Comments on: Ceramic Cup + Fins = No More Burns

By: Vincent Maldia

Vincent Maldia — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:22:28 +0000

If I’m correct, this has already been patented. It has been available for some years now in my country not as a coffee cup, but as a disposable cup used in some brands of instant noodle soup. It also has fins but they are much shorter, thinner and more numerous. Heres the website with a picture. http://www.urc.com.ph/products.htm Its near the bottom of the page.

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:49:34 +0000

I would rather judge the heat of my drink with my hands than with my lips really.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:00:32 +0000

I would think that your beverage would cool off way too fast in that thing.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:05:08 +0000

As the self-appointed ceramist-in-residence here, I can tell you this: To make this widget commercially viable they are going to go through a LOT of scrap. The reason fins don’t get hot is simple: surface area dissiaptes heat. Well, fins also dissipate moisture. To get this to form correctly the pressures would be astronomica, or the forming material a little on the wet side. At any rate, any moisture in the fins will get whisked away at the first opportunity, and cracks will develop. very likely at the point where the fins join the main body. I love the concept. It’s one of those DUH things. I hope it makes it to the public!