KR20170064804A

KR20170064804A - Coffee maker

Info

Publication number: KR20170064804A
Application number: KR1020150170735A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 주형석
Original assignee: 주형석
Priority date: 2015-12-02
Filing date: 2015-12-02
Publication date: 2017-06-12

Abstract

The coffee maker is started. The disclosed coffee maker includes a lower body on which the cup is placed; An intermediate body coupled to an upper portion of the lower body and surrounding the cup; An upper body coupled to an upper portion of the intermediate body and having a seating portion on which the coffee capsule is seated so as to be spaced apart from the upper portion of the cup; A water tank in the form of a cylinder mounted on the upper body so as to be disposed at an upper end of the seat portion and receiving water therein; And a piston which moves in the water tank and pressurizes the water in the water tank and supplies the water to the coffee capsule, wherein water in the water tank is injected into the coffee capsule at the time of the descent of the piston, And the coffee tea is dropped through the coffee tea-discharging hole to put the coffee tea into the cup.

Description

Coffee maker {COFFEE MAKER}

The present invention relates to a coffee maker, and more particularly, to a coffee maker capable of extracting coffee tea from a coffee capsule.

As everyday and social life progresses and becomes specialized, various devices that can be used and utilized in life simple and efficiently are being developed a lot, and a coffee extraction machine such as one side coffee maker is one of the devices that can be used simply and efficiently in life .

Among these coffee makers, a capsule coffee machine inserts a packaged coffee capsule and presses an operation button, water is supplied to the coffee capsule, and liquid coffee is extracted.

However, such a conventional capsule coffee machine is driven by an electric power, so that it can be used only around an outlet having a commercial power source, which is disadvantageous in that the portability is inconvenient, and since the structure is complicated and a large number of components are difficult to manufacture, there was.

Patent No. 10-1075791

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a coffee maker capable of easily extracting coffee tea from coffee capsules, .

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a coffee maker comprising: a lower body on which a cup is placed; An intermediate body coupled to an upper portion of the lower body and surrounding the cup; An upper body coupled to an upper portion of the intermediate body and having a seating portion on which the coffee capsule is seated so as to be spaced apart from the upper portion of the cup; A water tank in the form of a cylinder mounted on the upper body so as to be disposed at an upper end of the seat portion and receiving water therein; And a piston which moves in the water tank and pressurizes the water in the water tank and supplies the water to the coffee capsule, wherein water in the water tank is injected into the coffee capsule at the time of the descent of the piston, And the coffee tea is dropped through the coffee tea-discharging hole to put the coffee tea into the cup.

According to the present invention, since the portable coffee machine of the present invention comprises a simple component, it is easy to carry, and coffee beans can be easily extracted from coffee capsules without supplying electricity.

In addition, the present invention has a structure capable of accommodating a water tank and a piston in an inner space of a lower body, an intermediate body, and an upper body, thereby further improving storage and portability.

In addition, the present invention further provides an adapter ring, which can be applied to various types of coffee capsules, thereby improving compatibility.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a coffee maker according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 and 3 are views showing the use of the coffee maker of Fig. 1, Fig. 2 is a view showing the state before the piston is lowered, Fig. 3 is a state where the piston is lowered to generate coffee tea,
4 is a view showing a state in which the water tank and the piston are stored in the body casing,
5 is a view showing a configuration of an adapter ring for applying different types of coffee capsules in a coffee maker of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein but may be embodied in other forms. Rather, the embodiments disclosed herein are provided so that the disclosure can be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

In this specification, when an element is referred to as being on another element, it may be directly formed on another element, or a third element may be interposed therebetween. Also in the figures, the thickness of the components is exaggerated for an effective description of the technical content.

Embodiments described herein will be described with reference to cross-sectional views and / or plan views that are ideal illustrations of the present invention. In the drawings, the thicknesses of the films and regions are exaggerated for an effective description of the technical content. Thus, the shape of the illustrations may be modified by manufacturing techniques and / or tolerances. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the specific forms shown, but also include changes in the shapes that are produced according to the manufacturing process. For example, the etched area shown at right angles may be rounded or may have a shape with a certain curvature. Thus, the regions illustrated in the figures have attributes, and the shapes of the regions illustrated in the figures are intended to illustrate specific forms of regions of the elements and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Although the terms first, second, etc. have been used in various embodiments of the present disclosure to describe various components, these components should not be limited by these terms. These terms have only been used to distinguish one component from another. The embodiments described and exemplified herein also include their complementary embodiments.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. The terms "comprises" and / or "comprising" used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements.

In describing the specific embodiments below, various specific details have been set forth in order to explain the invention in greater detail and to assist in understanding it. However, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be understood by those skilled in the art without departing from such specific details. In some instances, it should be noted that portions of the invention that are not commonly known in the description of the invention and are not significantly related to the invention do not describe confusing reasons to explain the present invention.

Hereinafter, a coffee maker according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3, the coffee maker of the present invention includes a main body casing 101 including a lower body 110, an intermediate body 120 and an upper body 130, a water tank 140, a piston 150, .

The lower body 110 is formed in a disk shape and a lower fitting slot 112 is formed at a rim. At this time, it is preferable that the upper surface of the lower body 110 has a size that allows the cup (c) to be placed thereon.

The middle body 120 is formed in a cylindrical shape with the upper and lower openings, and the lower end is fitted into the lower fitting slot 112 of the lower body 110. The height of the intermediate body 120 is preferably larger than the vertical length of the cup (c).

The upper body 130 is formed in a circular shape and has a top fitting slot 131 in which the upper end of the middle body 120 is fitted and a seating groove 133 in which the coffee capsule 10 is seated at the center. And a step 135 is formed on the outer side of the upper edge of the seating groove 133, to which the lower end of the water tank 140 is attached.

The seating groove 133 of the present invention is spaced upward from the cup c placed on the upper surface of the lower body 110. The seating groove 133 is provided with a coffee tea discharge hole 134a at the center of the seating groove 133 And at least one penetration pin 134b is provided on one side of the bottom of the seating groove 133. [ In the drawing, one infiltration pin 134b is shown as a sectional view, but the infiltration pin 134b may be three and may be installed radially evenly on the bottom of the mounting recess 133. [

The water tank 140 is formed in the shape of a cylinder having an open top so that the water 31 is received therein, and a water inlet 145 is protruded from the center of the bottom.

The piston 150 is inserted through the open upper portion of the water tank 140 and descends with respect to the water tank 140 so that the water stored in the water tank 140 can be supplied to the coffee capsule 10.

Hereinafter, the use of a coffee maker according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs.

1, the coffee capsule 10 is inserted into the seating groove 133 of the upper body 130 and mounted. At this time, the infiltration pin 134b penetrates the lower end of the coffee capsule 10, and a minute gap is formed between the infiltration pin 134b penetrating the lower end of the coffee capsule 10 and the coffee capsule 10 .

In this state, the water tank 140 is inserted into the step portion 135 of the upper body 130. At this time, the water inlet 145 penetrates the upper end of the coffee capsule 10.

Thereafter, when the piston 150 is pushed into the water tank 140 and the pressure in the downward direction is manually applied after the hot water is poured through the opened upper portion of the water tank 140, Water is injected into the coffee capsule 10 and the coffee tea 32 is extracted while being mixed with the coffee in the coffee capsule 10 by the injected water and the extracted coffee tea 32 Flows down through a fine gap between the penetration pin 134b penetrating the lower end of the coffee capsule 10 and the coffee capsule 10 and drops through the coffee tea discharge hole 134a to be contained in the cup c (See FIG. 3).

Thus, the present invention is made up of simple components, and is not constituted by a separate power source, and the user can extract and drink coffee from the coffee capsule by a simple method.

4, the water tank 140 and the piston 150 are connected to the inner space of the body casing 101, that is, the inner space formed by the lower body 110, the middle body 120 and the upper body 130 As shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the lower body 110 and the intermediate body 120 are separated from each other, the water tank 140 and the piston 150 can be housed at the lower end of the upper body 130, It can be used for outdoor camping in addition to home use.

Referring to FIG. 5, the upper body 130 of the present invention is designed for a k-cup capsule, and the seating groove 133 may be formed to correspond to a k-cup capsule type coffee capsule.

The present invention may further include an adapter ring 160 for use with coffee capsules of the N-espresso capsule type and other types of coffee capsules other than the k-cup capsule type.

The adapter ring 160 is configured to be mountable in the seating groove 133 of the upper body 130 and includes a second seating groove 165 into which a Nespresso capsule type coffee capsule 20 can be inserted A second coffee tea discharge hole 166 is formed at the center of the seating groove 165 and three second penetration pins 167 are formed radially at the bottom of the seating groove 165.

The adapter ring 160 is inserted into the seating groove 133 of the upper body 130 and the lower end of the coffee capsule 20 of the Nespresso capsule type is penetrated by the second penetration pin 167 The Nespresso capsule type coffee capsule 20 is inserted into the second seating groove 165 of the adapter ring 160 and then the water tank 140 is attached to the upper body 130 in the same manner as described above. 150 to pressurize the water in the water tank 140 to inject water into the coffee capsule 20, thereby extracting and drinking the coffee tea.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that many changes and modifications of the present invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, all such appropriate modifications and changes, and equivalents thereof, should be regarded as within the scope of the present invention.

101 ... main body casing
110 ... lower body
120 ... middle body
130 ... upper body
133 ... seat groove
135 ... only jaw
140 ... water tank
150 ... Piston
160 ... adapter ring

Claims

A lower body on which the cup is placed;
An intermediate body coupled to an upper portion of the lower body and surrounding the cup;
An upper body coupled to an upper portion of the intermediate body and having a seating portion on which the coffee capsule is seated so as to be spaced apart from the upper portion of the cup;
A water tank in the form of a cylinder mounted on the upper body so as to be disposed at an upper end of the seat portion and receiving water therein;
And a piston moving from the water tank to pressurize the water in the water tank and supply the water to the coffee capsule,
Wherein water in the water tank is injected into the coffee capsule at the time of the descent of the piston to generate a coffee tea, and the coffee tea is dropped through the coffee tea-discharging hole and put in the cup.