WO2017160113A2

WO2017160113A2 - Coffee extracting apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2017160113A2
Application number: PCT/KR2017/002892
Authority: WO
Inventors: 강동욱
Original assignee: 주식회사 블루텍
Priority date: 2016-03-18
Filing date: 2017-03-17
Publication date: 2017-09-21
Also published as: WO2017160113A3

Abstract

The present invention relates to a coffee extracting apparatus which comprises: an inner container module having a receiving space formed therein to receive a coffee material in the receiving space, and at least one through hole formed through the lower surface thereof to allow the inside and the outside of the module to communicate with each other; a receiving portion in which the inner container module is received; and an outlet formed at one side of a lower portion of the receiving portion to discharge liquid coffee therethrough.

Description

Coffee Extraction Device

The present invention relates to a coffee extracting device, and more particularly, to a coffee extracting device which is easy to replace the coffee raw material in the coffee extraction process, and can extract a large amount of coffee raw material uniformly in a short time.

In general, there are several types of coffee extracts from coffee beans, the most typical of which are espresso, hand drip and Dutch coffee.

Espresso is a method of extracting the coffee stock solution at a high pressure using a machine at once, and has a very strong taste, and can be used to make various variations of coffee.

The hand drip method is a method of pulverizing coffee beans, placing them in a filter, dropping water streams, and extracting the stock solution, which provides a richer personality and flavor of coffee than espresso methods.

The Dutch coffee method is to drop the cold water on the beans slowly and soak the stock solution for a relatively long time (for example, 9-12 hours), which has the advantage that it can be stored for a long time. There is a feature that makes you feel.

Among such coffee extraction methods, the Dutch coffee method has a rapidly increasing consumption due to the characteristic flavor, low caffeine content and the characteristics of mature coffee that does not burden the digestive system.

However, since Dutch coffee uses cold water compared to the general extraction method using hot water, it takes a long time for the cold water to penetrate the ground coffee to brew enough flavor.

Therefore, not only is it difficult to mass-produce Dutch coffee, but also there is a problem in management in the extraction process.

Therefore, there is a demand for a method of efficiently extracting coffee in the process of extracting Dutch coffee and easily managing the extraction process.

The technical problem of the present invention is to solve the problems mentioned in the background art, it is easy to replace the coffee raw material in the coffee extraction process, and provides a coffee extraction device that can uniformly extract a large amount of coffee raw material in a short time It is.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is not limited to the technical problem mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned above may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. There will be.

In order to solve the technical problem, the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention has an inner space module and the inner cylinder is formed in the receiving space therein is accommodated coffee raw material, at least one through-hole is formed in communication with the inside and the outside on the lower surface It may include an outer cylinder module including a receiving portion for receiving the module and the discharge portion is formed to discharge the liquid coffee from the lower side of the receiving portion.

Here, the inner cylinder module may further include a pocket for receiving the coffee material.

In this case, the pouch may accommodate the coffee raw material and be accommodated in the accommodation space of the inner barrel module.

In addition, the bag may accommodate the inner cylinder module containing the coffee material in the receiving space therein.

On the other hand, the inner cylinder module may include a pressing unit provided on the upper portion of the coffee raw material accommodated in the receiving space.

At this time, the pressing unit may be formed with at least one through hole.

On the other hand, the inner cylinder module may be further formed with at least one through hole on the side.

In addition, the inner cylinder module may include a handle that is hinged to the upper portion of the inner cylinder module and selectively deployed.

The inner cylinder module may include a partition for dividing the accommodation space of the inner cylinder module, and the partition may have a hole in which the divided accommodation spaces communicate with each other.

On the other hand, the outer cylinder module may further include a cover for opening the upper surface of the receiving portion, optionally opening and closing the upper surface of the receiving portion.

In this case, at least one flow path may be formed to supply water to the inside of the outer cylinder module.

Here, the inner cylinder module may be provided on the upper portion of the inner cylinder module, and may include a distribution unit for distributing water supplied through the flow path.

In this case, the distribution unit may include a fan-shaped blade which is provided at a position corresponding to the position of the flow path on the upper surface of the distribution unit to rotate.

According to the coffee extraction device according to the present invention can obtain the following effects.

First, when preparing the extraction of coffee or when the extraction of coffee is completed, it may be easy to add and remove the coffee raw material.

Second, there is an advantage in that a large amount of coffee raw material can be extracted uniformly in a short time.

Such effects by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

1 is a view showing an embodiment of a coffee extraction device according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of a coffee extraction device according to the present invention.

3 is a view showing a first embodiment in which the coffee raw material is added to the coffee extraction device according to the present invention.

4 is a view showing a modification of the partition of the present invention.

5 is a view showing another modified example of the partition of the present invention.

6 is a view showing a second embodiment in which the coffee raw material is added to the coffee extraction apparatus according to the present invention.

7 is a view showing a state in which water is added to the coffee extraction device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in describing the present invention, descriptions of already known functions or configurations will be omitted to clarify the gist of the present invention.

In addition, in describing the present invention, terms indicating directions such as forward / backward or upward / lower are described so that those skilled in the art can clearly understand the present invention, and thus indicate relative directions. It will not be limited.

커피추출장치의 구성Coffee Extraction Device

First, referring to Figures 1 and 2, the configuration of an embodiment of a coffee extraction device according to the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a view showing an embodiment of a coffee extraction apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of a coffee extraction apparatus according to the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention may include an inner barrel module 100 and an outer barrel module 200.

Inner cylinder module 100 is a configuration for extracting coffee to the water supplied to accommodate the coffee raw material therein, the receiving space 110 is formed to accommodate the coffee raw material, the inner and outer surfaces of the inner cylinder module 100 At least one through hole 120 may be formed in communication with each other.

More specifically, in this embodiment, the inner cylinder module 100 is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, the receiving space 110 is formed therein, the bottom surface is formed in a closed form, the inner cylinder of the module 100 A plurality of through holes 120 penetrating the lower surface may be formed.

The accommodation space 110 is accommodated in the coffee raw material, the water is supplied to the interior of the receiving space 110 flows and can extract the liquid coffee from the coffee raw material.

In addition, the through hole 120 may serve as a flow path through which water can flow through the inside and outside of the accommodation space 110.

In the present embodiment, the through hole 120 is formed only on the lower surface of the inner cylinder module 100, but various configurations may be applied such that at least one through hole 120 is further formed on the side surface of the inner cylinder module 100.

That is, the inner cylinder module 100 may be formed as a plate having the through-hole 120 as a whole.

In addition, the inner cylinder module 100 may further include a handle 130, a distribution unit 140, a pressing unit 150, and a partition 160.

Handle 130 is a hinge coupled to the upper portion of the inner cylinder module 100, rotates on the upper portion of the inner cylinder module 100 may be selectively folded or deployed.

Dispensing unit 140 may be provided in the upper portion of the inner barrel module 100 may be configured to evenly distribute the water supplied to the coffee extraction device according to the present invention to the inner barrel module (100).

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the distribution unit 140 may be formed with a plurality of holes to evenly distribute the water supplied from the top to move to the bottom.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of holes are formed so that the grooves formed to extend outward from the center of the distribution unit 140 are radially arranged, but various shapes such as a plurality of holes arranged in a radial shape or a hole formed in a whirlwind shape may be applied. It may be.

In addition, the upper portion of the distribution unit 140 is provided with a blade 142 formed in the form of a fan, the blade 142 may be configured to disperse the water supplied from the upper rotation.

The pressurizing unit 150 is a configuration provided in the accommodation space 110, when the coffee material described later is introduced into the accommodation space 110, it may be a configuration provided on the top of the coffee raw material to press the coffee raw material have.

More specifically, in this embodiment, the pressing unit 150 may be formed in a plate shape having a predetermined area.

At this time, the pressurizing unit 150 may be advantageously formed so that at least one through hole 152 is formed so that water supplied for extraction of coffee can pass therethrough.

Partition 160 is configured to divide the receiving space 110 of the inner cylinder module 100, in this embodiment may be configured to include a plurality of plates disposed radially.

In addition, the partition 160 may be formed with a plurality of holes formed so that the divided accommodation spaces 110 communicate with each other.

If the partition 160 is configured to divide the accommodation space 110 so that the coffee accommodated therein is distributed and accommodated, its shape and configuration may be variously limited.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3, the partition 160 of the present invention includes the accommodation space 110 as a second accommodation space S2 surrounding the first accommodation space S1 and the first accommodation space S1. And a second partition 162 partitioning the first partition 161 and a second accommodation space S2 into a plurality of spaces.

In addition, the first partition 161 may be formed in various shapes such as a circle and a polygon. In the present embodiment, the first partition 161 may be formed in a hollow octagonal pillar shape. Two partitions 162 will be connected.

Therefore, the accommodation space 110 is partitioned into a first accommodation space S1 and a second accommodation space S2 by the first partition 161, and the second accommodation space S2 has eight second partitions 162. It is divided into eight spaces.

4 and 5 are views showing a modification of the partition of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the partition 160a of the present modification may be formed while a plurality of plates cross each other. Therefore, the inner cylinder module 100 is partitioned into a plurality of spaces.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the present modification, a plurality of plates are formed to intersect with a straight line in the center of the up and down directions. As described above, the accommodation space inside the inner cylinder module 110 is partitioned into a plurality of radially divided spaces based on the straight line.

Here, the partition may be implemented in other forms if the accommodation space of the inner cylinder module 110 other than the above-described form is divided into a plurality of spaces.

On the other hand, the outer cylinder module 200 constitutes the appearance of the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, it may include a receiving portion 210, the discharge portion 220 and the cover portion 230.

Receiving unit 210 is a configuration in which the inner cylinder module 100 is accommodated therein, may be a configuration constituting the body of the coffee extraction device according to the present invention.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the accommodating part 210 may be formed in a cylindrical shape in which the lower part is closed and the upper part is open.

In this case, the inner portion of the accommodating part 210 may be advantageously formed to have a relatively larger width than the outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder module 100 so that the aforementioned inner cylinder module 100 may be accommodated therein.

Discharge part 220 is connected to the lower side of the above-mentioned receiving portion 210, it may be a configuration for discharging the liquid coffee extracted from the receiving portion (210).

The discharge unit 220 may be advantageously formed in the form of a flow path through which liquid coffee may flow, and various configurations may be applied, such as a valve for controlling opening and closing of the flow path.

The cover unit 230 is configured to selectively open and close the open upper surface of the above-described receiving unit 210, in this embodiment, a portion of the cover unit 230 is inserted into the inside of the receiving unit 210 and the receiving unit ( It may be formed to close the top of the 210.

In addition, the cover part 230 may be advantageously formed with at least one flow path 232 to supply water into the receiving part 210.

In this embodiment, the flow path 232 is formed in the form of penetrating the inside and the outside of the outer cylinder module 200 in the center of the cover portion 230 can supply the water required for coffee extraction into the interior of the receiving portion (210). .

In this case, the aforementioned distribution unit 140 may be advantageously disposed to correspond to the position where the flow path 232 is formed.

Looking at the process of extracting coffee using the coffee extraction device according to the present invention by all the above-described configuration as follows.

커피추출장치의 사용양태Usage of Coffee Extraction Device

Next, with reference to Figures 3, 6 and 7, will be described in detail the use of the coffee extraction device according to the present invention.

3 is a view showing a first embodiment injecting the coffee raw material into the coffee extraction device according to the present invention, Figure 6 is a view showing a second embodiment injecting the coffee raw material into the coffee extraction device according to the present invention In addition, Figure 7 is a view showing a state in which water is added to the coffee extraction apparatus according to the present invention.

First, as shown in Figure 3, when the coffee raw material is put into the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, the coffee raw material is put in a separate pocket 170 for receiving the coffee raw material, the pocket 170 described above It can be put in the accommodation space 110 of the inner cylinder module 100.

The pocket 170 is a component for inputting coffee beans, which are raw materials of coffee, or ground coffee powder, and may be advantageously formed of a material capable of passing water without passing through the coffee raw materials.

That is, the bag 170 itself serves as a kind of filter, water is introduced into the bag 170, the liquid coffee is extracted from the coffee raw material, the liquid coffee can escape to the outside of the bag 170 have.

In addition, when accommodating the coffee material in the interior of the pocket 170, the partition 160 may be accommodated in the interior of the pocket 170.

That is, the bag 170 is disposed between the inner surface of the inner cylinder module 100 and the partition 160 in the accommodation space 110, so that the coffee material and the partition 160 are inside the bag 170. It may be provided together.

In this case, the coffee raw materials are arranged to be distributed to each other by the partition 160 to obtain the effect of improving the extraction speed of the liquid coffee.

In addition, the liquid coffee extracted through the holes formed in the partition 160 may be mixed with each other to uniform the concentration of the whole coffee extracted.

In addition, after the bag 170 is inserted into the accommodation space 110, it may be advantageous to provide the pressing unit 150 at the top of the bag 170.

The pressurizing unit 150 pressurizes the bag 170 through its own weight, and the coffee material is pressurized by the pressurized bag 170 so that the liquid coffee can be more easily extracted.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6, the coffee raw material may be directly introduced into the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, and the inner barrel module 100 containing the coffee raw material may be accommodated in the bag 170.

That is, the bag 170 is configured to surround both the coffee raw material and the inner barrel module 100, the bag 170 can be put into the receiving portion 210 of the outer cylinder module 200.

In such a configuration, the bag 170 itself serves as a filter to extract the liquid coffee to the outside of the bag 170.

In this case, the partition 160 may be accommodated in the accommodation space 110 of the inner cylinder module 100.

That is, the pocket 170 may be configured to surround the inner cylinder module 100 in a state in which the partition 160 and the coffee raw material are accommodated together in the accommodation space 110.

This configuration, the coffee material is arranged to be distributed to each other by the partition 160 can be obtained the effect of improving the extraction speed of the liquid coffee.

And, as above, it is advantageous that the pressing unit 150 is provided on the upper portion of the coffee raw material accommodated in the receiving space 110 to more easily extract the liquid coffee.

When inserting the inner cylinder module 100 containing the coffee raw material into the outer cylinder module 200 as described above, the user can easily carry the inner cylinder module 100 through the configuration of the handle 130 described above.

The configuration of adding the above-described coffee raw material is not limited to the present embodiment, and directly into the receiving space 110 of the inner barrel module 100, without the configuration of the bag 170, the inner barrel module ( A configuration for accommodating the inside of the outer cylinder module 200 may also be applied.

In this case, it may be advantageous that the through hole 120 formed in the inner barrel module 100 is finely formed so that coffee beans or coffee powder does not pass.

On the other hand, the coffee raw material is put into the inner barrel module 100, when the inner barrel module 100 is accommodated in the outer barrel module 200, as shown in Figure 7 to supply water to the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention Can be.

In this embodiment, the outer cylinder module 200 may be sealed through the cover unit 230, and water may be introduced into the outer cylinder module 200 through the flow path 232 formed in the cover unit 230.

At this time, it is advantageous that the water is supplied quickly and does not fill the interior of the coffee extraction device, but supplies water slowly and ensures a time for water to extract liquid coffee from the coffee raw material.

Water supplied through the flow path 232 may fall into the distribution unit 140 provided below the flow path 232 while freely falling by gravity.

The water falling on the distribution unit 140 hits the blade 142 of the distribution unit 140, and the blade 142 may rotate while the blade 142 applied by the external force is pushed by the reaction. have.

When the blade 142 is rotated, the falling water is physically bounced while hitting the blade 142, and at the same time spread to the periphery of the blade 142 due to the centrifugal force by the rotation of the blade 142 of the distribution unit 140 It can be distributed and distributed evenly on top.

That is, since the water supplied into the outer cylinder module 200 is distributed by the distribution unit 140 at the upper portion of the inner cylinder module 100, the water evenly distributed may be supplied to the upper portion of the inner cylinder module 100.

When water for coffee extraction is dispersed and slowly supplied to the inner barrel module 100, water is introduced into the inner barrel module 100 and meets the coffee raw material to extract liquid coffee.

The extracted liquid coffee may exit the inner barrel module 100 and be accommodated in the lower portion of the inner barrel module 200, or may stay in the inner barrel module 100.

That is, as the amount of water supplied slowly increases, water is accumulated inside the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, and the inner cylinder module 100 and the coffee raw material accommodated therein are locked in the standing water, and the liquid coffee continuously. Can be extracted.

As described above, after the extraction of the liquid coffee is completed, take out the inner barrel module 100 again, replace the used coffee raw material, and supply new coffee raw material to the inside of the outer barrel module 200 again.

Coffee extraction apparatus according to the present invention by the above configuration is provided with a plurality can be produced in a large amount of liquid coffee.

In addition, while specific embodiments of the present invention have been described and illustrated as described above, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It is obvious to those of ordinary skill in the field. Therefore, such modifications or variations are not to be understood individually from the technical spirit or point of view of the present invention, the modified embodiments will belong to the claims of the present invention.

Claims

An inner cylinder module is formed therein receiving space for accommodating the coffee raw material, at least one through-hole is formed in the lower surface in communication with the outside; And

An outer cylinder module including an accommodation portion in which the inner cylinder module is accommodated and a discharge portion formed to discharge liquid coffee from a lower side of the accommodation portion;

Coffee extraction apparatus comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The inner cylinder module,

Coffee extraction device further comprises a bag for receiving the coffee material.
The method of claim 2,

The pocket,

Receiving the coffee raw material, the coffee extraction device accommodated in the accommodation space of the inner barrel module.
The method of claim 2,

The pocket,

Coffee extracting device for receiving the inner cylinder module accommodated in the accommodation space therein.
The method of claim 1,

The inner cylinder module,

Coffee extraction device comprising a pressing unit provided on the upper portion of the coffee material accommodated in the receiving space.
The method of claim 5,

The pressurizing unit,

Coffee extraction device in which at least one through hole is formed.
The method of claim 1,

The inner cylinder module,

Coffee extraction device further comprises at least one through hole in the side.
The method of claim 1,

The inner cylinder module,

Coffee extraction device comprising a handle that is hinged to the upper portion of the inner barrel module and selectively deployed.
The method of claim 1,

The inner cylinder module,

Coffee extraction device is provided with a partition for partitioning the receiving space of the inner barrel module.
The method of claim 9,

The partition is,

Coffee extraction device in which the divided receiving space is formed a hole in communication with each other.
The method of claim 9,

The partition comprises a first partition partitioning the accommodation space into a first accommodation space and a second accommodation space surrounding the first accommodation space and a second partition partitioning the second accommodation space.
The method of claim 1,

The outer cylinder module,

The coffee extracting device further comprises a cover portion which is opened at the upper surface of the container, and selectively opens and closes the upper surface of the container.
The method of claim 12,

The cover part,

Coffee extraction device is formed with at least one flow path to supply water into the outer cylinder module.
The method of claim 13,

The inner cylinder module,

Coffee extraction device provided on the upper portion of the inner barrel module, including a distribution unit for distributing water supplied through the flow path.
The method of claim 14,

The distribution unit,

Coffee extraction device comprising a fan-shaped blade which is provided at a position corresponding to the position of the flow path on the upper surface of the distribution unit to rotate.