CN101181134A - Improved hot drink equipment - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a hot drink making equipment 1 which comprises a plurality of hot water supply nozzles 19 which under pressure guide hot water synchronously to specified points 26 in a drink making basket 17. No mater how much the powder is in the basket 17 or what type of the powder is, the invention ensures thorough mixture of hot water and the powder and provides the best made drinks. In addition, the invention pays attention to a heat sensor 31 and a weight sensor 33 which are arranged to contact with a kettle 7 to decide whether the kettle is heat insulation and whether to automatically trig an insulation board 20.
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The cross reference of related application
The application is relevant with common pending trial U. S. application 11/129041 and priority U.S. Provisional Application 60/737344 thereof.
Technical field
The present invention relates to the hot drink maker such as coffee machine, and more specifically, relate to and have the hot drink maker that the feature that the best brews performance, the thermal efficiency and security is provided for soaking beverage.
Background technology
Known water clock formula hot drink maker has various features, and typically, has water supply nozzle or " spray head " of same type, and it splashes into water or be directed to and brews in basket and the filter element.Typically brew basket and directly under water supply nozzle, keep coffee powder, mix, so that the one or more openings of the coffee that brews from brew the basket bottom ooze so that hot water splashes in the basket and with coffee powder.Basket is the same with brewing, and the speed of water supply is normally fixed, yet the consumer can select to change the amount of coffee powder and quality and the size that changes powder.These and other factors can influence mixing of water and powder, and so with regard to negative effect brew out beverage brew concentration and taste.By using following method realization preferably to be used for the mode of infusing coffee: 1) coffee powder with scheduled volume is placed on taper or basket paper filter; 2) make water reach 90-95 degree centigrade temperature; 3) at a high speed water being sent in the coffee powder, with the slurries of the good mixing that obtains coffee powder and water; 4) keep best water of the coffee of particular type and the predetermined time of contact between the powder, from coffee, extracted fragrance element rather than picric acid flavor to guarantee water.
Other known hot drink makers have any of the glass pot that is used for receiving the beverage that brews or the adiabatic kettle such as the double-walled kettle that is used to receive the beverage that brews usually.Typically, beverage maker has warming plate at the place, bottom of placing kettle, so that be the kettle insulation of soaking beverage just.When using adiabatic kettle, such warming plate is unnecessary and invalid.If it is not closed, be exactly the invalid use of electric energy so.When using nonadiabatic kettle, warming plate is used for soaking beverage is maintained heated condition.Although with hot drink utensil manual triggers warming plate is known, such utensil needs the user to remember when plate is switched on or switched off.
Summary of the invention
Be desirable to provide such hot drink utensil, it brews hot drink and has overcome the shortcoming of known appliance discussed above.The present invention disclosed herein has realized these and other purpose.
The present invention is by following realization these and other target: a plurality of hot water delivery nozzles are provided, it is directed to the specified point that brews within the basket simultaneously with hot water under pressure, and no matter the amount or the type of the interior powder of basket, this can guarantee the thorough mixing of hot water and powder, to send the beverage that the best brews.In addition, the present invention relates to heat sensor, itself and kettle are settled in contact, to detect whether kettle is adiabatic, will trigger warming plate automatically so that determine whether.
Realize above-mentioned in the following manner and other targets according to coffee machine of the present invention: 1) high-velocity flow is almost helping powder to be dispersed in the water in the whole passes during brewing; 2) the control current change to minimize from 4 glasss to 12 glasss brewing time; 3) major part in passes during brewing keeps brewing temperature constant; Coffee overflowed when 4) sensor special prevented to take out kettle; What 5) sensor indication was used to collect coffee is adiabatic kettle or glass pot, and whether the control warming plate should switch on;
6) if using adiabatic kettle, because its less capacity, then sensor prevents to brew more than 10 glasss; 7) when not having enough water to can be used for brewing a kettle coffee, sensor signaling coffee machine.
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Fig. 1 is the stereogram according to beverage maker of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the exploded stereogram of the coffee machine among Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the schematic partial cross section figure according to the kettle of coffee machine of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the front view of the coffee machine of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is the enlarged drawing of control panel of the coffee machine of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is the amplification cross section along the line 8-8 of Fig. 3.
Fig. 7 is the cross-sectional view of the kettle warming plate of Fig. 3.
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Allow the user once to brew one glass or brew (that is non-pressurised) by atmosphere and brew between the whole kettle coffee and select brewing according to coffee machine according to the present invention 1 by pressurization.The coffee brewing equipment of Fig. 1 comprises: the type that shell 2, water receptacle 3 and control device 4 and 5, control device 4 and 5 are used to select to brew, be used for the connecting and disconnecting coffee machine and be used to open passes during brewing.Powder cup 6 is used for once brewing single glass, and kettle 7 then is used for receiving the coffee that brews when brewing a kettle coffee.In addition, drip tray 8 and drip tray lid 9 is used to be supported in the coffee that brews during pressurization brews and is assigned to one of them or two cups.
As shown in Figure 2, coffee brewing equipment according to the present invention has such parts, and it controls the amount of coffee and the temperature and the taste of coffee when infusing coffee.The flowmeter 12 of the water yield that has used dynamo-electric water pump 14, is used to add hot water and it is maintained the calorifier 10 of predetermined temperature and be used to determine flow through the system of common known type.Illustrate the water jet 13 that is used for water is sent into coffee strainer.In Fig. 2, shown to be used for the hot water connecting gear 11 of under pressure, infusing coffee, and be elevated to water supply mechanism 11 in the powder cup 34 and its gear-box 15 that reduces out from the powder cup.In common unexamined patent application number (11/129041), describe the details of water supply mechanism 11 and gear-box 15 in detail.
Fig. 3 has shown with the atmosphere of machine and has brewed the relevant parts of partial properties.The schematic profiles that has shown coffee pot 7.Being positioned at above the kettle 7 is filter mounting 17, is used to support coffee strainer 18, shows with cross section.Be the water jet 13 that shows with partial cross-section on the filter mounting 17, have the line 35 of simulation from water jet nozzle 19 outside injection waters.Be the warming plate 20 with spring-loaded sensor 21 below the kettle 7, the bottom connection of itself and kettle 7 touches.When going through the performance of coffee manufacturing equipment 1, it is obvious that the importance of sensor 21 will become.
Shown in water jet 13 form by the water supply opening 22 that is positioned at the center that is connected to calorifier outlet by pipe.Water jet has fluid and is connected to 3 of water inlet (other quantity also can) arms 23,24 and 25.Each arm and nozzle 19 terminations, it is directed, so that the injection 35 of the water that sends from nozzle 19 is almost flowed abreast with the outer wall of coffee strainer 18.3 strands spray 35 water filter bottom 37 slightly above the space put 26 places and join.Spray 35 by settling by this way, amount regardless of the coffee powder of placing in the filter 18, guaranteed that 3 strands are sprayed 35 and can make it to leave mutually by the bump coffees, thereby guaranteed that the coffee/water mixture is well stirred, and coffee powder becomes and mixes equably with water.This is to guaranteeing that consistent the extraction is important from all coffee powders.
Fig. 7 is the amplification cross-sectional view according to kettle warming plate 20 of the present invention.It has shown the sensor 21 that is arranged in warming plate 20.Sensor 21 is made up of the top cover 27 with top 28, sidewall 29 and circumferential flange 30.Top cover 27 is made by the Heat Conduction Material such as brass or aluminium.Have the temperature sensor 31 such as NTC at the top of top cover, be connected to its conduction the top of top cover 27.Top cover 27 is upwards promoted by the direction of spring 32 towards kettle 7.On flange, has electric contact 33, itself and flange 30 electric insulations.Temperature sensor 31 and electric contact 33 boths are connected to the control circuit of coffee brewers 1.Temperature sensor 31 will be measured the temperature of kettle 7 always.When maintaining serving tray is mentioned kettle 7, electric contact 33 is used plate 20 shut-off circuits, because spring 32 can upwards promote top cover 27 at that time, and the contact can be connected to warming plate 20.
In operation, wish that the user who brews a kettle 7 coffees connects coffee machine 1.This can signal to water heater 10, the water in the jar 3 is heated to 90-95 ℃ the suitable temperature that brews.The user should check whether enough water is arranged in the water receptacle 3.Then, the user is held in place the coffee powder of scheduled volume and brews brewing in the filter 18 (disposable paper filter or nonvolatil filter) in the basket 17.Next step, by cup indicator 4 and 5 being set to proper number (from 2 to 12 glasss), the user selects the cup number of wishing.Thereafter the user selects to wish brews concentration (lightly seasoned, conventional or distinguish the flavor of dense).Thereafter the user begins passes during brewing.Selectively, the user can be provided with " connection " automatically, until coffee should prepare in the time of can drinking.When passes during brewing begins, below can take place:
1. whether electronic controller will determine to have in the cistern enough water to brew 12 cups of coffees.If no, then signal (video and/or audio) can take place to add water with the warning user.(selectively, also can use such controller, it determines whether the water in the jar is enough to brew the cup number of selection).
2. whether the sensor detection kettle that is positioned at the warming plate place is in place.
3. pump pumps into heating tank with water from water receptacle, thereby and hot water is sent to from heating tank brews the basket.When hot water shifted from jar, cold water can be heated to the temperature that brews that presets.
4. programme-control water supply rate makes and to send the cup number of selecting in advance with such speed: total passes during brewing can keep constant, and no matter the cup number that brews.This just means, compares with brewing more cup, if brew less cup, then sending speed can be slower.Can control water supply rate with Several Methods, for example:
A. by pump is slowed down.
B. by the pump circulation is switched on and off.
5. the beginning passes during brewing is after a few minutes, and the sensor that control is arranged in warming plate and contact kettle bottom is determined:
A. is the temperature of kettle below 50 ℃?
B. is the temperature of kettle more than 50 ℃?
6. if the temperature of kettle is below 50 ℃, then this shows that the kettle of use is adiabatic kettle, because the coffee of its inside can not heat the bottom with the kettle internal insulation.Under the sort of situation, muff heater can keep disconnecting.
7. if the kettle bottom temp indicates that more than 50 ℃, muff heater will be connected and will be controlled by sensor so, keeping the coffee temperature between 75 and 85 ℃, this is the proper temperature that is used to keep coffee before being used in the cup drink in that it is poured into.
8. if the user is provided with coffee machine brewing 12 glasss, and uses adiabatic kettle (it has 10 glasss heap(ed) capacity), then since adiabatic kettle than low capacity, sensor can order electronic controller to stop passes during brewing after 10 glasss, overflows to prevent coffee.
9. if kettle is because any reason is removed in passes during brewing, then sensor can stop pump automatically and water is sent to again and brews in the basket, till kettle is turned back to its position.Do like that to prevent that brewing basket overflows, because its outlet can be closed automatically, is called as " water clock stops " in the art when kettle is removed.
10. in order in brewing basket, to produce the good slurries that mix, with 3 bursts of injection streams hot water is sent to and brews in the basket.3 nozzles that are arranged in " spray head " that brew on the basket produce these injection streams.Nozzle is designed the position along being parallel to the angle guiding fuel injection stream that the filter outer wall flows, thereby guarantees that water can be at the powder in 3 discrete position impact filters, and no matter the amount of coffee powder in the filter.
11. coffee machine can be finished by video and/or audio signal indication passes during brewing.
12. in the ending of passes during brewing, the heater in jar can oneself disconnect.Selectively,
Can order it to maintain in extra scheduled time maintenance connection and with the water in the jar and brew temperature, oneself disconnects then.
13. after the time quantum that another presets, muff heater can oneself disconnect, because if remained on service temperature too many hour, kaffeeklatsch is lost its taste and is become bitter.Signal (audio or video) can no longer be in service temperature for indication user coffee.
Although described the preferred embodiments of the present invention at this, be appreciated that and carry out various modifications and do not depart from the scope of the present invention.
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1. a hot drink manufacturing equipment (1) comprising:
The jar (3) that is used for receiving fluids;
Be used for optionally heating the thermal source (10) of described liquid;
Be used for described liquid is moved to from described jar the liquid conveying system (14) of Mixed Zone (17);
What be positioned at described Mixed Zone brews powder container (18), is used to hold will mix with described water to form the powder of beverage;
A plurality of mixing nozzles (19) are used for the pressure injection (35) of described liquid is guided in the described Mixed Zone simultaneously, thus with described water and described powder; And
Outlet 36 is used for described nozzle with described beverage making device outside and is transported near the described outlet the container.
2. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein
Described powder container (18) has bottom parts (37), and joins in described pressure injection (35) certain position 26 above described base plate.
3. equipment as claimed in claim 1 further comprises
Container support plate 20 is used to support the described container on the described equipment; With
Be used to measure the weight sensor 33 of described container weight.
4. equipment as claimed in claim 1 further comprises
Container support plate 20 is used to support the described container on the described equipment; With
Temperature sensor 31 is used to measure the temperature of described container.
5. equipment as claimed in claim 3, wherein
Described weight sensor 33 is communicated by letter with the control circuit of described equipment and is transported to the amount of the beverage of described container with control automatically.
6. equipment as claimed in claim 4, wherein
Described temperature sensor 31 is communicated by letter with the control circuit of described equipment and is positioned at the heating element heater of bottom and communicates by letter with described container with control automatically.
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