TW201529423A - Beverage cup - Google Patents

Abstract

A beverage cup including a cup body and a cupped rim structure is provided. The cup body includes an inner wall having at least one projected portion projected inwardly. When a user drinks beverage having the residue, the residue could be blocked by the projected portion. Therefore, the purpose of avoiding the user drinking the residue with the beverage can be achieved.

Description

Drink cup

This invention relates to a cup and, more particularly, to a beverage cup.

In daily life, conference gatherings, leisure and other occasions, people are paying more and more attention to drinking beverages such as tea. However, it is easy to drink the residue when drinking such a slag-containing beverage. For example, it is easy to drink tea when drinking tea, thereby affecting the taste of drinking tea. To this end, containers are being developed to prevent the residue from being consumed. One of them is to provide a filter in the teacup, and the tea leaves are placed under the filter when in use. After making tea, the tea leaves are blocked by the filter and will not drink tea.

However, although the tea cup can block the tea leaves from flowing out, thereby preventing the user from drinking the tea leaves, since the filter sheet is disposed in the tea cup, the portion under the filter sheet forms a dead corner which is not easily washed, resulting in easy occurrence of tea scale. Even if the filter sheet is modified into a removable structure, it is still inconvenient to remove the filter sheet during cleaning. Moreover, the separation of the filter and the cup may also cause the problem of loss of the filter.

The invention provides a beverage cup which is simple in structure, convenient to clean and can prevent the user from drinking beverage residue.

The present invention provides a beverage cup comprising a cup body and a cup mouth structure, wherein the cup body includes an inner wall and the inner wall has at least one protrusion inwardly.

In an embodiment of the invention, the projection is an annular projection that surrounds the inner wall.

In an embodiment of the invention, the inner wall may have a plurality of protrusions, and a gap between adjacent ones of the plurality of protrusions.

In another embodiment of the invention, the projection has an upper portion that is closer to the cup opening structure and a lower portion that is further away from the cup opening structure, wherein the lower portion has a radius of curvature that is smaller than the radius of curvature of the upper portion.

In another embodiment of the invention, the cup body further includes an outer wall connected to the cup mouth structure and may be a transparent material, wherein the inner wall and the outer wall have a cavity therebetween.

In another embodiment of the invention, the projection is adjacent an upper edge of the inner wall.

In another embodiment of the invention, the inner wall and the cup opening structure are integrally formed.

Based on the above, the beverage cup of the present invention has a protrusion therein. Therefore, when the user drinks the slag-containing beverage, the beverage residue therein is blocked by the protrusion, so that the beverage residue does not flow out with the fluid, thereby avoiding The user drinks the beverage residue. another In addition, since the present invention is provided with a projection directly in the beverage cup, the problem of inconvenient cleaning and easy cleaning of the dead corner after the filter sheet is disposed can be omitted. Taking tea as an example, the tea leaves rise by being soaked in the solution, and the opened tea leaves are blocked by the protrusions, so that it is not easy to flow out with the liquid, so that the user does not drink the tea when drinking tea. In addition, since the lower radius of curvature of the protrusion is larger than the upper portion, more open tea leaves can be blocked, thereby achieving a better blocking effect.

The above described features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.

100‧‧‧ cup body

110‧‧‧ inner wall

110a‧‧‧Upper edge

112‧‧‧ Side wall side

114‧‧‧ bottom of the inner wall

116‧‧‧ columnar accommodation space

118, 118’‧‧‧ bumps

Upper 118a‧‧‧

118b‧‧‧ lower

120‧‧‧ outer wall

122‧‧‧Outside the side of the outer wall

122a‧‧‧ widest

124‧‧‧Bottom of the outer wall

130‧‧‧ Cavity

200‧‧‧ cup mouth structure

200a‧‧‧ widest

D‧‧‧ gap

A-A, B-B‧‧ ‧ line segments

D1‧‧‧ diameter

W1, W2, W3, W4‧‧‧ radial width

X1, X2‧‧‧ distance

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a beverage cup in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the beverage cup of Figure 1.

3 is a top plan view of the beverage cup of FIG. 1.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 3 .

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention taken along line B-B of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention taken along line B-B of Figure 4 .

1 is a front view of a beverage cup in accordance with the present invention; and FIG. 2 is a bottom view of FIG. Referring to both FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the present invention provides a beverage cup comprising a cup 100 and a cup structure 200. The cup mouth structure 200 can be made of materials such as glass, ceramic, plastic, aluminum or stainless steel. The cup 100 includes an inner wall 110 and an outer wall 120. And the cavity 130, wherein the cavity 130 is an air layer or a vacuum layer between the inner wall 110 and the outer wall 120, and the outer wall 120 is connected to the lower edge of the cup structure 200 (closest to the cup 100). The inner wall 110 and the cup mouth structure 200 can be integrally formed. However, in other embodiments, the inner wall 110 and the cup mouth structure 200 can be two separate bodies and the cup mouth structure 200 can be attached to the upper edge of the inner wall 110. When the inner wall 110 is filled with a very warm beverage, the heat dissipation amount can be transmitted to the outer wall 120 by the presence of the cavity 130, so that the user does not easily feel hot when holding the cup 100, and the cavity 130 is The presence also allows the beverage cup 100 to have a certain thermal insulation effect.

The outer wall 120 may be made of a transparent material such as glass or plastic, and includes an outer wall The side portion 122 and the outer wall bottom portion 124, wherein the outer wall side portion 122 is formed to extend upward from the outer wall bottom portion 124, the outer wall side portion 122 is columnar and the radial width W1 of the outer wall side portion 122 is increased first by the outer wall bottom portion 124. Shrinking, and the widest portion 122a of the outer wall side portion 122 is located approximately midway between the outer wall side portions 122. The inner wall 110 may be made of a material such as glass, ceramic, plastic, aluminum or stainless steel. In the embodiment in which the cup mouth structure 200 and the inner wall 110 are integrally formed, the material of the inner wall 110 is the same as that of the cup mouth structure 100. In the embodiment in which the cup opening structure 200 and the inner wall 110 are independent, the material of the inner wall 110 may be the same as or different from the cup opening structure 100. In addition, the inner wall 110 includes an inner wall side portion 112 and an inner wall bottom portion 114, wherein the inner wall side portion 112 extends upward from the inner wall bottom portion 114. The cavity 130 may be located between the inner wall side portion 112 and the outer wall side portion 122 and between the inner wall bottom portion 114 and the outer wall bottom portion 124, and the distance X1 between the inner wall bottom portion 114 and the outer wall bottom portion 124 is smaller than the outer wall side portion 122 being the widest The distance X2 between the portion 122a and the inner wall side portion 112, even the distance X1, may be half the distance X2.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the radial width W1 of the widest portion 122a of the outer wall side portion 122 of the cup 100 is smaller than the radial width W2 of the widest portion 200a of the cup opening structure 200, and the inner wall side portion 112 is 112. The radial width W3 is greater than the radial width W4 of the outer wall bottom 124.

Figure 3 is a plan view of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 3. Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 simultaneously, the inner wall 110 of the cup 100 has at least one protrusion 118 inwardly, and the protrusion 118 can be adjacent to the upper edge 110a of the inner wall 110. Since the inner wall side portion 112 extends upward from the inner wall bottom portion 114, a columnar accommodation space 116 is defined to hold the beverage. The diameter D1 of the columnar accommodating space 116 is gradually decreased from the inner wall bottom portion 114 toward the cup opening structure 200 and gradually increased to constitute the projection 118. That is, the most convex portion of the projection 118 is the narrowest position in the cylindrical accommodation space 116. Further, the lower edge of the cup mouth structure 200 of the present invention is coupled to the upper edge 110a of the projection 118.

By providing the protrusion 118 near the upper edge 110a of the inner wall 110, the beverage residue (such as tea leaves, coffee grounds, etc.) in the beverage cup can be caught by the projection 118, so that the beverage residue does not easily go out with the fluid. Outflow, so that users do not drink beverage residue when drinking. In addition, the protrusion 118 may have an upper portion 118a and a lower portion 118b, wherein the radius of curvature of the lower portion 118b is smaller than the radius of curvature of the upper portion 118a, in other words, the curvature of the upper portion 118a of the protrusion 118 is gentler than that of the lower portion 118b, so that Allowing more of the beverage residue to be blocked by the lower portion 118b having a greater curvature, thereby achieving a better barrier effect.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention taken along line B-B of Figure 4; Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention taken along line B-B of Figure 4 . Referring to FIG. 5, the protrusion 118 may be an annular protrusion 118 surrounding the inner wall 110. Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is different from FIG. 5 in that the protrusion 118' in FIG. 6 is different from the ring protrusion shown in FIG. From 118, it is an intermittent multi-segment protrusion 118', and there is a gap d between two adjacent protrusions 118'. The size of the gap d may be any value that does not cause the beverage residue to flow out with the fluid. In this way, the beverage residue can be blocked by the protrusions 118 when the user can drink from any part of the cup structure 200. At the same time, the fluid portion of the beverage can also flow smoothly.

In summary, the cup of the present invention has a convexity in the cup body. Therefore, when the user drinks the slag-containing beverage, the beverage residue therein is blocked by the protrusion, so that the beverage residue does not flow out with the fluid. In addition, the user can avoid the drink residue, and since the lower radius of curvature of the protrusion is smaller than the upper radius of curvature, more beverage residue can be blocked, thereby achieving a better blocking effect. Further, since the present invention is formed with a projection which can block the residue of the beverage directly in the inner wall of the beverage cup, the problem of inconvenient cleaning and easy cleaning of the dead corner after the filter sheet is disposed can be omitted.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some changes and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

100‧‧‧ cup body

110‧‧‧ inner wall

110a‧‧‧Upper edge

112‧‧‧ Side wall side

114‧‧‧ bottom of the inner wall

116‧‧‧ columnar accommodation space

118‧‧‧ bumps

Upper 118a‧‧‧

118b‧‧‧ lower

120‧‧‧ outer wall

122‧‧‧Outside the side of the outer wall

122a‧‧‧ widest

124‧‧‧Bottom of the outer wall

130‧‧‧ Cavity

200‧‧‧ cup mouth structure

B-B‧‧ ‧ line segment

D1‧‧‧ diameter

Claims (9)

A beverage cup comprising a cup and a cup structure, wherein the cup includes an inner wall and the inner wall has at least one projection inwardly. The beverage cup of claim 1, wherein the projection is an annular projection surrounding the inner wall. The beverage cup of claim 1, wherein the inner wall has a plurality of the protrusions, and a gap is formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of protrusions. The beverage cup according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the protrusion has an upper portion closer to the cup mouth structure and a lower portion farther from the cup mouth structure, wherein a radius of curvature of the lower portion Less than the radius of curvature of the upper portion. The beverage cup of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cup further comprises an outer wall having a cavity between the inner wall and the outer wall. The beverage cup of claim 5, wherein the outer wall is attached to the cup opening structure. The beverage cup of claim 5, wherein the outer wall is a transparent material. The beverage cup of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the projection is adjacent an upper edge of the inner wall. The beverage cup according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the inner wall and the cup opening structure are integrally formed.