CN105283408A - Mixing nozzle - Google Patents
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- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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- B67D1/0042—Details of specific parts of the dispensers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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Abstract
The invention concerns a mixing nozzle (1) for mixing a concentrate and a diluent and dispensing the mixture comprising : - a mixing chamber comprising an input end with an inlet opening for the concentrate and a discharge opening at an output end thereof, said mixing chamber having an axial bore extending from the input end to the discharge opening, - a toroidal chamber around said mixing chamber having a diluent inlet conduit to introduce diluent in said toroidal chamber, said toroidal chamber presenting multiple openings in the internal lateral wall of the toroidal chamber for directing the diluent from said toroidal chamber concentrically about the axial bore, wherein : - the mixing chamber inlet opening is opened so that a flow of concentrate can freely be directed though the input end along the mixing chamber axial bore and collide with the diluent emerging from the multiple openings of the toroidal chamber, and - the mixing chamber section surface narrows at its output end.
Description
Technical field
Present invention relates in general to beverage dispensing apparatus.More specifically, the present invention relates to the mixing orifice accessory for distributing beverage.
Background technology
There is various beverage dispenser in the market.Some beverage dispensers operate by being divided in the container being directly fitted on such as cup by heat or cold i.e. drink fluid.Powder or liquid concentrate to be assigned in container or cup by beverage dispensing nozzle and to operate to form drink by Other Drinks distributing box together with independent diluent.
The present invention relates to rear mixing distributor, liquid concentrate to be stored in this rear mixing distributor and automatically to combine when distributing with the diluent of such as water.Described combination operates usually in blending box, and described enrichedmaterial and diluent occur in this blending box.Enrichedmaterial and the relative flowing of diluent can be controlled to make such as to mix the best in quality of the beverage prepared with foam.Such as described in WO2010115888, this blending box can be mixing tee accessory.This mixing tee accessory and the end co-operating of flexible tube being attached to condensate container.By peristaltic pump well known in the art, enrichedmaterial can be pumped across flexible tube.In mixing tee accessory, current mix with the enrichedmaterial of doses.Observe, for the enrichedmaterial presenting heavy body characteristic, be difficult to carry out mixing and diluting with water.Thus the beverage in drinking glasses may be uneven.
Summary of the invention
According to first aspect, the present invention relates to for bland enrichedmaterial and diluent and distribute the mixing orifice of beverage mix, it comprises:
-blending box, it comprises and has the input end for the inlet opens of enrichedmaterial and the exhaust openings at its output, and described blending box has the axial hole extending to exhaust openings from input end,
-ring chamber, described ring chamber is around described blending box, described ring chamber has diluent inlet conduit to be introduced by diluent in described ring chamber, described ring chamber has multiple opening in the described internal transverse wall of described ring chamber, for guiding described diluent from described ring chamber with one heart around described axial hole
Wherein:
-mixing chamber inlet opening is unlimited, to make concentrated logistics to be freely guided through input end and to flow along blending box axial hole, and collides with the diluent that the described multiple opening from ring chamber is discharged, and
-blending box cross section narrows at its output.
According to second aspect, the present invention relates to suit component, it comprises condensate container, flexible tube and mixing orifice.
According to the third aspect, the present invention relates to the method making beverage, the method comprises:
-mixing orifice as above is provided,
-concentrate logistics by the unlimited input end distribution of described blending box and distribute diluent by the diluent inlet conduit of described blending box, divide by described enrichedmaterial and described mixing diluents and by blending box and be equipped with formation beverage.
According to fourth aspect, the present invention relates to beverage preparation machine, it comprises:
-enrichedmaterial source, described enrichedmaterial source comprises container and flexible tube, and described pipe is configured to from container allocation enrichedmaterial,
-diluent source,
-mixing orifice as above, wherein the flexible tube in mixing orifice and enrichedmaterial source is mutually positioning, to make the exit end of flexible tube be positioned in directly over the inlet opens of the blending box of mixing orifice, and centered by the axis X X' of the axial hole of described blending box.
Dependent claims also limits different aspect of the present invention.
Accompanying drawing explanation
The features and advantages of the present invention will be understood better with reference to the following drawings:
-Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is the transparent view according to mixing orifice of the present invention,
-Fig. 3 is the lateral plan of the mixing orifice of Fig. 1,
-Fig. 4 is the longitudinal sectional view of the mixing orifice of Fig. 1,
-Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of beverage preparation machine, and this beverage preparation machine comprises according to mixing orifice of the present invention.
-Fig. 6 is the enlarged drawing of the mixing orifice in Fig. 5.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 illustrates according to the present invention for mixing enrichedmaterial and diluent and distributing the mixing orifice 1 of compound.
Mixing orifice comprises and having for the blending box 2 of the input end 2a of enrichedmaterial and the exhaust openings 3 at its mouth 2b place, and described blending box has the axial hole extending to exhaust openings 3 by axis X X' from input end 2a.Input end has the inlet opens 7 for introducing enrichedmaterial.This inlet opens 7 is preferably enough large, thus can with the enrichedmaterial of the not free falling body state introducing flowing at the edge of contact openings.
Mixing orifice 1 comprises the ring chamber 5 around blending box 2, and this ring chamber has diluent inlet conduit 4, to be incorporated in ring chamber by diluent.According to preferred embodiment, diluent inlet conduit 4 is parallel to the axial hole of blending box, that is, parallel to the axis XX'.This ring chamber 5 has multiple opening 6 in transverse wall 5a therein, and this internal transverse wall is the wall separated with blending box 2 by ring chamber.In its end, described multiple opening 6 appears in blending box, for guiding diluent from described ring chamber with one heart around axial hole.Preferably, described multiple outlet is positioned at ring chamber circumferentially each other equably.Preferably, described multiple outlet is all positioned on the same plane vertical with the axis X X' of axial hole.Preferably, the described multiple opening 6 in the internal transverse wall 5a of described ring chamber vertically the mouth 2b in hole direction tilt.This inclination of opening 6 also can help the input end 2a being reduced by axial hole to splash.Described inclination can present the angle from the horizontal by about 30 °.Preferably, all described multiple outlet 5a have identical gradient.
As described above, blending box input end 2a has inlet opens 7, to make concentrated logistics to be freely guided through inlet opens 7 and to flow along blending box axial hole, and collides with the diluent that the described multiple opening from ring chamber is discharged.
Preferably, the cross section of the axial hole of blending box is along axis X X' change, and especially described cross section narrows at the output of blending box.Cross sectional shape along axis X X' also can change.It has approximate circular cross-section usually.At the output of blending box, preferably cross section has small gap 3a.This shape makes it possible to beverage mix to be discharged in cup do not splash.
As shown in the figure, preferably, ring chamber 5 is positioned in the top of blending box.Top means the half portion of the blending box near mouth 2a.
Preferably, the cross section of the axial hole 2 of blending box narrows continuously and then expands between input end 2a and the multiple opening 6 of ring chamber.Preferably, the maximum cross-section of axial hole is in the region of described multiple outlet 6.This shape can avoid the fluid when diluent and enrichedmaterial mix to spill from inlet opens.Also be provided with the larger cross-section of blending box axial hole in this region, can mix with concentrated logistics efficiently to make diluent jet.
With reference to Fig. 5, beverage preparation machine 100 is shown, it comprises the region for receiving lining bag box container 9, this lining bag box container drinks enrichedmaterial and have flexible tube 8 in its exit.This machine also comprises peristaltic pump 10, this peristaltic pump connecting flexible pipe 8, so that from lining bag case pumping enrichedmaterial.Described machine is included in the supply of the preferably diluent 12 of water in tank 11, or arrives the attaching parts of tap water.Water source is connected to diluent pump 13, with the direction pumps water along nozzle 1.Described machine also can comprise preferably in the downstream of pump for heating and/or cool the device of diluent.Mixing orifice 1 of the present invention is fixed to described machine by its diluent conduit 4, and described diluent conduit is directly attached to the conduit 41 carrying the water be pumped from pump discharge.Mixing orifice and water conduit can be attached together by any device of such as screw 42.Mixing orifice 1 and flexible tube 8 mutually positioning in the machine, directly over the inlet opens 7 being positioned in blending box 2 to make the exit end 8a of flexible tube and centered by the axis X X' of axial hole.
Described machine 100 comprises process control unit 14, and when wanting beverage, this process control unit controls the startup of diluent pump 13 and peristaltic pump 10.
Fig. 6 is the enlarged drawing of mixing orifice when a beverage is prepared.Flexible tube 8 carries concentrated logistics 71 by blending box opening 7.This concentrated logistics is centered by axis X X'.Multiply diluent flow 61 is along the direction of concentrated logistics from described multiple outlet ejection simultaneously.Therefore enrichedmaterial and diluent aloft mix in the centre in the hole of blending box 2.The beverage 31 prepared by compound is assigned in cup 15 from blending box exhaust openings 3.
Preferably, mixing orifice 1 is rinsed with water at the end of described controller 14 is arranged in beverage preparation.
According to a concrete aspect of the present invention, mixing orifice can be made disposable.
According to another concrete aspect of the present invention, lining bag case, flexible tube and mixing orifice can form an assembly, this assembly when being placed in beverage preparation machine can with peristaltic pump and diluent conduit 41 co-operating.This assembly has the advantage of disposable assembly.
Claims (14)
1. distribute the mixing orifice of described beverage mix for bland enrichedmaterial and diluent, described mixing orifice comprises:
-blending box, described blending box comprises input end and exhaust openings, and described input end has the inlet opens for described enrichedmaterial, and described exhaust openings is at its output, and described blending box has the axial hole extending to described exhaust openings from described input end,
-around the ring chamber of described blending box, described ring chamber has diluent inlet conduit to be introduced by diluent in described ring chamber, described ring chamber has multiple opening, for guiding described diluent from described ring chamber with one heart around described axial hole in transverse wall therein
Wherein:
-described mixing chamber inlet opening is unlimited, to make concentrated logistics can be freely guided through described input end and flow along described blending box axial hole, and collides with the described diluent that the described multiple opening from described ring chamber is discharged, and
-described blending box cross section narrows at its output.
2. mixing orifice according to claim 1, the input end of wherein said diluent inlet conduit is parallel to the described axial hole of described blending box.
3., according to mixing orifice according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said ring chamber is positioned in the top of blending box.
4. the mixing orifice according to any one in aforementioned claim, wherein said blending box cross section narrows continuously and then expands between described unlimited input end and the multiple opening of described ring chamber.
5. the mixing orifice according to any one in aforementioned claim, the described multiple opening wherein in the described internal transverse wall of described ring chamber tilts along the direction of the described mouth of described axial hole.
6. a suit component, described suit component comprises condensate container, flexible tube, and the mixing orifice according to any one in claim 1 to claim 5.
7. the suit component according to last item claim, wherein said flexible tube is located relative to described mixing orifice, by make the exit end of described flexible tube be positioned described blending box described inlet opens place and centered by the axis X X' of described axial hole.
8. make a method for beverage, described method comprises:
-mixing orifice according to any one in claim 1 to claim 5 is provided,
-distribute concentrated logistics by the described unlimited input end of described blending box and by the described diluent inlet conduit distribution diluent of described blending box, described enrichedmaterial and described diluent are mixed by described blending box and divided to be equipped with form described beverage.
9. the method according to last item claim, the described unlimited input end that wherein said enrichedmaterial flows through described blending box is assigned with along described blending box axial hole with the state of free-falling body.
10. according to Claim 8 or method according to claim 9, wherein said diluent adopts the mode of stream to be introduced into, described stream is constructed to the jet generating the diluent of discharging from the multiple opening of described ring chamber, and described jet can clash into the described concentrated logistics of the described unlimited input end flowing through described blending box.
11. methods described in any one according to Claim 8 to claim 10, wherein said enrichedmaterial is stored in lining bag box container, described lining bag box container has the flexible tube being connected to container outlet, and by with enrichedmaterial described in the crew-served peristaltic pump pumping of described flexible tube.
12. methods according to last item claim, the described mouth of wherein said flexible tube is arranged on above the described unlimited input end of described blending box, freely flows in described blending box to make concentrated logistics.
13. methods described in any one according to Claim 8 to claim 12, wherein said diluent is water and described enrichedmaterial has at least ... viscosity.
14. 1 kinds of beverage preparation machines, described beverage preparation machine comprises:
-enrichedmaterial source, described enrichedmaterial source comprises container and flexible tube, and described flexible tube is configured to from enrichedmaterial described in described container allocation,
-diluent source,
-mixing orifice according to any one in claim 1 to claim 5, the described flexible tube in wherein said mixing orifice and described enrichedmaterial source is mutually positioning, to make the described exit end of described flexible tube be positioned in directly over the described inlet opens of the described blending box of described mixing orifice, and centered by the axis X X' of the described axial hole of described blending box.
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