Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
  • A47J31/44—Parts or details or accessories of beverage-making apparatus
  • A47J31/48—Clips, rings, hooks, or like devices to support filter parts while not in use
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J27/00—Cooking-vessels
  • A47J27/21—Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
  • A47J27/21008—Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles electrically heated
  • A47J27/2105—Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles electrically heated of the cordless type, i.e. whereby the water vessel can be plugged into an electrically-powered base element
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
  • A47J31/04—Coffee-making apparatus with rising pipes
  • A47J31/043—Vacuum-type coffee-making apparatus with rising pipes in which hot water is passed to the upper bowl in which the ground coffee is placed and subsequently the heat source is cut-off and the water is sucked through the filter by the vacuum in the lower bowl
  • A47J31/047—Vacuum-type coffee-making apparatus with rising pipes in which hot water is passed to the upper bowl in which the ground coffee is placed and subsequently the heat source is cut-off and the water is sucked through the filter by the vacuum in the lower bowl with automatic cut-off of heat supply

Definitions

• the invention relates to a device for preparing coffee of the type, w h e r e water in a closed container is being boiled, after which the water through a n ascension pipe is pressed into an open compartment, where the boiling w ater extracts aromatic carriers from the ground coffee, after which the prep ared coffee drink is filtered back to the closed compartment through a filter a r ranged at the outlet from the open compartment.
• the two containers are c onnec ted with an ascension pipe being axially slideable with a view to allowing a v ari able infusion time in the extraction compartment.
• the characterising features o f the specified invention are, that the ascension pipe is slidingly mounted, an d the rest amount of water is decided by the position of the ascension pipe, an d that the ascension pipe in a manner known per se has the function of an as - cension pipe and an outlet.
• those known features are made with t h e intention to enable the user to adjust the infusion time for the tea.
• the bottom o f the fresh water container is split in two levels.
• the infusion time for tea c a n perfectly vary from 5 minutes for an Assam or Ceylon tea, whereas Kemun te a is characteristic by its long infusion time of 15 minutes as a consequence of its low contents of tannic acid.
• Such needs are not present in the actual in ven ti on , where the coffee shall be prepared in a known manner, which with the i n v e n tion can fulfil the expectations of the consumers.
• a device for prep ari n g coffee according to the ingress of the specification, where the closed c ontainer is equipped with at the least one heating element, which together and/or s in gle have a suitable power for bringing the water in the closed compartment to t h e boil, and that the heating element complex is controlled depending on time an d temperature using suitable control means and have at the least two power steps with a view to keeping the temperature of the coffee drink within a n a rr o w temperature range below the boiling point of the coffee drink.
• a method for preparing a coffee drink using the device for preparing c offee comprise initially the following known steps a - f: a) Filling of water into the container being equipped with the heating element complex; b) Mounting the open compartment with filter; c) Filling of ground coffee beans; d) Initiating heating of the water until boiling, where the water before t h e boiling as a consequence of the heat dilatation and increasing steam pre s sure is displaced through the ascension pipe to the open compartment; e) Boiling of the water during a suitable time, where steam from the boi lin g rise through the ascension pipe to the open compartment, where t h e contents is heated to the boiling point temperature; f) Switching off the boiling, whereby the closed compartment is cooled a n d build up a vacuum sucking down the prepared coffee drink back to t h e open compartment; and the method is distinctive from the prior art technique in that g) The heating element complex belonging to the open compartment
• the cooling time can be de - termined so that the contents of the open compartment can extract aromatic components during the time, fixed by the user according to his or her taste, being in the range between seconds until 2 to 3 minutes.
• a time dependent extension of the cooling time can be p ro - vided in that the heating element is supplied with pulsating power, where t h e mean value correspond to a lower power step.
• the heating element be supplied with electric energy, whereby optimum possibilities for an effec tive control of the process are provided. This can be accomplished with a time controlled initiation of the process and an electric control of the cooling phase , step g), and the final phase, step h), where the prepared coffee drink is kep t optimally warm.
• the heating element is a catalyst carrier over which a combustible gas, e.g. a common gas for lighters.
• a battery - powered control of gas valves at the boiling of the water is here possible in l ocations, where a supply grid is not available.
• the device for preparing coffee i t is equipped with a socket containing the control electronics, a switching c omplex and possibly an energy storage in the form of a gas container/cartridge o r a connection to an electric power supply.
• fig. 1. shows an perspective view of the device for p rep arin g coffee according to the invention
• fig. 2. shows an axial section through the device for p rep ari n g coffee according to the invention
• fig. 3. shows a perspective view as in fig. 1, but with the fly-out arm shown in the outer position.
• a device for preparing coffee being run w ith electricity; this is described in the following.
• the device for preparing coffee according to the embodiment is equipped with a closed compartment 1 standin g on a socket 2 with not further shown coupling means to the power supply.
• a window 4 is seen, through which the process can be fol- lowed.
• an electric switching arm 5 is arranged, which i s controlled partly manually, partly automatically by means of time and/or tem perature parameters.
• the closed compartment 1 is closed by means of a plug 14 encirculating a pipe 12 reaching out from the open compartment 6 an d through the plug 14 arranged in an opening 15 in the closed compartment 1.
• This opening 15 can, when the open compartment 6 is removed from the device for preparing coffee, be further closed by means of a lid 7.
• the o p e n compartment 1 is equipped with a lid 16 impeding the evaporation of aromatic components form the ground coffee being filled into the open compartment 6 before the preparation of the coffee.
• the pipe 12, which is not shown in fig. 1 reaches down to the bottom of the closed compartment 1 without, after all, touching this.
• the bottom of the closed compartment 1 is in preferred embodiments e v e n with a view to the cleaning of the closed compartment.
• a window impeding the evaporation of aromatic components form the ground coffee being filled into the open compartment 6 before the preparation of the coffee.
• the pipe 12, which is not shown in fig. 1 reaches down to the bottom of the closed compartment 1 without, after all, touching this.
• the bottom of the closed compartment 1 is in preferred embodiments e v e n with a view to the cleaning of the closed compartment.
• a window there is
• Fig. 3 shows further, that, on a n other place of the socket 2, an extensible fly-out arm 9 is arranged, which, to- gether with a pop-up holder 17 can keep the open compartment 6 with its as cension pipe 12 after finishing the preparation of the ready coffee drin k .
• the open compartment 6 is secured against overturning, and possible remainings in the form of drops from the ascension pipe 12, can be catched in a not further shown tray suitable for this purpose, forming a part of the exten s i- ble fly-out arm 9.
• the fly-out arm When the fly-out arm is not in use, it can be turned into t h e socket 2. To this purpose, the holder 17 can be turned down into a recess 18 i n the fly -out arm 9.
• thermoelectric sensors are used, detecting boiling and assisting at the switching off the power supply, when boiling occur.
• the function of the device for preparing coffee is the following, p artl y known series of process steps: i. Water is filled into the closed compartment, before the open compartment
• a time controlled delay can be employed for securing a fixed boiling time, during which the steam enters the ascension pipe 12 and f u rth e r through the filter 13 and the mixture of water and ground coffee above that .
• the steam When the steam is guided through the fluid, it will condense and the l arg e amount of condensing heat passes from the steam to the fluid around it, w h at also will secure a stable temperature, being only dependent on the barometric pressure.
• the idea behind such heating is that the contents of the open com- partment 6 cannot be warmer than the ascending steam, as at temperature equilibrium no condensation takes place in the fluid.
• the circuit for the heating element 10 i s switched off, or it is switched to a lower power, so that the cooling down of t h e closed compartment 1 can take place in a controlled time, whereby the aromatic carriers from the ground coffee will have time for the infusion.
• t h e cooling down a vacuum is built up in the closed compartment 1, whereby t h e contents of the open compartment 6 is sucked down into the closed compartment 1.
• the open compartment 6 with the filter is removed and is arranged in the holder 17 on the fly-out arm 9, which is turned out fro m the socket 2 under the closed compartment 1, and the lid 7 is turned down c ov - ering the contents of the closed compartment 1.
• the coffee drink i s ready to be served and consumption.
• the heating element 10 can in a way known per se b e switched to a power level, where the coffee drink is kept within a narrow te m - perature range below the boiling point for the coffee drink.
• Starting the preparation can at an electrically controlled heating be c on trolled electrically with a time delay, so that water and ground coffee can b e filled into the closed compartment 1 and the open compartment 6, respectively , whereby at any arbitrary time coffee can be made without direct human in ter - ference .
• a similar automatic start of the heating can be arranged at a gas/catalysing heating, as the control can take place based on an electric b attery .

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