JP2002204751A - Coffee maker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily take out a small brush 18 from a case 11, and totally transfer coffee powder in the case 11 to an extracting apparatus 7 by cleaning the case 11 when the ground coffee powder is transferred from the case 11 to the extracting apparatus 1 by housing the small brush 18 in the case 11 by forming a brush-housing section 17 in the case 11 of a coffee mill 10. SOLUTION: Water which is fed from a water tank 3 through a hot water- feeding pipe 9 is heated by a heater 5 which is provided on the hot water- feeding pipe 9. The heated hot water is poured into the extracting apparatus 7 in which the coffee powder is housed, from a discharging port 6 at the distal end of the hot water-feeding pipe 9. The coffee which is extracted by the extracting apparatus 7 is poured into a container 8 for this coffee maker 1. In this case, the coffee mill 10 is detachably fitted in the main body 2 of the coffee maker 1. Then, at one section of the case 11 of the coffee mill 10, the brush housing section 17 for housing the small brush 18 which cleans the coffee powder in the coffee mill 10 is formed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method of heating water supplied from a water tank into hot water, pouring the hot water into an extractor containing coffee powder, and pouring the extracted coffee into a container. It concerns a home coffee maker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a home coffee maker,
An annular heater is attached to the lower surface of the mounting table provided at the lower part of the fuselage, water supplied from the water tank flows along the heater and heated, and the obtained hot water is transferred to the upper part of the fuselage to It is known that the coffee is poured from a discharge port into an extractor, and the extracted coffee is poured into a container placed on the mounting table, and the heat is kept by the heat of the heater.

In this type of coffee maker,
There is also known an apparatus in which a coffee mill is detachably attached to a rear portion of a main body, and coffee beans are crushed by the coffee mill immediately before coffee is extracted.

[0004]

When coffee beans are ground with a coffee mill as described above, ground coffee powder adheres to the case of the coffee mill and remains without being discharged only by tilting the case. Sometimes.

[0005] Therefore, in order to completely remove the coffee powder attached to the case, a small brush for sweeping the coffee powder in the case is required as an accessory of the coffee maker, but such a brush is small. It is easy to lose because it is a part.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a structure in which a brush for cleaning the inside of a coffee mill case is housed, and can be easily taken out and used when necessary. It is assumed that.

[0007]

According to the present invention, water supplied from a water tank through a hot water supply pipe is heated by a heater attached to the hot water supply pipe, and the heated hot water is heated at the end of the hot water supply pipe. In a coffee maker that pours coffee extractor into the extractor containing coffee powder from the discharge port and injects the coffee extracted by the extractor into a container, a coffee mill is detachably attached to the main body of the coffee maker,
A brush accommodating portion for accommodating a small brush for cleaning coffee powder in the coffee mill is formed in a part of the case of the coffee mill.

In the present invention, the brush accommodating portion includes
It is a bottomed hole formed in the side wall of the case of the coffee mill and opened at the top, and it is preferable to form an opening opened to the side on the bottom side surface of the brush housing portion.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a coffee maker 1 of the present invention. 2 is the coffee maker 1
And a water tank 3 is provided in the upper part of the center,
A mounting table 4 is provided at a lower front portion of the main body 2.
Is provided with an annular heater 5 on the lower surface thereof.

A discharge port 6 for discharging hot water is formed in a front upper portion of the main body 2, and an extractor 7 is provided below the discharge port 6. The extractor 7 is provided by the hot water discharged from the discharge port 6. Coffee is extracted from the coffee powder in 7 and is poured into a container 8 mounted on the mounting table 4.

A terminal of a hot water supply pipe 9 is connected to the bottom of the water tank 3, and the hot water supply pipe 9 is provided along the heater 5 in an annular shape integrally with the heater 5. Connected to outlet 6.

In the present invention, a coffee mill 10 is provided at the rear upper portion of the main body 2. In the coffee mill 10, a bowl-shaped case 11 is detachably attached to the main body 2, a rotating blade 12 is attached to the bottom of the case 11, and when the case 11 is attached to the main body 2, the rotating blade 12 is connected to a motor 13 provided in the main body 2, and by pressing down a push button 14, the rotating blade 12 is driven to rotate by the motor 13, and the rotating blade 12 crushes the coffee beans in the case 11. I have.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a coffee mill 10 according to the present invention. The case 11 of the coffee mill 10 is in the shape of a bowl with an open top.
A lid 15 is fitted to the upper part of the cover.

An outwardly projecting projection 16 is formed on a part of the side wall of the case 11.
A brush accommodating portion 17 is formed as a hole with a bottom opening upward, and a small brush 18 for cleaning the inside of the case 11 is accommodated in the brush accommodating portion 17. An opening 1 opened sideways is provided on the bottom side surface of the brush housing 17.
9 are formed.

In the drawings, the case 11 is provided at the rear of the water tank 3 and the projecting portion 1 of the case 11 is provided.
Numeral 6 has one side surface approaching and facing the rear side surface of the water tank 3, and the opening 19 is formed in the side surface of the protrusion 16 to prevent dust and the like from entering from the opening 19.

[0016]

The operation of the coffee maker 1 of the present invention will be described below. First, an appropriate amount of coffee beans is put into the case 11 of the coffee mill 10, the lid 15 is closed, and the push button 14 is pressed.
Is pressed down, the motor 13 is driven, and the rotary blades 12 rotate to crush the coffee beans in the case 11 into coffee powder.

After the coffee beans have been ground appropriately, the case 11 is removed from the main body 2, the lid 15 is opened, and the coffee powder in the case 11 is transferred into a filter set in the extractor 7. At this time, since the small brush 18 is housed in the brush housing portion 17 of the case 11, the small brush 18
Can be taken out, the coffee beans adhering to the case 11 can be cleaned, and all can be transferred to the extractor 7.

When all the coffee grounds have been transferred to the extractor 7, the small brush 18 is accommodated in the brush accommodating portion 17, the lid 15 is closed, and the case 11 is connected to the rear upper portion of the main body 2 again. Return to the state.

While the coffee mill 10 is repeatedly used, a small amount of coffee powder may adhere to the small brush 18 and fall into the brush housing 17.
According to the invention, the coffee powder dropped into the brush housing 17 is discharged from the opening 19, and the inside of the brush housing 17 can be kept clean.

Further, as shown in the drawing, the opening 19 is formed in the side wall of the projecting portion 16 of the case 11 which is close to the water tank 3 and is opposed to the water tank 3. It is closed by the water tank 3, so that dust or the like does not enter the brush housing 17 from the opening 19.

After the coffee powder has been put into the filter in the extractor 7 as described above, an appropriate amount of water is poured into the water tank 3 and the container 8 is placed on the mounting table 4 below the extractor 7. The heater 5 is energized in this state.

As a result, the water in the hot water supply pipe 9 provided along the heater 5 is heated and boiled, and the boiling water is sent upward and poured from the discharge port 6 into the coffee powder in the extractor 7. The coffee extracted from the coffee grounds is poured into the container 8 and kept warm by the heat of the heater 5.

[0023]

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the coffee mill 10 is detachably provided on the main body 2 of the coffee maker 1, coffee beans are crushed by the coffee mill 10,
Immediately pour coffee with the obtained fresh coffee powder,
You can drink delicious coffee.

Further, a brush accommodating portion 17 is formed in the case 11 of the coffee mill 10 detachably attached to the main body 2, and the small brush 18 is accommodated in the brush accommodating portion 17, so that the ground coffee powder is removed. When transferring from the case 11 to the extractor 7, the small brush 18 can be easily taken out of the case 11, the coffee powder in the case 11 can be cleaned, and all can be transferred to the extractor 7.

After the coffee powder is transferred to the extractor 7,
The small brush 18 is directly transferred to the brush housing 17 of the case 11.
, It is less likely that the user forgets to store it in another storage place and loses it.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the small brush 1
The coffee powder that has adhered to the brush holder 8 and has fallen into the brush housing 17 can be easily discharged from the opening 19,
In addition, the inside of the brush housing 17 can be kept clean.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a coffee maker of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the coffee maker of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a coffee mill according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view of the coffee mill 10 of FIG. 3,
(A) is a central longitudinal sectional view, (b) is bb in (a).
It is sectional drawing. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coffee maker 3 Water tank 4 Placement table 5 Heater 6 Discharge port 7 Extractor 8 Container 9 Hot water supply pipe 10 Coffee mill 11 Case 17 Brush storage part 18 Small brush

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Water supplied from a water tank (3) through a hot water supply pipe (9) is heated by a heater (5) attached to the hot water supply pipe (9), and the heated hot water is supplied to the hot water supply pipe (9). ) Is poured into an extractor (7) containing coffee grounds through a discharge port (6) at the tip of the coffee maker (1) in which the coffee extracted by the extractor (7) is poured into a container (8). A coffee mill (10) is detachably attached to the body (2) of the coffee maker (1),
A brush accommodating portion (17) for accommodating a small brush (18) for cleaning coffee powder in the coffee mill (10) is formed in a part of the case (11) of the coffee mill (10). Do coffee maker 2. The brush housing (17) is a bottomed hole formed in a side wall of a case (11) of a coffee mill (10) and opened at an upper portion, and a bottom side surface of the brush housing (17). A coffee maker according to claim 1, characterized in that a laterally open opening (19) is formed in the coffee maker.