RU2684511C1 - Capsular mechanical device for beverages preparation - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: food industry.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to food industry. Beverage preparation device comprises a body made on one side with a neck attachment assembly open and filled with drinking liquid PET bottles, with a cavity inside to accommodate a sealed capsule filled with a product to be dissolved with the said drinking liquid, and having a capsule cover piercing assembly on the other side, comprising a piercing needle and configured to move the needles towards the capsule cover for mixing the drinking liquid and the product. Housing is made in wall with receiving opening for installation into capsule seat, oriented cover in direction from attachment assembly of PET bottle neck, unit for attachment of PET bottleneck is located under bottom wall of socket for capsule and tube for communicating this bottle with atmosphere is installed, on external wall of housing there are radial directed recesses located at two levels along height of barrel. Capsule cover piercing assembly is made in the form of a cup body enveloping from above, carrying the attachment elements on the bottom side, located above the capsule seat on the side of its lid and in which the first piercing needle connected to the ready beverage outlet channel is fixed, and a second piercing needle connected to the tube, the end of which is to be placed in the bottle PET neck. On the opposite side of the side on the walls of the shell there are radial ledges made with possibility of elastic insertion into radial directed recesses at the first level corresponding to the position of the sleeve relative to the housing, wherein the capsule is inserted into the socket, and at the second level when the bottom of the cup is pressed and piercing needles are inserted through the capsule cover into the cavity with the product.EFFECT: disclosed capsular mechanical device for beverages preparation.5 cl, 6 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the field of food industry and relates to a structure intended for the preparation of carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks, juices, juice drinks, smoothies, cocktails and any other drinks.

The device allows you to prepare any non-alcoholic drinks, both carbonated and still, as well as juices and juice drinks at home, camping and catering. The device does not require power and is a stand-alone mechanical portable device. To prepare a soft drink, you must have the device itself, a capsule with a drink concentrate and any PET bottle with sparkling or still water.

The drink is prepared by mixing the concentrate in a disposable container - capsule, with water, both carbonated and non-carbonated. The type of drink is determined by the contents of a single-use capsule, which may contain a concentrate of any natural juice, as well as a flavor combination of any known drink. A disposable capsule contains everything you need to make a drink. It is only necessary to dissolve its contents in water.

Currently, the market offers a huge variety of ready-to-drink drinks in a variety of packaging and different sizes. The vast majority of ready-made drinks are of high quality, their packaging is beautiful, convenient, reliable and provides a long shelf life. But over the past few years, a tendency has been made to accelerate the increase in the share of packaging costs, as well as logistics and transportation services in the total cost of production. Soft drinks and juices turned out to be very “sensitive” to such changes, because have a relatively low cost per kilogram of weight. Now the situation is when the cost of packaging and delivering a drink to a store shelf exceeds the cost of the drink itself has become common. The cost of transport and logistics services makes it unprofitable to deliver drinks even over medium distances.

The use of individual disposable packages with juice concentrates and flavoring syrups of various types and taste directions will significantly reduce the above costs while maintaining the high taste of the drink, as well as obtain new consumer properties.

Thus, a device is known from EP 1795457 when a cap with a piercer and a capsule with an active substance introduced into the contents of the bottle in solid, powder or liquid form is fixed on a bottle for drinks with a neck.

A portable device for preparing drinks is known from CN 206345214, comprising a housing with an attachment unit that secures the device due to the presence of a thread that allows the device to be screwed onto the neck of the bottle, the capsule piercing unit, and also the loading cavity, where the capsule with the contents enclosed therein is inserted into the bottle.

US 9919851 describes a container device (bottle) with a single dose of liquid with a cap for introducing various soluble substances in a bottle, said substance being stored in a capsule located inside the cap, said cap containing threads for connection to the neck of the bottle with a loading cavity, the cavity of which a capsule is inserted, and the upper part with a punch, which is designed to compress the capsule, and said upper part of the cap with the punch is moved by the user.

In RU 2506212, B65D 51/28, publ. 02/10/2014, a device with a push button is described, consisting of a fitting for screwing on or putting on the neck of a container and a cover corresponding to the fitting, which is put on or lowered by turning around the swivel joint onto the fitting and latched onto it. A separately filled container (capsule) is enclosed in the nipple, closed from below by a piercing and cutting film. The cap cap has an external deformable ring and is an axially rotatable push-in washer push-down directed downward. When pushing the cap of the lid down onto the container inserted into the nipple, it is pressed down so that the film is pressed onto the piercing and cutting device, pierced and cut.

This decision was made as a prototype for the claimed facility.

A disadvantage of the known solution is that the design does not require pressure equalization in the container with water and in the capsule at the time of preparation of the drink. Therefore, the cooking process itself takes place in a balanced closed system, which casts doubt on the possibility of passing this process. The bottle is filled with water and a fitting is screwed onto it, into which a capsule is inserted, over which a cap with an elastic cap is screwed. To prepare a drink, the user presses on the elastic cap and presses the capsule to the piercing needles. But after installing the capsule and the sealing cap, a closed system of limited volume, that is, a volume under a certain pressure, is created inside the bottle. When the cap is pressed, the volume in the bottle decreases, resulting in an increase in internal pressure. According to Pascal’s law, the pressure is the same in all directions. Therefore, the liquid or composition from the capsule will not pour into the bottle until the user shakes it with shaking. But with agitation, bubbles are formed which, when the cap is opened, come out with splashes. At the same time, not all the product in the capsule is used, and when a spent capsule is taken out, the remnants of the diluted product begin to flow from it. This creates inconvenience in use.

Despite its simplicity, the device does not have the property of instant preparation of a drink when water passes through the cavity of the capsule, mixing with the product in the capsule. The impossibility of solving the problem of flow mixing is due to the fact that in the known device there are no conditions for creating a pressure differential.

In addition, the capsule is lowered into the socket of the fitting and sits on the protrusions, which are used as elements for piercing the film of the capsule lid. At this point, involuntary destruction of the cap may occur, causing the product to leak out of the capsule before the cap is put on the fitting.

All this indicates the lack of functional performance of the known device in the matter of preparing a drink by mixing.

The present invention is aimed at achieving a technical result, which consists in increasing the efficiency of preparation of the drink by ensuring the mixing of the components due to the presence of pressure differences in the capsule and bottle.

The specified technical result is achieved by the fact that in a capsule mechanical device for preparing drinks containing a body made on one side with a neck attachment unit of an open and filled PET bottle with drinking liquid, with a cavity inside to accommodate an airtight capsule filled with the product to be dissolved by the specified drinking liquid, and having, on the other hand, a capsule cap piercing assembly comprising puncturing needles and configured to move the needles toward the capsule cap for mixing drinking liquid and a product, the housing is made in the wall with a receiving window for installation in the capsule’s nest, with the lid oriented in the direction from the PET bottle neck attachment unit, the PET bottle neck attachment unit is located under the bottom wall of the capsule socket and there is a communication tube in it the cavity of this bottle with the atmosphere, on the outer wall of the body are made radially directed recesses located at two levels along the height of the glass, and the piercing unit of the capsule lid is made in the form of covering on top of it is a cup body that carries fastening elements located on the bottom side above the capsule’s nest on the side of its lid and in which the first piercing needle connected to the outlet of the finished drink is fixed, and the second piercing needle connected to the tube, the end of which is to be placed in the neck PET bottles, and from the opposite bottom of the side on the walls of the glass are made radially directed protrusions made with the possibility of elastic input into the radially directed recesses at the first level corresponding to the position the glass relative to the body, which ensures the entry of the capsule into the nest, and at the second level by pressing the bottom of the glass and inserting needles of piercing through the capsule lid into its cavity with the product, the glass being spring-loaded relative to the body to return it from the second level to the first.

At the same time, the neck fastening assembly of the open and filled PET liquid bottle can be made in the form of a cavity, on the wall of which a thread is arranged that meets the external thread on the neck of this bottle, and in which a seal is placed to seal the open neck screwed into the thread.

Or, this neck fastening unit of an open and filled PET liquid bottle can be made in the form of a cavity for accommodating the neck of a PET bottle, in which elastically pressed clamps are installed, made with the possibility of diverging to the sides with the axial passage of the transport ring on the neck of this bottle and the possibility of abutment in the neck in the area under this ring to press the open neck to the seal.

In addition, the capsule device can be equipped with a two-position dispenser, the spool of which is connected to the button and spring-loaded relative to the body, while this distributor is installed in the line of communication of the tube with the atmosphere and the line of communication of the tube, the end of which is to be placed in the neck of a PET bottle, with a second piercing needle .

Or, the capsule device can be equipped with a valve box with two valves connected to a common spring-loaded button, one of which is installed in the tube communication line with the atmosphere, and the other in the pipe communication line, the end of which is to be placed in the neck of a PET bottle, with a second piercing needle.

These features are significant and are interconnected with the formation of a stable set of essential features sufficient to obtain the desired technical result.

The present invention is illustrated by a specific example of execution, which, however, is not the only possible, but clearly demonstrates the possibility of achieving the desired technical result.

In FIG. 1 is a general view of a capsule mechanical portable device for preparing soft drinks;

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section according to FIG. 1, a first example of execution;

FIG. 3 is a view A of FIG. one;

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal section of FIG. 1, a second example of execution;

FIG. 5 - on-off distributor, channel overlap mode;

FIG. 6 - on-off distributor, channel opening mode.

According to the present invention, a portable device for making any non-alcoholic drinks, both carbonated and still, as well as juices and juice drinks at home, camping and catering are considered. The device does not require power and is a stand-alone mechanical portable device. To prepare a drink, you must have the device itself, a capsule with a drink concentrate and any PET bottle with sparkling or still water.

The described capsule mechanical device can have various geometric forms of execution, dictated by design views, equipment that improves usability, it can be made of various food materials, but the fundamental features of the device are constant and do not depend on the above factors.

In general terms, the claimed capsule mechanical device for preparing drinks comprises a housing made on one side with a neck attachment unit for an open and filled PET bottle with drinking liquid, with a cavity inside for accommodating an airtight capsule filled with the product to be dissolved by said drinking liquid, and having on the other hand a capsule cap piercing assembly comprising puncturing needles and configured to move the needles toward the capsule cap to mix the drinking fluid; and Recreatives Products.

The housing is made in the wall with a receiving window for installation in the capsule’s nest, with the lid oriented in the direction from the PET bottle neck attachment unit, the PET bottle neck attachment unit is located under the bottom wall of the capsule nest and a tube is installed in it for the cavity of this bottle to communicate with the atmosphere the outer wall of the housing is made of radially directed recesses located at two levels along the height of the glass.

The capsule lid puncturing unit is made in the form of a cup covering the top of the case and bearing fastening elements located on the bottom side of the capsule located above the capsule’s nest from the side of its lid and in which the first puncturing needle communicates with the outlet for the finished beverage and the second puncturing needle communicating with the tube , the end of which is to be placed in the neck of a PET bottle.

From the opposite bottom of the side, radially directed protrusions are made on the walls of the glass, which serve as clamps and which are configured to resiliently enter into the radially directed recesses at the first level (upper grooves) corresponding to the position of the glass relative to the housing, in which the capsule is inserted into the socket, and at the second level (lower grooves) when you press the bottom of the glass and insert the needles of piercing through the lid of the capsule into its cavity with the product.

The glass is spring loaded relative to the housing to return it from the second level to the first.

At the same time, the neck fastening assembly of the open and filled PET liquid bottle can be made in the form of a cavity, on the wall of which a thread is arranged that meets the external thread on the neck of this bottle, and in which a seal is placed to seal the open neck screwed into the thread.

Or, this neck fastening unit of an open and filled PET liquid bottle can be made in the form of a cavity for accommodating the neck of a PET bottle, in which elastically pressed clamps are installed, made with the possibility of diverging to the sides with the axial passage of the transport ring on the neck of this bottle and the possibility of abutment in the neck in the area under this ring to press the open neck to the seal.

In addition, the capsule device can be equipped with a two-position dispenser, the spool of which is connected to the button and spring-loaded relative to the body, while this distributor is installed in the line of communication of the tube with the atmosphere and the line of communication of the tube, the end of which is to be placed in the neck of a PET bottle, with a second piercing needle .

Or, the capsule device can be equipped with a valve box with two valves connected to a common spring-loaded button, one of which is installed in the tube communication line with the atmosphere, and the other in the pipe communication line, the end of which is to be placed in the neck of a PET bottle, with a second piercing needle.

A specific embodiment of the invention is described below.

The device has a housing 1, and a puncture unit 2 capsules (Fig. 1). Mounting unit 3 is located in the housing 1, which secures the device to the neck of a PET bottle, as well as a loading cavity 4, which is a slot for accommodating the capsule and is accessed through a receiving window made in the wall of the housing. The nest for placing the capsule is made in the form of a chamber bounded by the walls and the bottom and made in exact accordance with the shape of the capsule.

The attachment unit 3 may have a thread 5 that allows the device to be screwed onto the neck of any PET bottle with a thread of standard РСО 1810 or РСО 1881. Tightness is provided by gasket 6. To ensure access to the bottle of atmospheric air, pipe 7 is used to empty it. Water flow from the bottle into the capsule is provided by a tube 8 connected to a piercing needle 9 (Fig. 2).

One possible diagram of the capsule puncturing unit 2 is shown in FIG. 3.

In the initial position (the capsule is not punctured), two latches 10 are located in the upper slots 11 of the housing 1. After installing the capsule 12 in the loading cavity 4, the user presses the piercing unit 2 in the axial direction until a characteristic sound is signaled that the latches 10 are out of the upper grooves 11 and entered the lower fixing grooves 13 (shown by a dashed line). The puncture is carried out, its tightness is provided by the gasket 14 (seals). The needles 9 and 15, which are close to each other, are punctured (the needle is connected to the outlet pipe of the finished drink) at the very bottom of the capsule from the side of the aluminum plate (capsule lid), which ensures its complete emptying and uniform mixing of the beverage concentrate and the incoming water. The puncture force of the aluminum platelet of the capsule with needles 9 and 15 is small and a small hand effort is sufficient. After using the capsule to remove it, the device is brought to its initial position by pressure on the tabs 16 of the clamps 10 (Fig. 3) and under the action of the elasticity of the material from which the clamps are made and their tabs, the clamps exit the grooves 13 and, under the action of the spring 17, the piercing unit 2 returns in the starting position (rises up). The design of the piercing unit 2 capsules can be different - these are systems like TIP ON, PUSH-TO-OPEN, as well as schemes based on a crank mechanism, a gear rack with a gear wheel, etc.

A different design of the attachment unit 3 is possible, creating a tight connection of the device with the neck of the PET bottle 18 with the help of clamps 19 (Fig. 4). Springs 20 secure the clamps 19 to the transport ring 21 of the PET bottle. Due to the fact that the distance from the neck of the bottle to the transport ring is different for the standards РСО 1810 and РСО 1881, the assembly 3 is somewhat complicated by the spring 22 and the moving washer 23 with the sealing gasket 24. This device avoids rotational movements when connecting the device to the bottle, and use only the axial force on the device down until the claws of the clamps 19 click and lock them on the transport ring 21. By pressing P on the clamp levers, the device is removed from the bottle. The curved clamp levers rotate on an axis out of rotation and the grippers release the bottle.

In addition to these nodes, a valve box 24 with two valves can be used in the device. It eliminates the leakage of water from a PET bottle, and also allows you to maintain the initial level of water carbonation in case of its use.

The valve box 24 is made with two valves connected to a common spring-loaded button 25, one of which is installed in the line of communication of the tube 7 with the atmosphere, and the other in the line of communication of the tube 8, the end of which is to be placed in the neck of a PET bottle, with a piercing needle 9.

Alternatively, the valve box may contain a two-position valve 26 (Figs. 5 and 6), the spool of which is connected to the button 25 and is spring-loaded 27 relative to the housing 28, while this valve is installed in one of its positions in the communication line of the tube 7 with the atmosphere and the other position - in the communication line of the tube 8, the end of which is to be placed in the neck of a PET bottle, with a piercing needle 9.

When using a valve box or distributor after piercing the capsule, the user presses the button 25 and holds it pressed, water from the PET bottle when it is tilted flows into the capsule by gravity, and through the tube 7 the PET bottle communicates with the atmosphere. After filling the container with the finished drink, the user releases the button 25 and, under the action of the spring 27, the valves of the valve box 24 are closed. To increase the comfort level of using the capsule mechanical portable device, it is possible to use a mechanical connection between the moving element of the piercing unit 2 and the valve box actuator, which will allow preparing a drink and pouring it into consumer containers with just one manipulation.

The capsule 12 of the shape of a truncated pyramid or any other shape has a volume of about 50 ml and contains a fully prepared beverage concentrate sufficient to prepare 250 ml of a soft drink. The capsule 12 is made of food-grade plastic and is closed by a heat-sensitive aluminum platinum (lid).

The device operates as follows:

Any PET bottle of any volume is suitable as a source of drinking water. The mechanical capsule portable device is fixed on the neck of a PET bottle, from which the screw cap is previously removed. A capsule 12 is inserted into the loading cavity 4. The cavity has the form of a capsule, which determines its unambiguous installation. It seems convenient to carry out these manipulations in the vertical position of the bottle. The puncture unit 2 capsules is driven by hand. Mechanical connections provide the opening of the valves of the valve box 13, if any, piercing the capsule 12 with needles 9 and 15. Seals or gasket 14 provide sealing zones of punctures. Next, the finished drink is poured into the consumption container: the bottle is tilted and through the tube 8 and the piercing needle 9, the water from the bottle is gravity poured into the capsule 12, where it is mixed with the drink concentrate. The bottle 7 is emptied by a tube 7 connected to the atmosphere. The outlet of the tube 7 is located on the opposite side of the device from the outlet of the finished drink through the piercing needle 15, which eliminates the pouring of water through the tube 7 during the tilt of the bottle. It is also possible that the tube 7 is equipped with a check valve. After filling the consumer packaging with the recommended amount of the drink, the piercing device 2 returns to its original position, the capsule 12 is removed and disposed of.

The capsule mechanical portable device for preparing soft drinks has the following features: compact, non-volatile, and allows the use of any PET bottles.

Claims (5)

1. Capsule mechanical device for preparing drinks, comprising a housing made on one side with a neck attachment unit of an open and filled PET bottle with drinking liquid, with a cavity inside to accommodate an airtight capsule filled with the product to be dissolved by said drinking liquid, and having on the other hand a unit piercing the capsule lid containing piercing needles and configured to move the needles toward the capsule lid to mix the drinking liquid and the product, In that the casing is made in the wall with a receiving window for installation in the capsule’s nest, with the lid oriented in the direction from the PET bottle neck attachment unit, the PET bottle neck attachment unit is located under the bottom wall of the capsule nest and a tube is installed in it for communicating the cavity of this bottle with the atmosphere, on the outer wall of the casing there are made radially directed recesses located at two levels along the height of the glass, and the piercing unit of the capsule lid is made in the form of a glass covering the casing from above, bearing from the bottom side, fastening elements located above the capsule’s nest from the side of its lid and in which the first piercing needle connected to the outlet of the finished drink is fixed, and the second piercing needle connected to the tube, the end of which is to be placed in the neck of a PET bottle, and opposite the bottom of the side on the walls of the glass are made radially directed protrusions made with the possibility of elastic input into the radially directed recesses at the first level corresponding to the position of the glass relative to the body CA, which ensures the entry of the capsule into the nest, and at the second level by pressing the bottom of the glass and inserting needles of piercing through the lid of the capsule into its cavity with the product, the glass being spring loaded relative to the housing to return it from the second level to the first. 2. The capsule device according to claim 1, characterized in that the knot of the neck fastening with an open and filled with drinking liquid PET bottle is made in the form of a cavity, on the wall of which a thread is arranged that meets the external thread on the neck of this bottle, and in which a seal is placed to seal the screw-in on thread open neck. 3. The capsule device according to claim 1, characterized in that the knot of the neck fastening with an open and filled with drinking liquid PET bottle is made in the form of a cavity for accommodating the neck of a PET bottle, in which elastic clamps are installed, made with the possibility of diverging to the sides during axial passage of the transportation ring on the neck of this bottle and the possibility of abutment in the neck in the area under this ring to press the open neck to the seal. 4. The capsule device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is equipped with a two-position valve, the spool of which is connected to the button and spring-loaded relative to the housing, while this valve is installed in the communication line of the tube with the atmosphere and the communication line of the tube, the end of which is to be placed in the neck PET bottles, with a second needle piercing. 5. The capsule device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is equipped with a valve box with two valves connected to a common spring-loaded button, one of which is installed in the tube communication line with the atmosphere, and the other in the pipe communication line, the end of which is to be placed in the neck of a PET bottle, with a second needle piercing.

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