CN114788639B

CN114788639B - Portable beverage machine

Info

Publication number: CN114788639B
Application number: CN202110095797.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 许清哲; 郑裕璋; 张雁翔
Original assignee: Tsann Kuen Zhangzhou Enterprise Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tsann Kuen Zhangzhou Enterprise Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-25
Filing date: 2021-01-25
Publication date: 2024-01-23
Anticipated expiration: 2041-01-25
Also published as: CN114788639A

Abstract

A portable beverage machine comprises a body unit, a water tank unit and a brewing basket unit which are respectively arranged above and below the body unit, and a control unit and a water pump unit which are arranged in the body unit. The brewing basket unit comprises a brewing basket group arranged on the body unit and a brewing cover group matched with the brewing basket group to define a brewing space for accommodating raw materials to be brewed. The brewing cover group is provided with a basket cover which is covered by a plug and provided with a water inlet hole, and a water inlet filter screen which is arranged on the basket cover, wherein the water inlet filter screen is matched with the basket cover to define a water injection space which is communicated with the water inlet hole and has a caliber larger than that of the water inlet hole, and the water inlet filter screen can enable water in the water injection space to be downwards dispersed and injected into the brewing space. Through the water injection space structure design of the brewing cover group, water can be injected into the brewing space by water to uniformly soak the raw materials to be brewed, thereby being beneficial to improving the quality of the beverage produced by brewing.

Description

Portable beverage machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to a beverage brewing machine, in particular to a portable beverage brewing machine.

Background

In recent years, along with the prevalence of coffee and air, a plurality of types of coffee brewing devices are developed in the market, and besides common hand coffee brewing equipment and full-automatic or semi-automatic coffee machines, in order to facilitate coffee brewing at any time when a coffee fan goes out, portable coffee machines are also introduced in the market at present by manufacturers, and a water pump, a water tank, a coffee powder brewing cavity, a coffee cup, a storage battery and other mechanisms are integrated into a small mechanism so as to facilitate carrying and use when going out. Although the portable design of the mark board, because the portable design is provided with a water tank for containing water, a brewing cavity for containing coffee powder, a container structure such as a coffee cup for containing brewed coffee liquid, and a water pump and a battery are also arranged, the whole structure is still large in volume, and the whole structure still has room for improvement.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable beverage machine that ameliorates at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art.

The portable drink machine is suitable for containing water and raw materials to be brewed so as to brew drinks. The portable drink machine comprises a body unit extending up and down, a water tank unit arranged above the body unit and a brewing basket unit arranged at the bottom end of the body unit. The brewing basket unit comprises a brewing basket group arranged at the bottom end part of the body unit and a brewing cover group arranged at the top end part of the brewing basket group in a covering manner, and the brewing basket group and the brewing cover group are matched to define a brewing space for accommodating the raw materials to be brewed. The brewing basket group is provided with a water outlet filter screen used for allowing liquid in the brewing space to pass downwards. The brewing cover group is provided with a basket cover which is hermetically covered on the brewing basket group and is provided with a water inlet hole penetrating through the upper part and the lower part, and a water inlet filter screen arranged on the basket cover, wherein the water inlet filter screen is matched with the basket cover to define a water injection space which is communicated with the water inlet hole and has a caliber larger than that of the water inlet hole, and the water inlet filter screen can enable water in the water injection space to be injected into the brewing space in a dispersing way.

The portable drink machine also comprises a water pump unit and a control unit, wherein the water pump unit and the control unit are arranged in the body unit, the water pump unit can be controlled to be started to pump water contained in the water tank unit into the water inlet hole, and the control unit can be operated to control and start the water pump unit to operate for a preset time.

The portable drink machine provided by the invention has the water tank unit which is provided with the water tank body with the opening facing upwards and is arranged above the body unit for containing water.

The portable drink machine of the invention, the brewing basket unit further comprises an outer cover, the outer cover can be operated to change between a first using position which is arranged at the bottom of the brewing basket group and covers the water outlet filter screen upwards, and a second using position which covers the opening of the water tank body downwards by covering the top end part of the water tank body.

The portable drink machine provided by the invention has the advantages that the brewing basket group is further provided with the annular basket body which can be detachably arranged on the body unit, and the water outlet filter screen is arranged on the basket body and shields the bottom end opening of the basket body.

The portable drink machine provided by the invention is characterized in that the outer peripheral surface of the basket body is provided with a clamping structure, the outer cover is provided with a cover plate part, a plurality of rib parts protruding outwards from the cover plate part in the axial direction and distributed at intervals around the periphery of the cover plate part, and a plurality of clamping parts protruding outwards from the cover plate part in the axial direction and respectively arranged between opposite ends of the rib parts, when the outer cover is positioned at the first use position, the clamping parts can be detachably clamped to the clamping structure, so that the cover plate part is shielded below the water outlet filter screen, and when the outer cover is positioned at the second use position, the rib parts are matched and plugged in the top end part of the water tank body, so that the cover plate part covers the top end of the water tank body.

The portable drink machine further comprises a cup body which can be changed between a storage position and a bearing position relative to the body unit, when the outer cover is positioned at the second use position, the cup body can be covered outside the brewing basket group upwards and detachably sleeved on the body unit, and when the outer cover is positioned at the first use position, the cup body can be covered outside the water tank body downwards and detachably sleeved on the body unit and positioned at the storage position.

The portable drink machine also comprises a cup body, wherein the cup body can be downwards covered outside the water tank unit and detachably sleeved at the containing position of the body unit, and upwards covered outside the brewing basket group and detachably sleeved at the containing position of the body unit.

According to the portable drink machine provided by the invention, the cup body can shrink.

The portable drink machine provided by the invention comprises the control unit and the inclination sensing module, wherein the control unit is provided with the starting key exposed out of the outer peripheral side of the body unit, and the control unit is electrified to start the water pump unit to operate for the preset time when the starting key is operated.

According to the portable drink machine disclosed by the invention, when the inclination sensing module senses that the inclination of the body unit exceeds the preset side inclination angle, the water pump unit is driven to be powered off to stop operation.

According to the portable drink machine, the basket body is provided with the narrowed ring part which is gradually narrowed downwards, the bottom end opening of the narrowed ring part is shielded by the water outlet filter screen, and the diameter of the water outlet filter screen is smaller than that of the water inlet filter screen.

The portable drink machine provided by the invention is characterized in that the basket body is also provided with a mounting ring part which can be detachably arranged at the bottom end part of the body unit, and a straight ring part which downwards protrudes from the mounting ring part and has an inner diameter smaller than that of the mounting ring part, and the brewing cover group is downwards embedded in the mounting ring part and downwards leans against the top end of the straight ring part.

The body unit comprises a barrel body for accommodating the water pump unit and the control unit, and a body cover arranged at the bottom end of the barrel body, wherein an interface groove is concavely arranged on the top surface of the barrel body, a pushing part which protrudes upwards into the interface groove is arranged on the top surface of the barrel body, the body cover is provided with a water outlet pipe part which protrudes downwards and is detachably communicated with and inserted into the water inlet hole, the water tank unit comprises a water tank body which is detachably arranged at the top end of the barrel body and seals the interface groove, and a valve body which penetrates through the bottom of the water tank body and is exposed in the interface groove, the valve body can be opened by the pushing part in an upward pushing mode to be communicated with the water tank body, and the water pump unit is communicated between the interface groove and the water outlet pipe part.

The height of the water injection space of the portable drink machine is 3-5 mm.

The invention has the following effects: through the water injection space structure design of the brewing cover group, water can be injected into the brewing space by water to uniformly soak the raw materials to be brewed, thereby being beneficial to improving the quality of the beverage produced by brewing.

Drawings

Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the portable beverage dispenser of the present invention, illustrating the cover in a first use position and the cup in a storage position;

fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of another view of the first embodiment;

fig. 4 is a fragmentary side sectional view of the first embodiment illustrating the tank unit structure;

FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the first embodiment illustrating the cover in a second use position and the cup in a loading position;

FIG. 8 is a side cross-sectional view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a side cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the portable drink machine of the present invention, illustrating the cup in an extended position; a kind of electronic device with high-pressure air-conditioning system

Fig. 10 is a view similar to fig. 9, illustrating the cup in a contracted state.

Detailed Description

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, like components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 6, a first embodiment of a portable beverage maker 200 of the present invention is adapted to be filled with water to brew a contained material to be brewed, such as, but not limited to, ground coffee, tea, dried flowers, dried fruits, and the like, to produce a beverage.

The portable drink machine 200 comprises a body unit 3 extending vertically, a water tank unit 4 detachably mounted above the body unit 3, a cup body 5 sleeved outside the water tank unit 4 and detachably sleeved on the body unit 3, a brewing basket unit 6 detachably mounted below the body unit 3, and a water pump unit 81, a control unit 82 and a power supply unit 83 which are mounted in the body unit 3.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 5, the body unit 3 has a cylindrical body 31 with a downward opening, and a body cover 32 covering the bottom end of the cylindrical body 31. The top surface of the barrel body 31 is concavely provided with an interface groove 310, and is provided with a pushing part 311 which protrudes upwards into the interface groove 310.

The body cover 32 has a cover portion 321 for covering the cartridge body 31, a docking ring portion 322 protruding downward from the periphery of the cover portion 321, a pipe guiding portion 324 protruding upward from the top surface of the cover portion 321, and a water outlet pipe portion 325 protruding downward from the bottom surface of the cover portion 321 and communicating with the pipe guiding portion 324. The inner peripheral surface of the docking ring 322 is provided with a first engaging structure 323 (see fig. 3) for detachably assembling the brew basket unit 6. In the first embodiment, the first engaging structure 323 is a plurality of engaging grooves formed on the inner peripheral surface of the abutting ring portion 322 at intervals.

Referring to fig. 2, 4 and 5, the tank unit 4 includes a tank body 41 having an upward opening and detachably stacked above the drum body 31, and a valve body 42 penetrating through the bottom of the tank body 41. The tank body 41 has an interface ring portion 411 protruding downward and air-tightly inserted into the interface slot 310 to seal the interface slot 310. The valve body 42 is exposed in the connector ring 411 and is elastically pushed upward by the pushing portion 311 to open, so that the water contained in the water tank body 41 can be injected into the connector slot 310.

The cup 5 is covered downward outside the water tank body 41 and detachably sleeved outside the top end of the cylinder body 31.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5, the brewing basket unit 6 includes a brewing basket assembly 61 detachably mounted on the docking ring portion 322 of the body cover 32, an outer cover 62 detachably disposed on the bottom of the brewing basket assembly 61, and a brewing cover assembly 63 detachably disposed on the top of the brewing basket assembly 61 and docking with the water outlet pipe portion 325, and the brewing basket assembly 61 and the brewing cover assembly 63 cooperate to define a brewing space 60 for containing the material to be brewed.

The brew basket assembly 61 has an annular basket body 611 and a water outlet screen 617 mounted to the basket body 611 and closing an opening in the bottom end of the basket body 611. The basket body 611 has a mounting ring portion 612 detachably sleeved in the docking ring portion 322, a straight ring portion 614 protruding downward from the mounting ring portion 612 and having an inner diameter smaller than that of the mounting ring portion 612, and a narrowed ring portion 616 gradually shrinking downward from the straight ring portion 614. The water outlet filter 617 is arranged to close the bottom opening of the narrowed ring 616, the pore size of the water outlet filter 617 is smaller than the particle size of the material to be brewed, and only beverage water produced by brewing passes downwards.

The outer peripheral surface of the mounting ring portion 612 is provided with a second engagement structure 613, and the second engagement structure 613 is detachably rotatably engaged with the first engagement structure 323 of the docking ring portion 322. In the first embodiment, the first engagement structure 323 and the second engagement structure 613 are engaged by mutually engaging and rotating the plurality of grooves and the plurality of protrusions, but may be engaged by screwing or other manners, and is not limited to the above-mentioned aspects.

The outer peripheral surface of the straight ring 614 is provided with a locking structure 615 for locking the outer cover 62. The outer cover 62 has a cover plate 621 covering the lower part of the water outlet screen 617, a plurality of ribs 622 protruding axially outwardly from the cover plate 621 and spaced around the periphery of the cover plate 621 (i.e., the ribs 622 protrude annularly from the cover plate 621 and surround the ribs 614), and a plurality of engaging portions 623 protruding upwardly from the cover plate 621 and interposed between the ribs 622 and engaging with the engaging structure 615 (i.e., the engaging portions 623 protrude axially outwardly from the cover plate 621 and are respectively interposed between opposite ends of the ribs 622). In the first embodiment, the locking structure 615 is a plurality of annularly distributed locking grooves, and the outer cover 62 is detachably engaged with the locking grooves of the locking structure 615 by the locking portions 623, so as to be mounted and positioned on the straight ring portion 614. In practice, the connection between the cover 62 and the brew basket assembly 61 is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.

In addition, in the first embodiment, the outer cover 62 is adapted to be moved between a first use position (shown in fig. 1) overlapping under the brew basket assembly 61 and a second use position (shown in fig. 7) overlapping downward on top of the tank body 41 in cooperation with the set position of the cup body 5.

The brew group 63 includes a basket cover 631 that is plugged into the mounting ring portion 612 and is stacked against the top end of the straight ring portion 614, and a water inlet screen 633 mounted below the basket cover 631. The basket cover 631 has a water inlet hole 632 penetrating up and down and communicating with the water outlet pipe portion 325. The water inlet filter 633 and the cover 631 cooperate to define a water filling space 630 spaced above the brewing space 60, the diameter of the water filling space 630 is larger than that of the water inlet 632, and the height of the water filling space 630 is 3-5 mm.

The water pump unit 81 is connected between the interface slot 310 and the guide pipe 324, and is controlled by the control unit 82 to start, so as to pump the water injected into the interface slot 310 from the water tank unit 4 to the water inlet 632, and to inject the water into the water injection space 630.

Referring to fig. 1 and 6, the control unit 82 is in signal connection with the water pump unit 81, and includes a control module 821 and an inclination sensing module 823. The control module 821 has a start key 822 exposed at the outer circumferential surface of the drum body 31, and controls the water pump unit 81 to start operating for a predetermined time when the start key 822 is operated. The inclination sensing module 823 triggers the control module 821 to control the water pump unit 81 to stop operation when it senses that the body unit 3 is tilted more than a predetermined tilt angle, for example, more than 30 °.

The power supply unit 83 can supply power required by the water pump unit 81 and the control unit 82. In the present first embodiment, the power supply unit 83 has a power supply terminal 831 exposed at the outer peripheral surface of the cartridge body 31. But in practice the power supply unit 83 may instead take the form of a battery supply, which will not be described in detail.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 5, when the portable beverage dispenser 200 of the present invention is stored, the outer cover 62 is adjusted to cover the first usage position of the water outlet filter 617 under the brew basket set 61, and the cup body 5 is adjusted to cover the water tank unit 4 and is sleeved at a storage position of the body unit 3. At this time, the outer cover 62 is snapped onto the straight ring 614 and is positioned at the first usage position. By this design, the water outlet filter 617 and the water tank unit 4 can be prevented from being stained by the blocking and shielding effect of the outer cover 62 and the cup body 5.

When the portable beverage maker 200 is to brew beverages, the brewing basket unit 6 is detached from the body unit 3, and the material to be brewed is added into the brewing basket set 61 under the condition that the outer cover 62 is positioned at the first use position, at this time, the outer cover 62 can be used as a supporting pad of the brewing basket set 61, so that the sanitation of the water outlet filter screen 617 of the brewing basket set 61 can be ensured, and the pouring of the brewing basket set 61 during the adding and compacting of the material to be brewed can be prevented. Then, the brewing cover set 63 is plugged down in the brewing basket set 61, the outer cover 62 is detached, and the body unit 3 is assembled back, so that the water outlet pipe portion 325 is communicated with the water inlet hole 632 of the brewing cover set 63.

Referring to fig. 6, 7 and 8, the cup 5 is then adjusted to cover up the brew basket unit 6 and to be placed in a receiving position at the bottom end of the body unit 3. At this time, the water tank body 41 is exposed, and water for brewing can be added into the water tank body 41, and then the outer cover 62 is adjusted to the second use position for sealing the water tank body 41, so that the addition of the raw material to be brewed and the water is completed.

Then, when the cup 5 is at the loading position and the cover 62 is at the second use position, the start key 822 of the control module 821 is operated to control the water pump unit 81 to start to operate, the water pump unit 81 pumps the water injected from the water tank unit 4 into the interface slot 310 into the water injection space 630, and the water injected into the water injection space 630 is dispersed radially outwards and rapidly fills the water injection space 630 due to the height of the water injection space 630 being only 3-5 mm and the resistance of the water inlet filter 633. When the water filling space 630 is filled with water and has a predetermined water pressure, the water in the water filling space 630 penetrates the water inlet filter screen 633 downwards, and is uniformly dispersed and injected into the brewing space 60, so that the coffee powder in the brewing space 60 can be uniformly soaked to brew the beverage, and the brewed beverage penetrates the water outlet filter screen 617 downwards and is dripped into the cup body 5. When the operation time of the water pump unit 81 is over, the cup body 5 can be detached from the body unit 3 to take the brewed beverage.

During operation of the water pump unit 81, the inclination sensing module 823 triggers the control module 821 to control the water pump unit 81 to stop operating when the inclination angle exceeds a predetermined value, for example, 15 °.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, the difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment of the portable drink machine of the present invention is that: the cup body 5 is structurally designed.

In the second embodiment, the cup 5 is made of an elastically deformable material, such as but not limited to silica gel, and has a plurality of ring portions 51 arranged up and down and having a gradually decreasing inner diameter, a plurality of connecting portions 52 respectively connected between opposite ends of two adjacent ring portions 51, and a bottom 53 connected to a bottom edge of the lowermost ring portion 51. The cup body 5 is operable to cause the ring body 51 to link the connecting portion 52 to elastically bend and deform, so that the ring body 51 changes from an extended state in which it is vertically aligned to a contracted state in which it is radially overlapped inside and outside.

Through the structural design that the cup body 5 can stretch up and down, when the cup body 5 is adjusted to the bearing position sleeved at the bottom end part of the cylinder body 31, the cup body 5 can be adjusted to the contracted state so as to reduce the height of the whole mechanism.

In summary, through the structural design of the water injection space 630 of the brewing cover set 63, the raw material to be brewed can be soaked uniformly, so as to improve the quality of the beverage. And through the structural design that the outer cover 62 and the cup body 5 can be adjusted between two positions, the storage volume of the whole structure can be reduced, and the pollution of the water outlet filter 617 and the water tank unit 4 can be avoided. The design of the tilt sensing module 823 can be matched to improve the use safety, so that the purpose of the invention can be truly achieved.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a portable drink machine, contains body unit, install respectively in body unit top and the water tank unit, brewing basket unit and the cup of below, its characterized in that: the water tank unit is provided with a water tank body which is arranged above the body unit and is provided with an upward opening and used for containing water, the brewing basket unit comprises a brewing basket group which is arranged at the bottom end part of the body unit, an outer cover, and a brewing cover group which is arranged at the top end part of the brewing basket group in a covering way, the brewing basket group and the brewing cover group are matched to define a brewing space, the brewing basket group is provided with a water outlet filter screen which is used for allowing water in the brewing space to pass downwards, the brewing cover group is provided with a basket cover which is covered on the brewing basket group and is provided with a water inlet hole which penetrates vertically, and a water inlet filter screen which is arranged on the basket cover, the water inlet filter screen and the basket cover are matched to define a water injection space which is communicated with the water inlet hole and has a caliber larger than the aperture of the water inlet hole, the outer cover can be operated to be arranged at the bottom of the brewing basket set and cover up to cover and cover the first using position of the water outlet filter screen, and cover down to cover and cover the second using position of the opening of the water tank body at the top end part of the water tank body, the cup body can be changed between a containing position and a bearing position relative to the body unit, when the outer cover is positioned at the second using position, the cup body can cover up to be arranged outside the brewing basket set and can be detachably sleeved on the body unit, and when the outer cover is positioned at the bearing position, the cup body can cover down to be arranged outside the water tank body, can be detachably sleeved on the body unit and is positioned at the containing position.

2. The portable beverage appliance of claim 1, wherein: the portable drink machine also comprises a water pump unit and a control unit, wherein the water pump unit and the control unit are arranged in the body unit, the water pump unit can be controlled to be started to pump water contained in the water tank unit into the water inlet hole, and the control unit can be operated to control the water pump unit to be started for a preset time.

3. The portable beverage appliance of claim 1, wherein: the brewing basket group is also provided with an annular basket body which can be detachably arranged on the body unit, and the water outlet filter screen is arranged on the basket body and shields the bottom end opening of the basket body.

4. A portable beverage machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: the outer peripheral surface of the basket body is provided with a clamping structure, the outer cover is provided with a cover plate part, a plurality of rib parts which protrude outwards from the cover plate part in the axial direction and are distributed around the periphery of the cover plate part at intervals, and a plurality of clamping parts which protrude outwards from the cover plate part in the axial direction and are respectively arranged between opposite ends of the rib parts, when the outer cover is positioned at a first using position, the clamping parts can be detachably clamped to the clamping structure, the cover plate part is enabled to cover the lower part of the water outlet filter screen, when the outer cover is positioned at a second using position, the rib parts are matched and plugged into the top end part of the water tank body, and the cover plate part is enabled to cover the top end of the water tank body.

5. The portable beverage appliance of claim 1, wherein: the cup body is collapsible.

6. The portable beverage appliance of claim 2, wherein: the control unit comprises a control module, the control module is provided with a starting key exposed out of the outer peripheral side of the body unit, and the control module is electrified to start the water pump unit to operate for the preset time when the starting key is operated.

7. The portable beverage appliance of claim 6, wherein: the control unit further comprises an inclination sensing module, and the inclination sensing module drives the water pump unit to be powered off and stop operating when sensing that the body unit is inclined to exceed a preset side inclination angle.

8. A portable beverage machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: the basket body is provided with a narrowed ring part which gradually reduces downwards, the bottom end opening of the narrowed ring part is shielded by the water outlet filter screen, and the diameter of the water outlet filter screen is smaller than that of the water inlet filter screen.

9. The portable beverage appliance of claim 8, wherein: the basket body is also provided with a mounting ring part which can be detachably arranged at the bottom end part of the body unit, and a straight ring part which downwards protrudes from the mounting ring part and has an inner diameter smaller than that of the mounting ring part, and the brewing cover group is downwards embedded in the mounting ring part and downwards leans against the top end of the straight ring part.

10. The portable beverage appliance of claim 2, wherein: the body unit comprises a barrel body and a body cover, wherein the barrel body is provided with the water pump unit and the control unit in a containing mode, the body cover is arranged at the bottom end of the barrel body, the top surface of the barrel body is concavely provided with an interface groove and provided with a pushing part which protrudes upwards into the interface groove, the body cover is provided with a water outlet pipe part which protrudes downwards and is communicated with and inserted into the water inlet hole in a detachable mode, the water tank body of the water tank unit can be detachably arranged at the top end of the barrel body and seals the interface groove, and a valve body which penetrates through the bottom of the water tank body and is exposed in the interface groove up and down is arranged at the bottom of the water tank body and is pushed upwards by the pushing part to be opened so as to be communicated with the water tank body and the interface groove, and the water pump unit is communicated between the interface groove and the water outlet pipe part.

11. The portable beverage appliance of claim 1, wherein: the height of the water injection space is 3-5 mm.