LIQUID CONTAINER

摘要

The present invention relates to a liquid container, in particular a container in which a liquid is heated, such as a kettle. There is described a liquid container comprising a reservoir (11) at least a portion of which is transparent allowing a user of the container to view the level of liquid in the reservoir. In particular, the container further comprises illuminating means (21, 43, 44, 45) positioned with respect to the reservoir such that, in use, liquid in the reservoir is illuminated by the illuminating means. Preferably, the illuminating means are positioned so as to produce internal reflections at the liquid/air interface (24). Preferably, the illuminating means comprises a series of differently coloured and individually actuatable illuminators (43, 44, 45). Typically, the illuminators are bulbs (21) or light emitting diodes. Preferably, the illuminators are actuated by means of a circuit which includes means which sense the temperature of a liquid in the reservoir and actuate the illuminators sequentially to indicate the temperature of the liquid.