RU225324U1 - Marked cup - external holder for two capsules, equipped with thermal insulation, clamps and ring shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing two-component drinks by extracting a bulk substance, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino, contained in capsules without an internal piercer. 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 a taxi. Marked glass - an external holder of two capsules, equipped with thermal insulation, clamps and an annular shelf for a system for the safe preparation of two-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 piercer containing two piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and pierce the lower parts of two capsules located in the capsule nest; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking, an internal thread configured to connect with an external thread, and a capsule nest made inseparable from the annular part and capable of accommodating two 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 containing four latches located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, configured to fix two 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 two-component drinks by extracting a bulk substance, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino, 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 a taxi.

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 device is known, 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 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 marked glass is claimed - an external holder of two capsules, equipped with thermal insulation, clamps and an annular shelf of a system for the safe preparation of two-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 piercer; a piercer containing two piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and pierce the lower parts of two capsules located in the capsule nest; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking, an internal thread configured to connect with an external thread, and a capsule nest made inseparable from the annular part and capable of accommodating two 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 containing four latches located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, configured to fix two capsules installed in the capsule nest.

The essence of the claimed utility model is illustrated:

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

Fig.2 - A - Ring part before installing the 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 - Thermal insulation coating

16 - Fasteners

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

The system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks is a system of elements connected to each other. The elements of the system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks are a car coffee machine 10, not equipped with an internal capsule holder, and the claimed device. To prepare a two-ingredient drink using the safe two-ingredient beverage preparation system, two capsules 7 are used, one of which contains ground coffee, and the other which may contain milk powder or 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 two 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 two-component drinks. This eliminates an open stream and provides protection from the two-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 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 holes for drinking and made with the possibility of connection with the external thread 5 using an internal thread 13. The internal thread 13 is located on the annular part 1, is made inseparably from the annular part 1 by casting and is made with the possibility of connection with the external thread 5. Accidental separation of the ring part 1 and the body of the glass 9 during operation of the claimed device can lead to a hot drink being spilled 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 annular part 1 contains a nest of capsules 3, which is designed to accommodate two 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 inseparable from the annular part 1, for example, by casting, such the solution provides protection against leakage of a drink through the connection “ring part 1–capsule nest 3”, which can get onto the passenger or the vehicle interior, this increases the safety of operation of the claimed device. 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 inseparable connection of the ring part 1 and the capsule nest 3 increases the safety of operation of the claimed device, since the removable connection of the capsule nest 3 and the ring part 1 can lead to accidental separation of the ring part 1 and the capsule nest 3 during operation of the claimed device, and this can lead to spillage hot drink from the glass body 9 through the resulting hole in the annular part 1. Spilled hot drink can stain and/or burn the user.

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 capsules 7 without an internal piercer (for example, the Nespresso standard), the claimed device contains a piercer 6 containing a ring part with an internal jumper on which two 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 the annular shelf 8 in such a way that the two sharp piercing parts of the piercer 6 can pierce the lower parts of the two capsules 7 when placing the two capsules 7 in the capsule nest 3.

Making the piercer in the form of a ring with a jumper and two 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 two pins with piercing parts and placing them on the bottom 4, since in the case of placement piercers 6 on 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 the connection “ upper piercer-capsule" or to rupture of water lines inside the car coffee machine, which will also lead to splashing of hot water, which can get on the passenger, burn him, stain clothes and/or the interior of the car. Thus, making the piercer 6 in the form of a ring with a jumper and 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 and a third mold - for the production of the annular part 1. Thus, we obtain three products and install the piercer 6 on the annular shelf 8, screw the annular part 1 on the body of the glass 9 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, designed for removable connection with the body of the glass 9. 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, since the claimed device, made with defects, may create a danger, for example, of accidental removal of the ring part 1 from the body of the glass 9, and/or the capsule falling out, and/or the breakdown of the claimed device during the preparation of a two-component drink, as a result of which a hot two-component drink may be poured out drink from the body of 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 two 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 two-component drink or block the process of preparing a two-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 15, designed to increase the heat-insulating properties. The thermal insulation coating 15 can be made, for example, of metal, plastic or other material with thermal insulation properties. The thermal insulation cover 15 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 insulating coating 15 is designed to provide access for capsules 7 to the capsule nest 3 and to allow drinking a two-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 body of the glass 9. This solution increases the safety of operation of the claimed device .

When drinking a drink, two 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 may 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 a hot drink spilling 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 four latches 16 located on the outside of the vertical part of the capsule nest 3, made inseparable from the capsule nest 3 by gluing or casting. The latches 16 are designed to prevent the capsules 7 from falling out of the capsule socket 3. The latches 16 can be made in the form of protruding elements, such as, for example, a hemisphere. The clamps 16 are designed to ensure installation of two capsules 7 in the capsule nest 3 and prevent the capsules 7 from falling out of the capsule nest 3. The clamps 16 are designed to hold two capsules 7 by the upper edge. Each of the two capsules 7 is held by two clamps 16. This solution increases the safety of operation 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, positions the annular part 1 so that the holes of the capsule nest are located above the piercers 6, inserts two capsules 7 into the capsule nest 3, in this case, the capsules 7 are pierced with their lower part by the piercers 6, after which the user places the claimed device in the car coffee machine 10, positioning the claimed device in such a way that the two 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 two capsules 7 and from there, in the form of a two-component drink, flows into the body of the glass 9. After the inventive device is filled, the user removes the upper piercer from the inventive device, lifting the lever, and manually removes the inventive device with the drink. After removing the claimed device with a drink from a car coffee machine, the drink is ready for consumption through the drinking hole. After consuming the two-component drink, the user disposes of the claimed device.

Thus, the claimed utility model makes it possible to increase the safety of operation of the claimed device.

Claims (1)

Marked glass - an external holder of two capsules, equipped with thermal insulation, clamps and an annular shelf for a system for the safe preparation of two-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 piercer containing two piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and pierce the lower parts of two capsules located in the capsule nest; a bottom inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking, an internal thread configured to connect with an external thread, and a capsule nest made inseparable from the annular part and capable of accommodating two 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 containing four latches located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, configured to fix two capsules installed in the capsule nest.