GB2284052A - Gimbally-mounted holder for a liquid-containing receptacle - Google Patents

Gimbally-mounted holder for a liquid-containing receptacle Download PDF

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GB2284052A
GB2284052A GB9323810A GB9323810A GB2284052A GB 2284052 A GB2284052 A GB 2284052A GB 9323810 A GB9323810 A GB 9323810A GB 9323810 A GB9323810 A GB 9323810A GB 2284052 A GB2284052 A GB 2284052A
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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
    • A47G23/00—Other table equipment
    • A47G23/06—Serving trays
    • A47G23/0641—Serving trays provided with a plurality of openings, e.g. for carrying glasses, bottles or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N3/00—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for
    • B60N3/10—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B29/00—Accommodation for crew or passengers not otherwise provided for
    • B63B29/02—Cabins or other living spaces; Construction or arrangement thereof
    • B63B29/04—Furniture peculiar to vessels
    • B63B29/12—Self-levelling mountings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G2400/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A47G19/00-A47G23/16
    • A47G2400/08—Stabilizing containers or articles
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Abstract

The holder can hold a drink or liquid relatively steady on board a moving object. It is designed to overcome the turning forces as follows: 1. When a turning force around XX axis is encountered, causing the outer ring and moving object to tilt, due to the weight of the drink, the middle and inner rings will be maintained at their horizontal level, thus the drink will not be spilt. 2. When a turning force around YY axis is encountered, causing the middle ring, outer ring and moving object to tilt, due to the weight of the drink, the inner ring will be maintained at its horizontal level, thus the drink will not be spilt. <IMAGE>

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GYRO HOLDER This is an invention related to a holder capable of holding a cup of tea, or a glass of wine, or a bowl of soup steadily on board a car or a boat or other moving objects.
When you are traveling or moving around, by whatever means of transport, whether on a road, on water or in the air, you will experience some kind of disturbing forces from the surrounding.
For example the disturbing force due to uneven road surfaces will cause your car to jump up and down. The disturbing force due to waves will cause even a stationary boat to move up and down, and from side to side.
The disturbing force is the major reason causing a drink (or liquid) on board a moving object to be spilt over.
Our invention is about a holder; we call it " GYRO HOLDER ", which can hold a drink or liquid relatively steady on board a moving object without it spilling over.
A Gyro Holder's main feature consists of 3 rings, namely inner, middle and outer ring, as illustrated in FIG.1.
The inner circle of the inner ring is the place for holding a cup or a glass of drink.
The inner ring has two axles diagonally opposite to each other.
The ends of the axle rotate on ball bearings in the middle ring (as shown in FIG.1).
The middle ring, same as the inner ring, has two axles diagonally opposite to each other. The ends of the axles rotate on the ball bearings in the outer ring. However the middle ring's axles are perpendicular to the inner ring's axles (as shown in FIG.1).
In this case, the inner ring can rotate freely in the middle ring and around axis YY, while the middle ring can rotate freely in the outer ring and around XX axis.
(Note that in our case, XX and YY axes are two perpendicular axes and on the same horizontal level. Meanwhile, ZZ axis is a vertical axis perpendicular to both XX and YY axes or the horizontal level.) We know that any disturbing force can be represented by two kinds of forces, in our case, as follows: 1. Direct force along XX, YY or ZZ axis, asserted onto the Gyro Holder, and through its CG (Centre of Gravity), causes the Gyro Holder to move in the same direction as the force, 2. Turning force around XX, YY or ZZ axis, asserted onto the Gyro Holder, not through its CG, causes the Gyro Holder to turn around XX, YY or ZZ axis.
As a cup or glass of drink on board a moving object is likely to encounter more turning forces than direct forces, our Gyro Holder is designed to overcome this turning forces.
When the outer ring is fixed to a table top of a moving object with a glass of drink positioned in the inner circle of the inner ring, the Gyro Holder is ready to react.
When there are no disturbing forces, both middle and inner rings, with the help of the weight of the drink, are rested at horizontal level, regardless whether the outer ring is at horizontal level or not.
When the turning forces are encountered the reaction of the Gyro Holder is as follows 1. When a turning force around XX axis is encountered, causing the outer ring and moving object to tilt, due to the weight of the drink, the middle and inner rings will be maintained at their horizontal level, thus the drink will not be spilt.
2. When a turning force around YY axis is encountered, causing the middle ring, outer ring and moving object to tilt, due to the weight of the drink, the inner ring will be maintained at its horizontal level, thus the drink will not be spilt.
3. A turning force around ZZ axis in this case will not cause a drink to spill.
The reaction of our Gyro Holder to the turning forces behaves just like a Gyroscope . No matter what kind of turning forces encountered the gyroscopic movement of the rings helps to stablise the drink.
The idea of using the Gyroscopic movement of the rings to stablise the holding of a cup of tea, a glass of drink, or a bowl of soup etc. is adopted here.
Some examples of Gyro Holder's applications are mentioned below; 1. When you are carrying a number of drinks on a tray from one place to other , if the tray is fitted with Gyro Holder, then it will be a lot easier for the server to deliver the drinks without spilling (a tray, on to which six Gyro Holders can be fitted, is illustrated in FIG.2).
2. If a table top is fitted with the Gyro Holders on board a moving object, such as a boat, train or coach, then the chance of a drink being spilt over is very much reduced even through a rough journey.
3. At the back of a seat in a car or train, a Gyro Holder can be attached to hold a drink steadily (see illustration in FIG.3).

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  1. CLAIM
    Our Gyro Holder can hold a drink or liquid relatively steady on board a moving object. It is designed to overcome the turning forces as follows 1. When a turning force around XX axis is encountered, causing the outer ring and moving object to tilt, due to the weight of the drink, the middle and inner rings will be maintained at their horizontal level, thus the drink will not be spilt.
  2. 2. When a turning force around YY axis is encountered, causing the middle ring, outer ring and moving object to tilt, due to the weight of the drink, the inner ring will be maintained at its horizontal level, thus the drink will not be spilt.
  3. 3. A turning force around ZZ axis in this case will not cause a drink to spill.
    The reaction of our Gyro Holder to the turning forces behaves just like a Gyroscope . No matter what kind of turning forces encountered the gyroscopic movement of the rings helps to stablise the drink.
    The idea of using the Gyroscopic movement of the rings to stablise the holding of a cup of tea, a glass of drink, or a bowl of soup etc. is adopted here.
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GB2444044A (en) * 2006-11-21 2008-05-28 Roger Fairest Boat beverage holder
GB2588234A (en) * 2019-10-18 2021-04-21 Safran Seats Gb Ltd A drink receptacle holder

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GB277370A (en) * 1926-09-13 1927-12-22 Gen Electric Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to the transportation of fragile vessels
GB418729A (en) * 1933-07-10 1934-10-30 Emile Maurice Hermes Improvements in holders for table- and other articles
GB660822A (en) * 1948-12-03 1951-11-14 George Frederick Baldock Improvements in or relating to devices for facilitating the suspension or transport of articles containing spillable media
US4093166A (en) * 1976-08-21 1978-06-06 Shonosuke Iida Horizontal posture maintenance structure
US4437636A (en) * 1982-02-12 1984-03-20 Anthony Mazzurco Self-orientating fluid container device

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB277370A (en) * 1926-09-13 1927-12-22 Gen Electric Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to the transportation of fragile vessels
GB418729A (en) * 1933-07-10 1934-10-30 Emile Maurice Hermes Improvements in holders for table- and other articles
GB660822A (en) * 1948-12-03 1951-11-14 George Frederick Baldock Improvements in or relating to devices for facilitating the suspension or transport of articles containing spillable media
US4093166A (en) * 1976-08-21 1978-06-06 Shonosuke Iida Horizontal posture maintenance structure
US4437636A (en) * 1982-02-12 1984-03-20 Anthony Mazzurco Self-orientating fluid container device

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2444044A (en) * 2006-11-21 2008-05-28 Roger Fairest Boat beverage holder
GB2444044B (en) * 2006-11-21 2010-01-06 Roger Fairest Boat beverage holder
GB2588234A (en) * 2019-10-18 2021-04-21 Safran Seats Gb Ltd A drink receptacle holder
WO2021074638A1 (en) * 2019-10-18 2021-04-22 Safran Seats GB Limited A drink receptacle holder
GB2588234B (en) * 2019-10-18 2022-12-28 Safran Seats Gb Ltd A drink receptacle holder

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