RU224274U1 - Thermally insulated glass - external holder of three capsules, equipped with a ring shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of devices for the preparation of three-component drinks by the method of extracting bulk substances, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino with sugar, 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. Thermally insulated glass - an external holder of three capsules, equipped with an annular shelf, a system for the safe preparation of three-component 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 three piercing elements and made with the ability to pierce the lower parts three capsules placed 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 accommodate three 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 a heat-insulating coating; a capsule nest cover configured to tightly connect with the capsule nest by surprise and fix the capsules in the capsule nest. The technical result achieved by the utility model is to increase the operational safety of the claimed device. 3 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to elements of devices for the preparation of three-component drinks by the method of extracting bulk substances, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino with sugar, 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 mounted on 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 with 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 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 heat-insulated glass is claimed - an external holder of three capsules, equipped with an annular shelf, a system for the safe preparation of three-component 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 three piercing elements, and configured to 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 accommodate three 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 a heat-insulating coating; a capsule nest cover configured to tightly connect to the capsule nest and fix the capsules in the capsule nest.

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.

Figure 3 – 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. Marking

12. Scanner

13. Thermal insulation coating

14. Capsule slot cover

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 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 the 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 slot 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 inner side 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 three capsules 7 without an internal piercer (for example, the Nespresso standard), the claimed device contains a piercer 6 containing structural elements, such as, for example, jumpers, the edges of which are inseparably connected to the annular shelf 8, for example, by gluing or castings containing three piercing elements. The piercer 6 is configured to pierce the lower parts of three capsules 7 when placing three capsules 7 in the capsule nest 3.

Making the piercer in the form of jumpers and three piercing elements, as well as the inseparable connection of the piercer 6 with 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 the piercers 6 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 three capsules, as a result of which the lower parts of the capsules 7 will not be pierced, as a result of which splashing of water, which is supplied under pressure from a car coffee machine, may occur, through the 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, the design of the piercer 6, containing three piercing elements, inseparably connected to the annular shelf 8, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall 2, increases the operational safety 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 parts down. Any of these situations excludes the piercing of the lower parts of the capsules 7, which may result in splashing of water, which is supplied under pressure from the automobile coffee machine, through the connection “upper piercer - capsules” 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, a second mold for the production of the ring part 1 and a third mold for the production of the capsule nest 3. Thus, we obtain three products and 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 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 the flange 5 and with the possibility of removable connection with the capsule socket 3. This solution will reduce the amount 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, 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 three-component drink, as a result of which it may a hot three-component drink will 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 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 three 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 three-component drink or block the process of preparing a three-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 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 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 mechanical connection, for example, by hook-shaped fasteners or elastic fasteners, or by ring-shaped or spherical snap fasteners, or by another connection option. The thermal insulation coating 13 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.

After pouring the drink into the claimed device, part of the hot liquid remains inside the capsules 7 having a puncture, through which the liquid can leak; in addition, when removing the upper piercer, which is an element of a car coffee machine, liquid may leak from the upper pierce, which flows down onto the capsules 7. When tilting the claimed device, this liquid may fall on the user, which may cause burns, 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 nest cover 14, which is made, for example, of plastic or paper, and may contain a bottom and a wall, while the bottom of the capsule nest cover protects against liquid from the capsules getting onto the user, and the wall allows the lid to be fixed nests of capsules in a nest of capsules. The cover of the capsule nest 14 is designed to be connected to the capsule nest 3 by surprise, eliminating the possibility of liquid flowing through this connection, as well as protecting against capsules 7 falling out of the capsule nest 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 utility model works as follows.

The user installs the ring part 1 on the flange 5, inserts the capsule nest 3 into the ring part 1, positioning it in such a way that the holes of the capsule nest are located above the piercers 6, inserts three capsules 7 into the capsule nest 3, while the capsule 7 is pierced with its lower part by the piercers 6 , after this, the user places the claimed device into the car coffee machine 10, positioning the claimed device in such a way that the three 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 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 inventive beverage device from the car coffee machine, the user manually inserts the capsule slot cover into the capsule slot, covering the spent capsules installed in the capsule slot. The drink is ready to drink 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, a system for the safe preparation of three-component 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 three piercing elements and made with the ability to pierce the lower parts three capsules placed 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 accommodate three 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 a heat-insulating coating; a capsule nest cover configured to tightly connect with the capsule nest by surprise and fix the capsules in the capsule nest.