KR200219833Y1 - Coffee maker - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a coffee maker used to break coffee,

In a conventional coffee maker in which a heater is built in a bucket mounted inside a housing and the heater is heated in a state where the bucket is filled with coffee water, the coffee water is evaporated to be collected in a collecting cup.

It is possible to assemble by dividing the housing into several parts, and it has a discharge port at the bottom of the bucket to discharge the remaining coffee and grounds, and detects the amount of coffee filled in the bucket to turn on / off the power supplied to the heater. It was improved to protect the heater.

Description

Coffee Maker {Coffee maker}

The present invention relates to a coffee maker used to break coffee.

In more detail,

In a conventional coffee maker in which a heater is built in a bucket mounted inside a housing and the heater is heated in a state where the bucket is filled with coffee water, the coffee water is evaporated to be collected in a collecting cup.

It is possible to assemble by dividing the housing into several parts, and it has a discharge port at the bottom of the bucket to discharge the remaining coffee and grounds, and detects the amount of coffee filled in the bucket to turn on / off the power supplied to the heater. To improve the protection of the heater to provide a coffee maker.

Conventionally, coffee makers capable of brewing coffee as in the present invention are widely known.

A conventional coffee maker will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

Conventional coffee makers are a one-piece housing, the interior of the housing is a bucket 13, the interior of the bucket 13 is provided with a heater 20, the upper part of the housing filter (30) It is possible to supply coffee water to the bucket (13) through the upper side of the upper side is provided with an upper heat plate portion (8-1) that can heat the collection cup, the collection cup ( The lower heat plate part 8 is provided to heat 7).

When the conventional coffee makers are supplied with coffee and water at the same time through the manhwachae 30, the coffee water is filled and received in the bucket 13, and when the power is supplied by turning the switch on, the heater 20 is heated and the bucket Since the coffee water filled in (13) is cut off, the evaporated coffee steam is collected while being collected by the catch trumpet 6 through the discharge induction pipe 25 and is collected in the collecting cup (8). 7) is collected.

When the proper amount is collected in the collecting cup 7 of the lower heating plate part 8, another switch is operated to supply power to the lower heating plate part 8 to heat the lower heating plate part 8 to heat the collecting cup 7 ) To prevent the collected coffee from cooling, and if coffee water is collected to a sufficient extent in the water collecting cup (7), it moves to the upper heat storage plate (8-1) side and continuously heats to prevent cooling. (7) settled down to collect coffee water,

While consuming the coffee water of the collection cup (7-1) in the upper hot plate portion (8-1) is to be replaced with the collection cup (7) in the lower hot plate portion (8) from time to time to collect the coffee water.

However, in the conventional coffee makers constructed and used as described above, the following problems are pointed out as disadvantages.

Conventional coffee makers have a problem in that the production of the housing by bending the iron plate can not be easily produced because it is integrally manufactured and takes a lot of production time and manpower, thereby increasing the production cost.

In addition, the bucket 13 is not provided with a discharge means (apparatus) for discharging debris, foreign matter and residual coffee water, so that the bucket 13 must be separated from the housing to remove debris or foreign matter. There is a closed, and can not be easily carried out such a task to neglect to clean the water tank 13 from time to time, thus there was a problem that reduces the taste of coffee.

In addition, since the amount of coffee water filled in the bucket 13 could not be detected, the heater 20 is heated regardless of whether the coffee water is filled, but the heater 20 continues regardless of the small amount of coffee in the bucket. As a result of being heated, the bucket 13 is overheated, which causes the heater 20 to be damaged, thereby preventing its functioning.

The present invention is to provide an improved coffee maker to solve the above problems and closures.

The present invention is to incorporate a bucket in the interior of the housing, the heater is mounted on the inside of the bucket, and provided with a hot plate at the front and bottom of the housing, respectively, so that the collection cup can be settled,

It is an object of the present invention to provide a coffee maker which can be manufactured more easily by dividing the housing into multiple parts, and also to facilitate assembly and disassembly.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a coffee maker equipped with a discharge means in the bucket built into the housing to discharge the residue and foreign matter and residual coffee remaining inside the bucket to be used more cleanly and sanitary To provide,

Another object of the present invention is to detect the amount of coffee filling the inside of the bucket to stop the heater when the coffee water is too small to prevent the bucket from overheating and to prevent damage to the heater To provide a ready-made coffee maker.

The above and other purposes of the present invention,

In the housing formed to expose the upper cover portion and the lower support portion in the upper and lower sides of the vertical pillar portion in the housing is built in the bucket (13) is covered with the lid 14 in the vertical pillar portion, the lid 14 inside the bucket (13) Fixing the heater 20 flowing into the water supply pipe (5-1) provided in the inner front of the evergreen cover portion and connects the water supply pipe 23 and the air discharge pipe 22,

The lid 14 is connected to the discharge pipe 26 provided in the inner front lower end of the upper cover portion through the steam inlet pipe 24 to the discharge induction pipe 25 and the guide rail 33 on the lower side of the discharge pipe 26. It is provided so that the catching fallopian tube 6 can be detached and sliding,

A lower heat plate portion 8 and an upper heat plate portion 8-1 are respectively provided in the upper half of the lower portion of the lower support portion and the upper half portion of the upper cover portion, and the collection cups are provided on the upper and lower heat plate portions 8-1 and 8, respectively. In (7-1) and (7) having been placed respectively,

The housing is divided into a lower housing (2), an intermediate connector (3), an upper housing (4) and an upper cap (5) to connect and connect the upper and lower housings (4) and (2) to the intermediate connector (3). The upper cap 5 is put on the upper side of the upper housing 4,

The lower part of the bucket 13 is provided with a discharge device integrally,

The support 14 is formed vertically on the lid 14 of the bucket 13 so that the buoy 27 and the fixed lifting bar 27-1 are inserted at the lower end of the lid 14, and the support bracket is attached to the lifting bar 27-1. The upper and lower stop pins 27-3 and 27-2 are respectively fixed to the upper and lower sides of 28),

The elevating bar (27-1) is achieved by the coffee maker (1) characterized in that the upper end is provided with a micro switch 29 for turning on / off the power of the heater (20).

As this invention is made as above,

When coffee and water are supplied through the water supply container 5-1, the coffee water is filled in the water container 13 through the water supply pipe 23, and the coffee water is appropriately filled to support the floats 27. The lifting bar 27-1 is raised to turn on the micro switch 29 to operate the heater 20, and when the heater 20 is operated while the water container 13 is sufficiently filled with coffee water, the coffee water This will evaporate. The evaporated water vapor is introduced into the water vapor inlet pipe 24, moves along the discharge induction pipe 25, and then discharged into the water collecting trumpet pipe 6 through the discharge pipe 26, and the water vapor introduced into the water collecting trumpet pipe 6. After condensation and water droplets, the water is dropped into the water collecting cup 7 placed on the lower heat plate part 8 through the outlet 6-1, and collected.

In this way, when the coffee water stored in the collecting cup 7 placed in the lower heat plate part 8 is appropriately filled, the upper heating plate part 8-1 is operated to move the collection cup 7 filled with coffee water to heat it. And the lower heat plate portion (8) is placed in the new collection cup (7) to receive the coffee water to fill.

In addition, when the coffee water filled in the bucket 13 is evaporated and consumed, the floats 27 are lowered, but when consumed up to an appropriate amount, the floats 27 are lowered and the lifting bar 27-1 is also lowered. The switch 29 is turned off,

If there is debris or foreign matter inside the bucket 13 can be discharged by opening the discharge means and thus it is possible to prevent the coffee flavor is altered.

1 is a full perspective view of a coffee maker according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal structure of the coffee maker according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exemplary view showing another embodiment of a housing divided into a coffee maker according to the present invention.

4a to 3c is an exemplary view showing an embodiment in which the outlet is installed in the water container in the coffee maker according to the present invention.

Figures 5a and 5b is an illustration of the switching means for protecting the heater in the coffee maker according to the present invention and an explanatory view of the operation relationship.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1: coffee maker 2: lower housing

3: middle connection port 4: upper housing

5: upper cap 6: catch trumpet

7, 7-1: catching cup 8: lower heating plate part

8-1: upper heat plate part 10: bottom plate

11: support piece 12: support frame

13: bucket 14: bucket lid

15 outlet 16 packing

17: sealing cap 18: fixing nut

20: heater 21: temperature controller

22: air discharge pipe 23: water supply pipe

24: discharge induction pipe 25: water vapor discharge pipe

27: 28: support bracket

29: micro switch 30: filter

31: support frame 32: netting

33: guide rail 34: switch

The above and other objects and features of the present invention will be more clearly understood by the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings.

1 to 5b are exemplary views showing a specific embodiment of the coffee maker 1 according to the present invention,

1 is an overall perspective view of a coffee maker 1 according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the internal structure, Figure 4 is an exemplary view showing another embodiment of the housing is divided, Figures 4a to 4c Exemplary views showing different embodiments of the discharge device, Figures 5a and 5b is a diagram illustrating the structure and operation of the switching sensing device for detecting the downward degree of coffee.

The main external feature of the coffee maker 1 according to the present invention is to assemble the molded housing in a divided form.

The housing is divided into a lower housing (2) and an upper housing (4)

By forming the intermediate connector (3) and the upper cap (5) separately,

The upper and lower housings 4 and 2 were connected by the intermediate connector 3, and the upper cap 5 was fixed on the upper side of the upper housing 4 to fix it.

The lower housing (2) lowers the supporting portion (2-1) in the first half, raises the pillar portion (2-2) in the second half in a rectangular columnar tubular shape, and fixes the bottom plate (10) to the bottom by arbitrary means. On the support part 2-1, the lower heat plate part 8 was mounted to be exposed to the upper surface.

In the bottom plate 10, the upper part of the upper part is fixed to the support frame 12 by a fixing means such as a bolt so as to support the bucket 13 which will be described later in detail, and then fixing the plurality of support pieces 11 to the bottom of the coffee maker. The whole of (1) could be supported, and the pillar portion 2-2 formed a lower connection flange 2-3 at the upper end so as to be easily coupled with the intermediate connector 3 described later.

The upper housing 4 is formed by the ceiling portion 4-1 so as to face the supporting portion 2-1 of the lower housing 2, and the latter half is connected to the intermediate connector 3 described later. A portion 4-2 was formed, but an upper connection flange 4-3 was formed at the lower end.

The intermediate connector 3 connecting the upper and lower housings 4 and 2 is connected to the upper and lower connection flanges 4-3 and 2-3 so as to connect and connect the upper and lower housings 4-3 and 2-3. The flange 3-2 was formed horizontally in the inner middle, and the support frame 3-3 was formed integrally with the connection frame 3-1 on the inner circumferential surface of the flange 3-2, and the ceiling part 4 At the bottom of -1), a pair of guide rails 33 were formed to be spaced apart so that the catching trumpet tube 6 provided with an outlet 6-1 at the lower end was slidably stored and drawn out.

In addition, the upper cap (5) fixed to the upper side of the upper housing (4) forms a water supply container (5-1) in the first half of the inside and a cover (5-) to be opened and closed by a hinge (5-3) thereon. 2), but the lower side of the cover (5-2) was placed in the support frame 31, the filter net 30 is provided with a net 32, the upper heat plate in the upper rear half of the upper cap (5) The part 8-1 was provided.

The pillars 4-2 and 2-2 of the upper and lower housings 4 and 2 connected by the intermediate connector 3 are accommodated in the supporting container 13 having the lid 14. 12) settled on the top of the lid 14 is fitted with a heater 20 and the temperature controller 21, in particular the lid 14 between the water supply pipe 5-1 and the water supply pipe 23 And the air discharge pipe 22 was connected, and the ceiling portion 4-1 was connected to the steam inlet pipe 24, the discharge induction pipe 25, and the steam discharge pipe 26.

The lid 14 is fixed to the support bracket 28 as shown in Figures 4a and 4b to insert the lifting bar (27-1) is fixed to the lower portion 27 at the lower end of the lifting bar (27-1) ) Fixed to the down stop pin (27-2) and the up stop pin (27-3) on the upper and lower sides of the support bracket 28, the operation of the heater 20 on the upper side of the elevating rod (27-1) The micro switch 29 which was able to intercept was fixed by arbitrary means (apparatus).

In particular, the elevating bar (27-1) was maintained at a sufficient length to detect when the coffee water filled in the bucket 13 is reduced to below the appropriate value.

3 is an exemplary view showing another embodiment of a housing divided from the coffee maker 1 according to the present invention,

In forming the upper housing (4), the intermediate connector (3) and the lower housing (2),

In the upper and lower housings (4) and (2), the lengths of the pillar parts (4-2) and (2-2) are short enough to be almost similar to those of the ceiling part (4-1) and the support part (2-1), so that the upper and lower parts are connected. Flanges (4-3) and (2-3), while the intermediate connector (3) lengthens the column (3-4) up and down, and the flange (3-2) and the support frame (3-) at both ends 3) is formed so that the upper and lower connection flanges (4-3) (2-3) of the upper and lower housings (4) (2) can be combined.

Thus, even if the pillar portions 4-2 and 2-2 of the upper and lower housings 4 and 2 are shortened and the pillar portions 3-4 of the intermediate connector 3 are relatively long, the housings are easily formed. It can be molded and manufactured easily, can be easily assembled and disassembled, it is possible to support the bucket 13 more firmly by the support frame (3-3) provided on the upper and lower sides.

4a to 4c is an exemplary view showing different embodiments of the discharge device provided in the lower end of the bucket 13 in the coffee maker 1 according to the present invention.

In FIG. 4A, the bottom surface is formed of a trumpet-shaped inclined surface 13-1 in forming the bucket 13, and the outlet 16 is integrally formed at the distal end of the inclined surface 13-1 so that the packing 16 is formed. It is to combine the provided closed cap (17).

The discharge device of Figure 4b is to be fixed to the outlet 15 of the '└' type on one side of the bottom of the water tank 13 and to combine the closed cap 17 of the packing 16 to the tip of the discharge port (15) ego,

The discharge device of FIG. 4C is obtained by fixing the discharge port 15 to the lower end of the water tank 13 and coupling the conventional cock 17-1 to the discharge port 15. In addition, although not specifically illustrated in the embodiment of FIG. 4B, the cock 17-1 of FIG. 4C may be coupled to the tip of the '└' type outlet 15.

The operation relationship will be described below.

Power is supplied by turning on the switch that activates the heater 20 in the switch 34, but the power is not maintained until it is filled to the position of the mouth 27 as shown in FIG. 5B. do.

When the cover 5-2 is folded back, the manure stick 30 is exposed. Pour coffee and water at the same time to the manhwachae 30 coffee water is filled in the interior of the bucket 13 through the water supply pipe (2-3) in the water supply canister 5-1 is shown in Figure 5a As shown in the figure above, when the ball is filled above the position of the float 27, the float 27 is floated by buoyancy and when filled above the position of the elevating rod 27-1, the float 27 is floated by the buoyancy and is elevated 27-1 is raised together with the float 27, and when the elevating rod 27-1 is raised, the micro switch 29 is 'ON' to supply power to the heater 20. After filling the water until the top of the water reservoir (13) is the appropriate position and closes the cover (5-2) to the original state.

The coffee water filled in the bucket 13 by the operation of the heater 20 is cut off by heating, the vapor evaporated is introduced into the steam inlet pipe 24 and moved along the discharge induction pipe 25, the discharge pipe 26 It is discharged to the collecting trumpet tube (6) through), the water vapor introduced into the collecting trumpet tube (6) is liquefied and collected in the collecting cup (7) that is placed on the lower heat plate portion (8) through the outlet (6-1) It is done.

When a proper amount of distilled coffee water is collected in the sump cup 7, the sump cup 7 is replaced with the sump cup 7-1 placed on the upper heat plate part 8-1, but in the sump cup 7. Part of the distilled coffee is placed in the collecting cup (7-1) by placing the collecting cup (7-1) in the lower heating plate portion 8 in operation to enable the continuous collection of distilled coffee, The upper hot plate portion 8-1 is operated so that the distillation coffee water of the collection container 7 placed thereon does not cool.

In addition, the bucket 13 to intermittently replenish the coffee and water through the manure (30).

If the coffee water in the bucket 13 is not replenished, the coffee water is gradually reduced. As shown in FIG. 5B, the coffee water is reduced to a considerable extent so that the cup 27 cannot be lifted. With the elevating bar (27-1) is downward, the elevating bar (27-1) is a downward stop piece (27-2) is not lowered while being caught by the support bracket 28, but the elevating bar (27-1) Since the upper end is dropped from the micro switch 29, the micro switch 29 is turned off to cut off the power of the heater 20 to stop the operation of the heater 20, alarms such as buzzer, warning lights that the coffee water is consumed below the lower limit Notified to the outside as a means.

When the coffee water is filled in the bucket 13 in such a state,

The float 27 and the elevating rod 27-1 are raised to turn on the micro switch 29 to supply power to the heater 20 and to stop the operation of the alarm means.

In addition, it is possible to adjust the degree of heat generation of the heater 20 by adjusting the temperature controller 21 attached to the lid 14 of the bucket 13.

When the coffee maker 1 is continuously operated in this manner, the inside of the water container 13 may be formed with coffee grounds or foreign matters, and the filled coffee water may be deteriorated.

Therefore, it is necessary to clean and purify the inside of the water tank 13 from time to time as needed, in which case the remaining coffee water is removed by releasing the sealing cap 17 that is screwed to the outside through the outlet 15. At this time, all the coffee grounds and foreign substances mixed together are also discharged together. After the coffee water is completely discharged, clean water is poured into the water supply tank (5-1) and attached to the inner surface of the water tank (13). Completely flush out any residual coffee grounds or debris.

After washing the water container 13 in this way, the sealing cap 17 may be screwed again and used again.

In addition, to discharge the remaining coffee water in the bucket (13),

As shown in FIG. 4A, when the bottom surface of the bucket 13 is a trumpet-shaped inclined surface 13-1, all the remaining coffee water is discharged more quickly and completely, thereby further increasing the inside of the bucket 13. If the bottom surface of the water tank 13 becomes the inclined surface 13-1 and the outlet 15 faces the rear surface as shown in FIG. 4B, the coffee maker 1 may be cleaned and cleaned. Since it is possible to separate the closed cap 17 in a state in which it is not turned over, the cleaning and purification work can be performed more easily and quickly.

In addition, when the cock 17-1 is attached to the outlet 15 as shown in Fig. 4C, the cock 17-1 can be opened and closed by a simple operation of operating the handle of the cock 17-1. Therefore, it is possible to discharge the remaining coffee water more easily, and thus the cleaning operation can be performed more comfortably.

As described above, according to the present invention,

In shaping the housing, the housing is separately molded into the upper and lower housings (4) and (2), and a separate intermediate connector (3) and the upper cap (5) are formed and combined, thereby facilitating molding. Can be easily disassembled / combined,

The lid 14 of the bucket 13 is provided with a lifting bar 27-1 provided with a float 27 and a micro switch 29, so that the coffee water filled in the bucket 13 is exhausted below the lower limit. It immediately detects this and stops the operation of the heater 20 and at the same time notifies the fact to the outside, thus preventing the coffee maker 1 from overheating by the heater 20 and damaging the heater 20. Prevent,

The bottom of the bucket 13 is equipped with a discharge device for discharging the residual coffee, so if there is coffee grounds or foreign matter, it can be discharged together with the residual coffee water by the discharge device, Since it can be washed with clean water, it is possible to use the coffee maker 1 more hygienically and to prevent the deterioration of the coffee taste.

Claims (2)

In the housing formed to expose the upper cover portion and the lower support portion in the upper and lower sides of the vertical pillar portion in the housing is built in the bucket (13) is covered with the lid 14 in the vertical pillar portion, the lid 14 inside the bucket (13) Fixing the heater 20 flowing into the water supply pipe (5-1) provided in the inner front of the evergreen cover portion and connects the water supply pipe 23 and the air discharge pipe 22, The lid 14 is connected to the discharge pipe 26 provided in the inner front lower end of the upper cover portion through the steam inlet pipe 24 to the discharge induction pipe 25 and the guide rail 33 on the lower side of the discharge pipe 26. It is provided so that the catching fallopian tube 6 can be detached and sliding, A lower heat plate portion 8 and an upper heat plate portion 8-1 are respectively provided in the upper half of the lower portion of the lower support portion and the upper half portion of the upper cover portion, and the collection cups are provided on the upper and lower heat plate portions 8-1 and 8, respectively. In (7-1) and (7) having been placed respectively, The housing is divided into a lower housing (2), an intermediate connector (3), an upper housing (4) and an upper cap (5) to connect and connect the upper and lower housings (4) and (2) to the intermediate connector (3). The upper cap 5 is put on the upper side of the upper housing 4, The lower part of the bucket 13 is provided with a discharge device integrally, The support 14 is formed vertically on the lid 14 of the bucket 13 so that the buoy 27 and the fixed lifting bar 27-1 are inserted at the lower end of the lid 14, and the support bracket is attached to the lifting bar 27-1. The upper and lower stop pins 27-3 and 27-2 are respectively fixed to the upper and lower sides of 28), Coffee maker, characterized in that the upper end of the elevating bar (27-1) is provided with a micro switch 29 for turning on / off the power of the heater 20 The method of claim 1, The discharge device provided at the bottom or bottom of the bucket 13 is fixed by fixing the discharge port 15 to the bottom or bottom of the bottom and the sealing cap 17 or the cock 17-1 to the discharge port 15 to be sealed Coffee maker, characterized in that.