RU197567U1 - MUG WITH MIXING MECHANISM - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to household appliances and is aimed at improving the usability for household needs of consumers, namely, to facilitate the preparation of liquid drinks. Various designs of mugs of various designs equipped with a built-in mug or, for example, a recess for storing food are known from the prior art. products. However, the use of dry food additives in drinks requires mixing, for which purpose various spoon shapes are still used. They require continuous storage together with a mug, as well as a separate spoon for pouring loose ingredients into a mug, such as granulated sugar (due to wetting with water). All this can be difficult during frequent trips and, especially, in tourism because of the high probability of loss, or vice versa, the probability of forgetting a spoon at home. The advantage of the proposed mug is that there is no need for additional accessories, since it is necessary to mix dry food additives (in particular sugar), poured into the prepared beverage (for example, tea), an insert is placed in the mug, held by the struts from the inside of the mug. When dry additives fall asleep in a drink, they fall on the plate of the mixing mechanism. Further, when pouring water inside, the process of dissolving the food additive begins, which is accelerated by pressing the button in the handle of the mug, which sets the plate in motion and provides shaking of the food additive and forced convection of the beverage liquid. Achieved technical result is to increase the convenience of mixing food additives in including sugar, by shaking them and providing convection of water when you press the button located in the handle of the mug. The solution eliminates the use of spoons, which is especially in demand in tourism.

Description

The technical field to which the utility model belongs. The utility model relates to household appliances and is aimed at improving the usability for household needs of consumers, namely, to facilitate the preparation of liquid drinks.

The level of technology. A mug with a hollow handle is already known from the prior art [RF patent for utility model No. 124544], comprising a housing with a bottom and a side wall to which a hollow handle is attached, connected by the upper part of its internal space to the body volume. The hollow handle is connected by the lower part of its internal space with the volume of the body, and the entire mug, including the body and the hollow handle, is made of glass.

The disadvantages of this solution include the lack of the possibility of stirring food additives (sugar) using the mug itself.

Combined mug is also known [RF patent for utility model No. 171225], which is a liquid-containing container with a handle and a lower located food container, and the side conical surface of the food container on the opposite side of the handle has an opening framed by borders at the edges.

This decision is made by the main prototype, the closest in its technical essence.

The disadvantages of this solution include the lack of the possibility of stirring food additives (sugar) using the mug itself.

Disclosure of a utility model. Various designs of mugs of various designs are known from the prior art, equipped with heating integrated in the mug or, for example, a recess for storing food products. At the same time, the addition to various drinks, especially tea, of loose food additives such as sugar is extremely common. This is due to the high taste of the drinks in which sugar was added. Without a doubt, we are talking about meeting the basic needs of society, since the reception of tea and coffee with sugar is a daily and very frequent procedure. In this case, the reception of drinks poured into the mug is carried out not only at home in the kitchen, but also in a wide variety of others - for example, in the country, on a camping trip in the woods, etc.

This requires the constant use of special devices - spoons, for mixing bulk food additives (sugar), and also requires storage near the mug. In some cases, especially on various trips and on hiking trips, this is a problem because it is accompanied by uncomfortable storage conditions and a high probability of losing a spoon for mixing.

There are various designs of mugs, known from the prior art, and solving the problem of thermal insulation from the external environment for storing heat (thermo mug); mugs with a compartment for storing products, as well as mugs with various cavities inside and shape options. However, they all do not solve the problem of facilitating the preparation of a drink and refusing a spoon. All known variants of the mug require an additional external device - a spoon, to prepare a drink.

The use of the drink requires its mixing, for which various spoon shapes are still used. Spoons require continuous storage with a mug, as well as a separate spoon for pouring bulk ingredients into a mug. All this can be difficult during frequent trips, especially in tourism due to the high probability of loss or vice versa, the probability of forgetting a spoon at home. In addition, spoons and mugs are made in different sizes, and in some cases the use of a spoon can be hindered by the high edge of the mug, or vice versa - too low the edge of the mug, and damage to the user's eyes.

In the proposed solution, the task of mixing bulk food additives is solved by installing a plate inside the mug, which provides mixing of bulk additives and convection when the button on the handle of the cup is pressed.

In FIG. 1 shows a vertical section of another analogue - a mug equipped with a complex mechanism. The figure shows a spring-loaded button at the top, a vertical lever and a horizontal lever connected with it by a swivel connection, which in turn rests on the bottom of the cup through the hinge, which allows it to transfer force to the opposite (free) edge of the lever, which supports the plate, which has a hinge connection from its edge to the wall of the circle. The scheme works as follows: when the button is pressed, the force is transmitted to the vertical lever, which transfers the force through the hinge to the horizontal lever, the opposite edge of which rises and pushes the horizontal plate up. In this case, both the shaking of bulk additives (sugar) and the mixing (convection) of water in a cup occur, which allows for the dissolution of bulk additives. This design was declared by the author in an earlier application, and has the right to exist, having its own advantages, explained by the use of a lever in its composition, and allows to increase the amplitude of vertical movement of the plate, which has a positive effect on efficiency (reducing the number of button presses required for mixing )

However, this design is more complex, which increases the cost of the final product. Its advantage can be attributed to fewer button presses required for mixing the liquid. The claimed solution simplifies the design, which leads to ease of use, reducing its cost and increasing reliability. Both options - both the one I stated earlier and the one presented in this application for a utility model, are technically feasible and have the right to exist due to their advantages.

In FIG. 2 shows a vertical section of the proposed mug with a stirring mechanism. The figure shows its distinguishing features - one of the main ones is the rigid connection of the plate at the bottom of the bottom of the mug with a vertical lever, without any hinges. It can also be seen in the figure that the vertical arm has bounding protrusions at the upper end, which limit said vertical arm from falling down or squeezing up. To articulate the vertical lever with a spring-loaded button, which is located in the handle of the mug, a locking latch is used on the protruding part of the button. Thus, when a button is pressed, the force is transmitted from it to the vertical lever, and lowering it together with the plate. The button in the handle of the cup is spring-loaded, which provides a return to its original position after removing the pressure. The plate travel at the bottom of the vertical lever is limited by the depth at which the button is pressed - since there are no articulated gears (levers) that reinforce the range of movement. However, when hot fluid is infused, the loose additives are actively dissolved, even a small movement of the plate below ensures effective shaking of the additive and convection of the liquid. At the same time, the process of dissolving bulk additives is accelerated, which is the essence of the industrial applicability of the proposed solution. It is desirable to have as much as possible a course of pressing the button, since it determines the course of the plate at the bottom of the proposed circle. However, a small vertical stroke of the plate can be compensated by a large number of clicks on the button. The latch inside the cavity of the circle ensures that the vertical lever is held in the horizontal plane, allowing its vertical movement. The latch allows both installation and removal of the lever.

For the proposed solution to work, it is necessary to match the external shape of the plate to the shape of the cavity of the circle (for example, square), and between the edge of the spiral and the inner surface of the wall of the circle there must be some clearance for convection of the liquid.

The design described above is simple and technologically advanced and can be made of food-grade plastic at its low cost in production. Also, the design is characterized by ease of maintenance due to the presence of a latch holding the lever with the plate - if necessary, washing the bottom of the mug, the lever can be removed from the holding latches holding it.

The proposed solution has the following differences from the prototype:

a latch is placed inside the cavity of the cup body, which limits the horizontal movement of the vertical lever and allows its vertical free movement;

on the lower end of the vertical lever is a plate rigidly attached to it;

the vertical lever has bounding protrusions at its upper end;

the distance between the limiting protrusions allows you to install the vertical lever in the locking latch closely;

a locking latch is located at the end of the spring-loaded button portion protruding into the body cavity.

Thus, the set of essential features of the utility model is previously unknown and leads to a new technical result - improving the convenience of mixing food additives.

A brief description of the drawings. In FIG. 1 shows a vertical section of a mug equipped with a complex mechanism. Here 1 is the body of the cup, 2 is the handle, 3 is the button, 4 is the spring, 5 is the vertical lever, 6 is the horizontal lever, 7 is the plate, 8 is the hinge. In FIG. 2 shows a vertical section of the proposed mug with a stirring mechanism. Here 1 is the body of the cup, 2 is the handle, 3 is the button, 4 is the spring, 5 is the vertical lever, 7 is the plate, 9 is the limiting protrusion, 10 is the locking latch, 11 is the latch.

Claims (1)

A mug containing a housing with a bottom and side walls, as well as a handle attached to the said side walls, a spring-loaded button is placed at the top of the handle, having a part protruding into the cavity of the housing, and characterized in that a latch is placed inside the housing cavity, restricting the horizontal stroke of the vertical lever and allowing vertical free movement, a plate having a clearance along the contour with the side walls of the circle is rigidly fixed on the lower end of the vertical lever, and the vertical lever has bounding protrusions at its upper end, and the distance between them ensures a tight installation of the vertical lever in the locking latch, a spring-loaded button portion located at the end of said inwardly protruding cavity of the housing.

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