JP2005288062A - Beverage container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beverage container wherein bubbles are generated from a bubble generating section and are kept on a bubble keeping wall to draw characters or pictures with the bubbles when the beverage is poured in a glass, and an ornament, a model or the like placed in the beverage container can be moved using the buoyancy of the bubbles. <P>SOLUTION: The beverage container is so constituted that a substance to facilitate foaming is disposed on a wall surface, and at the upper part of the same, a physical bubble catching region to catch the bubbles by roughness is disposed at the inside of the container to keep the bubbles from rising further, so that the character or the picture can be drawn with the bubbles and the ornament or the model is lifted up or rotated by the power of the bubbles applied to the physical bubble catching region. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to an effervescent beverage container for containing effervescent beverages such as beer, cocktails, and carbonated juice, and a structure that moves by using the buoyancy of foam placed in the beverage container as power. In particular, the present invention relates to a physical structure capable of expressing characters and symbols on the side surface by capturing bubbles on the side surface of the sparkling beverage container.

There are various technologies that use foam in sparkling beverages, such as technology that expresses characters with foam on the side of the container due to the difference in water repellency on the inside side of the container, and foam on the liquid surface due to the arrangement of foaming sites inside the container. There was a technique for expressing characters. However, it was difficult for the characters on the liquid surface to reproduce fine characters and draw clean straight lines due to convection caused by bubbles and diffusion of bubbles. Furthermore, it has been difficult to place hygienic and inexpensive structures that can be moved into beverage containers.

JP-A 2003-61804 JP-A 2002-45288 JP-A 2000-51044 JP-A 9-206191 JP-A 8-252159 JP-A 8-168430 JP 9-502364

In the conventional technique, characters are expressed by bubbles on the side surface of the container due to the difference in water repellency on the inner side surface of the container, or characters by bubbles are expressed on the liquid surface by the arrangement of the bubble generation sites inside the container. However, it was difficult for the characters on the liquid surface to reproduce fine characters and draw clean straight lines due to convection caused by bubbles and diffusion of bubbles. It has also been difficult with conventional techniques to create hygienic and inexpensive moving structures in containers. The present invention solves these problems.

  In the present invention, a bubble trapping portion 3 by physical unevenness is provided above the bubble generating portion 2 on the inner surface of the container 1 or the bubbles 4 are physically trapped using ice attached to the side surface. . Furthermore, by physically capturing the foam, the foam capturing site receives a force from the foam, so that it can be used as a power source to move the decoration and model in the beverage container.

In the above-mentioned sparkling beverage container, the container body can be formed of a transparent material. As the transparent material, glass, a transparent resin material, or the like can be used.

The bubble generation site 2 is created by roughening the surface using a conventional technique. The bubble trapping part 3 is trapped by preventing the bubbles from rising due to the unevenness of the physical structure.

The size of the foam that can be captured by the foam capturing part 3 is proportional to the thickness of the convex part and the depth of the concave part of the foam capturing part 3. Bubbles generated from the sparkling beverage increase in volume while in the sparkling beverage, but the maximum value of the size of the foam to be captured can be adjusted by the shape of the foam capturing portion 3.

The size of the bubbles trapped in one bubble trapping site 3 varies in size. By sufficiently increasing the supply of bubbles from the bubble generation site, the size of the bubbles trapped in one bubble trapping site 3 The volume of foam aggregate is in a kind of steady state.

Therefore, the thickness of the line drawn by the bubbles trapped on the inner side surface of the container can be adjusted to a substantially fixed thickness according to the shape of the bubble trapping site 3, and if the foam supply is sufficient, As shown in FIG. 3, it is possible to clearly express characters and pictures of various designs with no lines missing or distorted.

Moreover, the pattern before pouring a sparkling beverage into a container becomes inconspicuous by making the convex part of the foam capture | acquisition site | part 3 into smooth protrusion like FIG. Therefore, it becomes possible for the user to notice the text message after pouring the sparkling beverage.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are side views from the inside of a beverage container that can display the numeral “3”. However, it is difficult to draw a character that does not fluctuate with such a thin line with the conventional technology. It is. As shown in FIG. 6, it is possible to draw a parallel line by a plurality of vertically aligned foam trapping parts 3 by attaching a foam generation part 2 to a part of the foam trapping part 3, like a Chinese character. Fine characters can also be expressed.

As shown in FIG. 8, it is also possible to form a recess on the inner surface of the drinking container and capture the foam 4 as the foam capturing part 3. In this case, the upper side of the beverage container in FIG. 1 or the beverage container in FIG. This is because the bubbles rising from below must be captured.

As shown in FIG. 9, the bubble capturing part 3 can capture bubbles with a surface instead of a line.

The structure in which the foam generation site 2 and the foam capture site 3 are combined to represent characters and patterns is obtained by using a sheet 5 having the foam generation site 2 and the foam capture site 3 as shown in FIG. It can also be pasted.

In FIGS. 11 to 17, the movement of the decoration or the model using the force from the bubbles received by the bubble capturing part 3 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 11, it is possible to rotate the ferris wheel structure 6 having the bubble capturing portion 3 above the bubble generating portion. In FIG. 11, the bubble 4 from the bubble generation site 2 is captured by the bubble capture site 3, the buoyancy of the site on the left side of the ferris wheel is stronger than that on the right side, and the ferris wheel rotates in the direction of the arrow. The bubble 4 that has been trapped when the bubble trapping portion is in the vertical direction is released.

A water turbine structure 7 having a vertical axle 8 as shown in FIG. 13 is also possible. The foam 4 generated from the foam generation part 2 receives a force that changes the course rising at the foam trapping part 3 from the water wheel 7, and the reaction causes the water wheel 7 to rotate in the horizontal direction.

In the structure as shown in FIG. 15, the bubble trapping portion 3 can move in the vertical direction along the column 10. The bubble trapping site 3 captures the foam 4 generated from the bubble generating site 2, and the bubble trapping site 3 starts to rise when the bubble trapped by the bubble trapping site 3 has a certain buoyancy, as shown in FIG. Like the state, the bubble trapping part 3 is inclined by the protrusion 11 at the top of the support column 10 and the foam trapping part 3 loses buoyancy and sinks by releasing the foam 4. .

When a sparkling beverage is poured into a beverage container, a clear bubble message appears on the side, and the structure in the container starts moving, so that it is possible to provide the user with surprise and pleasure.

As shown in FIG. 11, by putting the Ferris wheel model of the present invention in a normal beverage container, it is possible to easily enjoy the Ferris wheel model that rotates with foamed beverage bubbles. If the model or decoration is not integrated with or fixed to the beverage container, the structure may pop out when tilted. Therefore, when drinking a beverage, the straw container 9 should not be tilted as much as possible. It is desirable.

By combining the structure of the side of the container where the characters are lifted and the structure of the water wheel that is rotated by the buoyancy of the bubbles, it is possible to make a sparkling beverage container imitating an amusement park as shown in FIG.

Using the water wheel structure, it is possible to produce sparkling beverage containers with glasswork that move various vehicles. For example, a submarine with a moving screw, a car with a moving tire, an airplane with a moving propeller, a windmill, and a pinwheel. In each model, the rotation axis can take an arbitrary angle with respect to the bottom surface.

In the structure as shown in FIG. 15, the bubble trapping portion 3 can move in the vertical direction along the column 10. The bubble trapping site 3 captures the foam 4 generated from the bubble generating site 2, and the bubble trapping site 3 starts to rise when the bubble trapped by the bubble trapping site 3 has a certain buoyancy, as shown in FIG. Like the state, the bubble trapping part 3 is inclined by the protrusion 11 at the top of the support column 10 and the foam trapping part 3 loses buoyancy and sinks by releasing the foam 4. .

A structure like a seesaw can be created as shown in FIG. The bubble trapping portion on the upper side is easy to release the bubble and loses buoyancy, and the bubble trapping portion on the lower side is supplied with bubbles from the adjacent bubble forming portion to obtain larger buoyancy. Buoyancy due to bubbles on the right and left of the seesaw 12 is likely to fluctuate, and the seesaw 12 is less likely to stay in an equilibrium state at a horizontal position.

It can be used at restaurants and at home.

It is the perspective view which showed the usage example of the glass which has a structure which shows a pattern in a side surface by trapping a bubble in a recessed part, a vertical axis | shaft turbine structure, and a horizontal axis turbine structure. It is a perspective view of the drink container which has a foam formation site | part and a foam capture | acquisition site | part in the side surface which is the state before pouring a sparkling beverage. It is a perspective view of the beverage container which has the foam formation site | part and the foam capture | acquisition site | part on the side which is displaying the letter "V" in the state which poured the sparkling beverage. It is sectional drawing of the drink container of FIG. It is the figure which looked at the bubble capture | acquisition site | part which can represent character "3", and a foam formation site | part from the container inner surface. It is the figure which looked at the bubble capture | acquisition part and foam formation part which can represent the character of "3" from the container inner surface in the state which poured the sparkling drink. It is the front view which showed the transparent sheet | seat which has the foam formation site | part similar to FIG. 2, and a foam capture | acquisition site | part, and can be affixed on a normal container. It is sectional drawing of the sheet | seat of FIG. It is a perspective view of the drink container which can arrange foam in the shape of a field. It is sectional drawing of the drink container which can represent a character and a figure by the surface of FIG. It is a front view which shows the usage example in the drink container of the ferris wheel 6 with an axis | shaft perpendicular | vertical with respect to a perpendicular direction. It is the perspective view which showed the bubble capture | acquisition part 3 of the ferris wheel 6 of FIG. It is a perspective view of the usage example of the water turbine which has an axis | shaft parallel to a perpendicular direction. It is sectional drawing cut | disconnected by the plane which passes along a rotating shaft of the water wheel of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the structure where a bubble capture | acquisition site | part raises / lowers along a support | pillar. It is sectional drawing when the bubble capture | acquisition site | part of FIG. 15 releases a bubble. It is the front view which showed the seesaw structure.

Explanation of symbols

1. 1. Glass body 2. Bubble generation site 3. Bubble capture site Bubble 5 Sheet 6. Ferris wheel7. Water wheel structure8. Axle 9. Straw 10. Post 11. Protrusion 12. Seesaw 13. Seesaw shaft 14. ice

Claims (4)

In a foamed beverage container provided with a foam generation site inside the container, foam can be physically captured on the side of the container by a protruding structure or depression provided inside the container to express any message or symbol etc. Beverage container. A transparent sheet in which a foam generating part and a foam trapping part are combined, which can make a beverage container having the same function as the foamed beverage container by sticking to a normal beverage container with edible glue or the like. A sparkling beverage container in which a model or decoration can be rotated or raised using the buoyancy of foam generated when a sparkling beverage is placed in the container in the sparkling beverage container provided with a foam generating portion inside the container. The foam buoyancy of the poured sparkling beverage is provided with a foam generating part and a foam trapping part so as to move using the buoyancy of the foam of claim 3 and placed in a beverage container or pasted with edible glue. Models and decorations that move with power.

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