WO2017003296A1 - Appareil et procédés de préparation automatique de plat - Google Patents

Appareil et procédés de préparation automatique de plat Download PDF

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WO2017003296A1
WO2017003296A1 PCT/NO2016/000020 NO2016000020W WO2017003296A1 WO 2017003296 A1 WO2017003296 A1 WO 2017003296A1 NO 2016000020 W NO2016000020 W NO 2016000020W WO 2017003296 A1 WO2017003296 A1 WO 2017003296A1
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Geir Olav OPHEIM
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Soups & More As
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    • 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
    • A47J31/40—Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/0015—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being prepared by mixing at least two liquid components
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/0015—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being prepared by mixing at least two liquid components
    • B67D1/0016—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being prepared by mixing at least two liquid components the beverage being stored in an intermediate container before dispensing, i.e. pre-mix dispensers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/0015—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being prepared by mixing at least two liquid components
    • B67D1/0016—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being prepared by mixing at least two liquid components the beverage being stored in an intermediate container before dispensing, i.e. pre-mix dispensers
    • B67D1/0017—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being prepared by mixing at least two liquid components the beverage being stored in an intermediate container before dispensing, i.e. pre-mix dispensers the apparatus comprising means for automatically controlling the amount to be dispensed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/0015—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being prepared by mixing at least two liquid components
    • B67D1/0021—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught the beverage being prepared by mixing at least two liquid components the components being mixed at the time of dispensing, i.e. post-mix dispensers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/0042—Details of specific parts of the dispensers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0857—Cooling arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D1/00—Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught
    • B67D1/08—Details
    • B67D1/0895—Heating arrangements

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  • the present invention belongs to the field of automated dish preparation. More specifically, the invention belongs to the field of machines for automated making of dishes from a number of ingredients including the use of precooled ingredients and heating of the food.
  • the advanced systems are typically controlled by some electronic device which allows the consumer to specify his/her wishes and then the device controls a sequence of steps leading to the finally prepared dish/drink according to the technical equipment used in the system and the recipe for the dish selected by the consumer and potentially modified/adjusted according to personal preferences.
  • the components of the final product are kept in a form which permits long-term storage: dried and/or fine grained substances (powder) or high viscous concentrates often resulting in loss of nutrition value or reduced taste/experience quality.
  • the prior art devices are typically limited to quite a simple temperature regime for the final product.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a new type of dish preparation apparatus, which avoids the above mentioned disadvantages and at the same time allows being used for automatic preparation and dispensing of an increased variety of dish types.
  • One aspect of the disclosed invention is an apparatus for automatic dish preparation.
  • the apparatus comprises: 1) a controller unit for controlling the apparatus during dish preparation according to a user selectable dish recipe, 2) a supply for potable water for cleaning purposes and/or as dish ingredient, 3) ai least one storage container for farther dish ingredient(s), and 4) at least one conveyor to move a recipe-specific quantity of the dish ingredients from storage container(s) into a receiving container.
  • the inventive features of the apparatus are: 5) the storage container(s) are thermally insulated, 6) a cooling means is arranged to keep the dish ingredients in the storage container(s) cool, and 7) a heating means exists to heat said ingredients if spec fied by the recipe.
  • Each storage container may be equipped with a conveyor of its own.
  • the above mentioned receiving container is a cup or a bowl to be used as a deliver ⁇ ' container for serving the dish to a consumer.
  • At least one of the conveyors comprises heating means to heat the ingredients during conveyance from the storage container to the receiving container.
  • An alternative heating means can be arranged to heat the ingredient(s) when the ingredients have arrived in the receiving container.
  • This alternative heating means can be a microwave-based heating device.
  • Another aspect of the disclosed invention is a method for automatically preparing a dish according to a recipe with an apparatus as described above, by repeating the following steps a-b until completion of the dish: a) conveying at least one dish ingredient to a receiving container, and b) if specified by the recipe for the at least one dish ingredient: heating the at least one dish ingredient during conveying.
  • Another aspect is a method for preparing a dish with an apparatus as above with microwave heating means, where the method comprises repeating the following steps a-b until completion of the dish: a) conveying at least one dish ingredient to a receiving container, and b) if recipe-specified for the at least one dish ingredient: heating the at least one dish ingredient when arrived in the receiving container.
  • FIG. 1 shows an apparatus-embodiment of the invention in exploded view
  • Fig. 2 shows an embodiment of the invention in top view
  • Fig. 3 sho ws an embodiment of the invention in cross-section view
  • Fig. 4 shows an embodiment of the invention in partly dismantled view.
  • Fig, 1 shows one embodiment of the inventive apparatus for automatically preparing of a dish in a partly exploded view.
  • the figure shows in the center the housing/frame with housing panels 1 of the apparatus where the panels in one embodiment may constitute thermal insulation.
  • a further exploded-view radiation chamber 1 1 for an embodiment using microwave-heating of dish ingredients is indicated, with a container (a cup, in this case) 12 inside the chamber to receive the ingredients during dish making.
  • a rotary motor 9 is located below the main part of the radiatio chamber to turn the receiving container 12 during microwave-heating.
  • a microwave emitter module 7 is located, with a cooling fan 6 on top of it.
  • a box-like part stands for a controller 24, controlling preferably the technical functions of the apparatus.
  • a further device (not shown in the figure, can be mounted to the front of the apparatus, for instance to the panel above the radiation chamber), could in one embodiment run the user interface including selecting one of the internally stored recipes, modifying the selected recipe, payment procedures and similar.
  • a lid for the housing i.e. top panel of the housing.
  • this top panel may constitute thermal insulation if no other insulation is provided for the below introduced storage containers.
  • a meander- shaped vaporizer 4 for the refrigeration/cooling module 5 and three containers for food/dish ingredients are shown: partly hidden behind the vaporizer 4 in the figure resides a food container 2 for a liquid food ingredient.
  • Fig. 2 - a top view - focuses on the three food containers.
  • a connector for a potable water supply By using a controllable T- valve 20, the tubing 23 and pump 19 can be used to supply water from this connector to the receiving container as one of the ingredients to the dish or for cleaning the apparatus in a cleaning mode.
  • containers 21 for non-liquid ingredients are shown. While the liquid from container 2 (numeral see fig. 1) is conveyed by pump through tubing 18 , the ingredients from the other two storage containers can be conveyed by screw 22 conveyors, also indicated for one of them in the figure. All containers as a group are enclosed - in this embodiment - by insulating housing panels 1 for thennal insulation. However, in a different embodiment, the insulation is preferably arranged more close to the storage containers, specifically in embodiments with tube heating as elaborated below. In such an embodiment, one or more of the storage containers could be located outside the insulation for use with ingredients that do not require cooling.
  • the vaporizer 4 for the cooling unit is indicated below the liquid container, meaning due to the top- view of the figure, in front of the liquid container (or in the center of the group of containers).
  • Fig. 3 displays a cross section through the apparatus, where the cut plane is perpendicular to the bottom and top and front and rear of the apparatus.
  • the front of the apparatus is on the left side of the figure.
  • fig. 3 shows insulation panels 1, enclosing liquid ingredient storage container 2 and - not as clearly visible on this figure as on previous figs 1 and 2 ⁇ one of the in this embodiment remaining two non-liquid ingredient storage containers 21.
  • the liquid container 2 may be emptied for the liquid through tubing from the bottom of the container 2, the tubing being connected to a T-valve 20 at the top. From here, the liquid ingredient is pumped by a pumping means 19 to the receiving container 12 through inlet 14. As mentioned above, through the T-valve 20, also water can be drawn from water line connector 3 for cleaning purposes or/and as a dish ingredient.
  • Module 5 below on the right side is the cooling/refrigeration module with attached condenser, feeding the vaporizer 4 inside the insulated space.
  • Other types of cooling means could be used in different embodiments of the present invention.
  • the conveyor at the bottom of the insulated space is driven by a small electrical motor (cyiindricai unit, residing directly on the insulation here), driving an Archimedes' screw to convey the ingredient from the storage container through inlet 15 into the receiving container 12 standing on receiving container platform 8.
  • the screw-type conveyor permits to use ingredients of a more coarse texture, such like vegetable/meat/fruit pieces,
  • the platform being rotated by rotary motor 9 assures distribution of the heating energy in the dish.
  • conveyors from ingredient storage containers may he equipped with heating means 17, 18 to heat the ingredients on the way from storage to the receiving container 12,
  • heating means 17 are indicated only in figure 3, and would normally make the microwave equipment 6, 7, 8, 9, 1 1 obsolete, in such an embodiment, the heating means - and thus a major part of the conveyors - would preferably be located outside the cooled/insulated space,
  • a receiving container 12 - typically a cup - is placed into the receiving chamber 1 1 either automatically by some mechanism not shown here, but well-known to the skilled man, or manually by the user. This step - specifically in the automatic version - could also be performed later as step 4,
  • the user of the apparatus selects a dish using a device with appropriate user interface (UI) abilities, which is typical ly mounted to the front of the apparatus; further options dependent on embodiment: the consumer/user modifies the recipe of the dish and in many self-service applications pays for the dish.
  • UI user interface
  • the Ul-device sends recipe-specific instructions to the controller 24 of the
  • step 1 place a new receiving container 12 onto the receiving container platform, or make sure a receiving container is in place. 5. Initiate conveying from storage containers and/or water inlet of ail ingredients specified by the recipe,
  • the Ul-device indicates to the consumer to take the cup 12 with the dish ready for consumption.
  • step 5 and 6 above would include heating activation and termination, and step 7 and 8 and possibly 9 would be obsolete.

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L'invention concerne un appareil de préparation automatique de plat, comprenant une unité de commande pour commander ledit appareil selon une recette de plat pouvant être sélectionnée par un utilisateur, une alimentation en eau potable à des fins de nettoyage et/ou comme ingrédient de plat, au moins un récipient de stockage pour d'autres ingrédients de plat, au moins un convoyeur pour déplacer des quantités spécifiques à la recette des ingrédients de plat d'un ou plusieurs récipients de stockage à un récipient de réception, le ou les récipients de stockage étant isolés thermiquement, un moyen de refroidissement est conçu pour maintenir les ingrédients de plat dans le ou les récipients de stockage au frais, et des moyens de chauffage pour chauffer au moins un desdits ingrédients, si spécifié par la recette, sont agencés à l'intérieur de l'appareil.
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