WO2006015469A1

WO2006015469A1 - Container provided with effects (variants)

Info

Publication number: WO2006015469A1
Application number: PCT/BY2004/000024
Authority: WO
Inventors: Andrej Viktorovich Vavulin
Original assignee: Andrej Viktorovich Vavulin
Priority date: 2004-07-27
Filing date: 2004-11-03
Publication date: 2006-02-16
Also published as: EA007145B1; EP1665961A1; EA200401173A1

Abstract

The inventive container with effects comprises a transparent body provided with internal and external walls and with illumination means which is arranged therein and comprises at least one light source connected to a power supply, wherein said container is also provided with at least two additional current conductive elements which are connected to said illumination means, made preferably of a transparent material and are disposed at least on two nonadjacent areas of at least external surface of the body in such a way that they are simultaneously bridged by means of a current conductive medium and are brought into contact therewith. In the second embodiment, said container with effects is also provided with at least two current conductive elements which are connected to the illumination means, made preferably of a transparent material and are disposed on at least two nonadjacent areas of at least external surface of the body in such a way that they are simultaneously bridged by means of a current conductive medium, are brought into contact therewith and with at least one sound source connected to the power supply an to at least two current conductive elements. The different ways for forming said current conductive medium are also disclosed.

Description

Capacity with effects (options)

The present invention relates to containers, in particular for liquids, preferably transparent, which in various embodiments of the invention can be provided with various additional effects, for example, backlight elements and / or sound sources, and can be tableware for drinking, bottles or similar vessels, flower vases, etc. and can be used both for decorative purposes in bars, restaurants, at exhibitions, in swimming pools, at home, etc., and to indicate the level of liquid contained in the container.

Currently, various designs of containers with various additional effects are known, in particular containers with illumination, which use the principle of closing an electric circuit when a switching element of the button type is activated at the moment of mechanical contact with the surface on which the vessel is placed.

Thus, a backlit container is known that is made in the form of a transparent vessel, in the cavity of which there is a lighting device including an optical radiation element, an optical radiation control unit and a power supply unit, while the optical radiation element is optically connected to the transparent vessel and electrically through the element control unit optical radiation - with a power supply, and the control unit of the optical radiation element is made in the form of a mechanical push-type switch installed with possibly the ability to turn on the electrical connection between the optical radiation element and the power supply either when lifting the vessel, or when lowering it on the table. When you turn on the electrical connection between the power supply and the optical radiation element, the latter illuminates the contents of the vessel and its walls, on which matte faces are made [1]. The disadvantage of the described capacity is its limited functionality, due to the implementation of the lighting device with radiation in only one region of the spectrum, which significantly reduces the visual effect. In addition, the presence of a mechanical switch makes the structure more bulky and significantly reduces its reliability, while the light effect occurs only in the case of contact of the mechanical switch with the surface, for example, a table.

Also known is a backlit tank made in the form of a transparent vessel, while the lighting device is located either in the cavity of the base vessel, or under the base of the vessel on a stand [2]. The lighting device includes optical radiation elements, an optical radiation element control unit and a power supply unit, while the optical radiation elements are optically connected to a transparent vessel and electrically via a control unit of optical radiation elements to a power supply unit, and the control unit is made with one output in the form of an electrical switch communication between the power supply and optical radiation elements. When you turn on the electrical connection between the power supply and the optical radiation elements, the latter illuminate the contents of the vessel and its wall [2]. The disadvantage of the described tank with backlight is its limited functionality, due to the implementation of the control unit for optical radiation elements with one output, which excludes the possibility of changing the operating modes of the optical radiation elements or their alternate switching on (off). In addition, the closure of the electrical circuit as a result of mechanical contact of the switch with the surface, as in the case described above, significantly reduces the visual effect.

The author of the present invention has previously proposed several options for the design of the tank with a backlight, providing the ability to change the operating modes of the elements of optical radiation and their alternate or joint in a different combination of on / off [3]. In the first embodiment, in a tank with a backlight, at least two optical radiation elements are made with different emission spectra, one of the inputs of each of which is connected to the corresponding output of the optical radiation control unit, the optical radiation control unit is made in the form of a switching device with two outputs installed with the ability to turn on and off the electrical connection between the elements of the optical radiation and the power supply when lifting the vessel, and the lighting the device and the base cavity of the transparent vessel are made in the form of an easily removable connection with the ability to turn off, when they are disconnected, an electrical connection between the power supply and the switching device. In the second embodiment, in addition to the first, the stand is capable of axial rotation relative to a transparent vessel, and the control unit of the optical radiation elements is made in the form of a switching device with two or more outputs, installed with the ability to turn on and off the electrical connection between the optical radiation and the power supply when turning the transparent vessel relative to the stand. In the third embodiment, in addition to the second, a support is inserted into the stand, fixed with the possibility of axial rotation, and the connection and switching off of electrical communication occurs when the support is rotated relative to the stand. And finally, in the fourth embodiment, in addition to the third, the lighting device is mounted on a support.

However, the described design, as well as the ones described above, does not completely solve the issue of reducing the bulkiness of the device and increasing the reliability of the electrical circuit, as well as increasing the duration and expansion of the types of possible effects.

Thus, the object of the present invention is to propose a container design with various effects, which would have a simpler and more reliable system of triggering effect sources compared to the known ones, higher compactness, higher reliability and would provide an increase in the duration and expansion of possible effects, as well as multivariance in the choice of an electric circuit switch.

The problem is solved by a container with effects, containing a transparent casing with an external and internal surface, in which a backlight is installed, which includes at least one light source connected to a power source, due to the fact that the tank is additionally equipped with at least two conductive elements connected to the backlight, made of transparent material and placed in at least two non-adjacent sections of at least the outer surface of the housing with the possibility of alternating them Picking a conductive medium while simultaneously contacting them with a conductive medium.

In the proposed tank design, the function of the switch of the electric circuit in accordance with the original solution proposed by the author, successfully performs a conductive medium. In this case, the known electrical circuits of the backlight device can be easily used in the claimed capacity. In any case, when using an external conductive medium as an electrical circuit switch, it turned out to be sufficient to provide special pair of conductive elements that can be placed and, if necessary, permanently fixed (for example, deposited by spraying on the surface of the tank) with the formation of non-adjacent conductive sections. Moreover, the form of execution of the plots, their location, method of placement (fixing), additional properties (except for electrical conductivity and preferred transparency) can be selected in each case, based on the purpose of the tank, the requirements for it, the conditions for its operation, etc. It is preferable that the conductive elements are transparent and applied to the walls of the container, for example by spraying. However, conductive elements, if desired, can be given additional, for example decorative, qualities. They can be made in a different color, have an original shape, etc. In the simplest case, to close an electrical circuit in contact with a conductive medium, two conductive elements are mutually located on the walls of the tank in such a way as to provide convenient contact with the conductive medium. In order to make the tank more effective in terms of achieving the maximum possible color combinations (including optical radiation sources with a different emission spectrum), at least three conductive elements must be installed.

When carrying out work to improve the capacity design described above in the search for ways to expand possible special effects on the basis of the main electrical circuit, the author found an original solution: in addition to the light effect of the capacity, a sound effect was also given.

Thus, the task is also solved by a container with effects, containing a transparent case with an external and internal surface, in which a backlight is installed, including at least one optical radiation source connected to a power source, due to the fact that the tank is additionally equipped at least two conductive elements connected to the illumination means, made of, preferably, transparent material and placed in at least two non-adjacent areas, at least re, the outer surface of the housing with the possibility of bridging the conductive medium while simultaneously contacting them with the conductive medium, as well as at least one sound source associated with the power source and at least two conductive elements.

The simplicity and originality of the solution for combining light and sound effect allows by including a sound source in the electric circuit, as well as minor additions to the switching circuit of the electric circuit get the capacity of the original design and a wide range of different applications. Moreover, taking into account the level of development of electronics, when a pair of conductive elements is closed by a conductive medium, a wide sound range can be provided. Thus, the effectiveness and decorativeness of the container increases significantly.

One of the most original moments of the proposed solution is the choice of a conductive medium.

Thus, preferably, the conductive medium may be formed by a human hand. Such a choice of the medium, provided that there are sources of optical radiation of certain spectra (for example, yellow, blue and green LEDs), a sufficient number of conductive elements and an appropriate circuit for their switching, provides a multivariate manifestation of the light effect (a certain spectral characteristic). In a similar way, a multivariance of the sound effect can be achieved, and depending on the pair of conductive elements that can be switched by hand, it is possible to reproduce separate separate sounds as well as sound sequences (including melodies, words, etc.).

In the event that a human hand is chosen as the external conductive medium, the conductive elements can be placed only on parts of the external surface over the entire height of the tank or only on a part of the height sufficient for stable and highly probable hand bridging of two sections.

This principle of formation of a conductive medium may be particularly preferred if the container relates, for example, to utensils for drinking.

Depending on the purpose of the tank, the conductive medium can also be formed by a liquid medium in contact with the inner surface of the tank. In this case, the conductive transparent material can be placed both on the outer and at least on the upper part of the inner surface of the tank. This form of selection of the conductive medium is most convenient for use in containers in which the indication and maintenance of a given level of liquid (for example, flower vases) is relevant.

It is also possible, if necessary, in one tank to form a conductive medium, both with a liquid medium in contact with the inner surface of the tank, and with a human hand. b

And finally, in another preferred embodiment of the invention, it is possible to form a conductive medium with a liquid medium in contact with the outer surface of the tank. This form of implementation can be applied, for example, to design pools, ponds, etc. As follows from the above description, the proposed capacity with effects due to the simplicity and originality of its solution in the amount of the claimed essential features can be widely used not only in the mentioned areas.

The advantages and advantages of the claimed capacity with effects below will be discussed in more detail and described with reference to the position of the drawings, which clearly illustrate only some examples of possible tank implementations in both embodiments, which should not be construed as limiting. Moreover, taking into account that capacitance options differ only in the absence or presence of a sound source (s) and electric communication elements, a sound source (s) with a power source and at least two conductive elements, general types of examples of various forms of capacity realization will be illustrated by one and the same images. Moreover, the features of each of the embodiments will be illustrated using separate images. The drawings show:

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a general view of a capacitance in one example of implementation (conductive medium — human hand); FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a general view of a container with a local section in the second embodiment example (conductive medium is a liquid in contact with the inner surface of the container);

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of a general view of a container with a local section in the third example of implementation (conductive medium — liquid in contact with the outer surface of the container); FIG. 4 is a functional diagram of one example of a container implementation in the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a functional diagram of one example of a container implementation in the second embodiment.

In FIG. 1 schematically shows a General view of the tank with a local section in one example implementation, in which the conductive medium is formed by the hand of a person. The container contains a transparent housing 1 with external 2 and internal 3 surface. In the housing 1, a backlight means 4 is installed and, in the case of the second embodiment of the container, a sound effect creating means 5. All elements of the backlight means 4 and the sound effect creating means 5 can be made in one common housing 6 (in particular, for isolation from the influence of the external environment, including, for example, mechanical). Possible examples of the composition of the backlight means 4 and the sound effect creating means 5 will be discussed in more detail (at the level of functional elements and blocks) with reference to the positions of FIG. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

Conducting elements 7, which are shown in FIG. 1 of the implementation example are vertical strips of conductive material deposited by any known suitable method on the outer surface 2 of the housing 1 of the tank, forming a common open circuit with the backlight. The conductive elements 7 are interconnected only by means of an electric circuit containing a backlight 4 and, if necessary, a sound effect creating means 5. In this example implementation, the conductive medium is formed by the hand of 8 people.

In FIG. 2 schematically shows a General view of the tank with a local section in the second implementation example, in which the conductive medium is formed by a liquid in contact with the inner surface 3 of the housing 1 of the tank. C. In this example, as in the above, the container contains a transparent casing 1 with external 2 and internal 3 surface. In the housing 1, a backlight means 4 and, if necessary, a sound effect creating means 5 are installed. All elements of the backlight means 4 and the sound effect creating means 5 can be made in one common housing 6. Conductive elements 7 in the form of vertical strips of conductive material are placed (deposited by any known suitable method) on the outer surface 2 of the housing 1 of the container from the contact zone 9 by means of 4 illumination and, if necessary, by means of 5 creating a sound effect to the upper edge 10 of the housing 1 of the tank, and on the inner surface 3 of the housing 1 of the tank and in the continuation of the conductive elements 7 are placed (n anesen) conductive elements 11. The length h of the conductive elements 11 can be chosen any depending on the purpose and conditions of use of the tank. Moreover, the length h can be chosen different for each conductive element And or for each pair of conductive elements 11. In this example, the implementation of conductive the medium is formed by a liquid medium 12 in contact with the inner surface 3 of the housing 1 of the tank, with level 13.

In FIG. 3 schematically shows a General view of the tank with a local section in the third example implementation, in which the conductive medium is formed by a liquid in contact with the outer surface of the tank. In this example, as in the above, the container contains a transparent casing 1 with external 2 and internal 3 surface. In the housing 1, a backlight means 4 and, if necessary, a sound effect creating means 5 are installed. All elements of the backlight means 4 and the sound effect creating means 5 can be made in one common housing 6. Moreover, to prevent the electric circuit from contacting in the area of the backlight means 4 and, if provided, the sound effect creating means 5, these means can be installed in the container body 1 from the side of the inner surface 3. In this case, the conductive elements 7 in the form of vertical strips of conductive material are placed (applied using any known suitable method) on the inner surface ty 3 buildings 1 containers from the zone of 9 contact with the means 4 backlight and, if necessary, means 5 to create a sound effect to the upper edge 10 of the housing 1 containers, and on the outer surface 2 of the housing 1 containers and in the continuation of the conductive elements 7 are placed (deposited) conductive elements 11. The length h of the conductive elements 11 can be chosen any depending on the purpose and conditions of use of the tank. In this example implementation, the conductive medium is formed by a liquid medium 14 in contact with the outer surface 2 of the container body 1, with a level of 15.

In FIG. 4 shows a functional diagram of one example of the implementation of the capacity in the first embodiment. In this implementation example, the backlight 4 is made in a common housing b and installed in the bottom region 16 of the tank 1 of the tank on the side of the outer surface 2. The backlight 4 includes a power source 17, optical radiation sources 18 and a switching device connected by an electric circuit (arrows are marked by arrows). 19. The optical radiation sources 18 preferably have different spectral characteristics. Conducting elements 7 are placed on the outer surface 2 of the vessel 1 of the tank 7. A bi-directional bold dashed arrow indicates a jumper that closes the electrical circuit, which may be a human hand and / or a liquid medium in contact with the inner surface 3 of the vessel 1 of the tank, or a liquid medium in contact in the outer surface 2 of the housing 1 capacity. In FIG. 5 shows a functional diagram of one example of a container in the second embodiment. In this example implementation, the backlight means 4 and the sound effect creating means 5 are made in a common housing 6 and are installed in the bottom region 16 of the container 1 of the tank from the outer surface 2. The backlight means 4 includes connected by an electric circuit

(communications are indicated by arrows) a power source 17, optical radiation sources 18 and a switching device 19 of optical radiation sources, sound sources 20 and a switching device 21 of sound sources. Optical radiation sources 18 preferably have different spectral characteristics. On the outer surface 2 of the housing 1 of the tank are conductive elements 7.

In this case, an implementation form may be provided when a part of the conductive elements 7 not having a continuation in the form of conductive elements 11 is connected to the backlight means 4 and the corresponding electric circuit, and the other part of the conductive elements 7 having a continuation in the form of conductive elements 11 is connected with means 5 create a sound effect and the corresponding electrical circuit. The bonds corresponding to this case are indicated in FIG. 5 dotted line. Bidirectional bold dashed arrow indicates a jumper that closes the electrical circuit (s), which may be a human hand and / or liquid medium in contact with the inner surface 3 of the tank 1, or a liquid medium in contact in the outer surface 2 of the housing 1 capacities.

The principles of operation of the claimed container with the effects below will be discussed in more detail on one example implementation, in which the claimed tank is a glassware for drinking such as a glass, with links to positions

FIG. 2 and 5 drawings for the case when:

- the tank is equipped with a means 4 backlight and means 5 to create a sound effect;

- the conductive medium is formed by the hand of a person 8 and / or a liquid medium 11 in contact with the inner surface 2 of the housing 1;

- part of the conductive elements 7 located on the outer surface 3 of the tank 1 of the container is connected with the conductive elements 11 located on the inner surface 2 of the tank 1 and having a length h;

- conductive elements 11 have different lengths h; - conductive elements 7 associated with the conductive elements 11 are included in the electrical circuit, including means 5 for creating a sound effect;

- conductive elements 7, not associated with conductive elements 11, are included in the electrical circuit, including the means 4 of the backlight.

In the common housing 6, a power supply 17 is installed, the required number of optical radiation sources 18 with the corresponding switching device 19 from the backlight means 4, the required number of sound sources 20 with the corresponding switching devices 21 from the sound effect creating means 5, and two electrical circuits are assembled.

Conducting elements 7 are applied to the outer surface 2 of the housing 1 of the tank, which are made in the form of vertical stripes and arranged so that the lower boundary of each conductive element 7 is located in the contact zone 9 with the corresponding electrical circuit, and the upper boundary is located in the region of the upper edge 10 of the housing 1 capacity.

Conducting elements 11 are applied to the inner surface 3 of the container body 1, and they are placed in such a way that they are a continuation of the part of the conductive elements 7. The electrical circuit to which the conductive elements 7 should be connected is carried out based on the condition that all conductive elements 7, not connected to the conductive elements 11, are connected to an electrical circuit containing an optical radiation source 18, and all conductive elements 7 connected to the conductive elements 11 are connected s to an electrical circuit containing a sound source 20.

In the case of the design of the container described above, the electric circuit, including the optical radiation source 18, closes at the moment when a person touches the container body 1 with his hand 8, at least in two parts of the outer surface 2 on which the conductive elements 7 are applied. Depending on specific conductive elements 7, which is in contact with the hand 8, the switching device 19 connects a specific source (s) of optical radiation. The electric circuit remains closed until the “break” of the contact between the conductive elements 7 and the hand 8. Moreover, the hand 8 in the process of using the capacitance, as a rule, changes its position, thereby changing the pairs of conductive elements 7, which it bridges into as a result, the switching device 19 changes the connected optical radiation source 18 or the combination of the optical radiation sources 18.

In parallel with the above-described closure of the electric circuit including the backlight means 4, or irrespective of this, the electric circuit including the sound effect creating means 5 can be closed. This happens as follows. A liquid (drink) is poured into the container, which is a liquid medium 12 in contact with the inner surface 3 of the container body 1. When the level 13 of the liquid medium 12 rises above the lower boundary of the area on which at least two conductive elements 11 are applied, the length of which is the longest, the circuit is closed, which includes a sound effect creating means 5. Depending on the specific conductive portions 11 that the liquid medium 12 interrupts, the switching device 21 connects the corresponding sound source 20. When the capacitance shakes, level 13 changes its position relative to the conductive sections 11 and bridges new pairs of conductive elements 11. In general, in the simplest case, the sound source 20 can be made in such a way that the same sound line will be reproduced with any interruption. In this case, the switching device may be absent. In a similar way, a container works in forms of implementation in which a conductive medium is formed by a liquid medium in contact with the outer surface 2 of the container body 1. However, in this case, preferably, the housing b with means 4 of the backlight, 5 to create a sound effect, a power source, etc. is installed in the container body 1 from the side of the inner surface 3 in order to avoid direct contact with the liquid medium 14. Switching of switching devices 19 and / or 21 and, accordingly, the switching on of the same (tex) or other (s) sources of optical radiation and 20 sound occurs in depending on the level 14 of the liquid medium 14 and the length h of the conductive elements 7.

The above description of the operation of one of the possible forms of implementation of the claimed capacity also confirms the possibility of implementing other forms, including those shown in FIG. 1, 3 and 4.

It should be noted that all devices and elements, in particular, from the composition of the backlight means 4 and the sound effect creating means 5 can be selected by a specialist in accordance with the purpose of the tank, the expected conditions of its operation, etc. Also important is the fact that the conductive elements 7 and / or 11 can simultaneously serve as decorative elements and differ from the main outer surface 2 and / or inner surface 3 of the housing 1 both in color and in optical characteristics, texture, original geometric shape, up to to semi-volume, etc.

Literature.

1. Patent DE 19842893 Al, 03/30/2000

2. Patent DE 20211408 Al, January 30, 2003. 3. Application RU Na 2004100884 of January 16, 2004.

Claims

Claim

1. A container with effects, comprising a transparent case with an external and internal surface, in which a backlight is installed, including at least one optical radiation source connected to a power source, characterized in that it is additionally equipped with at least two connected with a means of illumination with conductive elements made of, preferably, a transparent material and placed at least on two non-adjacent sections of at least the outer surface of the housing with the possibility of their per contact with a conductive medium while simultaneously contacting them with a conductive medium.

2. A container with effects, comprising a transparent case with an external and internal surface, in which a backlight is installed, including at least one optical radiation source connected to a power source, characterized in that it is additionally equipped with at least two connected with a means of illumination with conductive elements made of, preferably, a transparent material and placed at least on two non-adjacent sections of at least the outer surface of the housing with the possibility of their per contacting the conductive medium while simultaneously contacting them with the conductive medium, as well as at least one sound source associated with the power source and at least two conductive elements.

3. Capacity according to any one of paragraphs. 1 or 2, characterized in that the conductive medium is formed by the hand of a person.

4. Capacity according to any one of paragraphs. 1 to 3, characterized in that the conductive medium is formed by a liquid medium in contact with the inner surface of the tank, while the conductive transparent material is placed both on the outer and at least on the upper part of the inner surface of the tank.

5. Capacity according to any one of paragraphs. 1 or 2, characterized in that the conductive medium is formed by a liquid medium in contact with the outer surface of the tank.