Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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CONTAINER FOR PREPARING AND DRINKING BEVERAGES
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to forming of an embodiment providing
s consumption of hot and cold liquid substances of general use without any
preparation. More particularly the present invention relates to confinement of
a
system with or without tea bag containing drink extracts and an embodiment
providing easy and preferable drink possible, which is used in the formation
of
hot and/or cold drinks.
~o BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
This is a patent application made in addition to the patent application
regarding
the invention processed in the records of Turkish Patent Office no :
1999/01027.
In the embodiments constituting the prior art, the products are readied for
drinking by dissolving in a cup, and presented to customers in tea bags, like
is tea, rose hip, soup, coffee, and fruit extracts.
As it is known, a tea bag is immersed into a cup of hot water, without
bothering
about brewing, the drink is ready for drinking in a short time with the
interaction
of tea confined in the said bag with water.
The problem mostly encountered in the present embodiments, that are
2o produced to be used once, is the one encountered in the removal of the bag.
Further, undesirable conditions may arise, too, during drinking and when the
bag is in the cup.
A different embodiment, freed from the appearance of bag or extract, for these
products that are in the ready-drink sector due to their ease of use and
2s practicality, has come a necessity.
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It bears importance that they are produced to be used once, and that they
cannot be easily disassembled and assembled by people malignant purposes,
because of their structure, and it is also important that it be impossible to
use
them more than once.
s DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION
By referring the problems and needs mentioned above, the object of the present
invention is to provide a secure and easy drinking experience to the user in
his
relaxed environment (home, holiday etc.) in his environment of effort (work),
and in his social environment for tea, linden tea, rose hip, coffee and fruit
~o extracts of all kind and all concentrated drinks.
In other words, the object of the present invention is to present an
embodiment
that provides making hot or cold drinks, by the aid of a drink container which
is
constituted with paper, wood, glass, plastic, metal or similar material or
their
mixture or derivatives, and that contains tea, linden tea, rose hip, soup,
coffee,
~s or fruit extracts of all kinds, and extracts of all concentrated drinks
containing
these without the need for a secondary usage.
Another object of the present invention is to obtain and consume said drink
without requiring any time and preliminary action.
Another object of the present invention is to preclude a secondary usage of
the
2o same cup and the same drink extract by persons of malignant purpose .
Further object of the present invention is to serve a new function as to plant
seedling purposes after having used.
The present invention presents an embodiment that splits up the cup in two
sections named the first section and the second section that has splitting
means
2s that confines the said extract in the second section; and that makes the
drink
ready to use by confining the extract in the second section and by virtue of
liquid interaction between the first and the second section.
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The main unit according to the embodiment of the invention is the splitting of
the
drinking cup into at least two sections by virtue of splitting means, and
confinement of the drink extract in one of these sections.
Accordingly, it is possible to form many embodiments for the said splitting
s means.
In an embodiment for instance, a barrier surface like a bracket in a section
preferably close to the base in the drinking cup, called reservoir, is formed.
Beneath that, in the production phase a further perforated structure (this may
alternatively be called filtering unit) is placed. The said barrier surface
may be
~o attached to the reservoir by a proper connection method, and it may be
applied
by simply tightening, as well. The said barrier surface may be fixed to the
base
of the reservoir by a downward projecting part .
In another embodiment as an example, the said splitting means have a
perforated structure, and the said perforated structure contains locking
means,
~s in contact with the locking foot formed above the said reservoir.
In the embodiment, the said splitting means is formed, in the first and the
second section (5,6), consisting of one piece with the said section to contain
a
perforated structure (7). Thus two different sections are joined into one with
a
proper connection method.
2o It is obvious that the embodiments mentioned above, and their counterparts
may be made of plastics, wood, glass, paper, metal and derivatives or alloys
of
these materials, and that said splitting means may be embodied in a single
part
or more than one part separately or solidly.
The purposes, aspects, and the advantages of the present invention will be
2s better understood, when a structural embodiment, shown by the annexed
drawings and given only as an example, is explained.
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The present invention is described in detail, based on an application example,
taking the drawings as a reference.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1- Cross-sectional view of the embodiment hindering a second use in
s disassembly.
Figure 2- Cross-sectional view of the embodiment hindering a second use in
assembly.
Figure 3- Cross-sectional view of the embodiment realized without using
filtering unit in assembly.
~o Figure 4- View of the embodiment wherein the filtering unit is fixed
without
employing any linking or connection procedure.
Figure 5- View of the embodiment wherein the filtering unit is fixed via
locking
ratchets and feet.
Figure 6- Cross-sectional view of a formed embodiment, wherein the filtering
~s unit and the extract is placed within a bracket with trotters that is
covered and fixed by ultrasonic welding or attaching, wherein the
filtering unit is in the second section.
Figure 7- Cross-sectional view of the embodiment wherein bracket with
trotters is used in assembly.
2o Figure 8- Cross-sectional view of another formed embodiment, wherein the
filtering unit and the extract is placed within a bracket with trotters
that is covered and fixed by ultrasonic welding or attaching, wherein
the filtering unit is in the second section.
Figure 9- Cross-sectional view of the embodiment wherein bracket without
2s trotters is used in assembly.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Figure 1 shows a disassembled cross-section view of the embodiment that does
not allow a secondary usage thereof. The drink (1) to be consumed is collected
in a reservoir (2). The said reservoir (2) is split into two sections by a
splitting
s plane (3), as the first (6) and second section (5).
Ready drinking extracts in bags (tea, linden tea, rose hip, etc.) to be drunk
hot
or cold are placed in the second section (5).
A filtering element (7), that does not allow the solid substances to pass
thereof,
but allows the liquid to pass, is placed between the second (5) and the first
to sections (6).
The second section (5) where the drink extract (4) is placed is formed as
follows: There is a sudden contraction of diameter on the splitting plane (3)
that
forms the base of the first section (6). By placing drink extract (4) in the
lower
base of the first section (8), and covering the drink extract (4) with the
filtering
~s unit (7), the lower base section (8) is joined to the body (9) by employing
a
connection technique suitable for the chosen material. As consequence of this
joining procedure, the drink extract (4) in tea bag is placed in the second
section, without making a secondary usage possible. That is, it is not
possible to
reach the drink extract without destroying either the body (9) or the lower
base
20 (8) section.
Figure 2 shows the assembled pattern of the parts with the liquid (1) in the
reservoir (2), after mounting procedure.
Figure 3 depicts a mounted cross-section view of the embodiment realized
without using filtering unit (7). In the absence of a filtering unit, the
object of the
2s filtering unit (7) is realized by liquid passage tracks (12) formed on the
body (9).
By joining the lower base (8) section with the body (9), two sections are
formed
named the first (6) and the second section (5).
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Figure 4 illustrates an alternative embodiment for the invention. Again, the
reservoir (2) is split into two by a splitting plane (3) as the first (6) and
the
second section (5), but there is not any contraction in the diameter. A
tightening
surface is formed by virtue of tightening wings (10) surrounding the filtering
unit
s (7). The tightening surface (11 ) is sloped a little, which is tightened by
repressing the filtering unit (7) in the reservoir (2) and fixes the filtering
unit.
After fixing, the reservoir (2) is split into two sections, namely the first
(6) and
the second section (5). Only a reversible liquid passage is realized between
these two reservoirs, via the liquid passage tracks (12). The structure of the
~o filtering unit prevents passage of solids.
The filtering unit (7) has liquid passage tracks (12) formed on the surface
thereof. These tracks (12) does not prevent liquid passage, but since they are
scattered on the surface, they do not allow any solid substance to pass.
Another alternative embodiment is depicted in Figure 5. Therein the fixing of
is filtering unit and the splitting of the reservoir (2) into two sections
(6,5) is
realized by tightening, this takes place when the locking feet (14) formed on
the
filtering unit enters into the locking ratchets (13) formed on the body (9).
Figures 6 and 7 illustrate an embodiment wherein the filtering unit (7) and
the
extract are placed in a bracket with trotters (15) and wherein the same is
fixed
2o by ultrasonic welding or attached with glue, In this embodiment, the
filtering unit
(7) is formed by virtue of confining the extract (4) in a reservoir (5) at the
bottom
(8) of the cup, namely the lower base (8) in a bracket (15). Therein the hot
or
cold liquid (1) poured into the first section (6) by passing through liquid
passage
tracks (12), reaches to the bagged or free drink extract (4) in the substances
in
2s the extract into the liquid to be consumed (1). Furthermore, the liquid
passage
tracks released state of the filtering unit (7) in the second section (5), the
liquid
(1 ) to be consumed in the first section (5) easily interacts with the extract
(4) at
the same time its piston-like movements provides a more rapid circulation of
the
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liquid flowing from the liquid passage tracks (12), thereby producing a fast
growing of color, and a rapid brewing.
Figures 8 and 9 show the condition of the said bracket (15) produced with and
without trotters. Here, again, the filtering unit (7) moves in the second
section
s (5).
Doubtlessly, the present invention cannot be limited to its different
structural
embodiments mentioned here. Many different embodiments may be designed
by experts in order to form a first (6) and a second section (5).
