EP 4234421 A1 20230830 - STACK OF CUPS WITH DISTANCED WALLS
Title (en)
STACK OF CUPS WITH DISTANCED WALLS
Title (de)
STAPEL VON BECHERN MIT BEABSTANDETEN WÄNDEN
Title (fr)
PILE DE GOBELETS À PAROIS DISTANCÉES
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 22159072 A 20220228
Abstract (en)
The present invention relates to a stack of cups 1 comprising a first cup 2 and a second cup 3, wherein the first cup 2 and the second cup 3 are identically formed and each comprises a sidewall 4, wherein the first cup 2 is arranged below the second cup 3, wherein the sidewall 4 comprises an upper end 8 and a lower end 9, wherein the sidewall 4 forms an outer surface of the cup 2, 3 and an inner surface 7 of the cup 2, 3, wherein the sidewall 4 comprises an outward protrusion 11, wherein the protrusion of the second cup 3 rests on the inner surface 7 or substantially on the upper end 8 of the first cup, wherein at each longitudinal position below the protrusion 11 of the second cup 3, the inner surface 7 of the first cup 2, is in a distance to the outer surface 6 of the second cup 3. The invention further relates to a cup 2, 3, a method for stacking two or more cups 2, 3 and a use of a stack of cups 1 in a beverage machine.
IPC 8 full level
B65D 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B65D 1/265 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- JP S55134046 A 19801018 - TOKAN KOGYO CO LTD
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- JP H0958658 A 19970304 - JUJO CENTRAL KK
- US 2503045 A 19500404 - HAMILTON KENNETH C
- JP S5767911 U 19820423
- JP 2001002049 A 20010109 - ITO SADAMI
- JP H10278931 A 19981020 - JUJO CENTRAL KK
- US 5201437 A 19930413 - BURGDORF MAERTEN [DE]
Citation (search report)
- [XY] BE 824054 A 19750702
- [XY] US 3648888 A 19720314 - CHELADZE GEORGE ANDRE
- [X] US 3208631 A 19650928 - BRYANT EDWARDS
- [YA] US 4832202 A 19890523 - NEWMAN ALEC T [GB], et al
- [YA] GB 2157153 A 19851023 - BELLAPLAST GMBH
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Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 22159072 A 20220228