CN111084549A

CN111084549A - Tea making device

Info

Publication number: CN111084549A
Application number: CN201911424749.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张文彬
Original assignee: Zhongshan Couss Electrical Appliance Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhongshan Couss Electrical Appliance Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-30
Filing date: 2019-12-30
Publication date: 2020-05-01

Abstract

The invention provides a tea maker, which comprises: a container assembly, and a lid assembly associated with the container assembly, a power supply base; the container assembly comprises a kettle body; the cover body, the kettle body and the power supply base are detachably connected; the container assembly comprises a tea making chamber positioned inside and a heating assembly for heating the tea making chamber; the cover assembly covers the opening of the tea making chamber and is used for covering the tea making chamber; the cover assembly comprises a cover body, a motor positioned in the cover body and a conveyor in driving connection with the motor; the conveyor extends from the cover body to the tea making chamber, and a basket assembly for containing tea is arranged on the conveyor; the basket assembly can be immersed in or removed from water in a reciprocating manner under the driving of the motor and the conveyor; and the upper and lower electric connectors which are matched with each other are arranged between the cover assembly and the container assembly, and when the cover assembly and the container assembly are covered, the upper and lower electric connectors are connected with each other. The tea making device can ensure that tea with required taste is made under the conditions of correct water temperature and correct time.

Description

Tea making device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of kitchen utensils, in particular to a tea making device for making kungfu tea and health-preserving tea such as tea leaves, various flowers and various fruits.

Background

Brewing tea usually involves heating the kettle to a specified temperature and then soaking the tea brewing material contained in the separate kettle for a specified period of time to produce a properly tasted tea. At present, some tea making devices in the market are complex in structure, large in size, inconvenient to operate and high in cost due to the fact that the tea making devices are provided with a water tank, a tea making kettle body, a tea containing cup and the like.

For example, chinese patent publication No. CN 204306650U discloses a microcomputer controlled automatic tea making machine, which comprises a housing and a water storage device, wherein a water level sensor, a temperature sensor and a heater are arranged in the water storage device; the tea making device comprises a lifting mechanism, a water permeable kettle body and a driving mechanism, wherein the driving input end of the lifting mechanism is connected with the driving force output end of the driving mechanism, the control input end of the driving mechanism is connected with one of the control output ends of the microcomputer controller, the water permeable kettle body is connected with the driving output end of the lifting mechanism, and the driving mechanism drives the lifting mechanism to drive the water permeable kettle body to move up and down in the inner cavity of the water storage device to form the automatic lifting type tea making device; one of the detection signal input ends of the microcomputer controller is connected with the signal output end of the water level sensor; the second detection signal input end of the microcomputer controller is connected with the signal output end of the temperature sensor. This machine of making tea structure is comparatively complicated, and its elevating system fixes and can not demolish in the water receiver, influences the inside washing of machine of making tea and the cleanness of other mechanisms.

Therefore, in order to solve the problems in the prior art, it is urgently needed to provide a tea making device technology which has a simple structure and can realize automatic lifting of a tea basket and control tea making time, and the technology is very important.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to avoid the defects in the prior art, and provides the tea making device which is simple in structure, the conveyor and the container assembly are of detachable structures, and the tea making device can be used for making tea with required taste under the conditions of correct water temperature and correct time.

The purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:

a tea maker, comprising: a container assembly, and a lid assembly associated with the container assembly;

the container assembly comprises a tea making chamber positioned inside and a heating assembly for heating the tea making chamber;

the cover assembly covers the opening of the tea making chamber and is used for covering the tea making chamber; the cover assembly comprises a cover body, a motor positioned in the cover body and a conveyor in driving connection with the motor;

the conveyor extends from the cover body to the tea making chamber, and a basket assembly for containing tea making raw materials is arranged on the conveyor; the basket assembly can be immersed in or removed from water in a reciprocating manner under the driving of the motor and the conveyor;

specifically, the tea-making raw materials include various tea leaves, flowers, medlar and other health-preserving tea or fruit tea and the like.

An upper electric connector and a lower electric connector which are matched with each other are arranged between the cover assembly and the container assembly, and when the cover assembly is covered with the container assembly, the upper electric connector and the lower electric connector are connected with each other; when the cover component is opened, the upper electric connector and the lower electric connector are separated from each other;

the electric control board is connected with the heating assembly and the motor through upper and lower electric connectors. Or the electric control board is positioned in the cover component, is respectively connected with the motor and is connected with the heating component through the upper electric connector and the lower electric connector.

Specifically, if the container assembly only comprises the kettle body, a power supply base does not need to be arranged, and the electric control plate is arranged in the accommodating cavity at the bottom of the kettle body; when the container assembly comprises the kettle body and the power supply base, the power supply base is a part of the container assembly, and the electric control board is arranged in the power supply base; when the electric control board is positioned in the cover assembly, the power supply base is not arranged.

Specifically, when the cover assembly is connected with the container assembly, the upper electric connector is connected with the lower electric connector, the conveyor and the basket assembly are positioned in the kettle body and are powered to the motor, and the motor controls the conveyor to move.

The cover body of the cover assembly comprises a top cover and a bottom cover, a sealed cavity is formed between the top cover and the bottom cover, the motor is arranged in the cavity, and the conveyor is fixed on the bottom cover and connected with the motor.

In the above, the container assembly comprises a kettle body; the tea making device also comprises a power supply base; the kettle body is connected with the power supply base through the electric coupler. The electrical coupler comprises a first electrical coupler and a second electrical coupler; the first electric coupler and the second electric coupler are respectively arranged on the kettle body and the power supply base.

Specifically, the power supply base is connected with the kettle body through an electric coupler, and when the kettle body is connected with the power supply base, the power supply base supplies power to the container assembly.

The tea making pot is provided with a tea making chamber and a containing chamber arranged at the bottom of the pot body and used for placing a heating assembly, and a through hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the connection position of the bottom surface of the containing chamber and the power supply base, of the containing chamber; the first electric coupler is arranged on the bottom surface of the kettle body, extends out of the kettle body through the through hole and is in coupling connection with the second electric coupler arranged on the power supply base.

Preferably, the lower electric connector is arranged at the top of the kettle body.

In the above, the basket assembly includes a basket main body and a basket fixing bracket; the basket fixing frame is provided with a magnet block which is magnetically connected with a nut arranged on the conveyor;

the conveyer is connected with a motor, a nut is sleeved and connected on the conveyer, a vertical pipe is sleeved on the periphery of the conveyer and wraps the nut, and a stop block is arranged at the lower bottom end of the vertical pipe; the motor drives the conveyor to rotate, the nut moves up and down relative to the conveyor, and the basket assembly magnetically connected with the nut moves up and down along with the nut.

Specifically, the periphery of the conveyor is sleeved with a vertical pipe, the lower bottom end of the vertical pipe is provided with a stop block, the upper end and the lower end of the conveyor are fixed in the vertical pipe through a motor and the stop block, the motor drives the conveyor to rotate, a nut on the conveyor is positioned in a wrapping mode through the vertical pipe, and the nut can only move up and down along with the conveyor and cannot rotate.

One end of the basket fixing frame is fixedly connected with the basket main body, and the other end of the basket fixing frame is connected with the vertical pipe; the basket fixing frame is provided with a curved groove matched with the vertical pipe, a magnet block is arranged on the end face, in contact with the vertical pipe, of the curved groove and is magnetically connected with a nut arranged in the vertical pipe, and when the conveyor drives the nut to move, the basket fixing frame drives the basket main body to move along with the nut.

Specifically, the magnet block is arranged on the basket fixing frame and is mutually adsorbed with the nut capable of attracting magnetism, so that the basket assembly can move up and down along with the nut.

Preferably, the basket assembly further comprises a basket upper cover for cooperating with the basket body.

Preferably, the vertical pipe is an oval pipe body.

The cover body is internally provided with a cavity for placing the motor; the side wall of the cover body is provided with a convex cover protruding outwards relative to the wall surface, and the upper electric connector is placed in the convex cover; when the cover body is connected with the kettle body, the convex cover shields the top of the handle of the kettle body, and the upper electric connector is connected with the lower electric connector.

The kettle body is provided with a handle, the handle is provided with a channel communicated to the cavity at the bottom of the kettle body, the top of the handle is provided with a lower electric connector, and the lower electric connector penetrates through the channel through a lead to be connected with the first electric coupler.

Specifically, the handle is used for carrying the kettle body, and the top of the handle is connected with the convex cover to form a closed cavity for placing a lead. The lower electrical connector is disposed above the handle and is coupled to the upper electrical connector of the male cover. A first electric coupler is arranged on the bottom cover of the containing cavity at the bottom of the kettle body and is connected with a second electric coupler positioned on the power supply base.

The heating assembly comprises a heating disc, the heating disc is made of metal materials, a heating element is welded on the heating disc, and a temperature controller and a temperature sensor are arranged on the heating disc;

specifically, when the temperature controller induction heating disc is overheated, the power supply is cut off, so that the heating element stops heating; the temperature sensor can sense the water temperature of the water in the kettle body so as to control different temperatures required for brewing each kind of tea.

Preferably, the heating plate is made of stainless steel.

Above, the power supply base includes base body, automatically controlled board, the base body is equipped with control panel and second electric coupler, automatically controlled board is connected with control panel, electric coupler respectively.

The control panel is provided with a plurality of keys which are configured to control the switch, the tea boiling time and the temperature of the tea making device.

Specifically, when a user needs to boil tea, a power line of the power supply base is plugged into a power socket to realize power-on, the electric control board is powered on at the moment, the user starts to heat cold water in the kettle body by operating a key on the control panel, and the electric control board controls the heating plate to stop heating when the water temperature reaches a set temperature; at the moment, the motor starts to work to drive the nut on the conveyor to move up and down, the nut can be set as a magnet or a magnetic absorption part and is mutually absorbed by the magnet block on the basket component, so that the basket component is driven to move up and down, and the tea leaves in the basket component enter the hot water in the kettle body to be repeatedly soaked; when the set soaking time is reached, the electric control board controls the basket assembly to automatically move upwards to the top to be separated from the hot water in the kettle body, so that the brewed tea is the tea which is in accordance with the taste and flavor required by a user and is obtained according to the correct temperature and the correct brewing time.

Preferably, the conveyor is connected with a movable frame which can move up and down and is used for supporting the basket main body; the basket assembly is fixed on the movable frame and moves up and down together.

In particular, the standpipe and the conveyor may be designed in a parallel configuration and the basket assembly may be suspended from a movable carriage that is connected to the conveyor and moves up and down therewith.

Specifically, the tea making device of the technical scheme is divided into three parts, namely a power supply base, a container assembly and a cover assembly, and the connection between the three parts is of a mutual detachable structure, so that the structure of the kettle body is simpler, the weight is light, and the inside of the kettle body for boiling water is convenient to clean. The heating component is provided with a temperature sensor to control the water temperature in the kettle body, so that corresponding temperature can be adopted for different tea making raw materials, and tea making with correct temperature is guaranteed. The motor in the lid is connected with the conveyer, drives the basket that loads the raw materials of making tea and reciprocates, and steerable like this when the temperature reaches suitable condition, thoroughly soaks in conveying the basket to the water of the kettle body, when reaching certain time, controls the basket rapidly and moves up in order to realize the separation of tealeaves and water in the basket, no longer makes tea, guarantees to make tea with correct time. The container assembly and the cover assembly are arranged in a detachable structure, and the container assembly and the cover assembly are connected by adopting a quick-separation electric connector so as to supply power to electric elements on the cover body, such as a motor and the like. Therefore, the reliability of the whole power supply structure is ensured, the separation of the conveyor and the kettle body is realized, and the kettle body or the conveyor is convenient to clean.

Specifically, set up to detachable construction between container subassembly and the power supply base, adopt a 360 rotatory electric coupler to connect between the two, guaranteed the function of traditional insulating pot, and convenient quick dismouting. The power supply base is provided with the electric control board and the plurality of keys (the electric control board and the keys can be arranged on the cover body according to actual requirements), and a user can select specific requirements according to different keys to ensure that tea with the best taste can be brewed at corresponding temperature and time for various different kinds of tea.

Specifically, the cover component is a cavity formed by a top cover and a bottom cover, and a sealing ring is arranged between the top cover and the bottom cover; meanwhile, a sealing ring is arranged between a vertical pipe extending into the tea making chamber of the kettle body and the bottom cover, or a motor is assembled on the bottom cover and is provided with the sealing ring, and only an output shaft is exposed to be connected with the conveyor; meanwhile, the bottom end of the vertical pipe and the stop block are fixedly sealed by glue; meanwhile, the upper electric connector is arranged on the convex cover, and a sealing ring is arranged between the upper electric connector and the convex cover. The electric elements such as the motor and the like in the cavity are ensured not to cause water or vapor to enter the cavity in the tea making process, so that the electric elements fail or potential safety hazards are caused. Thus, the structural reliability and safety of the tea maker are ensured.

In the technical scheme, the transmission mode of the motor can be that a synchronous motor (a built-in speed reducing structure) directly drives the conveyor to work, or the motor is matched with a gear transmission system to realize transmission.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

the tea making device provided by the invention can realize automatic control of the tea basket through line control of the control panel, the conveyor and the like, so that the tea basket is controlled to be separated from water and not to be soaked after entering water for making tea according to preset time, and the taste of the tea water is ensured to be correct. Secondly, the tea making device can realize the control of the water temperature in the water boiling kettle body, different tea raw materials correspond to different temperatures, and the tea making device can ensure that the tea which meets the required taste can be made; in addition, the structure for obstructing the cleaning is not arranged in the water boiling kettle body, and the water boiling kettle is detachably connected with the conveyor, so that tea stains in the water boiling kettle body are easily cleaned, and the conveyor and the basket assembly are easily cleaned. The tea making device provided by the invention has the advantages of simple and reasonable structure and low cost, and can ensure the tea taste required by tea making under the conditions of correct water temperature and correct time.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a tea maker provided by the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional structure view of the tea maker according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a basket assembly of the tea maker according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a container assembly of the tea maker provided by the invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a power supply base of the tea maker provided by the invention.

Description of the reference numerals

1 tea maker, 11 container components, 12 cover components and 13 power supply bases;

111 a kettle body, 112 a lower electric connector, 113 a heating assembly and 114 a concave electric coupler; 1111 cavity, 1112 handle, 1113 channel, 1114 tea making chamber; 1131 heating plate, 1132 heating element, 1133 temperature controller, 1134 temperature sensor;

121 cover, 122 electrical connector, 123 conveyor, 124 basket assembly; 1211 convex cover, 1212 motor, 1213 cavity; 1231 nut, 1232 standpipe, 1233 stop block; 1241 basket main body, 1242 basket fixing frame and 1243 basket upper cover;

131 male electrical coupler, 132 base body, 133 electrical control board, 134 control panel.

Detailed Description

The following further describes embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the embodiment provides a tea maker 1, where the tea maker 1 includes a container assembly 11, a cover assembly 12 connected to the container assembly 11, and a power supply base 13; the lid assembly 12 includes a lid body 121, an upper electrical connector 122, a carrier 123, and a basket assembly 124 connected to the carrier 123;

the container assembly 11 comprises a kettle body 111, a lower electrical connector 112, a heating assembly 113 and a female electrical coupler 114 (i.e. a first electrical coupler); the concave electric coupler 114 is connected with the heating assembly 113 and the lower electric connector 112 through wires; the kettle body is provided with a tea making chamber 1114.

The power base 13 forms a connection with the container assembly 11 through a male coupler 131; wherein the power supply base 13 is connected with a power cord (not shown) for connecting power supply from the power supply, and a convex electric coupler 131 (i.e. a second electric coupler) is arranged above the power supply base 13 for outputting power supply.

The bottom of the kettle body 111 is provided with a containing cavity 1111 for placing a heating component 113, the heating component 113 comprises a heating plate 1131, a heating element 1132 is welded on the heating plate 1131, and a through hole is arranged at the corresponding connection position of the bottom surface of the containing cavity 1111 and the power supply base 13 and used for installing a concave electric coupler 114, so that the concave electric coupler 114 is coupled with the convex electric coupler 131 on the power supply base 13, the power supply base 13 supplies power to the container component 11, and water in the tea making chamber of the kettle body is heated.

The kettle body 111 is provided with a handle 1112, the handle 1112 is provided with a passage 1113 communicated with the cavity 1111 at the bottom of the kettle body, and the top of the handle is provided with a lower electric connector 112; a cavity 1213 for placing the motor 1212 is arranged in the cover body 121; a convex cover 1211 protruding outwards relative to the wall surface is arranged on the side wall of the cover body 121, and the upper electric connector 122 is placed in the convex cover 1211; when the cover 121 is connected to the kettle body 111, the convex cover 1211 covers the top of the kettle handle 1112, and the upper electrical connector 122 is connected to the lower electrical connector 112; the cover assembly 12 includes a cavity 1213 formed by a top cover and a bottom cover with a gasket disposed therebetween; meanwhile, a sealing ring is arranged between the vertical pipe 1232 extending into the tea making chamber 1114 of the kettle body 111 and the bottom cover, or the motor 1212 is assembled on the bottom cover, and the sealing ring is arranged, and only the output shaft is exposed to be connected with the conveyor 123; meanwhile, the bottom end of the vertical 1232 and the stop block 1233 are fixedly sealed by glue; and the upper electrical connector 122 is mounted on the convex cap 1211 with a sealing ring therebetween. Ensures that electric elements such as the motor 1212 and the like in the cavity 1213 do not have water or vapor entering the cavity 1213 in the tea making process.

The lower electrical connector 112 is connected to the female electrical coupler 114 via a wire, so that power is transmitted into the lid assembly 12, the cover 121 is provided with a motor 1212, which can supply power to the motor 1212 for driving the conveyor 123 in the lid assembly 12 to work, and the conveyor 123 is provided with a nut 1231, and the conveyor 123 drives the nut 1231 to move up and down, thereby driving the basket assembly 124 to move up and down.

In this embodiment, a small hole is formed in the wall of the sealed cavity 1213, so that the lead of the motor 1212 located in the cavity passes through the small hole to connect with the upper electrical connector 122 located outside the cavity 1213. The conveyer 123 is connected with a motor 1212, a nut 1231 is sleeved on the conveyer 123, a vertical pipe 1232 is sleeved on the periphery of the conveyer 123, the nut 1231 is covered by the vertical pipe 1232, and a stop block 1233 is arranged at the bottom of the vertical pipe 1232; the motor 1212 rotates the conveyor 123, the nut 1231 moves up and down relative to the conveyor 123, and the basket assembly 124 magnetically coupled to the nut 1231 moves up and down with the nut 1231. The lid assembly 12 is connected to the container assembly 11 and to the lower electrical connector 112 at the top of the handle of the kettle body 111 via the upper electrical connector 122 on the male cap 1211, so as to communicate the power transfer between the container assembly 11 and the lid assembly via the upper electrical connector 122 and the lower electrical connector 112.

In this embodiment, the basket assembly 124 includes a basket main body 1241, a basket fixing frame 1242 and a basket upper cover 1243; the basket holder 1242 is provided with a magnet block which is magnetically connected with a nut 1231 provided on the conveyor.

In this embodiment, the heating plate 1131 is made of stainless steel, and the heating plate 1131 is provided with a temperature controller 1133 and a temperature sensor 1134, wherein the temperature controller 1133 cuts off the power supply when the heating plate 1131 is overheated, so that the heating element 1132 stops heating; the machine is prevented from being burnt out due to overheating, so that potential safety hazards such as fire, electric shock and the like are generated; the temperature sensor 1134 senses the temperature of the water in the kettle body to achieve the different temperatures required to control the infusion of each tea type.

The power supply base 13 includes a base body 132 and an electric control board 133, the base body 132 is provided with a control panel 134 and a convex electric coupler 131, and the electric control board 133 is connected with the control panel 134 and the

electric couplers

131 and 114 respectively. The control panel 134 is provided with a plurality of keys configured to control the on/off, tea boiling time, and temperature of the tea maker.

When a user needs to boil tea, the power cord of the power supply base 13 is plugged into a power socket to realize power on, the electric control board 133 is powered on at the moment, the user operates the key on the control panel 134 to start heating cold water in the tea making chamber 1114 of the teapot body by the tea maker 1, and when the water temperature reaches the set temperature, the electric control board 133 controls the heating disc 1131 to stop heating; at this time, the motor 1212 starts to work to drive the nut 1231 on the conveyor 123 to move up and down, the nut 1231 may be set as a magnet or a magnetic absorption part to be adsorbed by the magnet block on the basket assembly 124, so as to drive the basket assembly 124 to move up and down, and the tea leaves in the basket assembly 124 enter the hot water in the kettle body to be repeatedly soaked; when the set soaking time is reached, the electric control board 133 controls the basket assembly 124 to automatically move upwards to the top to be separated from the hot water in the kettle body, so that the brewed tea is completely tea which meets the taste and flavor required by the user and is obtained according to the correct temperature and the correct brewing time.

Variations and modifications to the above-described embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art, which fall within the scope and spirit of the above description. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and described above, and some modifications and variations of the present invention should fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention. Furthermore, although specific terms are employed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.

Claims

1. A tea maker, comprising: a container assembly, and a lid assembly associated with the container assembly;

the electric control plate is respectively connected with the heating assembly and the motor; or the electric control board is positioned in the cover component, is respectively connected with the motor and is connected with the heating component through the upper electric connector and the lower electric connector.

2. The tea maker of claim 1, wherein the lid assembly includes a top lid and a bottom lid, a sealed cavity is defined between the top lid and the bottom lid, the motor is disposed within the cavity, and the conveyor is secured to the bottom lid and is coupled to the motor.

3. The tea maker of claim 1, wherein the basket assembly comprises a basket body and a basket mount; the basket fixing frame is provided with a magnet block which is magnetically connected with a nut arranged on the conveyor; the conveyer is sleeved with a connecting nut, the motor drives the conveyer to rotate, the nut moves up and down relative to the conveyer, and a basket assembly magnetically connected with the nut moves up and down along with the nut;

or the basket assembly comprises a basket main body and a basket fixing frame, and the conveyor is connected with a movable frame capable of moving up and down; the basket assembly is fixed on the movable frame and moves up and down together.

4. The tea maker of claim 3, wherein a standpipe is provided around the periphery of the conveyor, and a stop block is provided at a lower bottom end of the standpipe for positioning the conveyor.

5. The tea maker of claim 1, wherein the container assembly includes a kettle body, the kettle body being connected to a lid.

6. The tea maker as claimed in claim 5, wherein the kettle body is provided with a handle, the handle is provided with a passage communicated with the cavity at the bottom of the kettle body, and the top of the handle is provided with the lower electric connector; a cavity for placing a motor is arranged in the cover body; the power-on connector is placed in the cover body; when the cover body is connected with the kettle body, the upper electric connector is connected with the lower electric connector.

7. The tea maker of claim 6, wherein the electrically controlled board is located within the jug body.

8. The tea maker according to claim 7, further comprising a control panel provided with a plurality of keys configured to control the on/off, tea boiling time and temperature of the tea maker.

9. The tea maker of claim 6, wherein the kettle body is provided with the tea making chamber and a cavity at the bottom of the kettle body for receiving the heating element.

10. The tea maker according to claim 1, wherein the heating assembly comprises a heating plate made of metal material, a heating element is welded on the heating plate, and a temperature controller and a temperature sensor are arranged on the heating plate.