Sealed blender jar and juicer

Abstract

The present invention provides a sealed blending cup and a juicer. The sealed blending cup includes a cup cover and a cup body. The cup cover is buckled with the cup body. The opening of the cup body is sealed by a sealing film, so that the cup body forms a closed space for containing items to be blended. The cup body is also sealed with a blending structure. The blending structure includes a blending knife arranged inside the cup body and a transmission member extending outside the cup body, and the transmission member is connected to the blending knife. The juicer includes a driver and the sealed blending cup as described above. The bottom of the sealed blending cup is engaged with the top opening of the driver, and the driving component of the driver is engaged with the transmission member. A closed space is formed in the cup body of the present invention, which can be used for pre-storing items to be squeezed. The material selection is professional and pollution is avoided. Stirring in the closed space by the blending knife is not only simple, efficient and reliable, but also prevents environmental pollution. Therefore, it has extremely high economic value and market value.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention generally relates to the field of beverage processing and sales, and in particular to a sealed stirring cup for reliable on-site production and a juice extraction device using the stirring cup. Background Art

[0002] At present, with the improvement of living standards, people have a higher and higher demand for healthy drinks. Freshly squeezed juice is becoming more and more popular because it is pure natural and additive-free, can retain nutrients such as vitamins and dietary fiber to the greatest extent, effectively helps the human body absorb nutrients and improve health. Now, with the expansion of market popularity, freshly squeezed juice has become a modern and fashionable lifestyle.

[0003] The existing traditional freshly squeezed juice is made by hand-processing fresh fruits and then squeezed on-site by a juicer. This traditional freshly squeezed juice has the following problems: 1. The juicing process is cumbersome, including fruit procurement, washing, peeling, cutting, and juicing. After juicing, the machine must be cleaned and the garbage must be disposed of, which often takes more than ten minutes. The high labor cost causes the high price of freshly squeezed juice. 2. Since the ripeness of the fruit is difficult to control and the shelf life is short, a large amount of loss and waste occurs. 3. Manual operation and the mixing of different processing equipment bring health risks; excessive bacterial content brings food safety problems. 4. Fruits are exposed to the air, causing rapid corruption and affecting the taste and appearance. 5. The industry is not standardized enough, resulting in hygiene problems and additive blending problems. 6. Small-scale processing, fruit peel and core garbage cannot be handled in time, causing environmental pollution problems.

[0004] Therefore, how to seal and store reliably and extract juice quickly and reliably is a technical problem that the industry urgently needs to solve. Summary of the invention

[0005] A main object of the present invention is to overcome at least one of the above-mentioned defects of the prior art and to provide a sealed blending cup and a juicer that can seal and reliably store juice and quickly and reliably extract juice.

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned invention object, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme:

[0007] According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sealed stirring cup, comprising a cup cover and a cup body, wherein the cup cover is buckled onto the cup body, and an opening portion of the cup body is sealed by a sealing film, so that a closed space for holding items to be stirred is formed inside the cup body, and a stirring structure is also sealedly mounted on the cup body, wherein the stirring structure comprises a stirring blade arranged inside the cup body and a transmission member extending outside the cup body, wherein the transmission member is connected to the stirring blade.

[0008] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the cup body is filled with an inert gas or is evacuated.

[0009] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the cup cover has an inner concave surface, and a crisscross cutout or other central cross-shaped cutout is arranged on the inner concave surface.

[0010] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the stirring structure and the cup body are sealed by an elastic sleeve, the shaft body of the transmission member passes through the elastic sleeve and is connected to the stirring blade, the inner ring of the elastic sleeve is provided with a rack, and a sealing ring is provided between the end and the transmission member. The rack can reduce friction, and the elastic sleeve is deformed by extrusion to buffer the stress in high-speed rotation and protect the shaft body of the transmission member.

[0011] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the sealing ring is trumpet-shaped, with the opening facing the sealing plane, and when the pressure inside the cup body reaches a preset value, the trumpet-shaped opening opens. The trumpet-shaped opening can discharge excess gas in the cup body and adjust the air pressure in the cup body by opening and closing the preset pressure, which is more suitable for storing fruits and vegetables that release gas slowly by breathing.

[0012] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a circle of raised snap rings is provided at the position where the cup cover and the cup body are buckled.

[0013] According to one embodiment of the present invention, at least one rib is provided on the inner wall of the cup body, one end of the rib is close to the opening of the cup body, and the other end is close to the stirring blade, and a step structure is provided near the stirring blade. During the juicing process, the stirring material rotates at different speeds in the three spaces without ribs, with ribs, and under the steps. Combined with gravity, the stirring material forms a spatial circular motion while rotating and falling toward the side wall.

[0014] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the stirring blade is a disposable plastic part, and the blade is a continuous curve. The blade is a spatially continuous curve, with a larger effective cutting area and a better stirring effect.

[0015] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the outer bottom surface of the cup body is provided with a groove recessed toward the inside of the cup body, and the transmission member is arranged in the groove.

[0016] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object of the invention, the present invention also adopts the following technical scheme:

[0017] According to another aspect of the present invention, a juicer is provided, comprising a driver and a sealed blending cup as described above, wherein the bottom of the sealed blending cup engages with the top opening of the driver, and the top connecting disk of the driving component of the driver engages with the transmission component.

[0018] It can be seen from the above technical solution that the advantages and positive effects of the sealed blender cup and juicer of the present invention are:

[0019] The cup body of the present invention forms a closed space for pre-storing items to be squeezed, professionally selected materials and pollution-free, and stirring in the closed space by a stirring blade is not only simple, efficient and reliable, but also prevents environmental pollution, so it has extremely high economic value and market value. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] Various objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by considering the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings are merely exemplary illustrations of the present invention and are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals always refer to the same or similar parts. Among them:

[0021] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the exploded structure of a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0023] Figure 3 It is a three-dimensional perspective structural diagram of a cup body in a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0024] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a cup cover in a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0025] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a shaft sleeve in a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0026] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the stacking structure of the sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] Figure 7 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of a juice extractor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0028] The reference numerals are described as follows:

[0029] 1. Cup body; 10. Driver; 11. Step; 12. Bottom plate; 13. Support foot; 14. Groove; 15. Rib; 100. Cup body; 101. Step; 102. Bottom plate; 103. Support foot, 104. Groove; 105. Rib; 2. Cup cover; 21. Inner concave surface; 22. Raised snap ring; 3. Sealing film; 4. Transmission part; 41. Sawtooth structure; 42. Shaft body; 5. 500. Mixing blade; 6. Shaft sleeve; 61. Convex edge; 62. Rack; 7. Sealing ring; 8. Column; 9. Object to be squeezed. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, example embodiments can be implemented in a variety of forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that the present invention will be comprehensive and complete and fully convey the concepts of the example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The same reference numerals in the figures represent the same or similar structures, and thus their detailed description will be omitted.

[0031] In the following description of different examples of the present invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the present invention and in which different exemplary structures, systems and steps that can implement multiple aspects of the present invention are shown by way of example. It should be understood that other specific schemes of components, structures, exemplary devices, systems and steps can be used, and structural and functional modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Moreover, although the terms "top", "bottom", "front", "rear", "side", etc. may be used in this specification to describe different exemplary features and elements of the present invention, these terms are used herein only for convenience, such as according to the direction of the examples described in the accompanying drawings. Nothing in this specification should be construed as requiring a specific three-dimensional orientation of the structure to fall within the scope of the present invention.

[0032] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the exploded structure of a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the cup body 1, the cup cover 2 and the sealing film 3 are included. The cup body 1 is used to hold the object to be squeezed 9 (refer to Figure 5 As shown), the cup cover 2 is used to buckle the cup body 1, and the sealing film 3 is used to seal the containing space of the cup body 1.

[0033] Figure 3 1 is a perspective structural diagram of a sealed stirring cup in an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 As shown, in this embodiment, ribs 15 are provided on the inner wall surface of the cup body 1, and steps 11 are provided at the upper end of the ribs 15 near the opening of the cup body 1 and the lower end near the bottom of the cup body 1, so as to facilitate stacking of multiple cup bodies 1. During the juicing process, the stirring objects rotate at different speeds in the three spaces without ribs, with ribs, and under the steps. Combined with gravity, the stirring objects form a spatial circulation motion in which they rotate and fall toward the side wall. The bottom plate 12 of the cup body 1 is concave, and the supporting feet 13 are circular ring structures, or arc-shaped structures with notches, forming a groove 14 together with the cup body 1.

[0034] In this embodiment, the bottom plate 12 is used to install the stirring structure, wherein a serrated structure 41 is provided at one end of the transmission member 4 to facilitate the snap-fit ​​transmission connection. The other end of the transmission member 4 is connected to the shaft body 42, and an elastic clamping column 8 is installed at the end of the shaft body 42. The clamping column 8 is used to install the stirring blade 5. The clamping surface of the clamping column 8 and the stirring blade 5 has positive and negative matching teeth, so that the transmission member 4 can drive the stirring blade 5 to rotate together. In this embodiment, the stirring blade 5 is a disposable plastic part, and the blade is a continuous curve. The blade is a spatially continuous curve, with a larger effective cutting area and a better stirring effect.

[0035] Figure 5 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a shaft sleeve in a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 As shown, in this embodiment, the transmission member 4 is a stepped shaft structure, and a sleeve 6 and a sealing ring 7 are axially arranged in sequence between the stirring blade 5 and the step. The sleeve 6 is elastically connected and installed on the bottom plate 12, and has a convex edge 61. A rack 62 is provided on the inner ring of the sleeve 6, and a sealing ring 7 is provided between the end and the transmission member 4. The rack 62 can reduce friction, and the elastic sleeve 6 is deformed by extrusion, buffers the stress in high-speed rotation, and protects the shaft body of the transmission member 4. In this embodiment, the sealing ring 7 is in the shape of a trumpet, and the opening faces the sealing plane. When the internal pressure of the cup body 1 reaches a preset value, the trumpet-shaped opening opens. The trumpet-shaped opening can discharge excess gas in the cup body 1 and adjust the air pressure in the cup body 1 by opening and closing the preset pressure, which is more suitable for storing fruits and vegetables that release gas slowly by breathing.

[0036] The bottom plate 12 includes a circular hole at the installation position, and the outer edge of the sleeve 6 is snap-fitted with the circular hole and is locked under the effect of the inner concave of the bottom plate 12 to achieve sealing. The inner hole of the sleeve 6 is sleeved on the shaft body 42 connected to the transmission member 4, and there is a gap between the sleeve 6 and the outer peripheral surface of the transmission member 4. The sealing ring 7 is clamped between the sleeve 6 and the shaft shoulder of the transmission member 4, and achieves sealing through its own elastic deformation.

[0037] Figure 4 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a cup cover in a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 As shown, in this embodiment, the cup cover 2 is buckled on the upper part of the cup body 1, and the upper part of the cup cover 2 has an inner concave surface 21, and the inner concave surface 21 can be provided with an opening or a cross-shaped or mitre-shaped cut. A raised snap ring 22 is provided on the inner side of the lower part of the cup cover 2, which is used to snap fit the upper outer edge of the cup body 1. In this embodiment, the sealing film 3 is a thin film, and the material is determined according to actual needs, which completely fits and closes the upper opening of the cup body 1.

[0038] In this embodiment, the object to be squeezed 9 can be placed in the cup body 1 after being pre-processed at the designated position, the cup body 1 can be sealed with a sealing film 3, and the enclosed space of the cup body 1 can be evacuated or filled with an inert gas, such as helium. Finally, the cup cover 2 is fastened and the cup can be sent to a juicer for secondary processing.

[0039] Figure 6 Schematic diagram of the stacking structure of a sealed stirring cup according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 As shown, before the cup body is filled with the object 9 to be squeezed or after use, the cup body 1 and the cup body 100 can be stacked in sequence. The setting of the step 101 prevents interference between the clamping column 800 and the transmission member 4, and no interaction force is generated between the two. The setting of the groove 14 prevents interference between the stirring blade 500 and the bottom plate 12, so that the cup body 1 can be stacked reliably and conveniently.

[0040] Figure 7 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a juice extractor according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 As shown, the present invention also provides a juicer, which includes the sealed stirring cup and the driver 10 as described above. The driver 10 is provided with a driving component, and the top connecting plate of the driving component is engaged with the serrated structure 41 on the transmission member 4, and the transmission member 4 provides power to the stirring blade 5. When using the juicer, the sealed stirring cup is placed on the driver 10, and the transmission member 4 is driven to cooperate with the driving component, and the driving component is started, so that the object to be squeezed 9 enclosed in the cup body 1 can be stirred and juiced. The object to be squeezed 9 is usually vegetables and fruits, and more often fruits.

[0041] In this embodiment, the disposable package with the juice extraction and stirring function can be used for filling semi-finished juice in the central factory, sealed for storage and transportation, and has a long-term preservation function. When displayed and sold at the retail terminal, it only needs to use the driver 10 to provide power for juice extraction and stirring before drinking. There is no need to store the juice for a long time, and the reduction of the taste of the juice is minimized.

[0042] This embodiment also has the following technical effects:

[0043] 1. The central factory can process fruits and vegetables in batches and fill them into packaging. The cup mouth is sealed with film, which is easy to automate production and processing. It is convenient to use gas conditioning technology to reduce the oxygen content in the packaging, achieve a longer-term preservation effect, and trace the data information of each batch of products.

[0044] 2. Partial or full transparent materials can be used to achieve a good display effect, so that the freshness of semi-finished fruits and vegetables can be observed at any time.

[0045] 3. During the juicing process in restaurants, oxygen will not enter the packaging and the fruits and vegetables will not oxidize and turn brown.

[0046] 4. During the juicing process, personnel and equipment will not come into contact with fruits and vegetables, which can better lock in nutrients and prevent microbial infection.

[0047] It should be noted that the various embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. The same or similar parts between the various embodiments can be referenced to each other.

[0048] For the convenience of description, the above system or device is described by dividing it into various modules or units according to its functions. Of course, when implementing the present application, the functions of each unit can be implemented in the same or multiple software and / or hardware.

[0049] Finally, it should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first, second, third and fourth are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the statement "comprise a ..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0050] The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are specifically shown and described above. It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the detailed structures, configurations or implementations described herein; on the contrary, the present disclosure is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent configurations contained within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A sealed stirring cup, characterized in that: The invention comprises a cup cover and a cup body, wherein the cup cover is buckled with the cup body, and the opening of the cup body is sealed by a sealing film, so that the cup body forms a closed space for containing items to be stirred, and the cup body is also sealed with a stirring structure, wherein the stirring structure comprises a stirring knife arranged inside the cup body and a transmission member extending outside the cup body, wherein the transmission member is connected to the stirring knife, and the stirring knife is a disposable plastic member, and the blade is a continuous curve, and at least one rib is arranged on the inner wall of the cup body, wherein one end of the rib is close to the opening of the cup body, and the other end is close to the stirring knife, and a step structure is arranged at a position close to the stirring knife; during the juicing process, the stirring object rotates at different speeds in the three spaces without ribs, with ribs, and under the step, and combined with gravity, the stirring object forms a spatial circular motion while rotating and falling toward the side wall.

2. The sealed blender cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cup body is filled with inert gas or evacuated.

3. The sealed blender cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cup cover has an inner concave surface, and a crisscross cut or other central cross-shaped cut is arranged on the inner concave surface.

4. The sealed blender cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stirring structure and the cup body are sealed by an elastic sleeve, the shaft body of the transmission member passes through the elastic sleeve and is connected to the stirring blade, the inner ring of the elastic sleeve is provided with a rack, and a sealing ring is provided between the end and the transmission member.

5. The sealed blender cup according to claim 4, characterized in that: The sealing ring is in a trumpet shape, with its opening facing the sealing plane. When the internal pressure of the cup body reaches a preset value, the trumpet-shaped opening opens.

6. The sealed blender cup according to claim 1, characterized in that: A circle of raised snap ring is arranged at the position where the cup cover and the cup body are buckled.

7. The sealed blender cup according to claim 1, wherein: The outer bottom surface of the cup body is provided with a groove which is recessed into the interior of the cup body, and the transmission member is arranged in the groove.

8. A juice extractor, characterized in that: It comprises a driver and a sealed stirring cup as described in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the bottom of the sealed stirring cup engages with the top opening of the driver, and the top connecting disk of the driving component of the driver engages with the transmission component.

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