KR101567544B1 - Smart beverage container - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart beverage container, which comprises a cup body for storing contents and a lid rotatably coupled to an opened upper portion of the cup body, wherein the cup body is disposed in a circumferential direction Wherein the lid has a downwardly protruding lower portion on one side of the lid to indicate the menu portion; A protective cover part formed integrally with the lid and spaced apart from the directing part and extending downward from the lower edge of the other side of the lid; And a straw-shaped suction portion protruding from the upper surface of the lid.

Description

{SMART BEVERAGE CONTAINER}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a smart beverage container, and more particularly, to a smart beverage container having a cup body and a lid as a set to recognize contents of beverages, coffee, tea and the like.

Generally, a beverage taken by a customer from a fast food restaurant, a take-out coffee shop, or a coffee shop is made of a paper cup formed of a paper material and a plastic lid covering an opened upper portion of the paper cup containing the beverage. Paper cups and lids are used in the form of paper-plastic packaging.

These beverage containers are usually used in a disposable manner and can be separated from paper cups and lids so as to prevent foreign substances from penetrating into the paper cups or to prevent the warming or leakage of contents, .

Particularly, the lid forms a drinking hole on the upper surface thereof so that the drink contained in the cup can be consumed even when the lid is not opened. The top surface of the lid is formed with a beverage receiving groove at a position close to the drinking hole so that some of the beverage remaining on the top surface after drinking through the drinking hole is received in the beverage receiving groove, Flow is prevented.

In addition, the cup is used by attaching a separate cup holder or sleeve for blocking or minimizing the heat transfer while enclosing the outer circumferential surface of the paper cup so that the image can be prevented by the high-temperature beverage contained therein.

For example, the holder of the disposable cup of Patent Document 1 which is the background of the invention discloses a holder and a disposable cup provided with embossing projections for heat insulation. Patent Document 1 is a shape that encloses the outer peripheral surface of the disposable cup such as a general cup holder or a sleeve, and is manufactured separately from the cup and used in combination with each other.

Therefore, conventionally, there is a possibility that a seller who sells hot drinks or a customer who buys hot drinks may not hold the holder in the cup, and in severe cases, a medical accident such as an image may occur. Further, since the holder is in the form of an inclined sleeve and the holder is simply fitted on the tapered outer circumferential surface of the cup, there is a disadvantage that the holder and the cup are separated from each other when the user holds the cup only.

On the other hand, the take-out beverage container having the beverage tag of Patent Document 2 has a fixing portion fitted to the beverage dispensing opening and a beverage tag supported by the fixing portion, and displays information May be displayed.

However, in Patent Document 2, there is an inconvenience that a beverage tag should be prepared for each beverage in the case of a serving person who provides the beverage to the customer, and the beverage tag and the fixing portion must be coupled to the beverage outlet each time the beverage is provided.

In addition, since the beverage dispensing port of Patent Document 2 or the drinking hole of Patent Document 1 is formed on the upper surface of the wall protruding from the beverage receiving groove portion, even if the mouth of the customer or the wall portion having the beverage dispensing opening is closely contacted with the customer's lips, It has a disadvantage that the beverage is leaking or leaking unnecessarily as if the beverage is leaking out through the gap and remains on the upper surface of the wall or the beverage receiving groove.

[Patent Literature]

(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0028487 (Apr. 31, 2014)

(Patent Document 2) Registration Utility Model No. 20-0471384 (Feb.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a coffee machine which can easily identify contents contained in a cup body through a menu part of a cup body and an instruction part of a lid, Can be prevented. In addition, it is possible to improve the grip force for catching the beverage container while preventing a safety accident such as an image through the protective cover portion formed integrally with the lid and formed with the concavo-convex portion, .

It is an object of the present invention to provide a smart beverage container including a cup body for containing contents and a lid rotatably coupled to an opened upper portion of the cup body, Wherein the lid has a downwardly protruding lower portion on one side of the lid to indicate the menu portion; A protective cover part formed integrally with the lid and spaced apart from the directing part and extending downward from the lower edge of the other side of the lid; And a straw-shaped suction part protruding from the upper surface of the lid.

In addition, according to the present invention, the menu portion is arranged with a predetermined distance along the circumferential direction of the cup body in the vertical direction.

According to the present invention, the indicator is formed in an arrow shape or a triangle shape.

Further, according to the present invention, a printing layer or a sticker having a hue different from the lid is further provided on the outer surface of the directing part.

According to the present invention, the surface of the protective cover portion is provided with at least one concavo-convex portion formed by a bent shape.

According to the present invention, the suction portion is integrally formed at the rim of the beverage discharge hole on the upper surface of the lid, and protrudes along the vertical direction to have a venturi shape.

Further, according to the present invention, the lid further includes a teabag-use groove portion provided on one side of the one side of the protective cover portion.

A smart beverage container according to the present invention is provided with a menu portion made up of a plurality of beverage names on a cup body and an instruction portion indicating a beverage name on a menu portion is provided on a lower edge of one side of the lid, By allowing the indicating portion to indicate the beverage name through the coupling, it is possible to easily identify the contents to be contained in the cup body even if the user does not open the lid.

Further, the present invention has a straw-shaped suction portion protruding from the upper surface of the lid, so that unnecessary leakage of the drink through the suction portion can be prevented.

In addition, the present invention provides a protective cover portion extending downward from the lower edge of the other side of the lid so that the protective cover is positioned outside the outer circumferential surface of the cup body by the coupling of the cup body and the lid, It is possible to prevent the heat of the contents from being transmitted to the user's hand through the protective cover portion to prevent the image, and it is possible to prevent the labor of attaching a separate cup holder or sleeve to the cup body It is effective.

Further, according to the present invention, the surface of the protective cover part is formed as a concave-convex part to improve the gripping force instead of preventing slippage, and excessive heat can be prevented from being transmitted to the user or the customer's hand by reducing the contact area with the cup body.

Further, according to the present invention, the protective cover portion is further provided with a groove for using a tea bag, so that when the lid is separated from the cup body, the extension of the tea bag is inserted into the groove portion so that the tea bag can be detached from the cup body together with the lid Thus, it is possible to prevent an accident that the paper handle at the end of the extension of the tea bag is pulled into the inside of the cup body, and the tea bag can be easily removed from the cup body.

1 is a perspective view of a smart beverage container according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the smart beverage container shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
FIGS. 3 and 4 are front views for explaining a method of using the smart beverage container shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view for explaining an application example of the smart beverage container shown in FIG. 1; FIG.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms and the inventor may appropriately define the concept of the term in order to best describe its invention It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments or applications described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It should be understood that various equivalents and modifications are possible.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the smart beverage container of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a smart beverage container according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the smart beverage container shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

1, the smart beverage container according to the present embodiment includes a cup body 100 capable of containing coffee, tea, hot water, cold water, juice, beverage, liquid, fluid, And a lid 200 that is openably and closably coupled to the open top of the beverage container as a packaging or set.

The material of the cup body 100 and the lid 200 may be a paper material that is a disposable paper cup material for the cup body 100 or a plastic material that can be injection molded for the lid 200, And may be selected from a group of materials that can be used as the material.

As is well known, the lid 200 is capable of preventing foreign substances from penetrating into the inside of the cup body 100, preventing the foreign matter from being kept warm or leaking out of the contents, For example, rotational force). In this case, the lid 200 and the cup body 100 can be combined with each other as a beverage container or used together to provide a smart function.

For example, the lid 200 and the cup body 100 have a menu part 110 displayed on the outer circumferential surface of the cup body 100 to solve the above-mentioned problems. Here, the menu unit 110 may be arranged so that the beverage name written in the vertical direction is maintained at a predetermined interval along the circumferential direction of the cup body 100. Here, the name of the beverage can be determined as the information required in the establishment using the beverage container. As shown in Fig. 1, the name of the beverage can be used as the name of the specific beverage corresponding to the kind of coffee (e.g., Americanino, cafeteria, cappuccino, . In other words, as shown in FIG. 5, it may be determined to correspond to the kind of car (for example, black tea, green tea, herbal tea, and herbal tea). Furthermore, the beverage name of the menu unit 110 is not limited to just letters, but may be composed of icons, markers, design images, colors, and symbols corresponding to the beverage names.

In addition, details such as the font size of the drink name, the background design of the font, the type of the font, the number of the drink, and the interval between the beverage names can be determined according to the product sold in the store where the smart beverage container of the present invention is to be used. Type and the like.

In addition, the cup body 100 may further include an additional information display unit (not shown) such as a logo of the shop, a corporate identity (CI) or a product introduction text in addition to the menu unit 110.

The lid 200 includes an instruction unit 210 formed integrally with the lid 200 so as to indicate any one of the drink names of the menu unit 110. Here, the indicator 210 is integrally formed by injection molding of the lid 200, and is formed so as to protrude downward from a lower edge of one side of the lid 200. Further, the instruction unit 210 may be formed in an arrow shape or a triangle shape to clearly indicate a corresponding region. In addition, a printing layer or a sticker 211 having a hue different from that of the lid 200 may be further provided on the outer surface of the instruction unit 210 to enhance the performance of recognition or discrimination.

 Here, the lid 200 is coupled to the cup body 100 using a general method of disposing a disposable paper cup and a lid. That is, at the edge of the lid 200, a cup edge insertion groove is formed along the circumferential direction of the lid 200 so that the cup body 100 can be inserted and resiliently engaged with the cup body 100. These cup edge insertion grooves can be engaged with the edges of the open top of the cup body 100. At this time, the inner surface of the cup rim insertion groove of the lid 200 and the rim of the opened upper portion of the cup body 100 can be rotated while maintaining a hermetic contact by rotation capable of separating frictional force.

When the lid 200 is rotated and stopped to determine the engagement position with the cup body 100 the indicator 210 of the lid 200 indicates the menu part 110 or more specifically, The name of the beverage of the menu part 110 corresponding to the contents contained in the inside of the food container 100 is indicated.

The user can recognize the beverage name of the menu part 110 indicated by the instruction unit 210 and easily identify the contents of the cup body 100 without opening the lid 200. [

Referring to FIG. 2, the lid 200 may further include a protective cover 220 formed integrally with the lid, spaced apart from the indicator, and extending downward from the lower edge of the other side of the lid.

The protective cover 220 is positioned outside the outer circumferential surface of the cup body 100 by only the coupling between the cup body 100 and the lid 200 so that even if contents such as hot beverages are contained in the cup body 100 , It is possible to prevent the heat of the contents from being transmitted to the user or the customer's hand to prevent the image, and it is possible to prevent the trouble of attaching a separate cup holder or sleeve (not shown) to the cup body 100 have. In addition, since the protective cover part 220, which is similar to the cup holder or the sleeve, is integrally connected to the lid 200, at least the cup body 100 can be pulled down or separated like a conventional cup holder or sleeve And can be spaced apart from the cup body 100 only when the lid 200 is detached from the cup body 100.

Particularly, the surface of the protective cover part 220 is formed with at least one concavo-convex part 221 formed by a curved shape. The concave / convex portion 221 can improve the gripping force of the user or the customer's hand contacting the protective cover portion 220 without slipping. The protective cover 220 can be partially or noncontacted with the outer circumferential surface of the cup body 100 by the shape of the protrusions 221 and thus the contact area with the cup body 100 It is possible to prevent excessive heat from being transmitted to the user or the customer's hand through the outer circumferential surface of the cup body 100 and the protective cover portion 220. [ Particularly, since the cup body 100 has a tapered shape with a vertical light-tight conformation, the protective cover portion 220 extending in the vertical direction from the lid 200 is in contact with the outer surface of the side surface of the cup body 100 And may not be overheated by the heat of the cup body 100.

1 or 2, the protective cover 220 may be formed to have a length longer than that shown to cover the entire area in the height direction of the cup body 100 corresponding to the height of the cup body 100, As shown in the figure, the cap body 100 may be formed to be relatively short so as to cover a part of the area of the cup body 100 corresponding to a region that can be held by the user. Also, the protective cover 220 may be formed in a plurality of lids 200. Since the cover part 220 is located apart from the instruction part 210, the instruction part 210 displays the beverage name indicated by the instruction part 210 among the beverage names of the menu part 110 (See Fig. 1), the beverage name discriminating power can be improved.

In addition, the present embodiment includes a straw-shaped suction portion 230 protruding from the upper surface of the lid 200. In addition, an air vent hole may be formed on the upper surface of the lid 200 in a very small size as compared with the suction portion 230.

The suction portion 230 is integrally formed at the edge of the beverage discharge hole on the upper surface of the lid 200 and protrudes along the vertical direction to have a venturi shape.

That is, since the suction portion 230 protrudes from the upper surface of the lid 200 like a straw shape, the cross-sectional area of the suction portion 230 is reduced and increased as in the case of the venturi tube, So that unnecessary leakage of the beverage can be prevented.

Hereinafter, a method of using the smart beverage container of the present invention will be described.

3 and 4 are front views for explaining a method of using the smart beverage container shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user may be a beverageservice of a store, and receives a beverage order from a customer visiting the store. Thereafter, the user places the contents (e.g., Americano) in the cup body 100 in response to the order.

Then, the user joins the lid 200 as if covering the opened upper part of the cup body 100 with the lid 200 which can be coupled to the cup body 100 according to the size of the cup body 100.

Thereafter, the user rotates and stops the lid 200 so that the instruction unit 210 of the lid 200 indicates the order content and the drink name (e.g. Americano) of the menu unit 110 corresponding to the contents .

Thus, the combined body of the cup body 100 and the lid 200, that is, the smart beverage container, is served to the customer in such a state that the instruction unit 210 indicates the beverage name.

In particular, when the user has a large number of customers and orders different beverages for each customer, there is an inconvenience in that the marking must be performed using the oil pen on the upper surface of the lid 200 in the conventional case, The inconvenience can be completely solved by simply rotating the lid 200 corresponding to the beverage made by the user after the lid 200 is coupled to the cup body 100.

Further, since the name other than the ordered beverage can be obscured by the protective cover unit 220, the contents contained in the cup body 100 and hidden by the lid 200 can be more easily identified .

4, when a user receives another order (e.g., cafe latte) from another customer, the user inserts contents such as a cafe latte corresponding to the order into a new cup body 100, The lid 200 may be engaged and rotated so that the instruction unit 210 indicates a drink name (e.g., caffe latte) corresponding to the order.

Since the customer who receives the beverage product catches the cup body 100 on the basis of the protective cover part 220, the heat of the cup body 100 is partially blocked by the protective cover part 220, The same safety accident can be prevented in advance.

In addition, when the content contained in the cup body 100 is appropriately cooled, the customer can drink the contents through the straw-shaped suction part 230, thereby preventing leakage of the contents.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an application example of the smart beverage container shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

The application example further includes a teabag walking slot 222 and is similar or very similar to the above-described one embodiment except that the drink name in the menu portion is different, so that the same reference numerals can be used for the same components for ease of explanation have.

Referring to FIG. 5, the lid 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention is further provided with a teabag-use groove portion 222 on one side of the side of the protective cover portion 220 thereof.

The tearbag latching groove portion 222 is formed as a seating portion which is horizontally extended from the inlet portion opened toward one side of the protective cover portion 220 and is formed as a downwardly bent seating portion, It is possible to mount or extend the extended line 11 of the tea bag 10 to the tear bag holding groove 222 through the shape of the paper bag 10 Can be caught in the narrow gap of the tear-off groove 222 and can not be easily separated. Accordingly, an accident that the paper grip 12 and the extension line 11 are pulled into the cup body 100 can be prevented.

In order to remove the tea bag 10 contained in the hot water in the cup body 100 for a proper time as shown in FIG. 5, the tea bag 10, The extension line 11 and the paper grip 12 can be removed together with the lid 200 at the same time. As described above, the tea bag 10 can be moved together with the lid 200 to be easily removed from the cup body 100, and the management of the tea bag 10 and the like is facilitated.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of illustration, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: cup body 110: menu part
200: lid 210: indicator
220: protective cover part 221: concave /
222: a teabag walking groove 230:

Claims (7)

A lid rotatably coupled to an opened top of the cup body; and a straw-shaped suction part protruding from an upper surface of the lid, wherein the cup body is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the cup body, Wherein the lid has a downwardly protruding lower portion on one side of the lid so as to indicate the menu portion, As a result,
Wherein the lid is formed integrally with the lid and spaced apart from the indicator, and includes a protective cover portion extending downward from a lower edge of the other side of the lid,
Wherein at least one surface of the protective cover portion is provided with a concavo-convex portion formed by a bent shape,
Wherein the menu portion is arranged with a predetermined distance along the circumferential direction of the cup body,
And the protective cover portion is not in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the cup body.
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Further comprising a print layer or a sticker on the outer surface of the indicator, the print layer having a color distinguishable from the lid.
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