not the temperature of, for example, an individual bottle. Even temperatures are required in storage rooms and are usually achieved, but this is not always the case. For example, depending on the adjacent wall, the temperature close to a wall can be different than in the middle of the room.
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The correct drinking temperature is usually determined by holding a thermometer in the liquid.

The present invention is based on the object of determining the temperature of the drinkable liquid in a simple manner.

To solve this problem, a temperature indicator is assigned to the container.

An essential feature of the present invention is that each container has its own temperature indicator, which is so close to it that the temperature cannot be distorted by external influences. It is advisable to stick a measuring strip directly onto a bottle containing this drinkable liquid. Such measuring strips are generally available commercially and can, for example, display the temperature digitally, so that a cellar master or waiter can check the temperature without difficulty. Temperature indicators that can take on a certain color as soon as the desired temperature is reached are also conceivable. Many possibilities are conceivable here and are intended to be covered by the present invention.

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With the temperature indicator according to the invention, there is no need to monitor the overall temperature of the room, but this overall temperature can be set so that the containers have the desired temperature, regardless of where they are in the room. The waiter or end consumer who has to serve wine at a certain drinking temperature no longer needs a separate thermometer, but can read from the bottle whether its contents are at the desired temperature. The unwanted immersion of the thermometer in a wine is thus avoided.

If the winemaker or his cellar master, who knows his wine best, suggests and indicates on the label or bottle what the optimal storage or drinking temperature is, the waiter or the end consumer can easily and quickly see whether the optimal storage or drinking temperature has been reached.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention emerge from the following description of preferred embodiments and from the drawing; the only figure of which shows a top view of a container according to the invention for a drinkable liquid. In the embodiment, this container consists of a bottle 1 in which the drinkable liquid, in particular wine, is located. A label 2 is arranged on the bottle 1, on which information about the contents of the bottle is located.

A measuring strip 3 is integrated into the label 2, which can be used to determine a temperature. The measuring strip 3 is preferably a self-adhesive, temperature-resistant film with heat-sensitive elements. These elements are designed and arranged in such a way that they can display the temperature digitally. A cellar master, for example, can read the temperature on the measuring strip 3 at any time and thus determine whether the correct storage temperature for wine is being maintained. The same applies to a waiter, who has to determine and maintain the drinking temperature.

DR. PETER WEISS & DIPL.-ING. A. BRECHT

Patent Attorneys European Patent Attorney

Reference number: P 2151/DE Date: 14.05.1998

Position number list

1 Bottle 34 67 2 label 35 68 3 Measuring strips 36 69 4 37 70 5 38 71 6 39 72 7 40 73 8th 41 74 9 42 75 10 43 76 11 44 77 12 45 78 13 46 79 14 47 15 48 16 49 17 50 18 51 19 52 20 53 21 54 22 55 23 56 24 57 25 58 26 59 27 60 28 61 29 62 30 63 31 64 32 65 33 66

Claims (5)

• · Protection claims 1. Container for a drinkable liquid, in particular for wine and wine-based beverages such as sparkling wine, champagne, Prosecco or similar, which is to be stored and/or consumed at certain temperatures, characterized, that a temperature indicator (3) is assigned to the container. 2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the temperature indicator (3) is integrated in a label (2). 3. Container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the temperature indicator is a measuring strip (3). 4. Container according to claim 3, characterized in that the measuring strip (3) displays the temperature digitally. 5 5. Container according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the measuring strip (3) indicates the temperature by lighting up a temperature range, possibly marked in color.