Beverage container with an aerosol emitting device

Abstract

A beverage container with aerosol-emitting device, comprising an opening device arranged on an outer side of the beverage container for opening a drink-through opening cover and an aerosol-emitting device attached to an outer side of the beverage container, which aerosol-emitting device comprises a pressure container for receiving and storing a pressurized propellant gas and a substance to be emitted, a nozzle fluidly connected to the pressure container for emitting an aerosol formed from the propellant gas and the substance to be emitted, and a triggering device for opening the nozzle, which releases the aerosol upon actuation.

Claims

1. A beverage container with aerosol-emitting device, comprising an opening device (3) arranged on an outer side of the beverage container (1) for opening a drink-through opening cover (4) and an aerosol-emitting device (6) attached to an outer side of the beverage container (1), which aerosol-emitting device comprises a pressure container (7) for receiving and storing a pressurized propellant gas and a substance to be emitted, a nozzle (8) fluidly connected to the pressure container (7) for emitting an aerosol formed from the propellant gas and the substance to be emitted, and a triggering device (9) for opening the nozzle (8) which releases the aerosol upon actuation, characterized in that an end of the nozzle (8) opposing the pressure container (7) is breakably connected to a cap (10) and the cap (10) seals the nozzle (8) in gas-tight fashion and the cap (10) is firmly connected to the triggering device (9).

2. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening device (3) and/or the aerosol-emitting device (6) are arranged at the top side (2) of the beverage container (1) or at a bottom (15) of the beverage container (1).

3. The beverage container according to claim 2, characterized in that the aerosol-emitting device (6) is arranged in a recess (5) of the top side (2) of the beverage container (1) or in a recess at the bottom (15) of the beverage container (1).

4. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the breakable connection between the nozzle (8) and the cap (10) has at least one rated breaking point which breaks by actuation of the triggering device (9).

5. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the propellant gas is air, N.sub.2, N.sub.2O, CO.sub.2, O.sub.2 or mixtures thereof.

6. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the substance to be emitted includes scents, colorants, water or mixtures thereof.

7. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the amount of propellant gas introduced into the pressure container (7) is selected such that the formed aerosol is emitted from the nozzle (8) for a time period of 0.5 to 10 s.

8. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening device (3) is unlocked by actuation of the triggering device (9).

9. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the propellant gas in the pressure container (7) is under a pressure of 1.25 to 18 bar.

10. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the pressure container (7) has a volume of 0.25 to 10 cm.sup.3.

11. The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the opening device is a strap, a lever, a screw closure, or a pull tab.

12. The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the triggering device is a plug, a screw closure, a lever, a strap, or a bracket.

13. The beverage container according to claim 3, wherein the nozzle and the triggering device protrude from the recess.

14. The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the triggering device is actuated by rotating or lifting the triggering device.

15. The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the pressure container has a spherical, ellipsoidal, kidney-shaped, cubical, or cuboid shape.

16. The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the pressure container is constructed from metal.

17. The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the beverage container has a cylindrical, cubic, or cuboid shape.

18. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the propellant gas in the pressure container (7) is under a pressure of 2.5 to 6 bar.

19. The beverage container according to claim 1, characterized in that the pressure container (7) has a volume of 2 to 4 cm.sup.3.

Description

(1) Further details, features and advantages of the subject matter of the invention will emerge from the following description of the appurtenant figures, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are represented by way of example.

(2) Therein are shown:

(3) FIG. 1 a perspective view of an embodiment of the beverage container with aerosol-emitting device according to the invention,

(4) FIG. 2 a perspective view of a lid of the beverage container according to the invention with recess and detached pressure container,

(5) FIG. 3 a plan view of the lid of the beverage container according to the invention of FIG. 2 with recess and detached pressure container,

(6) FIG. 4 a side view of an aerosol-emitting device of the beverage container according to the invention, and

(7) FIG. 5 a perspective view of another embodiment of the beverage container according to the invention with an aerosol-emitting device arranged in the inwardly bulged can bottom of the beverage container.

(8) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a beverage container (1) according to the invention in the form of a cylindrical beverage can made of tin plate. The beverage container has, as evident also from FIGS. 2 and 3, at its top side (2) an opening apparatus (3) arranged centrally and centered. The opening apparatus (3) in this embodiment example is configured as a pull tab which is rotatably fixed on the top side (2) of the beverage container (1) by means of a rivet (12).

(9) The pull tab has an extension (11) which upon lifting the pull tab presses the scored drink-through opening cover (4) into the interior of the beverage container (1) and thus produces a drink-through and pouring opening. This kind of opening device (3) and the drink-through opening cover (4) is also known from the prior art as stay-on-tab.

(10) As evident from FIGS. 1 to 3, the top side (2) has an elongate, kidney-shaped recess (5) between the opening device (3) and the edge (13) of the beverage container (1). The recess (5) and the pressure container (7) are configured to be compatible with each other in shape and size. The pressure container (7) can hence be completely accommodated in the recess (5), so that the top side of the pressure container (7) is flush with the top side (2) of the beverage container (1).

(11) In this example, the pressure container (7) is made of aluminum. Its volume is 2 cm.sup.3 and is filled with compressed air at a pressure of 2 bar. Further, liquid water is located in the pressure container (7) as a substance to be emitted. As also evident from FIG. 4, on the top side of the pressure container (7) there is arranged a tubular nozzle (8) which is fluidly connected to the pressure container (7). The nozzle (8) is breakably connected to the cap (10). This connection has a rated breaking point in the form of a circumferentially running notch.

(12) The triggering device (9) is configured here as a lever with strap, which with its end opposing the strap is firmly connected to the cap (10). As evident from

(13) FIG. 1, the triggering device (9) is here positioned such that the strap of the triggering device (9) is spatially arranged exactly above the pull tab of the opening device (3) and thus locks the opening device (3). As evident from FIG. 1, the pull tab cannot be lifted or actuated until the lever of the triggering device (9) is actuated. Hence, the consumer must first actuate the triggering device (9), in this case rotate the lever clockwise or counter-clockwise or lift the lever. By this actuation of the triggering device (9) the connection between cap (10) and nozzle (8) breaks, the triggering device (9) together with the cap (10) detaches from the nozzle (8) and opens it.

(14) By the opening of the nozzle (8) the compressed air located in the pressure container (7) flows through the opened nozzle (8) out of the pressure container (7). This leads to the whirling and mixing of the compressed air with the liquid water in the pressure container (7) as well as in the nozzle (8). The pressure container (7) as well as the nozzle (8) act here as a whirl chamber or whirl room. Individual water droplets are entrained in the flowing compressed air and dispersed therein, and an aerosol is formed. The aerosol flows out from the nozzle (8) and is visible to the consumer as a fog fountain.

(15) After actuating the triggering device (9) and after releasing the aerosol as a fog fountain the consumer can then actuate the pull tab of the opening device (3), which has become accessible, for opening the drink-through opening cover (4) and producing a drink-through or pouring opening.

(16) FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of the beverage container (1) according to the invention. In this embodiment, the aerosol-emitting device (6) is arranged at the inwardly bulged bottom (15) of the beverage container (1). The pressure container (7) of the aerosol-emitting device (6) is formed such that it can be completely lowered into the bottom (15) of the beverage container (1) or accommodated therein. In this example, too, at the pressure container (7) there is arranged a tubular nozzle (8) which is fluidly connected to the pressure container (7). The triggering device (9) is configured also as a lever with strap here.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

(17) 1 beverage container 2 top side of the beverage container (1) 3 opening device 4 drink-through opening cover 5 recess 6 aerosol-emitting device 7 pressure container 8 nozzle 9 triggering device 10 cap 11 extension 12 rivet 13 edge of the beverage container (1) 14 side wall of the beverage container (1) 15 bottom of the beverage container (1)