CN106175447B

CN106175447B - Method for siphon brewing by using capsule cup and brewing cup

Info

Publication number: CN106175447B
Application number: CN201610593152.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 许超; 谢宏泽
Original assignee: Suzhou Callbell Industry Co ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Callbell Industry Co ltd
Priority date: 2016-07-26
Filing date: 2016-07-26
Publication date: 2022-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 2036-07-26
Also published as: CN106175447A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for siphon brewing by utilizing a capsule cup and a brewing cup, wherein the brewing cup comprises: a capsule bin for placing a capsule cup, a cup body for containing a brewed beverage, a pipe component, a lower puncture needle tube and a circulating pump; the capsule bin is provided with an openable cover body; the capsule bin is detachably and hermetically connected with the cup body through a connecting part; the upper end of the pipe component forms an upper puncture needle tube capable of puncturing the upper part of the capsule cup in the capsule bin, and the lower end of the pipe component penetrates through the connecting component and extends into the cup body; the lower puncture needle tube penetrates through the connecting component, the upper end of the lower puncture needle tube can puncture the lower part of the capsule cup, and the lower end of the lower puncture needle tube is communicated with the inside of the cup body; the circulation pump is disposed on the pipe member. The method comprises the following steps: the method comprises a preparation step, a siphoning step, an extraction step and a circulating extraction step. The brewing cup is used for brewing, so that the beverage particles in the cup can be fully utilized, and the beverage with better taste can be brewed; and the brewing cup has small volume, simple operation and cleaning, time saving and is beneficial to the operation of brewing persons.

Description

Method for siphon brewing by using capsule cup and brewing cup

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of beverage brewing, in particular to a method for carrying out siphon type brewing by utilizing a capsule cup and a brewing cup.

Background

Although the traditional siphon coffee pot can be used for brewing sweet and fragrant drinks, the siphon coffee pot has the following problems in use:

1. the brewing technology of a brewer is high in requirement, the brewer needs to accurately control the degree of heating, and the degree of heating and the extraction time have great influence on the taste of coffee;

2. in the extraction process, a brewer needs to manually stir coffee, so that additional work is added;

3. the brewer needs to select coffee powder with proper fineness and add proper amount of water to brew a better beverage, the filter is easy to block if the coffee powder is too small, and the extraction is difficult if the coffee powder is too large;

4. the coffee powder used in siphonic coffee makers is generally not readily storable, preferably freshly ground coffee powder;

5. the conventional siphonic coffee maker is cumbersome to assemble and clean, increasing the workload of brewers.

Full-automatic or semi-automatic capsule brewing machines have become popular in recent years, can rapidly and conveniently brew beverages such as coffee and the like, and have almost no special requirements on brewers, but brewed beverages often have certain difference with the taste desired by users, and beverage particles in capsules cannot be completely extracted, so that raw materials are easily wasted.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a siphon type brewing cup comprising: a capsule bin for placing a capsule cup, a cup body for containing brewed drinks, a pipe component, a lower puncture needle tube and a circulating pump; the capsule bin is provided with an openable cover body; the capsule bin is detachably and hermetically connected with the cup body through a connecting part; the upper end of the pipe component forms an upper puncture needle tube capable of puncturing the upper part of the capsule cup in the capsule bin, and the lower end of the pipe component penetrates through the connecting component and extends into the cup body; the lower puncture needle tube penetrates through the connecting component, the upper end of the lower puncture needle tube can puncture the lower part of the capsule cup, and the lower end of the lower puncture needle tube is communicated with the inside of the cup body; the circulation pump is disposed on the pipe member.

Preferably, a heating component for heating the inside of the cup body is further included.

Preferably, the heating member is fixed to the connecting member and extends into the cup body.

Preferably, the cup body comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer being made of a ferrous metal.

Preferably, the heating part is arranged between the inner layer and the outer layer of the cup body and is a heating plate or a coil capable of generating an alternating magnetic field.

Preferably, a temperature monitoring component is also included that monitors the temperature inside the brewing cup.

Preferably, the circulating pump, the heating part, the temperature monitoring part, the control key or the knob are connected with the same control part.

Preferably, the lower end of the pipe component and the lower end of the lower puncture needle tube are both provided with a filtering device.

Preferably, the bending part of the pipe member is made of a soft or elastic material.

Preferably, a safety valve is further provided on the pipe member.

Preferably, the cover body is an upward-lifting cover with one end rotatably connected with the side wall of the brewing cup.

Preferably, the pipe member is close to the side of the lid connected to the side wall of the brewing cup.

Preferably, the lower end of the tube member is close to the bottom of the cup body.

Preferably, the upper puncture needle tube corresponds to the central axis of the capsule cup; the lower puncture needle pipe is positioned on the central axis of the brewing cup, and the lower end of the lower puncture needle pipe slightly penetrates into the cup body.

Preferably, the capsule cabin is provided with sealing gaskets at the upper part and the lower part corresponding to the placement position of the capsule cup, and the connecting part and the cup body are also provided with sealing gaskets.

The invention also relates to a method for siphon brewing by utilizing the capsule cup, which comprises the following steps: a preparation step, communicating a capsule cup with a brewing cup added with water; a heating step, heating the water in the brewing cup; siphoning, namely injecting the heated water in the brewing cup into the capsule cup; an extraction step, wherein hot water injected into the capsule cup is used for extracting the beverage particles in the capsule cup; and a circulating extraction step, namely refluxing the extracted liquid into the brewing cup, and repeating the heating, siphoning and extracting steps.

The method for siphon brewing by utilizing the capsule cup and the brewing cup provided by the invention have almost no requirement on the brewing technology of a brewing person, the interior of the brewing cup comprises the circulating pump, and water after one-time brewing can be pumped into the capsule cup again under the action of the circulating pump so as to be extracted or brewed for many times, so that beverage particles in the capsule cup can be extracted repeatedly, the beverage particles in the cup can be fully utilized, and a beverage with better taste can be brewed. And the siphon type beverage brewing cup body has small volume, is simple to operate and clean, saves time and is beneficial to the operation of a brewing person.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a siphon-type brewing cup according to the present invention, with an upper lid in a closed state.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the siphon brewing cup according to the present invention when the upper lid is in an open state.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the lid assembly of the siphonic brewing cup according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the external configuration of the siphonic brewing cup according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view illustrating a modification of the heating member according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The invention will be elucidated on the basis of an embodiment shown in the drawing. The embodiments disclosed herein are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is not limited to the following description of the embodiments, but is defined only by the scope of the claims, and includes all modifications having the same meaning as and within the scope of the claims.

The siphon brewing cup according to the present invention will be described with reference to the following embodiments.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a siphon brewing cup according to the present invention, in which an upper lid is in a closed state, fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the siphon brewing cup according to the present invention, in which the upper lid is in an open state, and fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a lid assembly of the siphon brewing cup according to the present invention, as shown in the figures, the siphon brewing cup includes a lid assembly 1 and a cup body 2, the lid assembly 1 and the cup body 2 are detachably connected by a connecting member 3, and the connecting member 3 connects the lid assembly 1 and the cup body 2 in a rotatable connection or a snap connection. The connection member 3 may be fixed to the cap assembly 1. The connecting part 3 comprises an intermediate disc 31. Preferably, the cup body is of a double-layer heat-insulating structure with vacuum in the middle.

The cover assembly 1 comprises an upper lifting cover 11 and a side wall not shown in the figure, the upper lifting cover 11, the middle plate 31 and the side wall not shown in the figure enclose a capsule bin 12 of the brewing cup, a capsule cup 4 can be placed in the capsule bin 12, and the placement position of the capsule cup 4 is close to the opening side of the upper lifting cover 11; preferably, the capsule cup 4 is arranged offset from the central axis of the brewing cup. At least a part of the upper cover 11 is rotatably connected to the sidewall of the cover assembly 1, a button 113 is disposed on the outer side of the upper cover 11, the button is located on the outer side of the brewing cup, and a user can start brewing by pressing the button 113. The sealing gasket 111 is fixed at the position corresponding to the top of the capsule cup 4 on the inner side of the upper lifting cover 11, and the

sealing gaskets

111 and 112 of the fixed sealing gasket 112 arranged at the position corresponding to the bottom of the capsule cup 4 on the upper side of the intermediate disk 31 and the center of the capsule cup 4 are all on the same axis. When the upper cover 11 is closed, the sealing

gaskets

111 and 112 can be just clamped and sealed on the upper and lower parts of the capsule cup 4. Preferably, the flip-top lid 11 may be designed in a triangular shape, a circular shape, or the like. A sealing gasket 171 with sealing function is fixedly arranged on the lower side of the intermediate disk 31, so that the cup body 2 can be connected with the cover assembly 1 in a sealing way; when the upper lifting cover 1 is closed, a sealed chamber is formed inside the brewing cup. Preferably, the gasket 171 and the

gaskets

111 and 112 are soft silicone gaskets resistant to high temperature and high pressure.

The brewing cup is further provided with a pipe member 14 extending through the intermediate disc 31 for circulating water in the cup body 2 to be pumped into the capsule cup 4 on the side of the connection of the upper lid to the side wall of the lid assembly. The tube member 14 includes an upper puncture needle tube 141, a connection tube 142 and a tube extension 143, the upper puncture needle tube 141 is fixed in the upper flip cover 11, and a needle of the upper puncture needle tube 141 punctures a central position of the gasket 111. When the upper flip cover 11 is in the closed state, the needle of the upper puncture needle tube 141 can puncture the center of the top of the capsule cup 4. One end of the connection pipe 142 is communicated with the upper puncture needle tube 141, and the other end is communicated with the upper end of the pipe extension part 143 through the circulation pump 13; the connecting tube 142 has a horizontal connecting portion and a vertical connecting portion, and at least the connection between the horizontal connecting portion and the vertical connecting portion is an elastic connecting tube (as shown in the dotted circle in fig. 1), which can extend, contract and change the bending angle, so that the upper flip cover 11 can be freely opened or closed without affecting the position of the upper puncture needle tube 141 or the circulating pump 13; the circulating pump and the elastic connecting pipe are both positioned at the position close to the joint of the upper lifting cover and the side wall of the capsule cabin. The pipe extension 143 vertically penetrates and is fixed to the intermediate plate 31 and the gasket 171, the upper end thereof is fixedly connected to the circulation pump 13, and the lower end thereof extends into the cup body 2 and is connected to the filter cover 144; preferably, the tube extension 143 extends into the bottom of the cup; the filter cage 144 is at least partially wrapped around and secured to the bottom end of the tube extension 143. When water in the cup body 2 enters the capsule cup 1 from the pipe member 14 under the action of the circulating pump 13, the water is filtered by the filter cover 144 and then enters the pipe extension 143 through the bottom port of the pipe extension 143, so as to prevent impurities from entering the pipe member 14 and blocking the pipe member. The tube extension 143 is a silicone tube.

The brewing cup is further provided with a lower puncture needle tube 15, the lower puncture needle tube 15 penetrates through and is fixedly arranged on the sealing gasket 171, the middle disc 31 and the sealing gasket 112, and when the upper flip cover 11 is closed, the lower puncture needle tube can puncture the bottom of the capsule cup. The bottom of the lower puncture needle tube 15 is fixedly connected with a filter screen 151, and the filter screen 151 filters solid impurities in the liquid flowing out of the capsule cup. Preferably, lower lancet tube 15 is located on the central axis of the brewing cup.

The heating component 16 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the middle disc 31, and is an instant heating type heating component, preferably a columnar structure, which can rapidly heat the water in the cup body 2. The circulating pump 13 is positioned in the capsule bin and is connected with a safety valve 131, when a user uses the brewing cup to brew drinks, the interior of the brewing cup is in a sealed state, water in the cup body can be heated under the action of the heating part 16 to generate high-temperature and high-pressure steam in the brewing process, the pressure in the brewing cup is increased, the safety valve is automatically opened, and the hot air is released, so that the pressure in the brewing cup is reduced; when the brewing is finished, the safety valve needs to be opened completely before the user takes down the cup body, and the pressure in the cup body is released, so that the internal and external air pressures of the brewing cup are balanced, and unnecessary injury to the user or the difficulty of taking down the cup body by the user due to the high pressure in the brewing cup is avoided.

The brewing cup further includes a control unit, not shown, which is electrically connected to the button 113, the circulation pump 13, the heating unit 16, and the like. When the user presses the key 113, the control part performs brewing or stops brewing according to the state of the key 113. When the control part judges that the brewing needs to be executed, the control part controls the heating part 16 to heat the water in the cup body, when the water is heated for a certain time, the control part controls the circulating pump to work, the water in the cup body is input into the capsule cup through the pipe part 14, beverage particles in the capsule cup are extracted by hot water and then flow back into the cup body through the lower puncture needle pipe, the control part controls the process to last for a certain time, and the certain time is set in the control part.

A power supply interface which is not shown is arranged on the outer side of the connecting part 3, the power supply interface can charge a battery in the brewing cup after being electrified, and the battery is connected with the control part and the circulating pump 13; or directly supply power for the control part and the like through a power interface.

The specific brewing process is as follows: a user injects a proper amount of water into the cup body 2, the cup body 2 is connected with the cover assembly 1 in a sealing way through the connecting part 3, meanwhile, the user selects a capsule cup according to the taste requirement and puts the capsule cup into the capsule bin, and the lifting cover 11 is closed to seal the brewing cup; when the upper flip cover is closed, the upper and lower puncture needle tubes puncture the top and bottom of the capsule cup, respectively. The brewing cup is powered on and the user manually presses the button 113 to start the brewing program. The control part controls the heating part 16 to heat the water in the cup body according to the instruction of the key, when the water is heated for a certain time, the control part controls the circulating pump to be started, the water in the cup body is pumped into the capsule cup 4 through the pipe part under the action of the circulating pump and is mixed with coffee particles in the capsule cup for extraction, and the extracted liquid flows back to the cup body along the lower puncture needle pipe. And the water after being mixed flows back into the cup body, is heated again, and is pumped into the capsule cup again under the action of the circulating pump for repeated extraction, and the mixing is finished after a certain period of time in the reflux extraction process. The control part controls the automatic closing of the circulating pump and the heating part to complete the brewing. When the brewing is finished, the control part controls a buzzer which is not shown in the figure to give an alarm to prompt a user that the brewing is finished. When the safety valve is opened by a user and the internal pressure and the external pressure of the brewing cup are equal, the cup body is taken down, and the beverage can be drunk.

After the brewing is finished, the power supply is cut off, the user manually opens the upper lifting cover, takes out the capsule cup, and directly cleans the capsule bin, the heating part and the pipe part of the cover assembly by using clean water. And cleaning, and drying in the air or wiping for the next use.

In the above embodiment, when the upper flip cover is closed, the upper and lower puncture needle tubes directly pierce the top and bottom of the capsule cup, but not limited thereto. When the flip cover is closed, the upper and lower puncture needle tubes do not puncture the capsule cup, and only after the user presses the button 113, the capsule cup can be punctured.

The brewing cup is provided with a key for controlling the brewing of the capsule cup, but the brewing cup is not limited to the above. As shown in fig. 4, an indicator 20 is arranged outside the connecting part of the brewing cup, and the indicator is in an arrow shape or other shapes; the indication mark 20 is connected with the control component, and the control component can control the working state of the brewing cup according to the position of the indication mark 20 and the state indicated by the indication mark. The cup body is provided with at least three state prompts in parallel: a closed and charged state 21, a capsule opened state 22 and a brewing state 23, the connecting part being rotatable, the brewing cup being in a sealed state when the connecting part is rotated such that the indicator 20 points towards the closed and charged state 21, and the user being able to switch on the power interface via the power cord to bring the brewing cup into a ready-to-brew state; when the connecting part is rotated continuously and the indication mark 20 points to the capsule opening state 22, the upper puncture needle tube and the lower puncture needle tube puncture the top and the bottom of the capsule cup; when the indicator 20 points to the brewing state, the control unit controls the brewing cup to perform the brewing process of the capsule beverage. The brewing cup can be provided with more status prompts, such as the brewing completion status.

In the above embodiment, the brewing cup has a single button, and the control unit controls the brewing of the capsule beverage according to the state of the button, and the time for controlling the brewing is uniform, but not limited thereto. The button can set up a plurality ofly, and every button corresponds the infusion of the drink of different cultivars respectively, and control unit can be according to the different control capsule drink infusion time of user's selection button and the time of heating. The above-mentioned all are manual buttons, but not limited to this, can also not set up the physical button, set up the wireless transceiver on the control unit, the user controls the work of the brewing cup through other mobile devices such as remote control or cell-phone.

In the above embodiment, the control unit directly sets the heating time of the heating unit and the operation time of the circulation pump to control the brewing and extracting time of the capsule beverage, but the present invention is not limited thereto. A temperature sensor which is not shown in the figure is also arranged in the brewing cup and is used for monitoring the temperature of the water in the cup body heated by the heating part at any time. The temperature sensor may be provided on the tube extension, on the sealing pad, or at an upper puncture needle tube of the tube member or at a position such as a circulation pump. The temperature sensor is electrically connected with the control component; when the temperature sensor monitors the temperature of the liquid heated in the brewing cup, the temperature information is sent to the control part, and the control part controls the time for heating the liquid in the cup by the heating part and the work of the circulating pump according to the temperature information, so that the time for brewing the capsule beverage is controlled.

In the above embodiment, the heating member is fixed to the bottom of the intermediate plate and has a columnar structure, and the cup body has a double-layered heat insulating structure in which the inner layer and the outer layer are vacuum. Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing a modification of the heating element of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 5, the cup body 2 includes an inner layer 21 made of a metal cup containing iron, an outer layer 22 made of an insulating material, and a heating element formed of a coil 24 disposed between the inner and outer layers. When the coil 24 is switched on by alternating current, magnetic lines of force 23 are generated as shown in the figure, namely, an alternating magnetic field can be generated; when the iron-containing inner cup body is arranged on the magnetic force line 23, the surface of the inner layer of the cup body cuts the alternating magnetic force line, and the metal part at the bottom of the cup body can generate alternating current (namely eddy current), so that iron atoms at the bottom of the inner layer of the cup body move randomly at high speed, and the atoms collide with each other and rub to generate heat energy, thereby playing the role of heating water in the cup body. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a heating member such as a heating plate is provided between the inner layer and the outer layer of the cup body, and the heating plate can rapidly heat up water in the cup body through the inner layer of the cup body after being electrified.

Claims

1. A siphon brewing cup is characterized by comprising: a capsule bin for placing a capsule cup, a cup body for containing brewed drinks, a pipe component, a lower puncture needle tube and a circulating pump;

the capsule bin is provided with an openable cover body;

the capsule bin is detachably and hermetically connected with the cup body through a connecting part;

the upper end of the pipe component forms an upper puncture needle tube capable of puncturing the upper part of the capsule cup in the capsule bin, and the lower end of the pipe component penetrates through the connecting component and extends into the cup body;

the lower puncture needle tube penetrates through the connecting component, the upper end of the lower puncture needle tube can puncture the lower part of the capsule cup, and the lower end of the lower puncture needle tube is communicated with the inside of the cup body;

the circulation pump is arranged on the pipe part;

when the circulating pump is started, water in the cup body is pumped into the capsule cup through the pipe part under the action of the circulating pump, the water is mixed with drink particles in the capsule cup for extraction, the extracted liquid flows back into the cup body along the lower puncture needle pipe, and then the extracted liquid is pumped into the capsule cup again under the action of the circulating pump for repeated extraction.

2. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 1, wherein: also comprises a heating component for heating the inside of the cup body.

3. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 2, wherein: the heating component is fixed on the connecting component and extends into the cup body.

4. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 2, wherein:

the cup body comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer is made of iron-containing metal.

5. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 4, wherein: the heating component is arranged between the inner layer and the outer layer of the cup body and is a heating plate or a coil capable of generating an alternating magnetic field.

6. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 2, wherein:

the brewing cup also comprises a temperature monitoring component for monitoring the internal temperature of the brewing cup.

7. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 6, wherein: the circulating pump, the heating part, the temperature monitoring part, the control key or the knob are connected to the same control part.

8. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 1, wherein:

and the lower end of the pipe part and the lower end of the lower puncture needle tube are both provided with a filtering device.

9. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 1, wherein: the bending part of the pipe part is made of soft or elastic material.

10. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 1, wherein: the pipe part is also provided with a safety valve.

11. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 1, wherein:

the cover body is an upward-lifting cover with one end rotatably connected with the side wall of the brewing cup.

12. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 11, wherein:

the pipe part is close to the connecting side of the cover body and the side wall of the brewing cup.

13. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 1, wherein:

the lower end of the pipe component is close to the bottom of the cup body.

14. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 1, wherein:

the upper puncture needle tube corresponds to the central axis of the capsule cup;

the lower puncture needle pipe is positioned on the central axis of the brewing cup, and the lower end of the lower puncture needle pipe slightly penetrates into the cup body.

15. The siphonic brewing cup according to claim 1, wherein: the capsule bin is provided with sealing gaskets at the upper part and the lower part corresponding to the capsule cup placing position, and the connecting part and the cup body are also provided with sealing gaskets.

16. A method of siphonic brewing using the siphonic brewing cup according to any one of claims 1-15, comprising:

a preparation step, communicating a capsule cup with a brewing cup added with water;

a heating step, heating the water in the brewing cup;

siphoning, namely injecting the heated water in the brewing cup into the capsule cup;

an extraction step, wherein hot water injected into the capsule cup is used for extracting the beverage particles in the capsule cup;

and a circulating extraction step, namely refluxing the extracted liquid into the brewing cup, and repeating the heating, siphoning and extracting steps.