CN103476681A

CN103476681A - Drinking vessels

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Publication number: CN103476681A
Application number: CN2012800069909A
Authority: CN
Inventors: D-M·萨布咖; M·J·伊莱亚斯
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2011-02-02
Filing date: 2012-02-02
Publication date: 2013-12-25
Also published as: NZ613726A; AU2012213387A1; JP2014508690A; ES2590487T3; AU2012213387B2; WO2012104385A1; HK1191919A1; US20140057023A1; EP2670682B1; EP2670682A1

Abstract

A kit comprising a beverage cup (30), an infusible material used in the preparation of the beverage in a closed compartment within the cup (30) and a drink-through lid (1) for the beverage cup (30) the lid (1) having a filter to filter out the infusible material from the beverage. The drink-through lid (1) comprising a lid body (2) with a drink-through aperture (5) defined in the lid body through which a beverage (40) can exit the lid (1 (while drinking when the lid (1) is on the beverage cup (30). The drink-through aperture (5) comprises an area of the lid (1) in which there is defined at least 20 apertures, the apertures being large enough to allow a beverage to be drunk through the lid whilst obstructing passage of a filtrate material (50).

Description

Drinking container

Technical field

1 the present invention relates to a kind of drinking container, and wherein in specific drinking container, but it has sucking lid on cup and cup.The special concern sanitary cup.For example, the public place on shop, aircraft, such as theater, stadium etc. are generally used sanitary cup when beverage sales.Beverage is generally tea or coffee.Usually, cup is designed to sanitary cup in addition, and when lid is used for preventing from carrying, liquid spills.

Background technology

2 have existed multiple drinking container.Wherein just comprise the container that is designed for various purposes, comprise and cover the container with nozzle or ozzle, wherein draw the liquid be cited via this nozzle or ozzle.These configurations usually are specifically used for baby's cup and spill avoiding.

3 U.S. Patent No.s 5,657, but 898 a kind of sucking for beverage cup lid has been described, its have one by with container in the suspend mechanism of tea bag of the discontiguous tea bag cord of liquid.U.S. Patent No. 7,806,044 has described a kind of similar system.

4 U.S. Patent No.s 6,076, but 450 a kind of sucking for beverage cup lid has been described, and it has the sack of placing the Coffee Grinding material.This sack top is the upper filter formed by meshwork, is below the lower filter formed by paper.Hot water is poured into by tops, is also filtered and enters container by lower filter subsequently by coffee by top meshwork filter thus.This configuration allows coffee brewing to hot water, and prevents that particulate matter from entering cup, because it is maintained in lid.

But the open No.2008/0035652 of 5 US Patent provides the property sucking that once has filter screen lid.Filter is attached to and covers downside, and at the lid downside to whole region extension, filter all liq thereby arrive at liquid cover relatively large before drinking perforate.

6 is common, utilizes this lid, and the user can spill beverage usually when drinking.Therefore, expectation provides a kind of user of reduction to spill the lid of the possibility of beverage when drinking.

Although 7 prior aries are like this, expectation provides a kind of drinking container that can prepare from the indissoluble material in container beverage and for the replacing cover of this container.

Summary of the invention

8 in one aspect of the invention, and a kind of external member is provided, and comprising:

9 (a) beverage cup;

The insoluble material used while in 10 (b) enclosed compartment in cup, preparing beverage;

11 (c) but for the sucking lid of beverage cup lid, it has filter to filter out insoluble material from beverage.。

12 this beverage in sanitary cup of the quality with made fresh just is provided.

13 can utilize for example, the sir-tight assembly that can tear by dotted line such as the lid that can tear by dotted line (paper tinsel) to seal described enclosed compartment.

14 compartments can be the peviform things that inserts bottom of cups, and the size of peviform thing can be put into the bottom of cup alternatively.Expectation, the peviform thing is filled in bottom of cups and is had the peviform thing mouth periphery of around the pars intramuralis of cup, extending and adjoining with it.

But 15 1 kinds of sucking lids can comprise:

16 cap body;

But 17 are limited to the sucking opening in cap body, but beverage can leave lid in order to drink by the sucking opening when lid is on beverage cup; And

18 is characterized in that, but the sucking opening comprises the zone that wherein defines at least 20 openings of lid, and opening is enough greatly to allow coming beverage to stop filter material to pass through beverage cup via lid simultaneously.

But 19 advantages of the present invention be filter associated with the sucking opening in case before beverage filter beverages.This can make with regard to meaning the beverage prepared from the insoluble matter such as tealeaves, Coffee Grinding material etc. in beverage cup.Without worrying that special material is stayed, use people that beverage cup drunk in the mouth.This is possible with regard to the beverage that means fresh preparation, the coffee of especially fresh preparation.This has just eliminated the essentiality of using such as tea bag or the article by the coffee powder that coffee (sometimes also referred to as " instant coffee ") solution dehydrates is formed.Filter integral body forms the part of lid.Without the add-on assemble that is attached to lid.Expectation, lid is made by plastic material.For example, adopt the heating forming technology.Opening can form when formation is covered, or forms step formation, for example punch out step at follow-up opening.

20 openings have enough sizes and distribution so that the people who drinks from cup without the suction pressure that applies any essence to cup by lid, beverage is brought in its mouth.Therefore, cover be configured to the lid filter beverages in the user can pass through the lid of its beverage.

21 expectations, formed at least 40, preferably at least 50 openings.The quantity of opening is more, can draw more liquid at any time.

22 expectations, but the sucking opening forms the part of the rank mouth of user's beverage.

23 is suitable, and the zone of the wherein arrange openings of lid comprises where indicating user places the visual indicator of their face.Expectation, this is that a sunk area is so that opening is disposed in sunk area subsequently.The expectation, but the sucking opening comprise around sunk area around frame.Equally, but this has emphasized the sucking opening.

24 can comprise opening around frame, its same filter beverages, and it comprises enough greatly to allow coming beverage to stop filter material to pass through drinking container via lid simultaneously.

25 filter materiales can be any insoluble materials, and it is the component during beverage forms, for example tealeaves.In this case, to be configured to filter out tealeaves the scattered tealeaves in beverage cup residual for cover.Therefore, can use fresh tea leaf in its, and they can be that they can freely circulate in beverage cup by scattered ground Shi Yong –.Clip without any other filter screen, filter or any type for tealeaves.

26 when filter material is the Coffee Grinding material, and it is residual that cover is configured to filter out coffee from the coffee bean of the scattered grinding in beverage cup.Equally, do not require that other means are caught particulate material arbitrarily.

27 the invention still further relates to a kind of lid, comprising:

28 cap body;

But 29 are limited to the sucking opening in cap body, but beverage can leave lid in order to drink by the sucking opening when lid is on beverage cup; And

30 cover drink fringing, it is higher with respect to the beverage opening,

31 is characterized in that, cover be arranged so that the use for drinking when cup remains on drink position in the time, beverage leaves by the beverage opening and flows to and drink fringing along lid, so that the user can see beverage after beverage has left the beverage opening and before it arrives fringing.

32 this configurations expect very much, and this is because it has greatly reduced the possibility that the user spills beverage.Specifically, because the user can be flowed out while covering and see beverage at beverage, so their more impossible beverage that spills.Specifically, utilize existing lid, the user can not see liquid usually before drinkable liquid.This just means that the user more may miss some liquid and/or once pour out too much liquid, thereby causes spilling.

33 expectations, the beverage opening is formed in the lid zone with respect to the lower position place of the outer fringing of lid.Expectation, drink the lower position extension of the wall part of fringing towards the outer fringing with respect to lid.Lower position can be that near position and/or the opening beverage opening may extend in the wall position.As the fruit beverage opening comprises a series of openings, one or more being formed in wall part in these openings.

34 wall parts form the liquid bed, and when the use for drinking, beverage flows to the top part of drinking fringing along the liquid bed.

35 expectations, lid also comprises the filter relevant to the beverage opening, for filter beverages before beverage.This for example just means, while having insoluble particles (tealeaves or Coffee Grinding material) in liquid can use lid.

36 expectations, two aspects of the present invention are in one embodiment capable of being combined.This just means, in external member of the present invention, lid can be configured to, when the use for drinking, beverage flows out by the beverage opening and flows towards drinking fringing along lid, the user can leave the beverage opening and see that before it arrives fringing beverage is (at cup in drinking position at beverage thus, lid is on cup, and while in cup, beverage being arranged), and but lid also has the sucking opening limited in cap body extraly, but beverage can leave lid to be drunk by the sucking opening when lid is on beverage cup; Be characterised in that, but the sucking opening comprises the zone that wherein defines at least 20 openings of lid, opening is enough greatly to allow coming beverage to stop filter material to pass through beverage via lid simultaneously.

37 technical personnels are appreciated that the layout of open amount, shape, size and the distribution of the function that realizes opening of the present invention.Opening is without even in size, shape or distribution.For example, it is 50 to 300 microns that opening can be configured to diameter, and for example diameter is 75 to 275 microns, such as diameter is 100 to 250 microns.With regard to quantity, usually be at least 50, for example at least 100, such as at least 150, nearly 200 openings in general lid.Distance between adjacent apertures can be at least 2 microns, for example at least 6 microns, and be generally 10 microns.When used opening between size/shape and/or adjacent apertures apart from aspect when inhomogeneous, these values can represent the aviation value of opening and/or distance.Filter can comprise such material, wherein is enough to allow fluid to pass through opening when cup intermolecular power between fluid and opening when drinking position.For example, material can be nylon plastic material.

38 the present invention includes the assembly formed while assembling external member of the present invention.The material cup assembly that the present invention also provides the beverage cup assembly to comprise combination set of the present invention.

39 as mentioned above, and beverage cup comprises airtight compartment, wherein kept preparing the material that beverage uses and open to use this material during the beverage preparation.Fresh before using of these contents that just kept cup.Preparing the material that beverage uses can be any materials that stays the solid residue of the filter material that becomes cup.For example, filter material can be tealeaves or ground coffee.

40 the invention still further relates to a kind ofly for distributing the method for beverage, comprise step:

41 (a) provide beverage cup;

42 (b) are provided in the enclosed compartment in cup the insoluble material used while preparing beverage;

43 (c) open enclosed compartment;

44 (d) utilize liquid to brew material to form beverage; And

45 (e) but sucking lid is provided on beverage cup, lid has filter to filter out insoluble material from beverage.

46 in the method, and cup and Gai Ke have the form of external member of the present invention.

47 in the method, and lid can be combined with filter to form an above-mentioned filtration lid.

48 beverage cups and lid jointly form beverage cup assembly of the present invention usually.

49 thus, the invention provides the external member that comprises beverage cup, specifically its type is disposable, and it can be previously prepared and can prepares any " fresh " beverage, although cup and lid may be made into good long a period of time when finally being used.Therefore, the invention provides a kind of comprise lid of the present invention, with the assembly of the beverage cup of lid coupling and the solid beverage material (for example tealeaves or Coffee Grinding material) that seals in cup.

The accompanying drawing explanation

50 will only describe embodiments of the invention with reference to accompanying drawing by way of example, wherein:

But but being the suckings that comprise the external member of the present invention of sucking opening, 51 Fig. 1 cover the transparent view of seeing from above;

But the transparent view that the sucking lid that 52 Fig. 2 are Fig. 1 is seen from below;

53 Fig. 3 are lateral plans along section A-A of the lid of Fig. 1;

54 Fig. 4 are part transparents view of amplification of the lid of Fig. 1, but it shows the opening of the sucking opening that forms lid;

55 Fig. 5 are and the similar lateral plan of Fig. 3, but it shows replacing cover structure;

56 Fig. 6 are part transparents view of amplification of the lid of Fig. 5;

But the part transparent view of the amplification that the replacement that 57 Fig. 7 are sucking openings configures;

58 Fig. 8 are the transparents view that comprise the combination set of the cup that complements one another and lid;

59 Fig. 9 are lateral plans of assembly that Fig. 8 of the beverage in cup is shown;

60 Figure 10 are and the similar view of Fig. 9, but it shows the beverage of just being drunk from cup by the user;

But but 61 Figure 11 are the transparents view seen from above that comprise the replacement sucking lid of the present invention of sucking opening;

62 Figure 12 are transparents view of seeing below the lid of Figure 11;

But 63 Figure 13 are lateral plans of replacement sucking lid of the present invention; And

64 Figure 14 are views of the lid of Figure 10 to Figure 12 of using as cap and the beverage just drunk from cup by the user.

65 note, accompanying drawing is actually schematically, and may not drawn on scale.For example, for graphic purpose, shown opening 7 may be less or more.

The specific embodiment

But 66 Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show sucking lid 1 (referring to the Fig. 8 and 9) for beverage cup 30.Lid 1 has cap body 2.Beverage cup 30 and lid 1 form external member of the present invention.Cap body is by the suitable forming technology such as the heating forming technology, to have formed the piece plastic of lid shape.But sucking opening 5 is limited in cap body 2, when lid on beverage cup 30 time, beverage 40 (referring to Fig. 9) but can flow out and cover 1 in order to drink by sucking opening 5.

But 67 sucking openings 5 comprise the zone 6 covered, and wherein define a plurality of openings 7, at least 20 openings for example, such as at least 30 openings, comprise at least 40 and more than 50 openings 7.Each opening 7 is greatly to can come beverage 40 to stop passing through of filter material 50 (therefore it removing in beverage before beverage from beverage) via lid simultaneously.The insoluble material that filter material 50 is normally solid-state, and be generally the material of having been crossed by brewed in hot water such as ground coffee or tealeaves.

68 lids comprise an outer fringing or edge 9, and it is adjusted to and beverage cup 30 top seal DF Drive Fit, to form the assembly shown in Fig. 8 and 9.

Also be formed with and drink fringing 10 in 69 lids 1.Drink fringing 10 higher with respect to cap body, and comprise relative wall, the exterior wall 11 linked together by top connecting wall 12 and interior wall 13.Together with all further features that cover, drink fringing 10 and form with lid 1 is whole.

Also be formed with another half moon-shaped lifting zone 16 in 70 lids 1.Mesopore 20 is arranged in the lifting zone 16 of covering in 1.Half moon-shaped wall 17 connects lifting zone 16 and sunk area 18, and sunk area 18 is formed on lifting zone 16 and drinks between fringing 10.

71 lids 1 also comprise additional prolongation slideway 35, and it extends through and cover 1, and allow to beverage interpolation material, such as milk, sweetener such as sugar etc.Slideway 35 separates with opening 7, and extends to and cover enough far (along the direction of cup), thereby makes normally drinking beverage under position and can not leave slideway at cup.Slideway 35 may be closed, for example utilizes the removable closure closure such as strip of paper used for sealing.Because slideway 35 may not opened, so expectation provides mesopore 20.In the situation that open, be understandable that slideway 35 can be used as clearance opening.

72 in order to take beverage by covering 1, and the user is placed on its lip to cover, thus their face in the zone 6 near and carry out imbitition via its opening 7.Even there is insoluble particles material 50 in beverage, it also can be retained in cup 30 inside as filter material due to the filter effect of opening 7.

73 Fig. 3 show flowing of beverage when being drunk and air.Arrow 22 shows beverage and how by opening 7, leaves lid.Arrow 23 shows the air that the effect left by beverage is inhaled into.

74 Fig. 4 show the enlarged view that covers the opening 7 limited in 1.Can adopt the arbitrarily suitable array of opening, and not require that array or opening have the geometric configuration of any specific.Opening is without all having identical size or shape.

75 Fig. 5 are and the similar lateral plan of Fig. 3, but show the lid structure of replacement, but a difference sucking hatch frame specifically.In Fig. 5, cover in 1 and be formed integrally as zone 6, zone 6 depressions of the form according to inverted nozzle 25.Define opening 7 in the sidewall 26 of nozzle 25.But arrow 22 also shows beverage to flow out by the typical case of sucking hatch frame.Otherwise, cover 1 and structurally be similar to previous structure shown in the drawings.Fig. 6 is the part lateral plan of amplification of the lid of Fig. 5, the specifically enlarged side view of inverted nozzle 25.

But 76 Fig. 7 are part transparents view of amplification of the replacement configuration of sucking opening, specifically there is difformity and size and wherein define the inverted nozzle 25 of opening 7.

77 Fig. 8 are transparents view that comprise the assembly of the cup 30 that complements one another and lid 1 of the present invention.Fig. 9 is the lateral plan of the assembly of Fig. 8, shows the beverage 40 in cup 30.In one embodiment, cup 30 also comprises compartment 60, has wherein kept the material such as Coffee Grinding material or tealeaves.Usually, compartment 60 is hermetically enclosed, for example utilizes the lid removed such as the paper tinsel that can tear by dotted line to carry out hermetically enclosed.In use, paper tinsel is torn to expose material 50.Compartment is formed by the peviform thing that inserts bottom of cups usually.Hot water is added to form the beverage 40 as the composite of hot water and the component (any annexing ingredient even added) extracted from material 50.Thus, beverage is the beverage of fresh preparation, and will have the quality of the tea or coffee of fresh preparation.But, due to material 50 now loose and can in cup, move freely (as shown in arrow 51) (specifically, in lid 1, towards drinking opening, move freely), so only prevent that solid residue from arriving the filtration that drinking person feature in the mouth is only opening 7.This can find out best from Figure 10, and Figure 10 shows the similar view with Fig. 9, but additionally shows the beverage 40 (referring to arrow 71) that the user is just drawing from cup.Now, can prevent that the material 50 scattered by beverage from arriving user 70 face.

But but 78 Figure 11 and Figure 12 be respectively the replacement that comprises the sucking opening of the present invention the sucking lid from top and below the transparent view seen, Figure 13 is its lateral plan.Lid 1 has the similar structure with embodiment before, but has differences more described here.Show the lid 1 for beverage cup, comprise cap body 2 and be limited to the beverage opening 5 on cap body 1, when beverage cup 30 beverage 40 when covering can leave lid with for drinking by beverage opening 5, this can be clear that from Figure 14, Figure 14 shows the similar view with Figure 10, but the lid 1 with the type shown in Fig. 11 – 13.Lid 1 have cover drink fringing 10, it is higher with respect to beverage opening 5.In an embodiment, fringing 10 has formed the edge of c shape, and it has left after covering 1 and caught beverage at beverage.Lid 1 is arranged to, for drinking while using, beverage 40 leaves by beverage opening 5 and flows towards drinking fringing along lid, thereby remains on while drinking in position when cup, and the user can see beverage after beverage has left the beverage opening and before its arrival fringing.The water line that has left the beverage 40 of cup 30 is marked as 73 in Figure 14, so that reference.This configuration expects very much, and this is because it has greatly reduced the possibility that the user spills beverage.Specifically, owing to flowing out user 70 while covering 1 when beverage, can see beverage 40, specifically the drinking water bit line 73, so their more impossible beverage that spills.

79 wall parts, specifically drink the inwall 13 of fringing 10, with respect to the outer fringing 9 of lid, towards lower position 45, extends down.Wall part 13 has formed the inwall of the edge formation of drinking fringing 10, liquid riverbed or course have been formed thus, the top part 12 of drinking fringing at the use beverage for drinking along this course and advance, (referring to Figure 14) as shown in arrow 46.In the present embodiment, lower position 45 is just in time the position contiguous with beverage opening 5.The water line or " water level " 73 that this means beverage can find out on wall part 13, even the user is placed on their lip to drink around fringing 10.

80 desirably, and as shown in the Examples, the beverage opening is formed on the zone with respect to the lower position 45 of the outer fringing 9 covered that is arranged in of covering 1.The zone that this has increased the liquid riverbed that can be used for being formed for liquid, make flow of liquid visually more obvious for the user thus.

The term that 81 edition with parallel text inventions are herein used " comprises/comprise " and term " has/possess " existence that is used to specify feature, integer, step or the assembly of stating, but does not get rid of existence or the interpolation of one or more further features, integer, step, assembly or its combination.

82 are understandable that, for purpose clearly and the specific features of the present invention of describing in the embodiment separated can in single embodiment, combine.On the contrary, the of the present invention various features of describing in single embodiment for succinct purpose can be configured separately or with any suitable sub-combinations thereof.

Claims

1. but the sucking for beverage cup is covered, and comprising:

A. cap body;

But b. be limited to the sucking opening in cap body, but beverage can leave lid in order to drink by the sucking opening when lid is on beverage cup; And

C. it is characterized in that, but the sucking opening comprises the zone that wherein defines at least 20 openings of lid, opening is enough greatly to allow coming beverage to stop filter material to pass through via lid simultaneously.

2. lid according to claim 1 wherein provides at least 40 in lid, preferably at least 50 openings.

3. lid according to claim 1 and 2, the zone of the wherein arrange openings of its middle cover comprises sunk area.

4. lid according to claim 3, but wherein the sucking opening comprise around sunk area around frame.

5. lid according to claim 4, wherein comprise enough greatly to allow coming beverage to stop filter material by the opening of beverage via lid simultaneously around frame.

6. according to the described lid of any aforementioned claim, wherein filter material is tealeaves, and it is residual that cover is configured to filter out tealeaves the scattered tealeaves in beverage cup.

7. according to the described lid of any aforementioned claim, wherein filter material is the Coffee Grinding material, and it is residual that cover is configured to filter out coffee from the coffee bean of the scattered grinding in beverage cup.

8. the lid for beverage cup comprises:

A. cap body;

What c. cover drinks fringing, and it is higher with respect to the beverage opening,

D. it is characterized in that, cover be arranged so that the use for drinking when cup remains on drink position in the time, beverage leaves by the beverage opening and flows to and drink fringing along lid, so that the user can see beverage after beverage has left the beverage opening and before it arrives fringing.

9. lid according to claim 8, further comprise the beverage opening for beverage before beverage filtered associated with filter.

10. lid according to claim 8 or claim 9, wherein cover is defined as claim 1 to 7 as described in any one.

11. an external member comprises:

A. beverage cup;

The insoluble material used while b. in the enclosed compartment in cup, preparing beverage;

C. but, for the sucking lid of beverage cup lid, it has filter to filter out insoluble material from beverage.

12. external member according to claim 11, wherein utilize the sir-tight assembly that can tear by dotted line to seal described enclosed compartment.

13., according to the described external member of claim 11 or 12, its intermediate chamber comprises the peviform thing that inserts bottom of cups.

14., according to claim 11 to one of 13 described external members, wherein the size of peviform thing can be put into the bottom of cup.

15. external member according to claim 14, wherein the peviform thing has the peviform thing mouth periphery of around the pars intramuralis of cup, extending and adjoining with it.

16., according to claim 11 to one of 15 described external members, further comprise the lid of one of claim 1 to 10.

17. external member according to claim 16, the insoluble material wherein used when preparing beverage is tealeaves or ground coffee.

18. one kind comprises according to claim 11 to the assembly of one of 15 described combination sets, wherein covers and have according to the described cup of one of claim 1 to 10.

19. one kind for distributing the method for beverage, comprises step:

A., beverage cup is provided;

B. be provided in the enclosed compartment in cup the insoluble material used while preparing beverage;

C. open enclosed compartment;

D. utilize liquid to brew material to form beverage; And

But e. the sucking lid is provided on beverage cup, and lid has filter to filter out insoluble material from beverage.

20. method according to claim 19, wherein cup and lid have the form according to claim 11 to one of 17 described external members.