CN103271656A - Brewing system of automatic coffeemaker - Google Patents
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The invention provides a brewing system of an automatic coffeemaker and belongs to the technical field of beverage making devices. The brewing system comprises a brewing motor, a connecting rod mechanism, a powder barrel, a lower ejecting head and an upper ejecting head. The brewing motor is connected with the connecting rod mechanism through a stirring piece. The connecting rod mechanism comprises a wheel disc, a brewing connecting rod and a cover plate. The wheel disc is connected with the stirring piece, and one end of the brewing connecting rod is movably connected with the wheel disc while the other end of the same is movably connected with the cover plate, and a slide used for clamping the powder barrel is arranged on the cover plate. The brewing system has the advantages of compact structure, high transmission efficiency, smooth and steady transmission, and coherent and harmonious action.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to the beverage maker technical field, be particularly related to the system that brews of automatic coffee machine.
Background technology
Automatic coffee machine has been applied to occasions such as office, family, cafe, bar, hotel more and more widely.Existing coffee machine grinds to form a certain amount of coffee bean after the coffee powder, sends into pouring and boiling device, pouring and boiling device with the coffee powder compacting after, water sending device will be sent into pouring and boiling device through the water of heating, then drinkable coffee will be guided to cup.
The bean milling machine structure of existing automatic coffee machine, be 200720125608.2 as the patent No., it is described that name is called " coffee bean mill beans system and the coffee powder extrusion system of full-automatic coffee machine " disclosed technical scheme of utility model, by changing the position between the combination of piston bush and piston in combination and protecgulum, realize extruding and the discharge of coffee powder.A whole set of extrusion system horizontal positioned, the coffee powder that mill beans system grinds falls among the piston bush by funnel.
This covering device can be realized the function of automatic compressed coffee powder and automatic punching out coffee, but still has not enough:
1. the piston bush opening is too many, influences the high pressure sealing performance of piston bush;
2. piston bush drives than connecting rod by gear and rack drives, and continuity is relatively poor.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to overcome the above-mentioned defective of mentioning and deficiency, and a kind of system that brews of automatic coffee machine is provided.
The technical solution used in the present invention is as follows: the system that brews of automatic coffee machine, comprise and brew motor, linkage, powder bucket, following top and top end, the described motor that brews is connected with linkage by plectrum, described linkage comprises wheel disc, brews connecting rod and cover plate, described wheel disc is connected with plectrum, described connecting rod one end and the wheel disc of brewing flexibly connects, the other end and cover plate flexible connection, and described cover plate is provided with the slideway of establishing the powder bucket in order to card.
The described motor that brews is fixedly installed on the motor fixing plate, and the described output shaft that brews motor is connected with plectrum, and described plectrum touching brews microswitch.
The system that brews of automatic coffee machine also comprises right support and left socle, is provided with on described right support and the left socle in order to the powder bucket groove that limits powder bucket movement locus with in order to limit the slot cover of cover plate movement locus.
Be provided with wheel disc on right support and the left socle, described two wheel discs connect with the wheel disc axle, and described wheel disc axle is provided with swivel mount, and described swivel mount has touched fork, and described fork touches with following top.
Described top down is arranged with copper protruding plate, thimble spring and copper sheathing, and described copper protruding plate and the clamping of powder bucket are provided with step trough in the described copper sheathing, and described thimble spring one end and copper protruding plate contact, and the thimble spring other end contacts the step trough at copper sheathing.
Described copper sheathing upper end is connected with plastic sheath, and described plastic sheath upper end touches with copper protruding plate, and described plastic sheath is arranged with moulds sleeve spring, describedly moulds the last ear that the sleeve spring upper end contacts plastic sheath, moulds the sleeve spring lower end and contacts the lid of fixedlying connected with the powder bucket.
Described powder road is fixed on the baffle plate by powder road torsion spring.
Described top end is arranged on the fixed mount, and described fixed mount two ends are located in the top end groove on right support and the left socle respectively, and described fixed mount two ends are provided with jump ring.
The system that brews of automatic coffee machine, also comprise pre-heating system, described pre-heating system comprises heat shield, heat-conducting block spring, heat-conducting block, right sheath and left sheath, described heat-conducting block is connected with heat shield, described heat-conducting block spring is arranged between heat shield and the heat-conducting block, and described right sheath and left sheath are wrapped in powder bucket both sides respectively.
Native system can be realized the automatic press coffee powder, automatically punching out is made coffee powder, discharged function such as coffee grounds automatically, has compact conformation, transmission efficiency height, stable drive, the advantage that action links up and coordinates.And native system is provided with pre-heating system, plays the effect of preheating coffee powder, can prevent the coffee powder caking that makes moist, and improve the initial temperature that coffee powder brews, and the coffee mouthfeel that brews is better.
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Fig. 1 is explosive view of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the cutaway view that connects the powder device of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the powder device cutaway view that connects of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the powdery attitude cutaway view that connects of the present invention
Fig. 5 is punching press state cutaway view of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is linkage explosive view of the present invention;
Among the figure: the 1-motor fixing plate, 2-brews motor, 3-pulls out sheet, 4-brews microswitch, the 5-baffle plate, 6-powder road torsion spring, 7-powder road, the 8-jump ring, the 9-fixed mount, the 10-top end, the right sheath of 11-, 12-powder bucket, 13-left side sheath, the 14-heat-conducting block, the 15-heat shield, 16-heat-conducting block spring, the 17-lid that steams, the 18-left socle, 19-card cap, the 20-fixed axis, the 21-swivel mount, the 22-fork, the 23-lid, 24-moulds sleeve spring, the 25-plastic sheath, the 26-copper sheathing, 27-thimble spring, the 28-copper protruding plate, come directly towards under the 29-, 30-wheel disc axle, the 31-wheel disc, 31a-circular hole platform, the 32-right support, 33-brews connecting rod, the 34-cover plate, the 34a-slideway, 35-powder bucket groove, the 36-slot cover, 37-top end groove.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the present invention is described in further detail.
As shown in Figure 1, the system that brews of automatic coffee machine comprises brewing motor 2, linkage, powder bucket 12, coming directly towards 29 and top end 10 down.The described motor 2 that brews is connected with linkage by plectrum 3, thereby drives powder bucket 12 and come directly towards 29 down, realizes connecing the process of powder, press-powder and deslagging.
The described motor 2 that brews is fixedly installed on the motor fixing plate 1, and the described output shaft that brews motor 2 is connected with plectrum 3.As preferably, described plectrum 3 touchings brew microswitch 4.Plectrum 3 whenever rotates a circle, and just touching brews microswitch 4 once.Brewing microswitch 4 is master controller with the information transmission, and then control brews the action of motor 2.
As Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 6, described linkage comprises wheel disc 31, brews connecting rod 33 and cover plate 34, and described wheel disc 31 is connected with plectrum 3, and plectrum 3 drives wheel disc 31 rotations.Described connecting rod 33 1 ends and the wheel disc 31 that brew flexibly connects, the other end and cover plate 34 flexible connections.Described connecting rod 33 two ends that brew are provided with connecting hole, are sheathed on wheel disc 31 and cover plate 34 respectively, make that brewing connecting rod 33 can rotate with respect to wheel disc 31 and cover plate 34.Described plectrum 3 is plugged in the circular hole platform 31a on the wheel disc 31, the outer sheathed connecting rod 33 that brews of circular hole platform 31a.Described cover plate 34 is provided with slideway 34a, and described powder bucket 12 is arranged in slideway 34a.
As preferably, described wheel disc 31, brew connecting rod 33 and cover plate 34 all in pairs and be symmetrical arranged, make that the system that brews is more stable.Connect by wheel disc axle 30 between described two wheel discs 31, be synchronized with the movement.Be provided with on described right support 32 and the left socle 18 in order to the powder bucket groove 35 that limits powder bucket 12 movement locus with in order to limit the slot cover 36 of cover plate 34 movement locus.Protruding axle on the powder bucket 12 is arranged in powder bucket groove 35 on the support and the slideway 34a on the cover plate 34 simultaneously, so the motion of powder bucket 12 is subjected to dual restriction, and when cover plate 34 moved in slot cover 36, powder bucket 12 had unique movement locus.Described right support 32 and left socle 18 all are equipped with fixed axis 20.Fixed axis 20 will the system of brewing be fixed on the frame and at one end fixes with card cap 19 screw threads, makes to brew system's easy accessibility, is convenient to keep in repair.
Be equipped with swivel mount 21 on the described wheel disc axle 30, so swivel mount 21 and wheel disc 31 rotate synchronously.Described swivel mount 21 has touched fork 22, and swivel mount 21 is elongated.As preferably, roller is established in described swivel mount 21 outer ends, has reduced the friction between swivel mount 21 and the fork 22.Described fork 22 rotates and is arranged on right support 32 and the left socle 18.The face that contacts with swivel mount 21 on the described fork 22 is curved.Described fork 22 touches with following top 29.Swivel mount 21 rotations drive fork 22 swings, thereby make top 29 knee-actions down.
As shown in Figures 2 and 3, as preferably, described top down 29 upper center are inserted with to steam covers 17.Described top 29 down is arranged with copper protruding plate 28, thimble spring 27 and copper sheathing 26, and described copper protruding plate 28 and 12 clampings of powder bucket are provided with step trough in the described copper sheathing 26.Described thimble spring 27 1 ends and copper protruding plate 28 contact, and the other end contacts the step trough at copper sheathing 26.Described copper sheathing 26 upper ends are connected with plastic sheath 25, and described plastic sheath 25 upper ends and copper protruding plate 28 touch.Described plastic sheath 25 is arranged with moulds sleeve spring 24.Describedly mould the last ear that sleeve spring 24 upper ends contact plastic sheath 25, the lower end contacts the lid 23 of fixedlying connected with powder bucket 12.Moulding sleeve spring 24 is fixed on plastic sheath 25 on the powder bucket 12.
Described powder road 7 is fixed on the baffle plate 5 by powder road torsion spring 6.Described powder road torsion spring 6 plays the effect of stablizing powder road 7, slows down the vibrations in powder road 7.
Described top end 10 is arranged on the fixed mount 9, is provided with top end groove 37 on described right support 32 and the left socle 18.Described fixed mount 9 two ends are located in the top end groove 37 on right support 32 and the left socle 18 respectively.As preferably, described fixed mount 9 two ends are provided with jump ring 8.Described jump ring 8 plays the effect that stops fixed mount 9 axially-movables.
As preferably, the described system of brewing is provided with pre-heating system.Described pre-heating system comprises heat shield 15, heat-conducting block spring 16, heat-conducting block 14, right sheath 11 and left sheath 13.Described heat-conducting block 14 is connected with heat shield 15.Described heat-conducting block spring 16 is arranged between heat shield 15 and the heat-conducting block 14, make heat-conducting block 14 fine motion within limits, slow down heat-conducting block 14 because touching the vibrations that bring with right sheath 11, and arranging of interference fit guaranteed to contact with right sheath 11 all the time connecing powder stage heat-conducting block 14.Described right sheath 11 and left sheath 13 are wrapped in powder bucket 12 both sides respectively.Connecing powder during the stage, right sheath 11 contacts with heat-conducting block 14, and with heat transferred left side sheath 13 and powder bucket 12, plays the effect of preheating coffee powder.Coffee powder is through preheating, can prevent the coffee powder caking that makes moist, the initial temperature that the raising coffee powder brews, and the coffee mouthfeel that brews is better.
The working method of native system is as follows:
As shown in Figure 4, when connecing powder, cover plate 34 is positioned at the extreme higher position, and powder bucket 12 is positioned at leftward position and under powder road 7, connects powder and preheating.Finish connect powder after, swivel mount 21 is rotated counterclockwise, and brews connecting rod 33 and drives cover plates 34 and move down, powder bucket 12 moves to right, and fork 22 down rotates, and following top 29 moves down, when swivel mount 21 is rotated counterclockwise 90 °, swivel mount 21 breaks away from fork 22, and powder bucket 12 is shifted to the right to top end 10 belows.
During press-powder, swivel mount 21 is rotated counterclockwise and turns over 90 °, powder bucket 12 invariant positions, and top end 10 moves down, and realizes the process of press-powder.
As shown in Figure 5, during punching out, swivel mount 21 is rotated counterclockwise 180 °, and hot water sprays into the powder of infusing coffee from the pipeline of top end 10, and entire mechanism keeps this state certain hour (9-15 second), makes to brew fully.
When going out coffee, revolve swivel mount 21 and turn over 180 ° counterclockwise, powder bucket 12 holding positions are constant, move on the top end 10, and powder bucket 12 internal pressures reduce, and derive coffee, are rotated counterclockwise 270 ° until swivel mount 21.
Deslagging resets, contact fork 22 after swivel mount 21 is rotated counterclockwise and turns over 270 °, and fork 22 is up swung, and moves on the following top 29, finishes deslagging; Powder bucket 12 moves to left, and finishes to reset.When swivel mount 21 is rotated counterclockwise 360 °, finish one and take turns the process that connects powder, press-powder and deslagging, restart to connect powder.
The present invention is illustrated according to embodiment, and under the prerequisite that does not break away from present principles, this device can also be made some distortion and improvement.Should be pointed out that all employings are equal to the technical scheme that modes such as replacement or equivalent transformation obtain, and all drop in protection scope of the present invention.
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1. the system that brews of automatic coffee machine, it is characterized in that, comprise and brew motor (2), linkage, powder bucket (12), following top (29) and top end (10), the described motor (2) that brews is connected with linkage by plectrum (3), described linkage comprises wheel disc (31), brew connecting rod (33) and cover plate (34), described wheel disc (31) is connected with plectrum (3), described connecting rod (33) one ends and the wheel disc (31) of brewing flexibly connects, the other end and cover plate (34) flexibly connect, and described cover plate (34) is provided with the slideway (34a) of establishing powder bucket (12) in order to card.
2. the system that brews of described automatic coffee machine as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the described motor (2) that brews is fixedly installed on the motor fixing plate (1), and the described output shaft that brews motor (2) is connected with plectrum (3), and described plectrum (3) touching brews microswitch (4).
3. the system that brews of described automatic coffee machine as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, also comprise right support (32) and left socle (18), be provided with on described right support (32) and the left socle (18) in order to the powder bucket groove (35) that limits powder bucket (12) movement locus with in order to limit the slot cover (36) of cover plate (34) movement locus.
4. the system that brews of described automatic coffee machine as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, be provided with wheel disc (31) on right support (32) and the left socle (18), described two wheel discs (31) connect with wheel disc axle (30), described wheel disc axle (30) is provided with swivel mount (21), described swivel mount (21) has touched fork (22), and described fork (22) touches with following top (29).
5. the system that brews of described automatic coffee machine as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, described top (29) down is arranged with copper protruding plate (28), thimble spring (27) and copper sheathing (26), described copper protruding plate (28) and powder bucket (12) clamping, described copper sheathing is provided with step trough in (26), described thimble spring (27) one ends and copper protruding plate (28) contact, and thimble spring (27) other end contacts the step trough in copper sheathing (26).
6. the system that brews of described automatic coffee machine as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, described copper sheathing (26) upper end is connected with plastic sheath (25), described plastic sheath (25) upper end touches with copper protruding plate (28), described plastic sheath (25) is arranged with moulds sleeve spring (24), describedly mould the last ear that sleeve spring (24) upper end contacts plastic sheath (25), mould sleeve spring (24) lower end and contact the lid (23) of fixedlying connected with powder bucket (12).
7. the system that brews of described automatic coffee machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described powder road (7) is fixed on the baffle plate (5) by powder road torsion spring (6).
8. the system that brews of described automatic coffee machine as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described top end (10) is arranged on the fixed mount (9), described fixed mount (9) two ends are located in the top end groove (37) on right support (32) and the left socle (18) respectively, and described fixed mount (9) two ends are provided with jump ring (8).
9. the system that brews of described automatic coffee machine as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, also comprise pre-heating system, described pre-heating system comprises heat shield (15), heat-conducting block spring (16), heat-conducting block (14), right sheath (11) and left sheath (13), described heat-conducting block (14) is connected with heat shield (15), described heat-conducting block spring (16) is arranged between heat shield (15) and the heat-conducting block (14), and described right sheath (11) and left sheath (13) are wrapped in powder bucket (12) both sides respectively.
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