RU224185U1 - Marked thermally insulated cup - external capsule holder, equipped with vibration damper and annular shelf - 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. This model can be used in a safe beverage preparation system. This system consists of the claimed device and a car coffee machine with a scanner that provides the ability to control the type of the claimed device. The model can be used as a vending machine for selling drinks mainly in transport and, in particular, in taxis. Marked thermally insulated glass - an external capsule holder equipped with a vibration damper and an annular shelf, a system for the safe preparation of drinks, containing a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to hold the piercer; a piercer containing one piercing element configured to be installed on the annular shelf and pierce the lower part of the capsule located in the capsule socket; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule socket made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate one capsule, containing a vibration damper integrally connected to the capsule socket on one side and configured to be pressed against the inner part of the side wall on the other side; 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 a heat-insulating coating connected to the annular part; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with the drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with capsules and a capsule nest, 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. The technical result is an increase in 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. This model can be used in a safe beverage preparation system. This system consists of the claimed device and a car coffee machine with a scanner that provides the ability to control the type of the claimed device. The model can be used as a vending machine for selling drinks mainly in transport and, in particular, in taxis.

A device is already known - a capsule holder for coffee machines. It includes a socket for installing a capsule with a drink extract and a hole for exiting the finished drink (patent RU 2747134, published 04/28/2021) [1]. The principle of its operation is determined by the presence of a capsule holder, which has an annular groove for tightly fitting the holder onto the drink glass.

A device such as a holder for glasses and capsules for devices intended for preparing drinks is also known. This device includes a socket for installing a capsule (patent RU 2761895, published 12/13/2021)[2]. It contains an annular part containing holes for drinking and air, connected to the body of the glass, which consists of side and bottom walls. It is worth considering that the body of the glass is inseparable from the annular part, which, in turn, 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. They are not equipped with an internal piercer - for example, Nespresso standard capsules.

There is also a capsule glass holder for beverage preparation devices, including a socket for installing the capsule (patent RU 219382, published 06/13/2023). This device has a lower capsule piercer mounted on the inner part of the bottom, configured to be removably connected, and a holder located on the inner part of the bottom, configured to hold the lower capsule piercer. The disadvantage of this device is the difficulty of manufacturing, since it is a complex figure. Its production in monolithic form 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.

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

To achieve the technical result, a marked heat-insulated glass is claimed - an external capsule holder equipped with a vibration damper and an annular shelf, a system for safe preparation of drinks, containing a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to hold the piercer; a piercer containing one piercing element configured to be installed on the annular shelf and pierce the lower part of the capsule located in the capsule socket; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule socket made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate one capsule, containing a vibration damper integrally connected to the capsule socket on one side and configured to be pressed against the inner part of the side wall on the other side; 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 a heat-insulating coating connected to the annular part; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with the drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with capsules and a capsule nest, 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.

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

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

Figure 2 – The 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 socket

4. Bottom

5. Beading

6. Piercer

7. Capsule

8. Ring shelf

9. Cup body

10. Car coffee machine

11. Marking

12. Scanner

13. Thermal insulation coating

14. Cover of the ring part

15. Annular projection

16. Vibration damper.

The claimed device is an element of a system for the safe preparation of one-component 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 one-component drinks are a car coffee machine10, not equipped with an internal capsule holder, and the claimed device. To prepare a one-ingredient drink using the safe preparation system for single-ingredient drinks, a capsule 7 containing dry matter and water are used.

The claimed device is connected to a car coffee machine 10 using the top piercer, which is an element of the car coffee machine. It is connected to the capsule, which is located in the claimed device. Water moves from the car coffee machine into the body of the glass 9 inside the elements of the system for the safe preparation of single-component drinks. This eliminates an open stream and ensures protection from single-component drinks getting onto the passenger and into the car interior during a trip in shaking conditions.

The claimed device can be made, for example, of plastic and/or paper. It contains a side wall 2, inseparably connected to the bottom 4, which forms the body of the glass 9. The side wall 2 contains a flange 5, which may have a toroidal shape. It is inseparably connected to the upper edge of the side wall 2. The claimed device also contains an annular part 1, in which there is one or more holes for drinking. The annular part is designed so that it is possible to connect with the flange 5 using, for example, an annular groove. The annular part 1 contains a capsule socket 3, which is configured to accommodate the capsule 7 in such a way that the drink flowing from the capsule 7 enters the glass body 9. The capsule socket 3 is made inseparable from the annular part 1, for example, by casting. This solution provides protection against drink leakage through the connection – “ring part 1 – capsule socket3. In this case, the drink may end up on the passenger or inside the car. This, in turn, increases the operational safety of the claimed device. The capsule socket 3 is made with the possibility of access and tight pressing of the upper piercer, which is an element of the automobile coffee machine, to the capsule 7 installed in the 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. To use capsule 7 without an internal piercer (for example, the Nespresso standard), the claimed device contains a piercer 6 containing an annular part with an internal jumper on which one piercing element (for example, a needle) is 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 sharp piercing part of the piercer 6 can pierce the lower part of the capsule 7 when placing the capsule 7 in the capsule nest 3.

Making the piercer in the form of a ring with a jumper and a piercing element, 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 a pin with a piercing part and placing the piercer 6 on the bottom 4, since in the case of placing the piercer 6 at the bottom 4, the piercer has a large length and can bend and deflect when resting against the bottom of the capsule, as a result of which the bottom of the capsule 7 will not be pierced, as a result of which water, which is supplied under pressure from a car coffee machine, may splash through the connection “top pierce - capsule” 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 a jumper and a piercing element, 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 this device, you will need to make a mold into which molten plastic material is poured under pressure. Unlike solution number 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 collapsible. It is also important to note that the device will use one mold for the production of the glass body 9, a second mold for the production of the piercer 6, and a third mold for the production of the ring part 1. Thus, we obtain three types of products. It will be necessary to install the piercer 6 on the ring shelf 8, install the ring part 1 on the 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 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 a removable connection with a flange 5. This solution will reduce the number of defects in the production of the device, and, therefore, reduce the likelihood of using defective devices, which increases operational safety, since the device is made with marriage, can create danger. As a danger, we can note, for example, accidental removal of the ring part 1c of the flange 5, and/or the capsule falling out, and/or the breakdown of the claimed device during the preparation of a one-component drink, as a result of which a hot drink may spill out of the glass body 9 onto the passenger and/or interior elements car. 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 declared device.

To eliminate such a danger, the claimed device contains marking 11, which can be a barcode or QR code. It 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 declared device and the car coffee machine 10. To read the marking 11, the car coffee machine contains a 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 the marking 11 occurs, for example, using the electronic control unit of a car coffee machine, which is designed to analyze the information received from the marking 11 and send a command to the elements of the car coffee machine to prepare a single-component drink or block the process of preparing a single-component drink. Marking 11 can be applied to any place of the claimed device that can be read by scanner 12. This solution increases the safety of operation 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, in turn, 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 13, designed to increase the heat-insulating properties. The thermal insulating coating 13 can be made, for example, of metal, plastic or other material with thermal insulation properties. The thermal insulation cover 13 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, by hook-shaped fasteners or elastic fasteners, or by ring/spherical snap fasteners, or by another connection option. The thermal insulating coating 13 is designed to provide access for the capsule 7 to the capsule socket 3 and to allow drinking a one-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 claimed device contains a cover of the annular part 14, configured to be installed on the annular part 1 and containing an annular protrusion 15. Installation of the cover of the annular part 14, covering the annular part 1 with capsule 7 and capsule socket 3, and making it on the inner side surface of the cover of the annular part 14 the lower part of the annular protrusion 15, which engages with the lower surface of the flange 5, allows you to fix the flange 5 in the annular protrusion 15 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 can 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 through slots made on the side surface of the cover of the annular part 14 and on its annular protrusion 15 evenly around the circumference create conditions for elastic deflection of the side surface of the cover of the annular part 14 during the installation of the cover. The holes, combined with the holes for drinking and air on the annular part, allow you to consume a drink after installing the cover of the annular part 14.

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 damper16, which is a horizontal annular platform made inseparable from the capsule socket3 on one side, for example, by gluing or casting and with the ability to press against the inside of the side wall, on the other hand. The vibration damper 16 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 purposes. Most of the liquid splashing inside the glass body when the glass is in a vertical position rests against the vibration damper 16, so that 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 16 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 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. Next, the user inserts the capsule 7 into the capsule socket 3, while the capsule 7 is pierced by its lower part of the piercer 6. After this, the user places the inventive device into the car coffee machine 10. 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 capsule through the puncture. Water passes through the capsule 7 and from there, in the form of a single-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 14 onto the annular part 1 with the capsule 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 14 and the annular protrusion 15, as well as the conical outer side surface of the annular part 1, the annular protrusion 15, when installing the cover of the annular part 14, deflects and passes the annular part 1 inside the cover of the annular part 14. In this case the annular protrusion 15 returns to its initial position under the action of elastic forces and engages with the lower surface of the flange 5, thereby ensuring the fixation of the connection of the flange 5 with the annular part 1. The drink is ready for consumption through the drinking hole. After consuming a one-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)

Marked thermally insulated glass - an external capsule holder equipped with a vibration damper and an annular shelf, a system for the safe preparation of drinks, containing a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to hold the piercer; a piercer containing one piercing element configured to be installed on the annular shelf and pierce the lower part of the capsule located in the capsule socket; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule socket integrally formed from the annular portion and configured to accommodate one capsule, containing a vibration damper integrally connected to the capsule socket on one side and configured to be pressed against the inside of the side wall on the other side; 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 a heat-insulating coating connected to the annular part; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with the drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with capsules and a capsule nest, 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.