RU225549U1 - Thermally insulated cup - external holder of four capsules, equipped with a ring part lid, ring shelf and clamps - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing four-component drinks, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino with sugar and cinnamon, by extracting the bulk substance contained in capsules without an internal piercer, such as, for example, Nespresso standard capsules. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of four-ingredient drinks, consisting of the claimed device and a car coffee machine, which can be used as a vending machine for selling four-ingredient drinks, mainly in taxis. Thermally insulated glass - an external holder of four capsules, equipped with a lid of the annular part, an annular shelf and clamps, consisting of a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and a piercing device containing four piercing elements, and made with the possibility of piercing the lower parts of four 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 made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate four capsules, characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing a thermal insulation coating; 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; 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. 4 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing four-component drinks, such as, for example, latte or cappuccino with sugar and cinnamon, by extracting the bulk substance contained in capsules without an internal piercer, such as, for example, Nespresso standard capsules. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of four-ingredient drinks, consisting of the claimed device and a car coffee machine, which can be used as a vending machine for selling four-ingredient drinks, mainly 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 known device is a glass capsule 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 openings for drinking and air, connected to the housing 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 heat-insulated glass is claimed - an external holder of four capsules, equipped with a lid of the annular part, an annular shelf and clamps, consisting of a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and a piercing device containing four piercing elements, and configured to pierce the lower parts of four 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 made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate four capsules; characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing a thermal insulation coating; 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; 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.

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. Ring shelf

9. Cup body

10. Car coffee machine

11. Thermal insulation coating

12. Lock

13. Cover of the ring part

14. Annular protrusion.

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/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 an annular groove. The annular part 1 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 capsule nest 3. The capsule nest 3 is made inseparable from the annular part 1, for example, by casting, this solution provides protection from leakage of the drink through the connection “ring part 1 – capsule nest 3”, which can get on passenger or car interior, this increases the safety of operation of the claimed device. 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 For the use of four 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 casting, containing four piercing elements. The piercer 6 is configured to pierce the lower parts of four capsules 7 when placing four capsules 7 in the capsule nest 3.

Making the piercer in the form of jumpers and four 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 four pins with piercing parts and placing the piercers 6 on the bottom 4, since in the case placement of piercers 6 on the bottom 4, the piercers are long and can bend and deflect when resting against the lower parts of four 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 four 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 car coffee machine, through the connection “upper piercer - capsules” or 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 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 “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 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 four-component drink, as a result of which a hot four-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 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 11, designed to increase the heat-insulating properties. The thermal insulating coating 11 can be made, for example, of metal, plastic or other material with thermal insulation properties. The thermal insulation cover 11 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, by means of hook-shaped fasteners or elastic fasteners, or fasteners with ring or spherical snap elements, or by means of another connection option. The thermal insulation coating 11 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 flange 5. This solution increases the safety of operation of the claimed device.

The claimed device contains a cover of the annular part 13, configured to be installed on the annular part 1 and containing an annular protrusion 14. Installation of the cover of the annular part 13, covering the annular part 1 with capsules 7 and a nest of capsules 3, and execution on the inner side surface of the cover of the annular part 13 in its lower part of the annular protrusion 14, which engages with the lower surface of the flanging 5, allows you to fix the flanging 5 in the annular protrusion 14 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 cover of the annular part 13 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 13 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 13.

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 12 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 12 are designed to prevent the capsules 7 from falling out of the capsule socket 3. The latches 12 can be made in the form of protruding elements, such as, for example, a hemisphere. The clamps 12 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 12 are designed to hold four capsules 7 by the upper edge. Each of the four capsules 7 is held by two clamps 12. This solution increases the safety of operation of the claimed device.

The utility model works as follows:

The user manually installs the ring part 1 on the flange 5, positioning it in such a way that the holes of the capsule nest 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 into the car coffee machine 10 and presses the upper piercer using, for example, a lever. The user turns on the water supply. 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 user then installs the ring portion cover 13 onto the capsule ring portion and capsule seat while 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 13 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 13, deflects and passes the annular part 1 inside the cover of the annular part 13. 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 safety of operation of the claimed device.

Claims (1)

Thermally insulated glass - an external holder of four capsules, equipped with a lid of the annular part, an annular shelf and clamps, consisting of a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and a piercing device containing four piercing elements and configured to pierce the lower parts four 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 made inseparably from the annular part and configured to accommodate four capsules, characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing a thermal insulation coating; 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; 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.