Device and method for fracturing a container and container comprising such a device
OwnerGabriel Trujillo Gonzalezinventor
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Abstract
Provided is an expandable device for fracturing a container for liquids, for example beverages, in particular alcoholic beverages, made of glass or a similar material, wherein the device has a first retracted position according to which the device can be accommodated at least partially in a recess at a bottom section of the container without causing fracture to the container and a second extended position according to which the device is able to cause a fracture at a bottom section of the container by impact against a solid surface such as a table, with the aim to prevent reuse or recycle of the container, for example with adulterated beverages.
Claims12
A device for fracturing a container made of glass or ceramic, wherein the device comprises:
- an outer body having
- a hollow body including a plurality of radial ribs protruding from an inner wall of the hollow body and arranged separated from each other at equal distances along a longitudinal section of said hollow body, wherein the hollow body includes a space between the outer body radial ribs, and
- a head integrally formed at one end of the hollow body, wherein the head has a conical shape including a tip, and the head comprises a blind hole at least partially receiving an elastic member, and
- an inner body having
- a base section, and
- a cylindrical body having a plurality of radial ribs protruding from an outer wall of said cylindrical body and arranged separated at equal distances from each other along a longitudinal section of said cylindrical body, wherein the inner body includes a space between the inner body radial ribs;
- wherein the inner body is rotatable relative the outer body through manipulation of the inner body base section by a user, wherein rotation of the inner body causes the inner body radial ribs to align with the space between the outer body radial ribs, and the elastic member drives the inner body from a retracted position to an extended position,
- wherein in the extended position, the user further rotates the inner body base section relative to the outer body such that the inner body radial ribs engage with the outer body radial ribs thus forming an engagement able to transmit an impact force applied on the inner body base section towards the head tip of the outer body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.