RU2788222C1 - Device for making drinks in a taxi - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: beverages.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to devices for the preparation of beverages based on the extraction of a loose substance, such as ground coffee, crushed tea leaf, chocolate powder, and can also be used as a vending machine for the sale of beverages in transport. A device for preparing drinks in a taxi, consisting of a cooking unit and a capsule holder, while the cooking unit is made with the possibility of taking water from the water tank, heating water and supplying water to the capsule and further into the glass, while the capsule holder contains a socket for installing the capsule, an annular part, is made with the possibility of removable connection with glass and/or with a capsule, or is made inseparably from the glass and/or from the capsule, while the annular part is made inseparably from the capsule installation socket. In this case, the capsule holder contains information printed on the capsule holder and/or on the glass and/or on the capsule, made with the possibility of reading it by a technical means for reading information contained in the cooking unit.

EFFECT: present invention enables to ensure safe preparation of a drink in a moving vehicle, ensuring quality control, legitimacy and conformity of the used elements of the device for preparing drinks in a taxi.

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Description

The invention relates to devices for preparing beverages based on the extraction of bulk solids, such as ground coffee, ground tea leaves, chocolate powder, and others, and can also be used as a beverage vending machine in transport, for example, in a taxi.

Numerous solutions of automotive drip coffee makers are known, for example, "Electric coffee maker placed in a vehicle, powered by a car outlet", patent US5377581, publ. January 3, 1995, IPC A47J 31/00; A47J 31/057. The known solution contains a base plate with an electric switch, a tube for the passage of water with an electrical resistance wire wound in a spiral for heating water, as well as an upper element of the device with the possibility of receiving heated water from a tube in the base plate, a water day tank, a drawer for receiving ground coffee, as well as a cup for receiving prepared coffee. The disadvantages of using this solution in transport include the need to wash the elements of the device, as well as dispose of waste after each use. If it is necessary to prepare a drink for more than one person, pouring the hot drink into another container is required, which can lead to burns and contamination of surrounding surfaces. This solution appears to be applicable for personal use, but not for the preparation of beverages on public transport.

The use of portable "manual" coffee makers powered by USB and car sockets is known. So, in the patent CN107928420, publ. 04/20/2018, IPC A47J 31/10; B60N 3/16; B60R 16/03, a device is claimed which comprises a heating base, a water tank, a movable piston core, a pressure pump, a coffee filter screen, a coffee powder recovery hopper, coffee powder discharge and liquid suction valves, and power supply means. In this case, the coffee cup is located on the heating stand, and the heating plate is located at the bottom of the coffee cup. The described solution also requires cleaning the components of the device after a single use, and also creates a risk of splashing of the drink in case of pouring into another container.

Known solutions for automobile coffee makers such as Handpresso Auto Capsule, widely represented on the market https://www.handpresso.com. Also known is a similar solution of a device for preparing drinks in the form of a housing containing an internal water tank with a heating rod, as well as a filter with a bulk substance. The finished drink obtained by passing hot water through a filter with a bulk substance (ground coffee, tea leaves) is poured into a cup through the outlet on the device (patent US5159873, publ. 03.11.1992, IPC A47J 31/00). These solutions are also characterized by the presence of an open jet in the preparation of a drink and the need to wash the elements of the device after a single use.

As the closest solution, a car coffee maker has been chosen, containing a brewing station in which a coffee mug can be removed, as well as a lid covering the coffee mug inside the brewing station and containing a nozzle; water tank; a water pipe extending between the water tank and the lid of the brewing station for supplying water from the water tank to the brewing station, the water pipe including a pump unit for pumping water from the water tank to the lid and a heating element for heating water to a predetermined temperature; a coffee mug including a mug part, a beverage lid removably mounted on the mug part, wherein the beverage lid includes a capsule chamber formed therein, including at least one hole for draining the finished beverage into the coffee mug, as well as a capsule retainer, which includes a hole for passing water (patent US7487712, publ. 10.02.2009, IPC A47J 31/00). Note that this solution is also intended primarily for personal use - the preparation of an individual drink requires systematic cleaning of the lid installed on the glass, which is not suitable for use in public transport. In addition, this device does not imply quick and easy dismantling and transportation, while such systems cannot be used in vehicles in conditions of negative temperatures during long-term parking - water will freeze, expand, which will damage the structure of the device.

The problem solved by the present invention is to provide a device for preparing drinks under conditions of shaking and vibration in public transport, such as a taxi, suitable for servicing the flow of passengers of public transport while ensuring quality control, legitimacy and consistency of the used elements of the device for preparing drinks in Taxi

The technical result achieved by the claimed invention consists in ensuring the safe preparation of a drink in a moving vehicle, ensuring quality control, legitimacy and consistency of the used elements of the device for preparing drinks in a taxi, providing service to the flow of consumers in public transport, in particular taxis.

To achieve a technical result, a device for preparing drinks in a taxi is claimed, consisting of a brewing unit and a capsule holder. At the same time, the brewing unit is made with the possibility of taking water from the water tank, heating the water and supplying water to the capsule and then to the glass. At the same time, the capsule holder is made, for example, of plastic, paper, metal, ceramic or any other material, can be disposable or reusable, contains a socket for installing a capsule, which can be sealed or be a filter bag, and can also be single-component or multi-component, or several capsules, with a substance and / or extract, such as, for example, coffee, tea, cocoa, cream, sugar, cinnamon, contains an annular part containing a drinking hole and an air hole, is made with the possibility of removable connection with a glass and/or with the capsule by means of an engagement (for example, an annular groove or thread or any other method of engagement) or is made inseparable from the cup and/or the capsule (for example, by gluing or soldering or stamping or casting or any other method of connection), while the annular part is made inseparable from the socket for inserting the capsule, characterized in that the capsule holder can only be used together with the brewing unit and contains graphical, textual or any other information (for example, a barcode or qr-code or any other type of information) printed on the capsule holder and/or on the glass and/or on the capsule (for example, by staining or burning or gluing or molding or stamping, or using any other type of application), made with the possibility of reading it by technical means contained in the brewing unit. In this case, the brewing unit can only be used in conjunction with the capsule holder and contains technical means that can read graphic, text or any other information printed on the capsule holder. In this case, the capsule holder may contain an additional piercer. At the same time, the device for preparing drinks in a taxi is made with the possibility of installation in the vehicle interior.

The essence of the claimed invention is illustrated by drawings, diagrams and 3D models.

In FIG. 1 shows a capsule holder that can be removably connected to the glass and to the capsule. General form.

In FIG. 2 shows a capsule holder capable of being removably connected to the beaker and to the capsule. Side view.

In FIG. 3 shows a capsule holder that can be removably connected to the glass and to the capsule. Sectional side view.

In FIG. 4 shows a 3D model of the assembly of the capsule holder, made with the possibility of a removable connection with the glass and the capsule, with the capsule and the glass. Disassembled. Side view.

In FIG. 5 shows a capsule holder that is removably connected to the glass and inseparable from the capsule. Side view.

In FIG. 6 shows a capsule holder that is removably connected to the glass and inseparable from the capsule. Sectional side view.

In FIG. 7 shows a capsule holder made inseparable from the glass and the capsule. Sectional side view.

In FIG. 8 shows the capsule holder, made inseparable from the glass and with the possibility of a removable connection with the capsule. Sectional side view.

In FIG. 9 shows a capsule holder with an additional piercer that can be detachably connected to the capsule and inseparable from the beaker. Sectional side view

In FIG. 10 shows a capsule holder with an additional piercer, made with the possibility of a removable connection with a glass and with a capsule. Sectional side view

In FIG. 11 shows a capsule holder with an additional piercer, made with the possibility of a removable connection with a glass and with a capsule. Side view.

In FIG. 12 shows a beverage dispenser in a taxi. Sectional side view.

In FIG. 13 shows a capsule holder of any type of connection with a glass and with a capsule, with a capsule and a glass with a sealed flexible container of water inside the container of the glass. Sectional side view.

In FIG. 14 shows a capsule holder of any type of connection with a glass and with a capsule, in a design with several capsules. View from above.

In FIG. 15 shows a capsule holder, made inseparable from the glass and with the possibility of a removable connection with the capsule, with the capsule. 3d model

In FIG. 16 shows a beverage dispenser in a taxi. 3d model

In FIG. 17 shows a capsule holder of any type of connection with a glass and with a capsule, with a capsule made in the form of a leaky filter bag and a glass. Sectional side view.

The essence of the claimed invention is illustrated by diagrams and 3D models

Wherein:

1. Ring part

2. Nest for installing the capsule

3. Grip with a glass

4. Information

5. Drinking hole

6. Air hole

7. Capsule holder

8. Capsule

9. Glass

10. Additional lancing device

11. Chair back

12. Headrest

13. Water supply device

14. Water heating devices

15. Capsule piercer

16. Brewing block

17. Code for payment

18. Technical means for reading information

19. Sealed flexible container

20. Water

21. Display

The device for preparing drinks in a taxi consists of a brewing unit 16 and a capsule holder 7, which contains an annular part 1 containing a drinking hole 5 and an air hole 6, integrally connected to the socket for installing the capsule 2. The capsule holder 7 contains information 4, which can be graphic, text or any other (for example, a barcode or qr-code). Capsule holder 7 may comprise engagement with cup 3. Capsule holder 7 may be removably connected to cup 9 and/or removably connected to capsule 8. Capsule holder 7 may be made inseparable from cup 9 and/or inseparable from the capsule. 8. The capsule holder 7 may include an additional piercer 10. The brew unit 16 is configured to supply water 20 used to prepare a drink using a water supply device 13 and with the possibility of heating water using a water heating device 14. Water 20 may be inside a sealed flexible container 19, which is placed inside the glass 9, made with the ability to shrink in the process of taking water 20 from it, thereby reducing the volume it occupies inside the glass 9. Sealed flexible container 19 (can be, for example, a bag, film or any other type of container) can be made, for example, from food-grade plastic or any other material with a similar properties and is configured to pierce its body with a tube, needle, or any other type of piercer capable of piercing the sealed flexible container 19 and supplying water 20 to the elements of the brewing unit 16. The brewing unit 16 contains a capsule 15 piercer configured to supply water inside capsules 8. The brewing unit 16 may contain a code for payment 17 applied to the body of the brewing unit 16, configured to accept payment for a drink, the brewing unit 16 may contain a display 21, configured to connect, for example, to the Internet or to any other form transmission of information. The display 21 can be used as a control panel for a device for preparing drinks in a taxi, as well as for showing videos, and is also configured to receive a code for payment 17. The code for payment 17 is configured to be sent via the Internet, or using any other form transmission of information to the display 21. The brewing unit 16 may contain a technical means for reading information 18, made with the possibility of reading information 4. The device for preparing drinks in a taxi can be placed on the headrest 12, which is located on the back of the seat 11.

Example.

A device for preparing drinks in a taxi, the elements of which can be made, for example, from plastic, paper, metal, ceramics or any other material, contains a brewing unit 16, which can be placed in a housing made removable, with the possibility of rigid fixation in the vehicle interior , for example, on the headrest 12, which is mounted on the back of the chair 11 and the capsule holder 7, which can be disposable and can be made in several versions: - with the possibility of a removable connection with a glass 9 and with a capsule 8 (Fig. 1; Fig. Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 10, Fig. 11); - with the possibility of a removable connection with the glass 9 and is inseparable from the capsule 8 (Fig. 5; Fig. 6); - with the possibility of a removable connection with the capsule 8 and inseparable from the glass 9 (Fig. 8; Fig. 9; Fig. 15); - inseparable from the glass 9 and from the capsule 8 (Fig. 7). Permanent connection of all elements of the capsule holder can be performed by welding, soldering, casting, gluing, stamping or using any other method of permanent connection. The capsule holder 7 may comprise an annular portion 1 containing a drinking opening 5 and an air opening 6, which may be provided with protective caps. The annular part 1 is integrally connected to the socket for the installation of the capsule 2. The capsule holder 7 may contain an engagement with the cup 3, which is, for example, an annular groove or thread, or any other type of connection, made with the possibility of tight connection of the capsule holder 7 with the cup 9. The holder capsule 7 may contain information 4, which may be graphic, textual or any other (for example, a barcode or QR code or any other type of information), which is applied to the capsule holder 7, for example, by coloring and/or gluing and / or burning and / or casting and / or stamping or using any other method of application. The presence of information 4 allows you to control the compatibility of the capsule holder 7 and the brewing unit 16, and also allows you to get any other information about the capsule holder 7, including the legitimacy of its production. To read information 4, the brewing unit 16 contains a technical means for reading information 18. The brewing unit 16 is configured to receive and analyze information 4 and make a decision on the possibility or impossibility of the operation of the brewing unit 16 together with the proposed capsule holder 7. Information 4 is analyzed, for example, using the electronic control unit of the brewing unit 16. Information 4 can be applied to any place of the holder of the capsule 4 and / or glass 9 and / or capsule 8. Also, the control unit of the brewing unit 16 can be configured to receive and analyze information about payment for a drink, for this, a code for payment 17 can be applied to the body of the brewing unit 16, for example, a QR code or any other type of information that allows you to make a payment using a non-cash payment using a contactless payment system. The brewing unit 16, for example, with the help of an electronic control unit, is configured to analyze payment information and issue a command to the elements of the brewing unit 18 to prepare a drink or block the process of preparing a drink. The brewing unit 16 may have a display 21 capable of displaying a QR code and/or any other information received via the Internet and/or mobile communications and/or any other method of information transmission. Also, the display 21 can be configured to show a video and/or use it as a control panel for the brewing unit 16.

The capsule holder 7 may contain an additional piercer 10 for working with nespresso capsules 8 or any other capsules that do not contain a piercing element or elements in their composition (Fig. 9; Fig. 10; Fig. 11). Additional piercer 10 contains at least one piercing element, for example, a needle or blade or any other piercing element that can be fixed on the inner surface of the side wall of the cup body 9 and/or on the inner surface of the lower part of the cup body 9 and/or on the inside surface of the capsule holder 7 (for example, on the inner surface of the annular part 1 or any other suitable surface of the capsule holder 7), but, in any case, the sharp piercing part of the additional piercer 10 is configured to pierce the capsule 8 in such a way that the finished drink from the capsule 8 can pour into a glass 9.

The glass 9 is used as a container for the finished drink, and at the same time can be used as a container with water 20 from which the drink is prepared (Fig. 13), for this, the water 20 from which the drink is prepared can be placed in a sealed flexible container 19, such as, for example, a package made of food-grade plastic or any other material with similar properties, which is placed inside the glass 9 and is configured to supply this water to the brewing unit 16, for example, using a tube, piercer or any other element configured to supply water 20 into the elements of the brewing unit 16, which can be made inseparable from the capsule holder 7, in which case it is made with the possibility of connection with the conduit of the brewing unit 16, or from inseparable from the brewing unit 16, in which case it can be made with the possibility of penetrating into the glass 9 through a puncture in the annular part 1 or through the drinking hole 5 or through the air hole bis possible piercing of the sealed flexible container 19, thus the tube or piercer or any other element configured to supply water 20 from the sealed flexible container 19 to the elements of the brewing unit 16 can supply water 20 to the elements of the brewing unit 16. The annular part 1 is configured to access and tight pressing of the capsule piercer 15, which is an element of the brewing unit 16, to the capsule 8 installed in the capsule holder 7. The socket for installing the capsule 2 can be made with the possibility of tightly fixing the capsule 8, which prevents the capsule 8 from falling out of the socket for installing the capsule 2 and spilling and/or splashing of liquid from the cup 9 through the capsule socket-capsule connection. For additional convenience of the user, after preparing the drink, the capsule 8 can be closed with a lid made of plastic, pressed paper or other material, tightly fixed in the capsule holder 7.

The brewing unit 16 may include a water supply device 13, which may be an air blower or a hydraulic, vibration pump or mechanical blower or any other type of blower configured to receive water 20 from a water container and supply water 20 to the elements of the brewing unit and further into capsule 8, from where, after passing through the extract or substance or ingredient, the finished drink enters the glass 9. The brewing unit 16 is made with the possibility of fixing and positioning the glass 9 with the capsule holder 7 and with the capsule 8, for example, using the glass holder or using any other method of fixing the glass, so that the connection of the capsule piercer 15 and capsule 8 is tight and tight, that is, excluding the flow and/or splashing of water from the "capsule piercer-capsule" connection.

The brewing unit 16 includes a water heating device 14 configured to heat the water 20 and supply water 20 to the elements of the brewing unit 16 and to the capsule 8. The brewing unit 16 includes a capsule piercer 15, which may include at least one needle for piercing the capsule 8 with extractable substance. To use the inventive device with a filter bag that is not sealed, containing, for example, a beverage extract or an additional ingredient, the capsule piercer 15 may not contain piercing elements. The capsule piercer 15 is configured to drain water from the capsule piercer 15 through the capsule 8 with the extractable substance into the beaker 9. another substance capable of penetrating inside the filter bag through the body of a non-hermetic filter bag (Fig. 17), and can also be a single-component, made according to the nespresso or dolce thick technology or any other technology, or a multi-component containing several substances, for example, coffee, tea, cocoa, cream, sugar, cinnamon in isolated compartments inside the body of a multi-component capsule. In addition, the capsule holder 7 can be configured to simultaneously accommodate several capsules 8, with a substance and/or extract and/or additional ingredient (Fig. 14).

The design described above combines features that make it possible to achieve a new technical result, namely, safe preparation of a drink under conditions of shaking and vibration using the control of compatibility, legitimacy and quality of the elements of the claimed device.

The invention works as follows:

The user manually puts the capsule holder 7 on the cup 9, by means of the coupling with the cup 3. The user inserts the capsule 8 into the socket for the installation of the capsule 2. For versions of the capsule holder 7 inseparably connected to the cup 9 and/or to the capsule 8, these operations are not required. , since in these versions of the capsule holder 7, the glass 9 and/or capsule 8 is already connected to the capsule holder 7. After that, the user places the glass 9 with the holder 7 and capsule 8 in the brewing unit 16 and presses the capsule piercer 15, which is an element brewing unit 16, to the capsule 8 using a pressing device, for example, a mechanical lever or an electric actuator, or using any other method of pressing the piercer 15 to the capsule 8. The control unit of the brewing unit 16, using a technical means for reading information 18, reads the information 4, analyzes this information and, instructs the elements of the brewing unit 18 to prepare a drink or blocks the preparation process. The user can pay for a drink using the code for payment 17, while the control unit of the brewing unit 16 analyzes the payment information and commands the elements of the brewing unit 18 to prepare a drink or blocks the process of preparing a drink. The user turns on the water supply 20. Water from the cold water tank with the help of the water supply device 13 is supplied to the water heating device 14 and then to the capsule piercer 15, which is configured to drain the water passing through the capsule piercer 15 into the capsule 8 through a puncture in the capsule body 8. Next, the water passes inside the capsule 8 through the ingredient located in the capsule body 8, through the capsule filter, presses on the lower wall of the capsule body, which bends under water pressure, comes into contact with the internal piercer, is pierced and passes the resulting drink further to the hole for draining the finished drink into glass 9. After the glass 9 is filled, the user removes the capsule piercer 15 from the capsule 8, for example, by raising the lever, removes the glass 9 with the capsule holder 7 and capsule 8. The spent capsule 8 can be closed from above with a lid made, for example, from plastic or paper. The drink is ready for drinking through the drinking opening 5. After drinking the drink, the user disposes of the capsule holder 7 together with the capsule 8 and with the glass 9.

Thus, the claimed invention makes it possible to obtain a drink, ensuring the safety of preparation under conditions of shaking and vibration in vehicles such as taxis, reduces the number of collapsible connections of the elements used for preparing the drink, thereby increasing the protection against liquid leakage and speeding up the process of preparing the drink. In addition, it avoids the storage of spent capsules in a beverage preparation device, which is important for a vending machine used in cramped conditions of a vehicle, for example, in a taxi, since the spent capsule is disposed of along with the glass. Also, the claimed invention makes it possible to prevent the use of incompatible with the brewing unit, and/or low-quality, and/or uncontrolled and/or illegitimately manufactured capsule holders.

Claims (1)

A device for preparing drinks in a taxi, consisting of a brewing unit and a capsule holder, while the brewing unit is configured to take water from a water tank, heat water and supply water to a capsule and then to a glass, while the capsule holder contains a socket for installing a capsule , an annular part, is made with the possibility of a removable connection with a glass and / or with a capsule, or is made inseparable from the glass and / or from the capsule, while the annular part is made inseparable from the socket for installing the capsule, characterized in that the capsule holder contains information printed on the capsule holder, and/or on the glass, and/or on the capsule, made with the possibility of reading it by a technical means for reading information contained in the brewing unit.

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