CN215583864U

CN215583864U - Beverage capsule falling mechanism and beverage preparation system

Info

Publication number: CN215583864U
Application number: CN202121992510.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵凯; 周国栋; 金建勋
Original assignee: Shenzhen Angel Drinking Water Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Angel Drinking Water Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-23
Filing date: 2021-08-23
Publication date: 2022-01-21
Anticipated expiration: 2031-08-23

Abstract

The utility model provides a beverage capsule falling mechanism and a beverage preparation system, wherein the beverage capsule falling mechanism comprises: a base, the inner wall of which is provided with a fixing groove for fixing the beverage capsule; the puncture seat is arranged inside the base and provided with a puncture groove opposite to the fixed groove, the puncture seat can move in the direction close to and far away from the fixed groove, the puncture groove is used for being in butt joint with the fixed groove, so that the beverage capsule is fixed between the puncture groove and the fixed groove, the groove wall of the puncture groove is provided with a puncture needle for puncturing the beverage capsule, and the notch of the puncture groove and the notch of the fixed groove are arranged in a staggered manner; the driving mechanism is arranged in the base, is connected with the puncture seat and is used for driving the puncture seat to move; through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, avoided the puncture groove when moving along the direction of keeping away from the fixed slot, the condition that can't take away discarded beverage capsule prevents that discarded beverage capsule from being blocked at the fixed slot after using, has promoted the reliability of collecting discarded beverage capsule.

Description

Beverage capsule falling mechanism and beverage preparation system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of capsule type beverage preparation, in particular to a beverage capsule falling mechanism and a beverage preparation system.

Background

Along with the improvement of living standard of people, the demand of beverages is on the trend of rising year by year, meanwhile, higher requirements are provided for the packaging and the use of the beverages, such as full sealing (preventing air, water vapor and the like from entering and generating bacteria and the like), meanwhile, the demand is provided for the convenience of drinking the beverages due to the increase of the life rhythm, the beverages are simpler, more convenient and faster, and the like,

some capsule mechanisms for preparing beverages on the market currently adopt a mode of electrically puncturing beverage capsules, the structure is complex, and the operation of collecting waste beverage capsules is complicated.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a beverage capsule falling mechanism and a beverage preparation system, and aims to solve the technical problem that a capsule mechanism collects waste capsule shells in the prior art and is complex to operate.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts a technical solution that a beverage capsule dropping mechanism includes:

a base, the inner wall of which is provided with a fixing groove for fixing the beverage capsule;

the puncture seat is arranged inside the base and provided with a puncture groove opposite to the fixed groove, the puncture seat can move in the direction close to and away from the fixed groove, the puncture groove is used for being in butt joint with the fixed groove, so that the beverage capsule is fixed between the puncture groove and the fixed groove, the groove wall of the puncture groove is provided with a puncture needle for puncturing the beverage capsule, and the notch of the puncture groove and the notch of the fixed groove are arranged in a staggered manner;

the driving mechanism is arranged in the base, connected with the puncture seat and used for driving the puncture seat to move.

By adopting the technical scheme, when the puncture groove is connected with the fixed groove, the puncture groove and the fixed groove clamp and fix the beverage capsule, meanwhile, the notch of the puncture groove and the notch of the fixed groove are arranged in a staggered manner, namely the notch of the puncture groove is slightly higher or slightly lower than the notch of the fixed groove, so that the groove wall of the puncture groove can extrude the shell, the flange is separated from the fixed groove, when the puncture groove is separated from the fixed groove, the fixed groove does not limit the flange any more, and simultaneously, the whole waste beverage capsule is separated from the fixed groove along with the exit of the puncture groove, and then the waste beverage capsule falls into the collection seat due to self gravity; above-mentioned design has avoided the puncture groove when moving along the direction of keeping away from the fixed slot, can't take away the condition of abandonment beverage capsule, prevents that abandonment beverage capsule from being blocked at the fixed slot after the use, has promoted the reliability of collecting abandonment beverage capsule.

In one embodiment, the aperture of the notch of the piercing groove matches the aperture of the notch of the holding groove.

By adopting the technical scheme, when the puncture groove is connected with the fixed groove, the groove wall of the puncture groove and the groove wall of the fixed groove enclose to form a sealed cavity, so that the beverage capsule is prevented from overflowing from a gap between the puncture groove and the fixed groove after being injected with mixed liquid.

In one embodiment, the central axis of the puncture seat is parallel to and does not coincide with the central axis of the fixation groove.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, avoided the puncture groove when moving along the direction of keeping away from the fixed slot, the condition that can't take away discarded beverage capsule prevents that discarded beverage capsule from being blocked at the fixed slot after using, has promoted the reliability of collecting discarded beverage capsule.

In one embodiment, the base is further provided with a guide groove for guiding the movement of the beverage capsule, the guide groove being connected with the fixing groove.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, be convenient for the user with beverage capsule card in the fixed slot, improve the convenience of operation.

In one embodiment, the guide groove extends in a vertical direction.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, do benefit to beverage capsule and rely on self action of gravity to slide along the guide way to block in the fixed slot.

In one embodiment, the groove wall of the guide groove is provided with a guide block.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the flange of guide block guide shell slides in the fixed slot, improves the degree of accuracy that the beverage capsule card goes into the fixed slot.

In one embodiment, the groove wall of the guide groove is provided with a sensor, and the sensor is positioned above the center of the fixing groove.

By adopting the technical scheme, the automation of the beverage capsule falling mechanism is realized, and the convenience of user operation is improved.

In one embodiment, the edges of the groove walls of the fixation groove are provided with chamfered portions.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the edge of the cell wall of fixed slot is avoided to chamfer portion forms sharp-pointed corner, causes the degree of difficulty increase that the flange breaks away from in the fixed slot.

In one embodiment, the beverage capsule dropping mechanism further comprises an electronic counting device for counting the number of uses of the beverage capsule.

By adopting the technical scheme, the user can conveniently obtain the times of using the beverage capsule.

The embodiment also provides a beverage preparation system, which comprises a liquid injection mechanism and the beverage capsule falling mechanism, wherein the liquid injection mechanism is communicated with the beverage capsule falling mechanism.

By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that,

drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a beverage capsule piercing mechanism provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a beverage capsule piercing mechanism provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a beverage capsule provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a piercing seat of a beverage capsule piercing mechanism provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention prior to piercing;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a piercing seat of a beverage capsule piercing mechanism of an embodiment of the present invention interfacing with a retaining slot;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the piercing hub of the beverage capsule piercing mechanism provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention after piercing;

fig. 7 is an enlarged view of "a" in fig. 2.

The figures are numbered:

100-a beverage capsule drop mechanism;

1-a base; 2-a puncture seat; 3-a drive mechanism; 4-a collecting seat; 5-beverage capsules;

11-a fixed slot; 12-a guide groove; 21-a puncture groove; 22-puncture needle; 51-a housing; 52-a membrane body; 53-flange;

111-chamfered section; 131-guide block.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not intended to limit the utility model.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected or indirectly connected to the other element.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, refer to an orientation or positional relationship illustrated in the drawings, which are used for convenience in describing the utility model, and are not intended to indicate that the device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model.

Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating relative importance or as indicating a number of technical features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise. The following describes a specific implementation of the present invention in more detail with reference to specific embodiments:

as shown in fig. 1 to 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a beverage capsule dropping mechanism 100, including: the puncture device comprises a base 1, a puncture seat 2, a driving mechanism 3 and a collecting seat 4; the inner wall of the base 1 is provided with a fixing groove 11 for fixing the beverage capsule 5; the puncture seat 2 is arranged in the base 1, the puncture seat 2 is provided with a puncture groove 21 opposite to the fixed groove 11, the puncture seat 2 can move in the direction close to and far from the fixed groove 11, the puncture groove 21 is used for being butted with the fixed groove 11, so that the beverage capsule 5 is fixed between the puncture groove 21 and the fixed groove 11, the groove wall of the puncture groove 21 is provided with a puncture needle 22 for puncturing the beverage capsule 5, and the notch of the puncture groove 21 and the notch of the fixed groove 11 are arranged in a staggered manner; the driving mechanism 3 is arranged inside the base 1, connected with the puncture seat 2 and used for driving the puncture seat 2 to move.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, the beverage capsule dropping mechanism 100 provided in the present embodiment operates as follows:

the beverage capsule dropping mechanism 100 of the present embodiment can be used for preparing various beverages including, but not limited to, drinking water, coffee, tea and bubble water, and different kinds of beverages can be prepared by using different kinds of beverage capsules 5, which are described below by preparing coffee by the beverage capsule dropping mechanism 100:

the beverage capsule 5 comprises a shell 51 and coffee powder or concentrated coffee arranged in the shell 51, wherein the base 1 is provided with an openable cover, after the cover is opened by a user, the beverage capsule 5 is placed in the fixing groove 11, the driving mechanism 3 is arranged in the base 1 and drives the puncture seat 2 to move towards the direction of the fixing groove 11, the puncture seat 2 is provided with a puncture groove 21, the puncture groove 21 and the fixing groove 11 are oppositely arranged, the puncture groove 21 moves along with the puncture seat 2 until covering the beverage capsule 5 fixed on the fixing groove 11, the groove wall of the puncture groove 21 is provided with a puncture needle 22, the puncture needle 22 synchronously punctures the beverage capsule 5, the puncture needle 22 can be a tubular needle, the puncture needle 22 is communicated with drinking water, drinking water is injected into the beverage capsule 5 to be mixed with the concentrated coffee, and then flows out from the liquid outlet of the groove wall of the fixing groove 11, and the coffee beverage is prepared;

specifically, the beverage capsule 5 comprises a casing 51, a membrane 52 covering an opening of the casing 51, and espresso coffee interposed between the casing 51 and the membrane 52, the casing 51 having a bowl shape with a flange 53 near an edge of the opening, the flange 53 being placed in the fixing groove 11, the casing 51 being just received in the piercing groove 21,

after the coffee is prepared, the driving mechanism 3 drives the puncture seat 2 to move along the direction away from the fixing groove 11, at the moment, the puncture groove 21 is separated from the fixing groove 11, the groove wall of the puncture groove 21 drives the beverage capsule 5 to be separated from the fixing groove 11, optionally, the beverage capsule 5 is carried away from the fixing groove 11 through the friction force between the groove wall of the puncture groove 21 and the shell 51 of the beverage capsule 5, and the beverage capsule 5 falls into the collecting seat 4 due to the self gravity after being separated from the fixing groove 11, so that the waste beverage capsule 5 is collected.

It should be further explained that, when the puncturing groove 21 and the fixing groove 11 are connected, the puncturing groove 21 and the fixing groove 11 clamp and fix the beverage capsule 5, and at the same time, the notch of the puncturing groove 21 and the notch of the fixing groove 11 are arranged in a staggered manner, that is, the notch of the puncturing groove 21 is higher than or lower than the notch of the fixing groove 11, so that the groove wall of the puncturing groove 21 can extrude the housing 51, the flange 53 is separated from the fixing groove 11, and when the puncturing groove 21 is separated from the fixing groove 11, the fixing groove 11 is no longer limited to the flange 53, and simultaneously the whole waste beverage capsule 5 is separated from the fixing groove 11 along with the exit of the puncturing groove 21, and then the waste beverage capsule 5 falls into the collecting seat 4 due to its own weight.

By adopting the technical scheme:

firstly, the driving mechanism 3 drives the puncture seat 2 to move, so that the puncture seat 2 can move in the direction close to and far away from the fixing groove 11, thereby realizing the function of puncturing the beverage capsule 5, and the beverage capsule 5 is light and easy to use when in use without manual operation of a user, and can be conveniently used by female consumers;

secondly, when the beverage capsule 5 is fixed by the puncture seat 2 and the fixing groove 11, the puncture needle 22 punctures the beverage capsule 5 synchronously, so that the stability of puncturing the beverage capsule 5 is improved, and the failure rate of puncturing is reduced;

finally, the above design avoids the situation that the waste beverage capsule 5 cannot be taken away when the puncture groove 21 moves in the direction away from the fixing groove 11, and prevents the waste beverage capsule 5 from being stuck in the fixing groove 11 after being used, thereby improving the reliability of collecting the waste beverage capsule 5.

In one embodiment, the central axis of the puncture seat 2 is not parallel to the central axis of the fixation groove 11.

Specifically, the beverage capsule 5 is fixed in the fixing groove 11, the central axis of the beverage capsule 5 coincides with the central axis of the fixing groove 11, and when the piercing groove 21 is butted against the fixing groove 11 along with the piercing seat 2, since the central axis of the piercing seat 2 is parallel to but not coincident with the central axis of the fixing groove 11, the beverage capsule 5 may be separated from the fixing groove 11 but still be clamped between the piercing groove 21 and the fixing groove 11 under the pressing of the groove wall of the piercing groove 21, and after the piercing groove 21 is separated from the fixing groove 11, the beverage capsule 5 may fall into the collecting seat 4 due to its own weight.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, avoided puncture groove 21 when moving along the direction of keeping away from fixed slot 11, the condition that can't take away discarded beverage capsule 5 prevents that discarded beverage capsule 5 from being blocked at fixed slot 11 after the use, has promoted the reliability of collecting discarded beverage capsule 5.

In one embodiment, the aperture of the notch of the piercing groove 21 matches the aperture of the notch of the holding groove 11.

Specifically, the diameter of the notch of the puncture groove 21 is the same as the diameter of the notch of the fixation groove 11.

By adopting the technical scheme, when the puncture groove 21 is connected with the fixed groove 11, the groove wall of the puncture groove 21 and the groove wall of the fixed groove 11 enclose to form a sealed cavity, so that the beverage capsule 5 is prevented from overflowing from a gap between the puncture groove 21 and the fixed groove 11 after being injected with mixed liquid.

In one embodiment, the base 1 is further provided with a guide groove 12 for guiding the movement of the beverage capsule 5, the guide groove 12 interfacing with the fixation groove 11.

In particular, the guide groove 12 extends to the position of the cover of the base 1, and after the user opens the cover, the beverage capsule 5 is snapped into the guide groove 12, in particular the flange 53 of the housing 51 is snapped into the guide groove 12, the guide groove 12 and the flange 53 are in a clearance fit, the flange 53 can move along the guide groove 12, and under the action of its own weight, the flange 53 is snapped into the fixation groove 11.

By adopting the technical scheme, the user can conveniently clamp the beverage capsule 5 into the fixing groove 11, and the convenience of operation is improved.

In one embodiment, the guide groove 12 extends in a vertical direction.

Specifically, the guide groove 12 and the fixing groove 11 are distributed up and down in the vertical direction.

By adopting the technical scheme, the beverage capsule 5 can slide along the guide groove 12 under the action of self gravity, so that the beverage capsule can be clamped into the fixing groove 11.

In one embodiment, the groove wall of the guide groove 12 is provided with a guide block 131.

Specifically, the guide block 131 has a guide slope which is obliquely disposed toward the fixing groove 11.

By adopting the above technical solution, the guide block 131 guides the flange 53 of the housing 51 to slide into the fixing groove 11, improving the accuracy of the beverage capsule 5 being stuck into the fixing groove 11.

In one embodiment, the walls of the guide groove 12 are provided with a sensor, which is located above the center of the fixing groove 11.

Specifically, the sensor is used for sensing the beverage capsule 5 sliding into the fixing groove 11 to send a control signal to the driving mechanism 3 to drive the puncture seat 2 to move; when the sensor senses that the beverage capsule 5 is stuck in the fixing groove 11, the driving mechanism 3 drives the puncture seat 2 to move towards the fixing groove 11, so that the puncture needle 22 punctures the beverage capsule 5.

By adopting the technical scheme, the automation of the beverage capsule dropping mechanism 100 is realized, and the convenience of user operation is improved.

As shown in fig. 7, in one embodiment, the edges of the groove walls of the fixing groove 11 are provided with chamfered portions 111.

By adopting the above technical solution, the chamfer part 111 prevents the edge of the groove wall of the fixing groove 11 from forming a sharp corner, which increases the difficulty of detaching the flange 53 from the fixing groove 11.

In one embodiment, the collection base 4 is removably attached to the base 1.

By adopting the above technical scheme, the user can conveniently and uniformly discard the waste beverage capsules 5 in the collecting seat 4.

In one embodiment, the collecting receptacle 4 is provided with a visible area communicating with the interior of the collecting receptacle 4.

In particular, the collecting seat 4 may be made of a transparent material, or the visible area may be made of a transparent material.

By adopting the technical scheme, the user can observe the quantity of the waste beverage capsules 5 conveniently, and the user is reminded of cleaning in time.

In one embodiment, the beverage capsule dropping mechanism 100 further comprises electronic counting means for counting the number of uses of the beverage capsule 5.

By adopting the above technical scheme, the user can conveniently obtain the times of using the beverage capsule 5.

The embodiment further provides a beverage preparation system, which comprises a liquid injection mechanism and the beverage capsule dropping mechanism 100, wherein the liquid injection mechanism is communicated with the beverage capsule dropping mechanism 100.

By adopting the technical scheme, the beverage capsule 5 is light and easy to use when in use without manual operation of a user, and can be conveniently used by female consumers; when the piercing grooves 21 are disengaged from the fixing grooves 11, the discarded beverage capsules 5 fall into the collecting seat 4 by gravity, and automatic collection of the beverage capsules 5 is realized.

The present invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments shown and described, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features herein disclosed.

Claims

1. A beverage capsule drop mechanism, comprising:

2. The beverage capsule removing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the aperture of the notch of the piercing groove matches the aperture of the notch of the fixing groove.

3. The beverage capsule disengagement mechanism of claim 1, wherein a central axis of the piercing seat is parallel to and misaligned with a central axis of the fixation slot.

4. The mechanism of claim 1, wherein the base further comprises a guide groove for guiding the movement of the beverage capsule, and the guide groove is connected to the fixing groove.

5. The beverage capsule drop mechanism of claim 4, wherein the guide slot extends in a vertical direction.

6. The beverage capsule removing mechanism of claim 4, wherein the walls of the guide grooves are provided with guide blocks.

7. The beverage capsule removing mechanism of claim 4, wherein a wall of the guide groove is provided with a sensor, and the sensor is located above a center of the fixing groove.

8. The beverage capsule removing mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein an edge of a groove wall of the fixing groove is provided with a chamfered portion.

9. The beverage capsule removal mechanism of any one of claims 1-7, further comprising an electronic counting device for counting the number of uses of the beverage capsule.

10. A beverage preparation system comprising a liquid injection mechanism and a beverage capsule removal mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 9, said liquid injection mechanism being in communication with said beverage capsule removal mechanism.