EP1990284A1 - Doppelkammerbecher - Google Patents

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EP1990284A1
EP1990284A1 EP07107858A EP07107858A EP1990284A1 EP 1990284 A1 EP1990284 A1 EP 1990284A1 EP 07107858 A EP07107858 A EP 07107858A EP 07107858 A EP07107858 A EP 07107858A EP 1990284 A1 EP1990284 A1 EP 1990284A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/38—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation
    • B65D81/3813—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation rigid container being in the form of a box, tray or like container
    • B65D81/382—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation rigid container being in the form of a box, tray or like container provided with liquid material between double walls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0233—Nestable containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B65D81/3294—Thermoformed trays or the like with a plurality of recesses for different materials located in different recesses

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  • the invention relates to containing means, in particular food containing means.
  • the invention further relates to food containing means provided with at least two different containing chambers.
  • containers are widely known, moreover, containers are also known that are provided with two distinct containing chambers in which two different products may be stored.
  • Such containers comprise a first chamber in which a first food product, for example a yoghurt, is stored and a second chamber attached to the second chamber in which a second food product that may be added to the first food product, for example cereals, or biscuits, or a creamy product, such as a fruit jelly, is stored.
  • a first food product for example a yoghurt
  • a second food product that may be added to the first food product, for example cereals, or biscuits, or a creamy product, such as a fruit jelly, is stored.
  • the first chamber and the second chamber are both delimited by an external border surrounding both the first chamber and the second chamber, and are also mutually connected through a connecting border.
  • the first chamber and the second chamber are both closed by a closing wall extending through both the first chamber and the second chamber, thus closing the first chamber and the second chamber as to prevent both the first food product and the second food products pouring out from the respective containing chamber.
  • the closing wall is sealed to the external border and to the connecting border of the containers, thus closing at the same time both the first chamber and the second chamber, and also preventing the first food product and the second food product being reciprocally mixed.
  • the closing wall is sealed in a peelable manner to the external border and to the connecting border of the containers so as to be easily detached therefrom.
  • the common border comprises a weakening zone around which a chamber, for example the second chamber, is rotated towards the other chamber, for example the first chamber, for adding the second food product to the first food product.
  • a drawback of known containers is that it is very difficult to only partly remove the external wall from the containers, for example because a user desires to consume only one of the first or second food product stored in the containers. On the contrary, peeling the closing wall from the containers causes a separation of the latter both from the connecting border and from almost the entire length of the external border.
  • a further drawback of known containers is that the connecting border may be easily fractured or even broken, mainly at the weakening zone, for example during handling, or storing of the containers.
  • the first chamber and the second chamber may be easily separated one from the other, and it is thus very difficult to restore the original packaging unit again, and it becomes impossible to sell the food products.
  • the closing wall may be fractured at the weakening zone, and, therefore, be easily detached therefrom, so opening the first and the second chamber before a user can consume the products.
  • a user desires to add the second food product to the first food product, he has to rotate the second chamber around the weakening zone from a rest position in which the first chamber and the second chamber are mutually aligned to a position in which the content of the second chamber may be poured in the first chamber.
  • the food product is a creamy or jelly product
  • he has also to help the food product to pour out from the second chamber towards the first chamber, for example by using a spoon.
  • the user also has to keep the second chamber in a position in which the content thereof may be poured into the first chamber, since the second chamber is elastically forced to take the rest position, i.e. the position in which the first chamber and the second chambers were mutually aligned.
  • An object of the invention is to improve known containing means, in particular the containing means provided with a plurality of containing cavities.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide containing means provided with at least two containing cavity means that is compact, and therefore may not be easily damaged, and may also be easily handled and stored.
  • a further object is to provide containing means provided with external closing means that assures a durable closure of the containing means, and that allows one of the containing cavity means to be opened whilst maintaining the other, or the others containing cavity closed.
  • a further object is to provide containing means provided with at least two containing cavity means in which mixing together the products contained in the at least two containing cavity means is a simple operation that may be easily performed by a user.
  • a still further object is to provide a temperature conditioning apparatus for conditioning the temperature of a containing apparatus.
  • cup means comprising first containing cavity means suitable for containing a product, second containing cavity means suitable for containing a further product, wall means separating said first containing cavity means from said second containing cavity means, said wall means encircling said first cavity means.
  • said wall means comprising first wall means of said first containing cavity means and second wall means of said second containing cavity means mutually connected by a common edge.
  • the common edge encircles said first cavity means.
  • Said gap means surrounds said first cavity means.
  • the shape of the cup means greatly reduce the risks of accidental breakages of damages thereof, mainly during handling, transport operations.
  • the first containing cavity is encircled by the wall means so being protected by any accidental breakage or damage.
  • At least two different product preferably two food products, may be stored.
  • the first containing cavity is encircled by the wall means so being protected by any accidental breakage or damage.
  • a cup means is also obtained in which it is very easy and simple to mix together the first and the second products.
  • the first containing cavity means further comprises still further wall means defining with the wall means chamber means in which a conditioning fluid is contained.
  • the conditioning fluid it is possible to maintain the first product at a desired temperature, for example at a temperature value allowing good conservation of the food product.
  • the second containing cavity means further comprises another wall means defining with the further wall means further chamber means in which a further conditioning fluid is contained.
  • the second product Owing to the further conditioning fluid, it is possible to maintain the second product at a desired temperature, for example at a temperature value allowing good conservation of the food product.
  • conditioning fluid By suitable choosing the conditioning fluid, and the further conditioning fluid, it is possible to keep warm, or cold, or also to keep almost constant over time the temperature of the first food product and of the second food product until the consumption of the first food product, and/or of the second food product by the user.
  • the conditioning fluid and/or the further conditioning fluid and the temperature thereof it is possible storing the first product at a conservation temperature higher or lower that a further conservation temperature at which the second product is stored.
  • the presence of the gap means between the first containing cavity means and the second containing cavity means allows better reciprocal insulation therebetween.
  • the still further wall means may be interposed between the wall means and the further wall means.
  • the still further wall means may also be provided internally to the first containing cavity means so that the wall means is interposed between the still further wall means and the further wall means.
  • the another wall means may be provided internally to the second containing cavity means.
  • the first containing cavity means may be so shaped as to extend into the second containing cavity means for a height that is lower than a further height of the second containing cavity means.
  • the containing means comprises first closing means arranged for closing the second containing cavity means and second closing means arranged for closing said first containing cavity means.
  • the first closing means and the second closing means may comprise peelable closing means, and/or re-closable closing means.
  • the first closing means and the second closing means may also comprise a snap-on cap, and/or screw cap, or a bayonet fitting cap, or also cap associatable to the cup means by interference, or by pressure.
  • cup means may be provided with connecting means arranged to couple with further connecting means provided in the closing means for closing, in case in removably manner, the cup means.
  • a temperature conditioning apparatus for conditioning the temperature of a containing apparatus, comprising a plurality of space means for receiving containing cavity means of said containing apparatus, said plurality of space means comprising first space means so shaped as to receive first containing cavity means of said containing apparatus, and second space means so shaped as to receive second containing cavity means of said a containing apparatus, and a temperature regulating device for regulating the temperature of product means contained in said containing apparatus.
  • said product means comprises food product means.
  • the first space means is so shaped as to encircle the second space means.
  • the temperature conditioning apparatus comprises first temperature regulating means for regulating the temperature of the first space means and second temperature regulating means for regulating the temperature of the second space means.
  • the first temperature regulating means and the second temperature regulating means may be so configured as to regulate the temperature the first containing cavity means at a first temperature value and to regulate the temperature of the second containing cavity means at a second temperature value.
  • the fist temperature value may be lower or higher than the second temperature value.
  • the temperature regulating device comprises a heating device.
  • the temperature regulating device comprises a refrigerating device.
  • the first temperature regulating means and the second temperature regulating means may be so configured as to respectively regulate the temperature of the first space means and the second space means.
  • first space means and/or the second space means may be so shaped as to shapingly couple respectively with the first containing cavity means and with the second containing cavity means of said containing apparatus.
  • first and/or the second temperature regulating means may so configured as to extend over a considerable portion of a surface and of a further surface respectively of the first space means and of the second space means.
  • first containing cavity means and/or the second containing cavity means are almost encircled by respectively the first temperature regulating means and by the second temperature regulating means.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a container 1 having a circular plane section and having a frustum conical longitudinal section.
  • the container 1 comprises a first cavity 2 that may contain a product P, and a second cavity 3 that may contain a further product Q, that could be different from the product P in the first cavity 2.
  • the first cavity 2 and the second cavity 3 may both have a circular plane section and a frustum conical longitudinal section.
  • the second cavity 3 is so shaped as to surround the first cavity 2, i.e. the first cavity 2 extends inside the overall dimensions of the second cavity 3 so as to be internal to the latter.
  • first cavity 2 and the second cavity 3 are so shaped that a gap 20 is defined therebetween, as better disclosed below.
  • the first cavity 2 is defined by a first base surface 4, a second base surface 5, that are preferably circularly shaped, and a lateral wall 6 extending between the first base surface 4 and the second base surface 5.
  • the lateral wall 6 diverges from the second base surface 5 to the first base surface 4, i.e. the first base surface 4 has a surface S1 that is greater that a second surface S2 of the second base surface 5.
  • the first cavity 2 is almost frustum cone-shaped.
  • closing means 16 may be provided for closing the first cavity 2 so as to prevent the product P being poured out from the first cavity 2, for example into the second cavity 3.
  • the closing means 16 may be of any desired type.
  • the closing means 16 may be a peelable closure that is fixed, for example by thermosealing, to an edge portion 4a of the first base surface 4 during a process for forming the container 1 and, therefore, peeled by a user desiring to access the product P contained in the first cavity 2.
  • the closing means 16 may be a removable lid that can be removably applied to the edge portion 4a of the first base surface 4 and removed therefrom, respectively for closing and opening the first cavity 2.
  • the removable lid may comprise a screw cap, and/or a snap-on cap, or a bayonet fitting cap, or also a flip top cap, or also a cap associatable by interference, or by pressure to the edge portion 4a of the first cavity means 2.
  • the closing means 16 may be provided with connecting means arranged for interacting with further connecting means provided at suitable portions of the edge portion 4a for closing/opening the first cavity means 2.
  • the second cavity 3 is defined by a first base 8, a second base 9, and an external wall 10 extending between the first base 8 and the second base 9.
  • the external wall 10 diverges from second base 9 to the first base 8, i.e. the first base 8 has a base surface S3 that is greater than a second base surface S4 of the second base 9.
  • the second base 9 is annular shaped, whilst the first base 8 is circular shaped.
  • the second cavity 3 further comprises a further lateral wall 11 extending between the second base 9 and the edge portion 4a of the first base surface 4, the further lateral wall 11 converging from the second base 9 to the first base surface 4, i.e. the second base surface S4 of the second base 9 is greater than the surface S1 of the first base surface 4.
  • gap 20 is defined having almost a triangular or trapezoidal shape and comprising an annular base portion 20a, interposed between the second base surface 5 and the second base 9.
  • the annular base portion 20a has an annular surface S5 concentric with the second base surface S4 of the second base 9.
  • the annular surface S5 of the annular base portion 20a is, therefore interposed between the second base surface S4 of the second base 9 and the surface S1 of the first base surface 4.
  • the presence of the gap 20, apart from the particular shape thereof, allows a good separation between the first cavity 2 and the second cavity 3, and, therefore between the respective products therein contained.
  • the container 1, and therefore the first cavity 2 and the second cavity 3 is made of an insulating material, it is possible to keep the products in the first cavity 2 and in the second cavity 3 at different temperature values.
  • the contents of the first cavity 2 and of the second cavity 3 contact each other only if desired from a user and at the moment at which the user decides to mix the product P in the first cavity 2 with the further product Q in the second cavity 3.
  • the second base of the further container By positioning a further container on the container 1, the second base of the further container would slide inside the second cavity 3 of the container 1, so that the second cavity of the further container is inserted in the second cavity 3 of the container 1, the second base surface of the further container would slide inside the first cavity 2 of the container 1, so that the first cavity of the further container is inserted into the first cavity 2 of the container 1.
  • a plurality of containers according to the invention may be stacked one in the other, thus greatly reducing the overall dimensions of a plurality of containers.
  • the width of the annular base portion 20a of the gap 20 may be almost constant over the circumference, or the perimeter, of the container 1, in this case the first cavity 2 is arranged at a central zone of the second cavity 3, being coaxial with and centred on the latter.
  • the width of the annular base portion 20a of the gap 20 may vary along the circumference, or the perimeter, of the container 1, i.e. the first cavity 2 may be arranged at a lateral portion of the second cavity 3, being coaxial with the latter but being not centred on the second cavity 3. In both the aforesaid conditions a separation between the first cavity 2 and the second cavity 3 is obtained and also a stackable container 1 may be obtained.
  • the second cavity 3 has a conical longitudinal section and is toroidal shaped.
  • further closing means 12 may be provided for closing the second cavity 3 so as to avoid the further product Q being poured out from the second cavity 3, for example accidentally, or before a user decides to consume such a further product Q.
  • the further closing means 12 may be of any desired type.
  • the further closing means 12 may be a peelable closure that is fixed, for example by thermosealing, to an edge zone 8a of the first base 8 during a process for forming the container 1 and, therefore, peeled by a user desiring to access the further product Q contained in the second cavity 3.
  • the closing means 16 may be applied at the first cavity 2.
  • both the closing means 16 and the further closing means 12 enhances the use and the features of the container 1, and allows the reciprocal mixing between the product P in the first cavity 2 and the further product Q in the second cavity 3 to be made only when desired by the user.
  • the further closing means 12 may be a removable lid that can be removably applied to the edge 8a of the first base 8 and removed therefrom, respectively for closing and opening the second cavity 3.
  • the removable lid may comprise a screw cap, and/or a snap-on cap, or a bayonet fitting cap, or also a flip top cap, or also a cap associatable to the second cavity 3 by interference or by pressure.
  • the type of the closing means 16, and/or of the further closing means 12 is chosen according to the material in which the container 1 is made, and/or the intended use of the container 1, and/or the forming technique used for forming the container 1.
  • the removable lid may comprise, for example, a screwable cap, and/or a snap fit cap, or also a cap associatable by interference to the edge 8a of the second cavity means 3.
  • the further closing means 12 may be provided with connecting means arranged for interacting with further connecting means provided at suitable portions of the edge 8a for closing/opening the second cavity means 3.
  • the second base surface 5 and the second base 9 are both preferably arranged at a rest plane R of the container 1.
  • the second base surface 5 and the second base 9 may lie on different plane, i.e. the second base surface 5 may lie on the rest plane R and the second base 9 may lie on a further plane, in case parallel to the rest plane R and retracted in relation to the latter, or vice versa.
  • the second cavity 3 has a height H1 calculated as the distance between the first base 8 and the second base 9 that is higher than a further height H2 of the first cavity 2, calculated as the distance between the first base surface 4 and the second base surface 5.
  • the first base surface 4 is arranged at a certain distance d1 from the first base 8 of the second cavity 3, the real value of the distance d1 may be chosen according the intended use of the container 1, for example according to the different products that it is desired to store respectively in first cavity 2 and in the second cavity 3.
  • the first base surface 4 of the first cavity 2 is arranged inside the second cavity 3.
  • FIG. 3 shows a cup means 100, in which parts corresponding to the container 1 of Figures 1 and 2 have been indicated with the same reference number and will therefore not be explained in detail.
  • the first cavity 2 of the container 100 comprises a chamber 101 extending almost completely around the lateral wall 6 of the first cavity 2 in which a conditioning fluid may be contained.
  • the chamber 101 is bounded by the lateral wall 6 ant the second base surface 5, and a chamber wall 102 that could be arranged internally in relation to the lateral wall 6 second base surface 5, as shown in Figure 3 , or also externally thereto, as in a version not shown in the attached drawings.
  • the second cavity 3 of the container 100 comprises a further chamber 103 extending almost completely around the further lateral wall 11 and the external wall 10 of the second cavity 3 in which a further conditioning fluid may be contained.
  • the further chamber 103 is bounded by the further lateral wall 11, the second base 9 and the external wall 10, and a further chamber wall 104 that could be arranged internally in relation to the further lateral wall 11, the second base 9 and the external wall 10, as shown in Figure 3 , or also externally thereto, as in a version not shown in the attached drawings.
  • the conditioning fluid and/or the further conditioning fluid may be any desired fluid, for example an insulating fluid for maintaining the temperature of the product P and/or of the further product Q, respectively in the first cavity 2 and in the second cavity 3 almost constant over time.
  • the conditioning fluid and/or the further conditioning fluid may also comprise a heating fluid, or also a refrigerating fluid, for modifying the temperature of the product P and/or of further product Q.
  • the presence of the chamber 101 allows the product P in the first cavity 2 to be kept at a desired storing temperature, for example the optimal conservation temperature for the product P in the first cavity 2, that can also be different from a further optimal conservation temperature of the further product Q in the second cavity 3.
  • the presence of the further chamber 103 allows the further product Q in the second cavity 3 to be kept at a desired storing temperature, for example the optimal conservation temperature for the further product Q, that can also be different from an optimal conservation temperature of the product P.
  • the conditioning fluid and/or the further conditioning fluid in the chamber 101 and in the further chamber 103 respectively, and the temperature of the conditioning fluid and/or the further conditioning fluid it is possible storing the first product P at a conservation temperature higher or lower that a further conservation temperature at which the further product Q is stored.
  • the container 1, 100 according to the invention may be used for storing two different products that can be reciprocally mixed by the user at a desired moment, preferably just before consuming them.
  • a user desiring to consume the products contained in the container 1 would remove the further closing means 12 sealing the second cavity 3, remove the closing means 16 sealing the first cavity 2, if present, would close the second cavity 3 for example by reapplying thereto the further closing means 12 or a removable lid matching the surface S3 of the first base 8 and would turn, and/or shake the cup means 1 to allow the product P to pour out from the first cavity 2 and enhance the product P and the further product Q to be reciprocally mixed.
  • the mixing operation is therefore very simple and may be carried on also using only one hand.
  • emptying of the first cavity 2 is enhanced and easily performed.
  • each containing cavity may contain a different product that can be mixed with the other products in the other cavities when a user so desires. Between each containing cavity a gap may be provided so as to reciprocally insulate the contents of the different containing cavities.
  • stackable cup means By suitably shaping the different containing cavities and/or the gaps therebetween stackable cup means may be obtained.
  • the cup means 1, 100 may contain many different products, for example food products or also two or more different ingredients of a mixture, for example a solution, or a paint, or any other preparation, that have to be reciprocally mixed just before use.
  • the cup means 1, 100 may contain a yoghurt in a cavity and cereals, fruit jelly, biscuits, or other garments to be added to the yoghurt, in the other cavity; or also coffee, in a cavity and milk, hot or cold milk, as desired, in the other cavity, or also tea in a cavity, and lemon juice or milk in the other cavity.
  • the cup means according to the invention may be packed so to obtain a packaging unit comprising a plurality of cup means according to the invention stacked one on the other.
  • the packaging unit has very limited overall dimensions.
  • the cup means according to the invention may be made in any suitable material, for example plastics, glass, paper, preferably impermeable paper, biodegradable plastics, PET, PE, PP, metal.
  • the cup means may also be made of multilayer material.
  • the cup means may be obtained starting from a dose of formable material, or also from a sheet material.
  • cup means according to the invention may be obtained by many different forming processes, for example by compression moulding, injection moulding, blow moulding, stretch-blow moulding, thermoforming.
  • the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 may be used for regulating the temperature of a container, in particular a container provided with a plurality of containing cavity, for example the cup means 1 or 100 according to the invention.
  • the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 may be so configured and/or may be so operated as to heat the cup means 1 or 100 so as to heat the products contained therein as better disclosed in the following.
  • the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 may be so configured and/or may be so operated as to keep almost constant the temperature of the products contained in the cup means 1 or 100.
  • the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 may be so configured and/or may be so operated as to refrigerate the cup means 1 or 100 so as to decrease the temperature of the products contained therein, as better disclosed in the following.
  • the cup means 100 is treated by the temperature conditioning apparatus 200, the presence of the conditioning fluid and of the further conditioning fluid allow a better efficiency to be reached.
  • the conditioning fluid and the further conditioning fluid may, in fact absorb the heat, or the cold delivered from the temperature conditioning apparatus and release such a heat or cold, respectively, to the product P and to the further product Q over time.
  • the product P and the further product Q are kept at the respective desired temperature for a considerable interval of time.
  • the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 comprises a body 201, a base 202 for resting the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 on a desired rest plane, and a plurality of conditioning spaces arranged for receiving a body to be conditioned, i.e. heated, or refrigerated, or kept almost at a constant temperature, or to made or kept cold.
  • the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 comprises a first conditioning space 204 and a second conditioning space 205 so shaped as to receive in a shapingly coupling manner respectively the first cavity 2 and the second cavity 3 of the cup means 1, or 100.
  • the second conditioning space 205 is so shaped as to encircle the first conditioning space 204.
  • the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 is provided with a temperature regulating device 206 arranged for regulating the temperature the conditioning space/s with which the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 is provided.
  • a single temperature regulating device may be provided, that is arranged for regulating the temperature of all the conditioning space provided in the temperature conditioning apparatus 200, the single temperature regulating device may be for example arranged in the base 202.
  • the temperature regulating device 206 comprises a first temperature regulating device 207 for regulating the temperature of the first conditioning space 204 and a second temperature regulating device 208 for regulating the temperature of the second conditioning space 205.
  • the first temperature regulating device 207 and/or the second temperature regulating device 208 may be so shaped as to almost encircle respectively the first cavity 2 and the second cavity 3 of the cup means 100.
  • the first temperature regulating device 207 and/or the second temperature regulating device 208 may be connected to an operating unit for activating the first temperature regulating device 207 and/or the second temperature regulating device 208.
  • the connecting unit may be housed in the body 201, for example in the base 202.
  • the first temperature regulating device 207 further comprises a regulating device arranged to regulate the functioning thereof, and to regulate the working temperature of the first temperature regulating device 207, so as to correspondingly regulate the temperature at which the product P in the first cavity 2 is conditioned.
  • the second temperature regulating device 208 further comprises a further regulating device arranged to regulate the functioning of the second temperature regulating device 208, and to regulate the working temperature of the second temperature regulating device 208, so as to correspondingly regulate the temperature at which the further product Q is conditioned.
  • the first temperature regulating device 207 and the second temperature regulating device 208 may be operated independently from one another.
  • the first temperature regulating device 207 and/or the second temperature regulating device 208 may comprise heating means for heating the product P and/or the further product Q in order to increase the temperature of the product P and/or the further product Q and/or to keep the temperature of the product P and/or the further product Q almost constant over time.
  • the first temperature regulating device 207 and/or the second temperature regulating device 208 may also comprise refrigerating means for refrigerating the product P and/or the further product Q in order to decrease the temperature of the product P and/or the further product Q and/or to keep the temperature of the product P and/or the further product Q almost constant over time.
  • the product P and the further product Q may be heated and/or refrigerated at any desired temperature value.
  • the product P may be heated and/or refrigerated at a first temperature value Th1 that could be higher or lower than a further temperature value Th2 at which the further product is heated and/or refrigerated.
  • the regulating device and/or on the further regulating device it is possible to regulate the functioning of the first temperature regulating device 207 and/or respectively, of the second temperature regulating device 208, so as to increase or to decrease, or also to keep almost constant over time the temperature of the product P and/or of the further product Q.
  • the first temperature regulating device 207 comprises a resistance 209 arranged in the body 201 of the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 so as to extend over a considerable portion of a surface M1 of the first conditioning space 204.
  • the second temperature regulating device 208 comprises a further resistance 210 arranged in the body 201 of the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 so as to extend over a considerable portion of a surface M2 of the second conditioning space 205.
  • the resistance 209 and the further resistance 210 are so configured as to allow an homogenous heating of the first cavity 2 and of the second cavity 3.
  • the resistance 209 and the further resistance 210 are connected to the operating unit for activating the resistance 209 and the further resistance 210.
  • the resistance 209 and the further resistance 210 may be operated independently.
  • the resistance 209 and/or the further resistance 210 may be operated keeping respectively the further resistance 210 or the resistance 209 cold.
  • the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 further comprise connecting means for connecting the temperature conditioning apparatus 200 to a current supply for energizing the temperature regulating device 206.

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GB2159490A (en) * 1984-05-30 1985-12-04 Bayer Ag Combination container for two liquids
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GB2159490A (en) * 1984-05-30 1985-12-04 Bayer Ag Combination container for two liquids
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US9315293B2 (en) 2014-02-07 2016-04-19 Christina Lynn Vucich Combination dosing chaser device

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