Patent ID: 7721556

Claim:
A self-heating or self-cooling container, particularly for beverages, comprising a first receptacle ( 2 ) having a base ( 4 ) containing said beverage and inserted in a second receptacle ( 3 ) having a base ( 6 ), a first compartment ( 11 ) formed between the first and the second receptacle and a second compartment ( 12 ) formed on the base ( 6 ) of the second receptacle ( 3 ) and separated from the first compartment ( 2 ) by a breakable diaphragm ( 13 ), at least a first and a second component of an exothermic or endothermic reaction being arranged separately and respectively in said compartments, characterized in that said first component is arranged in said first compartment ( 11 ) annularly about said first receptacle ( 2 ), said diaphragm ( 13 ) extending, to separate said compartments, substantially against the base ( 4 ) of said first receptacle ( 2 ), in which there extends in said second compartment ( 12 ) a breaking device ( 14 ), capable when operated of moving in order to break said breakable diaphragm ( 13 ), said breaking device being at least partially deformable when one of said receptacles ( 2 , 3 ) is encountered.