RU221422U1 - Marked glass holder for two capsules with two capsule piercers fixed on the bottom - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of a system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino, by passing hot water through two capsules containing a 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 marked glass holder for two capsules with two capsule piercers fixed at the bottom, including a socket for installing two capsules 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 two capsules and with the upper edge of the side wall, two lower capsule piercers mounted on the inner part of the bottom, made with the possibility of removable connection, two holders placed on the inner part of the bottom, each of which is configured to hold the lower capsule piercer, characterized in that it contains markings, designed to be read by a car coffee machine scanner. The technical result is an increase in the safety of the system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks. 2 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to elements of a system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino, by passing hot water through two capsules containing a 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 two-component drinks.

To achieve the technical result, a marked glass holder for two capsules is claimed with two capsule piercers fixed on the bottom, including a socket for installing two capsules 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 a socket for installing two capsules and with the upper edge of the side wall, two lower capsule piercers mounted on the inner part of the bottom, configured for removable connection, two holders placed on the inner part of the bottom, each of which is configured to hold the lower capsule piercer, different in that it contains markings that can be read by a car coffee machine scanner.

The essence of the claimed utility model is illustrated

Fig. 1 - Marked glass holder of two capsules with two capsule piercers fixed on the bottom, A - top view, B - side sectional view of the inventive device.

Fig. 2 - Marked glass holder of two capsules with two capsule piercers fixed on the bottom with two capsules installed, installed in a car coffee machine mounted in the car interior. Side sectional view.

Wherein:

Ring part

Side wall

Socket for installing two capsules

Bottom

Cup body

Bottom capsule piercer

Capsule

Holder

Marking

Car coffee machine

Scanner

The claimed device, a marked glass holder of two capsules with two capsule piercers fixed at the bottom, is an element of a system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks.

The system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks is a system of elements connected to each other. The elements of the system for the safe preparation of two-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 two-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 holder for two capsules, which is the claimed device. The claimed device is connected to a car coffee machine using the top piercer of two capsules, which is an element of the car coffee machine, which is tightly pressed against two capsules placed in the claimed device, so that the water coming out of the car coffee machine enters two capsules, and then, in the form of the finished drink flows into the declared device. This scheme for preparing the drink eliminates an open stream, 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 two-component drink safe.

The claimed device contains an annular part 1 containing drinking holes, inseparably connected to a socket for installing two capsules 3 and to a glass body 5, which consists of a side wall 2 and a bottom 4 and contains two lower capsule piercers 6, fixed on the inside of the bottom 4 , made with the possibility of removable connection using two holders 8, fixed on 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 ring part 1 is monolithically connected, by casting, to a socket for installing two capsules 3 and is made with the ability to access and tightly press the upper piercer of two capsules, which is an element of a car coffee machine 10, to the two capsules 7 installed in the socket for installing two capsules 3. Socket for installing two capsules 3 is designed to tightly fix two capsules 7, preventing two capsules 7 from falling out of the socket for installing two capsules 3 and spilling liquid from the body of the glass 5 through the connection “socket for installing two capsules 3 - capsules 7”.

To use two capsules 7 without an internal piercer, the claimed device contains two lower capsule piercers 6, each of which contains a piercing element (for example, a needle) and is fixed on the inside of the bottom 4 using a removable connection, while the sharp piercing part of each two lower piercers of the capsule 6 are configured to pierce the capsule 7 when placing two capsules 7 in the slot for installing two capsules 3.

The removable connection of the lower capsule piercers 6 is made using two holders 8, each of which is designed 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 two holders 8 are made integrally with the bottom 4 using casting.

Increasing the safety of the system for the safe preparation of two-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 one-component drinks, in which the upper capsule piercer is configured to pierce a capsule, the location of which is different on the location of the capsules in the claimed device. Supplying water to the upper capsule piercer of a car coffee machine designed to prepare single-ingredient drinks will cause hot water to splash past the capsules and create a risk of hot water splashing onto the user and the vehicle interior.

To eliminate such danger, the claimed device contains marking 9, which can be a barcode or 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 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.

Increasing the safety of the system for the safe preparation of two-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 a glass and/or capsule falling out and/or destruction of the claimed device during time of use and, as a result, pouring of a hot drink from a glass while drinking a drink 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, it is necessary 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 the 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 amount of defects if you make one mold for the production of a marked cup-holder of two capsules, containing two holders 8 on the inside of the bottom 4 and a second mold for the production of the lower capsule piercer 6. Thus, three products are obtained ( marked glass-holder for two capsules, containing two holders 8 on the inside of the bottom 4, and two lower capsule piercers 6) and insert the two lower capsule piercers 6 into the holders 8 before use. This method will provide a smaller amount of defects, in comparison with the version of the mold for a marked glass-holder of two capsules with two capsule piercers fixed at the bottom, made monolithically, which will reduce the likelihood of using defective devices, and, therefore, increase the safety of the system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks.

The utility model works as follows:

The user manually inserts the two lower capsule piercers 6 into the holders 8, then inserts two capsules 7, the first of which may contain, for example, coffee extract, and the other, for example, milk powder or sugar, into the slot for installing two capsules 3, with two the capsules are pierced with their lower parts by the lower capsule piercers 6, after which the user places the claimed device with the installed capsules in a car coffee machine 10 and presses the upper piercer of two capsules, which is an element of the car coffee machine, to the capsules 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 designed to allow water to flow down, passing through the upper piercer into two capsules 7 through the punctures, passes through the capsules 7 inside the body of the glass 5. After the marked glass-holder of two capsules with two fixed at the bottom the capsule piercer 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 capsules.

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

Claims (1)

A marked glass holder for two capsules with two capsule piercers fixed at the bottom, including a socket for installing two capsules 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 two capsules and with the upper edge of the side wall, two lower capsule piercers mounted on the inner part of the bottom, made with the possibility of removable connection, two holders placed on the inner part of the bottom, each of which is configured to hold the lower capsule piercer, characterized in that it contains markings, designed to be read by a car coffee machine scanner.