CN112391245A

CN112391245A - Domestic beer brewing machine

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Publication number: CN112391245A
Application number: CN201910740155.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄涛; 黄华明; 郑冠斌
Original assignee: Fuan Bidibao Electrical Appliance Co ltd
Current assignee: Fuan Bidibao Electrical Appliance Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-12
Filing date: 2019-08-12
Publication date: 2021-02-23

Abstract

The invention relates to a household beer brewing machine, which comprises a main case, a material collecting box, a grain box, a material mixing box, a steam generator, a plurality of electromagnetic valves, a feeding pipe and a drainage pipe, wherein the main case is provided with a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe; external wine making barrel, inlet pipe, cereal case/batching box, material gathering box 2, discharging pipe, wine making barrel 7 connect and form the liquid circulation pipeline and be equipped with water pump 12 in this liquid circulation pipeline, and the steam that steam generator 5 produced inserts this liquid circulation pipeline and realizes the heating and the moisturizing of liquid circulation pipeline. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that: 1. compared with the prior art, the integral structure is optimized, part of heating equipment is reduced, the heating mode of the heating equipment is optimized, and the production cost of products is reduced. 2. The steam heating is adopted, the steam is directly injected into a wort/wort circulating pipeline, the synchronous water replenishing and heating are realized, and the wort/wort circulating does not pass through heating equipment, so that the coking and bitter substances are not generated.

Description

Domestic beer brewing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of beer brewing equipment, in particular to a household beer brewing machine.

Background

Along with the improvement of living standard, the refined beer has already entered the life of people in China, in order to experience the best refined beer, the self-home brewing needs to be considered, so a beer brewing machine needs to be considered; fuan City Bidi Bao electric appliances Co Ltd applied for a full-automatic home beer brewing machine with patent number of 2017210726803 in 2017; however, the actual use of the device has many problems, which results in poor taste of the brewed beer, so that part of the components and the process flow in the above patent are considered to be optimized.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a household beer brewing machine which optimizes the structure of the beer brewing machine and improves the brewing quality of beer.

The purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme: the home beer brewing machine comprises a main case 1 for loading other accessory cases; the material gathering box 2 is a box body for collecting wort for obtaining grain essence or ingredient essence, and the material gathering box 2 is placed in the main case 1; the grain box 3 is a box body for placing grains, the grain box 3 is placed in the material collection box 2, and the grain box 3 is provided with a liquid discharge hole A so that liquid flows into the material collection box 2; the batching box 4 is used for placing a box body for batching, the batching box 4 is placed in the material collecting box 2, and the batching box 4 is provided with a liquid discharging hole B so that liquid flows into the material collecting box 2; a steam generator 5 which is provided in the main cabinet 1 and converts purified water into steam; the electromagnetic valves 6 are equipment for controlling the on-off of liquid in the pipeline; the feeding pipe is provided with a plurality of branches which are respectively connected with the grain box 3 and the batching box 4, and each branch is provided with an electromagnetic valve 6; the drain pipe is connected with the material collecting box 2; external making wine bucket 7, inlet pipe, cereal case 3/batching box 4, material gathering box 2, discharging pipe, making wine bucket 7 connect and form the liquid circulation pipeline and be equipped with water pump 12 in this liquid circulation pipeline, and the steam access that steam generator 5 produced realizes the heating and the moisturizing of liquid circulation pipeline.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:

1. compared with the prior art, the integral structure is optimized, part of heating equipment is reduced, the heating mode of the heating equipment is optimized, and the production cost of products is reduced.

2. The steam heating is adopted, the steam is directly injected into a wort/wort circulating pipeline, the synchronous water replenishing and heating are realized, and the wort/wort circulating does not pass through heating equipment, so that the coking and bitter substances are not generated.

3. For the wort formed by the infiltration treatment, when the wort flows out of the grain box, the production of foam can be effectively avoided through the treatment of the first filter screen, and impurities of grains can be prevented from being mixed into the formed wort.

4. The top cover is covered above the grains in the grain box, and a liquid inlet hole is formed in the top cover; the liquid to be infiltrated can be ensured to fully pass through the grains, effective components in the grains can be effectively taken out, and the concentration of the finally formed wort is ensured.

5. A second filter screen is arranged on the liquid inlet hole; avoiding the formation of foam in the cereal box.

6. The mode that cereal was placed in midair has been adopted, ensures that the liquid that produces can follow from the top down completely through cereal, finally flows to the at utmost acquires cereal essence.

7. The mode of integrally placing the grains in the grain box is adopted, so that the yield of beer brewed per unit time is improved.

8. Set up cereal overflow hole and set up the third filter screen on cereal overflow hole at the cereal box, unnecessary wort can in time be discharged in this process.

9. Cut apart the material package box and form a plurality of material package rooms, put different kind's material packages in the material package is indoor, makes things convenient for liquid (beer) to contact different material packages at different periods of time, and beer is through batching outage backward flow material gathering box.

10. The valve plate for controlling the liquid flow is arranged on the ingredient liquid discharge hole, so that the liquid flow can be controlled.

11. A second filter screen is arranged on the liquid inlet hole; avoiding the formation of foam in the cereal box.

12. It still includes the top cap, is equipped with the feed liquor hole that corresponds with material package room quantity and position on the top cap. The beer circulating pipeline is convenient to be butted with the liquid inlet hole, and beer is conveyed to the appointed material bag chamber at stage time.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the components of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a working principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of the grain tank of example 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of example 1.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of the grain tank of example 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the cereal box of fig. 5.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a structure in which the filter net is disassembled in the grain tank according to the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a bottom view of the cereal box of fig. 7.

Figure 9 is a schematic view of the dispensing bin configuration.

Figure 10 is a schematic view of the bottom of the dispensing bin.

Description of reference numerals: 1, a main case, 2 material gathering cases, 3 grain cases, 4 proportioning cases, 5 steam generators, 6 electromagnetic valves, 7 brewing barrels and 8 water storage tanks; 11 a base, 12 a water pump and 13 an operation panel; 31 grain box, 311 grain drain hole, 312 first filter screen, 313 grain overflow hole, 314 third filter screen, 315 filter screen frame, 32 top cover, 321 liquid inlet hole, 322 second filter screen, 323 lifting cover, 33 grain box frame, 331 frame, 332 supporting leg, 34 grain mesh bag, 341 supporting frame, 342 mesh bag and 35 supporting frame; 41 material bag boxes, 411 material bag chambers, 412 material mixing and liquid discharging holes, 413 valve plates, 42 top covers, 421 liquid inlet holes, 45 partition plates, 451 overflow notches and 452 material mixing overflow holes.

Detailed Description

The invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawings and examples of the specification:

as shown in fig. 1 and 2: it comprises

The main case 1 is used for loading other accessory cases; the structure is the same as that of the prior household beer brewing machine, and the shell is used as the shell of the household beer brewing machine.

The material gathering box 2 is a box body for collecting wort for obtaining grain essence or ingredient essence, and the material gathering box 2 is placed in the main case 1; the wort is subjected to grain and ingredient in sequence in the circulating process, and the material collecting box 2 is designed for gathering the wort, mixing and draining the wort to the brewing barrel.

The grain box 3 is a box body for placing grains, the grain box 3 is placed in the material collection box 2, and the grain box 3 is provided with a liquid discharge hole A so that liquid flows into the material collection box 2; the grain box is mainly used for storing grains such as wheat, and during the circulation of the wort, the wort soaks the grains to release essence of the grains into the wort, so that the flavor of the wort is improved.

The batching box 4 is used for placing a box body for batching, the batching box 4 is placed in the material collecting box 2, and the batching box 4 is provided with a liquid discharging hole B so that liquid flows into the material collecting box 2; placing the ingredients such as hops and spices, and in the circulation process of the wort, soaking the ingredients with the wort to release the essence of the ingredients into the wort, thereby improving the flavor of the wort.

A steam generator 5 which is provided in the main cabinet 1 and converts purified water into steam;

a plurality of electromagnetic valves. 6, equipment for controlling the on-off of liquid in the pipeline; because there may be many lines in the wort circulation process, the switching of the line is realized through the solenoid valve.

The feeding pipe is connected with the brewing barrel, wheat juice in the brewing barrel flows in through the feeding pipe, the feeding pipe is provided with a plurality of branches, each branch is respectively connected with the grain box 3 and the batching box 4, and each branch is provided with an electromagnetic valve 6; in the wort circulation process, the grain tank and the batching tank are mainly switched. In the early stage, the grain box mainly participates in circulation to increase the concentration of the wort; in the later stage, the batching box mainly participates in circulation to increase the flavor of the wort.

The water drainage pipe is connected with the brewing barrel and the material converging box 2 and is used for conveying the wheat juice in the material converging box 2 into the brewing barrel;

external making wine bucket 7, inlet pipe, cereal case 3/batching box 4, material gathering box 2, discharging pipe, making wine bucket 7 connect and form the liquid circulation pipeline and be equipped with water pump 12 in this liquid circulation pipeline, and the steam access that steam generator 5 produced realizes the heating and the moisturizing of liquid circulation pipeline.

The existing beer brewing machine is characterized in that the beer brewing machine is connected with a brewing barrel at the beginning of brewing, wort is enabled to circulate in a liquid circulation pipeline between the beer brewing machine and the brewing barrel, wherein the wort flowing out of the brewing barrel is subjected to grain essence acquisition through a grain box or essence acquisition through a blending box, then the wort enters a material collecting box and finally flows into the brewing barrel again, the repeated circulation is carried out, in order to keep the temperature and the water supplement, a steam generator is connected outside the liquid circulation pipeline, and the water supplement and the heating of the wort are realized by continuously injecting steam into the liquid circulation pipeline.

In the actual production process, in order to facilitate the operation, the invention is provided with an operation panel 13 for controlling the start and stop of the water pump, the steam generator and the electromagnetic valve. If necessary, a special program can be implanted to realize one-key operation of the operator. The operation panel is a conventional one, and is not described herein.

The steam generator comprises a base 11, wherein the main box body is embedded on the base 11, and the steam generator 5 and the power device are installed on the base 11.

It also includes a water storage tank 8, a box body for storing water and the water storage tank 8 is arranged in the main machine box 1, the water storage tank is connected with the steam generator 5 to supply water for the steam generator 5.

Because the invention realizes heat supply through the steam generator, the water content in the wort can be reduced at the initial stage in order to avoid excessive steam introduction and approximate wort dilution. For example, in the case of 10-liter beer, the conventional beer brewing machine is designed to brew wort with a normal concentration of 7 liters, and in the circulation process, 3 liters of purified water is added, and then heating is realized by heating through a pipeline. In the invention, 4 liters of wort with higher concentration can be added at the initial stage of brewing, and 6 liters is finally added in the circulation process through steam water replenishing and heating.

The existing beer brewing machine is characterized in that the beer brewing machine is connected with a brewing barrel at the beginning of brewing, wort is made to circulate in a liquid circulation pipeline between the beer brewing machine and the brewing barrel, wherein the wort flowing out of the brewing barrel is subjected to grain essence acquisition through a grain box or essence acquisition through a batching box (the circulation is continuous, the grain box participates in the circulation in the early stage, the batching box participates in the circulation in the later stage), the essence wort is acquired and enters a material collecting box, and finally the essence flows into the brewing barrel again, so that the circulation is repeated, in order to keep the temperature and the water supplement, a steam generator is connected outside the liquid circulation pipeline, and the water supplement and the heating of the wort are realized by continuously injecting steam into the liquid circulation pipeline. The liquid circulation mainly refers to wort circulation and beer circulation, and the wort circulation is beer circulation and is called in different stages.

Referring to fig. 3-6, the cereal box for a brewer according to the present invention includes a cereal box 31 having an open top for holding cereal, a cereal drainage hole 311 is formed at a bottom surface or a lower portion of a sidewall of the cereal box 31, and a first filter screen 312 is disposed on the cereal drainage hole 311.

In the actual use process, the grain box 31 is generally placed in the material collecting box and keeps a certain distance with the bottom of the material collecting box, and the liquid wort in the material collecting box is generally directly pumped to the brewing barrel through the liquid pump, so that the liquid is not generally reserved or only a small amount of liquid exists in the material collecting box; when the wort is discharged through the grain liquid discharge hole at the bottom of the grain box 31, foam is easily formed, the applicant inspires from no air hole of the egg custard cooked after the egg liquid is filtered by the filter screen, and the first filter screen 312 is additionally arranged, so that the effect of eliminating the foam is achieved, and the influence of the foam and impurities on brewing is avoided.

It still includes top cap 32, top cap 32 lid is located the top of cereal in the cereal box 31, is equipped with feed liquor hole 321 on top cap 32. The purified water or the wort is guided to fall above the grains, the purified water or the wort is ensured to pass through the grains to the maximum extent, and the essence in the grains is leached out.

And a second filter screen 322 is arranged on the liquid inlet hole 321. Avoiding the formation of foam in the cereal box.

According to the amount of the grains, the following two examples are set:

example 1

It also comprises a grain box frame 33 and a grain mesh bag 34; the grain box frame 33 comprises a frame 331 and supporting legs 332 fixedly arranged on the periphery of the frame 331, and the supporting legs 332 are erected on the edge of the grain box 31; the grain mesh bag 34 comprises a supporting frame 341 and a mesh bag 342 connected with the supporting frame 341; the supporting frame 341 is embedded in the frame 331; the top cover 32 is disposed over the frame 331.

The design can ensure that the grains are fully contacted with the purified water or the wort, and ensure that the concentration of the wort is higher.

Example 2

The size of the top lid 32 corresponds to the size of the opening at the top of the cereal box 31. The designed grains are directly arranged in the grain box or the grains are wrapped by the filter bag and then placed in the grain box.

The upper part of the side wall of the grain box 31 is provided with a grain overflow hole 313. The grain box is large, the grain box is filled with grains, liquid flows in the grain box at a low speed, and redundant liquid can flow out through the grain overflow hole 313.

A third filter screen 314 is arranged on the grain overflow hole 313. Can prevent the grains or impurities from overflowing along with the overflow liquid.

As shown in fig. 7 and 8: the invention further comprises a lifting cover 323, wherein the lifting cover 323 is arranged at the liquid inlet hole 321, and the second filter screen 322 is arranged on the lifting cover 323.

It also comprises a filter net rack 315, the filter net rack 315 is connected with the grain drain hole 311 in a detachable way, and the first filter net 312 is arranged in the filter net rack 315.

The purpose of the lifting cover and the filter screen frame is to replace the filter screen.

In addition to

embodiments

1 and 2, the bottom of the cereal box 31 is provided with a support frame 35 for stacking the cereal box 31, so that a gap is formed between the bottom surface of the cereal box 31 and the carrier for supporting the cereal box 31.

As shown in fig. 9-10: batching box includes open-top and is used for placing the material package box 41 of material package, material package box 41 is equipped with a plurality of baffles 45 and forms a plurality of material package rooms 411 with dividing in the material package box 41, and the bottom of every material package room 411 is equipped with batching outage 412. When the pipeline of the wort circulation is aligned with or above the appointed material bag chamber to participate in the wort circulation (namely, the opening on the pipeline); then the wort will flow into the material bag chamber, and after the wort and the material bag in the material bag chamber are fully contacted, the essence of the material bag is extracted, and the flavor of the wort is improved.

And a valve plate 413 for controlling the liquid flow is arranged on the ingredient liquid discharge hole 412. Ensuring that the wort and the bale are in contact for a sufficiently long time.

Arranging the material bag chambers 41 in sequence according to the sequence of material bag infiltration; the partition plates 45 on the lines of the material bag infiltration sequence are provided with overflow gaps 451, and the height of the lower edges of the overflow gaps 451 is gradually increased according to the material bag infiltration sequence; the side wall of the material bag chamber 41, which is firstly soaked by the material bag, is also provided with a material distribution overflow hole 452 communicated with the outside of the material bag box 41, and the horizontal plane of the material distribution overflow hole 452 is lower than all the overflow gaps 451.

In the real life, when making beer, can drop into different condiments in different stages to the condiment that drops into can not take out. In order to adjust the partition plate 45 according to the dipping sequence of the material bags in the material bag chamber as close to the traditional mode as possible, a plurality of overflow gaps 451 are formed, and the height of the horizontal plane where the lower edges of the overflow gaps 451 are located gradually increases step by step according to the dipping sequence of the material bags; the beer in the first-to-soak chamber will only drain through the ingredient overflow hole 452 and will not flow through the overflow notch 451 to the later-to-soak chamber. When the beer flows into the later-soaked material bag chamber, the redundant beer can flow into the first-soaked material bag chamber step by step.

It also includes top cap 42, is equipped with the feed liquor hole 421 that corresponds with material package room quantity and position on top cap 42. The wort circulating pipeline is convenient to be butted with the liquid inlet hole, and beer is conveyed to the appointed material bag chamber at stage time.

In order to ensure a sealing effect, all the tanks participating in the liquid circulation may be provided with a cover, such as a main tank, a header tank, a grain tank, a dosing tank, a water storage tank, etc.

Claims

1. A household beer brewing machine is characterized in that: the device comprises a main case (1) for loading other accessory cases; the gathering box (2) is a box body for collecting wort for obtaining grain essence or ingredient essence, and the gathering box (2) is placed in the main case (1);

the grain box (3) is a box body for placing grains, the grain box (3) is placed in the material collecting box (2), and the grain box (3) is provided with a liquid discharging hole A so that liquid flows into the material collecting box (2); the batching box (4) is used for placing a box body for batching, the batching box (4) is placed in the material collecting box (2), and the batching box (4) is provided with a liquid discharging hole B so that liquid flows into the material collecting box (2); the steam generator (5) is arranged in the main case (1) and is used for converting purified water into steam; the electromagnetic valves (6) are equipment for controlling the on-off of liquid in the pipeline; the feeding pipe is connected with the brewing barrel, wheat juice in the brewing barrel flows in through the feeding pipe, the feeding pipe is provided with a plurality of branches, each branch is respectively connected with the grain box (3) and the batching box (4), and each branch is provided with an electromagnetic valve (6); the drain pipe is connected with the brewing barrel and the material converging box (2) and is used for conveying the wheat juice in the material converging box (2) into the brewing barrel; brew barrel (7), inlet pipe, cereal case (3)/batching box (4), material gathering box (2), discharging pipe, brew barrel (7) connect formation liquid circulation pipeline in proper order and be equipped with water pump (12) in this liquid circulation pipeline, and the steam access that steam generator (5) produced realizes liquid circulation pipeline's heating and moisturizing.

2. A home beer brewing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the steam generator further comprises a base (11), the main box body is embedded on the base (11), and the steam generator (5) and the power device are installed on the base (11).

3. A home beer brewing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: it also comprises

The water storage tank is used for storing water and is arranged in the main machine box (1), and the water storage tank is connected with the steam generator (5) to supply water for the steam generator (5).

4. A home beer brewing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the above-mentioned

Cereal case (3) include open-top and be used for placing cereal box (31), seted up outage (311) in the bottom surface or the lateral wall lower part of cereal box (31), be equipped with first filter screen (312) on outage (311).

5. A home beer brewing machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: it still includes top cap (32), top cap (32) lid is located the top of cereal in cereal box (31), is equipped with feed liquor hole (321) with the inlet pipe butt joint on top cap (32).

6. A home beer brewing machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: it also comprises a grain box frame (33) and a grain mesh bag (34); the grain box frame (33) comprises a frame (331) and supporting legs (332) fixedly arranged on the periphery of the frame (331), and the supporting legs (332) are erected on the edge of the grain box (31); the grain mesh bag (34) comprises a supporting frame and a mesh bag (342) connected with the supporting frame; the supporting frame is embedded in the frame (331); the top cover (32) is arranged above the frame (331).

7. A home beer brewing machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: an overflow hole (313) is formed in the upper portion of the side wall of the grain box (31).

8. A home beer brewing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: batching box (4) include open-top and be used for placing material package box (41) of material package, material package box (41) are equipped with a plurality of baffles (45) and form a plurality of material package rooms (411) with dividing in material package box (41), and the bottom of every material package room (411) is equipped with outage (412).

9. A home beer brewing machine according to claim 8, characterized in that: arranging a plurality of material bag chambers (41) in sequence according to the sequence of material bag infiltration; the partition plates (45) on the lines of the material bag infiltration sequence are provided with overflow gaps (451), and the height of the lower edge of each overflow gap (451) is gradually increased according to the material bag infiltration sequence; the side wall of the material bag chamber (41) which is firstly soaked by the material bag is also provided with an overflow hole (452) communicated with the outside of the material bag box (41), and the horizontal plane of the overflow hole (452) is lower than all overflow gaps (451).

10. A home beer brewing machine according to claim 8, characterized in that: it still includes top cap (42), is equipped with feed liquor hole (421) that correspond with material package room quantity and position on top cap (42), and the top in feed liquor hole (421) is connected with the inlet pipe one by one and is equipped with many branch roads.