Object of Invention

[001] The object of the invention is a receptacle with a funnel for a variety of liquids, such as motor oil to be filled into an opening in the engine etc., also in small quantities, wherein the receptacle is foreseen to be filled mechanically and to be re-closed in a partly emptied condition; it is also used for household liquids, on a teapot for instance.

Technical Problem

[002] The technical problem solved by the present invention is how to conceive such a receptacle with a funnel that will make it possible to approach a funnel orifice directly to another receptacle, for instance a cup, or to an opening for filling oil in a car engine in order to prevent spilling of the liquid past the opening in the receptacle, wherein the container is of a re-closable type if it is not emptied completely at once.

Prior Art

[003] Known receptacles with funnels for liquids are always provided with a discharge orifice of the funnel above the maximum liquid level in the receptacle due to a communicating vessels effect. When pouring a liquid out of a receptacle with a funnel into a container, into which at least some liquid is to be poured, the receptacle with a funnel must be arranged perpendicularly above the container therefore a minimum distance between a discharge orifice of the funnel and the opening, into which the liquid is to be poured, must at least equal the distance between the bottom of the receptacle and the funnel orifice. This calls for manual skills in order for the jet of the liquid not to miss the opening of the container to be filled. [004] So a need is felt for such a funnel that will allow pouring of the liquid out of a funnel that can be approached to die proximity of the opening of a container, into which at least some liquid is to be filled. The object of the invention should at the same time be price efficient, easy to use and maintain and suitable for a variety of liquids: those used in households and those used for manufacturing and maintenance purposes. Moreover, the invention should not pose any obstacles to the industrial design of embodiments.

[0051 The inventor does not know a simple solution of this type. In fact, there exist known variants including various valves in the funnel or in the receptacle that provide a solution to this problem, however, manufacturing of such a receptacle is expensive and the valve is subject to losing tightness due to solid particles in the liquid.

Solution to the Technical Problem

[006] The described technical problem is solved by a receptacle with a runnel of the invention. This receptacle is characterized in that the funnel is arranged at any location below the maximum liquid level in the receptacle so that it comes as close as possible to the opening of the container to be filled with a liquid. The funnel is connected with a duct extending within the receptacle and outside of it, depending on the industrial design of the receptacle as such, in direction from its top and freely ends above the maximum liquid level within the receptacle. As the receptacle is tilted towards the funnel, the liquid flows into the duct and further into the funnel, from which it is poured directly into a container. When the receptacle is replaced in the perpendicular position, the communicating vessels effect is interrupted, after the remaining liquid has flown out of the duct. [007] The invention will be explained in more detail by way of an embodiment and the enclosed drawing, representing in

Fig. 1 a cross-sectional schematic view of a receptacle with a funnel and its duct within the receptacle of the invention;

Fig. 2 a cross-sectional schematic view of the receptacle with a funnel and its duct outside of the receptacle of the invention.

[008] A receptacle with a funnel, for instance a teapot or a receptacle for industrial liquids, such as machine oil etc., consists of a receptacle 1 and a funnel 2. The receptacle 1 can be provided with a cap 3 and a handle 4. The funnel 2 is conceived such that its discharge orifice 5 lies at any location and below the maximum level 9 of liquid 10 in the receptacle 1, preferably in the proximity of a bottom 6 of the receptacle 1. The funnel 2 is connected with a duct 7 extending within the receptacle 1 in direction towards its top and is freely open at a site 8 arranged above the maximum level 9 reached by the liquid 10 in the receptacle 1. In order to precisely define the maximum level 9 of the liquid 10 within the receptacle 1, said receptacle is shaped in a way to prevent a higher level of the liquid 10. In the described embodiment, this requirement is solved in a way that a neck 11 for pouring liquid into the receptacle is arranged below the level 9.

[009] The receptacle with the funnel of the invention functions in a way that communicating vessels formed by the funnel 2 and the duct 7 are not filled with the liquid 10 when the receptacle is positioned on its bottom 6. When the receptacle is tilted towards the funnel 2 the level of the liquid 10 reaches a site 8 of the duct and flows through it into the funnel 2 and further into a container 12 to be filled with the liquid 10. When the receptacle 1 is replaced in the upright position, only the quantity of the liquid then present in the duct 7 is poured into the container 12. [0010] In a second embodiment, the receptacle 1 is provided with a duct 7 outside of the receptacle 1 such that it opens at the site 8 into the receptacle 1 above the maximum level 9 of the liquid 10, wherein the maximum level of the liquid 10 is provided in the same way as in the first embodiment. The duct 7 is directed outside of the receptacle 1 towards the surface of its bottom 6 and ends at its free end by the funnel 2.

[0011] The receptacle with the funnel of the invention, especially the one according to the second embodiment, can also be provided with a stopper 13 for closing the discharge orifice 5 of the funnel 2. Depending on the type of the liquid, for which the receptacle is meant, e. g. machine oil or technical chemicals, also caustic etc., the closing site is cductn directly on the funnel 2 in order to prevent undesired leakage or dripping of the liquid from the receptacle 1. If it is assumed that the liquid, a portion of which was partly poured out, leaks from the duct 7 during transport or storage, the invention foresees, apart from the already mentioned stopper 13, a closing means 14 for closing the upper opening at the site 8 of the duct 7. The closing means 14 can be provided in the form of a stopper, a cock or a valve.

[0012] The receptacle with the funnel according to the second embodiment can be embodied in a way that the opening at the site 8, in which the closing means 14 is arranged, is formed in a way to simultaneously function as an opening that is closed by the cap 3. This is suitable for the receptacles intended to be filled mechanically. Here, the duct 7 is provided with an elbow (not shown in figures) that allows the liquid to be filled only into the receptacle 1 and not into the duct itself. The closing means 14 can further contain a vent opening that allows air to enter the receptacle 1 while the liquid is poured out, wherein the vent opening is closed at the same time when the closing means 14 is in its closed position. [0013] It goes without saying that a person skilled in the art can conceive different embodiments based on knowing the above description without circumventing the characteristics of the invention disclosed in the appended claims.