RU221703U1 - Marked ring portion of quad capsule socket with interconnectable quad piercer - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing four-ingredient drinks, such as, for example, a latte or cappuccino with sugar and cinnamon, by passing hot water through four capsules without an internal piercer containing the substance for preparing the drink. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, consisting of a car coffee machine without an internal capsule holder, equipped with a scanner, a labeled external holder of four capsules, a glass and four capsules, which is used in vehicles, for example, in a taxi. Marked annular part of a socket of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer, containing a marking capable of being read by a scanner of an automobile coffee machine, a holder configured to be connected to a glass, a mount configured to be connected to a socket of four capsules, a bracket configured to be connected to a quadruple piercer, a quadruple piercer configured to pierce four capsules, characterized in that the quadruple piercer is designed to be mechanically connected. The technical result is an increase in the safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks from four capsules without an internal piercer. 5 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing four-ingredient drinks, such as, for example, a latte or cappuccino with sugar and cinnamon, by passing hot water through four capsules without an internal piercer containing the substance for preparing the drink. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, consisting of a car coffee machine without an internal capsule holder, equipped with a scanner, a labeled external holder of four capsules, a glass and four capsules, which is used in vehicles, for example, in a taxi.

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 is a blade 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 four-component drinks from four capsules without an internal piercer.

To achieve a technical result, a marked annular part of a nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer is claimed, containing a marking capable of being read by a scanner of a car coffee machine, a holder configured to be connected to a glass, a mount capable of connecting to a nest of four capsules, a bracket, configured to be connected to a quadruple piercer, a quadruple piercer configured to pierce four capsules, characterized in that the quadruple piercer is designed to be mechanically connected.

The essence of the claimed utility model is illustrated by illustrations:

Fig. 1 – Assembly diagram of the marked annular part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer with a nest of four capsules with four capsules with a quadruple piercer and with a glass. Side sectional view.

Fig. 2 – Marked annular part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer. A – bottom view, B – with a quadruple piercer and a nest of four capsules installed. Side sectional view.

Fig.3 – Marked annular part of a nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer with an installed nest of four capsules with installed four capsules with an installed quadruple piercer, installed on a glass. Side sectional view.

Fig.4 - Marked ring part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer A - Bottom view without installed capsules, a quadruple piercer and a nest of four capsules, B - Top view without installed capsules and a nest of four capsules with an installed quadruple piercer, B - Top view with with an installed nest of four capsules, without installed capsules, with an installed quadruple piercer, D - Top view with installed capsules, a quadruple piercer and a nest of four capsules.

Fig.5 – Marked annular part of a nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer with an installed nest of four capsules and a quadruple piercer, installed on a glass with installed four capsules, installed in a car coffee machine mounted in the car interior. Side sectional view.

Wherein:

1. Marked ring part of the quad capsule socket with an interconnectable quad piercer

2. Nest of four capsules

3. Capsule

4. Glass

5. Fastening

6. Holder

7. Scanner

8. Quadruple piercer

9. Marking

10. Car coffee machine

11. Bracket

The claimed device, a marked annular part of a nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1, is an element of a marked external holder of four capsules used in a system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks.

The system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks is a system of elements connected to each other. The elements of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks are a car coffee machine 10 not equipped with an internal capsule holder and equipped with a scanner 7, a glass 4, four capsules 3 and a marked external holder of four capsules.

The marked outer holder of four capsules consists of a nest of four capsules 2, a marked annular part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1 and a quadruple piercer 8, and these elements are designed to be mechanically connected to each other. The labeled outer four capsule holder in its assembled position is shown in FIG. 2A, 2B, 4B.

Increasing the safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-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 loss of the capsule and/or breakdown of the claimed device in 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 marked outer holder of the four capsules is produced by injection molding, for example using an injection molding machine. To produce a labeled outer holder for four capsules, you will need to make a mold into which molten plastic material is poured under pressure. The marked outer holder of the four capsules is a complex figure having a combination of undercuts. The production of a marked outer holder of four capsules in a monolithic design will require the manufacture of a complex mold, which may include special forming elements such as folding punches, composite and sliding dies and special release 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/. That is, it is possible to reduce the amount of defects if you make one mold for the production of a nest of four capsules 2, a second mold for the production of a marked ring part of a nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1, and a third mold for the production of a quadruple piercer 8. Thus obtain three simplified products and insert the nest of four capsules 2 into the marked ring part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1, onto which the quadruple piercer 8 is attached before use. This method will ensure a lower amount of defects in the production of a marked external holder of four capsules in comparison with the option of using a mold for a nest of four capsules 2, made inseparably from the marked annular part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1, made inseparably from a quadruple piercer 8.

Increasing the safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-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 whose location 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 a danger, the claimed device contains marking 9, which can be a barcode 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 using any another 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 claimed device, which may be contained in the marking 9. To read the marking 9, the automobile coffee machine 10 contains a scanner 7. 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 7.

The marked ring part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1 is designed for use in automobile coffee machines equipped with a scanner and not equipped with an internal capsule holder, with four capsules without an internal piercer, for example, Nespresso standard, made, for example, of plastic, contains marking 9, fastening 5, monolithically connected to the holder 6. The claimed device is made with the possibility of mechanical connection with the quadruple piercer 8 using, for example, hook-shaped clamps or elastic clamps, or clamps with ring or spherical snap elements, or using another mechanical connection option.

The marked annular part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1 contains at least one hole made with the possibility of drinking a drink from a glass 4.

The marked annular part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1 is designed to be connected to the nest of four capsules 2 using fastening 5, which can be an annular groove, or a thread or another type of fastening that prevents spilling and/or splashing of liquid from the glass 4, through the connection “the marked ring part of the nest of four capsules with the connected quadruple piercer 1 – the nest of four capsules 2”. The marked annular part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1 is made with the possibility of connection with the glass 4 using a holder 6, which can be an annular groove, or a thread or another type of connection that prevents spilling and/or splashing of liquid from the glass 4, through the connection “the marked ring part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1 – glass 4.” The marked annular part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1 is made with the ability to access and tightly press the upper piercer of four capsules, which is an element of the automobile coffee machine 10, to the four capsules 3 installed in the nest of four capsules 2. The marked annular part of the nest of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer 1 is designed to be removably connected to a nest of four capsules 2 in such a way that a four-component drink flowing from four capsules 3 installed in a nest of four capsules 2 falls into a glass 4.

To use four capsules without an internal piercer, the claimed device contains a quadruple piercer 8, including four piercing parts, for example, needles. The quadruple piercer 8 can be secured to the inventive device using a mechanical connection such as, for example, hook-shaped fasteners or elastic fasteners, or fasteners with ring or spherical snap elements, or using another type of mechanical connection, while sharp, piercing, parts of the quadruple piercer 8 are configured to pierce four capsules 3 when placing four capsules 3 in a nest of four capsules 2.

For mechanical connection with the quadruple piercer 8, the claimed device contains several brackets 11, designed to mechanically fix the quadruple piercer. The bracket 11 may be, for example, a hook-shaped fastener or an elastic fastener, or a fastener with ring or spherical snap elements, or another type of mechanical connection. The bracket 11 is made inseparably from the claimed device, for example, by soldering or gluing, or casting, or by another method of inseparable connection.

The utility model works as follows:

The user manually inserts a nest of four capsules 2 and a quadruple piercer 8 into the claimed device, places the claimed device on a glass 4, installs four capsules 3, one of which may contain coffee extract, the other milk powder, the third sugar, and the fourth, for example, cinnamon, in nest of four capsules 2 as shown in Fig. 3, while four capsules 3 are pierced with their lower parts by a quadruple piercer 8, after which the user places a glass 4 with installed four capsules 3, with a nest of four capsules 2 and the claimed device in the car coffee machine 10 and presses the upper piercer of four capsules, which is an element of the automobile coffee machine 10, to the capsules 3 using a pressing device, for example, a linear motion actuator. The user turns on the water supply. The automobile coffee machine 10, using a scanner 7, 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 of the four capsules, which is configured to drain the water passing through the upper piercer of the four capsules into the capsules 3 through the punctures. Water passes through four capsules 3 into the glass 4. After the glass 4 is filled, the user removes the upper piercer of the four capsules from the capsules 3, lifting the linear movement actuator and removes the glass 4 with installed capsules 3, with a nest of four capsules 2 and the claimed device . The drink is ready to drink through the hole. After drinking the drink, the user disposes of the claimed device with a glass, capsules and a nest of four capsules.

Thus, the claimed utility model makes it possible to increase the safety of the system for the safe preparation of a four-component drink from four capsules without an internal piercer.

Claims (1)

Marked annular part of a socket of four capsules with a connected quadruple piercer, containing a marking capable of being read by a scanner of an automobile coffee machine, a holder configured to be connected to a glass, a mount configured to be connected to a socket of four capsules, a bracket configured to be connected to a quadruple piercer, a quadruple piercer configured to pierce four capsules, characterized in that the quadruple piercer is designed to be mechanically connected.