EP3709845A1 - Spirale auto-déployable pour la compartimentation de liquides dans un récipient - Google Patents
Spirale auto-déployable pour la compartimentation de liquides dans un récipientInfo
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- EP3709845A1 EP3709845A1 EP18800680.3A EP18800680A EP3709845A1 EP 3709845 A1 EP3709845 A1 EP 3709845A1 EP 18800680 A EP18800680 A EP 18800680A EP 3709845 A1 EP3709845 A1 EP 3709845A1
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- container
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
- A47G19/00—Table service
- A47G19/22—Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
- A47G19/2205—Drinking glasses or vessels
- A47G19/2211—Lip- or moustache-protecting devices for drinking glasses; Strainers set in a movable or fixed manner in the glasses
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
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- A47G19/22—Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the field of liquid compartments. More particularly, the present invention relates to an overflow compartmentalizer for use in conjunction with a liquid container.
- Liquid containers are devices well known to the public that allows them to carry their drinks with them either at their place of work or at home or in different means of transport.
- a container filled with a liquid such as a glass of water or a cup of coffee, represents a danger for the user, especially if he is affected by tremors or if he is in a moving vehicle, boat, car, plane, bicycle especially.
- a risk of burning as well as discomfort on the part of the user as well as possible cleaning costs.
- Liquid separator devices which generally have an anti-spill and splash-resistant function, are generally rigid in nature, not adaptable to containers of different shapes and sizes, and their cleaning is generally complex.
- External anti-spill and anti-splash devices are devices which act outside the container, without contact with the liquid, either by the fact that they are mechanically attached to said container or by the fact that they are secured of the container. These external devices have the disadvantage of often having a strong visual impact on the user, in particular in that they hide the contents of the container (lids, for example) and which could prove to be stigmatizing for a diminished user (lid beak, straw, forceps for example).
- the present invention overcomes the difficulties presented above by having a highly effective anti-spill and splash-proof insert, adaptable to any type of liquid-receiving vessel, which has a self-expanding function, and which is aesthetically neutral with a transparent texture and which is non-stigmatizing for the user.
- the invention relates to an anti-spill and anti-splash device intended to be introduced into a container, comprising a continuous ribbon wound on itself, said ribbon comprising means for circulating a liquid placed in said container. container and said tape being able to deploy spontaneously when released into said container.
- the invention also relates to a container capable of containing a liquid or a fluid, said container comprising a base and at least one vertical wall integral with the base to form a container adapted to receive said liquid or said fluid, said container comprising a device -versverse and / or anti-splashing, said device comprising or consisting of a continuous ribbon, preformed in the form of a spiral whose distance between the turns, when deployed, is non-zero, said ribbon comprising means for circulating the liquid contained in the container, said tape being initially retained constricted on itself, preferably around a central axis in a package, and unfolding when released and placed in the container, one end of the tape coming into contact with said at least one vertical wall of the container, and the other end of the ribbon remaining approximately in the center of the spiral, the length of the tape being greater than the perimeter of the container.
- the term “spiral” includes any spiral in the mathematical sense of the term, as well as any deployable system to occupy a volume and compartmentalize.
- the end of the ribbon that does not touch the wall of the container is approximately in the center of the spiral.
- the length of the ribbon is 1.5 to 30 times, preferably 2 to 10 times, the perimeter of the container. In one embodiment, the width of the ribbon is greater than the height of the liquid present in the ribbon. the container in which said ribbon has been introduced. In one embodiment, the length of the ribbon must allow the device once deployed to have at least two turns.
- the liquid circulation means are means for circulating the liquid contained in the container on either side of the turns of the ribbon.
- the turns of the ribbon comprise a cut-out on the portion of the ribbon that is near the base of the receptacle, called the lower portion of the ribbon, said means possibly being in the form of grooves or crenels or zigzags. -zag or waves.
- the liquid circulation means on either side of the ribbon comprise orifices, in particular round, square or oval orifices formed in the ribbon, preferably in the lower part of the ribbon, namely the part of the ribbon. ribbon which is proximal to the base of the container, thus allowing the submerged circulation of the liquid between the compartments.
- the tape is wrapped around itself as tightly as possible and placed in a bag and thus forms turns around a central axis, and the The resultant roll has an optimum diameter equal to or less than 20% greater than the tape thickness multiplied by the number of turns.
- the material constituting the ribbon is made of plastic material, preferably said material is polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polypropylene, high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene; plastic food grade; in shape memory material, in particular of the nitinol type and / or of flexible material.
- the material constituting the ribbon is rich in fibers, preferably vegetable fibers, most preferably bamboo.
- the material composing the ribbon may dissolve in the liquid present in said container.
- the ribbon is transparent and therefore non-stigmatizing for its user.
- the container is a glass, a cup, a cup or other liquid container.
- the invention relates to a bag comprising a device according to the invention, in which the device is kept compressed or folded in said bag, so that when the device is released and placed in a container, it is automatically or spontaneously deploys to fit the shape or perimeter of said container.
- said bag is biodegradable.
- the invention relates to a container comprising a device according to the invention, in which the deployed device matches the contours of said container.
- FIG. 1 is a top plan view showing a roll embodiment of an insert according to the invention, in deployed form.
- Figure 2 is an orthogonal view showing a roll embodiment of an insert according to the invention in unfolded form with the perspective of the perforation system for circulating the liquid in the spacings between the turns of the roller.
- Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view from the side showing a roll embodiment of an insert according to the invention in unfolded form with the perspective of the perforation system for circulating the liquid in the spacings between the towers of the roll.
- Figure 4 is a vertical section of an orthogonal view showing a roll embodiment of an insert according to the invention in unfolded form with the perspective of the perforation system for circulating the liquid in the spacings between the turns of the roll.
- Figure 5 is a top view showing a roll embodiment of an insert according to the invention in expanded form, integrated in a container receiving a liquid.
- Figure 6 is a vertical section seen from the side showing a roll embodiment of an insert according to the invention in unfolded form with the perspective of the perforation system for circulating the liquid in the spacings between the sheets of the roll, integrated in a receptacle receiving a liquid.
- Figure 7 is a vertical section of an orthogonal view showing a roll embodiment of an insert according to the invention in unfolded form with the perspective of the perforation system for circulating the liquid in the spacings between the sheets of the roll, integrated in a container receiving a liquid.
- Figure 8 is a side view showing the wave flow system on the lower part of the unrolled insert.
- Figure 9 is a side view showing the wave flow system on the lower part of the wound insert.
- Figure 10 is a side view showing the liquid circulation system by perforating round holes on the lower part of the unrolled insert.
- Figure 11 is a side view showing the liquid circulation system by perforation of round holes on the lower part of the wound insert.
- Figure 12 is a side view showing the liquid circulation system by perforating square holes on the lower part of the unrolled insert.
- Figure 13 is a side view showing the liquid circulation system by perforating square holes on the lower part of the wound insert.
- Figure 14 is an orthogonal view showing the device deployed in the container with a single bag.
- Figure 15 is an orthogonal view showing the device with wave circulation system deployed with a single bag.
- Figure 16 is a top plan view showing the deployed device with its rolled force viewed from above.
- the present invention relates to a device comprising a ribbon splitting a liquid.
- the ribbon is rolled on itself in the form of a roll about a central axis.
- the ribbon has means for circulating the liquid.
- the ribbon is intended to be introduced into a container.
- the term “ribbon” is intended to mean a strip of fine thickness made of a material rigid in its width and rollable on itself in its length.
- the ribbon comprises two ends, a distal end, which is approximately at the center of the winding when the ribbon is wound on itself, and a second proximal end, at the periphery of the roller when the ribbon is wound on himself.
- the ribbon is limited by two zones, a first zone which will be towards the bottom of the container when the ribbon is in use, called the “lower part”, which concerns for example the lower half of the width of the ribbon, and opposite a second zone which will be at the opening of the container, called “the upper part”, which concerns the upper half of the width of the ribbon.
- Roll means a tape wound on itself in its length along the axis perpendicular to the axis of the length of the tape.
- the device may be circumferentially and radially compressed.
- the device is held folded or compressed and unfolds automatically or spontaneously when placed in a container to accommodate the shape or perimeter of the container being used. According to one embodiment, the device occupies the entire width of the container once deployed.
- the self-expanding effect of the device is optimized when the tape is wound on itself as tightly as possible, with an optimal diameter equal to or greater than 20% less than the thickness of the tape. multiplied by the number of turns.
- the width of the ribbon is greater than the height of the liquid present in the container into which said ribbon has been introduced. In one embodiment, the length of the ribbon must allow the device once deployed to have at least two turns.
- the term "about" before an encrypted value means + or - 10% of the numerical value.
- the liquid flow system of the ribbon comprises a cut of the lower portion of the ribbon in the form of flutes or crenellations or zigzag or waves or any other suitable cut whose maximum height would represent at least 1 % of the ribbon surface
- the cut of the lower part of the ribbon is in the form of waves, flutings or crenellations, preferably waves.
- the ribbon liquid circulation system comprises at least one round orifice per turn once the device has been deployed.
- the ribbon liquid flow system includes at least one square hole per turn after the orifice is deployed.
- the material forming the ribbon is a plastic.
- the material constituting the ribbon is chosen from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polycarbonate (PC) or polypropylene (PP) or high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or low-density polyethylene (LDPE) .
- the material constituting the ribbon is based on fibers. According to one embodiment, the material constituting the ribbon is based on plant fibers. According to a preferred embodiment, the material constituting the ribbon is based on bamboo fibers.
- the material composing the ribbon may dissolve in the liquid present in said container.
- the term “dissolve” means that the device incorporated in the liquid contained by the container will form a homogeneous mixture.
- the material forming the ribbon is compatible with use in contact with the power supply.
- the material constituting the ribbon meets the standards in force in the human food industry.
- the material constituting the ribbon meets the food contact substances (FCS) standard.
- the ribbon material does not deform at a temperature of 50 ° C, 70 ° C, 90 ° C.
- the material constituting the ribbon is of a particular color. According to one embodiment, the material constituting the ribbon is transparent or translucent or opaque. According to a preferred embodiment, the material constituting the ribbon is transparent.
- the ribbon material has shape memory properties.
- the material constituting the ribbon is not porous. In one embodiment, the material constituting the ribbon is not aromatic.
- the ribbon material is manufactured by thermoforming or pressing or stamping or extrusion or injection molding techniques or any other suitable method.
- the invention also relates to an individual package comprising the device according to any one of the embodiments described above.
- the individual package is disposable. According to one embodiment, the individual package is a disposable bag. In one embodiment, the individual package is biodegradable.
- the invention also relates to the method for setting up, in a container, the device according to any one of the embodiments described above.
- the compressed device must be deposited in a container then released to self-deploy depending on the width of the container.
- the lower part of the device must be in contact with the bottom of the container.
- the insertion of the device is carried downwards axially with respect to the surface of the liquid.
- the device comprises a transparent polyethylene tape wound around a central axis and, seen from above, has a spiral shape.
- the device Viewed in side elevation, as shown in FIG. 2, or in vertical side cut, as shown in FIG. 3, or in orthogonal vertical sectional view as shown in FIG. 4, the device has the appearance of a roller having orifices for the circulation of liquid solutions.
- the tape has a width of 8 cm and a length of 92.5 cm.
- the device is placed in a container, formalized by a thick line of thickness.
- the liquid circulation system provided in the device according to the invention comprises a cut of the lower part of the ribbon in the form of waves.
- the device according to the invention comprises a liquid circulation system which comprises round orifices placed on the lower part of the ribbon (Fig. 10 and Fig. 11). In another embodiment, the device according to the invention comprises a liquid circulation system is based on the performance of square holes placed on the lower part of the ribbon (Fig.12 and Fig.13).
- the ribbon may be integrated, for packaging and transport purposes, into an individual-use bag (Fig. 14 and Fig. 15).
- the device according to the invention comprises a transparent polyethylene tape wound in the form of a spiral around a central axis. The ribbon once deployed must have at least two turns (Fig. 16).
- the operation of the device comprises the opening of a bag for individual use containing said device. Maintained by the user in its folded or compressed configuration, the device can then be deposited in the container and then released by the user to self-deploy throughout the width of the container. The user can press axially on the device, placed in the container, towards the bottom of the container, in order to slide the device into the bottom of the container.
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PCT/EP2018/081781 WO2019097053A1 (fr) | 2017-11-17 | 2018-11-19 | Spirale auto-déployable pour la compartimentation de liquides dans un récipient |
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FR1496954A (fr) * | 1966-10-18 | 1967-10-06 | Dispositif de protection pour éviter le débordement d'un liquide contenu dans un récipient | |
US4627595A (en) * | 1985-03-07 | 1986-12-09 | Rhodes Ronny Q | Ice container having coiled strip partition |
GB9914147D0 (en) * | 1999-06-18 | 1999-08-18 | Cornwall Roger W | Anti-spillage drinking vessel |
WO2004039221A1 (fr) * | 2002-11-01 | 2004-05-13 | Villasenor Abundis Alfonso | Dispositif servant a retenir les glaçons, destine a des recipients contenant de boissons avec des glaçons |
ITPI20060003A1 (it) * | 2006-01-03 | 2007-07-04 | Giacomo Ulivieri | Dispositivo per impedire la fuoriuscita di schizzi indesiderati da un recipiente e contenitore per per tale dispositivo |
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