TW201304724A - Coffee mill with membrane stripping function and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a coffee mill with membrane stripping function, which comprises a machine body, a crushing unit, a separation unit, and a milling unit. The machine body has an inlet and a gather outlet. The crushing unit is located below the inlet and right above the milling unit and forms a channel with the milling unit. The separation unit is arranged between the crushing unit and the milling unit, wherein the crushing unit is used to crush the coffee beans into a plurality of bean blocks and a plurality of inner embryonic membranes; the separation unit is used to generate forced air convection to take away the inner embryonic membranes from the channel; and the milling unit is used to mill the beans into powder and discharge the fine powder from the gather outlet. The aforementioned structure may be utilized for receiving coffee beans, then crushing coffee beans, separating bean blocks from inner embryonic membranes, and milling the bean blocks fallen by own weights to accomplish efficient coffee bean membrane stripping and milling process.

Description

Coffee bean grinder with stripping function and method thereof

The present invention relates to the development of coffee, and more particularly to a coffee bean grinder having a film stripping function and a method therefor.

The fragrant coffee always attracts the cheeks. However, the development of coffee must be carried out through a series of steps including coffee bean selection, determining the degree of baking, grinding, water temperature, water injection and taste release time control, and can extract a cup of fragrant coffee. In the case that many external control factors can be controlled (such as baking time, water temperature setting, etc.), the coffee can be affected again, which is the coffee bean itself, in which the tannins in the coffee bean ingredients are refined. It turns into a pale yellow powder and has a property of being easily melted into water, so that the tannic acid after boiling is decomposed into pyroic acid, which in turn deteriorates the taste of the coffee. The tannin component is mainly present in the endoderm inside the coffee bean. Therefore, if the bean body of the coffee bean is separated from the endoderm in advance, and the bean body is retained for grinding to a fine powder, the rust can be ensured. The brewed coffee is very sweet to enhance the taste.

However, since the endoderm system is contained in the outer shell of the coffee bean and is a thin film, it is easily mixed into the finely pulverized bean body and is not easily separated. Therefore, although it has been used for coffee beans. The grinder, but it does not have the effect of separating the bean from the endoderm. In other words, the ground coffee powder is still containing the endoderm and has a sour taste after brewing. Therefore, how to separate the bean body from the endoderm is an important issue; in addition, if the function of removing the endoderm and grinding the bean body can be integrated, it is believed that the competitiveness of the product can be improved.

In view of the above, the main object of the present invention is to provide a coffee bean grinder having a film stripping function and a method thereof, which have the effect of automatically and rapidly separating the bean body and the endoderm of the coffee bean.

A secondary object of the present invention is to provide a coffee bean grinder having a small volume and a film stripping function, which integrates the cracking and grinding of the coffee beans, and directly sends the separated beans to the ground by gravity. Powdered, and the endodermal membrane after separation is further concentrated.

In order to achieve the above object, the method for peeling and grinding a coffee bean provided by the present invention comprises the steps of: inserting coffee beans into a body from a feed port; and breaking the coffee beans to split the coffee beans into a plurality of pieces of beans With most endodermal membranes; the lighter endoderm is sucked to one side during the drooping process, the heavier beans continue to fall due to gravity; and the body of the bean falling from its own weight is ground to form a powder and self-contained The take-up port is sent out of the machine body.

The grinder according to the above method comprises a body, a fragmentation unit, a separation unit and a grinding unit. Wherein, the body has an inlet port and a take-out port; the fragmentation unit is disposed in the body and located below the inlet port, and the fragmentation unit is configured to split the coffee beans into a plurality of pieces of beans and a plurality of pieces. The separation unit has a rotating member for forcibly convecting air, and a collecting groove for accommodating the endoderm driven by forced convection; and the grinding unit is disposed at the fragmentation unit Between the take-up ports of the body, the bean body is ground into a fine powder, and the fine powder is sent out from the take-out port.

In an embodiment, the fragmentation unit is located above the polishing unit and forms a channel with each other; the separation unit is located between the fragmentation unit and the grinding unit. More specifically, there is a tee having a top opening opening to the fragmenting unit, a bottom opening opening to the grinding unit, a lateral opening opening to the separating unit, and a top opening opening to the bottom opening The channel is formed between. In order to effectively concentrate the separated endoderm, the rotating member of the separating unit is a fan, and the fan is located between the lateral opening of the three-way tube and the collecting groove.

In one embodiment, the grinder includes a driving unit having a spindle disposed in the passage; and the fragmenting unit and the grinding unit each include a cone cutter and a cone cutter, wherein the fragmentation unit The cone cutter is disposed on the upper portion of the mandrel, and the cone cutter of the grinding unit is disposed at the lower portion of the mandrel.

In an embodiment, the grinder further includes an adjusting unit having an adjustable rotating disc, the adjusting disc having an internal thread on the inner diameter thereof, and the adjusting unit having a grinding An external thread on the outside of the cone of the unit, the external thread being screwed with the internal thread. Preferably, the body has a side hole, and the adjusting unit has a turntable, the turntable partially protrudes from the side hole, and the turntable is coaxially connected with the adjusting disk. The adjustment unit further includes a cover coaxially coupled to the turntable, and another positioning unit includes a plurality of dimples surrounding the outer surface of the tee, and at least one positioning bead is embedded. A portion of the positioning bead is embedded in the corresponding recess on the inside of the cover.

In one embodiment, the grinder has a casing having an upper chamber and a lower chamber, the upper chamber having a row of powder openings communicating with the take-up port; the drive unit having a tooth The disk is located in the lower chamber, and the toothed disc is fixed to the last end of the mandrel. The driving unit has a motor, and an output shaft of the motor is used to drive the toothed disc. In order to effectively discharge the fine powder, a row of powder wheels can be arranged in the upper chamber of the casing, and the powder discharging wheel is fixed to the mandrel and is located below the cone cutter of the grinding unit.

In order that the present invention may be more clearly described, the preferred embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 are structural views showing a structure of a coffee bean grinder 100 having a film stripping function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for stripping and grinding coffee beans using the grinder 100. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the peeling and grinding state of the coffee beans. Hereinafter, the structure of the grinder 100 will be described, and the method of use thereof will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 , the grinder 100 includes a body 10 , a fragmentation unit 20 , a separation unit 30 , a grinding unit 40 , a driving unit 50 , a tee tube 60 and a casing . 70, wherein: the upper portion of the body 10 is a feed port 12, so that the coffee bean 1 is poured into the cavity 10, and a cavity 14 is recessed under the body 10. The upper surface of the cavity 14 is provided with a receiving port 16 and a storage box 18 The container 18 is detachably attached to the container 14 for accommodating the coffee powder which is ground into a powder and sent out from the take-up port 16.

The fragmentation unit 20 is located directly below the feed port 12 and is located directly above the grinding unit 40. The tee tube 60 is mounted between the fragmentation unit 20 and the grinding unit 40. As shown in FIG. 8, the top end opening 62 of the tee tube 60 leads to the fragmentation unit 20, and the bottom end opening 64 leads to the grinding. The unit 40, the lateral opening 66 leads to the separating unit 30, and a longitudinal passage L is formed between the top opening 62 and the bottom opening 64. Since the fragmentation unit 20 is located directly above the polishing unit 40, the volume of the body 10 can be reduced, so that the entire mill 100 can be widely purchased and used by the general consumer.

The fragmentation unit 20 is configured to split the coffee bean 1 into a plurality of bean bodies 1a and a plurality of endodermal membranes 1b, and the composition thereof comprises a cone cutter 22 and a cone cutter 24; the grinding unit 40 is used for The bean body 1a is ground into a fine powder, and its composition also includes a cone cutter 42 and a cone cutter 44. In order to achieve the above-described use, the gap between the cone cutter 22 and the cone cutter 24 of the fragmentation unit 20 is designed to be larger than the gap between the cone cutter 42 and the cone cutter 44 of the polishing unit 40.

The mandrel 52 of the driving unit 50 is disposed in the channel L, and the upper portion of the mandrel 52 is fixed to the cone cutter 24, the lower portion of the spindle 52 is fixed to the cone cutter 44, and the motor 54 of the driving unit 50 is fixed. The output shaft 54a is driven and fixed to a toothed disc 56 at the end of the spindle 52. Accordingly, when the motor 54 drives the spindle 52 to rotate, the driven cone cutter 24 and the cone cutter 44 are synchronously rotated. Further, the rotating cone cutter 24 will force the coffee bean 1 to be cleaved into a plurality of slightly larger beans 1a, while the endoderm 1b originally coated on the surface of the pre-cracked bean 1a will also be broken and formed into a plurality of pieces. Film (refer to Figure 4). Due to the influence of self weight and gravity, the lysed soybean body 1a and endoderm 1b will naturally hang down following the passage L.

The separating unit 30 is disposed between the fragmenting unit 20 and the grinding unit 40. More specifically, the separating unit 30 has a rotating member exemplified by a fan 32 and a collecting groove 34. The fan 32 is mounted on the fan 32. The outside of the lateral opening 66 of the tee 60 and the collecting groove 34 is used for forced convection of the air, that is, the suction generated by the rotating fan 32 will cause the inner embryo to hang down and be extremely light. The film 1b is taken away from the collecting groove 34 and concentrated, and the suction force is set to be insufficient to drive the bean body 1a having a large volume and a heavy weight. Therefore, the bean body 1a is directly dropped to the grinding unit 40. Between the cone cutter 42 and the cone cutter 44, after grinding into a fine powder, it continues to fall downward (continued in Fig. 4).

The housing 70 is mounted between the polishing unit 40 and the driving unit 50. The housing 70 has an upper chamber 72 and a lower chamber 74. The upper chamber 72 has a side. The powder discharge opening 72a communicates with the take-up port 16 via an outer guide shell 76, and in order to more efficiently push the ground fine powder toward the discharge opening 72a, the embodiment Further, a powder discharge wheel 78 is fixed on the mandrel 52, and the powder discharge wheel 78 is located below the cone cutter 44 of the grinding unit 40, and is located in the upper chamber 72, and uses the powder discharge wheel 78 along with the mandrel 52. Rotate to push the fine powder toward the discharge opening 72a. As for the lower chamber 74, the toothed disc 56 is provided therein, whereby the fine powder is pushed to the take-up port 16 without being contaminated.

The above is a description of a coffee bean grinder and a method having a film stripping function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which not only can automatically and quickly complete the operation of separating the bean body 1a and the endoderm 1b of the coffee bean 1, but also by fragmentation. The unit 20, the separating unit 30 and the grinding unit 40 are ingeniously integrated, and the bean body 1a is directly sent to the grinding process by the gravity relationship, and the endoderm 1b is forced to be concentrated by the suction method. Brewed coffee with glycol and enhances the taste.

It is worth mentioning that the grinder 100 of the embodiment has the effect of changing the size of the abrasive particles. To achieve the above objective, the grinder 100 further provides an adjusting unit 80, which is shown in FIG. The adjusting plate 82 has an internal thread 82a, and an outer thread 42a is disposed outside the cone cutter 42 of the grinding unit 40, and the external thread 42a and the inner portion The thread 82a is screwed. A cover 84, a turntable 86 and a chassis 88 are connected to the adjusting plate 82 in a coaxial manner. The upper end of the cover 84 abuts the three-way pipe 60, and the turntable 86 covers the adjusting plate 82. And a part of the turntable 86 protrudes from the one side hole 19 of the body 10, which is convenient for the person to turn with the finger. The chassis 88 abuts against the cover 70, thereby transmitting the internal thread 82a of the adjustment disk 82 and The screwing relationship of the external thread 42a of the cone cutter 42 and the design of the adjustment disk 82 can only be rotated in the original direction to achieve the purpose of controlling the gap between the cone cutter 42 and the cone cutter 44.

In addition, in order to ensure that the cone cutter 42 can have a good positioning effect, the grinding machine 100 of the embodiment further provides a positioning unit 90. As shown in FIG. 11, the positioning unit 90 has a plurality of dimples 92 disposed thereon. The outer surface of the tee 60 and a positioning bead 94 are embedded in the inner side of the cover 84. The positioning bead 94 is pushed by a spring 96 so that a portion thereof is embedded in the corresponding recess 92, according to which When the rotary dial 86 is rotated, the effect of the engagement positioning can be felt, and the cone cutter 42 can be moved without being moved by the vibration, so that the gap between the adjusted cone cutter 42 and the cone cutter 44 is determined.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the equivalent structures and manufacturing methods of the present invention and the scope of the patent application are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.

1. . . Coffee beans

1a. . . Bean body

1b. . . Endoderm

100. . . Coffee bean grinder

10. . . Body

12. . . feed inlet

14. . . Crate

16. . . Take-up port

18. . . Storage box

19. . . Side hole

20. . . Fragmentation unit

twenty two. . . Cone cutter

twenty four. . . Cone knife

30. . . Separation unit

32. . . fan

34. . . Collection tank

40. . . Grinding unit

42. . . Cone cutter

42a. . . External thread

44. . . Cone knife

50. . . Drive unit

52. . . Mandrel

54. . . motor

54a. . . Output shaft

56. . . Chainring

60. . . Tee

62. . . Top opening

64. . . Bottom opening

66. . . Lateral opening

L. . . Vertical channel

70. . . Cover

72. . . Upper room

72a. . . Row opening

74. . . Lower room

76. . . Guide shell

78. . . Row of powder wheels

80. . . Adjustment unit

82. . . Adjustment disk

82a. . . internal thread

84. . . Cover

86. . . Turntable

88. . . Chassis

90. . . Positioning unit

92. . . Ditch

94. . . Positioning beads

96. . . spring

1 is a perspective view showing the position of a feed port of a grinder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a perspective view showing the position of a take-up port of a grinder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart illustrating a stripping and grinding step of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 is a schematic view of the action, illustrating the self-peeling of the coffee beans to the state of grinding;

Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view showing all the components of the grinder of the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view, mainly showing the composition of the fragmentation unit, the separation unit and the grinding unit;

Figure 7 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the composition of the fragmentation unit, the separation unit and the grinding unit;

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the tee structure of the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 9 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view showing a cover structure of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 10 is a perspective and partial cross-sectional view showing the adjustment unit and the cone cutter of the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 11 is a partial cross-sectional enlarged view showing the structure of a positioning unit in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

20. . . Fragmentation unit

twenty two. . . Cone cutter

twenty four. . . Cone knife

30. . . Separation unit

32. . . fan

34. . . Collection tank

40. . . Grinding unit

42. . . Cone cutter

44. . . Cone knife

50. . . Drive unit

52. . . Mandrel

54. . . motor

54a. . . Output shaft

56. . . Chainring

60. . . Tee

70. . . Cover

80. . . Adjustment unit

Claims (17)

A coffee bean grinder having a film stripping function, comprising: a body having a feed port and a take-out port; a fragmentation unit disposed in the body and located below the feed port, the fragmentation unit The utility model is used for cracking coffee beans into a plurality of pieces of beans and a plurality of endodermal membranes; a separating unit having a rotating member and a collecting groove for forcibly convecting air, the collecting groove is forcibly accommodating The convectively driven endoderm membrane; and a grinding unit disposed between the fragmentation unit and the take-up opening of the body for grinding the bean body into a fine powder, and the fine powder is sent out from the take-up port. A coffee bean grinder having a film stripping function according to claim 1, wherein the fragmentation unit is located above the grinding unit and forms a channel with each other; the separation unit is located between the fragmentation unit and the grinding unit. A coffee bean grinder having a film stripping function according to claim 2, comprising a driving unit having a spindle disposed in the passage; the fragmenting unit and the grinding unit each including a cone cutter and a cone The knife, wherein the cone cutter of the fragmentation unit is disposed on the upper section of the mandrel, and the cone cutter of the grinding unit is disposed in the lower section of the spindle. The coffee bean grinder having the stripping function according to claim 3, further comprising an adjusting unit having an adjustable rotating disc, the adjusting disc having an internal thread on the inner diameter thereof, and adjusting The unit has an external thread disposed outside the cone cutter of the grinding unit, the external thread being screwed with the internal thread. The coffee bean grinder having a film stripping function according to claim 4, wherein the body has a side hole, the adjusting unit has a turntable, the turntable partially protrudes from the side hole, and the turntable is coaxial with the adjusting plate. link. The coffee bean grinder having the film stripping function according to claim 4, comprising a tee pipe, the top end opening of the tee pipe leading to the chip breaking unit, the bottom end opening opening to the grinding unit, and the side opening opening To the separation unit, the passage is formed between the top opening and the bottom opening. A coffee bean grinder having a film stripping function according to claim 6, comprising a casing having an upper chamber and a lower chamber, wherein the upper chamber has a row of powder openings and the take-up port The driving unit has a toothed disc located in the lower chamber, and the toothed disc is fixed to the last end of the mandrel. The driving unit has a motor, and an output shaft of the motor is used for driving the toothed disc. The coffee bean grinder having the film stripping function according to claim 7, further comprising a powder discharging wheel disposed in the upper chamber of the casing, the powder discharging wheel being fixed to the mandrel and located at the grinding unit Below the cone cutter. A coffee bean grinder having a film stripping function according to claim 6, wherein the rotating member of the separating unit is a fan, and the fan is located between the lateral opening of the three-way tube and the collecting groove. The coffee bean grinder having a film stripping function according to claim 6, wherein the adjusting unit further comprises a cover coaxially coupled to the turntable; the grinder includes a positioning unit, wherein the positioning unit has a plurality of dimple surrounds An outer surface of the tee and at least one positioning bead are embedded in the inner side of the cover, and a portion of the positioning bead is embedded in the corresponding recess. A method for peeling and grinding a coffee bean, comprising the steps of: inserting coffee beans into a body from a feed port; and breaking the coffee beans to split the coffee beans into a plurality of pieces of beans and a plurality of endoderm membranes; The light endoderm is sucked to one side during the drooping process, the heavier bean body continues to fall due to gravity; and the bean body that has fallen due to its own weight is ground to form a powder and is sent out of the body from a take-up port. A method of stripping and grinding a coffee bean according to claim 11 comprising using a set of cone cutters and a cone cutter to cleave the coffee beans. A method of stripping and grinding coffee beans according to claim 12, comprising using another set of cone cutters and cone cutters to grind the cracked beans. The method for stripping and grinding a coffee bean according to claim 13, comprising simultaneously rotating the cone cutters of each group simultaneously by a mandrel. The method of peeling and grinding a coffee bean according to claim 14, comprising adjusting a cone cutter for grinding the bean body to change a gap size between the cone cutter and the matched cone cutter. The method of stripping and grinding a coffee bean according to claim 11, comprising causing forced convection of the air to draw the fallen endoderm to one side and separating the endoderm from the bean body. The method of peeling and grinding a coffee bean according to claim 16 is to use a fan to generate forced convection, and one side of the fan is provided with a collecting groove to receive the endoderm.