CN112741496B - Brewing device and beverage machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, and discloses a brewing device and a beverage machine. So set up, can make the brewing device be suitable for and carry out the beverage brewing to a plurality of kinds of beverage capsule to make the user have more optional scope when purchasing beverage capsule, and then can promote user's use experience by a wide margin.

Description

Brewing device and beverage machine

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a brewing device and a beverage machine.

Background

At present, capsule type beverage machines are more and more popular and popular because they have the characteristics of simple operation, safety and sanitation, and guaranteed beverage quality. The beverage machine is characterized in that a beverage capsule loaded with beverage filling agents (such as coffee, milk tea or tea leaves) is placed in a brewing device of the beverage machine, liquid is injected into the beverage capsule to brew the beverage, and the brewed beverage flows out of the brewing device to a liquid containing cup body of a user.

At present, there are various types of beverage capsules in common use in the market, such as Nespresso beverage capsules, dolce Gusto beverage capsules, K-cup beverage capsules and the like, but in the existing beverage machines, only one capsule brewing cup is often equipped, so that the beverage machines are only suitable for brewing one type of beverage capsules, and thus, users are forced to purchase only the adapted one type of beverage capsules to brew beverages through the beverage machines, and bad use experience is brought to the users.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-mentioned deficiencies or drawbacks of the prior art, the present invention provides a brewing device and a beverage machine, wherein the brewing device is suitable for brewing a plurality of types of beverage capsules, increasing the types of beverage capsules available for users to purchase, and thereby providing users with a better experience.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a brewing apparatus comprising an apparatus body and a plurality of brewing cups adapted for different types of beverage capsules and selectively arranged on the apparatus body, the apparatus body comprising a brewing cup platen for pressing against the brewing cups and a liquid supply needle projecting from the brewing cup platen and for projecting into the brewing cups.

Optionally, the plurality of capsule brewing cups comprises a first brewing cup, a first brewing chamber adapted to the first beverage capsule and a piercing member located at the top of the first brewing chamber and configured to pierce the first beverage capsule downward are disposed in the first brewing cup, and a tearing member configured to tear the first beverage capsule is disposed on the bottom wall of the first brewing chamber.

Optionally, the first brewing cup comprises an outer brewing cup and an inner brewing cup provided with the first brewing chamber, the inner cavity of the inner brewing cup is formed as the first brewing chamber, the tear-off member is arranged on the bottom wall of the outer brewing cup, the inner brewing cup can pivot relative to the outer brewing cup between a pivot open position, in which the inner brewing cup is located in the cup cavity of the outer brewing cup and is inverted on the bottom wall of the cup cavity of the outer brewing cup and covers the bottom opening of the first brewing chamber, and a pivot closed position, in which the inner brewing cup is detached from the cup cavity of the outer brewing cup.

Optionally, the inner brewing cup comprises an inner cup body and a pivoting support comprising a transverse connection extending laterally outwardly from the inner cup body beyond a top edge of a peripheral wall of the outer brewing cup and a pivoting arm extending downwardly from an outer end of the transverse connection and provided with an inner cup pivot, the peripheral wall of the outer brewing cup being provided with an outer cup pivot in pivoting engagement with the inner cup pivot.

Optionally, the pivot bracket further comprises a press opening element extending outwardly and downwardly from a bottom end of the pivot arm, a structural reinforcement being provided between the pivot arm and the press opening element.

Optionally, the inner brewing cup further comprises an inner cup cover body connected with the inner cup body and used for sealing the top end opening of the outer brewing cup, the outer peripheral wall of the inner cup body is in a truncated cone shape, and the inner cavity of the outer brewing cup is formed into a conical cavity with a large top and a small bottom.

Optionally, the inner cup cover body comprises an upper cover body part and a lower cover body part, the outer diameter of the upper cover body part and the outer diameter of the lower cover body part are sequentially reduced from top to bottom, a lower supporting platform part used for supporting the peripheral edge part of the lower cover body part is formed on the inner peripheral wall of the top of the outer brewing cup, the lower supporting platform part is in an annular step shape, the annular step surface is abutted to the outer peripheral wall of the peripheral edge part to limit the position transversely, the brewing cup pressure plate is pressed downwards on the top surface of the upper cover body part, and the liquid supply pricker extends downwards into the inner brewing cup.

Optionally, the bottom surface of the brewing cup pressure plate is provided with an inner sealing ring surrounding the liquid supply pricking pin, the central part of the inner cup cover body is provided with a pricking pin through hole for the liquid supply pricking pin to extend into and a top surface inner groove for abutting against the inner sealing ring to form an inner end abutting against a sealing ring surface, the outer periphery of the bottom surface of the brewing cup pressure plate is provided with an outer sealing ring extending along the circumferential direction, the outer sealing ring abuts against the outer periphery of the upper cover body to form an outer end abutting against the sealing ring surface, and an annular groove which is recessed downwards and extends along the circumferential direction is formed on the top surface of the inner cup cover body between the inner sealing ring and the outer sealing ring.

Optionally, the circumferential edge of the opening end of the inner brewing cup is provided with a ring-shaped convex rib which extends downwards and extends along the circumferential direction; and/or the peripheral part of the opening end is provided with an annular notch extending along the peripheral direction.

Optionally, make outer cup include outer cup body and with the play liquid spare of connection can be dismantled to outer cup body's bottom surface, go out liquid spare with outer cup body prescribes a limit to jointly and gathers the flow chamber, outer cup body's diapire is formed with and runs through the discharge orifice to the bottom surface from the top surface, outer cup body's diapire top surface is formed with as tear the piece support to protruding, follow the liquid that first beverage capsule flows through in proper order the discharge orifice flow gather the flow chamber with go out the liquid outlet of liquid spare.

Optionally, the plurality of capsule brewing cups comprises a second brewing cup for accommodating a second beverage capsule, and a central through hole for the bottom outlet part of the second beverage capsule to extend out is formed in the central part of the bottom wall of the second brewing cup.

Optionally, the plurality of capsule brewing cups comprises a third brewing cup for containing a third beverage capsule, the bottom wall of the third brewing cup is provided with a bottom puncture needle which extends upwards to puncture the third beverage capsule, and the bottom wall of the third brewing cup is also provided with a bottom wall liquid outlet.

The invention also provides a beverage machine, which comprises a brewing device.

Through the technical scheme, the brewing device comprises the device body and the plurality of capsule brewing cups which are selectively detachably connected with the device body, so that the brewing device can brew a plurality of types of beverage capsules by arranging the plurality of capsule brewing cups which are suitable for correspondingly loading the plurality of types of beverage capsules in the brewing device, and therefore, the types of the beverage capsules suitable for the brewing device can be enlarged, a user is prompted to have more purchasing ranges for the beverage capsules, and the use experience of the user is greatly improved.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

figures 1 to 3 are overall cross-sectional views of a brewing apparatus in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the present invention, wherein figure 1 shows a first brewing cup removably attached to the apparatus body, figure 2 shows a second brewing cup removably attached to the apparatus body, and figure 3 shows a third brewing cup removably attached to the apparatus body;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic front side view of the first brewing cup of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear side elevational view of the first brew cup of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the brewing outer cup of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the inner brewing cup of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a front view of FIG. 8;

fig. 10 is a perspective view of the first beverage capsule of fig. 1.

Description of reference numerals:

100. brewing device

1.First brewing cup 2 second brewing cup

3. Third brewingcup 4 device body

11. Piercingmember 12 tear member

13. Brewingouter cup 14 brewing inner cup

21. Bottom puncture needle of bottomliquid outlet part 31

32. Brewing cup pressure plate with bottom wallliquid outlet 41

42. Liquid supply pricking pin

131.Liquid outlet piece 132 flow gathering cavity

133. Inner cup body ofliquid outlet 141

142. Pivoting support 143 inner cup cover

411.Inner seal 412 and outer seal

142A cross-link 142B pivot arm

142C pressing opening and closingpiece 142D structure reinforcing piece

143AUpper cover portion 143B lower cover portion

143Cannular groove 143D puncture needle via hole

144Aannular convex rib 144B annular gap

J1 First beverage capsule J2 second beverage capsule

J3 Third beverage capsule

J11 Sealing projection

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of embodiments of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the preferred embodiment of the invention, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the present invention, unless specified to the contrary, use of the terms of orientation such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" or the like are generally described with respect to the orientation shown in the drawings or the positional relationship of the components with respect to each other in the vertical, or gravitational direction.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

The invention firstly provides abrewing apparatus 100, and with reference to fig. 1 to 3, thebrewing apparatus 100 comprises anapparatus body 4 and a plurality of capsule brewing cups which are selectively detachably connected to theapparatus body 4, and theapparatus body 4 comprises a brewingcup pressure plate 41 for pressing against the capsule brewing cups and aliquid supply needle 42 which projects from the brewingcup pressure plate 41 and is intended to project into the capsule brewing cups.

The invention also correspondingly provides a beverage machine, which comprises abrewing device 100. Specifically, the beverage maker further comprises a liquid supply system, and when the beverage maker brews the beverage, the liquid from the liquid supply system is input into thebrewing device 100 and then is introduced into the beverage capsule loaded in thebrewing device 100 through theliquid supply pricker 42 to brew the beverage. The beverage machine is a capsule type beverage machine, such as a capsule coffee machine, a capsule soymilk machine or other capsule type beverage machines capable of brewing beverage capsules, which are not illustrated herein.

In the present invention, thebrewing device 100 includes adevice body 4 and a plurality of capsule brewing cups, and the plurality of capsule brewing cups can be selectively detachably connected to thedevice body 4. Specifically, a plurality of capsule brewing cups are suitable for loading a plurality of types of beverage capsules in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and also makebrewing device 100 carry out beverage brewing to a plurality of types of beverage capsules through a plurality of capsule brewing cups, so, can effectively enlarge the type of beverage capsules that are suitable forbrewing device 100 and drink machine, make the user have more optional ranges when purchasing beverage capsules, are favorable to promoting user's use experience by a wide margin.

Alternatively, with reference to figures 1, 4 and 10, a first brewing chamber adapted to invert the first beverage capsule J1 and a piercingmember 11 projecting downwardly from a top wall of the first brewing chamber and adapted to pierce the first beverage capsule J1 are provided in thefirst brewing cup 1, and a bottom wall of the first brewing chamber is provided with a tearingmember 12 adapted to tear the first beverage capsule J1, such that thebrewing device 100 is adapted to brew a first beverage capsule J1 resembling a Nespresso beverage capsule. Specifically, the first beverage capsule J1 is placed in thefirst brewing cup 1 in an inverted manner, the bottom wall of the first beverage capsule J1 is pierced by the piercingmember 11, and as liquid is continuously introduced into the first beverage capsule J1, the liquid pressure in the first beverage capsule J1 continuously rises, so that the sealing film of the first beverage capsule J1 is forced to downwards abut against the tearingmember 12 and is torn by the tearingmember 12 to form a tear opening, and the beverage in the first beverage capsule J1 flows out through the tear opening.

Preferably, with reference to figures 5 and 6, thefirst brewing cup 1 comprises anouter brewing cup 13 and aninner brewing cup 14 pivoted to each other, the inner cavity of theinner brewing cup 14 being said first brewing chamber, and the tearingmember 12 is arranged on the bottom wall of the cup cavity of theouter brewing cup 13. The brewinginner cup 14 is pivotable relative to the brewingouter cup 13 between a pivoted open position in which the brewinginner cup 14 is located in the cup cavity of the brewingouter cup 13 and is inverted over the bottom wall of the cup cavity of the brewingouter cup 13 and covers the bottom end opening of the first brewing chamber, and a pivoted closed position in which the brewinginner cup 14 is detached from the cup cavity of the brewingouter cup 13 and the open end of the first brewing chamber is in an open state. Therefore, when the first beverage capsule J1 needs to be brewed, the brewinginner cup 14 is pivoted to the pivoting opening position, then the first beverage capsule J1 is placed into the first brewing cavity, then the brewinginner cup 14 is pivoted to the pivoting closing position, and finally thefirst brewing cup 1 is connected with thedevice body 4, so that the first beverage capsule J1 can be brewed. Wherein, throughouter cup 13 and the interior 14 pivoted links to each other of making a brew, then accomodate at the user, store or wash the in-process, makeouter cup 13 and make a brew incup 14 can not be in the state of separation, like this, can effectively avoid making incup 14 and the condition that any person in theouter cup 13 of making a brew lost appears, be favorable to promoting user's use and experience. In addition, compared with the brewingouter cup 13 and the brewinginner cup 14 which are connected through the clamping and the like, the brewingouter cup 13 and the brewinginner cup 14 are in pivot connection in the technical scheme, so that a user can open or close the bottom end opening of the first brewing cavity more conveniently, the user can use and operate the brewing outer cup more conveniently, and the reliability is higher.

In particular, the brewinginner cup 14 comprises aninner cup body 141 and apivot bracket 142, thepivot bracket 142 comprises atransverse connection 142A extending laterally outwards from theinner cup body 141 and over a top edge of the peripheral wall of the brewingouter cup 13, thepivot bracket 142 further comprises apivot arm 142B extending downwards from an outer end of thetransverse connection 142A and provided with an inner cup pivot, and the peripheral wall of the brewingouter cup 13 is provided with an outer cup pivot cooperating with the inner cup pivot, as seen in fig. 5 to 9, such that the present solution is effective in reducing the pivot radius of the pivoting distal end of the brewing inner cup 14 (i.e. the end of the brewinginner cup 14 furthest from the outer cup pivot) compared to arranging the pivoting connection of the brewinginner cup 14 and the brewingouter cup 13 on top of the peripheral wall of the brewingouter cup 13, such that the space required for pivoting the pivoting distal end to pivot within the cup cavity of the brewingouter cup 13 is correspondingly reduced, resulting in a more compact and compact construction of the brewingouter cup 13. Wherein, to minimize the pivot radius of the pivoting distal end of theinner cup 14, the inner cup pivot portion should be disposed at the bottom end of thepivot arm 142B.

Preferably, referring to fig. 6 and 8, thepivot bracket 142 further includes a push-open element 142C extending outwardly and downwardly from the bottom end of thepivot arm 142B, such that a user can use the push-open element 142C to pivot the brewinner cup 14 from the pivot closed position to the pivot open position. Further, astructure reinforcing part 142D is arranged between the pivotingarm 142B and the pressing opening and closingpart 142C, so that the operation reliability of the user when the user presses the opening and closingpart 142C can be effectively improved, and the service life of thefirst brewing cup 1 is prolonged.

In addition, theinner brewing cup 14 further comprises aninner cup cover 143 connected to theinner cup body 141 and used for covering the top end opening of theouter brewing cup 13, the outer peripheral wall of theinner cup body 141 is in a truncated cone shape, and the inner cavity of theouter brewing cup 13 is formed into a tapered cavity with a large top and a small bottom, as shown in fig. 4 and 9, such an arrangement is convenient for theinner brewing cup 14 to pivot between the pivot opening position and the pivot closing position relative to theouter brewing cup 13, and the radial gap formed between the peripheral wall of theinner cup body 141 and the peripheral wall of theouter brewing cup 13 has a good heat insulation effect (generally, the liquid introduced into the first beverage capsule J1 is high in temperature and easy to conduct heat to the peripheral wall of the inner cup body 141), so as to effectively avoid the peripheral wall of theouter brewing cup 13 from scalding users due to overheating.

In the pivoted closed position, the inner cup cover 143 may include an upper cover 143A and a lower cover 143B, the outer diameters of which are sequentially reduced from top to bottom, and referring to fig. 1, 4 and 9, the inner peripheral wall of the top of the outer brewing cup 13 is formed with a lower support portion for supporting the peripheral portion of the lower cover 143B, the lower support portion is in an annular step shape, the annular step surface abuts against the outer peripheral wall of the peripheral portion to limit the peripheral portion laterally, the brewing cup platen 41 is pressed downward against the top surface of the upper cover 143A, and the liquid supply spike 42 extends downward into the inner brewing cup 14, so that the arrangement is such that the lateral movement (such as left-right movement or front-back movement) of the inner brewing cup 14 in the outer brewing cup 13 can be prevented by the fitting and mounting structure of the lower cover 143B of the inner cup cover 143B and the lower support portion of the outer brewing cup 13, so that the spike 42 can extend into the inner brewing cup 14 in an aligned manner (i.e., extend into a via hole 143D described below); and the brewing cup pressure plate 41 is pressed against the upper cover body part 143A to form a ring surface sealing structure, so that the liquid from the liquid supply pricker 42 is prevented from leaking out through the gap between the brewing cup pressure plate 41 and the upper cover body part 143A, and the leaked liquid is prevented from polluting the operation table top of a user. The inner peripheral wall of the top of the brewingouter cup 13 may be formed with an upper receiving portion for receiving the peripheral edge of the bottom wall of theupper lid portion 143A.

Specifically, the center of theinner cup cover 143 is provided with a spike throughhole 143D into which theliquid supply spike 42 extends. To avoid back-splash of the liquid ejected from the liquid feed spike 42 from the spike throughhole 143D, it is preferable that, referring to fig. 1, 4 and 5, the bottom surface of thebrewing cup platen 41 is provided with aninner seal ring 411 surrounding theliquid feed spike 42, and the central portion of theinner cup cover 143 is provided with an inner groove in the top surface for abutting against theinner seal ring 411 to form an inner end abutting seal ring surface. Further, the outer periphery of the bottom surface of the brewingcup pressure plate 41 is provided with a circumferentially extendingouter sealing ring 412, and theouter sealing ring 412 abuts against the outer periphery of theupper cover part 143A to form an outer end abutting sealing ring surface, so that when liquid from thespike feeding needle 42 continues to leak radially outwards beyond the inner end abutting sealing ring surface, further leakage of liquid to the outside can be prevented by the outer end abutting sealing ring surface. So set up, through the double seal of inner end butt seal ring face and outer end butt seal ring face, can avoid more effectively that the liquid that comes from supplying theliquid felting needle 42 leaks through the clearance department between brewingcup pressure disk 41 and the uppercover body portion 143A to can reduce more effectively and makedevice 100 and drink machine and appear the probability that liquid leaked, give the better use experience of user.

In the pivoted closed position, a downwardly concave and circumferentially extendingannular groove 143C is also formed in the top surface of theinner cup body 143 between theinner seal ring 411 and theouter seal ring 412, so that when the liquid from thespike 42 passes over the inner end and abuts the seal ring surface, it is temporarily retained in theannular groove 143C, preventing it from continuing to flow outwardly, which also helps to reduce the possibility of liquid leakage from thebrewing apparatus 100.

Specifically, the piercingmember 11 includes a plurality of piercing knives disposed about the piercing needle throughhole 143D, see FIGS. 4 and 5, such that when the first beverage capsule J1 is placed upside down in the first brewing chamber, the piercing knives can pierce the bottom wall of the first beverage capsule J1 to form a piercing opening through which liquid from the liquidsupply piercing needle 42 flows into the first beverage capsule J1. Further, referring to fig. 10, the first beverage capsule J1 has a capsule peripheral wall provided with a capsule outward flange, the sealing film of the first beverage capsule J1 and the capsule outward flange form a capsule sealing ring surface, and a sealing protrusion J11 is formed on an outer peripheral edge of the capsule sealing ring surface.

Referring to fig. 4 and 9, in the pivoted closed position, the open end peripheral portion of the brewinginner cup 14 is formed with a downwardly projecting and circumferentially extendingannular rib 144A, such that by theannular rib 144A abutting downwardly against the capsule sealing annulus of the first beverage capsule J1, not only is the first beverage capsule J1 prevented from moving laterally within the first brewing chamber, but also liquid is prevented from leaking out by crushing the capsule sealing annulus against the capsule sealing annulus. In addition, the peripheral edge of the open end of theinner brewing cup 14 may be formed with a circumferentially extendingannular notch 144B, such that the sealing projection J11 abutting the capsule sealing annulus via theannular notch 144B facilitates the formation of a tear in the sealing membrane of the first beverage capsule J1 by abutting thetear member 12, in addition to the dual function of laterally retaining the first beverage capsule J1 and preventing liquid from leaking out through the capsule sealing annulus.

Further, the brewingouter cup 13 comprises an outer cup body and aliquid outlet member 131 detachably connected with the bottom of the outer cup body, theliquid outlet member 131 and the outer cup body together define aflow collecting cavity 132, referring to fig. 1, 4 and 7, the bottom wall of the outer cup body is formed with an overflowing hole penetrating from the top surface to the bottom surface, the top surface of the bottom wall of the outer cup body is formed with a supporting protrusion as the tearingmember 12, and the liquid flowing out of the first beverage capsule J1 (i.e. the liquid flowing out of the tearing opening formed by tearing the sealing film of the first beverage capsule J1 by the tearing member 12) sequentially flows through the flowing hole, theflow collecting cavity 132 and theliquid outlet 133 of theliquid outlet member 131, so that a user can clean the residual liquid in theflow collecting cavity 132 conveniently, and the user can enjoy the brewed beverage safely and hygienically.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 2, the plurality of capsule brewing cups comprises asecond brewing cup 2 for accommodating a second beverage capsule J2, and a central through hole for extending theliquid outlet portion 21 of the bottom end of the second beverage capsule J2 is formed in the central portion of the bottom wall of thesecond brewing cup 2, so that thebrewing device 100 can brew the second beverage capsule J2 like a Dolce Gusto beverage capsule, but can brew other types of beverage capsules. The second beverage capsule J2 includes a second capsule shell, a top sealing film located at the top of the second capsule shell, and a bottom sealing film located at the bottom wall of the second capsule shell, and the second beverage capsule J2 further includes a bottom piercing member for piercing the bottom sealing film, so that after the brewingcup pressure plate 41 is pressed against thesecond brewing cup 2, the liquidsupply piercing member 42 can pierce the top sealing film, along with the continuous introduction of liquid into the second beverage capsule J2, the bottom sealing film is pressed downward against the bottom piercing member, and is then pierced by the bottom piercing member to form a bottom piercing opening, and then the beverage in the second beverage capsule J2 flows to the bottomliquid outlet portion 21 through the bottom piercing opening.

In addition, the plurality of capsule brewing cups comprises athird brewing cup 3 for accommodating a third beverage capsule J3, the bottom wall of thethird brewing cup 3 is provided with abottom piercing needle 31 which protrudes upwards to pierce the third beverage capsule J3, and the bottom wall of thethird brewing cup 3 is further provided with a bottomwall liquid outlet 32, see FIG. 3, so that thebrewing apparatus 100 can brew the third beverage capsule J3 like a K-cup beverage capsule, although thebrewing apparatus 100 can brew other types of beverage capsules. The third beverage capsule J3 comprises a third capsule shell and a third sealing membrane for sealing the top opening of the third capsule shell, so that after the third beverage capsule J3 is placed in thethird brewing cup 3, thebottom puncture needle 31 can puncture the bottom wall of the third capsule shell, after the brewingcup pressure plate 41 is pressed against thethird brewing cup 3, the liquidsupply puncture needle 42 punctures the third sealing membrane, and then after liquid is input into the third capsule shell, the brewed beverage can flow to theliquid outlet 32 at the bottom wall through a gap formed by the puncture of thebottom puncture needle 31.

Preferably, a plurality of brewing cups are selectively detachably connected to thedevice body 4, for example, when thebrewing device 100 brews a beverage from a first beverage capsule J1, thefirst brewing cup 1 is selected to be connected to thedevice body 4, and when thebrewing device 100 brews a beverage from a second beverage capsule J2, thesecond brewing cup 2 is selected to be detachably connected to thedevice body 4 instead of thefirst brewing cup 1, that is, only one mounting seat suitable for detachably connecting a plurality of brewing cups is required to be provided on thedevice body 4, so that not only thebrewing device 100 can be more simply and compactly configured, but also thebrewing device 100 can be more compact and more beautiful. Furthermore, the brewingcup pressure plate 41 is reciprocally movable relative to the capsule brewing cup between an initial position, in which the brewingcup pressure plate 41 is pressed against the capsule brewing cup, and a rest position, in which the brewingcup pressure plate 41 is not in contact with the capsule brewing cup.

In particular, thedevice body 4 is formed with a laterally open drawer-type slot into which a plurality of capsule brewing cups selectively extend from the lateral opening, for example, afirst brewing cup 1 may be selected for insertion into the drawer-type slot, asecond brewing cup 2 may be selected for insertion into the drawer-type slot, athird brewing cup 3 may be selected for insertion into the drawer-type slot, etc., as seen in fig. 1 and 5. Compare in a plurality of brewing cups selectively with 4 buckle connection or threaded connection of device body etc. this technical scheme's pull formula can dismantle connected mode, not only the user of being more convenient for uses the operation, the operation reliability is also higher moreover.

It should be noted that other configurations and functions of thebrewing device 100 and the beverage maker according to the embodiments of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art, and will not be described herein in detail in order to reduce redundancy.

The present invention is not limited to the above preferred embodiments, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, in the above embodiments, the various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, the present invention does not separately describe various possible combinations.

In addition, any combination of the various embodiments of the present invention is also possible, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present invention as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. Brewing apparatus, characterized in that it comprises:

a device body; and

a plurality of capsule brewing cups adapted to different kinds of beverage capsules, respectively, and selectively disposed on the device body;

the device body comprises a brewing cup pressing plate for pressing against the capsule brewing cup and a liquid supply pricker which extends out of the brewing cup pressing plate and is used for extending into the capsule brewing cup;

the plurality of capsule brewing cups comprise a first brewing cup, a first brewing cavity matched with a first beverage capsule and a piercing member which is positioned at the top of the first brewing cavity and used for downwardly piercing the first beverage capsule are arranged in the first brewing cup, and a tearing member used for tearing the first beverage capsule is arranged on the bottom wall of the first brewing cavity;

the first brewing cup comprises an outer brewing cup and an inner brewing cup which pivot mutually, the inner cavity of the inner brewing cup is formed into the first brewing cavity, the tearing piece is arranged on the bottom wall of the cup cavity of the outer brewing cup, the inner brewing cup can pivot between a pivoting opening position and a pivoting closing position relative to the outer brewing cup, the inner brewing cup is positioned in the cup cavity of the outer brewing cup and is reversely buckled on the bottom wall of the cup cavity of the outer brewing cup at the pivoting opening position, and the inner brewing cup is separated from the cup cavity of the outer brewing cup.

2. Brewery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inner brewing cup includes an inner cup body and a pivot bracket, the pivot bracket including a transverse connection extending laterally outward from the inner cup body and beyond a top edge of a peripheral wall of the outer brewing cup, and a pivot arm extending downwardly from an outer end of the transverse connection and provided with an inner cup pivot, the peripheral wall of the outer brewing cup being provided with an outer cup pivot pivotally engaged with the inner cup pivot.

3. The brewing device of claim 2, wherein the pivot mount further comprises a push-on element extending outwardly and downwardly from a bottom end of the pivot arm, a structural reinforcement being provided between the pivot arm and the push-on element.

4. The brewing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inner brewing cup further comprises an inner cup cover connected to the inner cup body and used for covering the top end opening of the outer brewing cup, the outer peripheral wall of the inner cup body is in a truncated cone shape, and the inner cavity of the outer brewing cup is formed into a conical cavity with a large top and a small bottom.

5. The brewing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the inner cup cover comprises an upper cover body portion and a lower cover body portion, the outer diameter of the upper cover body portion and the outer diameter of the lower cover body portion are sequentially reduced from top to bottom, the inner peripheral wall of the top of the outer brewing cup is provided with a lower supporting portion for supporting the peripheral edge portion of the lower cover body portion, the lower supporting portion is in an annular step shape, the annular step surface abuts against the outer peripheral wall of the peripheral edge portion to limit the position in the transverse direction, the brewing cup pressure plate is pressed downwards against the top surface of the upper cover body portion, and the liquid supply needle extends downwards into the inner brewing cup.

6. The brewing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the bottom surface of the brewing cup platen is provided with an inner sealing ring surrounding the liquid supply needle, the inner cup cover is provided with a needle passing hole into which the liquid supply needle extends and a top surface inner groove for abutting against the inner sealing ring to form an inner end abutting sealing ring surface, the bottom surface outer periphery of the brewing cup platen is provided with an outer sealing ring extending along the circumferential direction, the outer sealing ring abuts against the outer periphery of the upper cover body part to form an outer end abutting sealing ring surface, and a ring-shaped groove which is recessed downwards and extends along the circumferential direction is formed on the top surface of the inner cup cover body between the inner sealing ring and the outer sealing ring.

7. Brewing device according to any one of the claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the peripheral edge of the open end of the inner brewing cup is formed with a downwardly projecting and circumferentially extending annular rib; and/or the peripheral edge of the opening end is provided with an annular notch extending along the peripheral direction.

8. The brewing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the brewing outer cup comprises an outer cup body and a liquid outlet member detachably connected with the bottom surface of the bottom of the outer cup body, the liquid outlet member and the outer cup body together define a flow gathering chamber, the bottom wall of the outer cup body is formed with an overflowing hole penetrating from the top surface to the bottom surface, the top surface of the bottom wall of the outer cup body is formed with an abutting protrusion serving as the tearing member, and the overflowing hole, the flow gathering chamber and the liquid outlet of the liquid outlet member are sequentially arranged on a flowing path of the liquid flowing out of the first beverage capsule.

9. Brewing device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of capsule brewing cups comprises a second brewing cup for receiving a second beverage capsule, wherein a central through opening for protruding a bottom outlet of the second beverage capsule is formed in a central portion of a bottom wall of the second brewing cup.

10. Brewing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of capsule brewing cups comprises a third brewing cup for receiving a third beverage capsule, the bottom wall of said third brewing cup being provided with a bottom piercing needle projecting upwardly for piercing said third beverage capsule, the bottom wall of said third brewing cup further being provided with a bottom wall liquid outlet.

11. A beverage machine, characterized in that it comprises a brewing device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

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