RU221021U1 - Marked capsule holder cup with a capsule piercer fixed at the bottom - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of a system for the safe preparation of single-ingredient drinks, such as, for example, Americano or espresso, by passing hot water through one capsule containing the substance for preparing the drink. The utility model can be used in devices for preparing drinks, which are vending machines, which are used in taxis. The technical result is an increase in the safety of the system for the safe preparation of one-component drinks. The technical result is achieved by a marked capsule holder with a capsule piercer fixed at the bottom, including a socket for installing a capsule with a drink extract, consisting of a side wall and a bottom, as well as an annular part containing holes for drinking, inseparably connected to the socket for installing the capsule and with the upper edge of the side wall, a lower capsule piercer mounted on the inner part of the bottom, configured to be removably connected, a holder placed on the inner part of the bottom, configured to hold the lower capsule piercer, characterized in that it contains markings that can be read by a car scanner coffee machines. 2 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to elements of a system for the safe preparation of single-ingredient drinks, such as, for example, Americano or espresso, by passing hot water through one capsule containing the substance for preparing the drink. The utility model can be used in devices for preparing drinks, which are vending machines, which are used in taxis.

A stationary automobile coffee maker is known, in which a coffee mug can be removably placed in the brewing station, which is closed with a removable lid, and the lid for the drink includes a chamber for capsules formed in it, including at least one hole for draining the finished drink into a coffee mug, as well as a capsule holder that includes a hole for passing water (patent US7487712, published 02/10/2009). This solution provides protection against splashing in shaking conditions, but is only applicable for individual use and requires systematic cleaning of the lid and capsule retainer, which is not suitable for use in public transport.

It is known to use in a device for preparing beverages a part for connecting to a vessel for removable connection with the rim of the connected vessel; an annular portion in the form of a lid panel extending radially inward relative to said portion for connection to a container having an opening of considerable size for the passage of a large amount of liquid; part in the form of a chamber for receiving into it a portion of flavoring material formed by walls extending downward relative to the mentioned part in the form of a lid panel and to a position significantly below the mentioned part for connection to the vessel (RF Application for an invention No. 99115457, publ. 06/10/2001 ). The described solution includes a chamber for receiving a portion of flavoring material, which does not ensure the tightness of the flavoring material, which negatively affects the taste of the resulting drink, especially coffee. In addition, the known solution, when used in conditions of shaking and vibration, does not ensure safety for the user, since this design of the device assumes the presence of an open stream of hot water used for brewing.

A device is known in which a capsule with coffee extract is inserted into a holder and placed in a container into which the drink that has leaked through the capsule flows, which, in turn, flows through a flexible hose into a paper or plastic cup and is transferred to the consumer (US patent US 5150645, published 05/29/1991). Above the capsule there are blades for piercing the capsule. The disadvantage of the device is the need to make a hole in the receiving glass for a hose through which the drink enters the glass and fixing the glass, for example, in vehicles.

The technical result achieved by the claimed utility model is to increase the safety of the system for the safe preparation of one-component drinks.

To achieve the technical result, a marked capsule holder cup with a capsule piercer fixed at the bottom is claimed, including a socket for installing a capsule with a drink extract, consisting of a side wall and a bottom, as well as an annular part containing holes for drinking, inseparably connected to the socket for installation capsule and with the upper edge of the side wall, a lower capsule piercer mounted on the inner part of the bottom, configured to be removably connected, a holder placed on the inner part of the bottom, configured to hold the lower capsule piercer, characterized in that it contains a marking configured to reading by a car coffee machine scanner.

The essence of the claimed utility model is illustrated

Figure 1 - Marked capsule holder cup with a capsule piercer fixed at the bottom, A - top view, B - side sectional view of the inventive device.

Fig. 2 - Marked capsule holder cup with a capsule piercer fixed at the bottom with a capsule installed, installed in a car coffee machine mounted in the car interior. Side sectional view.

Wherein:

1. Ring part

2. Side wall

3. Socket for installing the capsule

4. Bottom

5. Cup body

6. Bottom capsule piercer

7. Capsule

8. Holder

9. Marking

10. Car coffee machine

11. Scanner

The claimed device, a marked capsule holder cup with a capsule piercer fixed at the bottom, is an element of a system for the safe preparation of single-ingredient drinks.

The system for the safe preparation of one-component drinks is a system of elements connected to each other. The elements of the system for the safe preparation of single-component drinks are a car coffee machine 10 not equipped with an internal capsule holder and equipped with a scanner 11, and the claimed device.

Ensuring safety in the system for the safe preparation of single-component drinks is achieved by eliminating the open stream of hot drink when preparing the drink. For this purpose, a car coffee machine without an internal capsule holder uses an external capsule holder, which is the claimed device. The claimed device is connected to a car coffee machine using the upper capsule piercer, which is an element of the car coffee machine, which is tightly pressed against the capsule placed in the claimed device, so that the water coming out of the car coffee machine enters the capsule, and then, in the form of a finished drink, flows into the declared device. This drink preparation scheme eliminates an open jet, which ensures protection from the drink getting on the passenger and the car interior during a trip in shaking and vibration conditions, thus making the process of preparing a one-component drink safe.

The claimed device contains an annular part 1 containing holes for drinking, inseparably connected to the socket for installing the capsule 3 and to the body of the glass 5, which consists of a side wall 2 and a bottom 4 and contains a lower capsule piercer 6, mounted on the inside of the bottom 4, made with the possibility of removable connection using a holder 8 fixed to the inside of the bottom 4.

The claimed device is made of plastic and contains a ring part 1, monolithically connected to the body of the glass 5 by casting. The annular part 1 contains drinking holes, which can be equipped with protective caps. The annular part 1 is monolithically connected, by casting, to the socket for installing the capsule 3 and is made with the ability to access and tightly press the upper capsule piercer, which is an element of the automobile coffee machine 10, to the capsule 7 installed in the socket for installing the capsule 3. Socket for installing the capsule 3 made with the possibility of tightly fixing the capsule 7, preventing the capsule 7 from falling out of the socket for installing the capsule 3 and spilling and/or splashing of liquid from the body of the glass 5 through the connection “socket for installing the capsule 3 - capsule 7”.

Increasing the safety of the system for the safe preparation of single-component drinks is ensured by reducing the likelihood of using defective declared devices, since a defective claimed device may create a danger, for example, of accidental removal of the claimed device from the glass, and/or the capsule falling out, and/or breakage of the claimed device. device while drinking a drink, which may result in a hot drink pouring from a glass onto a passenger and/or elements of the car interior.

The claimed device is manufactured using injection molding, for example, using an injection molding machine. To produce the claimed device, you will need to make a mold into which molten plastic material is poured under pressure. The claimed device is a complex figure having a combination of undercuts. The production of the claimed device in a monolithic design will require the manufacture of a complex mold, which may include special form-building elements, such as folding punches, composite and sliding dies and special removal plates. Obviously, the more complex the mold, the higher the defect rate. In the “Great Encyclopedia of Oil and Gas” with reference to the book by Samokhvalov Y.A. “Handbook of Design Technicians”, in chapter 8 “Parts made of plastics” it is written: “...Undercuts impair the manufacturability of parts, reduce their accuracy and surface quality, complicate the design of the mold and limit productivity during pressing. By changing the design of products, undercuts can be avoided. If it is impossible to avoid undercuts, then in some cases it is advisable to split such a part into two (or more) simple parts...” page 330, paragraph 5. https://www.ngpedia.ru/pg1677673pmQmENz0001274576/.

Thus, it is possible to reduce the number of defects if you make one mold for the production of a marked capsule holder containing one holder 8 on the inside of the bottom 4 and a second mold for the production of a lower capsule piercer 6. Thus, you can obtain two products (the first – a marked capsule holder containing one holder 8 on the inside of the bottom 4, the second - the lower capsule piercer 6) and insert the lower capsule piercer 6 into the holder 8 before use. This method will ensure a smaller amount of waste, in comparison with the version of the mold for a marked capsule-holder glass with a capsule piercer fixed at the bottom, made monolithically, which will increase the safety of the system for the safe preparation of one-component drinks.

To use capsules 7 without an internal piercer, the claimed device contains a lower capsule piercer 6, including at least one piercing element (for example, a needle), which is fixed to the inside of the bottom 4 using a removable connection, while the sharp piercing part of the lower piercer capsule 6 is configured to puncture capsule 7 when placing capsule 7 in the slot for installing capsule 3.

The removable connection of the lower capsule piercer 6 is made using a holder 8, made with the ability to fix the lower capsule piercer 6 by repeating part of the shape of the lower capsule piercer 6 with the inner part of the holder 8. The holder 8 is made integrally with the bottom 4 using casting.

Increasing the safety of the system for the safe preparation of single-component drinks is ensured by eliminating the possibility of using the claimed device with a car coffee machine that does not correspond to the claimed device, for example, with a car coffee machine designed to prepare multi-component drinks, in which the upper capsule piercer is configured to pierce several capsules, the location of which differs from the location of the capsule in the claimed device. Supplying water to the upper capsule piercer of a car coffee machine designed to prepare multi-ingredient drinks will result in hot water splashing past the capsule and creating the danger of hot water splashing onto the user and the vehicle interior.

To eliminate such a danger, the claimed device contains marking 9, which can be a bar code or a QR code, which is applied to the claimed device, for example, by painting and/or gluing and/or burning and/or casting and/or stamping or by using any other method of application. Marking 9 contains encoded information, for example, about the type of the declared device and/or any other information that allows the automobile coffee machine 10 to identify the declared device as an element that, based on the type and legitimacy of production, can be used with the automobile coffee machine 10. The presence of marking 9 allows you to control the compatibility of the declared device and automobile coffee machine 10, and also allows you to obtain any other information about the declared device, which may be contained in the marking 9. To read the marking 9, the automobile coffee machine 10 contains a scanner 11. The automobile coffee machine 10 is designed to receive and analyze information obtained from the marking 9 and making a decision about the possibility or impossibility of operating the automobile coffee machine 10 together with the proposed claimed device. The analysis of the marking 9 occurs, for example, using the electronic control unit of a car coffee machine, which is designed to analyze the information received from the marking 9 and send a command to the elements of the car coffee machine 10 to prepare a drink or block the process of preparing a drink. Marking 9 can be applied to any place of the claimed device with the ability to read marking 9 by scanner 11.

The utility model works as follows.

The user manually inserts the lower capsule piercer 6 into the holder 8, then inserts the capsule 7 into the slot for installing the capsule 3, while the capsule is pierced with its lower part by the lower capsule piercer 6, after which the user places the claimed device with the installed capsule in the car coffee machine 10 and presses the upper capsule piercer, which is an element of a car coffee machine, to the capsule 7 using a pressing device, for example a lever. The user turns on the water supply. The automobile coffee machine 10, using the scanner 11, reads the marking 9, analyzes the information received and sends a command to the elements of the automobile coffee machine 10 to prepare a drink or blocks the process of preparing the drink. Using a water pump, water is supplied to the upper piercer, which is made with the possibility of draining the water passing through the upper piercer into the capsule 7 through the puncture, passes through the capsule 7 into the body of the glass 5. After the marked capsule holder cup with the capsule piercer fixed at the bottom is filled , the user moves the upper capsule piercer away from the claimed device by lifting the lever and removes the claimed device. The drink is ready to drink through the drinking hole. After consuming the drink, the user disposes of the claimed device along with the capsule.

Thus, the claimed utility model makes it possible to increase the safety of the system for the safe preparation of a one-component drink.

Claims (1)

Marked glass-capsule holder with a capsule piercer fixed at the bottom, including a socket for installing a capsule with a drink extract, consisting of a side wall and a bottom, as well as an annular part containing holes for drinking, inseparably connected to the socket for installing the capsule and with the upper edge of the side walls, a lower capsule piercer attached to the inner part of the bottom, configured to be removably connected, a holder placed on the inner part of the bottom, configured to hold the lower capsule piercer, characterized in that it contains markings that can be read by a car coffee machine scanner.