CN105942867A - Coffee machine waterway constant flow and constant pressure valve - Google Patents
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Abstract
A coffee machine waterway constant flow and constant pressure valve comprises a valve body. The valve body is sleeved with a membrane. A water chamber cavity is formed between the valve body and the membrane. A water inlet hole and a water outlet hole are formed in the valve body. The two ends of the valve body are connected with a valve deck and a valve bushing respectively. A pipeline is arranged inside the valve body. The valve deck is connected with the valve bushing in a fastened mode. An air chamber cavity is formed between the valve deck and the membrane. When an electromagnetic pump works, water flows into the water chamber cavity through a pipeline from the water inlet hole, and the membrane will generate response deformation along with work of the electromagnetic pump. Water is buffered and energy is stored inside the water chamber cavity, the flow and pressure of the pipeline are kept constant to be invariable, and then the water enters the pipeline of the valve deck through the water outlet hole and flows into a follow-up waterway system through a joint of the valve bushing. Noise generated in the overall water pumping process is quite small, the flow and pressure of the waterway are kept constant to be invariable, and the extracted espresso quality is quite high.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of constant-current constant-pressure valve, specifically a kind of coffee machine water route constant-current constant-pressure valve, belong to
Coffee machine technical field.
Background technology
At present full-automatic or semi-automatic pressure coffee machine the most on the market, the pressure required for extraction coffee is all
Thered is provided by electromagnetic pump.Extracting coffee when, in water brewing cavity to be overcome, coffee powder and a pressure are unidirectional
2 local resistances of valve gear, in coffee making procedure, pump performance can decay, particularly coffee
The when that powder being meticulous, the resistance that water pump is subject to is bigger, and faster, discharge diminishes in decay, loine pressure
It is extremely difficult to extract the requirement of concentrated coffee.Chinese patent literature CN103565277A provides a kind of coffee
Coffee machine and method of work thereof, include hydraulic pressure maker and check valve, and hydraulic pressure maker is provided with hydraulic cavities
And brewing cavity, check valve is arranged in the water route between brewing cavity and water pump.It is said that this invention performance is steady
Fixed, the compression to raw material can be realized by the system pressure that water pump provides, but this invention does not overcome above-mentioned
Shortcoming.Therefore, it is further improved.
Summary of the invention
It is desirable to provide a kind of simple and reasonable, excellent performance, it is possible to achieve in pipeline of coffee machine
Water keep coffee to play the pressure required by pressure device, and keep constant flow, constant pressure, flow and pressure
Loss-free coffee machine water route constant-current constant-pressure valve.
For achieving the above object, the present invention provides a kind of coffee machine water route constant-current constant-pressure valve, including valve
Body, it is characterised in that: described valve body outer sheath is provided with barrier film;Water is formed between described valve body and barrier film
Chamber body;Described valve body is provided with inlet opening and apopore;Described valve body two ends are connected to valve gap
And valve pocket;It is provided with pipeline in described valve body;Described valve gap is fastenedly connected with valve pocket, and with barrier film shape
Become air chamber cavity.
Described inlet opening, apopore are opened on duct wall;Described inlet opening, apopore are communicated in hydroecium
In cavity;Described inlet opening and apopore are uniformly distributed up and down;Described inlet opening, apopore respectively set
It is equipped with at least two.
It is water inlet that described valve body is connected one end with valve gap;It is water outlet that described valve body is connected one end with valve pocket
Mouthful;Described water inlet and outlet are that outside is provided with screw thread, or described inlet opening/outlet is
Outer joint is set.
Described valve gap and valve pocket are truncated cone-shaped, and cross section is stepped setting;Described valve gap inwall closely supports
It is against outside barrier film;It is provided with into water through hole in described valve gap;Described enter be provided with outside water through hole screw thread or
Joint;Described enter water swivel be connected in valve gap, and connect with entering water through hole;It is provided with in valve gap and connects with water inlet
Corresponding screw thread or joint.
Described barrier film is the cylinder of cokled surface;Described barrier film hollow is arranged;The outer side ring of described valve body
Around being provided with convex edge;Described barrier film correspondence convex edge is provided with screens;Between described barrier film and valve body closely
Connect;Described barrier film is that silica gel material is made.
Described valve sleeving inner wall tight against barrier film outside;Water outlet through hole it is provided with in described valve pocket;Described go out
Screw thread or joint it is provided with outside water through hole;It is provided with the screw thread corresponding with water out adapter in described valve pocket or connects
Head;Described valve pocket is provided with fixing structure.
Described valve pocket connects outlet pipe;Described outlet pipe connects with water outlet through hole;Described outlet pipe sets
There is the screw thread matched with valve pocket, or be connected on joint by bayonet clip.
Described joint is snap joint;Otch is offered on described joint;Described otch is positioned at and connects
The end of head;Described otch is provided with two;Two described otch are symmetrical and non-intersect.
It is relatively set with buckle outside described valve gap and valve pocket;Stator is arranged in card and buckles;Described valve
Lid and valve body compact siro spinning technology.
Rivet tightly also by screw locking or handware rolling between described valve gap and valve pocket.
The present invention not only has degassing function, and constant current constant voltage effect is also very good, whole pump water process
Middle noise is minimum, water route flow and the constant constant high-voltage value of pressure, the concentration coffee extracted
Coffee quality is high.When coffee pump water, producing response deformation by barrier film, water is shape in hydroecium cavity
Become a buffering and the process of energy storage, it is ensured that the flow of whole pipeline water and pressure can keep one constant not
The high-voltage value become, thus ensure to make the concentrated coffee of Gao Pin.It addition, when there is no water in electromagnetic pump body
Or water route is when having air, electromagnetic pump dry pump, noise greatly and is difficult to water pump out.Electromagnetic pump dry pump
Time, the air in the pump housing is stored by the hydroecium cavity between barrier film and valve body, suction hydroecium cavity
Air equally produces pressure, the air in membrane compresses air chamber cavity to barrier film, produces a setting therewith
Becoming, water pump one end produces negative pressure, and the water of the other end can be pumped rapidly, simultaneously the air of hydroecium cavity
It is discharged to outside pipeline by water.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the profile of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the decomposition texture schematic diagram of the present invention.
In figure, 1 is valve body, and 1.1 is water inlet, and 1.2 is outlet, and 1.3 is inlet opening, and 1.4 for going out
Water hole, 1.5 is pipeline, and 1.6 is convex edge, and 2 is barrier film, and 2.1 is screens, and 3 is hydroecium cavity, and 4 are
Valve gap, 4.1 for entering water through hole, and 5 is valve pocket, and 5.1 is water outlet through hole, and 6 is air chamber cavity, and 7 is water outlet
Pipe, 8 is screw thread, and 9 is joint, and 9.1 is otch, and 10 is screens, and 11 is stator.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiment the invention will be further described.
Seeing Fig. 1-Fig. 2, a kind of coffee machine water route constant-current constant-pressure valve, including valve body 1, valve body 1 outer sheath
It is provided with barrier film 2;Hydroecium cavity 3 is formed between valve body 1 and barrier film 2;Valve body 1 is provided with inlet opening 1.3
With apopore 1.4;Valve body 1 two ends are connected to valve gap 4 and valve pocket 5;It is provided with pipeline in valve body 1
1.5;Valve gap is fastenedly connected with valve pocket, and forms air chamber cavity 6 with barrier film.
Inlet opening 1.3, apopore 1.4 are opened on duct wall;Inlet opening 1.3, apopore 1.4 connect
In hydroecium cavity 3;Inlet opening 1.3 and apopore about 1.4 are uniformly distributed;Inlet opening 1.3, water outlet
Hole 1.4 is each provided with at least two.
It is water inlet 1.1 that valve body 1 is connected one end with valve gap 4;It is outlet that valve body 1 is connected one end with valve pocket
1.2;Water inlet 1.1 and outlet 1.2 are provided with screw thread 8 for outside, or inlet opening/outlet is outward
Joint is set.
Barrier film 2 is the cylinder of cokled surface;Barrier film 2 hollow is arranged;Described valve body 1 wraps around setting
There is convex edge 1.6;The corresponding convex edge of barrier film 1 is provided with screens 2.1;Compact siro spinning technology between barrier film and valve body;Institute
The barrier film stated is that silica gel material is made.
Valve gap 4 and valve pocket 5 are prismatic table shape, and cross section is stepped setting;Valve gap 4 inwall tight abutment
Outside barrier film 2;It is provided with into water through hole 4.1 in valve gap 4;Enter to be provided with outside water through hole 4.1 screw thread or
Joint;Water inlet 1.1 is connected in valve gap 4, and connects with entering water through hole 4.1;It is provided with in valve gap 4
The screw thread 8 corresponding with water inlet 1.1 or joint.
Valve pocket 5 inwall tight against barrier film 2 outside;Water outlet through hole 5.1 it is provided with in valve pocket 5;Water outlet is led to
Screw thread or joint 9 it is provided with outside hole 5.1;It is provided with the screw thread corresponding with outlet 1.2 in valve pocket 5 or connects
Head;Valve pocket 5 is provided with fixing structure.Valve pocket 5 connects outlet pipe 7;Outlet pipe 7 and water outlet through hole
5.1 connection;Outlet pipe 7 is provided with the screw thread matched with valve pocket 5, or is connected in joint by bayonet clip
On.
Joint 9 is snap joint;Otch 9.1 is offered on joint 9;Otch is positioned at the end of joint;Cut
Mouth 9.1 is provided with two;Two described otch are symmetrical and non-intersect.Outside valve gap 4 is with valve pocket 5
Side is relatively set with screens 10;Stator 11 is arranged in card and buckles;Valve gap 4 and valve body 5 compact siro spinning technology.
Rivet tightly also by screw locking or handware rolling between valve gap 4 and valve pocket 5.
The operation principle of the present invention: water flows into hydroecium cavity 3 through inlet pipe road 1.5 and via inlet opening 1.3,
Enter the water of hydroecium cavity 3, barrier film 2 is produced certain pressure, in barrier film 2 compression air chamber cavity 6
Air, produces certain deformation (rising and reset) therewith, produce this work process effect have two
Point: one is that the produced response of barrier film 2 has deformed shock absorbing effect;Two is barrier film 2 response deformation
Counteracting force, makes the water of entrance hydroecium cavity 3 carry out pressure energy-storage;The working method of electromagnetic pump is interval
Formula pump water, barrier film 2 forms continuous response deformation and energy storage in whole pump water process, to reduce flow fluctuation
The change of amount, makes the flowing of water continuous and stable in pipeline;Piping flow and pressure can keep one constant
Constant value, enters the pipeline of valve gap 4, then connecing through valve pocket 5 the most again via apopore 1.4 stream
9 flow into follow-up water circuit systems.
Additionally when not having water or water route to have air in electromagnetic pump body, electromagnetic pump dry pump, noise is the most also
And be difficult to water pump out.During electromagnetic pump dry pump, the pump housing is from obtaining air by between barrier film 2 and valve body 1
Space stores, and the air of suction hydroecium cavity 3 equally produces pressure to barrier film 2, and barrier film 2 compresses
Air in air chamber cavity 6, produces certain deformation therewith, and water pump one end produces negative pressure, the water of the other end
Can be pumped rapidly, the air of hydroecium cavity 3 is discharged to outside pipeline by water simultaneously.
The ultimate principle of the present invention, principal character and advantages of the present invention have more than been shown and described.Ability
Territory skilled person will appreciate that the present invention is not restricted to the described embodiments, above-described embodiment and description
Described in the principle that the present invention is simply described, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention this
Bright also having various changes and modifications, these changes and improvements both fall within scope of the claimed invention
In.Claimed scope is defined by appending claims and equivalent thereof.
Claims (10)
1. a coffee machine water route constant-current constant-pressure valve, including valve body (1), it is characterised in that: institute
Valve body (1) outer sheath stated is provided with barrier film (2);Hydroecium chamber is formed between described valve body (1) and barrier film (2)
Body (3);Described valve body (1) is provided with inlet opening (1.3) and apopore (1.4);Described valve body
(1) two ends are connected to valve gap (4) and valve pocket (5);It is provided with pipeline in described valve body (1)
(1.5);Described valve gap is fastenedly connected with valve pocket, and forms air chamber cavity (6) with barrier film.
Coffee machine water route the most according to claim 1 constant-current constant-pressure valve, it is characterised in that: institute
State inlet opening (1.3) and apopore (1.4) is opened on duct wall;Described inlet opening (1.3),
Apopore (1.4) is communicated in hydroecium cavity (3);Described inlet opening (1.3) and apopore (1.4)
It is uniformly distributed up and down;Described inlet opening, apopore are each provided with at least two.
Coffee machine water route the most according to claim 2 constant-current constant-pressure valve, it is characterised in that: institute
State valve body (1) being connected one end with valve gap (4) is water inlet (1.1);Described valve body (1) and valve
It is outlet (1.2) that set connects one end;Described water inlet (1.1) and outlet (1.2) are
Outside is provided with screw thread (8), or described inlet opening/outlet is outer to arrange joint.
Coffee machine water route the most according to claim 1 constant-current constant-pressure valve, it is characterised in that: institute
The barrier film (2) stated is the cylinder of cokled surface;Described barrier film (2) hollow is arranged;Described valve body
(1) wrap around and be provided with convex edge (1.6);The corresponding convex edge of described barrier film (1) is provided with screens
(2.1);Compact siro spinning technology between described barrier film and valve body;Described barrier film is that silica gel material is made.
Coffee machine water route the most according to claim 1 constant-current constant-pressure valve, it is characterised in that: institute
State valve gap (4) and valve pocket (5) is truncated cone-shaped, and cross section is stepped setting;Described valve gap (4) inwall
Tight against barrier film (2) outside;It is provided with into water through hole (4.1) in described valve gap (4);Described enter water
Screw thread or joint it is provided with outside through hole;In described water inlet (1.1) is connected to valve gap (4), and with enter
Water through hole (4.1) connects;It is provided with the screw thread (8) corresponding with water inlet (1.1) in valve gap (4) or connects
Head.
Coffee machine water route the most according to claim 5 constant-current constant-pressure valve, it is characterised in that: institute
State valve pocket (5) inwall tight against barrier film (2) outside;Described valve pocket is provided with water outlet through hole in (5)
(5.1);Described water outlet through hole (5.1) outside is provided with screw thread or joint (9);Described valve pocket sets in (5)
There are the screw thread corresponding with outlet (1.2) or joint;Described valve pocket (5) is provided with fixing structure.
Coffee machine water route the most according to claim 6 constant-current constant-pressure valve, it is characterised in that: institute
The valve pocket (5) stated connects outlet pipe (7);Described outlet pipe (7) connects with water outlet through hole (5.1);Institute
State outlet pipe (7) and be provided with the screw thread matched with valve pocket (5), or be connected in joint by bayonet clip
(9) on).
8. according to the coffee machine water route constant-current constant-pressure valve described in any one of claim 1-7, its feature
It is: described joint (9) is snap joint;Otch (9.1) is offered on described joint (9);
Described otch is positioned at the end of joint;Described otch (9.1) is provided with two;Described two
Otch is symmetrical and non-intersect.
Coffee machine water route the most according to claim 8 constant-current constant-pressure valve, it is characterised in that: institute
The valve gap (4) stated is relatively set with screens (10) with valve pocket (5) outside;Stator (11) is arranged in
Card is buckled;Described valve gap (4) and valve body (5) compact siro spinning technology.
Coffee machine water route the most according to claim 9 constant-current constant-pressure valve, it is characterised in that: institute
Rivet tightly also by screw locking or handware rolling between valve gap (4) and the valve pocket (5) stated.
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