CN102160747A

CN102160747A - Coffee machine

Info

Publication number: CN102160747A
Application number: CN2011100291342A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王照亮
Original assignee: Suzhou Industrial Park Kalerm Electric Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Industrial Park Kalerm Electric Appliances Co Ltd
Priority date: 2011-01-27
Filing date: 2011-01-27
Publication date: 2011-08-24

Abstract

The invention discloses a coffee machine, which comprises a water supply unit and a milk supply unit, wherein the water supply unit and the milk supply unit are connected through a clean water conveying device; and clean water is provided for the milk supply unit for cleaning the milk supply unit. The coffee machine can timely clean a pipeline and a device through which the milk passes, and effectively prevents deterioration and pollution caused by residual milk in the coffee machine.

Description

A kind of coffee machine

Technical field

The invention discloses a kind of coffee machine, be specifically related to a kind of coffee machine, clean water can in time be provided, pipeline and device that milk is passed through clean.

Background technology

The development of coffee machine now develops toward multi-functional full-automatic direction, except infusing coffee, also is connected with milk bubble device, has the function of making the fresh milk bubble.But apt to deteriorate because of milk, need in time to clean the milk residue in milk conveyance conduit and the milk bubble device, prevent that it is rotten.

The patent No. is " CN200820003777.3 ", and patent name mixes the foam maker that the back produces foam for " milk foam maker automatically " discloses a kind of coffee machine with steam, milk and air.Wherein, the foam maker main body mainly is connected by an ordinary couplings with the milk supply pipe, " after coffee making finishes; only need during cleaning the milk supply pipe is put into the mixed liquor that has cleaning agent; the method that will make coffee repeats several times; repeat several times after changing the liquid of supply into clear water again, can clean up with inhaling the milk foam maker automatically." this invention need change milk container into the container that cleaning fluid is housed when cleaning and just can clean, it can only realize semi-automatic cleaning.

Summary of the invention

At above-mentioned defective, one of the object of the invention provides a kind of pipeline that original water supply realizes that automatic washing milk passes through and coffee machine of device of directly utilizing.

For achieving the above object, the technical solution used in the present invention is:

A kind of coffee machine of the present invention comprises the water supply unit; For the milk unit; Described water supply unit is connected by the clean water conveying device with supplying the milk unit, to providing clean water to clean for the milk unit.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the described milk unit that supplies comprises that a milk bubble device and an end connect the milk conveyance conduit of milk source to the bubble device supply milk of suckling, described clean water conveying device is connected on the milk conveyance conduit of close milk source one end, provides clean water to be used to clean milk conveyance conduit and milk bubble device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the described milk unit that supplies comprises that also airflow pipe provides air to milk bubble device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, on the described airflow pipe valve is installed.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described milk conveyance conduit is in milk source and cleaning

Water conveying device is connected between the joint of milk conveyance conduit non-return device is installed, and control liquid can only be from the milk source and course to milk bubble device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described water supply unit comprises water source, hot-water heating system, is transported to for the milk unit by the clean water conveying device after the water of water source supply is heated into hot water.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described water supply unit comprises steam heater, is transported to milk bubble device by steam delivery device after the water of water source supply is heated into steam.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described water supply unit comprises that branch is to valve, described clean water conveying device, steam delivery device are through too being connected to for the milk unit to valve, described branch has two kinds of duties to valve, first duty is connected steam delivery device to providing steam for the milk unit; Second duty is connected the clean water conveying device to providing cleaning water for the milk unit.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described coffee machine comprises control module, electrically connects to valve, hot water heating unit, Steam Heating unit, valve with described branch.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described coffee machine also comprises signal input unit, electrically connects with control module, carries signal to control module; Display unit electrically connects instant playback coffee machine duty with control module.

The present invention compared with prior art has the following advantages:

(1), realizes automatic washing: utilize the original hot water supply of coffee machine to realize in time cleaning milk bubble device and milk conveyance conduit.

(2), realize Automatic Control: adopt control module to realize Automatic Control.

(3), realize multi-functional operation: having provides multinomial functions such as warm milk, milk bubble, hot water to outlet.

(4), adopt to divide the flow direction and switching to valve control pipeline, reduce system's operate miss, pipeline is opened and closed checks and balance, when carrying out the operation of warm milk or milk bubble, can not clean action simultaneously;

(5), adopt non-return device, prevent that rinse water from pouring in down a chimney into the milk source, prevent that effectively the milk source is contaminated at milk source conveyance conduit.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a kind of embodiment of coffee machine of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is first duty of dividing among Fig. 1 to valve;

Fig. 3 is second duty of dividing among Fig. 1 to valve;

Fig. 4 is the 3rd duty of dividing among Fig. 1 to valve;

Fig. 5 is the closed condition of dividing among Fig. 1 to valve.

Wherein 100 are the water supply unit, and 110 is the water source, and 120 is the hot water heating unit, and 130 is the Steam Heating unit, and 140 for dividing to valve, and 150,160 is water supply line; 200 for supplying the milk unit, and 210 is the milk source, and 220 are milk bubble device, and 230 is the milk conveyance conduit, and 240 is non-return device, and 241,242,243,244,245 is connector, and 250 is the air source, and 260 is airflow pipe, and 270 is valve, and 280 is outlet; 300 clean water conveying devices, 310,320 are the clean water conveyance conduit; 400 steam delivery devices, 410,420 are the healthy tendency conveyance conduit; A is a control module, and B is a display unit, and C is a signal input unit, and C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 are button.

The specific embodiment

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing preferred embodiment of the present invention is described in detail, thereby protection scope of the present invention is made more explicit defining so that advantages and features of the invention can be easier to be it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that.

As shown in Figure 1, the coffee machine of present embodiment comprises water supply unit 100, confession milk unit 200 and clean water conveying device 300, steam delivery device 400; Wherein said water supply unit 100 is by water source 110, hot-water heating system 120, steam heater 130 and divide to valve 140 water supply line 150, water supply line 160 compositions; The described milk unit 200 that supplies comprises milk source 210, milk bubble device 220, milk conveyance conduit 230, non-return device 240, air source 250, airflow pipe 260, valve 270, outlet 280 compositions; Described clean water conveying device 300 is made up of pipeline 310 and pipeline 320; Described steam delivery device 400 is made up of pipeline 410 and pipeline 420.

The control section of present embodiment comprises control module A, display unit B, signal input unit C, and signal input unit comprises button C1, C2, C3, C4, C5.

As shown in Figure 5, described branch has 5 connectors to valve 140, connector 141,142,143,144,145, and the position is for dividing the closed condition to valve 140 as shown in Figure 5.

As Fig. 1 in conjunction with shown in Figure 5, the annexation of each parts of present embodiment is as follows: described pipeline 150 connects water source 110 and hot water heating unit 120, pipeline 160 connects water source 110 and Steam Heating unit 130, pipeline 310 connects hot water heating unit 120 and the connector 142 that divides to valve 140, pipeline 410 connects Steam Heating unit 130 and the connector 145 that divides to valve 140, pipeline 320 connects and divides to valve 140 connectors 141 and pipeline 230, pipeline 420 connects connector 144 and the milk bubble device 220 that divides to valve 140, pipeline 230 connects milk source 210 and milk bubble device 220, non-return device 240 is installed on the pipeline 230, pipeline 260 connects air source 250 and milk bubble device 220, also can be connected to milk bubble device 220 indirectly by being connected to pipeline 230 as shown in the figure, valve 270 is installed on the pipeline 230.The branch of present embodiment has 5 connectors to valve, and except that above-mentioned 4 connectors mentioning, described connector 143 is connected to outlet.

The annexation of the control section of present embodiment is as follows: control module A is connected to valve 140, valve 270 with display unit B, signal input unit C, hot water heating unit 120, Steam Heating unit 130, branch.

In conjunction with Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 5, describe the course of work of present embodiment down as Fig. 1 in detail:

(1), make the process of milk:

Touch button C1, make the warm milk signal to control module A input, control module A starts Steam Heating unit 130, and control simultaneously divides to valve 140 and turns to as shown in Figure 2 position, and connector 144 and connector 145 are connected, connect pipeline 410 and pipeline 420, promptly connect steam delivery device 400, Steam Heating unit 130 is heated into steam with the water that water source 110 provides, and sends into milk bubble device 220, the mixed warm milk that makes of milk with milk conveyance conduit 230 is sent into can provide to outlet 280;

(2), make the process of milk bubble:

Touch button C2, make milk bubble signal to control module A input, control module A turns to as shown in Figure 2 position except starting Steam Heating unit 3 and will dividing to valve 140, go back open valve 270 simultaneously, promptly open airflow pipe 260, import steam, milk, air simultaneously like this in milk bubble device 220, mixing manufacture forms the milk bubble;

(3), cleaning process:

Touch button C3, to control module A input purge signal, control module A starts hot water heating unit 120 and the control branch turns to position as shown in Figure 3 to valve 140, connector 141 and connector 142 are switched on, connect pipeline 310 and pipeline 320, promptly connect clean water conveying device 300, hot water heating unit 120 is heated into hot water with the water that water source 110 provides, hot water is sent into milk bubble device 220 through milk conveyance conduit 230 flow out from exporting 280 at last, finish the cleaning of cleaning milk conveyance conduit 230 and milk bubble device;

(4), make the process of hot water:

Touch button C4, make the hot water signal to control module A input, control module A starts hot water heating unit 120 and rotates and divide to valve 140 to position shown in Figure 4, connector 142 and connector 143 are switched on, promptly connect pipeline 310 to outlet, hot water heating unit 120 directly provides hot water to outlet after water is heated.

(5), off working state:

After outage or finishing above-mentioned four kinds of working procedures, divide to valve 140 to turn to as shown in Figure 5 off-position, at this moment, all connectors are all closed.

The present invention can control complete milk or the cleaning automatically of milk infusion work back at every turn, or touch cleaning button C3 separately and clean, adopt to divide and to valve control pipeline to be opened and closed to check and balance, when carrying out the operation of warm milk or milk bubble, can not clean action simultaneously.

The above; it only is the specific embodiment of the present invention; but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto; any those of ordinary skill in the art are in the disclosed technical scope of the present invention; variation or the replacement that can expect without creative work all should be encompassed within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the protection domain that claims were limited.

Claims

1. a coffee machine comprises water supply unit (100); For milk unit (200); It is characterized in that described water supply unit (100) is connected by clean water conveying device (300) with supplying milk unit (200), to providing clean water to clean for milk unit (200).

2. a kind of coffee machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the described milk unit (200) that supplies comprises that a milk bubble device (220) and an end connect the milk conveyance conduit (230) of milk source (210) to bubble device (220) the supply milk of suckling, described clean water conveying device (300) is connected on the milk conveyance conduit (230) of close milk source (210) one ends, provides clean water to be used to clean milk conveyance conduit (230) and milk bubble device (220).

3. a kind of coffee machine according to claim 2 is characterized in that, the described milk unit (200) that supplies comprises that also airflow pipe (260) provides air to milk bubble device (220).

4. a kind of coffee machine according to claim 3 is characterized in that, valve (270) is installed on the described airflow pipe (260).

5. a kind of coffee machine according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, described milk conveyance conduit (230) is connected in milk source (210) and clean water conveying device (300) between the joint of milk conveyance conduit (230) non-return device (240) is installed, and control liquid can only flow to milk bubble device (220) from milk source (210).

6. according to the described a kind of coffee machine of one of claim 1～5, it is characterized in that, described water supply unit (100) comprises water source (110), hot-water heating system (120), the water of water source (110) supply is heated into behind the hot water be transported to for the unit (200) of suckling by clean water conveying device (300).

7. a kind of coffee machine according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, described water supply unit (100) also comprises steam heater (130), the water of water source (110) supply is heated into be transported to milk by steam delivery device (400) behind the steam and steep device (220).

8. a kind of coffee machine according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, described water supply unit (100) comprises that also branch is to valve (140), described clean water conveying device (300), steam delivery device (400) are through too being connected to for milk unit (200) to valve (140), described branch has two kinds of duties to valve, first duty is connected steam delivery device (400) to providing steam for milk unit (200); Second duty is connected clean water conveying device (300) to providing cleaning water for milk unit (200).

9. a kind of coffee machine according to claim 8 is characterized in that, described coffee machine comprises control module (A), electrically connects to valve (140), hot water heating unit (120), Steam Heating unit (140), valve (270) with described branch.

10. a kind of coffee machine according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described coffee machine also comprises signal input unit (C), electrically connects with control module (A), carries signal to control module (A); Display unit (B) electrically connects instant playback coffee machine duty with control module (A).