WO2010127792A1

WO2010127792A1 - Double chamber drinking vessel

Info

Publication number: WO2010127792A1
Application number: PCT/EP2010/002595
Authority: WO
Inventors: Florian Enghard
Original assignee: Florian Enghard
Priority date: 2009-05-08
Filing date: 2010-04-28
Publication date: 2010-11-11
Also published as: DE102009020435A1; DE102009020435B4

Abstract

The invention relates to a double chamber drinking vessel having an interior for receiving a drinking liquid, comprising two separate drinking chambers (3, 4) and made of a round, elongated container body (1), one container opening (5, 6) for each drinking chamber being disposed at the opposite end areas thereof, in which a closure device (7, 8) is provided, characterized in that at least one receiving chamber (9, 10) is integrated in the closure device (7, 8), said chamber having a dispensing opening (21) to the interior of each drinking chamber (3, 4), wherein the open dispensing opening (21) of the receiving chambers (3, 4) to the interior can be opened and closed again by means of a manual axial inserting, screwing, or a manual rotating motion.

Description

Dual-chamber drinkware

The invention relates to a dual-chamber drinking container with an interior for receiving a drinking liquid according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

There are currently many nutritional compositions that are consumed especially before or during physical activity. These are primarily intended to improve the performance or the supply of important food components. These food compositions usually consist of an aqueous drinking solution and a solid or powdered food supplement, which are mixed together and taken in a drinking container. Particularly in the case of isotonic food compositions, there are also already isotonic ready-to-drink drinks in which the powdery isotonic supplements have been added to the beverage bottler in an aqueous solution and can be eaten on-site as a ready-made drink from an enclosed drinking container.

Frequently, however, such ready-mixed drinks in the mixed state lose their taste or effect, so that it is necessary to mix one or more dietary supplements with the drink solution on site shortly before consumption. For this purpose, the dietary supplements are usually supplied in powder form or as a solid in a soluble tablet form and mixed with a drinking or mineral water.

Such a drinking container for producing a finished beverage on site is known from DE 10 2005 047 866 B3. It is a bottle-like drinking container containing a top-side container opening, in which a closure device is screwed. In this closure device a Aufnahmekämmer is integrated, can be entered into the powdered or solid dietary supplements. In the lower region of the closure device, an access opening is arranged, through which the receiving chambers can be released by a screwing into the interior of the drinking container. Thus, the user can release the dispensing opening of the Aufnähmekämmer on site by screwing the closure device into the container opening, so that the food supplement is entered into the interior and the aqueous liquid located therein and is miscible with this. Since such enriched drinking liquids quickly lose their taste or their effect, they are only suitable for short-term consumption. Since many nutritional supplements must be taken several times a day or at certain times, the aforementioned drinking vessel requires the entrainment of several similar drinking vessels to meet a longer need. Often, however, various supplements or remedies or medicines must be taken after certain training sessions or times of the day, which also leads to the entrainment of several such drinking containers.

From DE 20 2005 000 659 Ul, however, a bottle with two separate drinking chambers is known. This bottle consists of a round elongated bottle body, on whose opposite sides in each case a container opening is provided. The individual drinking chambers are formed by different interfaces in the interior of the bottle. In this case, each of the two drinking chambers has opposite openings which can be closed by a respective separate closure device. These two closure devices are obviously designed as a threaded cover, which on the external thread of the bottle opening is screwed on. If you want to use such a bottle on site for mixing supplements or medicines, so you have to take a container for the aqueous drinking fluid and a container for the dietary supplements or drugs, so also the entrainment of multiple containers is necessary.

The invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a closable drinking container, with the short term and successively two different mixed drinks with the same or different additions can be produced on site, without having to be taken several containers or equipment.

This object is achieved by the invention defined in claim 1. Further developments and advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

The invention has the advantage that even with a dual-chamber drinking container on the spot and on the way without manual addition of a separate container mixed drinks can be prepared with dietary supplements or drug admixtures. The user can thereby with only one vial take two different drinks with different additions in time and as needed mix and consume immediately.

In a particular embodiment of the invention is provided to equip the closure device with different sized receiving chambers, which has the advantage that both larger amounts of dietary supplements can be added to a chamber, while the other chamber can be provided simultaneously for the addition of, for example, low medical substances. Another particular embodiment of the invention with a

Mouthpiece has the advantage of not just two different ones

Liquids can be mixed, but they can be consumed without an additional vessel immediately through the mouthpiece.

In a further particular embodiment is provided to form the lid of the mouthpiece at the same time as a riot box, which can be made upright and space-saving for filling the drinking chambers or for intermediate storage of the dual-chamber drinking container.

An additional special training has a Thermosumhüllung, with the baby food can be prepared on the road, for example, advantageous temperature. In this case, one chamber can be provided at the same time to keep the other chamber warm, including a cup-shaped partition is particularly suitable.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to an embodiment which is illustrated in the drawing. Show it:

1 shows a sectional view of a dual-chamber drinking container with a transverse partition wall;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a dual-chamber drinking container with a diagonal partition, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a dual-chamber drinking container with cup-like partition.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing, a dual-chamber drinking container is shown, which consists of an elongated round container body 1 with a transverse partition wall 2, the two separate drinking chambers 3, 4 and at the opposite ends of each container opening 5, 6 is provided with a closure device 7, 8, wherein in the closure device 7, 8 each a Aufnahmekämmer 9, 10 is integrated for adding a beverage admixture.

The container body 1 consists of a cylindrical central part which narrows in the manner of a bottle at its end regions and has a first container opening 5 at the top and a second container opening 6 at the bottom. The container body 1 holds about a content of 1 1, but also drinking containers with a content of 0.5 to 21 are executable and are suitable for unimpeded entrainment. The container body 1 is preferably made of plastic, aluminum or glass. The container openings 5, 6 preferably have an internal thread, in each of which a first closure device 7 and at the bottom a second closure device 8 can be screwed.

In the middle region of the container body 1, about half its axial length, a transverse partition wall 2 is arranged in the interior of the container 1, which divides the interior into two equal-sized drinking chambers 3, 4. But it is also possible to carry out the drinking chambers 3, 4 in different sizes by the transverse partition wall 2 is arranged axially displaced. The transverse partition wall 2 is circular and has a diameter which is equal to the inner diameter of the container body 1 and connected tightly thereto.

In the two drinking chambers 3, 4, a drinking liquid such as water or juice is filled for use in each case, in which the beverage admixture such as dietary supplements or medicinal admixtures can be added shortly before consumption. For this purpose, in the two container openings 6, 7 each above a first -7 and screwed down a second closure device 8, in which at least one Aufnahmekämmer 9, 10 is integrated. The closure devices 7, 8 are both preferably identical, but may also be designed differently. Thus, in the one container opening 5, 6 and a closure device 7, 8 are provided with a smaller or larger receiving chamber 9, 10 or with a plurality of receiving chambers.

The illustrated closure devices 7, 8 are preferably made of the upper threaded portion 11 and a lower cover surface 12 which are interconnected by two or three webs 13 as connecting elements. In the screwed-in state, the cavity between the upper threaded part 11 and the lower cover surface 12 forms the receiving chamber 9, 10, in which preferably a dietary supplement is introduced. In this case, the lower cover surface 12 is still equipped with a spherical or conical elevation, which is to ensure complete emptying into the interior of the drinking chamber 3, 4.

The upper threaded portion 11 is additionally provided with a mouthpiece 14 which can be closed by a lid 15 and a drinking opening 22 to the receiving chamber 9, 10 forms. In the lower closure device 8, the lid 15 is preferably designed as a contactor device 23. This consists of a plastic plate 24, which has a diameter like the container body 1 and is fastened with a plastic loop 25 on the closure device 8. The uprising device 23 may also be formed as a riot ring. To improve the screwing the upper threaded part 11 is provided with a projecting Einschraubkopf 16 which surrounds the external thread of the upper threaded part 11 and its distance from the external thread at least the thickness of the container neck equivalent. At the same time this Einschraubkopf 16 with its annular support edge serves to limit the screwing. At the same time, the edge height can also be used as a marking for the minimum depth of engagement, which is necessary so that the lower cover surface 12 still bears sealingly against the inner wall of the container neck.

The lower cover surface 12 is formed as a thread-free bottom plate. This is preferably designed as a circular disc, which has approximately the same diameter as the upper threaded portion 11. In this case, the bottom plate 12 at the outer edge of its circumference a rounded annular surface 17 which rests in the closed state of the receiving chamber 9, 10 sealingly on the container neck. However, the annular surface 17 can also be designed as a flat sealing lip or as an inserted O-ring seal.

The closure device 3 is preferably produced as a one-piece plastic injection-molded part, which can be screwed with its upper threaded part 11 into the internal thread of the container opening. In this case, the sealing lip or the rounded annular surface 17 is formed so elastic that it rests sealingly at each point of the upper container neck or in the threaded area.

In a simplified embodiment, the

Connecting elements 13 are also formed as a vertical threaded surface or thread ridges, which only in the region of the lower base plate 12 a discharge opening 21 to the outside of the interior of the drinking chamber 3, 4 must have.

But there are also closure devices 7, 8 grateful for drinking containers with external thread, which are then screwed either with an adapter piece or with a screw-in with internal thread. The closure devices 7, 8 can also be designed to be axially displaceable, so that the receiving combs 8, 9 can be released by a Eindrückvorgang in the direction of the container interior for admixing.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing, a dual-chamber drinking container is shown having a diagonal partition 18. This preferably extends from the upper cylindrical part of the container body 1 in the opposite lower part and is sealed to the container inner walls. This results in two elongated drinking chambers 3, 4, which facilitate the mixing process and thereby less load the separating surfaces during the mixing process. But there are also other partition wall forms executable that divide the container interior into two drinking chambers 3, 4 and each drinking chamber 3, 4 one of the two container openings 5, 6 allocates. The two closure devices 7, 8 correspond to those described for Fig. 1 of the drawing.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing is a dual-chamber drinking container, in which the partition 19 is designed cup-like. In such an embodiment, a better stability is ensured when one of the drinking chambers 3, 4 is empty or only slightly filled. In this case, this dual-chamber drinking container is additionally formed with a thermal inner wall 20, preferably made of stainless steel, in a container body also made of stainless steel. Between the thermal wall 20 and the container inner wall is to provide a vacuum, so that a good thermal or cold insulation is ensured.

Claims

Dual-chamber drinkware patent claims

1. dual-chamber drinking container with an interior for receiving a drinking liquid, the two separate drinking chambers (3, 4) and consists of a round, elongated container body (1), at its opposite end regions in each case a container opening (5.6) for each drinking chamber (3, 4) is arranged, in which a closure device (7, 8) is provided, characterized in that in the closure device (7, 8) at least one receiving chamber (9, 10) is integrated, the at least one discharge opening (21) to the container interior of each drinking chamber (3, 4), wherein by a manual axial plug, screw or a manual rotary movement of the closure device (7, 8), the open dispensing opening (21) of the Aufnähmekämmern (3, 4) releasable to the interior and again is closable.

2. dual-chamber drinking container according to claim 1, characterized in that the two drinking chambers (3, 4) by a partition wall (2, 18, 19) in the interior of the container body (1) are formed on the inner circumferential surface of the container body (1 ) is tightly secured and runs so that each of the two drinking chambers (3,

4) is associated with a container opening (5, 6).

3. dual-chamber drinking container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the partition wall (2, 18, 19) as a transverse partition wall (2), diagonal partition wall (18) or cup-shaped partition wall (19) is formed.

4. Dual-chamber drinking container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container body (1) has a cylindrical central part, at the end regions of a bottle neck constriction as a container opening (5, 6) is arranged, which has an internal thread, an external thread or an outer Has annular bead for fastening the closure device (7, 8).

5. Dual-chamber drinking container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container body (1) made of plastic, aluminum, stainless steel or glass and the closure device (7, 8) is designed as a plastic injection molded part.

6. dual-chamber drinking container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closure device (7, 8) is cylindrical, whose outer diameter equal to or smaller than the inner diameter of the container opening (5, 6) and one or more internal spaces as receiving chambers

(9, 10), which in the lower region to the container interior at least one open dispensing opening

(21) which is releasable and resealable by a screw, axial plug or rotary movement in the first or the second drinking chamber (3, 4).

7. Dual-chamber drinking container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closure device (7, 8) from the outside into the drinking chamber (3, 4) extending drinking opening (22), arranged on the outside of a closable mouthpiece (14) is.

8. dual-chamber drinking container according to claim 7, characterized in that the mouthpiece (14) by a snap-on closure device on the lid (15) is tightly closed.

9. dual-chamber drinking container according to claim 8, characterized in that the lid (15) to the closure device (7, 8) facing away from the side as a contactor device (23) is formed.

10. dual-chamber drinking container according to claim 9, characterized in that the contactor device (23) as a plate (24) - or annular surface is formed whose outer diameter at least the diameter of the closure device (7, 8) or at least that of the container body (1) ,

11. Dual-chamber drinking container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at a small distance from the outer or inner wall of the container body (1) a thermal wall (20) is arranged, which are separated by a vacuum.