RU224384U1 - Cup - external holder of four capsules, equipped with a capsule nest cover and a ring part cover - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing four-component drinks by extracting a bulk substance, such as, for example, a latte or a cappuccino with sugar and cinnamon, 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 four capsules, equipped with a lid for the capsule nest and a lid for the annular part, a system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing a flange; a bottom made inseparably from the side wall and containing four brackets; four piercers, each of which is inseparably connected to the bracket and is configured to pierce the lower part of the capsule located in the capsule nest; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect with the flange; a capsule nest made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate four capsules; containing a marking capable of being read by a scanner of an automobile coffee machine, characterized in that the removable annular part contains an internal protrusion configured to be pressed against the inner side of the side wall; a capsule nest cover configured to tightly connect with the capsule nest by surprise and fix the capsules in the capsule nest; a cover of the annular part containing holes aligned with drinking holes on the annular part, covering the annular part with capsules and a nest of capsules, containing an annular protrusion on the inner side surface in the lower part, engaging with the lower surface of the flange, while the outer side surface is annular The part has a taper, and on the side surface of the cover of the annular part and its annular protrusion, through slots are made evenly around the circumference. The technical result is an increase in the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks. 4 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing four-component drinks by extracting a bulk substance, such as, for example, a latte or a cappuccino with sugar and cinnamon, 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 device is known, 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 tightly fitting the holder onto drink glass.

A device is known, a capsule holder-cup 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 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 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 system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks.

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

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 – Installing the annular part cover on the annular part in four 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. Bracket

9. Cup body

10. Car coffee machine

11. Marking

12. Scanner

13. Inner ledge

14. Annular projection

15. Capsule slot cover

16. Cover of the annular part.

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

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

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 four 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 four-component drinks. This eliminates an open jet and provides protection from the four-ingredient drink 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 nest of capsules 3, which is configured to accommodate four capsules 7 in such a way that the drink flowing from the capsules 7 enters the body of the glass 9.

The capsule nest 3 is made inseparable from the annular part 1, for example, by casting. The inseparable connection of the ring part 1 and the capsule nest 3 increases the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, since the removable connection of the capsule nest 2 and the ring part 1 can lead to accidental separation of the ring part 1 and the capsule nest 3 during operation of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, which may result in hot drink being poured out of the glass body 9 through the resulting hole in the annular portion 1, which may stain and/or burn the user.

The capsule nest 3 is made with the ability to access and tightly press the upper piercer, which is an element of the automobile coffee machine, to the capsules 7 installed in the capsule nest 3. The claimed device contains four brackets 8 connected to the inside of the bottom 4, for example, by gluing or casting. Each of the four brackets 8 is inseparably connected to the piercer 6 by gluing or casting. To use four capsules 7 without an internal piercer (for example, the Nespresso standard), the claimed device contains four piercers 6, including a piercing element (for example, a needle). The piercers 6 are made inseparable from the brackets 8, such that the sharp piercing part of each of the piercers 6 can pierce the lower part of one of the four capsules 7 when placing the capsules 7 in the nest of capsules 3. The inseparable connection of the piercers 6 and the brackets 8 provides protection against a situation where the user mistakenly fails to install one or both piercers 6 into the brackets 8 or installs one or both piercers 6 with the piercing part down. Any of these situations excludes the piercing of the lower part of one or both capsules 7, which may result in splashing of water, which is supplied under pressure from the automobile coffee machine, through the “upper piercer-capsule” connection or rupture of the water lines inside the automobile coffee machine, which will also lead to splashing 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 piercers 6 and the brackets 8 increases the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks.

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 “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 claimed device, and, therefore, reduce the likelihood of using defective claimed devices, which increases the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, 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 four-component drink, as a result of which a hot four-component drink may be poured out from the body of glass 9 onto the passenger and/or elements of the car interior. This solution increases the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-ingredient drinks.

The operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks 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 one-component drinks, in which the upper capsule piercer is configured to pierce one capsule, the location of which differs from the arrangement of four 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 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 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 four-component drink or block the process of preparing a four-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 system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks.

Safety of operation of the system for the safe preparation of four-ingredient drinks. 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 conditions of shaking and vibration.

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

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 the upper piercer, which is an element of an automobile coffee machine, is removed, liquid may leak from the upper piercer, which flows down from above onto the capsules 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 nest 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 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 capsule nest cover 15 is designed to be connected to the capsule nest 3 by surprise, eliminating the possibility of liquid flowing through this connection, and also protecting against capsules 7 falling out of the capsule nest 3.

This solution protects against hot liquid entering the user and the vehicle interior, thereby increasing the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-ingredient drinks.

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 14. Installation of the cover of the annular part 16, 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 16 in its lower part of the annular protrusion 14, which engages with the lower surface of the flange 5, allows you to fix the flange 5 in the annular protrusion 14 and thereby prevent the glass body from falling out of the annular part during operation of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks. This increases the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, 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 onto 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 16 and its annular protrusion 14 evenly around the circumference create conditions for elastic deflection of the side surface of the cover of the annular part 16 during installation of the cover of the annular part. 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 16.

The utility model works as follows:

The user installs the ring part 1 on the flange 5, positioning it in such a way that the holes of the capsule nest 3 are located above the piercers 6, inserts four capsules 7 into the capsule nest 3, while the capsules 7 are pierced with their lower parts by the piercers 6, after which the user places the stated device in a car coffee machine 10 positioning the claimed device in such a way that the four 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 four capsules 7 and from there, in the form of a four-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 user then installs the ring portion cover 16 onto the ring portion 1 with the capsules 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 along the circumference on the side surface of the cover of the annular part 16 and the annular protrusion 14, as well as the conical outer side surface of the annular part 1, the annular protrusion 14, when installing the cover of the annular part 16, deflects and passes the annular part 1 inside the cover of the annular part 16. In this case, the annular protrusion 14 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 four-component drink, the user disposes of the claimed device.

Thus, the claimed utility model makes it possible to increase the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks.

Claims (1)

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