CN111616595B - Brewing device and beverage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, and discloses a brewing device and a beverage machine, wherein the brewing device is provided with a capsule placing opening (23) for placing a capsule (200), the brewing device (100) is provided with a capsule fixing support (3) for fixing the capsule and a capsule opening mechanism (4) for applying acting force to a cup edge flanging (211) of the capsule, and the capsule fixing support and the capsule opening mechanism can move relatively to form a capsule top outlet (230) at the cup edge of the capsule through the acting force applied to the cup edge flanging. So compare in puncturing the capsule in order to form the drink export that supplies the drink to flow through the felting needle, this technical scheme adopts capsule breach mechanism to apply effort and follow the flanging in the cup and form the capsule top export that supplies the drink to flow through tearing, then this capsule breach mechanism can not contact with the drink, just can not produce the pollution to the drink of just making next time yet, is favorable to the user health and enjoys the drink safely, and then promotes user's use and experiences.

Description

Brewing device and beverage machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a brewing device and a beverage machine.

Background

At present, capsule type beverage machines are more and more popular because they are more and more popular with consumers due to their features of simple operation, safety and sanitation, and guaranteed beverage quality. Wherein, a capsule loaded with consumables (such as coffee, milk tea or tea leaves and the like) is placed in the beverage machine, the beverage is brewed by injecting liquid into the capsule, and then the brewed beverage is supplied to users for consumption.

In the existing beverage machine, in the process of brewing beverage by capsules or after brewing beverage by capsules, a capsule beverage outlet is usually formed in the bottom wall of the capsules by a puncture needle, so that the brewed beverage can flow out through the capsule beverage outlet, therefore, the puncture needle is easy to adhere to the beverage when puncturing the capsules, and the residual beverage liquid remained on the puncture needle can breed bacteria, so that when the puncture needle punctures the capsules next time, the brewed beverage is polluted, and the use experience of users is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-mentioned deficiencies or drawbacks of the prior art, the present invention provides a brewing device and a beverage machine, which can prevent the beverage brewed next time from being polluted, so that a user can enjoy the beverage hygienically and safely, and a better use experience can be provided for the user.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a brewing apparatus comprising a capsule inlet for inserting a capsule, wherein the brewing apparatus is provided with a capsule fixing support for fixing the capsule and a capsule breaking mechanism for applying a force to a flanging edge of a cup edge of the capsule, and the capsule fixing support and the capsule breaking mechanism can move relatively to each other to form a capsule top outlet at the cup edge of the capsule by the force applied to the flanging edge of the cup edge.

Preferably, the capsule opening mechanism is provided with a flanging groove for accommodating the cup edge flanging.

Preferably, the flanging groove is a rectangular groove or a trapezoidal groove in a necking shape; and/or the depth of the groove of the flanging groove is not less than 1.5mm and not more than 5 mm; and/or the groove width of the flanging groove is between 3mm and 10 mm.

Preferably, the capsule fixing support comprises two clamping blocks which are used for clamping the cup edge flanging and are respectively arranged on the two radial sides of the cup edge flanging, and the clamping blocks are provided with clamping sliding grooves which are used for containing the cup edge flanging.

Preferably, along the capsule placing direction of the capsule placing port, the flanging groove is arranged at the far end of the capsule placing direction, the two clamping blocks are arranged on two sides of the capsule placing direction in the vertical direction, and the clamping sliding grooves extend along the capsule placing direction.

Preferably, the capsule breaking mechanism is a fixed part, the capsule fixed support comprises a support sliding rod arranged on the lateral side of the capsule inlet, the brewing device comprises a capsule supporting cup arranged at an interval with the capsule inlet, and the support sliding rod can drive the capsule to move into the capsule supporting cup along the moving direction of the sliding rod.

Preferably, the axial direction of the support sliding rod and the moving direction of the sliding rod are parallel to the central axis direction of the capsule and horizontally arranged.

Preferably, the brewing device comprises a needle pressing plate which is fixedly clamped on the support sliding rod and is positioned on one side of the top of the capsule.

Preferably, the puncture needle pressure plate is provided with a puncture needle extending towards the top of the capsule and a flexible splash-proof pressure ring arranged around the puncture needle, the flexible splash-proof pressure ring is provided with a plurality of flexible bulges extending towards the top of the capsule; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the puncture needle pressure plate is disc-shaped and is provided with a string edge cutting part, and the string edge cutting part is positioned at one end of the puncture needle pressure plate close to the capsule crevasse mechanism.

Preferably, the brewing apparatus comprises a linkage drive mechanism for driving the lancet platen to move in the direction of movement of the slide bar.

Preferably, the brewing device comprises a cup supporting bottom frame arranged on one side of the bottom of the capsule supporting cup, and the cup supporting bottom frame comprises an inner cavity push rod extending into the inner cavity of the capsule supporting cup and an outer side push rod positioned outside the capsule supporting cup; the support sliding rod is provided with a sliding rod pushing portion, and the sliding rod pushing portion can push the outer side push rod in a propping mode and drive the inner cavity push rod to exit from the inner cavity of the capsule supporting cup along the moving direction of the sliding rod.

Preferably, a sliding rod pushing portion is arranged on the support sliding rod, and the sliding rod pushing portion pushes the outer side push rod in a pushing mode along a sliding rod returning direction opposite to the moving direction of the sliding rod, and drives the inner cavity push rod to extend into the capsule supporting cup and push the capsule back to the capsule falling opening.

Preferably, the brewing device comprises an upper shell and a lower shell which are buckled up and down, a slideway for the support sliding rod to move is formed on each of the upper shell and the lower shell, the upper shell is provided with the capsule placing port, a cup supporting notch is formed at the lower part of the cup edge of the capsule supporting cup, a shell through hole integrally penetrating through the cup supporting notch is formed on the lower shell, and the capsule dropping port is formed on the lower shell and connected with the shell through hole.

Preferably, the brewing device comprises a capsule recognition mechanism movably connected in the cup supporting underframe and a clamping reset mechanism for clamping and limiting the capsule recognition mechanism, and a clamping pushing part is arranged on the support sliding rod; when the support sliding rod moves along the sliding rod moving direction, the clamping pushing portion pushes the clamping resetting mechanism to be opened so as to release the capsule identification mechanism from a limiting position, the capsule identification mechanism falls back towards the cup supporting underframe, and when the support sliding rod moves along a sliding rod returning direction opposite to the sliding rod moving direction, the cup supporting underframe drives the capsule identification mechanism to return to the limiting position of the clamping resetting mechanism.

Preferably, the clamping return mechanism comprises two limiting clamping blocks arranged in parallel at intervals and clamping block connecting springs respectively arranged at two ends of the clamping return mechanism to connect the two limiting clamping blocks, and the clamping push-out portion pushes the clamping return mechanism, so that the clamping block connecting springs are in an open stretching state.

Preferably, the capsule breaching mechanism is a movable member capable of pushing the cup to which a force is applied to move in the direction of the capsule central axis along the everted rim, and the brewing device includes a capsule holder cup and a puncture needle pressure plate respectively located on both sides of the capsule in the axial direction, and the capsule holder cup and the puncture needle pressure plate are arranged so as to be capable of moving toward the capsule.

Preferably, the brewing device comprises the capsule provided with a capsule cup body and a cover membrane, the top rim of the capsule cup body is formed with an outwardly turned rim flange, the cover membrane is connected to the rim flange to close the mouth of the capsule cup, a structural weakening is formed between the peripheral wall of the rim of the capsule cup body and the rim flange, the structural weakening is adapted to be torn by pressing the adjacent rim flange to form the capsule top outlet; and/or the capsule cup body comprises an outer cup and an inner cup which are nested, the inner cup cavity of the inner cup is a consumable holding cavity, inner cup filtering holes are formed in the wall of the inner cup, and a filtrate cavity which can be communicated with the torn capsule top outlet is formed between the inner cup and the outer cup.

The invention also provides a beverage machine, which comprises a brewing device.

Through the technical scheme, the brewing device is provided with the capsule placing opening used for placing the capsule, the capsule device is provided with the capsule fixing support used for fixing the capsule and the capsule opening mechanism used for applying acting force to the cup edge flanging of the capsule, and the capsule fixing support and the capsule opening mechanism can move relatively to form a capsule top outlet at the cup edge of the capsule through the acting force applied to the cup edge flanging. So set up, compare in the brewing device and pierce through the form formation that the capsule was used for supplying the drink export that the drink flowed out through setting up in the outside felting needle of capsule outside, adopt the mode of tearing open to form the capsule top export that is used for the drink to flow out at the top of capsule among this technical scheme, because broken mouthful mechanism of capsule only applys effort in the cup edge flanging of capsule, and can directly not contact with the drink, make broken mouthful mechanism of capsule can not produce the pollution to the drink of making next time, be favorable to the user health and enjoy the drink that the brew formed safely, thereby promote user's use experience.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a brewing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 2 and 3 are schematic structural views of a first operating condition, wherein FIG. 2 illustrates a side bottom view, FIG. 3 shows a side top view and the upper housing is not shown, and the first operating condition is the operating condition when the capsule is just clamped to the brewing device;

FIGS. 4 and 5 are schematic structural views illustrating a second condition, wherein FIG. 4 illustrates a bottom side view, FIG. 5 illustrates a top side view and the upper housing is not shown, and the second condition is a condition when the capsule is completely loaded in the capsule holder;

fig. 6 and 7 are schematic structural views of a second operating condition, wherein fig. 6 illustrates a side bottom view, fig. 7 shows a side top view and the upper housing is not shown, and a third operating condition is an operating condition when the capsule falls out of the capsule holder cup;

FIG. 8 is a vertical overall cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a transverse overall sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the capsule of FIG. 1;

fig. 11 and 12 are overall sectional views of fig. 10, wherein fig. 11 shows the capsule not torn and fig. 12 shows the capsule torn.

Description of reference numerals:

100 brewing device 200 capsule

1 clamping reset mechanism 3 capsule fixing support

4 capsule breaking mechanism 5 capsule supporting cup

6 felting needle pressure plate 8 cup supporting bottom frame

9 Capsule recognition mechanism

11 spacing fixture block 12 fixture block connecting spring

21 upper shell 22 lower shell

23 capsule placing port and 24 capsule dropping port

25 casing through hole 31 clamping block

32 support slide bar 41 flanging groove

51 cup notch 61 puncture needle

62 flexible splash-proof press ring 71 rotating shaft

72 first link 73 second link

74 handle 81 lumen pusher

82 outside push rod 91 capsule discernment camera

210 capsule cup body 211 cup edge flanging

212 outer cup 213 inner cup

220 tectorial membrane 230 capsule top outlet

231 capsule guide notch 240 filtrate chamber

311 clamping sliding groove 321 sliding rod pushing part

322 slide bar push back part 323 is engaged with push-up part

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of embodiments of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present invention, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the present invention, unless specified to the contrary, use of the terms of orientation such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" or the like are generally described with respect to the orientation shown in the drawings or the positional relationship of the components with respect to each other in the vertical, or gravitational direction.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

The present invention provides, firstly, a brewing apparatus, referring to fig. 1 to 9, the brewing apparatus 100 is provided with a capsule insertion opening 23 for inserting a capsule 200, and the brewing apparatus 100 is provided with a capsule fixing support 3 for fixing the capsule 200 and a capsule breaching mechanism 4 for applying a force to a cup rim flanging 211 of the capsule 200, wherein a relative movement can be established between the capsule fixing support 3 and the capsule breaching mechanism 4 to form a capsule top outlet 230 at the cup rim of the capsule 200 by the force applied to the cup rim flanging 211.

In addition, the invention correspondingly provides a beverage machine which comprises the brewing device 100. Wherein, the beverage machine comprises a liquid supply system to convey liquid into the capsule 200 to brew the beverage, and the beverage machine also comprises an air supply system to blow air into the capsule 200 after the beverage brewing is finished, so as to blow out residual liquid in the capsule 200, and the like. In addition, the beverage maker includes a brewing device mount, and the brewing device 100 can be fixedly mounted to the brewing device mount, or can be removably mounted to the brewing device mount.

In the present invention, the capsule 200 is put into the brewing apparatus 100 through the capsule inlet 23, the capsule 200 is fixed by the capsule fixing support 3, and the capsule rupturing mechanism 4 can apply a force to the cup rim flanging 211 of the capsule 200, so that the capsule rupturing mechanism 4 can form a torn capsule top outlet 230 at the cup rim of the capsule 200 by a force applied to the cup rim flanging 211 by forming a relative movement between the capsule fixing support 3 and the capsule rupturing mechanism 4. With such an arrangement, compared to the conventional brewing device 100 that the outer pricker disposed outside the capsule pierces the capsule 200 to form the beverage outlet for the beverage to flow out, in the present technical solution, the tearing-off manner is creatively adopted to form the capsule top outlet 230 for the beverage to flow out at the top of the capsule 200, and the capsule opening mechanism 4 only applies an acting force to the cup rim flanging 211 of the capsule 200, and does not directly contact with the beverage, i.e., the beverage does not adhere to the capsule opening mechanism 4, so that the capsule opening mechanism 4 will not pollute the next brewed beverage in the next tearing-off process, thereby promoting the user to hygienically and safely enjoy the brewed beverage, and further facilitating the user experience. In addition, in traditional brewing device 100, the drink that remains on outside felting needle also easily gives out unpleasant peculiar smell (such as rancid etc.), consequently, in this technical scheme, form the capsule top export 230 that is used for the drink to flow through tearing the mode of tearing open, can also avoid brewing device 100 and even drink machine to give out unpleasant peculiar smell of making the user such as rancid, can bring better use experience for the user.

Wherein, a capsule guiding notch 231 matched with the cup edge flanging 211 is also formed at the periphery of the placing opening of the capsule placing opening 23, so that the cup edge flanging 211 of the capsule 200 is inserted into the corresponding capsule guiding notch 231 in a contraposition way and then is placed into the brewing device 100, thus not only facilitating the user to place the capsule 200 into the brewing device 100 through the capsule placing opening 23, but also facilitating the capsule 200 to be placed in place in the brewing device 100.

Optionally, the brewing device 100 comprises a capsule 200. In the case of a single capsule 200, which is independent of the capsule 200, the capsule 200 comprises a capsule body 210 and a cover film 220, and referring to fig. 10 to 11, the top rim of the capsule body 210 is formed with an outwardly turned rim flange 211, and the cover film 220 is connected to the rim flange 211 to cover the mouth of the capsule, so that when the capsule breaking mechanism 4 applies a force to the rim flange 211, the force is also applied to the cover film 220, and thus, when the capsule breaking mechanism 4 tears the rim flange 211 of the capsule body 210, the cover film 220 is also torn simultaneously, thereby forming a capsule top outlet 230 at the top of the capsule 200 for beverage to flow out.

To facilitate the tearing of the capsule breaching mechanism 4 on the capsule 200 to form the capsule top outlet 230, further, a structural weakening is formed between the cup rim peripheral wall and the cup rim flange 211 of the capsule cup body 210, the structural weakening being adapted to be torn by pressing the adjacent cup rim flange 211 to form the capsule top outlet 230. The structural weakening portion may be a weakened wall region extending from the peripheral wall of the cup rim to the top cup rim, or may be an indentation-like structural weakening line (e.g., a structural weakening groove), etc., which are not illustrated herein.

In addition, the capsule cup body 210 comprises an outer cup 212 and an inner cup 213 which are nested, and referring to fig. 10 to 12, the inner cup cavity of the inner cup 213 is a consumable accommodating cavity, the inner cup wall is provided with an inner cup filter hole, and a filtrate cavity 240 capable of being communicated with the torn capsule top outlet 230 is formed between the inner cup 213 and the outer cup 212. Specifically, a cup rim flange 211 is formed at the top rim of the outer cup 212. Wherein, the inner cup cavity of the inner cup 213 is filled with consumables such as coffee powder, tea, milk tea powder or soya-bean milk powder. Through add inner cup 213 in outer cup 212, and capsule top outlet 230 after tearing is only linked together with filtrating chamber 240, be favorable to guaranteeing that the consumables in inner cup 213 can not fall out through filtrating chamber 240, like this, not only can not make consumables leak out from capsule 200, brewing device 100 and even drink machine, but also can avoid appearing mixing with the situation of the consumables that do not dissolve in the drink that flows out from capsule top outlet 230, be favorable to promoting user's use experience.

Preferably, with reference to fig. 1, 2 and 8, the capsule breaching mechanism 4 is provided with a flanging groove 41 for accommodating the cup rim flanging 211, so that the cup rim flanging 211 of the capsule 200 can extend into the flanging groove 41 and can be moved relative to the capsule breaching mechanism 4 at the capsule rim flanging 211, so that the flanging groove 41 exerts a force on the cup rim flanging 211, thereby forming a capsule top outlet 230 at the cup rim of the capsule 200. Of course, the capsule breaking mechanism 4 may be configured in other suitable manners, for example, the capsule breaking mechanism 4 includes a capsule jaw that can be driven to open and close, when tearing off is required, the capsule jaw is driven to clamp the cup rim flange 211 of the capsule 200, then the capsule top outlet 230 is formed at the cup rim of the capsule 200 by the relative movement between the capsule fixing support 3 and the capsule breaking mechanism 4, and when tearing off is completed, the capsule jaw is driven to release. In particular, in the present technical solution, the capsule opening mechanism 4 preferably employs the flanging groove 41, which is simple in structure and high in reliability, not only is beneficial to reducing cost, but also enables the brewing device 100 to have a longer service life.

In order to ensure that the capsule 200 can form the capsule top outlet 230 after the relative movement between the capsule fixing support 3 and the capsule opening mechanism 4 is formed, further, referring to fig. 8, the flanging groove 41 is a rectangular groove or a trapezoidal groove in a reduced shape, that is, the groove cross section of the flanging groove 41 is rectangular or trapezoidal in a reduced shape.

In addition, the groove depth of the burring groove 41 is preferably not less than 1.5mm and not more than 5 mm. Specifically, if the groove depth is set too deep, it may appear that the capsule breach mechanism 4 is strange and further affects beauty, and the too deep flanging groove 41 does not have an additional technical effect, i.e., has no meaning of setting, and if the groove depth is set too shallow, only a small portion of the cup edge flanging 211 of the capsule 200 can extend into the flanging groove 41, which is not beneficial for the flanging groove 41 to apply an acting force on the cup edge flanging 211. The depth of the flanging groove 41 can also be determined by the actual flanging width of the cup edge of the capsule 200 along the flanging edge 211.

In order to facilitate the cup edge flanging 211 of the capsule 200 to extend into the flanging groove 41 (the flanging groove 41 may be stationary, the cup edge flanging 211 of the capsule 200 actively extends into the flanging groove 41, or the capsule 200 may be stationary, the flanging groove 41 actively moves towards the cup edge flanging 211 of the capsule 200 and enables the cup edge flanging 211 to extend into the flanging groove 41), the groove width of the flanging groove 41 is preferably not less than 3 mm. In addition, the groove width of the flanging groove 41 should not be more than 10mm, so that the flanging groove 41 can tear the cup edge flanging 211 of the capsule 200 conveniently, and the situation that the cup edge flanging 211 of the capsule 200 is separated from the flanging groove 41 when the capsule fixing support 3 and the capsule breaking mechanism 4 move relatively can be prevented.

Preferably, referring to fig. 1 and 8, the capsule fixing bracket 3 includes two clamping blocks 31 for clamping the cup edge flanging 211 and respectively disposed at two radial sides of the cup edge flanging 211, and the clamping blocks 31 are provided with clamping sliding grooves 311 for accommodating the cup edge flanging 211, so as to fix the clamping cup edge flanging 211 more stably, and meanwhile, the reliability is high and the structure is also simpler. In addition, the capsule fixing bracket 3 may further include a clamping claw or the like capable of being driven to open and close to clamp the cup edge flanging 211, which is not described herein again.

Further, along the capsule placing direction of the capsule placing opening 23, the flanging groove 41 is arranged at the far end of the capsule placing direction, the two clamping blocks 31 are arranged at two sides of the capsule placing direction in the vertical direction, and the clamping sliding groove 311 extends along the capsule placing direction, referring to fig. 1 to 3, so that the capsule 200 firstly enters the brewing device 100 through the capsule placing opening 23, and then the cup correspondingly extends into the clamping sliding groove 311 of the clamping block 31 along two sides of the flanging 211 and can continuously slide in the clamping sliding groove 311 until the cup of the capsule 200 is clamped in place along the flanging 211. Wherein, the flanging groove 41 is arranged at the far end of the capsule placing direction, and the process of placing the capsule 200 into the brewing device 100 through the capsule placing opening 23 is beneficial to avoiding the interference to the flanging groove 41 of the capsule opening breaking mechanism 4.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 1 to 8, the capsule breaking mechanism 4 is a fixed member, the capsule fixing support 3 includes a support sliding rod 32 disposed laterally to the capsule inlet 23, the brewing apparatus 100 includes a capsule supporting cup 5 disposed at a distance from the capsule inlet 23, and the support sliding rod 32 can drive the capsule 200 to move into the capsule supporting cup 5 along the sliding rod moving direction. The capsule breaking mechanism 4 is a fixed part, which means that the capsule breaking mechanism 4 is a fixed part in the process that the support sliding rod 32 drives the capsule 200 to slide into the capsule holding cup 5, in other words, before the support sliding rod 32 drives the capsule 200 to slide, the capsule breaking mechanism 4 can be fixed or movable. Furthermore, the capsule breaching mechanism 4 is able to apply a force to the cup rim flanging 211 of the capsule 200 when the support slide 32 is slid. So set up, through the slippage of support slide bar 32 for form relative motion between capsule 200 and the capsule breaching mechanism 4, thereby can make capsule breaching mechanism 4 exert effort on the cup of capsule 200 along flanging 211, and then make the cup of capsule 200 along being torn by capsule breaching mechanism 4 in order to form capsule top export 230.

Preferably, the axial direction of the holder slide bar 32, the moving direction of the slide bar and the central capsule axis direction of the capsule 200 (i.e. the central capsule axis direction of the capsule 200 when it is fixed in the brewing device 100) are horizontally arranged, so that the holder slide bar 32 can push the capsule 200 into the capsule holding cup 5 in the horizontal direction, so that the brewed beverage can directly flow out downwards through the capsule top outlet 230 when the torn capsule top outlet 230 is located at the bottom end of the brewing device 100. In addition, with such an arrangement, when the capsule inlet 23 is horizontally arranged on the top of the brewing device 100, it is also convenient for a user to insert the capsule 200 into the brewing device 100 through the capsule inlet 23. Of course, the axial direction of the support sliding rod 32, the moving direction of the sliding rod and the central axis direction of the capsule 200 can be set to be inclined or vertical, and the like, which can be determined according to the actual process requirements.

To introduce liquid into the capsule 200 to brew a beverage, referring to fig. 8 and 9, the brewing device 100 includes a needle platen 6, the needle platen 6 being fixedly clamped to the holder slide 32 and located on the top side of the capsule 200. In this manner, the support slide 32 slides the needle platen 6 towards the capsule 200, so that the needle platen 6 abuts against the top surface of the capsule 200 (i.e. the top surface of the cover film 220) and pushes the capsule 200 towards the capsule holder 5.

In order to prevent the liquid with high flow rate from splashing and flowing into the gap between the needle platen 6 and the top surface of the coating 220 of the capsule 200 when the needle 61 passes the liquid into the capsule 200, and thus generating liquid leakage, preferably, referring to fig. 8 and 9, the needle platen 6 is provided with the needle 61 protruding towards the top of the capsule 200 and a flexible splash-proof press ring 62 arranged around the needle 61, and the flexible splash-proof press ring 62 is provided with a plurality of flexible bulges protruding towards the top of the capsule 200.

Further, referring to fig. 4 and 8, the lancet disk 6 has a disk shape and has a chordal edge cut-off portion, which is located at an end of the lancet disk 6 near the capsule rupturing mechanism 4, in this way, the needle platen 6 is pressed against the membrane 220 of the capsule 200, the capsule breaching mechanism 4 can conveniently apply a force to the cup rim flange 211 in the area of the capsule 200 not abutted by the needle platen 6, then the capsule fixing bracket 3 and the capsule breaking mechanism 4 form relative movement to promote the capsule breaking mechanism 4 to tear the cup edge outward flanging 211, the cover membrane 220 is then torn from the cup of the capsule 200 along the flanging 211, and as the relative movement between the capsule holder 3 and the capsule breaching mechanism 4 continues, the opening of the capsule top outlet 230 becomes larger and larger, until the torn cover membrane 220 abuts against the needle pressure plate 6, i.e. by providing a chordal cut-out so that the needle platen 6 has the effect of defining the size and location of the formation of the capsule top outlet 230.

In particular, the brewing apparatus 100 comprises a linkage drive mechanism for driving the lancet platen 6 in a direction of movement of the slide bar. Specifically, the link driving mechanism includes a rotating shaft 71 fixedly disposed in the brewing device 100, a first link 72, and a second link 73 movably connecting the rotating spindle and the first link 72, and the first link 72 is also movably connected to the needle platen 6, as shown in fig. 3, 5, and 7, so that when the user pulls the handle 74 or the brewing device 100 drives the rotating shaft 71 to rotate, the rotational kinetic energy of the rotating shaft 71 can be transmitted to the needle platen 6 through the second link 73 and the first link 72 in sequence, and the needle platen 6 is caused to move along the sliding rod moving direction to press and push the capsule 200 to move toward the capsule holder 5. Of course, the needle pressing plate 6 is driven to move towards the capsule holder 5, and the capsule 200 is driven into the capsule holder 5, and other arrangements are possible, which will not be described in detail herein.

Preferably, with reference to fig. 3, 5 and 7, the brewing device 100 comprises a cup holder chassis 8 arranged at one side of the bottom of the capsule holder 5, the cup holder chassis 8 comprising an inner cavity push rod 81 extending into the inner cavity of the capsule holder 5 and an outer side push rod 82 located outside the capsule holder 5; wherein, the support sliding rod 32 is provided with a sliding rod pushing portion 321, and along the moving direction of the sliding rod, the sliding rod pushing portion 321 can push the outer side pushing rod 82 and drive the inner cavity pushing rod 81 to exit from the inner cavity of the capsule holding cup 5, so that the capsule 200 can be completely placed in the inner cavity of the capsule holding cup 5, that is, the capsule 200 can be assembled in place in the capsule holding cup 5.

Further, a sliding rod pushing back portion 322 is disposed on the support sliding rod 32, the sliding rod pushing back portion 322 pushes the outer pushing rod 82 along a sliding rod pushing back direction opposite to the sliding direction of the sliding rod, and drives the inner cavity pushing rod 81 to extend into the capsule supporting cup 5 and push the capsule 200 back to the capsule dropping port 24, as shown in fig. 2 to 8, so that the capsule 200 can automatically drop through the capsule dropping port 24. The capsule dropping port 24 may be integrally penetrated with the capsule inlet 23, or may be independent of the capsule inlet 23, which may be determined according to the actual design requirement.

Preferably, the beverage machine includes a capsule collecting box and a guide member for guiding the capsule 200 dropped from the capsule dropping port 24 to the capsule collecting box, so that the user does not need to discard the capsule 200 once every time the user brews a beverage, but only needs to discard the capsule once when the capsule collecting box is full, thereby greatly improving the user experience.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1 to 8, the brewing device 100 includes an upper housing 21 and a lower housing 22 that are engaged with each other, and the upper housing 21 and the lower housing 22 are respectively formed with a slide for moving the rack slide bar 32, so as to facilitate the sliding movement of the rack slide bar 32 in the upper housing 21 and the lower housing 22. In order to facilitate the insertion of the capsule 200 by the user, a capsule insertion port 23 is provided on the upper housing 21. In addition, a cup supporting notch 51 is formed at the lower part of the cup edge of the capsule supporting cup 5 (namely, the lower part of one end of the capsule supporting cup 5 facing the capsule 200), and a shell through hole 25 integrally penetrating through the cup supporting notch 51 is formed on the lower shell 22, so that the beverage flowing out from the capsule top outlet 230 can directly flow through the cup supporting notch 51 and the shell through hole 25 in sequence and flow into the liquid containing cup body of the user, namely, the beverage flowing out from the capsule top outlet 230 cannot contact any part before falling into the liquid containing cup body of the user, therefore, the situation that the beverage is polluted due to the fact that the beverage contacts the internal part of the beverage machine can be avoided, and the use experience of the user is favorably improved. For the convenience of manufacturing and simplification of the structure, a capsule drop port 24 is formed in the lower case 22 and connected to the case through-hole 25.

Preferably, referring to fig. 1, 8 and 9, the brewing device 100 comprises a capsule recognition mechanism 9 movably connected in the cup supporting bottom frame 8 in a penetrating way and a clamping reset mechanism 1 for clamping and limiting the capsule recognition mechanism 9, and a clamping pushing part 323 is arranged on the support sliding rod 32; when the support slide bar 32 moves along the slide bar moving direction, the clamping pushing part 323 pushes the clamping resetting mechanism 1 to open so as to release the capsule recognition mechanism 9 from the limit position, so that the capsule recognition mechanism 9 falls back towards the cup supporting underframe 8, and when the support slide bar 32 moves along the slide bar returning direction opposite to the slide bar moving direction, the cup supporting underframe 8 drives the capsule recognition mechanism 9 to return to the limit position of the clamping resetting mechanism 1. Specifically, the capsule recognition mechanism 9 includes a capsule recognition camera 91 for reading an identifier (such as a two-dimensional code, a bar code, etc.) arranged at the bottom of the capsule 200, the beverage machine includes a controller, and the controller is configured to receive capsule information from the capsule recognition camera 91 and trigger a corresponding brewing program (such as brewing temperature and pressure, etc.) to brew the capsule 200, so that for different capsules 200, the brewed beverage has a better drinking taste, and a better use experience is provided for users by calling an optimum brewing program to brew the beverage. Of course, the engagement resetting mechanism 1 does not release the capsule recognition mechanism 9 until the capsule recognition mechanism 9 fails to recognize the mark provided on the bottom of the capsule 200.

Further, the engaging reset mechanism 1 includes two limiting blocks 11 disposed in parallel at intervals and block connecting springs 12 respectively disposed at two ends to connect respective ends of the two limiting blocks 11, when the engaging pushing portion 323 pushes the engaging reset mechanism 1, the block connecting springs 12 are in an expanded tension state, referring to fig. 3, 5 and 7, so that the engaging reset mechanism 1 is opened to release the capsule identification mechanism 9 from the limiting position. Specifically, capsule recognition mechanism 9 forms the arch that stretches out towards upper shell 21 and lower casing 22, and upper shell 21 and lower casing 22 are corresponding to be formed with and accept the recess, and after capsule recognition mechanism 9 falls back towards support cup chassis 8, can fall into and accept the recess, and then send the contact and collide the sound, can give the sound feedback that a capsule 200 will begin to brew the drink for the user, is favorable to improving user's use experience. Wherein, compared with the receiving grooves arranged at other positions (such as the cup supporting underframe and the like), the receiving grooves are arranged on the upper shell 21 and the lower shell 22, so that the brewing device 100 has higher operation reliability, and the receiving grooves are arranged on the upper shell 21 and the lower shell 22.

Alternatively, the capsule rupturing mechanism 4 is a movable member capable of pushing the cup to which the force is applied to move along the outward flange 211 in the direction of the central axis of the capsule 200, and the brewing apparatus 100 includes a capsule holder cup 5 and a puncture needle pressure plate 6 respectively located on both sides of the capsule 200 in the axial direction, and the capsule holder cup 5 and the puncture needle pressure plate 6 are arranged so as to be capable of moving toward the capsule 200. Further, the capsule holder 5 is first moved towards the capsule 200 so that the capsule 200 is completely loaded into the inner cavity of the capsule holder 5, and then the needle platen 6 is driven to move towards the capsule 200 to compact the capsule. The cup tearing edge 211 of the capsule puncturing mechanism 4 can be before the movement of the capsule holder 5, after the movement of the capsule holder 5 and before the movement of the needle platen 6, or after the movement of the needle platen 6. Specifically, when the capsule breaching mechanism 4 moves, the capsule breaching mechanism 4 can already apply an acting force to the cup rim flanging 211 of the capsule 200 (i.e., when the capsule breaching mechanism 4 includes the flanging groove 41, the cup rim flanging 211 has already extended into the flanging groove 41), and thus, by the movement of the capsule breaching mechanism 4, a relative motion is formed between the capsule 200 and the capsule breaching mechanism 4, so that the capsule breaching mechanism 4 can apply an acting force on the cup rim flanging 211 of the capsule 200, and further the cup rim of the capsule 200 is torn by the capsule breaching mechanism 4 to form the capsule top outlet 230.

In particular, other constructions and functions of the brewing device 100 and the beverage machine according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those skilled in the art, and are not described herein in detail in order to reduce redundancy.

The present invention is not limited to the above preferred embodiments, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the various technical features described in the above embodiments can be combined in any suitable manner without contradiction, and the invention is not described in any way for the possible combinations in order to avoid unnecessary repetition.

In addition, any combination of the various embodiments of the present invention is also possible, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present invention as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims (17)

1. A brewing device provided with a capsule introduction opening (23) for introducing a capsule (200), characterized in that the brewing device (100) is provided with a capsule fixing support (3) for fixing the capsule (200) and a capsule breaching mechanism (4) for applying a force to a cup rim flanging (211) of the capsule (200), wherein a relative movement can be established between the capsule fixing support (3) and the capsule breaching mechanism (4) to form a capsule top outlet (230) at the cup rim of the capsule (200) by the force applied to the cup rim flanging (211);

capsule breach mechanism (4) are equipped with and are used for holding the cup is along turn-ups recess (41) of flanging (211), capsule fixed bolster (3) are including being used for the clamping the cup is along flanging (211) and arrange respectively the cup is along two clamping piece (31) of the radial both sides of flanging (211), follows the capsule of entry (23) is put into the direction, turn-ups recess (41) set up the far end of direction is put into to the capsule, two clamping piece (31) set up the capsule is put into the both sides of the vertical direction of direction.

2. Brewing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the flanging groove (41) is a rectangular groove or a trapezoidal groove in the shape of a constriction; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the depth of the flanging groove (41) is not less than 1.5mm and not more than 5 mm; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the groove width of the flanging groove (41) is between 3mm and 10 mm.

3. Brewing device according to claim 1, characterized in that the clamping block (31) is provided with a clamping runner (311) for receiving the cup rim flange (211).

4. Brewing device according to claim 3, characterized in that the clamping runner (311) extends in the capsule insertion direction.

5. The brewing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the capsule rupturing means (4) is a fixed part, the capsule fixing support (3) comprises a support slide (32) arranged laterally to the capsule insertion opening (23), the brewing device (100) comprises a capsule holder (5) arranged at a distance from the capsule insertion opening (23), and the support slide (32) is capable of moving the capsule (200) into the capsule holder (5) in a slide movement direction.

6. Brewing device according to claim 5, characterized in that the axial direction of the holder slide bar (32), the direction of movement of the slide bar and the capsule central axis direction of the capsule (200) are parallel and horizontally arranged.

7. Brewing device according to claim 5, characterized in that the brewing device (100) comprises a needle platen (6), the needle platen (6) being fixedly clamped to the support slide (32) and being located on the top side of the capsule (200).

8. Brewing device according to claim 7, wherein the spike platen (6) is provided with spikes (61) protruding towards the top of the capsule (200) and a flexible splash ring (62) arranged around the spikes (61), the flexible splash ring (62) being provided with a plurality of flexible protrusions protruding towards the top of the capsule (200); and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the pricking pin pressure plate (6) is disc-shaped and is provided with a string edge cutting part, and the string edge cutting part is positioned at one end of the pricking pin pressure plate (6) close to the capsule breaking mechanism (4).

9. Brewing device according to claim 7, characterized in that the brewing device (100) comprises a link drive for driving the needle platen (6) in the direction of movement of the slide bar.

10. Brewing device according to claim 6, characterized in that the brewing device (100) comprises a cup holder chassis (8) arranged on the bottom side of the capsule holder cup (5), the cup holder chassis (8) comprising an inner cavity push rod (81) extending into the inner cavity of the capsule holder cup (5) and an outer side push rod (82) located outside the capsule holder cup (5);

the support sliding rod (32) is provided with a sliding rod pushing portion (321), and along the moving direction of the sliding rod, the sliding rod pushing portion (321) can push the outer side push rod (82) in a butting mode and drive the inner cavity push rod (81) to exit from the inner cavity of the capsule supporting cup (5).

11. The brewing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the support sliding rod (32) is provided with a sliding rod pushing portion (322), the sliding rod pushing portion (322) pushes the outer pushing rod (82) in a sliding rod returning direction opposite to the moving direction of the sliding rod, and drives the inner cavity pushing rod (81) to extend into the capsule holding cup (5) and push the capsule (200) back to the capsule falling port (24).

12. The brewing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the brewing apparatus (100) comprises an upper housing (21) and a lower housing (22) which are vertically engaged, wherein the upper housing (21) and the lower housing (22) are respectively provided with a slide for moving the support slide bar (32), the upper housing (21) is provided with the capsule placement opening (23), a cup holding notch (51) is formed at the lower part of the cup edge of the capsule holding cup (5), the lower housing (22) is provided with a housing through hole (25) which integrally penetrates the cup holding notch (51), and the capsule dropping opening (24) is formed on the lower housing (22) and connected with the housing through hole (25).

13. The brewing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the brewing apparatus (100) comprises a capsule recognition mechanism (9) movably connected to the cup supporting bottom frame (8) in a penetrating manner and a clamping reset mechanism (1) for clamping and limiting the capsule recognition mechanism (9), and a clamping pushing part (323) is arranged on the support sliding rod (32);

when the support sliding rod (32) moves along the sliding rod moving direction, the clamping pushing part (323) pushes the clamping resetting mechanism (1) to be opened so as to release the capsule recognition mechanism (9) from a limiting position, so that the capsule recognition mechanism (9) falls back towards the cup supporting underframe (8), and when the support sliding rod (32) moves along a sliding rod returning direction opposite to the sliding rod moving direction, the cup supporting underframe (8) drives the capsule recognition mechanism (9) to return to the limiting position of the clamping resetting mechanism (1).

14. The brewing device according to claim 13, wherein the latching return mechanism (1) comprises two spacing latches (11) arranged in parallel and spaced apart, and a latch connecting spring (12) respectively arranged at two ends to connect respective ends of the two spacing latches (11), wherein when the latching pushing portion (323) pushes the latching return mechanism (1), the latch connecting spring (12) is in an expanded tension state.

15. The brewing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the capsule rupturing mechanism (4) is a movable member capable of pushing the applied cup to move along the outward flange (211) in the direction of the central capsule axis of the capsule (200), the brewing apparatus (100) comprises a capsule holder cup (5) and a puncture needle platen (6) respectively located on both axial sides of the capsule (200), and the capsule holder cup (5) and the puncture needle platen (6) are arranged to be movable toward the capsule (200).

16. Brewing device according to claim 1, wherein the brewing device (100) comprises the capsule (200) provided with a capsule cup (210) and a membrane (220), the top rim of the capsule cup (210) being formed with an outwardly turned rim (211), the membrane (220) being connected to the rim (211) for closing the capsule rim;

wherein a structural weakening is formed between the peripheral wall of the cup rim of the capsule cup body (210) and the cup rim flange (211), said structural weakening being adapted to be torn open by pressing the adjacent cup rim flange (211) to form the capsule top outlet (230); and/or the capsule cup body (210) comprises an outer cup (212) and an inner cup (213) which are nested, the inner cup cavity of the inner cup (213) is a consumable accommodating cavity, the inner cup wall is provided with an inner cup filter hole, and a filtrate cavity (240) which can be communicated with the torn capsule top outlet (230) is formed between the inner cup (213) and the outer cup (212).

17. A beverage machine, characterized in that it comprises a brewing device (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 16.

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