Cooling container for butter or the like

Details Cooling container for butter or the like Cooling container for butter or the like

1987-11-02

1990-01-09

Hornsby, Harvey C.

Receptacles

Receptacle having flexible, removable inner liner

Means for venting air trapped between the liner and its...

220428, 220337, 62457, B65D 0000

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048922250

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BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national phase application of PCT/EP87/00113 filed 26 Feb. 1987 and based upon German national application P 36 07 533 filed 7 Mar. 1986 under the National Convention.


FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a cooling container for butter or the like consisting of a base which in its upper portion is shaped like a plate for receiving of a butter holder, and a cooling lid with a thin inner wall, to which an absorbent material in contact with a water storage container is applied. In such a container, butter can be kept at a relatively constant and low temperature, whereby its spreadability is preserved.


BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Various cooling containers for butter are known (German Patent 44 370 and German Patent 809 466), wherein the lid has the shape of a bell or hood, supported on an insulated base and covered with absorbent. The bell can also be made of porous clay (German Utility Model 81 30 421).
In these types of containers, the water is soon evaporated. Also, the upkeep of the absorbent material creates problems. Since a protection cap over the wet layer is missing, these containers cannot meet the requirements of hygiene and aesthetics. When these containers are opened, there is a danger of the water being spilled and it is necessary to have a free, clean surface upon which the bell or the lid can be placed, so that the handling is cumbersome and not hygienic. Furthermore, an uncooled butter container with a removable lid, swingable at a hinge, is known (German open application 15 29 341).
The articulation consists of a hook-shaped latch mounted on the lid which engages in a slot in the butter container.


OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the invention is to provide a cooling container of the kind described, wherein frequent water refills are avoided and which nevertheless affords perfectly hygienic conditions and simple handling during the removal of the butter, the refilling with the water and the upkeep of the absorbent material.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This object is attained in a cooling container consisting of a base which in its upper portion is shaped like a plate for receiving of a butter holder, and a cooling lid with a thin inner wall, to which an absorbent material in contact with a water storage container is applied. According to the invention, the lower portion of the base is a water storage container, the cooling lid is insertable in the base and connected therewith by an articulation and the cooling lid has a perforated protection cap covering the absorbent material.
The advantages obtained due to the invention consist mainly in the fact that the water storage container is separated from the space reserved for the butter and that the cooling lid can be covered in a simple manner with absorbent material. The protection cap prevents a contamination of the absorbent material and a too rapid water evaporation, which meets the hygienic requirements.
The water reserve of approximately 0.6 l in the water storage container is sufficient for approximately 14 days.
According to the invention the inner wall of the cooling lid has a wide fin-like extension dipping into the water storage container and which is covered with the absorbent material of the cooling lid.
Due to the configuration, it is possible to replace easily the absorbent material. It is sufficient to wet a piece of sufficiently absorbent and properly sized paper towel and to put it on top of the lid and the fin-shaped extension. A simple construction of the colling container results when the fin-like extension is involved in the connection articulation.
The plate for receiving the butter holder can be a cooling bottom having a fin-like extension dipping into the water storage container, whereby the bottom side of the cooling plate and the extension are covered with an absorbent material; further the cooling bottom can be separated from the water storage container by a separation plate running at a distance from the bottom plate and that the

REFERENCES:
patent: 1369367 (1930-10-01), Thomson
patent: 3180111 (1965-04-01), Rannenberg
patent: 4630671 (1986-12-01), Sherman

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