ES2696229A1

ES2696229A1 - Mold for the production of spherical ice figures from water for human consumption (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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Publication number: ES2696229A1
Application number: ES201800125A
Authority: ES
Inventors: Bejarano Angelo Gutierrez
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2018-05-18
Filing date: 2018-05-18
Publication date: 2019-01-14

Abstract

The market of the hotel industry, of great boom in Spain, is characterized by the spontaneous emergence of trends that affect both the seasonality, type of products consumed, consumption habits, product presentations and thus a long list of factors that could be encompassed in what, popularly, we know as "fashion". In this sense, a timid attempt is recently noticed to introduce a new form of presentation of the ice that are used daily to refrigerate soft drinks and, mainly, alcoholic beverages, consisting of the substitution of those with cubic or analogous forms by others of spherical shape , in principle, understood as a "Premium" product. The production of this type of figures presents its own difficulties. There are two possible manufacturing methods, one in two steps, consisting of the freezing of water in the form of flakes for subsequent pressure compaction and another, consisting of the use of a spherical mold that allows the production of solid spheres of ice, which present a more uniform appearance and a longer liquefaction time than the previous ones. However, there is no mold that allows obtaining spherical ice by means of this last method and it is that object of the present invention, which describes the shape of a two-piece mold with a filling hole in its upper part, that allows you to obtain parts like those described. Despite being described on a variable scale, the dimensions of the mold and counter-mold assembly initially accommodate the dimensions and fundamental operating characteristics of the main industrial ice production equipment, providing a complete solution to the producer, unknown until now in the market. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPCIÓNDESCRIPTION

Objeto de la invenciónObject of the invention

La presente solicitud tiene como finalidad obtener la protección por medio de patente de un molde novedoso ideado por el solicitante y que se aplica a la producción a escala industrial de figuras esféricas compactas mediante vertido de agua su posterior solidificación por congelación de la misma. El molde presentará escala variable con independencia de las acotaciones que se muestren en las ilustraciones que acompañan a la presente descripción, y podrá estar en metal, plástico, látex u otro equivalente determinado como apto para la producción de hielo para consumo humano.The present application aims to obtain the patent protection of a novel mold devised by the applicant and which is applied to the production on an industrial scale of compact spherical shapes by pouring water and then solidifying it by freezing it. The mold will have a variable scale regardless of the dimensions that are shown in the illustrations that accompany the present description, and may be in metal, plastic, latex or other equivalent determined as suitable for the production of ice for human consumption.

El uso prioritario pretendido para esta invención es la producción de hielo esférico a escala industrial para destinarlo a la venta y consumo humano, no haciéndose cargo obviamente el diseñador de los percances que pudieren derivarse de un uso inadecuado de este instrumento o del empleo de materias primas no aptas para dicha finalidad.The priority use intended for this invention is the production of spherical ice on an industrial scale to be used for sale and human consumption, the designer obviously not taking care of the mishaps that may arise from improper use of this instrument or the use of raw materials not suitable for that purpose.

La necesidad de esta invención se justifica en la demanda potencial por parte del mercado hostelero, que viene acogiendo el uso de este tipo de moldes para el acompañamiento de cócteles y otros tipos de bebidas de forma reciente, como un producto exclusivo, de gama alta o Premium. El mercado, a fecha de la presente, viene proveyendo soluciones de menor eficacia que la propuesta, mediante la compactación de escamas de hielo, de manera que el producto final, si bien presenta forma igualmente esférica, tiene también un tiempo de fusión menor, algo que, en definitiva, empeora la experiencia del cliente a la hora de consumirlo, dado que el cóctel dura menos tiempo fría y, además sus caracteres organolépticos se ven alterados por la mayor presencia de agua en el combinado.The need for this invention is justified in the potential demand by the hospitality market, which has welcomed the use of this type of molds for the accompaniment of cocktails and other types of beverages recently, as an exclusive product, high-end or Premium The market, to date of the present, has been providing solutions of less effectiveness than the proposal, by means of the compaction of ice flakes, so that the final product, although it has an equally spherical shape, also has a shorter fusion time, something that, ultimately, worsens the customer's experience when consuming it, given that the cocktail lasts less cold time and, in addition, its organoleptic characteristics are altered by the greater presence of water in the combination.

Antecedentes de la invenciónBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Resulta conocido desde los albores de la técnica el uso de moldes en general para la reproducción de volúmenes idénticos a partir de un original, en el sector industrial y alimentario, pero en el mercado de hielo industrial, envasado y comercializado por unidades de peso, no existe una solución que permita producir hielo directamente a partir del vertido de agua en un molde para su posterior congelación en forma esférica. La técnica empleada consiste en producir hielo en escamas para su posterior compactación a presión entre dos semi-moldes. Sin embargo, el rendimiento del producto difiere según la técnica de producción empleada, siendo así que el hielo obtenido por escamas presenta un tiempo de fusión menor que el hielo obtenido por vertido de agua y su posterior congelación, lo que influye en la satisfacción del cliente y en la eficiencia en coste. Como ya hemos señalado, no existe una tecnología que permita alcanzar los resultados propios de la congelación en un volumen esférico en el momento presente.It is known since the dawn of the technique the use of molds in general for the reproduction of identical volumes from an original, in the industrial and food sector, but in the industrial ice market, packed and marketed by units of weight, not There is a solution that can produce ice directly from the pouring of water into a mold for subsequent freezing in spherical form. The technique used is to produce flake ice for subsequent pressure compaction between two semi-molds. However, the performance of the product differs according to the production technique used, being that the ice obtained by scales has a shorter melting time than the ice obtained by pouring water and its subsequent freezing, which influences customer satisfaction. and in cost efficiency. As we have already pointed out, there is no technology to achieve the results of freezing in a spherical volume at the present time.

Descripción de la invenciónDescription of the invention

Consiste el dispositivo propuesto, a nivel unitario, en un conjunto de molde y contramolde. El molde o pieza inferior consiste en una base cuadrangular con un orificio redondo en su centro geométrico, de diámetro igual al de la figura positiva que se pretende obtener, y que desciende en forma cilíndrica y finaliza en una base de forma hemisférica. Dicha mitad del dispositivo será la que reciba el volumen de líquido apropiado para la obtención del positivo.It consists of the proposed device, at the unit level, in a mold and counter-mold assembly. The mold or inferior piece consists of a quadrangular base with a round hole in its geometric center, of equal diameter to that of the positive figure that is tried to obtain, and that descends in cylindrical form and finalizes in a base of hemispherical form. Said half of the device will be the one that receives the volume of liquid appropriate for obtaining the positive.

La mitad complementaria será similar a la anterior, en el sentido de contar con un remate cuadrangular en cuyo centro geométrico se ubicará un orificio redondo de un diámetro igual al de la figura positiva que se pretende obtener, descendiendo en forma cilíndrica hasta la mitad del recorrido de la parte inferior. Esta segunda mitad presenta una segunda semiesfera simétrica a la que sirve de base a la mitad inferior, y un orificio en su extremo superior destinado a la evacuación del eventual exceso de materia prima procedente del llenado del negativo.The complementary half will be similar to the previous one, in the sense of having a quadrangular finish in whose geometric center will be located a round hole of a diameter equal to that of the positive figure that is intended to be obtained, descending in a cylindrical form until halfway through from the bottom. This second half presents a second hemisphere symmetrical to which it serves as base to the lower half, and a hole at its upper end intended for the evacuation of any excess of raw material from the filling of the negative.

Al presentar ambas mitades volúmenes semiesféricos simétricos y de idéntico diámetro, y al coincidir los bordes de ambas piezas del dispositivo en el punto de mayor diámetro horizontal de la esfera, el volumen vacío de la conjunción de ambos resulta, precisamente, en una esfera perfecta de la dimensión deseada y la inserción de la pieza superior en el recorrido cilíndrico de la inferior asegura la estanqueidad del perímetro del modelo.By presenting both halves symmetrical hemispherical volumes of identical diameter, and when the edges of both pieces of the device coincide at the point of greatest horizontal diameter of the sphere, the empty volume of the conjunction of both results, precisely, in a perfect sphere of the desired dimension and the insertion of the upper part in the cylindrical path of the lower one assures the sealing of the perimeter of the model.

Mediante la replicación sucesiva de este molde en una misma pareja de soportes complementarios se obtienen bandejas de uso industrial para la producción simultánea de un número indeterminado de esferas de hielo, en el formato más conveniente en términos de unidades y de las dimensiones de las mismas requeridas para cada aplicación. Dichas bandejas presentan un diseño ajustado a las dimensiones de los equipos de congelación y desmoldeado de hielo más usuales del mercado, por lo que son aptas para un uso comercial inmediato. En la presente solicitud, estudiadas las medidas de los formatos de bandeja más habituales del mercado, se presenta un molde de diez unidades, distribuido en dos filas de cinco unidades, cada una de ellas.Through the successive replication of this mold in the same pair of complementary supports, trays of industrial use are obtained for the simultaneous production of an indeterminate number of ice spheres, in the most convenient format in terms of units and the dimensions of the same required. for each application. These trays have a design adjusted to the dimensions of the most common ice freezing and demolding equipment in the market, so they are suitable for immediate commercial use. In the present application, studied the measures of the most common tray formats of the market, a mold of ten units is presented, distributed in two rows of five units, each one of them.

FigurasFigures

- Figuras 1.a) a 1.j): En plano de la parte superior del molde: vistas superior y lateral bidimensionales del contramolde superior, con y sin líneas ocultas. Vistas tridimensionales en picado y contrapicado, con y sin líneas ocultas, con vista en picado del corte longitudinal del molde.- Figures 1.a) to 1.j): In plane of the upper part of the mold: top and side two-dimensional views of the upper counter-mold, with and without hidden lines. Three-dimensional views in choppy and contrapicado, with and without hidden lines, with a chopped view of the longitudinal cut of the mold.

- Figuras 2.a) a 2.j): En plano de la parte inferior o base del molde: vistas superior y lateral bidimensionales del contramolde superior, con y sin líneas ocultas. Vistas tridimensionales en picado y contrapicado, con y sin líneas ocultas, con vista en picado del corte longitudinal del molde.- Figures 2.a) to 2.j): In plane of the lower part or base of the mold: top and side two-dimensional views of the upper counter-mold, with and without hidden lines. Three-dimensional views in choppy and contrapicado, with and without hidden lines, with a chopped view of the longitudinal cut of the mold.

- Figuras 3.a) a 3.i): en plano de la bandeja formada por ambas mitades del molde. Vista bidimensional superior, inferior y lateral del molde, con sus dos piezas. Vista en picado, sección transversal y contrapicado. Vista en sección transversal tridimensional del encaje de molde y contramolde en picado y contrapicado. - Figures 3.a) to 3.i): in plane of the tray formed by both halves of the mold. Two-dimensional top, bottom and side view of the mold, with its two pieces. Sight in cross section and contrapicado. Three-dimensional cross-sectional view of the mold and counter-mold contraction.

Claims

1. Mold for the production of spherical objects from liquid raw materials from two complementary semi-molds with symmetrical and opposite hemispherical volumes, whose filling is done on its lower half and its closure by means of coupling or insertion , by equivalent manual or mechanical means, on this last one of the upper half, so that the space existing between both hemispheres forms a perfect sphere with a discharge orifice for the evacuation of the excess liquid raw material and coming from the filling of the mold. Apart from this specific point, the mold is watertight throughout its perimeter. Regardless of the dimensions of the appended figures, the model is claimed on a variable scale, as a manufacturing method and not as a specific object. The demolding is carried out by simple separation by manual or mechanical traction of both halves of the device. This technique ensures a technical advantage over the genre present in the market, which uses more complex methods and lower performance in terms of resistance to melting or shelf life of the product.

2. Trays obtained from replication in the same physical medium, such as trays, from the previous unitary mold, in a variable scale and according to specific indications, as a manufacturing technique on an industrial scale and not as a concrete object. In the present application, a tray of ten units is presented, distributed in two rows of five units each, which, due to their specific design dimensions, are compatible with the main ice production and demolition equipment on an industrial scale, so it is possible a direct commercial use of it.