CN217610550U

CN217610550U - Milk coffee machine

Info

Publication number: CN217610550U
Application number: CN202221461802.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈荣
Original assignee: Anqing Galafi Internet Of Things Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Anqing Galafi Internet Of Things Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-10
Filing date: 2022-06-10
Publication date: 2022-10-21
Anticipated expiration: 2032-06-10

Abstract

The application provides a milk coffee machine, milk coffee machine includes: the tea making module, the coffee making module, the milk foam module and the control module are arranged on the rack; the tea making module comprises a tea extractor, a tea supplying mechanism, a first water supplying mechanism and a tea water output mechanism; the coffee making module comprises a coffee extractor, a second water supply mechanism and a coffee output mechanism; the coffee grinder also comprises a grinder and a coffee bean supply mechanism, wherein the grinder can grind coffee beans and supply coffee powder to the coffee extractor; the milk foam module comprises a milk storage, a milk conveying component and a milk foam generator, and milk in the milk storage is conveyed to the milk foam generator through the milk conveying component to be made into milk foam; the control module comprises an instruction input unit and a control unit used for controlling the tea making module, the coffee making module and the milk foam module according to the instruction obtained by the instruction input unit. The application provides a milk coffee machine can prepare the tea drink and the coffee drink of different tastes, and the drink is fresh, the taste is good, does benefit to and promotes customer experience.

Description

Milk coffee machine

Technical Field

The application relates to drink equipment technical field, specifically relates to a milk coffee machine.

Background

The coffee machine, the frothing machine or the tea extracting machine on the existing market have single functions, coffee extraction, milk frothing and tea extraction are not integrated together, if coffee and milk tea are to be prepared, the coffee machine, the frothing machine and the tea extracting device are generally required to be arranged, or the milk coffee machine integrated with the coffee extraction and frothing functions and the tea extracting device are required to be arranged, so that not only the occupied space is occupied, but also the use is inconvenient.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the application provides a milk coffee machine, milk coffee machine includes: the tea making machine comprises a rack, and a tea making module, a coffee making module, a milk making module and a control module which are arranged on the rack;

the tea making module comprises a tea extractor, a tea supplying mechanism for supplying tea to the tea extractor, a first water supplying mechanism for supplying water to the tea extractor and a tea water output mechanism for outputting tea water from the tea extractor;

the coffee making module comprises a coffee extractor, a second water supply mechanism for supplying water to the coffee extractor, and a coffee output mechanism for outputting coffee from the coffee extractor; further comprising a grinder capable of grinding coffee beans and of supplying ground coffee to the coffee extractor, and a coffee bean supply mechanism for supplying coffee beans to the grinder;

the milk foam module comprises a milk storage, a milk conveying component and a milk foam generator, and milk in the milk storage is conveyed to the milk foam generator through the milk conveying component to make milk foam;

the control module comprises an instruction input unit for inputting instructions and a control unit for controlling the tea making module, the coffee making module and the milk foam module according to the instructions acquired by the instruction input unit.

Optionally, the milk and coffee machine further comprises a weighing module, wherein the weighing module comprises a tea leaf weigher and a coffee bean weigher;

the tea leaves provided by the tea supply mechanism are conveyed to the tea weighing device, and the tea leaves in the tea weighing device are conveyed to the tea extractor after reaching a preset weight;

the coffee beans provided by the coffee bean providing mechanism are conveyed to the coffee bean weighing device, and the coffee beans in the coffee bean weighing device are conveyed to the grinder after reaching a preset weight.

Optionally, the tea extractor and/or the coffee extractor each comprise:

the extraction tank is provided with a water inlet for water inlet, a material inlet for material inlet and an outlet for beverage output;

a first piston disposed to extend into the extraction cylinder from a first end of the extraction cylinder;

a second piston disposed to extend into the extraction cylinder from a second end of the extraction cylinder opposite the first end;

wherein the first and second pistons are arranged to move back and forth in a transverse direction and to be able to press the material in the extraction cylinder when approaching each other, and the second piston is arranged to be able to push the pressed residue out of the extraction cylinder from the first end.

Optionally, the control unit controls the tea making module to extract tea leaves each time they are added to the tea extractor a plurality of times.

Optionally, the cafe machine further comprises a boiler for heating water, the water in the boiler being provided to the tea extractor by the first water supply means and/or to the coffee extractor by the second water supply means.

Optionally, the milk coffee machine includes: the milk mixing device comprises a mixing bin, a rotor capable of rotating in the mixing bin and a motor for driving the rotor to rotate, wherein the rotor is provided with a plurality of teeth for mixing milk.

Optionally, the milk foam module further comprises a milk heating mechanism for heating milk, and the milk flowing out of the milk storage is heated by the milk heating mechanism and then enters the milk foam generator.

Optionally, the cafe machine further comprises an ingredient container for holding beverage ingredients.

Optionally, the milk and coffee machine further comprises a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the tea extractor, the coffee extractor and the milk foam generator.

Optionally, the milk and coffee machine further comprises a trigger mechanism, the trigger mechanism comprises a tray and an inductor, the tray comprises a tray body and a drainage pipe section arranged on the tray body, and the tray body is arranged to support a cup capable of receiving beverage;

the tray is arranged to be capable of moving between a first position and a second position, and when the tray is located at the first position, a cup is placed at a preset position of the tray body and can receive drinks output by the milk and coffee machine; when the tray moves to the second position, the drainage pipe section is aligned to a drainage outlet, the sensor obtains induction, and the control module controls the cleaning mechanism to clean according to induction information of the sensor.

In the technical scheme that this application provided, can adopt the tea drink and the coffee drink of milk coffee machine-made to get different tastes, owing to extract tea on the spot and on-the-spot grinding coffee beans and extraction coffee, the drink is fresh, the taste is good moreover, does benefit to and promotes customer experience.

Additional features and advantages of the present application will be described in detail in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the application and, together with the description, serve to explain the application and are not intended to limit the application. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a milk coffee machine according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a tea supply mechanism and a coffee bean supply mechanism in the milk and coffee machine;

FIG. 3 is a top view of a tea extractor and a coffee extractor;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the coffee extractor (with the grinder positioned above);

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the structure shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a milk foam generator;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of the rotor in the milk foam generator.

Description of reference numerals:

1, a frame; 2-a tea supply mechanism; 3-a coffee bean providing mechanism; 4-a weighing module; 5-tea funnel; 6-coffee bean funnel; 7-a tea extractor; 8-a coffee extractor; 81-extraction cylinder; 82-a first piston; 83-a second piston; 84-a lead screw; 9-a grinder; 10-a boiler; 11-a milk foam generator; 111-a stirring bin; 112-a rotor; 113-a motor; 114-a milk inlet; 115 an air inlet; 116-ultrasonic inlet; 12-milk reservoir; 13-a tray body; 14-a drain pipe section; 15-a cup; 16-syrup container.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application. Embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and to simplify the description, but are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. Further, "inner and outer" refer to inner and outer relative to the contour of each member itself.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature.

The application provides a milk and coffee machine, as shown in fig. 4, the milk and coffee machine comprises a rack 1, and a tea making module, a coffee making module, a milk foam module and a control module which are arranged on the rack 1; wherein,

the tea making module comprises a tea extractor 7, a tea supply mechanism 2 for supplying tea to the tea extractor 7, a first water supply mechanism for supplying water to the tea extractor 7 and a tea water output mechanism for outputting tea water from the tea extractor 7;

the coffee making module comprises a coffee extractor 8, a second water supply mechanism for supplying water to the coffee extractor 8 and a coffee output mechanism for outputting coffee from the coffee extractor 8; further comprising a grinder 9 (refer to fig. 4) and a coffee bean supply mechanism 3 for supplying coffee beans to the grinder 9, the grinder 9 being capable of grinding coffee beans and supplying ground coffee to the coffee extractor 8;

the milk foam module comprises a milk storage 12, a milk conveying component and a milk foam generator 11, wherein milk in the milk storage 12 is conveyed to the milk foam generator 11 through the milk conveying component to make milk foam;

The instruction input unit may be a touch screen (or a control panel capable of being operated by a button) arranged on the rack 1, and a user may browse the types of beverages on the touch screen, and after selecting a corresponding beverage, the controller controls at least one of the tea making module, the coffee making module and the milk brewing module to work according to an instruction input by the user, so as to obtain the corresponding beverage.

The application provides a milk coffee machine sets up and makes tea module, coffee and prepares module and milk bubble module, can make tea and coffee on-the-spot to add milk bubble or the milk that does not pass through the foaming with the tea and the coffee of preparation, thereby make the milk tea and the coffee of different tastes, tea on-the-spot extraction moreover, coffee adopts coffee beans to grind at present the extraction, and the drink taste of preparing is good, does benefit to and promotes customer experience.

In an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the tea supply mechanism 2 may include at least one container for holding tea leaves, four tea leaf containers are shown in the figure, and each container can hold different tea leaves, so that the customer can select different tea drinks (of course, each tea leaf container can also hold the same tea leaves), the tea supply mechanism 2 may further include a tea leaf conveying mechanism for conveying tea leaves, the tea leaf conveying mechanism may include a motor and a screw rod driven by the motor, and the tea leaves are output from the tea leaf containers by rotating the screw rod driven by the motor.

The coffee bean supplying means 3 may also comprise at least one container for coffee beans, two coffee bean containers being shown in the figure, each coffee bean container also containing the same or different coffee beans. The coffee bean supply mechanism 3 may further include a coffee bean conveying mechanism for conveying coffee beans, and the coffee bean conveying mechanism may include a motor and a screw rod driven by the motor, and output coffee beans by rotating the screw rod driven by the motor. Of course, the tea leaf conveying mechanism and the coffee bean conveying mechanism may not be provided, but the tea leaf or coffee bean may be output by opening an outlet provided in the tea leaf container or coffee bean container so that the tea leaf or coffee bean falls, and after outputting a predetermined amount, the opening is closed.

In this embodiment, the milk and coffee machine further comprises a weighing module 4 comprising a tea weigher and a coffee bean weigher;

the tea leaves provided by the tea supply mechanism 2 are conveyed to a tea weighing device, and the tea leaves in the tea weighing device are conveyed to the tea extractor 7 after reaching a preset weight; wherein, can respectively set up a tealeaves weighing machine to every tealeaves container, also can set up a tealeaves weighing machine that a plurality of tealeaves containers correspond.

The coffee beans provided by the coffee bean providing mechanism 3 are output to a coffee bean weighing device, and the coffee beans in the coffee bean weighing device are conveyed to the grinder 9 after reaching a preset weight. Specifically, each coffee bean container can be provided with a coffee bean weighing device, and a plurality of coffee bean containers can also be provided with a coffee bean weighing device.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the milk and coffee machine may further include a tea funnel 5 and a coffee bean funnel 6, tea leaves provided by the tea providing mechanism 2 fall into the tea funnel 5 and then enter the tea extractor 7 from the tea funnel 5, and by arranging the tea funnel 5, tea leaves in each of the plurality of tea leaf containers can be sent to the tea extractor 7 through the tea funnel 5; the coffee beans supplied from the coffee bean supply mechanism 3 fall into the coffee bean funnel 6 and then enter the grinder 9 from the coffee bean funnel 6, and by providing the coffee bean funnel 6, the coffee beans in the plurality of coffee bean containers can be all delivered to the grinder 9 through the coffee bean funnel 6.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, coffee extractor 8 comprises:

the extraction cylinder 81 is provided with a water inlet for water inlet, a material inlet for material inlet and a beverage outlet, and the water inlet is connected with a second water supply mechanism; said material inlet is adapted to be connected to the outlet of the grinder 9, so that ground coffee from the grinder 9 enters the tea extraction vat 81 through the material inlet.

A first piston 82, the first piston 82 being disposed to extend into the extraction cylinder 81 from a first end of the extraction cylinder 81;

a second piston 83, the second piston 83 being provided to protrude into the extraction cylinder 81 from a second end of the extraction cylinder 81 opposite to the first end; wherein the first piston 81 and the second piston 82 are arranged to move back and forth in a transverse direction and to be able to press the material (i.e. ground coffee) inside the extraction cylinder 1 when approaching each other, and the second piston 83 is arranged to be able to push the pressed residue out of the extraction cylinder 81 from a first end.

The second water supply mechanism for supplying water to the water inlet may include a water inlet pipe connected to the water inlet, a valve provided on the water inlet pipe, a flow meter, and the like, so that the amount of water entering the tea extraction vat 81 may be controlled, and may further include a pressurizing pump for pressurizing water to supply high-pressure water to the tea extraction vat 81.

When coffee is extracted, the extraction cylinder 81 may be fixed, the first piston 82 and the second piston 83 may be moved toward each other to extrude coffee powder in the extraction cylinder 81 into a coffee cake, and then the second water supply mechanism may introduce water into the extraction cylinder 81, so that coffee may be prepared. After the coffee liquid has exited the outlet, the first piston 82 is withdrawn from the first end and the second piston 83 continues to move in the direction of the first end, thereby pushing the coffee cake after extraction of the coffee out of the extraction cylinder 81.

In further embodiments, a drive mechanism may also be provided, which is arranged for driving the extraction cylinder 81 to move back and forth. Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the driving mechanism may include a motor and a lead screw 84 driven by the motor, and the tea extracting cylinder 81 is driven to move back and forth by the lead screw 84, but the driving mechanism may be other types of mechanisms, such as an air cylinder.

In the extraction of coffee, first, the drive mechanism moves the extraction cylinder 81 to a first position in which the material inlet of the extraction cylinder 81 corresponds to the outlet of the grinder 9 to receive ground coffee; then the driving mechanism drives the extraction cylinder 81 to a second position, in the process, the extraction cylinder 81 carries the second piston 83 to move towards the first piston 82 (the first piston 82 can move or can not move), so that the first piston 82 and the second piston 83 are matched to extrude coffee powder, and then the second water supply mechanism is introduced with water to extract coffee; after the coffee liquid has exited the outlet, the extraction cylinder 81 carries the second piston 83 back from the second position to the first position, in which the second piston 83 is arrested, and moves in a direction in which the extraction cylinder 83 continues to move away from the first piston 82 to a third position, in which the second piston 83 pushes out the coffee cake in the extraction cylinder 81 from the first end, after which the extraction cylinder 81 can be returned to the second position in preparation for the next preparation of coffee.

It will be appreciated that the coffee extractors 8 may be arranged in a variety of ways, and are not limited thereto, and that other types of coffee extractors 8 may be provided as desired.

In one embodiment, the tea extractor 7 is similar to the coffee extractor 8 in structure and also comprises an extraction cylinder 81, a first piston 82 and a second piston 83, wherein the extraction cylinder 81 is provided with a water inlet for feeding water, a material inlet for inputting tea leaves and an outlet for outputting tea water; unlike the coffee extractor 8, the first water supply mechanism supplies water to the water inlet to extract tea before the first and

second pistons

82 and 83 press the tea, and then the first and

second pistons

82 and 83 move in opposite directions to press the tea and withdraw the extracted residue out of the extraction cylinder 81 by the second piston 83.

Optionally, the control unit controls the tea making module to extract tea leaves added to the tea extractor 7 a plurality of times per time. That is, the control unit controls the first water supply mechanism to supply water to the tea extraction vat 81, then the first piston 82 and the second piston 83 press the tea leaves, and after the extracted tea water is output from the outlet, the first piston 82 and the second piston 83 move away from each other, then the first water supply mechanism supplies water to the tea extraction vat 81 again to perform the next tea water extraction, thus realizing the multiple extraction of the tea leaves.

The first water supply mechanism may be similar to the second water supply mechanism, that is, include a water inlet pipe connected to the water inlet, a valve and a flow meter disposed on the water inlet pipe, so as to control the amount of water entering the tea extracting vat 81, and further include a pressurizing pump for pressurizing water to provide high-pressure water to the tea extracting vat 81.

It will be appreciated that the tea extractor 7 may be arranged in a variety of ways, and is not limited to the arrangement described above. For example, ultrasonic extraction of tea may be used.

In one embodiment, the cafe machine further comprises a boiler 10 for heating water, the water in the boiler 10 being provided to the tea extractor 7 by the first water supply means and/or to the coffee extractor 8 by the second water supply means.

Specifically, one boiler 10 may be provided corresponding to each of the tea extractor 7 and the coffee extractor 8, or a common boiler 10 may be provided, from which the first water supply mechanism and the second water supply mechanism both take water.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the milk foam module comprises a milk storage 12, a milk delivery component and a milk foam generator 11, wherein the milk in the milk storage 12 is delivered to the milk foam generator 11 through the milk delivery component to make milk foam.

The milk storage 12 may be a container capable of storing milk, and specifically, a plurality of containers may be provided to store milk with different tastes, so as to make coffee with different tastes.

To keep the milk fresh, the milk storage 12 may be a refrigerator for storing the milk.

In one embodiment, the milk foam generator 11 is configured as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the milk foam generator 11 includes a stirring bin 111, a rotor 112, and a motor 113 for driving the rotor 112 to rotate, wherein the stirring bin 111 is provided with a milk inlet 114 and an air inlet 115, after milk enters the stirring bin 111 through the milk inlet 114, the motor 113 drives the rotor 112 to rotate to stir the milk, and air is introduced into the stirring bin 111 through the air inlet 115, so that the milk is sufficiently mixed with the air during stirring, and thus milk foam is formed.

Wherein the rotor 112 may be constructed as shown in fig. 7, and a plurality of teeth are provided on the rotor 112 to agitate the milk by the teeth.

The milk frothing module may also comprise a gas source which feeds gas into the whisking chamber 111 via gas inlet 115, although another gas source may be provided to feed gas into gas inlet 115. The milk foam module can also comprise an ultrasonic generator, ultrasonic waves generated by the ultrasonic generator can enter the stirring bin 111 through an ultrasonic inlet 116 arranged on the stirring bin 111, and meanwhile, gas and ultrasonic waves are introduced into the stirring bin 111, so that milk foam is richer and finer.

The milk foam module may further include a milk heating mechanism for heating milk, the milk flowing out of the milk storage 12 is heated by the milk heating mechanism and then enters the milk foam generator 11, and the milk heating mechanism may be implemented by water bath heating or electromagnetic heating.

The milk heated by the hot milk mechanism enters the milk foam generator 11 to be foamed into hot milk foam, the milk not heated by the hot milk mechanism enters the milk foam generator 11 to be foamed into cold milk foam, and the control mechanism controls the milk foam module to be foamed according to the type of the beverage selected by a customer. Of course, in the case where milk is directly added without milk foam, the milk in the milk storage 12 may be directly output or may be output through the milk foam generator 11 (without performing a foaming operation).

In addition, the milk and coffee machine can further comprise an ingredient container for containing beverage ingredients. As shown in fig. 1, the cafe machine is shown with a plurality of syrup containers 16 for holding syrups, each syrup container 16 holding a different type of syrup, and other ingredients that can be combined to make tea and coffee.

In one embodiment, the milk and coffee machine further comprises a washing mechanism for washing the tea extractor 7, the coffee extractor 8 and the milk foam generator 11. When an instruction for a washing function is input on the touch screen or the control panel, the washing mechanism may wash at least one of the tea extractor 7, the coffee extractor 8, and the milk foam generator 11.

Optionally, the milk and coffee maker further comprises a trigger mechanism, as shown in fig. 1, the trigger mechanism comprises a tray and a sensor, the tray comprises a tray body 13 and a drain pipe section 14 arranged on the tray body 13, wherein the tray body 13 is provided with a cup 15 capable of receiving beverage, that is, a placing position for placing the cup 15 is arranged on the tray body 13;

the tray is arranged to be capable of moving between a first position and a second position, and when the tray is located at the first position, a cup 15 is placed on the placing position of the tray body 13 and can receive drinks output by the milk and coffee machine; when the tray moves to the second position, the drain pipe section 14 on the tray is aligned with a drain outlet (the drain outlet can be a coffee outlet, a tea outlet and a milk foam outlet), at the moment, the sensor obtains sensing, and the control module controls the cleaning mechanism to clean according to sensing information obtained by the sensor.

In a particular operation (e.g. cleaning a tea extractor), the user first enters a command to clean the tea extractor on the touch screen or on the control panel, the cleaning mechanism is not actuated in the event that the drain section 14 is not aligned with the drain outlet, and the sensor senses when the tray 13 is moved to the second position, and the cleaning mechanism is actuated to clean the tea extractor. The specific operation of the washing mechanism for washing (for example, the washing mechanism controls a valve to make water enter the tea extractor for washing and then discharge) is within the reach of the skilled person, and will not be described in detail here.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modifications, equivalents and the like that are within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a milk coffee machine which characterized in that, milk coffee machine includes: the tea making machine comprises a rack, and a tea making module, a coffee making module, a milk making module and a control module which are arranged on the rack;

the tea making module comprises a tea extractor, a tea supply mechanism for supplying tea leaves to the tea extractor, a first water supply mechanism for supplying water to the tea extractor and a tea water output mechanism for outputting tea water from the tea extractor;

2. A milk and coffee machine according to claim 1, further comprising a weighing module comprising a tea scale and a coffee bean scale;

3. A milk and coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein the tea extractor and/or the coffee extractor each comprise:

4. A milk and coffee machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the tea making module to extract tea leaves each time they are added to the tea extractor a plurality of times.

5. A milk and coffee machine according to claim 1, further comprising a boiler for heating water, the water in the boiler being provided to the tea extractor by the first water supply means and/or to the coffee extractor by the second water supply means.

6. The machine of claim 1, wherein the machine comprises: the milk mixing device comprises a mixing bin, a rotor capable of rotating in the mixing bin and a motor for driving the rotor to rotate, wherein the rotor is provided with a plurality of teeth for mixing milk.

7. The milk coffee machine of claim 1, wherein the milk foam module further comprises a hot milk mechanism for heating milk, and the milk flowing out of the milk storage is heated by the hot milk mechanism and then enters the milk foam generator.

8. The machine of claim 1, further comprising an ingredient container for holding beverage ingredients.

9. A milk and coffee machine according to any of claims 1-8, characterized in that it further comprises a washing mechanism for washing the tea extractor, the coffee extractor and the milk foam generator.

10. A maca machine according to claim 9, further comprising a trigger mechanism including a tray and a sensor, the tray including a tray body and a drain section provided on the tray body, wherein the tray body is configured to hold a cup that receives a beverage;