# US 2013/0153587 A1 · Storage container for storing a liquid food > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0153587 A1 - Document ID: US20130153587A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/713,431 - Filed: 2012-12-13 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-16 - Assignees: WIK Far East Ltd. - Inventors: Christoph Speh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153587A1 ## CPC - A47J 41/005: {comprising heat or cold producing means, i.e. energy transfer from outside the vessel} - A47J 31/44: Parts or details {or accessories} of beverage-making apparatus (filters or strainers A47J31/06) - A47J 31/50: Urns with devices for keeping beverages hot or cool - F25D 3/08: portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally - F25D 2303/0821: the element placed in a compartment which can be opened without the need of opening the container itself - F25D 2303/08221: Fasteners or fixing means for the element - F25D 2303/0841: external to the container for a beverage, e.g. a bottle, can, drinking glass or pitcher - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) ## Abstract A storage container is described for storing a liquid food, for example milk, for supplying the same to a drink preparation machine, such as a coffee machine. The container has a closed top with a top serving opening for removing liquid needed for preparation from the container. The container has a pivotable handle connected to it for carrying container. The handle has a closure body for closing the serving opening 11 mounted on it. The handle, due to its pivotability on the container 7 and the closure body location on the handle are disposed such that in the folded-down position of the handle 8 when it is not in use, the serving opening is closed by the closure body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A container for storing a liquid food, in connection with supplying the liquid to a drink preparation machine, the container comprising: the container having a top serving opening to allow the liquid food to be removed from the container for use in the drink preparation machine; a handle pivotable connected the container for carrying the container; said handle having a closure body for closing the serving opening; and wherein the handle due to its pivotability on the container, and the closure body on the handle are disposed such that in a folded-down position of the handle when it is not in use, the serving opening is closed by the closure body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the closure body in its position closing the serving opening seals the serving opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the closure body is a plug which engages it to close the serving opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the container is closed on top by a cover having the serving opening and the cover is releasably connected to the container. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the container is part of a thermally insulated, milk storage-container for a beverage preparation machine and the container has a package of milk inside, the milk package is made available through an opening for a milk removal tube to extend into the container to remove milk. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A container according to claim 5, wherein at least one compartment for receiving at least one passive cooling element is disposed in a receiving cooling chamber of the storage container separated by one of the containers, in which cooling-element compartment a cooling element is held that can be inserted and removed, and the cooling chamber for receiving the container containing milk is executed in such a way that, to achieve the same refrigeration of the milk contained in the container, it can be moved inside the cooling chamber some distance to the at least one cooling-element compartment and some distance to at least one of the side walls bounding the cooling chamber. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The container according to claim 5, wherein the container bears on at least one of its outer walls at least one connecting member for holding a passive cooling element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The container according to claim 7, wherein the container further comprises two connecting members to hold a passive cooling element, a first connecting member is an upper connecting element formed as a hanger, on which a cooling element can be hung, and the second connecting member is a lower connecting member, on which an underside of the cooling rests when hung on the hanger on the upper connecting member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The container according to claim 8, wherein the cooling element is held tightly fitting between the two connecting members of the storage insert.