Mixing and drinking beaker

Details Mixing and drinking beaker Mixing and drinking beaker

1993-12-09

1995-05-30

Moy, Joseph Man-Fu

Special receptacle or package

For mixing

Tear strip or piercer

215388, 215 6, 215229, 215DIG8, 222 80, 220705, B65D 2508

Patent

active

054194296

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Mixing and drinking beakers or containers which are used to mix up fluids together with solid, semi-solid and liquid food and also to serve them.


BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There are mixing beakers with screwed covers. With such beakers, the threads disturb the user during drinking and they are also difficult to clean because food remains in these threads. In case of the well-known mixing beakers, before mixing up substances in the beaker, the cover has to be taken off. Driving in a car, it is dangerous to mix up substances, because the content of the beaker can splash out due to vibrations. For long trips where there is no car parking on the highways, it is suggested to drink out of a covered mixing beaker. Also, for the freshness and the taste of the substances to be mixed--the ingredients can build up unwanted compounds if they are influencing each other--it is suggested to mix up the ingredients shortly before drinking. For better mixing, in case of a design for a shaker for baby bottles as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,818,114, Melinda M. Ghavi, a mixing disk with sharp-edged, radially placed arms is inserted between the bottle and the screwable shaker. This makes the preparation for the mixing process difficult. The invention will relief the deficiencies and over all improve the hygienic conditions for a mixing and drinking cup. It will enable the substances to be mixed to be kept separate until the mixing process, although the beaker is kept closed before the mixing process.


BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional elevation view of a beaker according to the present invention showing different positions of the inner cover on the two lateral sides of the longitudinal axis of the beaker.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the circled portion of FIG. 1 identified with number 2.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an alternative portion of a beaker similar to that of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is bottom cross-sectional view of a portion of the beaker depicted in FIG. 3 taken along the line 4--4 in FIG. 3.


DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS



Brief Description

Left from the beaker axis X in FIG. 1 is shown the inner cover 14 in opening position F with outflowing food powder 70 which is mixing into the beaker's content or liquid 72.
A drinking pipe 34 passes through the outer cover 12 into the beaker 10 interior. The passing through hole in the outer cover 12 is not shown for clarity.
On the drinking pipe 34, which is not a component of the beaker (because of the cleaning problem the pipe must be exchanged after every use), the cap 32 sits as its lock. The nozzle effect at the nozzles where the powder 70 flows into the beaker 10, when shaking the mixing and drinking beaker 10, is generated through openings 28 and at the gap 30 between the inner cover 14 in the opening position F and the inner surface of the beaker 10 in this zone.
On the right side seen from the mixing and drinking beaker axis X, the chamber 66, formed by the outer cover 12 and the inner cover 14 in a locking position L of the cover, can be seen with the food powder 70 stored there. The inner cover 14, being bulged to the inside of chamber 66, forms a "summit" 74 for the powder 70 in the chamber 66. The sealing/adhering seal 16 is part of the inner cover 14. The handle 26 is in/on the outer cover 12. The arrows indicate the motion possibilities at the elastic/soft outer cover 12. A level mark 76 indicates the maximum liquid 72 level in the beaker 10. A further indication for use of the invented object is the printed sequence "Mix & Drink" on the beaker 10 surface.
In FIG. 2, a design of a bayonet lock is shown with the elements 22, 20a and 20b. Moreover, this figure represents the co-operation of the "pin" 16 and the "hose" 18 of the invented chamber 66 in the parts 14 and 12. We want to emphasize that the inner cover 14 with its sealing and adhering seat 16 is wound by the outer cover 12 and in this case by its sealing seat 18.
In the representation shown here the "pin" 16 and the "hose" 18

REFERENCES:
patent: 2791467 (1957-05-01), Leshin
patent: 3820692 (1974-06-01), Swett et al.
patent: 4785931 (1988-11-01), Weir et al.
patent: 4818114 (1989-04-01), Ghavi

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