RU228963U1 - Glass - external holder for one capsule, equipped with a rubber retainer, ring stop, light, drinking straw and rubber seal - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing single-component drinks, such as, for example, Americano or espresso, by extracting a bulk substance contained in capsules without an internal piercer, such as, for example, Nespresso capsules. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of single-component drinks, consisting of the claimed device and a car coffee machine, which can be used as a vending machine for selling single-component drinks, primarily in taxis. The cup is an external holder for one capsule, equipped with a rubber retainer, an annular stop, an illuminator, a drinking straw and a rubber seal, consisting of a side wall and a bottom, containing a lid consisting of a capsule nest and an annular part, the outer diameter of the lower part of which is equal to the inner diameter of the upper part of the cup, made with the possibility of installing the lid in the cup by thrust, characterized in that the annular part contains an external thread on the outer side surface, made with the possibility of installing the cup with the installed lid in a car coffee machine, wherein the cup contains one capsule piercer, made inseparable from the inner part of the cup body, having attachment points to the inner side of the bottom and the inner side of the side wall, wherein on the outer side of the side wall there is a rubber retainer, made with the possibility of fixing the lid in the cup, wherein on the outer part of the side wall there is an annular stop, made with the possibility of resting the user's fingers, wherein on the outer part of the side wall there is an illuminator containing LED bulbs, a limit switch and a power element, wherein the lid contains a drinking tube made inseparable from the lid, wherein on the upper part of the side wall along the perimeter of the inner side there is a rubber seal. The technical result achieved by the utility model consists in increasing the safety of operation of the claimed device. 3 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to elements of devices for preparing single-component drinks, such as, for example, Americano or espresso, by extracting a bulk substance contained in capsules without an internal piercer, such as, for example, Nespresso capsules. The utility model can be used in a system for the safe preparation of single-component drinks, consisting of the claimed device and a car coffee machine, which can be used as a vending machine for selling single-component drinks, primarily in taxis.

The prior art discloses a glass - an external holder for two capsules with protection against removal of the annular portion from the flange (RU 221349 U1, patent holder Vitaly Pavlovich Pankratov (RU), publication date 01.11.2023). The glass - an external holder for two capsules with protection against removal of the annular portion from the flange, consisting of a side wall containing a flange; a bottom containing two brackets, each of which is configured to hold one piercer; an annular portion containing drinking holes and configured to be connected to the flange; a capsule seat configured to be connected to the annular portion and configured to accommodate two capsules; contains a removable annular portion and a grip configured to fix the annular portion on the flange.

A glass - an external capsule holder is known from the prior art (RU 221567 U1, patent holder Vitaly Pavlovich Pankratov (RU), publication date 11/13/2023). The glass - an external capsule holder, consisting of a side wall containing a flange; a bottom containing one bracket configured to hold one piercer; an annular part containing drinking holes and configured to connect to the flange; a capsule socket configured to connect to the annular part and configured to accommodate one capsule, characterized in that it contains a removable annular part; a grip configured to fix the annular part on the glass.

The prior art discloses an external holder for three capsules equipped with side wall thermal insulation (RU 222650 U1, patent holder Vitaly Pavlovich Pankratov (RU), publication date 16.01.2024). The external holder for three capsules equipped with side wall thermal insulation consists of a side wall containing a flange; a bottom connected to the side wall and containing three brackets, each of which is made inseparable from one piercer; an annular part containing drinking holes and capable of being connected to the flange; a capsule nest made inseparable from the annular part and capable of accommodating three capsules; three piercers, each of which is inseparably connected to the bracket and is designed with the possibility of piercing the lower part of the capsule placed in the capsule nest, characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing an internal projection designed with the possibility of pressing against the inner side of the side wall, and a grip designed with the possibility of fixing the annular part on the flange; an outer flask connected to the flange; a locking ring mounted on the outer side surface of the annular part, designed with the possibility of fixing the grips on the flange.

The closest to the claimed utility model is a thermos cup - an external holder of two capsules, equipped with grips, clamps and an annular shelf (RU 224877 U1, patent holder Vitaly Pavlovich Pankratov (RU), publication date 04/08/2024). A thermos cup is an external holder of two capsules, equipped with grips, clamps and an annular shelf, a system for the safe preparation of two-component drinks, consisting of a side wall containing a flange and an annular shelf, inseparably connected to the inner part of the side wall and configured to hold a piercer; a piercer containing two piercing elements, configured to be installed on the annular shelf and piercing the lower parts of two capsules placed in a capsule nest; a bottom, inseparably connected to the side wall; an annular part containing holes for drinking and configured to connect to the flange; a capsule nest, made with the possibility of connection with the annular part and made with the possibility of placing two capsules; containing marking made with the possibility of reading by a scanner of a car coffee machine, characterized in that it contains a removable annular part containing grips made with the possibility of fixing the annular part on the flange; an outer flask connected to the flange; a capsule nest, containing four locks, located on the outer side of the vertical part of the capsule nest, made with the possibility of fixing two capsules installed in the capsule nest.

The disadvantage of the analogues and the prototype is that the cups contain piercers placed on the bottom of the cup, made in the form of pins with piercing parts, while the piercers are long and can bend and deviate to the side when resting against the lower parts of the capsules. In the case where the piercers are made in the form of a ring with jumpers and piercing elements and are placed on a ring shelf located on the inner part of the side wall of the cup, the piercing elements can bend downwards when resting against the lower parts of the capsules. In both cases, the lower parts of the capsules will not be punctured, which may result in hot water, which is supplied under pressure from the car coffee machine, being sprayed out through the “upper puncturer - capsules” connection or in the rupture of the water lines inside the coffee machine, which will also result in hot water being sprayed out, which may get on the passenger, burn him, stain clothes and/or the interior of the car.

In addition, in the known devices, the connection of the cup and the lid occurs using a flange on the upper part of the cup and a semi-toroidal shape of the mating part of the flange on the lid body. The disadvantage of such a connection is the complexity of manufacturing the flange on the upper part of the cup and the semi-toroidal shape of the mating part of the flange on the lid body, since these elements are complex figures, their production requires the manufacture of complex press molds that include special form-forming elements such as folding punches, composite and sliding matrices and special removal plates. Obviously, the more complex the press mold, the higher the percentage of defects.

Thus, the known designs are unsafe to operate.

The technical result achieved by the utility model consists in increasing the safety of operation of the declared device.

In order to achieve the technical result, a glass is claimed - an external holder of one capsule, equipped with a rubber retainer, an annular stop, an illuminator, a drinking straw and a rubber seal, consisting of a side wall and a bottom, containing a lid consisting of a capsule nest and an annular part, the outer diameter of the lower part of which is equal to the inner diameter of the upper part of the glass, made with the possibility of installing the lid in the glass by thrust, characterized in that the annular part contains an external thread on the outer side surface, made with the possibility of installing the glass with the installed lid in a car coffee machine, wherein the glass contains one capsule piercer, made inseparable from the inner part of the glass body, having attachment points to the inner sides of the bottom and the side wall, wherein on the outer side of the side wall there is a rubber retainer, made with the possibility of fixing the lid in the glass, wherein on the outer part of the side wall there is an annular stop, made with the possibility of supporting the user's fingers, wherein on the outer part of the side wall there is an illuminator containing LED bulbs, an end a switch and a power element, while the lid contains a drinking tube made inseparable from the lid, while on the upper part of the side wall along the perimeter of the inner side there is a rubber seal.

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

Fig. 1 – Assembly diagram of the claimed device and capsule. Side view in section.

Fig. 2 – The claimed device with an installed capsule. Side view in section.

Fig. 3 – The claimed device. Side view in section. A – before installation in a car coffee machine. B – after installation in a car coffee machine.

In this case:

1 – Lid

2 – Glass

3 – Capsule nest

4 - Capsule

5 – Side wall

6 – Bottom

7 – Puncturer

8 – External thread

9 – Car coffee machine

10 – Rubber retainer

11 – Ring stop

12 – Illuminator

13 – Drinking straw

14 – Rubber seal

The declared device is an element of a safe beverage preparation system.

The safe beverage preparation system is a system of interconnected elements. The elements of the safe beverage preparation system are the car coffee machine 9, not equipped with an internal capsule holder, and the declared device.

The claimed device is connected to the car coffee machine 9 by means of the external thread 8, which is an element of the claimed device, and the upper piercer and the internal thread, which are elements of the car coffee machine, wherein the upper piercer is connected to the capsule 4, placed in the claimed device, and the internal thread of the car coffee machine is connected to the external thread of the claimed device. Water moves from the car coffee machine to the claimed device, inside the elements of the safe beverage preparation system. This eliminates an open stream and ensures protection against liquid getting on the passenger and the car interior during a ride in shaking conditions.

The claimed device can be made, for example, from plastic and/or paper and/or metal, and contains a glass 2 consisting of a side wall 5, inseparably connected to a bottom 6, forming the body of the glass.

The claimed device comprises a lid 1 consisting of an annular part containing a drinking opening and a capsule seat 3, which is designed to accommodate the capsules in such a way that the beverage flowing from the capsule 4 gets inside the glass 2. The capsule seat is designed to allow access and tight pressing of the upper piercer, which is an element of the car coffee machine 9, to the capsule installed in the capsule seat. The lid may comprise a limiter, which may be an annular protrusion designed to limit the displacement of the lid inside the glass.

To connect lid 1 and cup 2, the lid is inserted into the cup by thrust, for this purpose the outer diameter of the lower part is equal to the inner diameter of the upper part of the cup. This solution eliminates the need to manufacture a flange on the cup and a semi-toroidal shape of the mating part of the flange on the lid body, which increases the safety of the claimed device, since these elements are complex figures, their production requires the manufacture of complex press molds that include special form-forming elements, such as folding punches, composite and sliding matrices and special removal plates. Obviously, the more complex the press mold, the higher the percentage of defects, which can lead to the destruction of the elements or a loose fit of the elements to each other, this can lead to the removal of the lid from the cup or their loose connection, which will lead to splashing of a hot drink from the claimed device on the user and the car interior. Thus, connecting the lid and the cup by installing and tightly fixing the lid in the cup by thrust increases the safety of the claimed device.

The annular part comprises an external thread 8 on the outer side. The external thread is designed to allow installation of a cup 2 with a lid 1 installed on a car coffee machine 9 from below, by screwing the claimed device into the car coffee machine from below under the upper capsule piercer, which is an element of the car coffee machine, which eliminates the need to use a cup holder, which is an element of the car coffee machine. Using an external thread to connect the claimed device to the car coffee machine increases the safety of using the claimed device in comparison with alternative options, for example, in comparison with an external solid or intermittent protrusion on the annular part, or in comparison with a cup holder, which is an element of the car coffee machine. The outer solid or intermittent protrusion on the annular part has a smaller contact area of the outer protrusion surface with its counterpart, which is an element of the car coffee machine, than the contact area of the external thread with the counterpart, and therefore a higher probability of breaking off the outer solid or intermittent protrusion when pressing the upper capsule piercer on the lid. Breaking off the outer protrusion will cause the claimed device to fall out of the car coffee machine, and the hot drink may splash, burn the user and stain the car interior. The connection using the external thread reduces this probability, thus increasing the safety of using the claimed device. The cup holder, which is an element of the car coffee machine, fixes the cup with the lid installed. The pressure created by the upper capsule piercer on the lid is transmitted from the lid to the cup, from the cup to the cup holder, from the cup holder to the body of the car coffee machine. Each of these elements may fail due to the depletion of the resource, and/or a manufacturing defect, and/or improper installation. The more elements in the pressure transmission chain from the upper piercer to the car coffee machine body, the higher the probability of a breakdown, which can lead to the declared device falling out of the car coffee machine, while the hot drink can splash, burn the user and stain the car interior. The external thread has a large contact area with the mating part, which is an element of the car coffee machine body, and in the pressure transmission chain from the upper piercer, the external thread immediately transmits the created pressure to the car coffee machine body, eliminating the transmission of pressure to the cup and eliminating the need to use a cup holder. Thus, the use of external thread increases the safety of using the declared device.

The claimed device contains one piercer 7, located inside the body of the glass 2. The piercer is made inseparable from the glass by means of casting or gluing. The piercer has vertical supports with attachment points to the inner side of the bottom 6 and has horizontal struts made inseparable from the inner side of the side wall 5. The implementation of the piercer with horizontal struts, as well as the inseparable connection of the piercer with the body of the cup, increases the safety of the operation of the claimed device in comparison with the embodiment of the piercer in the form of a vertical pin placed on the bottom, since such a piercer has a greater length and can bend and deviate when resting against the lower part of the capsule 4. In the event that the piercer is made in the form of a ring with jumpers and a piercing element and is placed on an annular shelf located on the inner part of the side wall of the cup, the piercing element can bend downwards when resting against the lower part of the capsule. In both cases, the lower parts of the capsule will not be punctured, which may result in splashing of hot water, which is supplied under pressure from the car coffee machine 9, through the "upper puncturer - capsule" connection or to a rupture of the water mains inside the car coffee machine, which will also result in splashing of hot water, which may get on the passenger, burn him, stain clothes and/or the car interior. Thus, the design of the puncturer is inseparable from the inner part of the bottom and from the inner part of the side wall, which increases the safety of operation of the claimed device.

The claimed device comprises a rubber retainer, which is a rubber strip of rectangular or round cross-section, the ends of which are fixed by casting or gluing on opposite sides of the outer part of the side wall of the cup, made with the ability to fix the lid on the body of the cup. The rubber retainer is made of rubber material, due to which it can stretch when the rubber retainer is pulled onto the lid of the cup. The rubber retainer is made with the ability to be pulled onto the lid after it is installed on the cup and with the ability to press tightly against the lid, thus preventing it from accidentally falling out of the cup, which can lead to a hot drink splashing onto the user and the car interior. Due to the fact that the lid is fixed on the cup using a rubber retainer, the probability of accidental removal of the lid from the cup during shaking during the movement of the car is reduced. Thus, the rubber retainer increases the safety of the claimed device.

The claimed device comprises a ring stop on the outer side of the side wall of the glass, designed to support the user's fingers. The ring stop has the shape of a ring, is made, for example, of plastic or pressed paper and is connected to the outer side of the side wall using, for example, casting, gluing, or another method. The ring stop allows the user to hold the glass more comfortably, preventing the glass from slipping out of the user's hand during shaking in transport, since during shaking the glass can slide in the hand and, under its own weight, slip out and fall on the floor of the car, open and burn the user and stain the car interior. When sliding down, the claimed device rests with the ring stop against the user's fingers, as a result of which the probability of the claimed device falling out of the user's hand is reduced. Thus, the ring stop increases the safety of the claimed device.

The claimed device comprises an illuminator on the outer side of the side wall of the cup or on the outer side of the lid. The illuminator has a ring shape, contains LED lamps around the circumference of the illuminator, a power element configured to provide switching on of the LED lamps, and a limit switch configured to supply electricity from the power element to the LED lamps. The illuminator is switched on when the lid is installed on the cup using the limit switch. In the dark, the user can accidentally touch the claimed device with a hot drink inside, drop it, which can lead to the opening of the claimed device, splashing out the hot drink, which can burn the user and stain the interior of the car. The illuminator allows the user to better navigate in the dark in the car, see where the cup is, its outlines in the dark. Thus, the illuminator increases the safety of the claimed device.

The claimed device comprises a drinking straw made inseparable from the lid by casting or gluing. The drinking straw is designed to allow drinking from the claimed device. The drinking straw may be made inseparable from any part of the lid. The drinking straw is made of the same material as the claimed device. The length of the part of the drinking straw located inside the claimed device is 1-2 mm less than the height of the glass, which allows drinking the entire volume of the drink located in the claimed device. The inseparable connection of the drinking straw and the lid increases the safety of the claimed device due to the absence of a gap in the drinking hole between the drinking straw and the annular part, which is present in the case of using traditional straws. A hot drink can splash through this gap, burn and stain the passenger. In addition, in the case of using traditional straws that are not fixed to the lid and inserted into the drinking hole, there is a risk of accidentally removing the straw from the drinking hole, which leaves the hot drink open and creates a risk of splashing the hot drink through the drinking hole in shaking conditions in a moving car. In addition, the drinking straw allows you to drink the drink without tilting the glass, which also increases the safety of using the claimed device, since when tilting the claimed device, the liquid presses on the capsule and the ring part from the inside, and there is a risk of the capsule or ring part falling out, which can lead to spilling the hot drink on the user and / or the car interior. Thus, the drinking straw increases the safety of using the claimed device.

The tighter the fit of the lid to the glass, the better the protection against hot drink leakage from the glass when the claimed device is tilted while drinking the drink and/or during shaking while the car is moving. The contact area of the lid and the glass is maximum when the diameter of the outer side of the lower part of the lid repeats the diameter of the inner side of the upper part of the glass, however, if a defect was allowed during the production of the claimed device, which resulted in a change in the diameter of the outer side of the lower part of the lid and/or the diameter of the inner side of the upper part of the glass, or if after careless transportation and/or storage of the lid and/or glass there were deformations of the lid and/or glass, which resulted in a change in the diameter of the outer side of the lower part of the lid and/or the diameter of the inner side of the upper part of the glass, the contact area of the lid and the glass will decrease, gaps may appear between the lid and the glass, which may lead to a hot drink leakage from the glass through the formed gaps when the claimed device is tilted while drinking the drink and/or during shaking while the car is moving. A leaking hot drink can burn and/or stain the passenger. To protect against such a danger, the claimed device contains a rubber seal in the upper part of the glass, located along the perimeter of the circumference of the inner side of the side wall, connected to the side wall by gluing. The rubber seal is made of a soft rubber material, with the ability to install a lid in the glass and seal the connection of the lid with the glass. The rubber seal is made with the ability to prevent leakage of a hot drink from the glass when the claimed device is tilted during drinking a drink or during shaking while the car is moving, thereby increasing the safety of the claimed device.

The utility model works as follows.

The user manually inserts the lid 1 into the glass 2. The user inserts one capsule 4 into the capsule socket 3. In this case, the capsule is pierced by its lower part with the piercer 7, after which the user screws the claimed device with the installed capsule into the car coffee machine 9, presses the capsule piercer, which is an element of the car coffee machine, to the capsule using a pressing device, for example, a lever. The user turns on the water supply. The water passes through the elements of the car coffee machine using a blower, gets into the upper piercer, into the capsule and flows down as a ready-made drink into the body of the glass. After the glass is filled, the user removes the claimed device from the car coffee machine. The user installs the rubber retainer on the lid. The drink is ready for consumption through the drinking hole. After drinking the drink, the user disposes of the claimed device together with the capsule. Thus, the claimed utility model allows to increase the safety of the claimed device.

Claims (1)

The cup is an external holder for one capsule, equipped with a rubber retainer, an annular stop, an illuminator, a drinking straw and a rubber seal, consisting of a side wall and a bottom, containing a lid consisting of a capsule nest and an annular part, the outer diameter of the lower part of which is equal to the inner diameter of the upper part of the cup, made with the possibility of installing the lid in the cup by thrust, characterized in that the annular part contains an external thread on the outer side surface, made with the possibility of installing the cup with the installed lid in a car coffee machine, wherein the cup contains one capsule piercer, made inseparable from the inner part of the cup body, having attachment points to the inner side of the bottom and the inner side of the side wall, wherein on the outer side of the side wall there is a rubber retainer, made with the possibility of fixing the lid in the cup, wherein on the outer part of the side wall there is an annular stop, made with the possibility of resting the user's fingers, wherein on the outer part of the side wall there is an illuminator containing LED bulbs, a limit switch and power supply element, while the lid contains a drinking tube made inseparable from the lid, while on the upper part of the side wall along the perimeter of the inner side there is a rubber seal.