BEVERAGE CONTAINER

Abstract

Beverage container, at least comprising a housing with a base, a lid and a wall region connecting the base with the lid, as well as a first core bevel between the lid and the wall region extending circumferentially along a circumferential direction; wherein the beverage container has a first volume which can be at least partially filled with a liquid; wherein a closure is arranged in the lid and along a radial direction within the first core bevel, via which closure the liquid can be removed from the first volume in the opened state; wherein at least a portion of the opened closure extends into the first volume; wherein a fluid container is arranged within the first volume.

Claims

1. A beverage container, comprising: a housing with a base, a lid and a wall region connecting the base to the lid; and a first core bevel extending circumferentially along a circumferential direction between the lid and the wall region; wherein the beverage container has a first volume which can be filled at least partially with a liquid; wherein in the lid and along a radial direction within the first core bevel a closure is arranged, via which in an opened state the liquid can be removed from the first volume; wherein at least a portion of the opened closure extends into the first volume; wherein a fluid container is arranged within the first volume; wherein the fluid container, starting from a first end which is arranged in the first core bevel, extends at least along an axial direction towards the base to a second end of the fluid container and has, within a fluid container wall, a second volume for storing a fluid; and wherein the first end is shaped and arranged such that for each position of the portion of the closure which extends into the first volume is arranged without contact with the portion.

2. The beverage container of claim 1, wherein the first end is arranged outside a partial volume of the first volume; wherein the partial volume has a cylindrical shape with a diameter and a length along the axial direction; wherein the partial volume is arranged centered with respect to the radial direction and the first core bevel and extends from the base over the length; and wherein the length and the diameter are each dimensioned such that the portion is always arranged within the partial volume when opened.

3. The beverage container of claim 1, wherein the fluid container, at least in part, increasingly tapers along the axial direction and towards the first end relative to the radial direction.

4. The beverage container of claim 1, wherein the fluid container is arranged with a positive fit in the first volume via the first core bevel relative to the radial direction.

5. The beverage container of claim 1, wherein a second core bevel arranged opposite the first core bevel and extending circumferentially along the circumferential direction is arranged between the base and the wall region; and wherein a height of the first volume extending along the axial direction extends between the first core bevel and the second core bevel and the fluid container is arranged with the second end in the second core bevel and is arranged with a positive fit in the first volume via the core bevels with respect to a radial direction.

6. The beverage container of claim 5, wherein the fluid container extends between the first end and the second end over a container length, wherein the container length is less than the height by at most 5 millimeters.

7. The beverage container of claim 1, wherein the fluid container between the first end and the second end has a central region which along the axial direction has a cross-sectional area extending transversely to the axial direction and a longitudinal axis extending parallel to the axial direction and passing through a centroid of the central cross-sectional area; wherein the fluid container has a first end region at least between the first end and the central region; wherein at least portion of the first end region is formed by opposing portions of the fluid container wall contacting each other and/or said first end region having along said axial direction first cross-sectional areas extending transversely to said axial direction and having first centroids, at least a part of said first centroids being arranged in a radial direction spaced from said longitudinal axis.

8. The beverage container of claim 7, wherein at least a part of the first centroids of the fluid container is arranged outside a first cross-sectional area associated with the respective first centroid.

9. The beverage container of claim 7, wherein the mutually contacting portions form a connecting area which extends transversely to the longitudinal axis over a width and along the longitudinal axis over a distance; and wherein at least a part of the connecting area along the width has a curved course.

Description

[0091] FIG. 1: a fluid container in a perspective view;

[0092] FIG. 2: a beverage container with fluid container arranged therein according to FIG. 1, in a perspective partially transparent side view; and

[0093] FIG. 3: the beverage container according to FIG. 2 with closure, in a partially transparent side view.

[0094] FIG. 1 shows a fluid container 13 in a perspective view. FIG. 2 shows a beverage container 1 with fluid container 13 arranged therein according to FIG. 1, in a perspective partially transparent side view. FIG. 3 shows the beverage container 1 according to FIG. 2 with closure 11, in a partially transparent side view. FIGS. 1 to 3 are described together below.

[0095] The beverage container 1 has a first volume 8, which can be partially filled with a third volume 38 of a liquid 9. A fluid container 13 is arranged within the first volume 8. The beverage container 1 is a beverage can.

[0096] The beverage container 1 comprises a housing 2 with a base 3, a lid 4 and a wall portion 5 connecting the base 3 to the lid 4, as well as a first core bevel 7 extending circumferentially along a circumferential direction 6 between the lid 4 and the wall portion 5. The beverage container 1 has a first volume 8 which is at least partially fillable or filled with a liquid 9. A closure 11 is arranged in the lid 4 and along a radial direction 10 within the first core bevel 7, via which the liquid 9 can be removed from the first volume 8 in the open state; wherein at least a portion 12 of the opened closure 11 extends into the first volume 8. The radial direction extends in particular from a central axis 41 (see in FIG. 3) of the beverage container 1 outwardly and thereby transversely to a circumferential direction 6 and transversely to the axial direction 15. A fluid container 13 is arranged within the first volume 8. The fluid container 13 extends from a first end 14 arranged in the first core bevel 7 at least along an axial direction 15 towards the base 3 to a second end 16 of the fluid container 13 and has within a fluid container wall 17 a second volume 18 for storing a fluid 19. The first end 14 is shaped and arranged such that, for each position 20 of the portion 12 of the closure 11 extending into the first volume 8 when opened and in the opened state, the fluid container 13 is arranged without contact with the portion 12.

[0097] The fluid container 13 extends between the first end 14 and the second end 16 along a longitudinal axis 30 (see FIG. 2). Between the ends 14, 16 and/or between separately formed end regions 31, 39, the fluid container 13 is designed to be rotationally symmetrical in a central region 27 in particular.

[0098] The central region 27 has a substantially constant and rotationally symmetrical cross-sectional area 28, which is formed by the fluid container wall 17 and the area enclosed by it in the cross-section. The cross-sectional area 28 has in particular a centroid 29, which is arranged in particular within the cross-sectional area 28 (thus, in the case of a cylindrical configuration of the central region 27, the cross-sectional area 28 has, for example, a circular shape, with the centroid 29 being arranged in the center of the circle).

[0099] The longitudinal axis 30 extends through all centroids 29 of the cross-sectional areas 28 of the central region 27. The longitudinal axis 30 extends in particular parallel to the axial direction 15.

[0100] The first end region 31 has a shape that differs from the central region 27. The first end region 31 has a shape that is not rotationally symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis 30.

[0101] The second volume 18 enclosed by the fluid container 13 is connected to an environment of the fluid container 13 via an opening 37. The opening 37 is disposed at a second end 16 of the fluid container 13 in a second end region 39 of the fluid container 13.

[0102] The first end 14 is arranged outside a partial volume 21 of the first volume 8, the partial volume 21 having a cylindrical shape with a diameter 22 and a length 23 along the axial direction 15. The partial volume 21 is arranged centered with respect to the radial direction 10 and the first core bevel 7, and extends from the lid 4 over the length 23. The length 23 and the diameter 22 are each dimensioned such that the portion 12 is always arranged within the partial volume 21 when opened.

[0103] The fluid container 13 tapers (shrinks) increasingly from the central region 27 along the axial direction 15 and towards the first end 14 with respect to the radial direction 10.

[0104] The fluid container 13 is positively arranged in the first volume 8 via the first core bevel 7 with respect to the radial direction 10.

[0105] A second core bevel 24 arranged opposite the first core bevel 7 and extending circumferentially along the circumferential direction 6 is arranged between the base 3 and the wall region 5. A height 25 of the first volume 7 extending along the axial direction 15 extends between the first core bevel 7 and the second core bevel 24. The fluid container 13 is arranged with the second end 16 in the second core bevel 24 and is arranged with a form-fit in the first volume 8 via the core bevels 7, 24 with respect to a radial direction 10.

[0106] The fluid container 13 has, between the first end 14 and the second end 16, a central region 27 which has, along the axial direction 15, a central cross-sectional area 28 extending transversely to the axial direction 15 and a longitudinal axis 30 extending parallel to the axial direction 15 and passing through a centroid 29 of the central cross-sectional area 28. The fluid container 13 has a first end region 31 between the first end 14 and the central region 27, at least a portion of the first end region 31 being formed by opposing portions of the fluid container wall 17 that are contacting each other. The first end region 31 has along the axial direction 15 first cross-sectional areas 32 extending transversely to the axial direction and having first centroids 33, at least a portion of the first centroids 33 being spaced from the longitudinal axis 30 in a radial direction 10.

[0107] The first end region 31, starting from a shape corresponding to the cylindrical shape in the central region 27, is formed by compressing the fluid container wall 17 substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis 30, regions of the fluid container wall 17 previously arranged opposite and spaced apart from one another now contacting (and abutting) one another as a result of the compression and, if appropriate, being connected to one another, for example in a materially bonded manner.

[0108] The first centroids 33, arranged along the longitudinal axis 30 in alignment with the cross-sectional area 28 of the central area 27, are located within the cross-sectional areas 28 of the central area 27. The first centroids 33 are arranged within a first cross-sectional area 32 associated with the respective first centroids 33. A portion of the first centroids 33 are arranged outside a first cross-sectional area 32 associated with the respective first centroid 33. Such an embodiment may be present, for example, if the first cross-sectional area 32 extends in a crescent-like manner, in this case in the region of the ends.

[0109] In the respective end region 31, 39, the mutually contacting regions of the fluid container wall 17 form a connecting region 34 which extends transversely to the longitudinal axis 30 over a width 35 and along the longitudinal axis 30 over a distance 36. At least a part of the connecting region 34 has a curved course along the width 35. The distance 36 is significantly greater than a wall thickness of the fluid container wall 17. In the connecting region 34, the fluid container 13 does not have a second volume 18 enclosed by the fluid container walls 17.

[0110] The first volume 8 has between the base 3 and the lid 4 along an axial direction the greatest height 25 between the core bevels 7, 24, wherein the fluid container 13 having between the first end 14 and the second end 16 a container length 26 along the axial direction 15 which is here between 95% and 99.5% of the greatest height 25.

[0111] The second volume 18 of the fluid container 13 extends, in the case of an upright beverage container 1 (see FIG. 3), into an upper region adjacent to the lid 4, the upper region being above a predetermined filling level of the fluid 9.

[0112] The first volume 8 has a lowest point 40 in the second core bevel 24 in an upright standing beverage container 1. The second end 16 of the fluid container 13 extends into the second core bevel 24 and to the lowest point 40. The second volume 18 of the fluid container 13, which is filled or fillable with a fluid 19, extends to a lower region adjacent the base 3, so that the opening 37 is arranged at most millimeters from the lowest point 40.

[0113] The fluid container 13 extending along the axial direction 15 and the height 25 can be arranged off-center to the base 3 or first volume 8 due to its smaller extension in a radial direction 10. Thus, the fluid container 13 can be arranged immediately adjacent to the wall region 5 and extend into the core slopes 7, 24 of the beverage container 13. The particular design of the ends 14, 16 or end regions 31, 39 of the fluid container 13 allows it to be arranged within beverage containers 1 of almost any design, so that a collision between the fluid container 13 and the portion 12 of the closure 11 extending into the first volume 8 when the closure 11 is opened can be avoided.

[0114] The fluid container 13 extends into both core bevels 7, 24 of the beverage container 1 so that it is fixed in its position (i.e. extending into both core bevels 7, 24) via the core bevels 7, 24 at least with respect to a radial direction 10.

[0115] The fluid container 13 is arranged with the first end 14 and with the second end 16 immediately adjacent to a wall (to the base 3 and to the lid 4, but also to the wall region 5) of the beverage container 1, so that a stop is formed between the ends 14, 16 and the wall at least with respect to an axial direction 15. The fluid container 13 is arranged with respect to the wall in such a way that a further displacement of the pressure container 13 along the axial direction 15 forces at least a displacement of the end 14, 16 of the fluid container 13 contacting the wall in the radial direction 10 or in the circumferential direction 6 (i.e. a tilting of the fluid container 13 with respect to the axial direction 15. Both ends 14, 16 of the fluid container 13 have a curved course in the region of a connecting region 34, which is designed to match the course of the corresponding core bevels 7, 24 along the circumferential direction 6. Thus, both ends 14, 16 are also arranged directly adjacent to one wall each, so that a further movement of the fluid container 13 along the axial direction 15 but also along the radial direction 10 as well as the circumferential direction 6 is not possible.

[0116] The ends 14, 16 of the fluid container 13 extend over a width 35, so that tilting of the longitudinal axis 30 relative to the axial direction 15 is prevented via contact of the ends 14, 16 with the base 3 and the lid 4.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0117] 1 Beverage container [0118] 2 Housing [0119] 3 Base [0120] 4 Lid [0121] Wall portion [0122] 6 circumferential direction [0123] 7 first core bevel [0124] 8 first volume [0125] 9 liquid [0126] radial direction [0127] 11 closure [0128] 12 portion [0129] 13 fluid container [0130] 14 first end [0131] 15 axial direction [0132] 16 second end [0133] 17 fluid container wall [0134] 18 second volume [0135] 19 fluid [0136] 20 position [0137] 21 partial volume [0138] 22 diameter [0139] 23 length [0140] 24 second core bevel [0141] 25 height [0142] 26 container length [0143] 27 center region [0144] 28 cross-sectional area [0145] 29 centroid (center of area) [0146] 30 longitudinal axis [0147] 31 first end region [0148] 32 first cross-sectional area [0149] 33 first centroid (of area) [0150] 34 connecting region [0151] 35 width [0152] 36 distance [0153] 37 opening [0154] 38 third volume [0155] 39 second end region [0156] 40 lowest point [0157] 41 central axis