FR2791543A1 - Device for sweetening tea, coffee, hot chocolate, etc has sweetener attached to one end of elongate rigid disposable part including sleeve and covered with removable protective film - Google Patents

Abstract

A device has some sweetener attached to one end of an elongate rigid disposable part that includes a sleeve. The device also has a removable protective film. The sleeve may form the majority of the disposable part. It has holes for keying to the sweetener. The disposable part may be of wood or injection molded plastic. The film may be of plastic or paper. The sweetener may be sugar or an artificial sweetener and may also include calva, cognac, rum, etc for adding to coffee, etc.

Description

The present invention relates to a semi-disposable device intended for

  eliminate part of the plunge in establishments that serve drinks and sweeten hot drinks like

  coffee, tea, chocolate and various herbal teas.

  The sweetening of these hot drinks is traditionally carried out using pieces of sugar and a small spoon, which is not extremely hygienic and which adds to the drudgery of diving

  establishments that serve these drinks.

  The device according to the invention makes it possible to remedy this drawback as it eliminates the use of small spoons so it eliminates part of the immersion of establishments which serve

hot drinks.

  According to a first characteristic, it comprises a rigid and disposable elongated part made of wood or plastic injection which can be of various shapes and which is used at one of its handle ends, which allows the user to grasp the device. in order to be able to dip its other end, which is preferably wider,

  provided with holes or notches which hold a sweetening compound.

  this part in crystallized sugar or made up of all other sweetening materials, can be of various forms (santon, fairy star, woodpecker, square, heart, trefoil, duck, ect ...) or

simple and running form.

  The user therefore having possibly soaked this end provided with a sweetening compound in a hot drink, can then touch

  quickly to effectively sweeten this drink.

  According to particular embodiments: - The elongated and disposable part must be rigid and can take

various forms.

  -2- It can be round, square, or rectangular in section over its entire length, but it is preferable that its end, which is embedded in the sweetening part, is more enlarged and provided with holes or

  notches so that the sugar stays well attached.

  In addition, the widening of this end makes it possible to rotate

the liquid that we have to sweeten.

  - the sweetening part which is linked to one of its ends can

  be of any shape or decorative nature.

  It can take the form of a disc, a square, a santon, or the

  shape of a heart, a trefoil, a square, a pick or the like.

  What is a must for palaces, casinos, airports,

  catering in planes ect ..

  The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

  Figure 1 shows the device of the invention.

  FIG. 2 represents a variant of this device.

  With reference to these drawings, the device comprises an elongated rigid and disposable part (1) which serves as a handle (2) at one of its ends and which at its other end maintains a part in crystallized sugar

  or a sweetening compound (3) which can have any shape.

  Before use, this sweetening part (3) is covered with a film.

protector (4).

  The length of the handle (2) is such that it allows the user to be able to grasp the device without touching the sweetening part (3) and once he (3) has removed his protective film (4) ,

  without burning, it can soak it (3) in a hot drink.

  The user will then be able to touch quickly, which will have the effect of dissolving the sweetening part (3) which, by melting, will sweeten the hot drink. When the sweetening part (3) is partly or entirely melted according to the convenience of the user, the elongated and rigid part (1) which constitutes the disposable part of the device can then be put

the bin.

  In the embodiment according to FIG. 2,1 'enlarged end of the rigid and disposable elongated part (1) which is embedded in the sweetening part (3) is provided with notches, which allows a

  better fixation of this sweetening part (3).

  according to a variant not illustrated, the sweetening part (3) can be produced in the various crystallized sugars or not, natural or chemical: bettraves sugar, cane sugar, maple sugar, or in the new sugars currently marketed in the USA which are found to be 20 times sweeter, which will greatly reduce the volume generated by the sweetening part (3) This part (3) can be of various decorative forms (santon, heart, trefoil, square, peak, square, star of fé ect ..) This sweet part (3) can also be soaked with an alcohol

  (calva, cognac, rum ect ..) to enhance the coffees taken as a digestif.

  What constitutes a must for palaces, casinos ect ...

  The rigid and disposable elongated part (1) of the device can be made of wood or plastic in a single molding operation

by injection.

  The sweetening part (3) of the device will be added by means of one or more robotic operations to the perforated or notched electric end of the rigid and disposable elongated part (1) after the sweetening element has been produced according to common techniques used in industry 4 - sugar (crystallization, evaporation, molding ect ...) or also according to techniques used in the chemical sugar industry

<chemical sugars).

  This part (3) can also be added manually by creating a sweet dough by slightly wetting sugar with water or alcohol and then pouring this composition onto the rigid and disposable elongated part (1) of the device, then proceed with drying or evaporation of

  the humidity generated by this technique to harden the sugar.

  The protective film (4) may or may not be decorative.

  It may be made of flexible plastic which will be produced according to the techniques used in plastics or in food paper according to

  techniques for making this kind of paper.

  By way of nonlimiting example, the rigid and disposable elongated part

  (1) will have a length of 87 MMM and a wide end of 9 MM.

  In its widest end the holes or the notches could be

  of various shapes and sizes.

  The sweetening part (3) can weigh 5 grams or less if we use the new sugars currently used in the USA which have the particularity

  to be at least 20 times sweeter.

  The device according to the invention cannot be compared to a pacifier or to

  barley sugar because it is not intended to be sucked.

  The device according to the invention is particularly intended to remove part of the dive from establishments serving drinks (airports, catering on airplanes, palaces, casinos ect.) The device according to the invention is particularly suitable for sweetening

hot drinks.

Claims (6)

  1) Semi-disposable hygienic device for sweetening hot drinks   like coffee, tea, chocolate and herbal teas.   Characterized in that it comprises a rigid and disposable elongated part (1) which serves at one of its handle ends (2) and which at its other end maintains a sweetening part (3) which is intended to sweeten when the user removed their protective film (4) and then   (3) soak it in a hot drink.   2) Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the handle (2) constitutes the major part of the elongated and rigid part (1), only a smaller but wider area and provided with holes or notches, ensures the maintains of the sweetening part (3) which is added to it by one or more robotic operations after the sweetening element has been produced according to the evaporation crystallization and molding techniques used in the sugar industry or according to the techniques   of chemical preparation of sweetening products.   3) Device according to claim 1 or claim 2 characterized in that the elongate and rigid part (1) can be made of wood or plastic in a single injection molding operation. 4) Device according to the preceding claim characterized in that   the elongated and rigid part (1) remains disposable.   ) Device according to any one of the preceding claims   characterized in that the elongated and rigid part (1) can be wider and provided with holes or notches where it is embedded in the sweetening part (3). 6 - CLAIMS (Continued).   6) Device according to any one of the preceding claims   characterized in that the sweetening part (3) can be produced in the various sugars, crystallized or not, natural or chemical: cane sugar, maple sugar, beet sugar or in the new sugars currently used in the USA which have for peculiarity of being times sweeter.   7) Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sugar-te part (3) can be soaked   alcohol such as calva, cognac, rum ect .. to enhance the coffee.   8) Device according to any one of the preceding claims   characterized in that before use the sweetening part (3) is   covered with a protective film (4) made of plastic or food paper.