RU225761U1 - Marked cup - external holder of four capsules, equipped with thermal insulation of the side wall and annular shelf - 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 four-component 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 . Marked cup - an external holder of four capsules, equipped with thermal insulation of the side wall and an annular shelf, 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 portion containing drinking holes, an internal thread configured to connect with an external thread, and a capsule seat configured to accommodate four 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 an internal protrusion configured to be pressed against the inner side of the side wall; an external flask connected to an external thread; a capsule nest cover configured to tightly connect with the capsule nest by surprise and fix the capsules in the capsule nest. The technical result achieved by the utility model is to increase the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks. 2 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 four-component 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 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 with a 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 marked glass is claimed - an external holder of four capsules, equipped with thermal insulation of the side wall and an annular shelf, 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 holding 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 portion containing drinking holes, an internal thread configured to connect with an external thread, and a capsule seat configured to accommodate four 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 an internal protrusion configured to be pressed against the inner side of the side wall; an external flask connected to an external thread; a capsule nest cover configured to tightly connect with the capsule nest by surprise and fix the capsules in the capsule nest.

The essence of the claimed utility model is illustrated by illustrations:

Fig. 1 – A – Ring part with installed capsule nest. View from below. B - Claimed device with installed capsules. Side sectional view.

Figure 2 – 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. Capsule slot cover

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 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 ring part 1 and the body of the cup 9 is a more reliable connection in comparison with a connection using an annular groove. The use of threaded connection 14 increases the operational safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks.

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 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 system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks. The capsule nest 3 is made with the possibility of access and tight pressing of 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 an annular shelf 8, shaped like a ring, the outer diameter of which is equal to the inner diameter of the side wall 2 in place contact of the side wall 2 with the annular shelf 8. The annular shelf 8 is connected to the inside 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 the annular shelf 8 so 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 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 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 and a third mold - for the production of the annular part 1. Thus, we obtain four types of products and install the piercer 6 on the annular shelf 8, the annular part 1 to external thread 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 deteriorate 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 an external thread 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 safe preparation system 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 external thread 5, and/or the capsule falling out, and/or breakage of the claimed device during the preparation of a four-component drink, which may result in pouring a hot four-component drink 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 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 declared device and the car coffee machine 10. To read the marking 11, the car coffee machine contains a 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.

The operating safety of the system for the safe preparation of four-component drinks 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 the 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 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 inner 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 flask 16 is less than the thermal conductivity of paper or plastic, the temperature on the outer surface of the outer flask 16 is lower than on the outer surface of the side wall 2, this reduces the likelihood of burning the user's fingers, thereby increasing operational safety systems 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, which have a puncture through which the liquid can leak; in addition, when the upper piercer, which is an element of a car coffee machine, is removed, liquid may leak from the upper pierce, which flows down onto the capsules 7. When tilting the claimed device, this liquid may fall on the user, which can lead to burns and may stain the user’s clothing and/or the interior of the car.

To protect against such a danger, the claimed device contains a capsule nest cover 17, 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 17 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.

The utility model operates 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 four capsules 7 into the capsule slot 3, while 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 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 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 inventive beverage device from the car coffee machine, the user manually inserts the capsule slot cover into the capsule slot, covering the spent capsules installed in the capsule slot. The drink is ready to drink through the drinking hole. After consuming the 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)

Marked cup - an external holder of four capsules, equipped with thermal insulation of the side wall and an annular shelf, 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 portion containing drinking holes, an internal thread configured to connect with an external thread, and a capsule nest configured to accommodate four 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 an internal protrusion configured to be pressed against the inner side of the side wall; an external flask connected to an external thread; a capsule nest cover configured to tightly connect with the capsule nest by surprise and fix the capsules in the capsule nest.