KR101817078B1 - Beverage maker having a drying function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a beverage maker having a drying function. The beverage maker includes: a hot-air drying body having a drying unit installed thereon while including a blowing fan therein, a driving motor coupled to the center shaft of the blowing fan, and heating wires installed around the circumference of the blowing fan as well as having an opening on an end; a drying tray which has multiple vent holes and is coupled to the hot-air drying body; a grinder body which has a space for storing the content to be dried or ground therein, has a structure with both ends open, and has an end detachably coupled to the end with the opening of the hot-air drying body; a rotary plate which is formed in the grinder body to rotate; a rotary shaft which protrudes from both sides of the rotary plate in order to be coupled with the grinder body; a handle formed on an end of the rotary shaft; a grinding unit including a grinding blade installed on a surface of the rotary plate and a driving unit for rotating the grinding blade in connection therewith; a heat insulation body which has a space for preparing beverages therein, has a heat emitting unit arranged between the inner and outer surfaces, and is detachably coupled to the other end of the grinder body; and a filter which is detachably coupled to any one of the grinder body and the heat insulation body as well as being closer to the heat insulation body than the grinder body.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a beverage maker having a drying function,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage maker having a drying function, and more particularly, to a beverage maker having a drying function for drying beverage ingredients such as fruits and vegetables by a hot air drying method.

In recent years, the beverage industry has been saturated with the coffee market, and the tea market has been growing rapidly, and fruit tea festivals using fruit have been blowing. A variety of beverages are being developed, including tropical fruits that are not easily seen as car menus from tea using traditional herbs, fruit teas that combine a variety of fruits, and beverages with homemade fruit flavors have.

When dried foods of various fruits and vegetables are used as beverage ingredients, the beverage ingredients are dried to deepen the original flavor and aroma of the ingredients, so that a deep taste and aroma can be felt and the demand is further increased.

In recent years, a beverage maker has been developed for a variety of tea manufacturing and drinking rather than a coffee maker, and a beverage maker has been developed for home use. Demand for drinking and manufacturing drinks is also increasing.

However, in the case of the conventional beverage maker, most of the beverage ingredients have a limited function of crushing or disturbing the beverage ingredients, and when it is desired to produce beverages by using the dried ingredients, Or to purchase a separate food dryer for drying the beverage material.

In addition, in the case of a conventional beverage maker, most of the products can be installed and used at home.

Therefore, in addition to a beverage manufacturing function that concerns beverage ingredients in water, a function of drying beverage ingredients can be added to improve the usability, and development of a portable beverage maker is required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a beverage maker having a drying function for drying a beverage material desired by a user, .

Another object of the present invention is to provide a beverage maker having a drying function that is easy to carry.

The present invention relates to a beverage maker having a drying function, and is provided with a drying unit including a blowing fan, a driving motor coupled to the central axis of the blowing fan, and a hot line provided around the blowing fan, A drying tray having a plurality of air holes formed therein and connected to the hot air drying body, a space for receiving contents to be dried or crushed therein is formed, and both ends are opened A pulverizing body having one end detachably coupled to one end of the hot air drying body formed with the open end of the hot air drying body, a rotating plate rotatably formed inside the pulverizing body, A handle formed on one end of the rotary shaft, a grinding blade provided on one surface of the rotary plate, And a drive unit for rotating the crushing blade in association with the blade, a space in which a beverage is to be produced is formed, a heat generating unit is provided between an inner surface and an outer surface of the crushing unit, And a filter detachably coupled to any one of the pulverizing body and the heat insulating body, the filter being provided in a side of the heat insulating body with respect to the pulverizing unit.

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In this case, the crushing unit may further include a packing member formed on a side surface of the rotating plate.

In addition, the heating body may further include a temperature sensor for sensing an internal temperature of the heating body.

The beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention includes a drying unit of a hot air drying type using a hot wire and a blowing fan so that the beverage material desired by a user can be dried and manufactured as a beverage, So that it is possible to easily produce a drink suitable for drinking at any time.

In addition, the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention has a function of drying the beverage material, pulverizing the beverage material, or attracting the beverage material to the water by switching the beverage maker 180 degrees in the vertical direction It is possible to perform all of them using only the beverage maker, so that the utility of the beverage maker is maximized.

In addition, the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention is composed of a hot air drying body, a pulverizing body, and a heating body so that each body can be separated and coupled to facilitate the manufacture of a beverage maker, In addition, since the size of the beverage maker can be reduced, the portability is improved.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention.
2 is a front view of an embodiment of a beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a front view of an embodiment of a drying unit according to the invention.
FIG. 4 is a front view of a beverage maker installed in a beverage maker in another embodiment of the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a front view of a beverage maker installed in a beverage maker according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 6 is a front view of a drink maker installed in a beverage maker in a case where the beverage maker is concerned with water in another embodiment of the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention.
7 is a front view and a side view showing an embodiment of the crushing unit according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the technical idea of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the technical concept of the present invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1 is a conceptual view showing a beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a beverage maker having a drying function and, in order to enable a user to easily manufacture and drink a beverage in accordance with his or her preference, A hot air drying body having a hot air drying type drying unit and a heating body having a heat generating unit is used to dry the beverage material contained in the beverage maker and to remove the beverage So that it can be manufactured.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention comprises a beverage maker The beverage maker according to the present invention has a beverage material drying function and a beverage manufacturing function due to such a constitution, In addition, the function of maintaining the temperature of the beverage produced through the heat generating portion is performed. In addition, although the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention is shown as a cylindrical shape, it may be formed in various forms in which a beverage is dried and a space for producing a beverage is formed therein.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of a beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view of an embodiment of a drying unit according to the present invention.

2, an embodiment of a beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention includes a hot air drying body 100, a drying tray 200, a heating body 400, and a filter 500 .

As shown in FIG. 3, the hot air drying body 100 includes a blowing fan 111, a driving motor (not shown) coupled to the center axis of the blowing fan 111, A drying unit 110 including a heat source 112 installed on the periphery of the blowing fan 111 and a heat ray 113 installed around the blowing fan 111 and an opening 120 through which one end is opened are formed, As the driving motor 112 is driven, the airflow generated by the rotation of the air blowing fan 111 flows to the opening 120 side. In this process, by the heat ray 113 installed around the air blowing fan 111 It is possible to generate an airflow accompanied by heat. The hot air generated by the drying unit 110 flows toward the opening 120 so that the beverage material placed on the drying tray 200 coupled with the hot air drying body 100 is dried .

The drying tray 200 is provided with a plurality of air vents through which the hot air generated by the drying unit 110 can pass and flows through the hot air drying body 100 and a later- But it is preferable to be combined with the hot air drying body 100, as shown in FIG. 2, in order to easily accommodate the beverage ingredients inside the beverage maker. At this time, the drying tray 200 may be fixedly or detachably coupled to the hot air drying body 100, and the air holes may be formed by a plurality of fine holes (not shown) so as to prevent the beverage material from entering the side where the drying unit 110 is installed It is preferable that it is formed as a hole.

The heating body 400 forms a space in which a beverage is prepared and stored. The heating body 400 includes a heating part 410 between an inner surface and an outer surface of the heating body 400. The opening 120 of the hot- And is detachably coupled to the one end. The heating unit 410 may be a heating wire for heating the water supplied into the heating body 400 or maintaining the temperature of the manufactured beverage.

The filter 500 forms a space in which the beverage material is contained. The beverage material is immersed in the water while the beverage material is in contact with the water in the process of manufacturing the beverage, The drying tray 200 is detachably coupled to any one of the hot air drying body 100 and the warming body 400 to prevent the hot air drying body 100 from being mixed with the hot air drying body 100, A space for accommodating the beverage material is formed between the drying tray 200 and the filter 500.

At this time, the filter 500 is formed with a plurality of micro-holes, and water contained in the inside of the heat-retaining body 400 through the micro-holes is supplied to the beverage material accommodated between the filter 500 and the drying tray 200 So that the beverage can be manufactured by bringing the beverage material into contact with the water, and the filter 500 can be formed in any convenient shape However, as shown in FIG. 2, a shape protruding to the inside of the heat insulating body 400 may be formed.

In the embodiment of the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention, the beverage manufacturing process will be described as follows.

The hot air drying body 100 and the warming body 400 are separated from each other and the filter 500 coupled to the hot air drying body 100 is separated to remove the beverage material to be dried from the filter 500, And then the filter 500 is again combined with the hot air drying body to prepare a beverage material inside the beverage maker.

Next, in the beverage material drying step, the beverage maker is fixed so that the hot air drying body 100 is positioned at the lower side, and the beverage material is placed in the drying tray 200. In such a state, The hot air generated from the drying unit 110 flows to the upper side where the thermal insulating body 400 is located to dry the beverage material placed on the drying tray 200. [

Next, in the beverage maker direction changing step, the beverage material is dried through the beverage material drying step, and then the hot air drying body 100 and the warming body 400 are separated to supply water into the warming body 400 , The beverage maker is fixed by fixing the warming body 400 and the hot air drying body 100 by inserting the warming body 400 in a direction opposite to the vertical direction by 180 degrees.

Next, the beverage maker is redirected to the beverage material in the water, so that the beverage material placed on the drying tray 200 is stored inside the filter 500, and the beverage material stored in the filter 500 So that the water is immersed in the water supplied to the inside of the warming body 400, and the beverage is made by contacting the water and the beverage material for a predetermined time. At this time, the beverage is produced by supplying hot water to the inside of the warming body 400 in the above-mentioned process, or by heating the inside of the warming body 400 through the heating unit 410 of the warming body 400, The beverage can be produced by heating the water contained in the body 400.

The user can remove the hot air drying body 100 and the warming body 400 to remove the beverage stored in the warming body 400 into a separate beverage container, When the filter 500 is combined with the hot air drying body 100, the hot air drying body 100 and the warming body 400 are separated from each other, The filter 500 can be separated so that the user can directly drink without any separate process of separating the beverage material from the manufactured beverage.

In addition, when the manufactured beverage is stored in the warming body 400 without drinking directly, including the beverage warming step, the beverage produced through the heating unit 410 provided inside the warming body 400 may be heated by the user The temperature can be kept constant.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a beverage maker installed in a beverage maker in another embodiment of the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a front view of a beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a front view of the beverage maker in the case of pulverizing the beverage material in another embodiment. FIG. 6 is a view showing the beverage maker in a case where the beverage material is attracted to water in another embodiment of the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention 7 is a front view and a side view showing an embodiment of the crushing unit according to the present invention.

4 to 6, another embodiment of a beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention includes a hot air drying body 100, a drying tray 200, a crushing body 300, a crushing unit 310, a heating body 400, and a filter 500, and further has a function of crushing the beverage material.

The hot air drying body 100, the drying tray 200, the heating body 400, and the filter 500 in the other embodiment of the beverage maker having the drying function according to the present invention are provided with the drying function according to the above- The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and may be modified in various ways.

In another embodiment of the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention, the heat insulating body 400 is detachably coupled to the pulverizing body 300 rather than the hot air drying body 100, There is a difference.

The filter 500 may be connected to either the pulverizing body 300 or the heating body 400 by adding a pulverizing body 300 instead of being coupled with any one of the hot air drying body 100 and the heat retaining body 400. [ And is provided in the direction of the heat retaining body 400 rather than the crushing unit 310 instead of being disposed in the direction of the heat insulating body 400 than the drying tray 200, And a space in which a beverage material is accommodated is formed between the unit 310 and the filter 500.

The pulverizing body 300 has a space in which a beverage material is dried and pulverized therein. The pulverizing body 300 has both ends open. The pulverizing body 300 has one end, which is detachably attachable to one end of the opening 120 of the hot- And the other end is detachably coupled to the heat-insulating body 400.

The crushing unit 310 is a means for crushing the beverage material when it is necessary to crush beverage ingredients contained in the crushing body 300. The crushing unit 310 includes a rotating plate 311, A handle 313, a grinding blade 314, and a driving unit 315.

The rotating plate 311 is rotatably formed in the pulverizing body 300 and is formed with protrusions on both sides of the rotating plate 311 to form a rotating shaft 312 to be coupled with the pulverizing body 300, The handle 313 is formed at one end of the rotation shaft 312 so that the rotation plate 311 can be rotated as a user of the drink maker manually operates the handle 313. The beverage contents contained in the pulverizing body 300 can be moved from the pulverizing body 300 to the filter 500 protruding toward the heat retaining body 400 by rotating the rotating plate 311. The handle 313 is inserted into the outer surface of the pulverizing body 300 or protruded from the outer surface of the pulverizing body 300 so as to be exposed to the outside of the pulverizing body 300 so that the user can operate it at any time. The rotation plate 311 is installed to prevent the rotation plate 311 from being rotated freely except when the user rotates the rotation plate 311 by turning the handle 313.

The pulverizing unit 310 may further include a packing member 316 formed on a side surface of the rotating plate 311. The packing member 316 may be made of an elastic material such as rubber or silicon Water or beverage contained in the heat insulating body 400 is filled in the gap between the rotating tray 311 and the inner surface of the pulverizing body 300 by the packing member 316, So that it can be prevented from flowing into the drying body side.

Since the packing member 316 is made of an elastic material so that the packing member 316 and the inner surface of the pulverizing body 300 are more closely contacted with each other to cause adhesion friction with the inner surface of the pulverizing body 300, Even when the crushing blade 314 to be described later rotates, the rotation plate 311 is prevented from being freely rotated, so that the rotation plate 311 can be stably maintained in a fixed state.

The crushing blade 314 is installed on one surface of the rotating body and the crushing blade 314 is coupled with a driving unit 315 for rotating the crushing blade 314, The beverage material contained in the pulverizing body 300 is crushed by rotating the blade 314. The driving unit 315 may be a motor or a rotary knob connected to the crushing blade 314 so as to be manually rotated by the user.

In another embodiment of the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention, the beverage manufacturing process will be described as follows.

First, in the beverage preparation step, the hot air drying body 100 and the pulverizing body 300 are separated, the beverage contents are put into the pulverizing body 300, and then the hot air drying body 100 and the pulverizing body 300 .

The pulverizing body 300 and the heating body 400 are separated from each other to supply water for making drinks to the inside of the heating body 400 and then the pulverizing body 300 and the heating body 400 are separated from each other, Lt; / RTI > At this time, the water supply step may be performed before the step of preparing the beverage material, or after the beverage material drying step or the beverage material pulverization step described later.

Next, in the beverage material drying step, the beverage maker is fixed so that the hot air drying body 100 is positioned on the lower side, and the beverage material is placed in the drying tray 200. In this state, the drying unit 110 is driven, The hot air generated from the drying unit 110 flows to the upper side where the pulverizing body 300 is located, thereby drying the beverage material placed on the drying tray 200.

Next, the beverage maker is redirected to a step of drying the beverage material through the beverage material drying step, then drying the beverage material, and placing the warming body 400 on the lower side in the direction opposite to the up and down direction by 180 degrees Fix the beverage maker direction.

Next, in the beverage material crushing step, the beverage material placed on the drying tray 200 is supplied to the side of the crushing unit 310 due to the change of direction of the beverage maker, and the crushing unit 310 is driven in such a state, The pulverizing blade 314 of the pulverizer 310 rotates to pulverize the dried beverage material.

Next, by rotating the grinding unit 310, the user can adjust the handle 313 exposed to the outside of the beverage maker, thereby rotating the swing plate 311 in the opposite direction by 180 degrees. When the swing plate 311 is rotated The ground beverage material is supplied to the filter 500 side, so that the beverage material is stored in the filter 500.

Next, by manipulating the handle 313 exposed outside the beverage maker, the user rotates the rotating plate 311 in the opposite direction by 180 degrees, and the rotating plate 311 rotates The pulverized beverage material is supplied to the filter 500 side so that the beverage material is stored in the filter 500. As a result, the beverage material stored in the filter 500 is immersed in the water supplied into the insulated body 400, and the beverage is made by contacting the beverage with the water for a predetermined time. At this time, the beverage is produced by supplying hot water to the inside of the warming body 400 in the above-mentioned process, or by heating the inside of the warming body 400 through the heating unit 410 of the warming body 400, The beverage can be produced by heating the water contained in the body 400.

The user can remove the pulverizing body 300 and the heating body 400 to move the beverage stored in the heating body 400 to a separate beverage container or to remove the heating body 400 itself 4 to 6, when the filter 500 is coupled with the pulverizing body 300, the pulverizing body 300 and the heat retaining body 400 can be used as beverage containers. In this case, The filter 500 can be separated from the automatically manufactured beverage, so that the user can directly drink without separately separating the beverage material from the prepared beverage.

In addition, when the manufactured beverage is stored in the warming body 400 without drinking directly, including the beverage warming step, the beverage produced through the heating unit 410 provided inside the warming body 400 may be heated by the user The temperature can be kept constant.

The beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention may further include a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature inside the warming body 400, that is, the temperature of the water or beverage contained in the warming body 400, So that the driving of the heating unit 410 is controlled according to the temperature value sensed by the temperature sensor, so that the temperature of the beverage contained in the heating body 400 can be maintained at a predetermined temperature.

In this case, the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention may further include a user interface unit for allowing the user to arbitrarily adjust the beverage temperature desired by the user. The user interface unit may set the beverage temperature, The pulverizing time, the pulverizing intensity, the beverage making time, the warming time, and the like. Further, the beverage maker is preferably configured to be driven by a predetermined value according to the type of the beverage material.

In addition, it is preferable that the pulverizing body 300 and the heat-retaining body 400 are formed of a part or whole of a transparent material so as to visually confirm to what extent the beverage contents are dried, crushed and worried about .

The beverage maker having the drying function according to the present invention includes the drying unit 110 of the hot air drying type using the hot wire 113 and the blowing fan 111 to dry the beverage material desired by the user So that the user can easily produce and drink the beverage according to his or her preference at any time.

In addition, the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention has a function of drying the beverage material, pulverizing the beverage material, or attracting the beverage material to the water by switching the beverage maker 180 degrees in the vertical direction It is possible to perform all of them using only the beverage maker, so that the utility of the beverage maker is maximized.

In addition, the beverage maker having a drying function according to the present invention comprises a hot air drying body 100, a pulverizing body 300, and a heating body 400, The manufacturing cost can be reduced, and the size of the beverage maker can be reduced, so that the portability is improved.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: hot air drying body
110: drying unit
111: blowing fan
112: drive motor
113: Heat line
120: opening
200: Drying tray
300: pulverized body
310: Crushing unit
311: Spindle
312:
313: Handle
314: Grinding blade
315:
316:
400: thermal insulation body
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500: filter

Claims (4)

delete A hot air drying body provided with a drying unit including a blowing fan inside, a driving motor coupled with a central axis of the blowing fan, and a hot line provided around the blowing fan,
A drying tray formed with a plurality of air vents and coupled to the hot air drying body,
A pulverizing body having a structure in which both ends thereof are opened, one end of which is detachably coupled to one end of the open-air drying body,
A crushing blade provided on one side of the rotating plate, and a crushing blade provided on one side of the crushing body, and a crushing blade provided on one side of the crushing blade, And a driving unit for rotating the crushing blade in association with the crushing unit,
A heating body formed in a space in which a beverage is to be produced, a heat generating part between an inner surface and an outer surface, and a detachable body detachably coupled to the other end of the pulverizing body;
And a filter detachably coupled to any one of the pulverizing body and the warming body, wherein the filter is provided in a side of the heating body in relation to the pulverizing unit.
3. The method of claim 2,
The grinding unit
And a packing member formed on a side surface of the rotating plate.
3. The method of claim 2,
The heat-
And a temperature sensor for sensing an internal temperature of the heating body.

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