RU224272U1 - Glass - external holder of one capsule, equipped with an annular shelf, a capsule socket cover and a cover of the annular part - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of devices for the preparation of one-component drinks by the method of extracting bulk substances, such as, for example, Americano or espresso, 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 one capsule, equipped with an annular shelf, a capsule socket cover and a lid of the annular part, a system for the safe preparation of drinks, consisting of a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and a piercer containing one piercing element, and configured to 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 nest made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate a capsule; 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 projection configured to press against the inner side of the side wall, containing a vibration damper integrally connected to the internal projection on one side and to the capsule socket on the other side; a capsule socket cover configured to tightly connect to the capsule socket by surprise and fix the capsule in the capsule socket; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with a capsule and a capsule socket, 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 the preparation of one-component drinks by the method of extracting bulk substances, such as, for example, Americano or espresso, 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 the exit of 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 tightly fitting the holder onto drink glass.

A known device is a capsule holder-cup for devices for preparing drinks, including a socket for installing a capsule (patent RU 2761895, published on December 13, 2021) [2], characterized by the fact that it contains an annular part containing holes for drinking and air, connected to the body glass, consisting of side and bottom walls, while the body of the glass 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 comprises a lower capsule piercer fixed 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. 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 - an external holder of one capsule, equipped with an annular shelf, a capsule socket cover and a lid of the annular part, a system for the safe preparation of drinks, consisting of a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and a piercer, containing one piercing element, and configured to 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 nest made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate a capsule; 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 projection configured to press against the inner side of the side wall, containing a vibration damper integrally connected to the internal projection on one side and to the capsule socket on the other side; a capsule socket cover configured to tightly connect to the capsule socket by surprise and fix the capsule in the capsule socket; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with a capsule and a capsule socket, 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 an installed capsule. 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. Inner ledge

14. Vibration damper

15. Capsule socket cover

16. Cover of the ring part

17. Annular protrusion.

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 single-component drinks are a car coffee machine 10, not equipped with an internal capsule holder, and the claimed device. To prepare a single-ingredient drink using the system for the safe preparation of single-ingredient drinks, a capsule 7 containing a dry substance and water is 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 a capsule placed 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 on the passenger and the vehicle 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 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 body of the glass 9.

The capsule socket 3 is made inseparable from the annular part 1, for example, by casting. The inseparable connection of the ring part 1 and the capsule socket 3 increases the safety of operation of the claimed device, since the removable connection of the capsule socket 2 and the ring part 1 can lead to accidental separation of the ring part 1 and the capsule socket 3 during operation of the claimed device, which can lead to the pouring out of hot drink from the glass body 9 through the resulting hole in the annular part 1, which can stain and/or burn the user.

The capsule socket 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 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 the capsule 7 without an internal piercer (for example, the Nespresso standard), the claimed device contains a piercer 6 containing a jumper, the edges of which are inseparably connected to the annular shelf 8, for example, by gluing or casting, containing one piercing element (for example, a needle). The piercer 6 is configured to pierce the lower part of the capsule 7 when placing the capsule 7 in the nest of capsules 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, the design of the piercer 6 on the annular shelf 8, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall 2, increases the safety of operation of the claimed device.

The inseparable connection of the piercer 6 and the annular shelf 8 provides protection against a situation where the user mistakenly does not install the piercer 6 on the annular shelf 8 or installs the piercer 6 with the piercing part facing down. Any of these situations excludes the piercing of the lower part of the capsule 7, which may result in splashing of water, which is supplied under pressure from the automobile coffee machine, through the connection “upper piercer - capsule” or rupture of water lines inside the automobile coffee machine, which will also lead to splashing of hot water , which can get on the passenger, burn him, stain his clothes and/or the interior of the car. Thus, the inseparable connection of the piercer 6 and the annular shelf 8 increases the operational safety 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 and a second mold for the production of the ring part 1. Thus, we obtain two products and install the ring part 1 on the flange 5 before use.

Obviously, the more complex the mold, the higher the defect rate. In the “Big 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, designed to be removably connected to 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, so how 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 one-component drink, as a result of which a hot one-component drink may spill out of the glass body 9 for 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 multi-component drinks, in which the upper capsule piercer is configured to pierce several capsules simultaneously, the location of which differs from location of the capsule in the claimed device. Supplying water to the upper capsule piercer of an automobile coffee machine 11, configured to prepare multi-component drinks, will result in hot water splashing past the capsule and creating the danger of hot water contacting the user and the vehicle interior.

To eliminate such a danger, the claimed device contains a marking 11, which can be a barcode 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 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 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 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 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. In this way, additional rigidity of the side wall 2 is created, increasing the permissible force created by the user’s fingers while drinking a single-component drink. This solution increases the operational safety of the claimed device.

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 14, which is a horizontal annular platform made inseparable from the internal protrusion on one side and inseparable from the capsule socket 3 on the other side, for example, by gluing or casting. The vibration damper 14 includes one or more openings configured to allow liquid to pass through such that liquid flows through them and enters 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 against the vibration damper 14, so 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 glass body , loses momentum and flows back. The vibration damper 14 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.

After pouring the drink into the claimed device, part of the hot liquid remains inside the capsule 7, which has a puncture through which the liquid can leak; in addition, when the upper piercer, which is an element of a car coffee machine, is removed, liquid may leak from the upper pierce, which flows down onto the capsule 7. When the claimed device is tilted, this liquid may fall on the user, which may cause burns and may stain the user's clothing and/or the interior of the vehicle.

To protect against such a danger, the claimed device contains a capsule socket cover 15, which is made, for example, of plastic or paper, and may contain a bottom and a wall, while the bottom of the capsule socket cover protects against liquid from the capsule getting onto the user, and the wall allows the cover to be fixed capsule nests in capsule nests. The cover of the capsule socket 15 is designed to be connected to the capsule socket 3 by surprise, eliminating the possibility of liquid flow through this connection, as well as protecting against capsules 7 falling out of the capsule socket 3.

This solution protects against hot liquid getting on the user and the vehicle interior, thereby increasing the safety of operation of the claimed device.

The claimed device contains a cover of the annular part (16), configured to be installed on the annular part 1 and containing an annular protrusion (17). Installing the cover of the annular part (16), covering the annular part 1 with the capsule 7 and the capsule socket 3, and making on the inner side surface of the cover of the annular part (16) in its lower part an annular protrusion (17) that engages with the lower surface of the flange 5 , make it possible to fix the flange 5 in the annular protrusion (17) 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 annular part cover (16) and its annular protrusion (17) uniformly around the circumference create conditions for elastic deflection of the side surface of the annular part cover (16) during installation of the cover. The holes, aligned with the drinking and air holes on the annular part, allow the drink to be consumed after installing the ring part cover (16).

The utility model works as follows: the user installs the ring part 1 on the flange 5, inserts the capsule 7 into the capsule socket 3, while the capsule 7 is pierced with its lower part by the piercer 6. After this, the user places the claimed device in the car coffee machine 10. Next, the user presses the upper piercer using, for example, a lever. The user turns on the water supply. The automobile coffee machine 10, using a scanner 12, reads the marking 11, 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 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 inventive beverage device from the automobile coffee machine, the user manually inserts the capsule lid into the capsule socket, covering the spent capsule installed in the capsule socket. The user then installs the ring portion cover (16) onto the ring portion 1 with the capsule 7 and capsule seat 3, aligning the holes on the ring portion cover with the drinking holes on the ring portion. Thanks to the slots made evenly around the circumference on the side surface of the annular part cover (16) and the annular protrusion (17), as well as the conical outer side surface of the annular part 1, the annular protrusion (17) when installing the annular part cover (16) is deflected and allows the annular part 1 inside the ring part cover (16). In this case, the annular protrusion (17) 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 the 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)

Glass - an external holder of one capsule, equipped with an annular shelf, a capsule socket cover and a lid of the annular part, a system for the safe preparation of drinks, consisting of a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and a piercer containing one piercing element, and configured to 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 nest made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate a capsule; 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, containing a vibration damper inseparably connected to the internal protrusion on one side and to the capsule socket on the other side; a capsule socket cover configured to tightly connect to the capsule socket by surprise and fix the capsule in the capsule socket; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with a capsule and a capsule socket, 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.