CN111972989A - Capsule cup - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a capsule cup, and belongs to the technical field of articles for daily use. The capsule cup includes: the cup and the bowl cover that cooperate the lid to and set up the seal membrane that is used for sealed cup inner chamber at the oral area of cup, be provided with chucking spare on the oral area outer wall of cup, the bowl cover lid fits the cup and through chucking spare and cup fixed connection. This capsule cup has replaced the buckle structure of bowl cover inner wall among the prior art through set up chucking spare at the oral area outer wall of cup, has effectively reduced the technology degree of difficulty of capsule cup preparation, has improved the yields of capsule cup simultaneously.

Description

Capsule cup

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of articles for daily use, in particular to a capsule cup.

Background

In daily life, there are many ways of packaging brewing food materials, for example, the brewing food materials are sealed in a capsule cup and stored, when brewing, the cup body and the cup cover of the capsule cup are separated, so that powder in the cup body is poured into the cup, and then water is added into the cup for brewing to form a drinkable beverage.

Among the prior art, the bowl cover inboard of capsule cup is provided with buckle structure, and buckle structure is used for making bowl cover and cup fixed connection, and when dashing to steep and eat material volume less, the structure of the capsule cup that needs the packing is less, and the capsule cup of less structure is moulding plastics the manufacturing process, and the technology degree of difficulty is big, and simultaneously at the drawing of patterns in-process, it is bad to make the inboard buckle of bowl cover extremely easily fall to the yields of capsule cup has been reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a capsule cup, which can reduce the difficulty of the preparation process of the capsule cup and improve the production yield of the capsule cup.

The embodiment of the invention is realized by the following steps:

an embodiment of the present invention provides a capsule cup, including: the cup and the bowl cover that cooperate the lid to and set up the seal membrane that is used for sealed cup inner chamber at the oral area of cup, be provided with chucking spare on the oral area outer wall of cup, the bowl cover lid fits the cup and through chucking spare and cup fixed connection.

Alternatively, the retainer is integrally formed with the cup body.

Optionally, the cup body includes a body portion and a coupling portion that are connected to each other, the retainer is located at the coupling portion, and the lid is fixedly connected to the coupling portion by the retainer.

Optionally, the clamping member is a plurality of strip-shaped structures, and the plurality of strip-shaped structures are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the connecting portion.

Optionally, the retainer is a ring, the ring being concentric with the cup body.

Optionally, the clamping member comprises a plurality of strip-shaped structures and a plurality of circular rings, wherein the strip-shaped structures and the circular rings are connected with each other, the circular rings and the cup body are arranged concentrically, and the plurality of strip-shaped structures are arranged on the outer sides of the circular rings at intervals.

Optionally, one end of the strip-shaped structure far away from the main body part is higher than the end face of the opening part of the cup body.

Optionally, the capsule cup further comprises a diversion trench formed at the mouth of the cup body.

Optionally, one end of the main body part facing the cup cover is also provided with a groove.

Optionally, the oral area terminal surface of cup still is provided with the hot melt rib, and the seal membrane passes through the fixed oral area terminal surface that sets up at the cup of hot melt rib.

The embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that:

the capsule cup comprises a cup body and a cup cover which are matched and covered with each other, and a sealing film which is arranged at the opening of the cup body and used for sealing the inner cavity of the cup body, brewing food materials are contained in the inner cavity of the cup body, the sealing film can seal the brewing food materials in the inner cavity of the cup body, a clamping piece is arranged on the outer wall of the opening of the cup body, the cup cover is covered on the cup body and is fixedly connected with the cup body through the clamping piece, the clamping piece is deformed in the covering process of the cup cover and the cup body, the cup cover is fixed on the cup body through the deformation force generated by the deformation of the clamping piece, and a clamping structure does not need to be additionally arranged on the cup cover, so that the difficulty of the capsule cup preparation.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a capsule cup according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a lid of a capsule cup according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a retainer disposed on a cup in a strip configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a ring-shaped retainer disposed on a cup according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a retainer disposed on a cup body according to an embodiment of the present invention, including a strip-like structure and a ring.

Icon: 100-capsule cup; 110-a cup cover; 120-sealing film; 130-cup body; 131-a connecting portion; 132-a body portion; 133-grooves; 134-diversion trench; 135-a clip; 1351-strip structure; 1352-circular ring.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that: the terms "center," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or as would be customary when the product is used, and are used merely to facilitate the description and simplify the description, rather than to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be considered as limiting the invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In daily life, there are various ways of packaging brewing food materials, for example, the brewing food materials are sealed in the capsule cup 100 and stored, when brewing, the cup body 130 and the cup cover 110 of the capsule cup 100 are separated, so that powder in the cup body 130 is poured into the cup, and then water is added into the cup to brew the beverage. In the prior art, the inner side of the cup cover 110 of the capsule cup 100 is provided with a buckle structure, the buckle structure is used for fixedly connecting the cup cover 110 and the cup body 130, when the amount of the brewing food material is small, the structure of the capsule cup 100 to be packaged is small, the capsule cup 100 with the small structure is difficult in the injection molding manufacturing process, and meanwhile, in the demolding process, the buckle on the inner side of the cup cover 110 is easily broken, so that the yield of the capsule cup 100 is reduced. The present application has been made to solve the above problems, and the following are embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a capsule cup 100 according to the present invention, and referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a capsule cup 100, including: the cup body 130 and the cup cover 110 are matched and covered with each other, the sealing film 120 is arranged at the opening part of the cup body 130 and used for sealing the inner cavity of the cup body 130, the clamping piece 135 is arranged on the outer wall of the opening part of the cup body 130, and the cup cover 110 is covered on the cup body 130 and is fixedly connected with the cup body 130 through the clamping piece 135.

The cup 130, lid 110, and retainer 135 are made of Polypropylene, which is a semi-crystalline thermoplastic. The polypropylene has the advantages of no toxicity, no smell, small density, higher strength, rigidity, hardness and heat resistance than low-pressure polyethylene, higher impact resistance and resistance to corrosion of various organic solvents and acid and alkali.

Alternatively, the cup 130 may be cylindrical and the corresponding lid 110 may have a circular cross-section, with the cup 130 and lid 110 typically being injection molded.

The shape of the sealing membrane 120 corresponds to the shape of the mouth of the cup 130, and the edge of the sealing membrane 120 is provided with a pulling convex part, so that the sealing membrane 120 is separated from the mouth of the cup 130 under the driving of the pulling convex part when brewing, and the sealing membrane 120 is convenient to tear off the cup 130.

In the prior art, the fastening structure is arranged on the inner side of the cup cover 110, and after the cup cover 110 is injection molded, the fastening structure on the inner side of the cup cover 110 is easily damaged in the demolding process, so that the cup cover 110 is unqualified to be manufactured.

The inner wall of the lid 110 mates with the outer wall of the mouth of the cup 130 to allow the lid 110 to fit over the cup 130. A retainer 135 is fixedly disposed on the outer wall of the mouth of the cup 130. in the process of fitting over the cup 130 with the lid 110, the inner wall of the lid 110 squeezes the retainer 135 to deform, the deformation of the retainer 135 acts on the inner side of the lid 110, increasing the friction between the lid 110 and the retainer 135, and thereby fixedly coupling the lid 110 to the cup 130.

The brewing food material is arranged in the inner cavity of the cup body 130, and in order to prevent the brewing food material from spilling out through the gap between the clamping piece 135 and the cup cover 110, a sealing membrane 120 is arranged at the opening part of the cup body 130, and the sealing membrane 120 is used for sealing the opening part of the cup body 130. When brewing, the cup cover 110 is firstly opened, namely, the cup cover 110 is separated from the cup body 130, then the sealing film 120 at the opening part of the cup body 130 is torn off, finally, the brewing food materials in the inner cavity of the cup body 130 are poured into the water cup or the kettle, and then water is added into the water cup or the kettle poured with the brewing food materials for brewing.

The retainer 135 is fixedly disposed on the outer wall of the mouth of the cup body 130. it should be understood that the retainer 135 is integrally molded with the cup body 130 or the retainer 135 is adhered to the outer wall of the mouth of the cup body 130.

The capsule cup 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a cup body 130 and a cup cover 110 which are matched and covered with each other, and a sealing film 120 which is arranged at the opening of the cup body 130 and is used for sealing the inner cavity of the cup body 130, brewing food materials are contained in the inner cavity of the cup body 130, the brewing food materials can be sealed and blocked in the inner cavity of the cup body 130 by the sealing film 120, a clamping piece 135 is arranged on the outer wall of the opening of the cup body 130, the cup cover 110 is covered on the cup body 130 and is fixedly connected with the cup body 130 through the clamping piece 135, the clamping piece 135 deforms in the covering process of the cup cover 110 and the cup body 130, the cup cover 110 is fixed on the cup body 130 through deformation force generated by the deformation of the clamping piece 135, and no clamping structure needs to be additionally arranged on the cup cover 110, so that the difficulty.

Further, in order to reduce the difficulty of the process for preparing the capsule cup 100, in the present embodiment, the retainer 135 is integrally formed with the cup body 130.

After the injection moulding of cup 130, demold it, because chucking spare 135 is located the outer wall of cup 130 oral area, the degree of difficulty of demolding the cup 130 is little, and the success rate of demolding is high. In addition, the cup body 130 and the retainer 135 are integrally formed, the cup body 130 and the retainer 135 only need to be simultaneously injection-molded in a grinding tool, and extra process steps are not needed for processing the adhesion of the retainer 135, so that the process steps for preparing the cup body 130 and the retainer 135 can be effectively reduced.

Alternatively, the cup 130 includes the body portion 132 and the attachment portion 131 connected to each other, the retainer 135 is located on the attachment portion 131, and the lid 110 is fixedly attached to the attachment portion 131 by the retainer 135.

Optionally, the outer diameter of the main body 132 is larger than that of the connecting portion 131, and the outer diameter of the cap 110 is the same as that of the main body 132.

Illustratively, the cross section of the capsule cup 100 is circular, that is, the cup body 130 and the lid 110 are cylindrical or approximately cylindrical, in order to improve the aesthetic property of the overall appearance of the capsule cup 100, it is necessary to set the outer diameter of the cup body 130 to be the same as the outer diameter of the lid 110, in addition, the lid 110 is covered on the cup body 130 by the clamping member 135, the cup body 130 includes two parts fixedly connected, that is, the cup body 130 includes a main body part 132 and a connecting part 131, wherein the connecting part 131 is used for setting the clamping member 135, in addition, the connecting part 131 is used for fixedly connecting with the lid 110, so the outer diameter of the main body part 132 is set to be larger than the outer diameter of the connecting part 131, the outer diameter of the main body part 132 is set to be the same as the outer diameter of the lid 110.

The retainer 135 has a deformation that causes the lid 110 to be fixedly attached to the cup 130 at the attachment portion 131 by a deformation force generated by the deformation of the retainer 135. in this embodiment, three configurations of the retainer 135 are shown and described below.

Referring to fig. 3, a first structural form of the clamping member 135, wherein fig. 3 is a schematic view of the clamping member 135 provided on the cup body 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and optionally, the clamping member 135 is a strip-shaped structure 1351, and the strip-shaped structure 1351 includes a plurality of strip-shaped structures 1351, and a plurality of strip-shaped structures 1351 are spaced along the circumference of the connecting portion 131.

It should be noted that the strip-shaped structures 1351 include a plurality of structures, and a plurality of structures means that two or more strip-shaped structures 1351 are included.

The cross section of the strip-shaped structure 1351 is any one of a rectangle, a square, a semicircle, a trapezoid and a triangle, for example, the cross section of the strip-shaped structure 1351 is a semicircle, the plane of the strip-shaped structure 1351 is connected with the outer wall of the mouth of the cup body 130, and the arc surface is used for abutting against the inner wall of the cup cover 110.

Illustratively, the outer wall of the connecting portion 131 of the cup body 130 is cylindrical, the plurality of clamping members 135 of the strip-shaped structure 1351 are fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the connecting portion 131 along the circumferential direction of the connecting portion 131 of the cup body 130, and the extending direction of the strip-shaped structure 1351 is parallel to the axial direction of the cup body 130.

The above is only an example and does not limit the extending direction of the strip-shaped structure 1351, for example, the extending direction of the strip-shaped structure 1351 may also be disposed at an angle to the axial direction of the cup 130.

A second form of construction for the retainer 135 is shown in FIG. 4, wherein FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the retainer 135 disposed on the cup body 130 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention in the form of a circular ring 1352. alternatively, the retainer 135 is a circular ring 1352, and the circular ring 1352 is disposed concentrically with the cup body 130.

The ring 1352 is disposed on the outer wall of the connecting portion 131, and one or more rings 1352 may be disposed, for example, the connecting portion 131 has a long length along the axial direction thereof, and two or three rings 1352 may be disposed on the outer wall of the connecting portion 131, which may be selected by one skilled in the art according to the actual situation.

When there are a plurality of rings 1352, the rings 1352 are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the connecting portion 131, and the rings 1352 may be uniformly arranged at equal intervals on the outer wall of the connecting portion 131, or may be arranged at unequal intervals.

When the ring 1352 is one, the ring 1352 may be disposed at an end of the connecting portion 131 far from the main body portion 132, at an end of the connecting portion 131 close to the main body portion 132, or at a middle position or an approximate middle position of the connecting portion 131.

Referring to fig. 5, a third structural form of the retainer 135 is shown, wherein fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the retainer 135 disposed on the cup body 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the retainer 135 optionally includes a strip-shaped structure 1351 and a ring 1352 connected to each other, the ring 1352 is disposed concentrically with the cup body 130, the strip-shaped structure 1351 includes a plurality of strip-shaped structures 1351, and the plurality of strip-shaped structures 1351 are disposed at intervals outside the ring 1352.

The third form of the retainer 135 is a combination of the first and second forms of the retainer 135, wherein the outer wall of the connecting portion 131 is connected to the circular ring 1352, and a part of the strip-like structure 1351 is connected to the outer side of the circular ring 1352, and the other part of the strip-like structure is connected to the outer wall of the connecting portion 131. And, the strip 1351, the ring 1352 and the cup body 130 are integrally formed.

In order to accurately align the sealing film 120 with the mouth end surface of the cup body 130, optionally, the end of the strip 1351 away from the body 132 is higher than the mouth end surface of the cup body 130.

The end of the strip-shaped structure 1351 away from the main body 132 is higher than the end surface of the mouth of the cup body 130, that is, the bar structures 1351 protrude from the mouth end surface of the cup body 130, and in addition, the bar structures 1351 include a plurality of bar structures 1351, which are spaced apart from each other along the circumferential direction of the cup body 130 and are disposed on the outer wall of the connecting portion 131, one end of each of the plurality of bar structures 1351 protrudes from the mouth end surface of the cup body 130, when the brewing food material is filled in the inner cavity of the cup body 130, the inner cavity of the cup body 130 needs to be sealed by the sealing film 120, so that the brewing food material is sealed in the inner cavity of the cup body 130, before the sealing membrane 120 seals the inner cavity of the cup body 130, the sealing membrane 120 is accurately aligned with the end surface of the opening part of the cup body 130, when one end of the strip-shaped structures 1351 extends out of the end face of the mouth of the cup body 130, the strip-shaped structures 1351 can limit the sealing film 120, so as to improve the accuracy of the alignment between the sealing film 120 and the end face of the mouth of the cup body 130.

In order to reduce the amount of the brewed food material that is spilled when pouring, optionally, the capsule cup 100 further comprises a diversion trench 134 formed at the mouth of the cup body 130.

The diversion trench 134 is arranged on the inner wall of the opening of the cup body 130, when the sealing film 120 is torn, and the brewing food material is poured into the cup or the kettle from the inner cavity of the cup body 130, the brewing food material can flow out along the diversion trench 134 arranged on the inner wall of the opening of the cup body 130, so that the outward scattering phenomenon of the brewing food material when pouring is avoided as much as possible, the sprinkling amount of the brewing food material is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

To improve the convenience of opening the cap 110, the body portion 132 may optionally be further provided with a groove 133 at an end facing the cap 110.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the outer diameter of the cup body 130 is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the cup cover 110, the cup cover 110 is fixedly connected to the connecting portion 131 of the cup body 130 by the fastening member 135, and if the groove 133 is not provided, the capsule cup 100 can only be opened by relatively twisting the cup body 130 and the cup cover 110, but when the capsule cup 100 is opened by the method, the user is not only required to take effort, but also the sealing film 120 is damaged, so that the brewing material is scattered, and the user experience is poor. However, the provision of the recess 133 in the body portion 132 of the cup 130 toward the lid 110 provides a fulcrum for opening the lid 110, thereby facilitating opening of the lid 110 and enhancing the user experience.

In order to improve the sealing performance between the sealing film 120 and the mouth end surface of the cup body 130, optionally, the mouth end surface of the cup body 130 is further provided with a hot-melting rib, and the sealing film 120 is fixedly arranged on the mouth end surface of the cup body 130 through the hot-melting rib.

The oral area terminal surface of cup 130 sets to the hot melt section, sets up round hot melt rib on its oral area terminal surface, and the shape that the hot melt rib encloses to close the formation is corresponding with the shape of oral area terminal surface, and the hot melt rib is located the top of oral area terminal surface, and seal membrane 120 sets up the top at the hot melt rib, then heats seal membrane 120, hot melt rib and oral area terminal surface through corresponding hot melt equipment to make seal membrane 120 seal in the oral area terminal surface through the hot melt rib.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A capsule cup, comprising: the cup and the bowl cover that cooperate the lid to close each other, and set up the oral area of cup is used for sealing the seal membrane of cup inner chamber, be provided with chucking spare on the oral area outer wall of cup, the bowl cover lid fits the cup and passes through chucking spare with cup fixed connection.

2. The capsule cup of claim 1, wherein the retainer is integrally formed with the cup body.

3. The capsule cup of claim 1, wherein the cup body includes a body portion and a connecting portion connected to each other, the retainer is located at the connecting portion, and the lid is fixedly connected to the connecting portion by the retainer.

4. The capsule cup of claim 3, wherein the retainer is a plurality of strip-like structures, the plurality of strip-like structures being spaced apart along a circumference of the connecting portion.

5. The capsule cup of claim 3, wherein the retainer is a ring that is concentrically disposed with respect to the cup body.

6. The capsule cup of claim 3, wherein the retainer comprises a plurality of interconnected strips and a ring, the ring being concentric with the cup body, the plurality of strips being spaced outwardly of the ring.

7. The capsule cup of claim 4 or 6, wherein an end of the strip-like structure remote from the body portion is higher than an end face of the mouth of the cup body.

8. The capsule cup of claim 1, further comprising a flow guide formed at a mouth of the cup body.

9. The capsule cup of claim 3, wherein the body portion is further provided with a recess at an end facing the lid.

10. The capsule cup as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mouth end surface of the cup body is further provided with a hot-melt rib, and the sealing membrane is fixedly arranged on the mouth end surface of the cup body through the hot-melt rib.

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