CN217852441U

CN217852441U - Beverage making equipment

Info

Publication number: CN217852441U
Application number: CN202221175270.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱明德
Original assignee: Denghui Electrical Appliances Huizhou Co ltd
Current assignee: Denghui Electrical Appliances Huizhou Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-12
Filing date: 2022-05-12
Publication date: 2022-11-22
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-12

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a beverage making device, which is used for improving the flavor of a beverage. The beverage making device of the embodiment of the application comprises: a water tank, a water pump and an air pipeline; a water outlet of the water tank is connected with an input port of the water pump through a connecting pipe to form a communicating pipeline, and a gas outlet of the air pipeline is connected with the communicating pipeline; the water pump is used for pumping the water in the water tank and the air in the air pipeline and outputting the water mixed with the air for making the beverage through the brewing device.

Description

Beverage making equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the field of kitchen appliances, in particular to beverage making equipment.

Background

Coffee machines on the market can be roughly classified into fully automatic, semi-automatic, manual coffee machines or capsule coffee machines, wherein fully automatic, semi-automatic and capsule coffee machines have become common coffee machines for consumers.

However, in the conventional coffee machine, the full-automatic, semi-automatic or capsule coffee machine all depends on an electronic pump in the coffee machine to pump hot water into coffee powder in the brewing device to form coffee, because a filter screen is arranged in the brewing device and the coffee powder can form resistance, pressure is generated during brewing, and the brewed coffee can extract grease of the coffee powder under the action of the pressure, so that the flavor and grease effect of the coffee are influenced, and the experience of consumers is poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a beverage making device which is used for improving the flavor of a beverage.

A first aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a beverage making apparatus, comprising a water tank, a water pump, and an air conduit;

a water outlet of the water tank is connected with an input port of the water pump through a connecting pipe to form a communicating pipeline, and a gas outlet of the air pipeline is connected with the communicating pipeline;

the water pump is used for pumping the water in the water tank and the air in the air pipeline and outputting the water mixed with the air for making the beverage through the brewing device.

Alternatively,

the air inlet of the air duct is disposed above the water level of the water tank for preventing water in the water tank from flowing out of the air duct.

Optionally, the beverage making device further comprises a control valve;

the control valve is arranged at a gas inlet of the air pipeline and used for adjusting the air inlet amount or the air inlet time of the air pipeline.

Optionally, the beverage making device further comprises a control device;

the control device is connected with the control valve and used for controlling the control valve to adjust the air inlet amount or the air inlet time of the air pipeline.

Optionally, the beverage making apparatus further comprises a heater;

the input port of the heater is connected with the output port of the water pump;

the heater is used for heating water mixed with air output by the water pump;

or the heater is used for heating the water of the mixed air output by the water pump into steam.

Optionally, the beverage making apparatus further comprises a diverter valve;

and the input port of the steering valve is connected with the output port of the heater and is used for outputting the water vapor of the mixed air.

Optionally, the beverage making apparatus further comprises the brewing device;

the input port of the brewing device is connected with the output port of the water pump and is used for making beverage.

Optionally, the beverage making apparatus further comprises a flow meter;

the flowmeter is connected in the communication pipeline through the connecting pipe; the input port of the flow meter is connected with the water outlet of the water tank through the connecting pipe, and the output port of the flow meter is connected with the input port of the water pump through the connecting pipe;

the flow meter is used for monitoring the flow state of the water tank so as to control the water yield of the water tank.

Optionally, the brewing device comprises a fully automatic coffee machine, a semi-automatic coffee machine, a manual coffee machine or a capsule coffee machine.

Optionally, the beverage comprises tea or coffee.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the application has the following advantages: through the beverage preparation equipment of this application embodiment, through the pressure of water pump and the heating effect of heater, make and mix the air in the hot water and dash bubble beverage, because the aquatic is mixed in the air, when dashing bubble beverage, especially coffee has produced the emulsification effect, because the air is mixed in the grease, the volume can increase for the grease effect is more obvious, has promoted the consumer as far as possible and has experienced the sense.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art according to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a conventional beverage making apparatus in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a beverage making apparatus according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another embodiment of a beverage forming apparatus according to the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another embodiment of a beverage forming apparatus according to the present application.

Reference numerals are as follows: 1. a water tank; 2. a water pump; 3. an air duct; 4. a heater; 5. a brewing device; 6. A flow meter; 7. a diverter valve.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the present application, the present application will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present application are shown in the drawings. This application may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used in the description of the present application herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It will be understood that when an element or layer is referred to as being "on," "adjacent to," "connected to," or "coupled to" other elements or layers, it can be directly on, adjacent to, connected or coupled to the other elements or layers or intervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," directly adjacent to, "directly connected to" or "directly coupled to" other elements or layers, there are no intervening elements or layers present. It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the present application.

Spatially relative terms, such as "under," "below," "beneath," "under," "above," "over," and the like, may be used herein for convenience in describing the relationship of one element or feature to another element or feature illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements or features described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary terms "under" and "under" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatial descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of the associated listed items.

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 a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the 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.

The espresso coffee machines available in the market sector can be roughly classified as fully automatic, semi-automatic, manual coffee machines or capsule coffee machines. Among them, the full-automatic coffee machine, the semi-automatic coffee machine and the capsule coffee machine have become common household products, and the coffee machine capable of brewing good crema is pursued by consumers nowadays.

For example, referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional beverage making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

In particular, fig. 1 shows a conventional coffee maker system, generally provided externally with a housing, a control unit, a water tank 1, etc. The inside of the coffee machine is provided with a water pump 2 (P), a heater 4 (H) and a brewing device 5 (B), the coffee machine with higher specification is provided with a flow meter 6 (F) to control the output quantity of the coffee, and the brewing device 5 can be presented in different forms in different types of coffee machines. For example, the brewing device 5 in the fully automatic coffee machine is a brewing chamber with a function of collecting coffee powder, and after the coffee powder is collected by matching with a bean grinder, the brewing chamber can be sealed through mechanical action, then hot water is injected to brew coffee, and then coffee grounds are discharged through mechanical action.

Correspondingly, in the case of a semiautomatic coffee machine, the brewing device 5 is a manual filter bowl. After a user puts coffee powder into the filter screen cup, the user can pour coffee by starting hot water through the flushing joint arranged on the machine body. Secondly, in the case of a capsule coffee machine, the brewing device 5 is a brewing chamber into which a coffee capsule can be placed, then the brewing chamber is sealed by manual or mechanical action, then coffee is brewed by water injection, and after completion, the capsule can be discharged by mechanical action or taken out manually, so that coffee is obtained.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present application, it is understood that the conventional coffee machine system, i.e., the conventional coffee machine apparatus, will be described later with reference to the coffee machine system for convenience of description. It should also be understood that the coffee maker system described in this embodiment may also brew other beverages, such as tea, which are not described herein or limited.

It can be seen that the coffee machines all rely on the resistance generated by the brewing device matching with the coffee powder or the coffee capsule, and the pressure of the water pump and the heating power of the heater, so that the brewed coffee can generate corresponding flavor and grease effects. It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, it is stated that air is mixed into grease, and the volume is increased, so as to improve the corresponding observation effect.

In summary, in the conventional coffee machine system, because the filter screen is arranged in the brewing device and the coffee powder can form resistance, pressure is generated during brewing, and the grease of the coffee powder can be extracted from the brewed coffee under the action of the pressure, so that the flavor and grease effect of the coffee are affected, and the experience of consumers is poor.

Therefore, the embodiment of the application provides a beverage making device for improving the flavor of the beverage.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a beverage making apparatus according to the present application. This beverage preparation equipment, beverage preparation system promptly, for convenient description, follow-up all describes with beverage preparation system, including water tank 1, water pump 2 and air conduit 3 (C).

Specifically, a water outlet of the water tank 1 is connected with an input port of the water pump 2 through a connecting pipe, so that a communicating pipeline is formed. The gas outlet of the air pipeline 3 is connected with a communication pipeline.

Wherein, the water tank 1 is used for providing water for making beverage, the air pipeline 3 is used for providing air, the water pump 2 can pump the water in the water tank and the air in the air pipeline and output the water mixed with the air, thereby leading the brewing device to brew the corresponding beverage.

In this embodiment, the brewing device is easier to produce the emulsification effect when brewing the beverage due to the air mixed in the water during the brewing process, so that the grease effect is more obvious, and the experience of the user is improved.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the beverage making apparatus of the present application. Comprises a water tank 1, a flow meter 6, an air pipeline 3, a water pump 2, a heater 4 and a brewing device 5. For convenience of description, the beverage making system is described as making coffee, it should be understood that the beverage making system may also make beverages such as tea, and the beverage made by the beverage making system is not limited herein, and will not be further described in detail hereinafter.

The flowmeter 6 is connected in the communicating pipeline through a connecting pipe, wherein the input port of the flowmeter 6 is connected with the water outlet of the water tank 1 through the connecting pipe, and the output port of the flowmeter 6 is connected with the input port of the water pump 2 through the connecting pipe. It should be noted that, in some beverage making systems, it may be selected that no flow meter is installed, but a flow meter is installed in most of the middle-high end beverage making systems, and specifically, whether the flow meter is installed or not is not limited here, in this embodiment, the flow meter is mainly used for monitoring the flow state of the water tank 1 and controlling the water outlet amount of the water tank 1, and for convenience of description, the flow meter will not be described in detail in the following. Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the flow meter 6 is optionally mounted.

The air pipe 3 needs to be arranged before the water pump 2. Meanwhile, the top end of the air duct, i.e., the gas inlet, needs to be disposed at a position higher than the water level of the water tank 1 to prevent the water in the water tank 1 from flowing away from the air duct. It will also be appreciated that since the air conduit 3 is disposed before the water pump 2, the air conduit 3 may be positioned between the flow meter 6 and the water pump 2, i.e. as shown in figure 3, i.e. the gas outlet of the air conduit 3 is connected to the inlet of the water pump 2. Alternatively, the air line 3 may also be arranged between the water tank 1 and the flow meter 6, i.e. the gas outlet of the air line 3 is connected to the inlet of the flow meter 6. It will also be appreciated that the air duct 3 may also be designed integrally with the water tank 1. It will be understood that the position of the air pipe 3 is not limited thereto, and it is only necessary that the final connection result is before the water pump 2. It should be understood that the air duct 3 may be one or more of a T-shaped three-way pipe, a right-angle communication pipe, a C-shaped communication pipe, or an F-shaped three-way pipe, and the form of the air duct is not limited herein, and is not further described in the following. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the installation position of the air duct 3 is shown in fig. 3, and the installation position of the air duct 3 is not described in detail in the following.

It should also be understood that a control valve (C) may be added at the top end of the air duct 3, and the control valve may be of a manual or electromechanical structure. When a manual mechanical structure is used, the user can manually adjust the air inflow so as to control the coffee effect. Correspondingly, when the electromechanical structure is used, the opening, the closing or the adjustment of the size of the valve port of the control valve and the like can be selected in different brewing processes, so that different coffee grease effects are generated. For example, in the process of starting brewing, the valve port of the control valve is slowly opened after the brewing is started, the valve port of the control valve is slowly narrowed to be closed after the brewing is finished, and the coffee is stopped outputting after the control valve is closed, so that the whole process can be smoothly processed, and the generated grease effect is smooth. Thus, it can also be appreciated that the user can make adjustments from a control panel or other location of the beverage making system, whether a manual mechanical configuration or an electromechanical configuration. That is, the control valve 3 is provided with a control system, and the control system is preset with an execution program instruction, so that the control system can perform corresponding adjustment processes on the control valve 3 through the execution program instruction, and can correspond to different beverage schemes by changing the gas content and the time.

Further, this improvement in functionality may have an impact on coffee effectiveness, and similar techniques or structures may be applied in other beverage machines. For example, tea or other brewed beverages, brewed from tea leaves using water mixed with air, also produce different effects than conventional brewing devices, thereby enhancing the consumer experience.

The water pump 2, in this embodiment, the input port of the water pump 2 is connected to the flow meter 6 and the air pipe 3 through the connecting pipes, respectively. The water pump is used for pumping water in the water tank 1 and air in the air pipeline 3 and outputting water mixed with air. In the embodiment, the working pressure of the water pump 2 can reach more than 20BAR, and the effect is more obvious under the condition of higher pressure. In particular, the pump 2 is effective under brewing conditions up to pressures above 3BAR, preferably 7-12BAR when the coffee is espresso. It should be noted that, this embodiment does not limit the specific value of the pressure adopted by the water pump 2, the adoption of the water pump 2 can be adjusted according to the user's requirement, and this is not described again in the following.

The input port of the heater 4 is connected with the output port of the water pump 2. Specifically, when the water pump 2 is operated, in addition to pumping water and air, the water pump 2 outputs water mixed with air, so that the heater 4 heats the water mixed with air, and then outputs the water mixed with air reaching a certain temperature to the brewing device 5. In the present embodiment, the heater 4 may not be operated, and the heater 4 may not be provided. When the heater 4 is not in operation or is not provided, a cold brew beverage can be made, with the addition of air to enhance the flavor of the beverage. Therefore, it should be understood that the working state or setting of the heater 4 is not limited in this embodiment, and will not be described again in the following. For convenience of description, the heater 4 is selected in this embodiment, and the heater 4 is in an operating state.

The input port of the brewing device 5 is connected with the output port of the heater 4, and the output port of the brewing device 5 is used for outputting brewed beverage. Specifically, the brewing device 5 includes a full-automatic coffee machine, a semi-automatic coffee machine, a manual coffee machine, or a capsule coffee machine, and it should be understood that the brewing device may also be a brewing structure of tea or other brewing beverages, and the specific structure of the brewing device 5 is not limited herein, and will not be further described in detail later.

In summary, according to the beverage making device provided by this embodiment, the brewed coffee can generate corresponding flavor and grease effects by adding the pressure of the water pump and the heating power of the heater, in this embodiment, air is added into the beverage making device, hot water is mixed with air to brew coffee by heating the water pump and the hot water, and because the air is mixed into the water, an emulsifying effect is more easily generated when brewing coffee, the grease effect of coffee is enhanced, the appearance and taste effect of coffee are effectively improved, and the experience of a user is improved.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the beverage making apparatus of the present application. Comprises a water tank 1, a flowmeter 6, an air pipeline 3, a water pump 2, a heater 4, a brewing device 5 and a steering valve 7 (S). The connection manner or function of the water tank 1, the flow meter 6, the air pipe 3, the water pump 2, the heater 4 and the brewing device 5 in this embodiment is similar to that of the water tank 1, the flow meter 6, the air pipe 3, the water pump 2, the heater 4 and the brewing device 5 described in fig. 3, which is not described herein again, but it should be noted that this embodiment may be used in a milk frothing system. It should also be noted that, for convenience of description, the beverage making system is configured as a coffee maker making system, and further description thereof is omitted.

Specifically, the conventional milk frothing systems rely on steam to be turned out, and then negative pressure is generated by Bernoulli's principle to suck in air and milk to produce milk froth, or a steam tube is manually placed on the surface of milk in a steam tube manner, and when steam is output, air can be mixed. However, in this embodiment, air can be mixed with water in the pump 2, so that the diverted steam is mixed with the mixed steam, and therefore, the milk foam can be directly generated while being mixed with the milk.

As shown in figure 4, the coffee machine is provided with a milk frothing function, and a diverter valve 7 is arranged in front of the brewing device 5, wherein the input port of the diverter valve 7 is connected with the output port of the heater 4, and the output port of the diverter valve 7 is connected with the input port of the brewing device 5. The steering valve 7 may be an electromagnetic valve or a manual mechanical steering valve, the structure of the steering valve 7 is not limited in this embodiment, and the structure of the steering valve 7 may also be other types of mechanical structures, which will not be described in detail later.

When the heater 4 heats water into steam, the steering valve 7 steers the pipeline to the direction of the steam, and the steam mixed with air can be output for milk frothing, and certainly, as described in the figure 3, the beverage making system can control the air mixing amount and time in the beverage brewing process through the control valve 3, and then the temperature of milk is detected by matching with milk detection equipment on the steam pipe, so that different milk frothing effects can be achieved by matching with corresponding air content and output time at different temperatures.

It should be noted that the milk temperature detection device is disposed on the steam pipe, which is not difficult to understand, and the milk temperature detection device is not limited in this embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the heater 4 may not be operated, or the heater 4 may not be provided. When the heater 4 is not operated or not provided, a cold-brew beverage and also a cold milk foam can be made, while the flavor of the beverage is enhanced by adding air. Therefore, it should be understood that the working state or setting of the heater 4 is not limited in this embodiment, and will not be described again in the following. For convenience of description, the heater 4 is selected in this embodiment, and the heater 4 is in an operating state.

In summary, according to the beverage making device provided by the embodiment, the steam mixed with the air is output through the diverter valve to serve as the milk foam by adding the pressure of the water pump and the heat of the heater, so that the milk foam can generate corresponding flavor, and the experience of the user is improved.

The above embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is defined by the claims. Various modifications and equivalents of the invention can be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the invention, and such modifications and equivalents should also be considered as falling within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A beverage making device is characterized by comprising a water tank, a water pump and an air pipeline;

2. Beverage making device as claimed in claim 1,

3. The beverage making apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control valve;

4. A beverage making device as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a control device;

5. The beverage making apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a heater;

the heater is used for heating water of mixed air output by the water pump;

6. The beverage making apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a diverter valve;

7. A beverage making device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising said brewing means;

8. The beverage making apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a flow meter;

the flowmeter is connected in the communication pipeline through the connecting pipe; an input port of the flow meter is connected with a water outlet of the water tank through the connecting pipe, and an output port of the flow meter is connected with an input port of the water pump through the connecting pipe;

9. A beverage making device as claimed in claim 1 or 7, characterized in that the brewing means comprise a fully automatic coffee machine, a semi-automatic coffee machine, a manual coffee machine or a capsule coffee machine.

10. A beverage making device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the beverage comprises tea or coffee.