RU223842U1 - HEAT-INSULATED CUP - EXTERNAL HOLDER OF THREE CAPSULES, EQUIPPED WITH A RING SHELF AND A RING PART COVER - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing three-component drinks, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino with sugar, by extracting the bulk substance contained in capsules without an internal piercer, such as, for example, Nespresso standard capsules. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of three-ingredient drinks, consisting of the claimed device and a car coffee machine, which can be used as a vending machine for selling three-ingredient drinks, mainly in taxis. Thermally insulated glass - an external holder of three capsules, equipped with an annular shelf and a lid of the annular part, a system for the safe preparation of three-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing a flange, an annular shelf inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to hold the piercer, and a vibration damper , made inseparably from the inner part of the side wall and configured to be pressed against the capsule socket; a piercing device containing three piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and piercing the lower parts of three capsules located in the capsule nest; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule nest configured to connect to the annular portion and configured to accommodate three capsules; contains a removable annular part containing a heat-insulating coating; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with the drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with three 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 The annular part has a taper, and on the side surface of the annular part cover and its annular protrusion, through slots are made evenly around the circumference. 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 three-component drinks, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino with sugar, by extracting the bulk substance contained in capsules without an internal piercer, such as, for example, Nespresso standard capsules. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of three-ingredient drinks, consisting of the claimed device and a car coffee machine, which can be used as a vending machine for selling three-ingredient drinks, mainly 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 12/13/2021) [2], characterized in that it contains an annular part containing holes for drinking and air, connected with a cup body consisting of side and bottom walls, wherein 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 piercer. 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 a technical result, a heat-insulated glass is claimed - an external holder of three capsules, equipped with an annular shelf and a lid of the annular part, a system for the safe preparation of three-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing a flange, an annular shelf inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to holding the piercer, and a vibration damper, made inseparably from the inner part of the side wall and configured to be pressed against the capsule socket; a piercer containing three piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and pierce the lower parts of three capsules located in the capsule nest; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule nest configured to connect to the annular portion and configured to accommodate three capsules; characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing a thermal insulation coating; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with the drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with three 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 The annular part has a taper, and on the side surface of the annular part cover and its annular protrusion, through slots are made evenly around the circumference.

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

Figure 1 – Assembly diagram of the claimed device and capsule. Side sectional view.

Fig. 2 - A - Ring part with installed capsule nest. View from below. B - Claimed device with installed capsules. Side sectional view.

Fig.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.

Fig.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. Ring shelf

9. Cup body

10. Car coffee machine

11. Cover of the ring part

12. Annular projection

13. Vibration damper

14. Thermal insulation coating

The claimed device is an element of a system for the safe preparation of three-component drinks.

The system for the safe preparation of three-component drinks is a system of elements connected to each other. The elements of the system for the safe preparation of three-component drinks are a car coffee machine 10 not equipped with an internal capsule holder and the claimed device. To prepare a three-ingredient drink using the safe three-ingredient drink preparation system, three capsules 7 are used, one of which contains ground coffee, another may contain milk powder, and the third contains sugar.

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 three 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 three-component drinks. This eliminates an open stream and ensures protection from the three-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 of the side wall 2. The claimed device contains an annular part 1 containing one or more drinking holes, which can be equipped with protective caps, and configured to connect to the flange 5 using, for example, an annular groove. The annular part 1 is configured to be connected to the capsule socket 3 using, for example, an annular groove or another connection method.

The claimed device contains a nest of capsules 3, which is designed to accommodate three capsules 7 in such a way that the drink flowing from three capsules 7 enters the body of the glass 9. The nest of capsules 3 is made with the ability to access and tightly press the upper piercer, which is an element of a car coffee machine , to capsules 7 installed in capsule socket 3.

The claimed device contains an annular shelf 8 having the shape of a ring, the outer diameter of which is equal to the inner diameter of the side wall 2 at the point of contact of the side wall 2 with the annular shelf 8. The annular shelf 8 is connected to the inner part of the side wall 2, for example, by gluing or casting. For the use of capsules 7 without an internal piercer (for example, the Nespresso standard), the claimed device contains a piercer 6 containing an annular part with structural elements, such as, for example, jumpers attached to the inner part of the edges of the annular part, on which three piercing elements are attached. The diameter of the annular shelf 8 is equal to the diameter of the annular part of the piercer 6, thus, the annular shelf 8 is designed to hold the piercer 6 by means of the annular part of the piercer 6 resting on the annular shelf 8 when placing the piercer 6 on the annular shelf 8. The piercer 6 is designed to be installed on ring shelf 8, such that the three sharp piercing parts of the piercer 6 can pierce the lower parts of the three capsules 7 when placing the three capsules 7 in the capsule nest 3.

Making the piercer in the form of a ring with jumpers and three piercing elements, as well as placing the piercer 6 on the annular shelf increases the safety of operation of the claimed device in comparison with the embodiment of the piercer in the form of three pins with piercing parts and placing them on the bottom 4, since in the case of placement piercers 6 at the bottom 4, the piercers are long and can bend and deflect when resting against the lower parts of the capsule, as a result of which the lower parts of the capsules 7 will not be pierced, as a result of which water, which is supplied under pressure from a car coffee machine, may splash through connection “top piercer - capsules” or to rupture of water lines inside the car coffee machine, which will also lead to splashing of hot water, which can get on the passenger, burn him, stain clothes and/or the interior of the car. Thus, making the piercer 6 in the form of a ring with jumpers and piercing elements, as well as placing the piercer 6 on the annular shelf 8, increases the safety of operation of the claimed device.

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 ring part 1 and a fourth mold for the production of the capsule nest 3. Thus, we obtain four products and install the piercer 6 on the ring shelf 8, install the ring part 1 on the flange 5 and the capsule nest 3 in the ring part 1 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 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 the flange 5 and with the possibility of removable connection with the capsule socket 3. This solution will reduce the number of defects in the production of the claimed device, and, therefore, will reduce the likelihood of using defective declared devices , which increases the safety of operation of the claimed device, since the claimed device, made with defects, can 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 three-component drink, as a result of which a hot three-component drink may be poured from the body of the glass 9 onto the passenger and/or elements of the car interior. This solution increases the operational safety of the claimed device.

The claimed device contains a cover of the annular part 11, configured to be installed on the annular part 1 and containing an annular protrusion 12. Installation of the cover of the annular part 11, 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 11 in its lower part of the annular protrusion 12, which engages with the lower surface of the flanging 5, allows you to fix the flanging 5 in the annular protrusion 12 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 on the side surface of the cover of the annular part 11 and its annular protrusion 12 evenly around the circumference create conditions for elastic deflection of the side surface of the cover of the annular part 11 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 11.

The drink in the glass body splashes due to the shaking and maneuvering of a moving car. Increased operational safety of the claimed device can be ensured by increasing the protection against spilling of the drink from the glass body through the drinking hole, since splashing of the drink inside the glass body can lead to the drink splashing out through the drinking hole and the hot drink getting into the user’s hands, which can lead to burn.

To protect against such a danger, the claimed device contains a vibration damper 13, which is a horizontal annular platform made inseparably from the inside of the side wall 2, for example, by gluing or casting, on one side and abutting against the capsule socket 3, on the other side . The vibration damper 13 includes one or more openings configured to allow liquid to pass through such that liquid flows through them and reaches the drinking opening when the user tilts the inventive device for drinking purpose. Most of the liquid splashing inside the glass body when the glass is in a vertical position rests on the vibration damper 13, thus, splashes of liquid do not reach the drinking hole, but that part of the liquid that passes through the holes of the vibration damper when the liquid splashes inside the body glass, loses momentum and flows back. The vibration damper 13 is designed to damp vibrations of the liquid inside the body of the glass 9 and reduce the likelihood of liquid splashing through the drinking holes. This solution increases the operational safety of the claimed device.

The drink poured into the claimed device has a high temperature, and high heat transfer through the annular part 1 leads to the fact that a high temperature is formed on the outer surface of the annular part. This may result in a risk of burns to the passenger's fingers or parts of the face if the passenger touches the outside of the ring portion.

To eliminate such a danger, the annular part 1 contains a heat-insulating coating 14, designed to increase the heat-insulating properties. The thermal insulating coating 14 can be made, for example, of metal, plastic or other material with thermal insulation properties. The thermal insulation cover 14 may be attached to the annular portion 1 by gluing or casting or soldering, and may also be attached by a mechanical connection, for example, using hook-shaped fasteners or elastic fasteners, or fastenings with ring or spherical snap elements, or by means of another connection option. The thermal insulating coating 14 is designed to provide access for capsules 7 to the capsule nest 3 and to allow drinking a three-component drink from the body of the glass 9 through the drinking hole, and is also designed to install the ring part 1 on the flange 5. This solution increases the safety of operation of the claimed device.

The utility model works as follows.

The user manually installs the piercer 6 on the ring shelf 8, then installs the ring part 1 on the flange 5, inserts the capsule nest 3 into the ring part 1, inserts three capsules 7 into the capsule nest 3, while the capsules 7 are pierced with their lower part by the piercers 6, after which , the user places the inventive device in the car coffee machine 10 and presses the upper piercer using, for example, a lever. The user turns on the water supply. 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 three capsules 7 and from there, in the form of a three-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 11 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 11 and the annular protrusion 12, as well as the conical outer side surface of the annular part 1, the annular protrusion 12, when installing the cover of the annular part 11, is deflected and passes the annular part 1 inside the cover of the annular part 11. In this case, the annular protrusion 12 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 three-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)

Thermally insulated glass - an external holder of three capsules, equipped with an annular shelf and a lid of the annular part, a system for the safe preparation of three-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing a flange, an annular shelf inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to hold the piercer, and a vibration damper , made inseparably from the inner part of the side wall and configured to be pressed against the capsule socket; a piercing device containing three piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and piercing the lower parts of three capsules located in the capsule nest; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule nest configured to connect to the annular part and configured to accommodate three capsules, characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing a thermal insulation coating; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with the drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with three 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 The annular part has a taper, and on the side surface of the annular part cover and its annular protrusion, through slots are made evenly around the circumference.