RU2760732C1 - Disposable container for brewing tea and/or a plant-based product - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: tea.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of providing catering for preparing brewed beverages at home, in organisations and fast food facilities, at offices and in vending machines. The described technical result is achieved by the fact that the disposable container for brewing tea and/or a plant-based product comprises a body, a bottom, and an internal partition. The internal partition is made removable, from an additional container, and is equipped with a lower and an upper edge and perforation. The upper diameter of the edge above the inner partition is therein larger than the diameter of the partition itself, and the lower diameter of the edge under the inner partition is smaller than the diameter of the inner partition, but larger than the diameter of the bottom of the disposable container, forming a chamber for placing the brewed contents between the inner partition and the bottom of the container. The inner partition and the container are made of a material for use with foodstuffs. The disposable container is provided with a marking label indicating the type of tea and/or plant-based product on the outer wall of the body.

EFFECT: reduction in the time for preparation of a beverage, as well as increase in the consumer properties of the container, consisting in manufacture of the container itself by combining a disposable container and a brewing mixture as one, as well as use of an intermediate partition for preparing a beverage, depending on the desire of the consumer, requiring no special methods for securing thereof.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of catering for the preparation of brewed drinks in everyday life, organizations and fast food points of the Fast-Food type, offices and vending machines.

Currently, at least two elements are used to brew liquid. The first is a container for brewing, the second is a substance (brew) with or without a shell. Brewing refers to loose leaf tea, herbs and other herbal products.

For quick preparation of a drink, the most common method involves the use of a disposable container and infusion packaged in a filter paper container (US patent No. 4602557 dated 07.29.1986).

However, the known container is inconvenient during operation, since, after brewing, the infusion in the container must be removed from the container, being in the drink, it interferes with its use.

Other brewing methods are known, where the brew is attempted to be encapsulated or placed in devices, where this device, for example, has a flat shape in the form of a rectangle folded in half so that it does not interfere with the use of a drink (RU 95641, dated 03.02.2010), or is made with the possibility of fixing the container with welding, using food glue (RU 46638 from 23.05.2005).

Some manufacturers of disposable containers began to take into account the disadvantages of brewing, for example, in order to solve the problem of eliminating the effect of oxygen and moisture on the substance, they used a sealing shell, and also so that the welding did not interfere with the use, they began to place membranes or porous partitions inside the container.

Known glass for receiving liquid food or drinks, containing a housing placed inside it with a partition with holes and a nipple, a lid and a bottom, characterized in that the partition is made inclined relative to the vertical axis of the body (patent RU 2157654, IPC А47G 19/22, 1999 ). The disadvantages of this glass include the fact that the design of the glass is a complex technical product, because you also need to take into account the placement of the inclined partition. All these brewing methods are inconvenient during operation, because intermediate moisture-permeable elements are used (even if the infusion is in a container, because it creates additional difficulties in the manufacture of both the infusion itself and the container.

Known disposable container for brewing beverages (options) RU 60331, dated 05.10.2006, which differs from the known ones in that the bottom of the container is double or triple, the upper bottom is a membrane with a tape for tearing it off. When the bottom of the container is threefold, an additional membrane with holes or a porous baffle is placed below the upper bottom. In the lower part of the container, a collar can be made to accommodate additional accessories under the lower bottom of the container. The tape can be made flexible from the same material as the membrane, or rigid in the form of a spatula or spoon made of polymer material. For brewing large-leaf or granulated tea, herbal medicines and food supplements, the bottom of the container according to another embodiment is made double, while the upper bottom is a membrane with holes made in the form of a porous partition.

However, the presence of a membrane with a tape for tearing it off creates technological difficulties in the manufacture of the container and limits the possibilities of using this solution, leads to additional manipulations that are not always convenient for the consumer.

Devices for the manufacture of a disposable container for brewing tea and / or other herbal product provide for various methods of attaching the inner baffle.

The most common one is to attach a filtering material partition on the inner wall of the container parallel to the bottom surface of the container in order to divide the useful volume into an upper compartment and a lower compartment; and a recoverable product placed in the lower compartment (US 2012210880 (A1) 2012-08-23). However, the presence of a partition made of filtering material can lead to its deformation under the influence of hot water, and also creates difficulties for fixing the partition (rolling or gluing to the inner walls), requiring certain equipment.

Also, Chinese utility model No. 200981738 Y discloses a disposable cup in which tea is located at the bottom of the cup body, a layer of ventilated and permeable filter paper is placed on top of the tea, and the peripheral edges of the filter paper are fixed on the cup wall near the bottom of the cup.

Known DISPOSABLE DEVICE FOR MAKING BEVERAGES FROM SOLUBLE PRODUCTS, Applicant: KOLESNYK VIKTOR [US] US 2012210880 (A1), 2012-08-23, (Global Dossier) from 2011-02-23,

where claimed is a disposable device for preparing drinks from extractable products containing a container in the form of a cup having an inner wall, an outer wall and a bottom; a filtering material baffle mounted on the inner wall of the container parallel to the bottom surface of the container to divide the usable volume in the container into an upper compartment and a lower compartment; and a recoverable product placed in the lower compartment. This technical solution is taken as a prototype.

All known methods of manufacturing a disposable container are based on fixing membranes or filtering partitions in a container and do not imply an expansion of the consumer properties of the container.

The objective of the claimed invention is to create a disposable container containing a substance for preparing a portion of a drink / or other vegetable product, providing a simple, quick and convenient preparation of a portion of a drink, as well as expanding the functionality of the container.

The proposed device for disposable brewing containers differs from the known ones in that a perforated partition is made separately and then placed in a disposable container for preparing a drink, and also provides for using it for any drinks at the request of the consumer.

The currently available solutions described in the previously referenced publications do not meet this need.

The technical result when using the invention is to reduce the preparation time of the drink, as well as to increase the consumer properties of the container, which consists in the manufacture of the container itself by combining the disposable container and brewing, as a whole, as well as the use of an intermediate partition for preparing the drink, depending on the wishes of the consumer. that do not require special methods of securing it.

The specified technical result is achieved in that a disposable container for brewing tea and / or other similar product of plant origin, containing a body, a bottom and an inner partition, with the formation between the inner partition and the bottom of the container of the chamber for placing the brewed contents, according to the invention, the inner partition is made removable , from an additional container similar to the original, is equipped with a lower and upper edge and perforation, moreover, the upper diameter of the edge above the inner partition is greater than the diameter of the partition itself, and the lower diameter of the edge under the inner partition is less than the diameter of the inner partition, but greater than the diameter of the bottom of the disposable container. The total height of the perforated inner baffle should be such that the distance between the inner baffle and the bottom of the container is sufficient to accommodate the contents to be brewed.

The size of the perforation of the inner baffle is 2.5-3.5 mm.

The perforated inner baffle is made of the same material as the container.

The disposable container is made of food-grade plastic and is provided on the outer wall of the body with a label indicating the type of tea and / or other similar product of plant origin.

The essence of the invention is illustrated by drawings. FIG. 1 shows a disposable brewing container, general view; in fig. 2 - top view; in fig. 3 - view of the internal partition; in fig. 4 - a view of the manufacture of an internal partition from an additional container similar to the original one; in fig. 5 is a general view of a disposable container with the location of the label.

Where: 1 - disposable container; 2 - the bottom of the container; 3 - internal partition; 4 - perforation; 5 - the upper edge of the partition; 6 - the lower edge of the partition; 7 - Location of the marking label.

The device is carried out as follows.

An inner partition is made from an additional container similar to the original one, having a lower edge under the bottom of the container, with further formation of the upper edge by cutting over the entire surface from the bottom of the additional container to a height sufficient to accommodate the brewed contents from the inner partition to the bottom, perforation is performed at the bottom of the additional container. Leaf tea or any other vegetable product (coffee, herbs, berries) is poured into a disposable container 1 to the bottom 2. The inner partition 3 is inserted into the disposable container 1 until snug against the walls of the container 1, with the formation between the inner partition 3 and the bottom of the container 2 of a chamber for placing the contents to be brewed. The total height of the perforated internal partition can be 18-25 mm, which is sufficient to accommodate the brewed contents. The perforation of the partition is 2.5-3.5 mm, allows hot water to quickly penetrate to the contents of the brew and obtain the required drink. The presence of the edges 5 and 6 of the inner partition 3 and the shape of a similar original container ensures its tight fit to the inner walls of the container and does not require special methods of fixing it. The internal partition made of plastic suitable for use with food is harmless to the consumer, in addition, plastic does not allow the containers to deform under the influence of hot water, in contrast to analogues, where filter materials are used as additional devices.

To prepare the drink, you need to pour a certain amount of hot water, and it is ready after a short period of time (1-3 minutes). For convenience and speeding up the brewing of the contents, the container can be closed with a lid.

Each disposable container for brewing tea and / or other similar product has a label 7 indicating the type of tea and / or other similar product.

To expand the functionality of the container, you can use the internal partition and independently for brewing any type of tea or drink at the request of the consumer.

Claims (1)

A disposable container for brewing tea and / or a herbal product, containing a body, a bottom and an inner baffle, characterized in that the inner baffle is formed by cutting off an additional container from the bottom, similar to a disposable container for brewing tea and / or a herbal product, is removable and equipped with a lower and upper edge and perforation, and the upper diameter of the edge above the inner partition is greater than the diameter of the partition itself, and the lower diameter of the edge under the inner partition is less than the diameter of the inner partition, but greater than the diameter of the bottom of the disposable container, with the formation between the inner partition and the bottom a disposable container for brewing tea and / or a vegetable product, a chamber for placing brewed contents.

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