RU225182U1 - Thermally insulated glass - external holder of four capsules, equipped with a ring shelf and clamps for the safe preparation of four-ingredient drinks - 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. Thermally insulated glass - an external holder of four capsules, equipped with an annular shelf and clamps for a system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing an external thread and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to hold the piercer; a piercing device containing four piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and piercing the lower parts of four capsules located in the capsule nest; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing drinking holes and an internal thread configured to connect with an external thread; a capsule nest configured to connect to the annular portion and configured to accommodate four capsules; containing markings capable of being read by a scanner of a car coffee machine; it contains a removable annular part containing an internal protrusion configured to be pressed against the inner side of the side wall and a heat-insulating coating connected to the annular part; an external flask connected to an external thread; a capsule nest containing eight latches located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, configured to fix four capsules installed 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 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 known device is a capsule holder for coffee machines, including a socket for installing a capsule with a drink extract and a hole for exiting the finished drink (patent RU 2747134, published on April 28, 2021) [1], characterized by the fact that the capsule holder has an annular groove for tight fitting drink glass holder.

A known device is a capsule glass holder for devices for preparing drinks, including a socket for installing a capsule, (patent RU 2761895, published 12/13/2021) [2], characterized in that it contains an annular part containing holes for drinking and air, connected with a cup body consisting of side and bottom walls, wherein the cup body is inseparable from the annular part, which is inseparable from the socket for installing the capsule. The disadvantage of the known devices [1, 2] is the impossibility of using a capsule with a bulk product that is not equipped with an internal piercer - for example, a Nespresso standard capsule.

A capsule glass holder for devices for preparing drinks is known, including a socket for installing the capsule (patent RU 219382, published 06/13/2023). The solution 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 heat-insulated glass is claimed - an external holder of four capsules, equipped with an annular shelf and clamps for a system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing an external thread and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to hold a piercer; a piercing device containing four piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and piercing the lower parts of four capsules located in the capsule nest; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing drinking holes and an internal thread configured to connect with an external thread; a capsule nest configured to connect to the annular portion and configured to accommodate four capsules; containing markings capable of being read by a scanner of a car 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 and a heat-insulating coating connected to the annular part; an external flask connected to an external thread; a capsule nest containing eight latches located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, configured to fix four capsules installed 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. External thread

6. Piercer

7. Capsules

8. Ring shelf

9. Cup body

10. Car coffee machine

11. Marking

12. Scanner

13. Internal thread

14. Threaded connection

15. Inner ledge

16. Outer flask

17. Thermal insulation coating

18. Lock

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 beverage preparation system, four capsules 7 containing dry matter and water are 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 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 contains a side wall 2, inseparably connected to the bottom 4, which form the body of the glass 9. The side wall 2 contains an external thread 5, inseparably connected to the upper edge of the side wall 2. The claimed device contains an annular part 1, containing one or more drinking holes, and configured to connect with the external thread 5 using an internal thread 13. The internal thread 13 is located on the annular part 1, is made inseparable from the annular part 1 by casting or gluing and is configured to connections with external thread 5. Accidental disconnection of the annular part 1 and the body of the glass 9 during operation of the claimed device can lead to the spilling of a hot drink on the passenger. The threaded connection 14 of the annular part 1 and the body of the cup 9 is a more reliable connection compared to a connection using an annular groove. The use of a threaded connection 14 increases the operational safety of the claimed device.

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

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

The claimed device is manufactured using injection molding, for example, using an injection molding machine. To produce the claimed device, it will be necessary to make a mold into which molten plastic material is poured under pressure. Unlike solution [3], made monolithic, the production of which requires a complex mold, which may include special form-building elements, such as folding punches, composite and sliding dies and special removal plates, the claimed utility model is made collapsible, with using one mold for the production of the glass body 9, a second mold for the production of the piercer 6, a third mold for the production of the ring part 1 and a fourth mold for the production of the capsule nest 3. Thus, we obtain four types of products and install the piercer 6 to the ring shelf 8, ring part 1 to the external thread 5 and capsule socket 3 to the ring part 1 before use.

Obviously, the more complex the mold, the higher the defect rate. In the “Great Encyclopedia of Oil and Gas” with reference to the book by Samokhvalov Y.A. “Handbook of Design Technicians”, in chapter 8 “Parts made of plastics” it is written: “...Undercuts impair the manufacturability of parts, reduce their accuracy and surface quality, complicate the design of the mold and limit productivity during pressing. By changing the design of products, undercuts can be avoided. If it is impossible to avoid undercuts, then in some cases it is advisable to divide such a part into two (or more) simple parts...” p. 330, para. 5. https://www.ngpedia.ru/pg1677673pmQmENz0001274576/.

Unlike a known analogue, the claimed device contains a ring part 1 made with the possibility of removable connection with the external thread 5 and with the possibility of removable connection with the capsule socket 3. This solution will reduce the number of defects in the production of the claimed device, and, therefore, will reduce the likelihood of using defective declared devices, which increases the safety of operation of the claimed device, since the claimed device, made with defects, can create a danger, for example, of accidental removal of the ring part 1 from the external thread 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, a hot four-component drink may be poured from the body of the glass 9 onto the passenger and/or elements of the car interior. This solution increases the operational safety of the claimed device.

The 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 differs from the location 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 claimed device.

The operating safety of the claimed device is increased by reducing the likelihood of accidental removal of the annular part 1 from the external thread 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 15, designed to be pressed against the inside of the side wall 2 when installing the annular part 1 on the external thread 5. The internal projection 15 is located on the lower side of the annular part 1 and is made inseparable from the annular part 1, for example, by casting. The internal projection 15 has an annular shape and is configured to press against the inside of the side wall 2. When the annular part 1 is installed on the external thread 5, the annular part 1 creates pressure on the side wall 2, which transfers the created pressure to the internal projection 15. Internal projection 15 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 claimed device.

The drink poured into the claimed device has a high temperature, and the large heat transfer through the side wall 2 leads to the fact that a high temperature is formed on the outer surface of the side wall 2. This can lead to burns of the passenger's fingers and the fall of the claimed device when instinctively unclenching the fingers, this can lead to there is a danger of the claimed device with a hot drink falling, the four-component drink splashing out on the passenger or elements of the car interior.

To eliminate such a danger, the claimed device contains an external flask 16, made inseparable from the external thread, for example, by casting or gluing. The outer flask 16 is made, for example, of plastic or pressed paper. The outer flask 16 is designed to reduce heat loss through the side wall 2 and the bottom 4. The outer flask 16 follows the shape of the outer part of the body of the glass 9, while the walls of the outer flask 16 do not touch the side wall 2 and the bottom 4.

Since the thermal conductivity of the air between the side wall 2 and the outer bulb 16 is less than the thermal conductivity of paper or plastic, the temperature on the outer surface of the outer bulb 16 is lower than that on the outer surface of the side wall 2, this reduces the possibility of burning the user's fingers, thereby increasing safety 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 17, designed to increase the heat-insulating properties. The thermal insulating coating 17 can be made, for example, of metal, plastic or other material with thermal insulation properties. The thermal insulation cover 17 may be attached to the annular portion 1 by gluing or casting or soldering, and may also be attached by a mechanical connection, for example, using hook-shaped fasteners, or elastic fasteners, or fasteners with ring or spherical snap elements, or using another connection option. The thermal insulation coating 17 is designed to provide access for capsules 7 to the capsule nest 3 and to allow drinking a four-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 external thread 5. This solution increases the safety of operation of the claimed device .

During consumption of a drink, four capsules 7 are located in the capsule slot 3. When drinking a drink, the inventive device with installed capsules 7 is tilted to provide access to the drinking hole to allow drinking the drink. Thus, capsules 7 move from a horizontal position to an inclined one and there is a possibility of capsules 7 being displaced or falling out of the capsule nest 3. In addition, the capsules can be pressed from below by the drink located inside the body of the glass 9, which increases the risk of capsules 7 falling out of the capsule nest 3 The loss of capsules 7 from the nest of capsules 3, in a moving car, creates the possibility of spilling a hot drink from the body of the glass 9 and getting it on the passenger and elements of the car interior.

To eliminate such a danger, the claimed device is equipped with eight latches 18 located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest 3, made inseparable from the capsule nest 3 by gluing or casting. The latches 18 are designed to prevent the capsules 7 from falling out of the capsule socket 3. The latches 18 can be made in the form of protruding elements, such as, for example, a hemisphere. The clamps 18 are designed to ensure installation of four capsules 7 in the capsule nest 3, and to prevent the capsules 7 from falling out of the capsule nest 3. The clamps 18 are designed to hold four capsules 7 by the upper edge. Each of the four capsules 7 is held by two clamps 18. 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 annular shelf 8, then installs the annular part 1 on the side wall 2 using a threaded connection 14, inserts the capsule socket 3 into the annular part 1, positions the annular part 1 so that the holes of the capsule socket are located above the piercers 6, inserts four capsules 7 into the capsule slot 3, while the capsules 7 are pierced with their lower part by piercers 6, after that, the user places the claimed device in the 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 a 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. The drink is ready to drink 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 safety of operation of the claimed device.

Claims (1)

Thermally insulated glass - an external holder of four capsules, equipped with an annular shelf and clamps for a system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing an external thread and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to hold the piercer; a piercing device containing four piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and piercing the lower parts of four capsules located in the capsule nest; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing drinking holes and an internal thread configured to connect with an external thread; a capsule nest configured to connect to the annular portion and configured to accommodate four capsules; containing markings capable of being read by a scanner of an automobile coffee machine, characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing an inner protrusion configured to be pressed against the inner side of the side wall and a heat-insulating coating connected to the annular portion; an external flask connected to an external thread; a capsule nest containing eight latches located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, configured to fix four capsules installed in the capsule nest.