RU223598U1 - Glass - external holder of two capsules, equipped with thermal insulation, internal ledge and clamps - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing two-component drinks by extracting a bulk substance, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino, contained in capsules without an internal piercer. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of drinks, consisting of the claimed device and a car coffee machine with a scanner, configured to control the type of the claimed device, which can be used as a vending machine for selling drinks mainly in transport and, in particular, in taxis. Glass - an external holder of two capsules, equipped with thermal insulation, an internal projection and clamps, a system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing an outer wall connected to the upper and lower parts of the side wall, and a flange on the upper edge; a bottom made inseparably from the side wall and containing two brackets, each of which is configured to hold the piercer; two piercers, each of which is designed to be placed in a bracket and capable of piercing the lower part of the capsule installed in the capsule socket; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule nest made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate two capsules; containing a marking capable of being read by a scanner of an automobile coffee machine, characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing an internal protrusion configured to be pressed against the inner side of the side wall; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with capsules and a nest of capsules, containing an annular protrusion on the inner side surface in the lower part, engaging with the lower surface of the flange, while the outer side surface is annular the part has a taper, and on the side surface of the cover of the annular part and its annular protrusion, through slots are made evenly around the circumference; a capsule nest containing four latches located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, configured to fix two capsules installed in the capsule nest. The technical result achieved by the utility model is to increase the operational safety of the claimed device. 4 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing two-component drinks by extracting a bulk substance, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino, contained in capsules without an internal piercer. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of drinks, consisting of the claimed device and a car coffee machine with a scanner, configured to control the type of the claimed device, which can be used as a vending machine for selling drinks mainly in transport and in particular in taxis.

A known device is a capsule holder for coffee machines, including a socket for installing a capsule with a drink extract and a hole for exiting the finished drink (patent RU 2747134, published on April 28, 2021) [1], characterized by the fact that the capsule holder has an annular groove for tight fitting drink glass holder.

A known device is a capsule glass holder for devices for preparing drinks, including a socket for installing a capsule (patent RU 2761895, published on December 13, 2021) [2], characterized in that it contains an annular part containing holes for drinking and air, connected to the cup body, consisting of side and bottom walls, while the cup body is inseparable from the annular part, which is inseparable from the socket for installing the capsule. The disadvantage of the known devices [1,2] is the impossibility of using a capsule with a bulk product that is not equipped with an internal piercer - for example, a Nespresso standard capsule.

A capsule glass holder for devices for preparing drinks is known, including a socket for installing the capsule (patent RU 219382, published 06/13/2023). The solution contains a lower capsule piercer secured to the inner part of the bottom, configured to be removably connected, and a holder placed on the inner part of the bottom, configured to hold the lower capsule piercer (added from the formula). The disadvantage of this device is the complexity of manufacturing, since it is a complex figure having a combination of undercuts, its production 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 removal plates. Obviously, the more complex the mold, the higher the defect rate.

The technical result achieved by the utility model is to increase the operational safety of the claimed device.

To achieve the technical result, a glass is claimed to be an external holder for two capsules, equipped with thermal insulation, an internal protrusion and clamps, a system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing an outer wall connected to the upper and lower parts of the side wall and a flange on the upper edge; a bottom made inseparably from the side wall and containing two brackets, each of which is configured to hold the piercer; two piercers, each of which is designed to be placed in a bracket and capable of piercing the lower part of the capsule installed in the capsule socket; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule nest made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate two capsules; containing markings capable of being read by a scanner of a car coffee machine; characterized in that it contains a removable annular portion containing an internal protrusion configured to be pressed against the inner side of the side wall; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with capsules and a nest of capsules, containing an annular protrusion on the inner side surface in the lower part, engaging with the lower surface of the flange, while the outer side surface is annular the part has a taper, and on the side surface of the cover of the annular part and its annular protrusion, through slots are made evenly around the circumference; a capsule nest containing four latches located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, configured to fix two capsules installed in the capsule nest.

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

Figure 1 is an assembly diagram of the claimed device and capsule. Side sectional view.

Figure 2 - the claimed device with installed capsules. Side sectional view.

Figure 3 - installation of the annular part cover on the annular part in three positions. Side sectional view. A - before installation on the flange, B - during installation on the flange, C - after installation on the flange.

Figure 4 - the claimed device installed in a car coffee machine mounted in the car. Side sectional view.

Wherein:

1. Ring part

2. Side wall

3. Capsule nest

4. Bottom

5. Beading

6. Piercer

7. Capsules

8. Bracket

9. Cup body

10. Car coffee machine

11. Marking

12. Scanner

13. Inner ledge

14. Outer wall

15. Cover of the ring part

16. Annular projection

17. Lock

The claimed device 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 the claimed device. To prepare a two-ingredient drink using the safe preparation of two-ingredient drinks, two capsules 7 containing dry matter and water are used.

The claimed device is connected to a car coffee machine 10 using an upper piercer, which is an element of the car coffee machine, which is connected to two capsules placed in the claimed device. Water moves from the car coffee machine to the body of the glass 9, inside the elements of the system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks. This eliminates an open stream and provides protection from the two-component drink getting on the passenger and the car interior during a trip in shaking conditions.

The claimed device can be made, for example, of plastic and/or paper, contains a side wall 2, inseparably connected to the bottom 4, which form the body of the glass 9. The side wall 2 contains a flange 5, which can have a toroidal shape and is inseparably connected to the top edge side wall 2. The claimed device contains an annular part 1 containing one or more holes for drinking, and is configured to connect to the flange 5 using, for example, an annular groove. The annular part 1 contains a nest of capsules 3, which is designed to accommodate two capsules 7 in such a way that the drink flowing from the capsules 7 enters the body of the glass 9. The nest of capsules 3 is made inseparable from the annular part 1, for example, by casting, such a solution provides protection against leakage of a drink through the connection “ring part 1 - capsule socket 3”, which can get on the passenger or the car interior, this increases the safety of operation of the claimed device. The capsule nest 3 is made with the ability to access and tightly press the upper piercer, which is an element of the automobile coffee machine, to the capsules 7 installed in the capsule nest 3. The claimed device contains two brackets 8 connected to the inside of the bottom 4, for example, by gluing or casting. Each of the two brackets 8 is configured to fix the piercer 6 by repeating part of the shape of the piercer 6 with the inner part of the bracket 8. To use two capsules 7 without an internal piercer (for example, the Nespresso standard), the claimed device contains two piercers 6, including a piercing element (for example , igloo). The piercer 6 is designed to be fixed in the bracket 8, so that the sharp piercing part of the piercer 6 can pierce the lower part of the capsule 7 when placing the capsule 7 in the nest of capsules 3.

The claimed device is manufactured using injection molding, for example, using an injection molding machine. To produce the claimed device, it will be necessary to make a mold into which molten plastic material is poured under pressure. Unlike solution [3], made monolithic, the production of which requires a complex mold, which may include special form-building elements, such as folding punches, composite and sliding dies and special removal plates, the claimed utility model is made collapsible, with using one mold for the production of the glass body 9, a second mold for the production of the piercer 6, a third mold for the production of the annular part 1. Thus, we obtain three types of products and insert two piercers 6 into the brackets 8, install the annular part 1 on flange 5 before use.

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 divide such a part into two (or more) simple parts...” p. 330, para. 5. https://www.ngpedia.ru/pg1677673pmQmENz0001274576/.

Unlike a known analogue, the claimed device contains a ring part 1 made with the possibility of removable connection with a flange 5. This solution will reduce the amount of defects in the production of the claimed device and, therefore, reduce the likelihood of using defective claimed devices, which increases the safety of operation of the claimed device, since the claimed device, made with defects, may create a danger, for example, of accidental removal of the ring part 1 from the flange 5 and/or the capsule falling out and/or breakage of the claimed device during the preparation of a two-component drink, as a result of which a hot two-component drink may spill out of the body of the glass 9 on the passenger and/or elements of the vehicle interior. This solution increases the operational safety of the claimed device.

The operational safety of the claimed device is increased 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 single-component drinks, in which the upper capsule piercer is configured to pierce one capsule, the location of which is different from the location two 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 a marking 11, which can be a bar code or a QR code, which is applied to the claimed device, for example, by painting and/or gluing or by any other application method. Marking 11 contains encoded information about the type of the claimed device, allowing the car coffee machine 10 to identify the claimed device as an element that can be used with the car coffee machine 10. The presence of marking 11 allows you to control the compatibility of the claimed device and the car coffee machine 10. To read the marking 11, the car coffee machine contains scanner 12. The automobile coffee machine is configured to receive and analyze information obtained from the marking 11 and make a decision about the possibility or impossibility of operating the automobile coffee machine 10 together with the proposed claimed device. Analysis of marking 11 occurs, for example, using an electronic control unit of a car coffee machine, which is designed to analyze the information received from marking 11 and send a command to the elements of the car coffee machine to prepare a two-component drink or block the process of preparing a two-component drink. Marking 11 can be applied to any place of the claimed device with the ability to read marking 11 by scanner 12. This solution increases the safety of operation of the claimed device.

The operational safety of the claimed device is increased by reducing the likelihood of accidental removal of the annular part 1 from the flange 5 due to too much squeezing of the side wall 2 by the user, as a result of which a hot drink may spill onto the user and/or the vehicle interior while the vehicle is moving in shaking conditions and vibrations.

To reduce the likelihood of such a danger, the claimed device is equipped with an internal projection 13, designed to be pressed against the inside of the side wall 2 when installing the annular part 1 on the flange 5. The internal projection 13 is located on the lower side of the annular part 1 and is made inseparable from the annular part 1 , for example, using casting. The inner protrusion 13 has an annular shape and is configured to press against the inner part of the side wall 2. When installing the annular part 1 on the flange 5, the annular part 1 creates pressure on the side wall 2, which transfers the created pressure to the inner protrusion 13. The inner protrusion 13 can be of any size within the internal volume of the glass body 9. This creates additional rigidity of the side wall 2, increasing the permissible force created by the user’s fingers while drinking a two-component drink. This solution increases the operational safety of the claimed device.

The drink poured into the claimed device has a high temperature, and the large heat transfer through the side wall 2 leads to the fact that a high temperature is formed on the outer surface of the side wall 2. This can lead to burns of the passenger's fingers and the fall of the claimed device when instinctively unclenching the fingers, this can lead to there is a danger of the claimed device containing a hot drink falling, or the two-component drink splashing onto a passenger or elements of the car interior.

To eliminate such a hazard, the inventive device comprises an outer wall 14 connected to the side wall 2 by a ring connection to the top and bottom of the side wall 2, for example by casting or gluing. The outer wall 14 is made, for example, of plastic or pressed paper. The outer wall 14 is designed to reduce heat loss through the side wall 2.

Since the thermal conductivity of the air between the side wall 2 and the outer wall 14 is less than that of paper or plastic, the temperature on the outer surface of the outer wall 14 is lower than that on the outer surface of the side wall 2, which reduces the possibility of burning the user's fingers, thereby increasing safety. operation of the claimed device.

The claimed device contains a cover of the annular part 15, configured to be installed on the annular part 1 and containing an annular protrusion 16. Installation of the cover of the annular part 15, covering the annular part 1 with capsules 7 and the capsule nest 3, and execution on the inner side surface of the cover of the annular part 15 in its lower part of the annular protrusion 16, which engages with the lower surface of the flanging 5, allows you to fix the flanging 5 in the annular protrusion 16 and thereby prevent the cup body from falling out of the annular part during operation of the claimed device. This increases the safety of operation of the claimed device, since the fall of the glass body from the annular part will lead to the spilling of the hot drink located in the glass body and the hot drink getting on the passenger and the vehicle interior. The taper of the outer side surface of the annular part 1 and the execution of through slots evenly around the circumference on the side surface of the cover of the annular part 15 and its annular protrusion 16 create conditions for elastic deflection of the side surface of the cover of the annular part 15 during installation of the cover. The holes, combined with the holes for drinking and air on the annular part, allow you to drink a drink after installing the cover of the annular part 15.

When drinking a drink, two capsules 7 are located in the capsule slot 3. When drinking a drink, the inventive device with installed capsules 7 is tilted to provide access to the drinking hole to allow drinking the drink. Thus, capsules 7 move from a horizontal position to an inclined one and there is a possibility of capsules 7 being displaced or falling out of the capsule nest 3. In addition, the capsules can be pressed from below by the drink located inside the body of the glass 9, which increases the risk of capsules 7 falling out of the capsule nest 3 The loss of capsules 7 from the nest of capsules 3, in a moving car, creates the possibility of a hot drink spilling from the body of the glass 9, and getting it on the passenger and elements of the car interior.

To eliminate such a danger, the claimed device is equipped with four latches 17 located on the outside of the vertical part of the capsule nest 3, made inseparable from the capsule nest 3 by gluing or casting. The latches 17 are designed to prevent the capsules 7 from falling out of the capsule socket 3. The latches 17 can be made in the form of protruding elements, such as, for example, a hemisphere. The clamps 17 are designed to ensure installation of two capsules 7 in the capsule nest 3, and to prevent the capsules 7 from falling out of the capsule nest 3. The clamps 17 are designed to hold two capsules 7 by the upper edge. Each of the two capsules 7 is held by two clamps 17.

The utility model works as follows:

The user manually inserts two piercers 6 into the brackets 8, then installs the ring part 1 on the flange 5, positioning it in such a way that the holes of the capsule nest 3 are located above the piercers 6, inserts two capsules 7 into the capsule nest 3, while the capsules 7 are pierced with their lower parts by piercers 6, and are fixed in the capsule nest 3. After this, the user places the claimed device in the car coffee machine 10, positioning the claimed device in such a way that the two capsules placed in the claimed device are located under the upper piercer, which is an element of the car coffee machine. Next, the user presses the upper piercer using, for example, a lever. The user turns on the water supply. Car coffee machine 10, using scanner 12, reads marking 11, analyzes the information received and sends a command to the elements of car coffee machine 10 to prepare a drink or blocks the process of preparing a drink. Using a water pump, water is supplied to the upper piercer, which is configured to allow water passing through the upper piercer to flow into the capsules through the puncture. Water passes through two capsules 7 and from there, in the form of a two-component drink, flows into the body of the glass 9. After the claimed device is filled, the user removes the upper piercer from the claimed device, lifting the lever, and manually removes the claimed device with the drink. After removing the claimed device with a drink from the car coffee machine, the user installs the cover of the annular part 15 on the annular part 1 with capsules 7 and the capsule nest 3, while aligning the holes on the cover of the annular part with the drinking holes on the annular part. Thanks to the slots made evenly along the circumference on the side surface of the cover of the annular part 15 and the annular protrusion 16, as well as the conical outer side surface of the annular part 1, the annular protrusion 16, when installing the cover of the annular part 15, is deflected and passes the annular part 1 inside the cover of the annular part 15. In this case, the annular protrusion 16 returns to its initial position under the action of elastic forces and engages with the lower surface of the flange 5, thereby securing the connection of the flange 5 with the annular part 1. The drink is ready for consumption through the drinking hole. After consuming the two-component drink, the user disposes of the claimed device.

Thus, the claimed utility model makes it possible to increase the safety of operation of the claimed device.

Claims (1)

Glass - an external holder of two capsules, equipped with thermal insulation, an internal projection and clamps, a system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing an outer wall connected to the upper and lower parts of the side wall, and a flange on the upper edge; a bottom made inseparably from the side wall and containing two brackets, each of which is configured to hold the piercer; two piercers, each of which is configured to be placed in the bracket and to pierce the lower part of the capsule installed in the capsule nest; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule nest made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate two capsules; containing a marking capable of being read by a scanner of an automobile coffee machine, characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing an internal protrusion configured to be pressed against the inner side of the side wall; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with capsules and a nest of capsules, containing an annular protrusion on the inner side surface in the lower part, engaging with the lower surface of the flange, while the outer side surface is annular the part has a taper, and on the side surface of the cover of the annular part and its annular protrusion, through slots are made evenly around the circumference; a capsule nest containing four latches located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, configured to fix two capsules installed in the capsule nest.