CA2096190A1 - Drinking vessel - Google Patents
Drinking vesselInfo
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- CA2096190A1 CA2096190A1 CA002096190A CA2096190A CA2096190A1 CA 2096190 A1 CA2096190 A1 CA 2096190A1 CA 002096190 A CA002096190 A CA 002096190A CA 2096190 A CA2096190 A CA 2096190A CA 2096190 A1 CA2096190 A1 CA 2096190A1
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- Prior art keywords
- drinking vessel
- mixer shaft
- base portion
- pedestal
- vessel
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
- A47G19/00—Table service
- A47G19/22—Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
- A47G19/2205—Drinking glasses or vessels
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A47J43/00—Implements for preparing or holding food, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- A47J43/27—Implements for preparing or holding food, not provided for in other groups of this subclass for mixing drinks; Hand-held shakers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
- B01F33/50—Movable or transportable mixing devices or plants
Abstract
Abstract A drinking vessel (1) has a mixing tool (19) fastened to a mixer shaft (4) extending through the bottom (2) of the drinking vessel.
Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Description
A drinking vessel ~, :
The present invention relates to a drinking vessel having a mixing tool fastened to a mixer shaft. The drinking vessel may be e.g. a cup, a glass, a tumbler or a baby's bottle.
For diluting concentrated juices, mixing cocktails, dissolving sugar in coffee or tea, or mixing coffee and tea with milk, lemon juice or other liquids one generally uses a spoon nowadays. The disadvantage is that the drinking vessel must always be accompanied by a spoon. With beverages con-taining heavy components, e.g. fruit flesh, it is not enough to stir with the spoon once; one must do so repeatedly. This is troublesome, especially when one is holding the drinking vessel in one hand and a plate in the other, for examp.le, at a stand-up party.
A vessel for mixing beverages is known from US-A-1,174,828 that has a cover with a manually operated mixer shaft bearing a mixing tool protruding therethrough. To drink from this vessel one must thus remove the cover with the mixer and set it down somewhere where it can drain off, ~ ;~
for example in a sink. This vessel can therefore be used as a drinking vessel only to a very limited extent, namely only -~
where there is a possibility of draining. It is also rela-tively troublesome to clean since both the vessel and the cover with the mixing tool must be cleaned.
CH-A-142108 discloses a drinking vessel for efferves-cent beverages such as beer, having in its bottom a pressure chamber t~ be filled with carbon dioxide with a supply pipe for the carbon dioxide into the interior of the vessel. The known vessel is thus suitable only for carbonated beverages and not for coffee or milk for example. According to DE-U-91 14 980 a whistling instrument is provided on a cup, its air ``~`
The present invention relates to a drinking vessel having a mixing tool fastened to a mixer shaft. The drinking vessel may be e.g. a cup, a glass, a tumbler or a baby's bottle.
For diluting concentrated juices, mixing cocktails, dissolving sugar in coffee or tea, or mixing coffee and tea with milk, lemon juice or other liquids one generally uses a spoon nowadays. The disadvantage is that the drinking vessel must always be accompanied by a spoon. With beverages con-taining heavy components, e.g. fruit flesh, it is not enough to stir with the spoon once; one must do so repeatedly. This is troublesome, especially when one is holding the drinking vessel in one hand and a plate in the other, for examp.le, at a stand-up party.
A vessel for mixing beverages is known from US-A-1,174,828 that has a cover with a manually operated mixer shaft bearing a mixing tool protruding therethrough. To drink from this vessel one must thus remove the cover with the mixer and set it down somewhere where it can drain off, ~ ;~
for example in a sink. This vessel can therefore be used as a drinking vessel only to a very limited extent, namely only -~
where there is a possibility of draining. It is also rela-tively troublesome to clean since both the vessel and the cover with the mixing tool must be cleaned.
CH-A-142108 discloses a drinking vessel for efferves-cent beverages such as beer, having in its bottom a pressure chamber t~ be filled with carbon dioxide with a supply pipe for the carbon dioxide into the interior of the vessel. The known vessel is thus suitable only for carbonated beverages and not for coffee or milk for example. According to DE-U-91 14 980 a whistling instrument is provided on a cup, its air ``~`
pipe extending downward from the handle to the bottom of the cup .
The problem of the invention is to provide an easy-to-clean drinking vessel having an effective mixing means.
This is achieved according to the invention by the drinking vessel characterized in claim 1 The subclaims state advan-tageous embodiments of the invention.
The invention shall be explained in more detail in the following with reference to the drawing, in which Figs. 1 to 4 each show a different embodiment of the inventive drinklng vessel in longitudinal section.
According to Fig. 1 drinking vessel 1 is designed as a glass. In the middle of bottom 2 of drinking vessel 1 there is an axial bore 3 in which mixer shaft 4 is rotatably mounted.
Mixer shaft 4 is mounted by means of a sleeve-shaped bearing ring 5 which is pre~erably made of a gum elastic material with a smooth inner surface so that there is little sliding friction between bearing ring 5 and mixer shaft 4.
The gum elasti~ material of bearing ring 5 at the same time seals mixer shaft 4. Sleeve 5 can be made for example of EPDM. So that mixer shaft 4 is secured in bearing ring 5 in the axial direction it has a ring-shaped projection 6 that engages a corresponding annular groove in the inner surface -~
of bearing ring 5.
Mixer shaft g is driven by electric motor 7 disposed in base portion 8. Electric motor 7 is supplied with power by ~ -~
battery 9 that is formed in the embodiment shown as a stor- -age battery charged by solar cell 10. Electric motor 7 is ~-~
operated by means of switch 11 formed as a push-button for example. The electric connections between electric motor 7, battery 9, solar cell 10 and switch 11 are not shown in Fig.
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, Solar cell 10 in sheet form is disposed on the outer circumference of base portion 8, which is for example of cylindrical form, in a corresponding circumferential groove in base portion 8 near the outside thereof. The material covering solar cell 10 from the outside muclt be transparent, for example a transparent plastic such as acrylic glass.
Solar cell lO can extend around virtually the entire outer circumference of cylindrical base portion 8, with a recess in the area of switch 11. For coupling drive shaft 12 of electric motor 7 with mixer shaft 4 a square or otherwise polygonal peg 13 is fastened to mixer shaft 4 to be inserted into a corresponding polygonal socket recess 19 in mixer shaft 4.
For holding motor drive shaft 12 and mixer shaft 9 in the coupled position drinking vessel l is designed to be set down on base portion 8 and locked therewith. For this pur-pose base portion 8 can be provided with locking balls 16 loaded inwardly e.g. with compression springs 15, or other spring-loaded locking bodies which engage groove 17 provided on the outside of ring-shaped projection 18 extending down-ward from bottom 2 of drinking vessel 1.
The mixing tool is a thread or wire 19, made for exam-ple of nylon or a similar plastic, that is fastened at one end to mixer shaft 4. It has been shown that a relatively short wire l9 of 5 cm or less is particularly suitable for mixing powdery substances that tend to form lumps, such as cocoa powder, protein grains, etc. Mixing with wire 19 gives - -rise to a whirlpool that sucks the powder downward and smashes any lumps. At the same time very high speeds can be obtained with a relatively low expenditure of energy using a wire l9 as a mixing tool. Electric motor 7 should have a speed of at least 1000 revolutions per minute, the prefera-ble speed being 8000 revolutions per minute or more.
~ ` 2096 l90 _ 4 Drinking vessel 1 can be cleaned with built-in mixer shaft 4 and mixing tool 19 in a dish-washing machine. Also, the beverage can be heated in drinking vessel 1 in a micro-wave oven before or after mixing.
If intensive cleaning is to be perform,ed, for example, seal/bearing ring 5 can also be pressed with mixer shaft and mixing tool 19 out of bore 3 in bottom 2 of vessel 1.
The inventive drinking vessel can be used for example ror mixing coffee or tea with sugar, preventing a skin from forming on milk, cocoa, coffee and tea, mak:ing fruit-milk drinks, dissolving instant tea, instant coffee or cocoa powder, stirring freshly pressed juices or producing liquid egg emulsions. It can also be used to mix protein grains or protein powder and to mix instant drinks, isotonic bever-ages, milk shak~s, vegetable juices and the like. In par- ' ticular if fruit-milk drinks are to be made the mixing tool can also be formed as a cutter that at the same time breaks up the fruits, such as strawberries or pieces of banana.
The inventive drinking vessel can in particular also be designed as a baby's bottle. Base portion 8 can be disposed in a baby-bottle heating means. That is, base portion 8 can be placed on the bo'ctom of a vessel provided with an elec-tric heating means and serving as a water bath for heating the content of the baby's bottle. To permit the baby's bot~
tle to be centered such that peg 13 engages recess 1~, a -conical or similar upwardly tapered projection can be pro- ~-vided about the motor shaft for engaging an accordingly formed inside wall of ring-shaped projection 18 on bottom 2.
Mixer shaft 9 can be driven, not by a motor, but by a wind-up spring drive. Also, base portion 8 can be provided with a music mechanism or similar acoustic indicator means.
A time switch means can be used to operate the motor or spring drive and the acoustic apparatus at the same time, and for a given length of time. In this way an acoustic .: ,;
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signal indicates when the content of drinkiny vessel 1 has finished being mixed.
The embodiment of Fig. 2 differs from that of Fig. 1 essentially in that drinking vessel 1 has a cylindrical pedestal 39 having the same outside diameter as drinking vessel 1 and taking up base portion 40. That is, base por-tion 40 is inserted into pedestal 39, as shown in Fig. 2, and locked with pedestal 39 in the inserted state e.g. by means of a bayonet catch. For this purpose noses 91 are provided on the lower area of the circumference of base portion 40 to cooperate with recesses (not shown) in ring portion 42 on the inside of a sleeve 43 fastened to the in-side of pedestal 39.
Base portion 40 can also be screwed into pedestal 39 instead of using a bayonet catch.
~ ase portion 40 as in Fig. 2 has a cylindrical circum-ferential wall 44 and in the middle a recess for motor 7.
~etween circumferential wall 49 and motor 7 there are one or more batteries 9.
Solar cell 10 in sheet form is disposed between sleeve 43 and pedestal 39.
Sleeve 43 can be e.g. glued to pedestal 39. To obtain a sufficiently large adhesive surface, pedestal 39 and sleeve 43 lie against each other at the lower edge via conical -surfaces 45.
Contacts (not shown) connect switch 11 aDd solar cell 10 with motor 7 and battery 9. Mixing wire 46 is formed in Fig. 2 as a closed loop.
The bearing for mixer shaft 4 is of bipartite design in Fig. 2, comprising a gasket 47 and a bearing ring g8 dis-posed thereunder. Instead of the slide bearing with bearing ring 48 one can also provide a rolling bearing.
Instead of ~ounting solar cell 10 on the circumference of pedestal 39 one can also provide it on the underside of 2096~90 bottom 2 if drinking vessel 1 is transparent in this area.
~atteries 9 can also be charged with a charging set instead ` of by solar cell 10.
` Instead of switch ll a switch can be provided that is operated by pressing on drinking vessel 1 from above, after expediently closing it with a cover.
Motor 7 need not be provided in a separate base portion 90 but can also be firmly connected with the drinking ves-sel. In this case the motor shaft is at the same time the ` mixer shaft.
According to Fig. 3 drinking vessel 21 has hollow-cy-lindrical pedestal 22 with a cylindrical member 23 disposed therein which is movable downward out of pedestal 22 and provided on the bottom with a base plate 24 extending lat-erally beyond hollow-cylindrical pedestal 22.
Member 23 is disposed displaceably but secure from ro-tation in pedestal 22 by means of a nose (not shown~ on the pedestal that engages a groove in member 23, or by another kind of form closure.
Member 23 is provided with an inside thread 25 extend-i ing in the direction of motion of member 23 shown by arrow 26, in the longitudinal axis of drinking vessel 21. Inside thread 25 is engaged by threaded spindle 27 formed by the ! part of mixer shaft 29 protruding downward from bottom 28, mixer shaft 29 bearing a propeller 30 as a mixing tool.
The weight of member 23 is such that it moves downwardwhen drinking vessel 21 is raised from a surface. A spring not shown in the drawing can also be provided for pressing member 23 downward. This sets spindle 27 and thus propeller 30 rotating so that the liquid (not shown in the drawing) in drinking vessel 1 is mixed thoroughly. When member 23 has reached its lower end position after drinking vessel 21 is raised and the vessel is set down again, propeller 30 is set rotating again until member 23 reaches its upper end posi-. ~ - ~ . . .
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20~6190 tion shown in the drawing, in which base plate 24 lies against pedestal 22.
Instead of threaded spindle 27 on mixer shaft 29, mem-ber 23 can also have an outside thread that engages a cor-responding inside thread in hollow-cylindrical pedestal 22.
In this embodiment not shown in the drawing, mixer shaft 29 is disposed in member 23 so as to be displaceable in the axial direction but secure from rotation.
The embodiment of Fig. 4 has a plate- or disk-shaped pedestal 32 with a threaded spindle 33 extending vertically upward from the middle thereof. Threaded spindle 33 engages .
mixer shaft 36 provided with a nut 34, formed as a hollow shaft and fastened to the sleeve extending upward from bot-tom 3S of drinkiny vessel 31. When spindle 33 is screwed out o~ nut 34, as shown in Fig. 3, and pedestal 32 is placed on a surface the weight of drinking vessel 31 with the liquid (not shown) contained therein causes drinking vessel 31 to move downward while rotating so that centrifugal forces arise in drinking vessel 31 resulting in mixture of the content of drinking vessel 31. The mixing tool may be e.g.
ribs 37 provided on the inside of drinking vessel 31.
The weight of pedestal 32 and spindle 33 can be such that pedestal 32 moves into the screwed-out position shown in Fig. 4 automatically when drinking vessel 31 is raised.
In a development of the embodiment in Fig. 4 a free-running state can be provided, making pedestal 32 movable downward without rotating when clrinking vessel 31 is raised.
In the embodiments described above the mixer shaft protrudes through the bottom into the interior of the drinking vessel. Instead the mixer shaft can also extend into the mixing vessel through a side wall.
The problem of the invention is to provide an easy-to-clean drinking vessel having an effective mixing means.
This is achieved according to the invention by the drinking vessel characterized in claim 1 The subclaims state advan-tageous embodiments of the invention.
The invention shall be explained in more detail in the following with reference to the drawing, in which Figs. 1 to 4 each show a different embodiment of the inventive drinklng vessel in longitudinal section.
According to Fig. 1 drinking vessel 1 is designed as a glass. In the middle of bottom 2 of drinking vessel 1 there is an axial bore 3 in which mixer shaft 4 is rotatably mounted.
Mixer shaft 4 is mounted by means of a sleeve-shaped bearing ring 5 which is pre~erably made of a gum elastic material with a smooth inner surface so that there is little sliding friction between bearing ring 5 and mixer shaft 4.
The gum elasti~ material of bearing ring 5 at the same time seals mixer shaft 4. Sleeve 5 can be made for example of EPDM. So that mixer shaft 4 is secured in bearing ring 5 in the axial direction it has a ring-shaped projection 6 that engages a corresponding annular groove in the inner surface -~
of bearing ring 5.
Mixer shaft g is driven by electric motor 7 disposed in base portion 8. Electric motor 7 is supplied with power by ~ -~
battery 9 that is formed in the embodiment shown as a stor- -age battery charged by solar cell 10. Electric motor 7 is ~-~
operated by means of switch 11 formed as a push-button for example. The electric connections between electric motor 7, battery 9, solar cell 10 and switch 11 are not shown in Fig.
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, Solar cell 10 in sheet form is disposed on the outer circumference of base portion 8, which is for example of cylindrical form, in a corresponding circumferential groove in base portion 8 near the outside thereof. The material covering solar cell 10 from the outside muclt be transparent, for example a transparent plastic such as acrylic glass.
Solar cell lO can extend around virtually the entire outer circumference of cylindrical base portion 8, with a recess in the area of switch 11. For coupling drive shaft 12 of electric motor 7 with mixer shaft 4 a square or otherwise polygonal peg 13 is fastened to mixer shaft 4 to be inserted into a corresponding polygonal socket recess 19 in mixer shaft 4.
For holding motor drive shaft 12 and mixer shaft 9 in the coupled position drinking vessel l is designed to be set down on base portion 8 and locked therewith. For this pur-pose base portion 8 can be provided with locking balls 16 loaded inwardly e.g. with compression springs 15, or other spring-loaded locking bodies which engage groove 17 provided on the outside of ring-shaped projection 18 extending down-ward from bottom 2 of drinking vessel 1.
The mixing tool is a thread or wire 19, made for exam-ple of nylon or a similar plastic, that is fastened at one end to mixer shaft 4. It has been shown that a relatively short wire l9 of 5 cm or less is particularly suitable for mixing powdery substances that tend to form lumps, such as cocoa powder, protein grains, etc. Mixing with wire 19 gives - -rise to a whirlpool that sucks the powder downward and smashes any lumps. At the same time very high speeds can be obtained with a relatively low expenditure of energy using a wire l9 as a mixing tool. Electric motor 7 should have a speed of at least 1000 revolutions per minute, the prefera-ble speed being 8000 revolutions per minute or more.
~ ` 2096 l90 _ 4 Drinking vessel 1 can be cleaned with built-in mixer shaft 4 and mixing tool 19 in a dish-washing machine. Also, the beverage can be heated in drinking vessel 1 in a micro-wave oven before or after mixing.
If intensive cleaning is to be perform,ed, for example, seal/bearing ring 5 can also be pressed with mixer shaft and mixing tool 19 out of bore 3 in bottom 2 of vessel 1.
The inventive drinking vessel can be used for example ror mixing coffee or tea with sugar, preventing a skin from forming on milk, cocoa, coffee and tea, mak:ing fruit-milk drinks, dissolving instant tea, instant coffee or cocoa powder, stirring freshly pressed juices or producing liquid egg emulsions. It can also be used to mix protein grains or protein powder and to mix instant drinks, isotonic bever-ages, milk shak~s, vegetable juices and the like. In par- ' ticular if fruit-milk drinks are to be made the mixing tool can also be formed as a cutter that at the same time breaks up the fruits, such as strawberries or pieces of banana.
The inventive drinking vessel can in particular also be designed as a baby's bottle. Base portion 8 can be disposed in a baby-bottle heating means. That is, base portion 8 can be placed on the bo'ctom of a vessel provided with an elec-tric heating means and serving as a water bath for heating the content of the baby's bottle. To permit the baby's bot~
tle to be centered such that peg 13 engages recess 1~, a -conical or similar upwardly tapered projection can be pro- ~-vided about the motor shaft for engaging an accordingly formed inside wall of ring-shaped projection 18 on bottom 2.
Mixer shaft 9 can be driven, not by a motor, but by a wind-up spring drive. Also, base portion 8 can be provided with a music mechanism or similar acoustic indicator means.
A time switch means can be used to operate the motor or spring drive and the acoustic apparatus at the same time, and for a given length of time. In this way an acoustic .: ,;
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signal indicates when the content of drinkiny vessel 1 has finished being mixed.
The embodiment of Fig. 2 differs from that of Fig. 1 essentially in that drinking vessel 1 has a cylindrical pedestal 39 having the same outside diameter as drinking vessel 1 and taking up base portion 40. That is, base por-tion 40 is inserted into pedestal 39, as shown in Fig. 2, and locked with pedestal 39 in the inserted state e.g. by means of a bayonet catch. For this purpose noses 91 are provided on the lower area of the circumference of base portion 40 to cooperate with recesses (not shown) in ring portion 42 on the inside of a sleeve 43 fastened to the in-side of pedestal 39.
Base portion 40 can also be screwed into pedestal 39 instead of using a bayonet catch.
~ ase portion 40 as in Fig. 2 has a cylindrical circum-ferential wall 44 and in the middle a recess for motor 7.
~etween circumferential wall 49 and motor 7 there are one or more batteries 9.
Solar cell 10 in sheet form is disposed between sleeve 43 and pedestal 39.
Sleeve 43 can be e.g. glued to pedestal 39. To obtain a sufficiently large adhesive surface, pedestal 39 and sleeve 43 lie against each other at the lower edge via conical -surfaces 45.
Contacts (not shown) connect switch 11 aDd solar cell 10 with motor 7 and battery 9. Mixing wire 46 is formed in Fig. 2 as a closed loop.
The bearing for mixer shaft 4 is of bipartite design in Fig. 2, comprising a gasket 47 and a bearing ring g8 dis-posed thereunder. Instead of the slide bearing with bearing ring 48 one can also provide a rolling bearing.
Instead of ~ounting solar cell 10 on the circumference of pedestal 39 one can also provide it on the underside of 2096~90 bottom 2 if drinking vessel 1 is transparent in this area.
~atteries 9 can also be charged with a charging set instead ` of by solar cell 10.
` Instead of switch ll a switch can be provided that is operated by pressing on drinking vessel 1 from above, after expediently closing it with a cover.
Motor 7 need not be provided in a separate base portion 90 but can also be firmly connected with the drinking ves-sel. In this case the motor shaft is at the same time the ` mixer shaft.
According to Fig. 3 drinking vessel 21 has hollow-cy-lindrical pedestal 22 with a cylindrical member 23 disposed therein which is movable downward out of pedestal 22 and provided on the bottom with a base plate 24 extending lat-erally beyond hollow-cylindrical pedestal 22.
Member 23 is disposed displaceably but secure from ro-tation in pedestal 22 by means of a nose (not shown~ on the pedestal that engages a groove in member 23, or by another kind of form closure.
Member 23 is provided with an inside thread 25 extend-i ing in the direction of motion of member 23 shown by arrow 26, in the longitudinal axis of drinking vessel 21. Inside thread 25 is engaged by threaded spindle 27 formed by the ! part of mixer shaft 29 protruding downward from bottom 28, mixer shaft 29 bearing a propeller 30 as a mixing tool.
The weight of member 23 is such that it moves downwardwhen drinking vessel 21 is raised from a surface. A spring not shown in the drawing can also be provided for pressing member 23 downward. This sets spindle 27 and thus propeller 30 rotating so that the liquid (not shown in the drawing) in drinking vessel 1 is mixed thoroughly. When member 23 has reached its lower end position after drinking vessel 21 is raised and the vessel is set down again, propeller 30 is set rotating again until member 23 reaches its upper end posi-. ~ - ~ . . .
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20~6190 tion shown in the drawing, in which base plate 24 lies against pedestal 22.
Instead of threaded spindle 27 on mixer shaft 29, mem-ber 23 can also have an outside thread that engages a cor-responding inside thread in hollow-cylindrical pedestal 22.
In this embodiment not shown in the drawing, mixer shaft 29 is disposed in member 23 so as to be displaceable in the axial direction but secure from rotation.
The embodiment of Fig. 4 has a plate- or disk-shaped pedestal 32 with a threaded spindle 33 extending vertically upward from the middle thereof. Threaded spindle 33 engages .
mixer shaft 36 provided with a nut 34, formed as a hollow shaft and fastened to the sleeve extending upward from bot-tom 3S of drinkiny vessel 31. When spindle 33 is screwed out o~ nut 34, as shown in Fig. 3, and pedestal 32 is placed on a surface the weight of drinking vessel 31 with the liquid (not shown) contained therein causes drinking vessel 31 to move downward while rotating so that centrifugal forces arise in drinking vessel 31 resulting in mixture of the content of drinking vessel 31. The mixing tool may be e.g.
ribs 37 provided on the inside of drinking vessel 31.
The weight of pedestal 32 and spindle 33 can be such that pedestal 32 moves into the screwed-out position shown in Fig. 4 automatically when drinking vessel 31 is raised.
In a development of the embodiment in Fig. 4 a free-running state can be provided, making pedestal 32 movable downward without rotating when clrinking vessel 31 is raised.
In the embodiments described above the mixer shaft protrudes through the bottom into the interior of the drinking vessel. Instead the mixer shaft can also extend into the mixing vessel through a side wall.
Claims (11)
1. A drinking vessel (1, 21, 31) having a built-in mixer shaft (4, 29, 36) with a mixing tool, characterized in that the mixer shaft (4, 29, 36) protrudes through the bot-tom (2, 28, 35) or a side wall of the drinking vessel (1, 21, 31).
2. The drinking vessel of claim 1, characterized in that the mixer shaft (4) is adapted to be driven by a motor (7) or a wind-up spring drive.
3. The drinking vessel of claim 2, characterized in that a coupling is provided for connecting the drive shaft (12) of the motor (7) or the spring drive with the mixer shaft (9).
4. The drinking vessel of claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the motor (7) or spring drive is disposed in a base portion (8, 40) that is adapted to be connected detachably with the drinking vessel (1) for coupling the drive shaft (12) with the mixer shaft (4).
5. The drinking vessel of claim 3 or 4, characterized in that a polygonal peg (13) and a polygonal socket recess (14) are provided on the drive shaft (12) and the mixer shaft (4), respectively, for coupling the drive shaft (12) with the mixer shaft.
6. The drinking vessel of any of claims 3 to 5, char-acterized in that a ring (18) extending downward from the bottom (2) of the drinking vessel (1) and having a groove (17) on the outside to be engaged by spring-loaded locking bodies (16) provided on the base portion (8) is provided for connecting the base portion (8) with the drinking vessel (1).
7. The drinking vessel of any of claims 3 to 5, char-acterized in that the drinking vessel (1) has a pedestal (39) for taking up the base portion (40), the base portion (40) being adapted to be connected with the pedestal (39) by a bayonet catch or a screw fitting.
8. The drinking vessel of any of claims 3 to 6, char-acterized in that the motor (7) is an electric motor sup-plied with power by a solar cell (10), the solar cell (10) being disposed on the circumference of the base portion (8) or the pedestal (39) of the drinking vessel (1).
9. The drinking vessel of any of the above claims, characterized in that the mixing tool is formed by a wire (19), propeller (30), ribs (37) or a cutter.
10. The drinking vessel of claim 1, characterized in that the drinking vessel (21) has a pedestal (22) in which a downwardly and outwardly movable member (23) is disposed secure from rotation, the outwardly movable member (23) having a thread (25) engaged by a threaded spindle (27) formed by the portion of the mixer shaft (29) protruding through the bottom (28) of the drinking vessel (21).
11. The drinking vessel of claim 10, characterized in that the member (23) has a weight, or is loaded by a spring, such that it moves downward automatically when the drinking vessel (21) is raised.
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