DE102017003909A1 - Beverage maker for hot drinks - Google Patents

Abstract

A beverage maker (100) for preparing hot drinks, comprising a housing (10) with a beverage dispenser (12) and electronics, wherein the beverage maker (100) comprises a tea maker (18) formed separately or at or at least partially within the housing (10 ) of the beverage maker (100) is arranged and has an interface with the housing (10), is accessible from outside the housing (10) and has a movable holding device (20).

Description

The invention relates to a beverage maker for hot drinks for household or catering needs.

State of the art

Beverage makers for hot drinks, especially coffee machines, are devices for brewing coffee. The brewing is carried out by hot extraction and filtration of ground coffee beans with water as extractant. Are known filter coffee machines or coffee machines. Paper filters, metal sieves or even different coffee pads serve as coffee filters.

The hot beverage, especially the coffee, is thus prepared in the hot appliance maker. It can be mixed with flavored ingredients and additives such as milk, milk foam or the like upon dispensing.

Likewise, beverage maker for hot drinks for the preparation of tea are known. These are household electrical appliances that are used for the automatic preparation of tea. In this case, water is heated to boiling or up to a previously set temperature. The evolving steam creates an overpressure that forces the hot water, for example, into an underlying vessel. In this vessel, the tea arranged there can pull. After expiration of a preset time, a valve is opened at the bottom of the vessel after drawing and the tea drains, for example, into a glass jug, which can be arranged on a hotplate.

The DE 20 2006 016 849 U1 discloses a tea making machine for making tea comprising a tea leaf storage bin, a tea leaf portioning device, a heating element for heating water, and a vessel for receiving the portioned tea leaves and the water.

There are also hot drinks making facilities that can be used to make both coffee and tea.

The WO 02074144 discloses a multifunctional beverage machine that automatically prepares various types of hot drinks such as coffee, tea, hot chocolate and soups. By using a microprocessor control system, a multi-functional operation can be achieved via a jog button. The beverage machine has a removable water tank and one or more independent brewing chambers to prepare various types and combinations of drinks in one operation. The necessary settings for different water temperatures, cup volumes and brewing times can be programmed through a control system using a microprocessor.

The DE 10 2007 041022 A1 discloses a device for preparing flavored hot drinks, in particular coffee, with a device for preparing the coffee, which has a first outlet, via which the coffee can be dispensed into a receptacle, and a second outlet, which is fluidly separated from the first outlet and the at least one flavoring agent, in particular a syrup, is connected in the receiving vessel with at least one Aromastoffreservoir fluidly. This device can also make tea from a corresponding syrup.

The devices that are to provide both coffee and tea drinks are elaborately designed, since the output devices of these two different tasting drinks must be strictly separated, so that the taste of the two different drinks is not affected by the other drink.

The object of the invention is to provide a beverage maker for hot drinks available, which allows a preparation of hot drinks such as coffee and tea in a simple form and a preservation of the taste of the different drinks.

Disclosure of the invention

There is disclosed a beverage maker for hot drinks, with which both coffee and tea can be prepared by a device, but separately from each other. The beverage maker for hot drinks, in particular the coffee machine or the coffee machine, for this purpose has a device which is designed for the preparation of tea and can be prepared by the tea beverage outside the machine.

The beverage maker for hot drinks has its own tea preparation facility. This tea maker has a holding device for receiving devices of tea leaves. This receiving device can be a tea bag, a tea strainer or the like. be. To prepare the tea beverage already existing in the coffee machine functions can be used, in particular the adjustment of the amount of water, the water temperature, the water quality and the like.

The tea maker may be fixed or detachable on a household appliance, a kettle, a coffee machine, a Be arranged coffee machines or other suitable device in the household, spa or catering sector. The tea maker has an interface for connection to the housing of the beverage hot beverage maker for communication. In the event that the tea-making device can be removed, an additional electricity storage unit can be arranged. Communication with the coffee maker is via interfaces such as a plug connection or wireless communication such as wireless or Bluetooth.

The tea preparation device may have a drive and a further device for movement during the brewing process.

To prepare the tea, for example, a cup or other suitable receptacle is placed on the coffee maker. This can be done on a corresponding essay. After filling the appropriate amount of water that has been heated in advance to the desired temperature in this receptacle, the tea, which is arranged in its receiving device, this receiving device is arranged by a holding device on a movable immersion device, lowered into the receptacle. The movement takes place, for example, contactless, for example, according to the formations of a magnetic levitation train, or by the action of a driving device in particular using magnets. The drawing or brewing process begins. After completion of the drawing or brewing process, the receiving device, so for example, the tea bag, again moved in the opposite direction and lifted out of the cup, which can now be removed to drink the tea.

The device for tea preparation can thus be removable or designed as an external, separate device and be placed for example on a cup or a jug. The pot can also be placed on the tea preparation device and kept there. The external, separate device can communicate with the housing via the interface. Likewise, a find function can be integrated into this device. For this purpose, a sound signal can be adjustable. In particular, for the catering sector, a theft protection can be arranged on the cup or can, which can be activated when leaving a certain area.

It is also possible that the cup or the pot is traded together with the external device, the tea-making device, wherein the corresponding interface to the beverage maker for hot drinks is also formed. For example, the tea may continue to brew after removing the external device and placing it on the cup. However, starting, operating, adjusting and the other functions offered are carried out via the beverage maker.

The tea preparation thus comprises an individual, reproducible and controlled process for brewing tea beverages, which is designed as part of a device for hot beverage or coffee preparation or communicates with the beverage maker via at least one interface. The functions formed in the beverage or coffee maker are used. This may be, in particular, the electronics for selecting the appropriate program, the control or storage of the brewing process via an app, or the definition of the amount of water and the temperature by the beverage maker. The control of the tea-making device can be arranged on or in the beverage maker or optionally directly on the tea-making device.

The brewing process can be carried out as a function of specific parameters, that is to say in particular time-controlled, as a function of the temperature, turbidity or the like. The start takes place after filling the amount of water, for example, by pressing a start button or the menu button on the beverage maker. The end of the brewing process takes place after an individually defined time by automatic separation of the tea from the water.

The brewing process may be freely programmable depending on the type of tea, the amount of tea, the temperature and the time. The tea-making device as part of the beverage maker can be used for a variety of dosage forms, especially tea, for example, tea bags, loose tea, tea powder, capsules, spices, herbs, fruits or the like. There is a recognition of the change of tea.

The amount of tea required for the preparation is recorded, for example, by weight by means of a balance or the volume in advance. There may be a movement of the brewing liquid for optimal mixing and a brewing time reduction. A counter function enables multiple brewing, for example with green teas. The brewing time for the repeated brewing is adjusted. For this, the brewing processes can be stored. A memory function allows you to repeat the process.

The tea preparation device as part of the beverage maker may be designed to be removable. This may reduce the waiting time for users of making coffee drinks.

The beverage maker thus has a separation into a wet and a dry area. It is both a wet area for tea and water trained as well as a drying area with the controller and the electronics. The tea preparation device is designed so that the volume of water can be detected.

The strength of the tea can be detected, for example, by determining the turbidity of the tea. Furthermore, the tea maker provides a charging option, especially through a USB port or wireless charging.

Further advantages and advantageous embodiments of the invention are the following description of the figures, the drawings and the claims removed.

• 1 zeigt einen Getränkezubereiter mit einer Teezubereitungseinrichtung schräg von vorne,
• 2 zeigt den Getränkezubereiter mit der Teezubereitungseinrichtung von der Seite,
• 3 stellt den Getränkezubereiter mit der Teezubereitungseinrichtung von der Seite dar und
• 4 stellt den Getränkezubereiter mit der abgenommenen Teezubereitungseinrichtung von der Seite dar.

An exemplary embodiment of the solution according to the invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the attached schematic drawings. First reference numerals are also used on all figures that follow. Showing:

• 1 shows a beverage maker with a tea maker obliquely from the front,
• 2 shows the beverage maker with the tea maker from the side,
• 3 represents the beverage maker with the tea maker from the side and
• 4 represents the beverage maker with the tea maker removed from the side.

In 1 is a beverage maker 100 shown. The beverage maker 100 is designed as a coffee machine. He has a housing 10 on. At the housing 10 is a beverage dispenser 12 arranged. It serves the release of coffee. Furthermore, on the housing 10 a milk frother 14 arranged. The beverage maker 100 also has a support surface 16 on. It is designed to accommodate receptacles for the prepared drinks. These are in particular cups for the prepared coffee or the tea to be prepared. The bearing surface 16 may be formed in two parts and include a catch basin with a screen, so that any dripping liquid can be collected and then disposed of.

At the front of the drinks maker 100 is a tea maker 18 educated. With this tea maker 18 can be easily prepared in addition to coffee or coffee blends of tea.

2 shows the beverage maker 100 of the page. At the tea maker 18 is a holding device 20 , in this embodiment, a bracket 20 , educated. This holding device 20 has two handles in the embodiment shown 22 . 24 on. These two handles 22 . 24 can be compressed. This opens the clip 20 at its lower end, adding the two tips 26 . 28 be pressed apart and a Teeaufnahmeeinrichtung 30 can absorb, with the two peaks 26 . 28 when releasing the two handles 22 . 24 snap together and the tea picking device 30 to grab. The tea picking device 30 is in this embodiment as a tea bag 30 educated. However, it may also be a vessel for loose tea leaves or tea powder or be formed as a capsule. With the tea maker 18 Spices, herbs, fruits or other suitable food products can be used as a basis for the preparation of drinks.

On the support surface 16 becomes a beverage receptacle 32 , here in particular a cup 32 , put on.

The clip 20 is movable or movable from the tea preparation device 18 on the housing 10 the beverage maker 100 arranged. The clip 20 can be from an upper position in which the bracket 20 towards the surface 34 of the housing 10 is positioned, move to a position that is towards the bottom 36 of the housing 10 is arranged. It can be in the clip 20 arranged tea bags 30 in the cup 32 be lowered. In particular, one comes within the housing 10 arranged linear drive used. This linear drive can provide the mobility from the outside "invisible" by the action of magnets.

3 represents the tea maker 18 with the beverage maker 100 inside the case 10 and their positioning. The location of the tea-making facility 18 is shown in dashed lines.

In 4 is shown as the tea maker 18 in the whole of the beverage maker 100 can be removed and so from the housing 10 can be removed. When the tea maker 18 is to be used separately, it has its own control and power supply unit.

The tea maker 18 or the entire drinks maker 100 may have a memory function for storing the brewing operations. The electronics of the beverage maker 100 is used to select the brewing process. The Control and storage of the brewing process can optionally be done via an app. The selection of the amount of water and the temperature via the beverage maker 100 ,

The brewing process is particularly time-controlled. After filling the amount of water, for example, a start button or a menu button on the beverage maker 100 actuated. The brewing process is after an individually predetermined time by separation of the tea bag 30 finished with the drink.

The brewing process can be programmed and controlled depending on the type of tea used, the amount of tea, the temperature and the time. The tea maker 18 can be made in different sizes. These are dependent on the size of the beverage maker 100 ,

The beverage maker according to the invention 100 has the advantage that a drink such as tea independently and separately with only one device, namely the coffee machine or the like. can be produced. The tea maker 18 advantageously uses the facilities of the coffee machine in its housing 10 and yet offers a separate use for making a taste independent hot drink.

The inventive design of the beverage maker 100 has the advantage that cleaning can be done more easily. There are no obstructive openings, seals or hoses longer necessary.

All in the description, the following claims and the drawings illustrated features may be essential to the invention both individually and in any combination.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10

casing

12

Beverage dispenser

14

frother

16

bearing surface

18

Teezubereitungseinrichtung

20

holder

22

first grip

24

second handle

26

first tip

28

second peak

30

Teeaufnahmeeinrichtung

32

Beverage receptacle

34

Surface of the housing 10

36

Bottom of the housing 10

100

A beverage maker

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

This list of the documents listed by the applicant has been generated automatically and is included solely for the better information of the reader. The list is not part of the German patent or utility model application. The DPMA assumes no liability for any errors or omissions.

Cited patent literature

• DE 202006016849 U1 [0005]
• WO 02074144 [0007]
• DE 102007041022 A1 [0008]

Claims (16)

A beverage maker (100) for preparing hot drinks, comprising a housing (10) with a beverage dispenser (12) and electronics, characterized in that the beverage maker (100) comprises a tea maker (18) connected to the housing (10) of the beverage maker (10). 100) is connected by at least one software interface and accessible from outside the housing (10) and has a movable holding device (20) for a tea receiving device (30). Drinks preparation (100) after Claim 1 , characterized in that the interface as a software interface and machine interface between the beverage maker (100) and the tea-making device (18) is formed. Beverage maker (100) according to one of Claims 1 or 2 , characterized in that the movable holding device (20) is designed to be movable in the vertical or oblique direction. Drinks preparation (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding device (20) is designed as a tea bag holder (20). Drinks preparation (100) after Claim 4 , characterized in that the holding device (20) is a clamp (30). Drinks maker (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movement of movement of the holding device (20) is driven by a linear drive, which is arranged within the housing (10) of the beverage maker (100). Beverage maker (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a tea-receiving device (30) is arranged on the holding device (20). Drinks preparation (100) after Claim 7 , characterized in that the tea receiving means (30) is a tea bag, a tea container for loose tea or tea powder, herbs, spices, fruits or a capsule. Drinks preparation (100) according to one of the preceding Claims 7 or 8th , characterized in that the Teeaufnahmeeinrichtung (30), which is arranged on the tea bag holder (20), in the direction of a brewing liquid in a beverage receiving vessel (32) lowered and can be lifted out of the brewing liquid again. Drinks preparation (100) after Claim 9 , characterized in that the duration of the whereabouts of the tea receiving device (30) in the brewing liquid is adjustable by specifying parameters. Drinks preparation (100) after Claim 10 , characterized in that the parameter is a period, a turbidity, a temperature or a manual signal. Drinks preparation (100) after Claim 10 or 11 , characterized in that the duration of the brewing process in dependence on the type of tea, tea and / or temperature programmable, controllable and / or adjustable by an application. Drinks preparation (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the beverage maker (100) has a weighing function of the tea and / or a movement device for the brewing liquid and / or a counter function for multiple brewing and / or an adjustment of the brewing time and / or a Memory function and / or a memory function includes. Drinks preparation (100) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tea-making device (18) is fixedly or detachably arranged on the housing (10) of the beverage maker (100). Drinks preparation (100) after Claim 14 , characterized in that the tea preparation device (18) has its own control unit for brewing operations. A beverage maker (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tea maker (18) is disposed on or below the beverage receptacle (32) and / or the tea maker (18) and / or the beverage receptacle (32) has a find function and / or has a theft protection.

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