WO2007105075A1

WO2007105075A1 - Receptacle for drinking liquids

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Publication number: WO2007105075A1
Application number: PCT/IB2007/000607
Authority: WO
Inventors: Edmund Becker Ganser
Original assignee: Edmund Becker Ganser
Priority date: 2006-03-10
Filing date: 2007-03-07
Publication date: 2007-09-20
Also published as: DE202006003849U1

Abstract

The invention relates to a receptacle for drinking liquids, in particular for wine, comprising a cavity (6) for receiving the drinking liquid (AI) and one or several eddy devices (20) which are arranged in the cavity (6). Said invention is characterised in that at least part of the eddy device (20) or at least one eddy device of the plurality of eddy devices (20) is arranged outside of the drinking liquid (11) when the relevant level of the drinking liquid (11) in the receptacle is stationary.

Description

VESSEL FOR DRINKING FLUIDS

The invention relates to a vessel for drinking liquids according to the preamble of claim 1.

Such a vessel is known from US 200210159328 AI. From this document, a test cup for wine is known, which various testing facilities for wine, z. B. has a transparent viewing window possesses. Such a cup may have in the edge region a plurality of ribs, which are intended to cause a turbulence of the liquid at the moment of pouring the beverage to be tested. Furthermore, it is known from this publication to arrange below a Sollfüllhöhe for the beverage to be tested on the inside of the beaker fin, which are to cooperate with a platform portion of a raised bottom portion of the cup, such that an improved mixing of the beverage to be tested is achieved the formation of bubbles during mixing should be suppressed. A drinking cup according to this prior art has the disadvantage that on the one hand it is visually less appealing and thus has little acceptance by the user.

The object of the invention is to provide a vessel for drinking liquids, which has the optical character of known and established drinking vessels, z.b. Wine glasses or wine carafes, does not leave and in particular allows the possibility of an intense supply of oxygen into the drinking fluid.

Another object of the invention is to provide a vessel for drinking liquids, whose visual impression can be designed in many ways, without the established form of known drinking vessels, eg. As wine glasses or carafes to leave.

Another object is to provide a drinking vessel with which the odor impression of the drinking liquid can be intensified to the user. Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to provide a vessel for drinking liquids, with which an improved ventilation of the drinking liquid when pouring from a drinking bottle, ie an improved oxygen supply is ensured when pouring the drinking liquid.

These objects are achieved with a vessel having the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are specified in the subclaims.

According to the invention, at least one swirling device, which is provided in a cavity for receiving the drinking liquid, is located at least partially above the drinking liquid in the intended rest filling states of a vessel according to the invention for drinking liquids. Likewise, a plurality of swirling devices may be provided, wherein at least one or a portion of this one swirling device is located above the drinking liquid. An intended rest filling state is to be understood as meaning a filling state of the vessel in which the filled drinking liquid is at rest. Usually, for example, white wine glasses, which are usually smaller than red wine glasses, filled when serving the wine about half. Red wine glasses, which are usually slightly larger, in particular somewhat bulbous, formed as white wine glasses, are only about one third filled with wine.

In the text which follows, the inner wall area of the vessel which is wetted with a customary filling quantity and the associated area of the cavity will be referred to as the wetted area of the vessel.

In order to intensify the sense of smell of the served wine for the consumer, it is customary to pivot the wineglass by means of almost circular movements in order to wet inner wall regions of the vessel above the desired filling level, which corresponds to the resting level, with wine. As a result, the odor impression is increased due to the enlargement of the wetted surface. The wetting of the inner side of the vessel with wine by pivoting results from a cross-section approximately Parabolic fluid surface formed by the action of centrifugal forces in the circular pivoting of the vessel. The inner wall area, which is wetted during pivoting with normal strength and intensity, and the associated region of the cavity is referred to below as the pivotally wetted area.

Above the swivel-wetted area of a vessel for drinking liquids, in particular a wine glass, the so-called tilt-wetted area adjoins the inside of the wine glass. Under this area is that region of the inner wall and the associated cavity to understand, which usually during heavy tilting of a vessel, in particular a wine glass, z. B. when drinking, is wetted. The tilted area of a wine glass is thus about the upper quarter to the upper third of the wineglass.

In the vessel according to the invention is of particular advantage that when panning and / or pouring wine, the liquid flow of the pivoted and / or infused wine is disturbed on the inside existing in the drinking vessel Verwirbelungseinrichtungen, so that, in particular when panning a wine in a wine glass, the In a circular flow along the inner wall flowing wine particularly well and intensely mixed with atmospheric oxygen. The swirling devices act as flow obstacles in the manner of stones or boulders in a mountain stream, a particularly intense oxygen input into the liquid, eg. As the wine cause. As a result, the long aeration time of up to several hours usually required for younger wines with high tannin and bitter content can be considerably shortened, since the wine in the glass or in the vessel according to the invention can be associated with high amounts of oxygen in a short time.

According to a preferred embodiment, the

Verwirbelungseinrichtungen or the at least one

Swirling device formed as in the cavity projecting (r) swirling body. According to a further advantageous embodiment, the swirling devices or the swirling device are designed as swirling recesses open towards the cavity of the vessel. In this embodiment, it is of particular advantage that the thus formed vessel for drinking liquids is particularly easy to clean.

According to a further embodiment of the drinking vessel according to the invention, the turbulators are spherical, teilkugel-, conical, truncated cone, pyramidal, truncated pyramid or irregularly shaped, in particular irregularly shaped with a plurality of edges, designed in the manner of a stone fragment. As a result, a particularly intense oxygen input into the wine can take place.

According to a further preferred embodiment, the swirling device is designed as a swirl strip, which preferably extends in a direction substantially transverse to the

Circular flow direction of the tilted drinking liquid extends.

This ensures particularly advantageous that is ensured in each case that regardless of the degree of filling of the vessel and regardless of the strength of the circular pivoting movement to be ventilated

Drinking liquid must always flow along the swirl bar or flow around it.

The swirl bar expediently extends from an area below the desired fill level into an area above the setpoint height.

Fill level, that is from the wetted area in the swivel-wetted area of the vessel. In this way it can be ensured that even a small amount of the drinking liquid to be ventilated can be reliably mixed with atmospheric oxygen by pivoting.

Furthermore, it is expedient to form the Verwirbelungsleiste wavy or spiral in its course, whereby in a simple manner, a variety of optical impressions can be realized.

Furthermore, it is advantageous that a tilt-wetted region below a pouring or pouring opening of the vessel is free of turbulence devices. This is particularly advantageous in a wine glass, since this ensures that when drinking the wine undesirably strong swirling of the wine in the region of the spout opening is prevented and thus undesirable spraying at z. B. spirited drinking is avoided.

Preferred embodiments of the vessel according to the invention are wine glasses or decanter carafes.

Particularly preferably, the swirling devices are present in a plurality, wherein the swirling devices are formed differently in terms of their type, that is, in terms of their geometrical spatial form, and in their size differently. By a geometrically dissimilar and different in their size training the Verwirbelungseinrichtungen, both the Verwirbelungskörper and Verwirbelungsvertiefungen, a particularly intensive mixing of the drinking liquid with oxygen is achieved and the desired Verwirbelungseffekt achieved in the manner of a mountain stream to a particular extent.

In the case of the embodiment of the vessel according to the invention as a decanter carafe, it has proved to be advantageous to arrange the turbulators especially in the area of a carafe neck, since there is a particularly good oxygen mixing during the pouring and pouring of the wine by the flow of the wine along the turbulence.

A further preferred embodiment has a multiplicity of swirling devices, that is to say swirling bodies and / or swirling depressions, distributed over an inner side of the hollow body of the vessel. The size of the swirling devices is in this case relatively small compared to the size of the cavity of the drinking vessel, so that between the Verwirbelungseinrichtungen sufficiently large surface areas of the vessel wall remain, which allow an optically undistorted view of the drinking liquid. In the following the invention will be explained in more detail by way of example with reference to the drawing. Show it:

1 shows a longitudinal section through an inventive vessel for drinking liquids, which is designed as a wine glass in a first

embodiment;

FIG. 2 shows the vessel according to FIG. 1 in a second embodiment; FIG.

3 shows the vessel according to a third Ausführungsforrn.

4 shows the vessel according to FIG. 1 in a fourth embodiment;

Fig.5: the vessel according to a fifth embodiment;

FIG. 6 shows the vessel according to FIG. 1 in a sixth embodiment; FIG.

7 shows the vessel according to a seventh embodiment;

8 shows the vessel according to FIG. 1 in an eighth embodiment;

9 shows a vessel according to the invention, which is designed as a carafe and

10 shows the vessel according to FIG. 1 in a ninth embodiment.

A vessel according to the invention for drinking liquids (FIG. 1) is designed as a wine glass 1 in a first variant. The wine glass 1 has in a conventional manner a cup 2, a stem 3 and a leveling foot 4. The cup 2 is formed by a glass wall, hereinafter wall 5, which defines a cavity 6. The wall 5 has an outer side 7 and an inner side 8. Furthermore, the cup 2 in the usual manner a Eingussbzw. Spout 9 on.

For the purposes of the description of the invention, the following three regions of the cavity 6 of a wine glass 1 are defined: 1. From a bottom side 10 of the cup 2 to a first height h, which is referred to below as the desired filling level, extends in the filled drinking liquid 11, the so-called wetted area 13. The drinking liquid 11 forms at the level of height h , a rest surface 12, which extends substantially horizontally. The

Level at height h, is thus the resting level.

2. Above the rest surface 12 of the drinking liquid 11 closes up to a second height h, a schwenkbenetzt area 14 at. In the swivel-wetted area 14, the inner side 8 of the wall 5 is wetted during pivoting along a substantially circular pivoting direction 15 by means of drinking liquid 11. Here, the drinking liquid 11 forms a cross-sectionally approximately parabolic pivot surface 16.

3. Above the swivel-wetted area 14, a tilt-wetted area 17 adjoins, which is wetted during the intended use of the wine glass 1, in particular when drinking. The tilt-wetted region 17 extends downwards from the pouring / pouring opening 9 to the pivotally wetted region 14. The tilted wetted region 17 can occupy a few centimeters to about half the total height of the calyx 2, depending on the glass design of the wine glass 1.

According to the invention, at least one, preferably a plurality of swirling devices 20 are arranged in the cavity 6 of the cup 2. The turbulators 20 in the embodiment of Figure 9. For example, are formed as spherical Verwirbelungskörper 20, which are present in different sizes and protrude into the cavity 6. The turbulence bodies 20 are arranged uniformly or non-uniformly over the inside 8 of the cup 2 in the area of the wetted area 13 and the pivot-wetted area 14.

Expediently, there are no swirling devices 20 in the tilt-wetted region 17. The swirling devices 20 are, for example, integrally formed on the inside 8 of the wall 5. The distribution of the swirling devices 20 on the inside 8 of the wall 5 is preferably selected such that when pivoting the wine glass 1 in the pivoting direction 15 regardless of the degree of filling of Wine glasses 1 with drinking liquid 11, the pivoted drinking liquid 11 at least one, preferably several, swirling 20 flows around or over, so that the circular flow 21a of the drinking liquid 11 is disturbed during pivoting by the Verwirbelungseinrichtungen 20 and thus an increased oxygen input into the

Drinking liquid 11 takes place.

The turbulizers 20 are formed as Verwirbelungskörper 20 and may also be formed as a cone, truncated cone, pyramid, truncated pyramid or parts of balls. In particular, it is advantageous that the swirl body 20 is irregularly shaped, for. B. provided with edges, form, so that in a particularly intensive manner, a thorough mixing of the drinking liquid 11 is carried out with oxygen.

The tilt-wetted region 17 is preferably free of swirling devices 20. However, swirling devices 20 may nevertheless also be present in the tilt-wetted region 17, which preferably decrease in number and in size in relation to the pouring / pouring opening 9, so that the flow as undisturbed as possible flows out Drinking liquid 11 is ensured while drinking and unwanted spraying can be avoided.

In a second embodiment of the wine glass 1 (compare W), the swirling device 20 is designed as a swirl strip 21, which extends from the wetted region 13 into the swivel-wetted region 14 along the inner side 8 of the wall 5. The Verwirbelungsleiste 21 is rectangular in cross-section, triangular or hill-shaped. In a plan view, the swirl bar 21 may be substantially lenticular, with the swirl bar 21 tapering substantially at its ends. In order to achieve the effect according to the invention of the improved ventilation of the drinking liquid 11, it is already sufficient to provide only one swirl bar 21. However, a plurality of uniformly or non-uniformly distributed over the circumference Verwirbelungsleisten 21 may be arranged. In a further embodiment of a drinking vessel according to the invention (FIG. 3), in particular a wine glass 1 according to the invention, the swirling devices 20 are formed as indentations / protrusions 22 or indentations 23 of the wall 5 as cavities 6, so that swirling protrusions 22 and

Verwirbelungsvertiefungen 23 are formed for the drinking liquid 11.

In a further embodiment of the drinking vessel according to the invention (Figure 4), in particular of the wine glass 1 according to the invention, the Verwirbelungsleiste 21 is spirally formed in their spatial form and extends from the wetted area 13 along the wall 5 spirally curved in the pivot-wetted area 14. Die Verwirbelungsleiste 21st can have different spatial forms in cross-section, in particular a rectangular, square, triangular or a hill-shaped spatial form. Along its course, the swirl bar 21 may preferably also have a wavy course (not shown).

In a further embodiment of the drinking vessel according to the invention, in particular of the wine glass according to the invention 1 according to Figure 5, a Verwirbelungsleiste 21 is provided with through holes 24, so that when pivoting the drinking liquid 11 at least a subset of this is forced through the through holes 24 and so improved turbulence and Thus, an improved ventilation of the drinking liquid 11 takes place. Furthermore, in the embodiment according to FIG. 5, swirling body 20, for example, spherical spatial form combined with swirl bars 21, is attached to the wall 5.

A further embodiment of the wine glass 1 according to the invention is shown in FIG. 5, wherein a plurality of swirl bars 21 with through openings 24 are provided on the inside 8 of the wall 5 and a single swirl body 20 is arranged approximately at the level of the desired fill level.

In a further embodiment according to FIG. are the Verwirbelungsleisten 21 formed without through holes and combined with one or more Verwirbelungskörpem 20. At least one of the swirl bars 21 is located only in the wetted area 13 below the desired filling level.

In a further embodiment according to FIG. the passage openings 24 are drop-shaped in cross-section, which in addition to improved ventilation of the drinking liquid 11, an appealing visual impression is reached.

In a further embodiment of the vessel according to the invention according to FIG. 10, a domed post 30 is arranged from the bottom side 10 of the wine glass 1 approximately vertically upwards, which extends in its vertical extent approximately to the vertically upper limit of the swivel-wetted area 14. From a free end 31 of the post 30 extend radially outwards, in particular outwardly sloping in the direction of the vessel wall 5 boom arms 32 which carry at its free end swirl body 20. The swirling body 20 and the extension arms 32 cause the drinking liquid 11 to be mixed with atmospheric oxygen when the drinking liquid 11 is pivoted in the pivoting direction 15. Below the cantilever arms 32, which extend away from the free end 31 of the post 30, further cantilever arms 32 can be arranged with Verwirbelungskörpem 20 at the free end. This embodiment shows an example in which the effect according to the invention of aeration of the drinking liquid during pivoting of the glass 1 is achieved without the swirling bodies having to be arranged on the inside 8 of the wall 5. It is only essential that at least one swirling device 20 or a boom arm 32, which in this embodiment can likewise act as a swirling device if it dives into the swiveled drinking liquid when swiveling, is arranged above the rest filling level in the swivel-wetted region 14 of the cavity 6. The further the swirling device 20 are arranged offset radially outward from the center of the cavity 6, the better turbulence results can be expected, since the highest flow velocities of the circular flow 21a occur when the drinking liquid 11 is pivoted in the radially outer region. The post 30 and the extension arms 32 thus act as support means for the turbulators 20 by means of which it is possible to arrange the turbulators 20 spaced from the wall 5 in the interior of the cavity 6.

In a second variant (FIG. 9), the vessel according to the invention for drinking liquids is designed as a carafe 100 with a carafe neck 101 and a carafe base body 102, wherein the carafe body 102 is substantially larger in diameter than the carafe neck 101, so that the drinking liquid 11 is poured in Condition only a small filling height h, compared to the total height of the carafe 100 has. In the embodiment of the vessel according to the invention as a carafe 100, it has proved to be particularly advantageous that the turbulators 20 in particular on an inner side 103 of the carafe neck 101 in larger numbers per unit area, ie in greater density, are present as in the area of the carafe body 102 Verwirbelungseinrichtungen 20 are in terms of their geometric shape and size in the same manner designed or ausgestaltbar as described above in connection with the variant 1 (wine glass). Also in the embodiment of the vessel according to the invention as a carafe 100, it is advantageous to keep a certain area below the pouring / pouring opening 9 free of swirling devices 20. This can be avoided when pouring the liquid 11 from the carafe 100, for example, in a wine glass 1 unwanted spraying.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 wineglass

2 goblet

3 stalk

4 adjustable foot

5 wall

6 cavity

7 outside

8 Inn side 9 sprue high pressure casting opening

10 bottom side

11 drinking fluid

12 resting surface 13 wetted area

14 pivotally wetted area

15 pivoting direction

16 swivel surface

17 tilted area 20 turbulators

21 swirl bar

22 indentation

23 bulge

24 passages 30 posts

31 free end

32 extension arms

100 carafe

101 carafe neck 102 carafe body

103 inside hi first height h ₂ second height h ₃ low filling level

Claims

1. vessel for drinking liquids, in particular for wine, with a cavity (6) for receiving the drinking liquid (AI), in the cavity (6) one or a

A plurality of swirling device (s) (20) is arranged, characterized in that in normal rest filling conditions of the vessel with drinking liquid (11) the one swirling device (20) at least partially or at least one swirling device of the plurality of swirling devices (20) outside of the drinking liquid (11) is arranged.

2. Drinking vessel according to claim 1, characterized in that the swirling device (s) (20) in the region of an inner side (8) of the Holraumes (6) as in the cavity (6) projecting turbulence body (20) is (are).

3. drinking vessel according to claim 1, characterized in that the swirling device (s) (20) as the cavity (6) open towards Verwirbelungsvertiefung (s) (20) of the cavity (6) forming the wall (d) is formed (are) ,

4. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the swirling device (s) (20) spherical, teilkugel-, conical, truncated cone, pyramid, truncated pyramid or irregularly shaped, in particular irregularly shaped with a plurality of edges is formed in the manner of a stone fragment (are).

5. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the swirling device (s) (20) is designed as Verwirbelungsleiste (s) (21) (are).

6. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Verwirbelungsleiste (21) extending from an area below the Sollfüllhöhe in an area above the Sollfüllhöhe the drinking liquid (11).

7. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Verwirbelungsleiste (21) is formed spirally and / or wavy.

8. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding. Claims, characterized in that an inlet / Ausgießbereich below an inlet / pouring opening (9) is free of swirling means (20).

9. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the vessel is a wine glass (1).

10. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the vessel is a carafe (100), in particular a decanter carafe (100).

11. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Verwirbelungseinrichtungen (20) are designed differently in size and size in terms of their spatial form.

12. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Verwirbelungseinrichtungen (20) are arranged distributed irregularly over the inside (8) of the cavity (6).

13. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Verwirbelungseinrichtungen (20) at a

Carafe (100) in Karaffenhaisbereich (101) are present in greater density than in the area of the Karaffengrundkörpers (1 02).

14. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Verwirbelungseinrichtungen (20) as indentation

(22) or bulge (23) of the cavity (6) forming vessel wall (5) are formed.

15. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Verwirbelungseinrichtungen (20) in a wetted area (13) and in a pivotally wetted area (14) are present.

16. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a tilt-wetted region (17) of the vessel is free of swirling means (20).

17. Drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the / the Verwirbelungskörper (20) is integrally formed on the vessel wall (5) is / are.

18. drinking vessel according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the / the swirling device (s) (20) by means of a support means (30, 32) spaced from the wall (5) in the interior of the cavity (6) are arranged.