KR101632016B1 - Apparatus for extracting coffee - Google Patents

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coffee extracting apparatus which easily performs the replacement of coffee raw materials in a coffee extracting process controls of the amount of liquid coffee extracted, and is capable of removing bubbles of the liquid coffee extracted. The present invention relates to an apparatus for extracting coffee. An apparatus for extracting coffee according to the present invention includes: an inner drum module (100) in which a housing space for housing coffee raw materials is formed, and which has at least one penetration hole (120) formed in the bottom surface thereof such that an inner part and an outer part of the inner drum module are communicated with through the penetration hole; and an outer drum module including a housing part (210) in which the inner drum module is housed, and a discharge part (220) which is formed such that liquid coffee is discharged from one side of the bottom of the housing part.

Description

{APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING COFFEE}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coffee extracting apparatus, and more particularly, to a coffee extracting apparatus capable of replacing a coffee raw material in a coffee extracting process and easily controlling the amount of liquid coffee to be extracted, will be.

Generally, there are many ways to extract coffee stock from coffee beans. Espresso, hand drip, and Dutch coffee are the most popular methods.

The espresso method is a method of extracting the coffee stock solution at a high pressure by using a machine at a time, and it has a characteristic that the taste is very deep, and a variety of variation coffee can be produced by using this method.

In the hand drip method, coffee beans are crushed and placed in a filter, and water is dropped to extract the crude liquid. This method provides characteristics and flavor of coffee that is richer than the espresso type.

In the case of the Dutch coffee method, cold water is slowly dropped to the beans and the undiluted solution is inspected for a relatively long period of time (for example, 9 to 12 hours), which is advantageous in that it can be stored for a long time. In contrast to the method of extracting the undiluted solution with hot water, And the like.

Among such coffee extraction methods, the Dutch coffee method is in a trend of rapidly increasing consumption due to the inherent flavor, low caffeine content, and inherent characteristics of aged coffee which does not burden the digestive system.

However, because hot coffee uses cold water compared to general extraction methods that use hot water, it takes a long time for cold water to penetrate ground coffee beans in order to give enough flavor.

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

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

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a process for removing coffee bubbles, And a coffee extracting apparatus.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not intended to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. There will be.

A coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, which is devised to solve the technical problem, includes an inner cylinder module in which a receiving space for receiving a coffee material is formed, at least one through hole communicating with the inside and the outside, And an outer tube module including a receiving part for receiving the module and a discharge part for discharging the liquid coffee from one side of the lower part of the receiving part.

Here, the inner cylinder module may further include a bag for containing the coffee raw material.

At this time, the pouch can receive the coffee raw material and be accommodated in the receiving space of the inner barrel module.

In addition, the pouch may house the inner cylinder module accommodating the coffee material in the accommodation space.

Meanwhile, the inner cylinder module may include a pressing unit provided on the coffee material accommodated in the accommodation space.

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

Meanwhile, at least one through hole may be further formed in the side surface of the inner cylinder module.

Also, the inner cylinder module may include a handle hinged to the upper portion of the inner cylinder module and selectively deployed.

The inner cylinder module may include a partition for partitioning the accommodating space of the inner cylinder module, and the partition may be formed with a hole through which the accommodating space is divided.

The outer tube module may further include a cover portion that opens the upper surface of the receiving portion and selectively opens and closes the upper surface of the receiving portion.

At this time, at least one channel may be formed in the cover portion so as to supply water to the inside of the outer tub module.

Here, the inner cylinder module may include a distribution unit provided on the inner cylinder module and distributing the water supplied through the oil passage.

At this time, the distribution unit may include a fan-shaped blade rotating at a position corresponding to the position of the flow path on the upper surface of the distribution unit.

The discharge unit may include a siphon tube bent upward from a lower side of the receiving part to a height between an upper part and a lower part of the receiving part and bent downward again.

At this time, the siphon tube may be formed with a squeezed tube portion in which a part of the siphon tube is expanded.

Further, the siphon tube may be formed to change the height of the upper bent portion.

According to the coffee extracting apparatus of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

First, when the extraction of coffee is completed or the extraction of coffee is completed, the introduction and removal of the coffee raw material may be easy.

Second, it is easy to control the amount of liquid coffee to be extracted.

Third, it is possible to remove bubbles that may occur in the extracted liquid coffee.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can 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 extracting apparatus according to the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view of a coffee extracting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a first embodiment in which a coffee material is charged into a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a view showing a second embodiment in which a coffee material is charged into a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention. Fig.
5 is a view showing a state in which water is introduced into the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a state where coffee is extracted through a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.
7 is a view showing a state in which coffee extracted from a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention is discharged to the outside.
8 is a diagram showing a state in which a plurality of coffee extracting apparatuses according to the present invention are provided to extract a large amount of coffee.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, the well-known functions or constructions are not described in order to simplify the gist of the present invention.

Moreover, in describing the present invention, terms indicating a direction such as forward / rearward or upward / downward are described in order that a person skilled in the art can clearly understand the present invention, and the directions indicate relative directions, It is not limited.

Composition of coffee extracting device

First, with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the configuration of one embodiment of the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail.

Here, FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.

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

The inner cylinder module 100 is configured to extract coffee into water supplied with the coffee material contained therein and includes a housing space 110 in which the coffee material is received, At least one through hole 120 may be formed.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the inner cylinder module 100 is formed in the form of an empty cylindrical shape, the accommodation space 110 is formed therein, and the lower face of the inner cylinder module 100 is formed in a closed form. A plurality of through holes 120 may be formed.

The accommodation space 110 accommodates the coffee material therein, and water is supplied to the inside of the accommodation space 110 to allow the liquid coffee to be extracted from the coffee material.

The through hole 120 may serve as a flow path through which water flows through the inside and the outside of the receiving space 110.

Although the through hole 120 is formed only on the bottom surface of the inner cylinder module 100 in the present embodiment, a plurality of through holes 120 may be 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 holes 120 as a whole.

The inner cylinder module 100 may further include a handle 130, a distribution unit 140, a pressure unit 150, and a partition 160.

The handle 130 is configured to be hinged to the upper portion of the inner cylinder module 100 and can be selectively folded or deployed while being rotated at the upper portion of the inner cylinder module 100.

The dispensing unit 140 may be provided on the inner cylinder module 100 to distribute the water supplied to the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention evenly to the inner cylinder module 100.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the distribution unit 140 may be formed with a plurality of holes so that the water supplied from the upper portion can be evenly dispersed and moved downward.

In this embodiment, the plurality of holes are formed radially in the grooves formed long from the center of the distribution unit 140, but various shapes such as a plurality of holes arranged radially or holes formed in the shape of a whirl may be applied It is possible.

In addition, a blade 142 formed in a fan shape is provided at an upper portion of the distribution unit 140, and the blade 142 may be configured to rotate and disperse water supplied from the upper portion.

The pressurizing unit 150 is provided in the receiving space 110 and is provided at an upper portion of the coffee raw material to press the coffee raw material when the coffee raw material to be described later is put into the receiving space 110 have.

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

At this time, it may be advantageous that at least one through hole 152 is formed in the pressing unit 150 so that water supplied for extracting coffee can be formed to pass through.

The partition 160 divides the receiving space 110 of the inner cylinder module 100 and may include a plurality of plates arranged radially in this embodiment.

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

The configuration of the partition 160 may be various without limitation as long as the configuration of the partition 160 is configured such that the coffee received in the receiving space 110 is divided and accommodated therein.

The outer tub module 200 constitutes an outer appearance of the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention and may include a receiving portion 210, a discharging portion 220 and a cover portion 230.

The receiving portion 210 may be configured to house the inner cylinder module 100 described above and constitute the main body of the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention.

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

At this time, it is advantageous that the inside of the accommodating portion 210 is formed to have a relatively large width as compared with the outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder module 100 so that the inner cylinder module 100 can be accommodated therein.

The discharge part 220 may be connected to one side of the lower part of the receiving part 210 to discharge the liquid coffee extracted inside the receiving part 210.

The outlet 220 may be formed in the form of a flow path through which the liquid coffee can flow, and a valve for controlling opening and closing of the flow path may be provided.

In this embodiment, the discharge portion 220 may include a siphon tube 222 and an expansion portion 224. [

The siphon tube 222 is configured to form the flow path of the discharge unit 220 described above and can be bent upward from a lower side of the receiving unit 210.

At this time, it may be advantageous that the siphon tube 222 bent upward is extended to the height between the upper portion and the lower portion of the receiving portion 210.

Further, the siphon tube 222 may be formed to be bent downward again at a height between the upper portion and the lower portion of the accommodating portion 210 described above.

In addition, it is advantageous that the siphon tube 222 is formed so as to be able to change the height bent at the top.

More specifically, a part of the siphon tube 222 is formed in a bellows shape so that the siphon tube 222 is tilted and the height of the bent part is adjusted, or a part of the siphon tube 222 is formed in the form of a double tube, The double tubes slide with respect to each other and adjust the height of the bent portion of the siphon tube 222.

The configuration of the siphon tube 222 is not limited to that of the present embodiment, and the configuration of the siphon tube 222 may be varied if the height of the bent portion of the siphon tube 222 is adjusted.

The tube portion 224 may be formed in such a manner that a part of the siphon tube 222 described above is extended.

In this embodiment, the squeezing tube 224 may be formed in a shape in which the siphon tube 222 is extended between the upper and lower portions where the siphon tube 222 is bent.

In the present embodiment, a part of the cover part 230 is inserted into the receiving part 210 and the receiving part 210 is opened and closed. 210 may be closed.

In addition, it is advantageous that at least one channel 232 is formed in the cover part 230 so that water can be supplied into the accommodating part 210.

The channel 232 may be formed at the center of the cover part 230 so as to penetrate the inside and outside of the outer tub module 200 to supply water required for the coffee extraction to the inside of the receiving part 210 .

At this time, it is advantageous that the above-described distribution unit 140 is disposed so as to correspond to the position where the flow path 232 is formed.

A process of extracting coffee using the above-described all-configured coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention will now be described.

Usage of Coffee Extraction Apparatus

Next, the use of the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8. FIG.

Here, FIG. 3 is a view showing a first embodiment in which a coffee material is charged into a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a second embodiment of putting coffee material into a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention to be.

6 is a view showing a state in which coffee is extracted through the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a view showing a state where the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which coffee extracted from a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention is discharged to the outside. FIG.

8 is a diagram showing a state in which a plurality of coffee extracting apparatuses according to the present invention are provided to extract a large amount of coffee.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the coffee material is introduced into the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, the coffee material is put in a separate bag 170 containing the coffee material, Can be inserted into the receiving space 110 of the inner cylinder module 100.

The pouch 170 may be formed of a material capable of passing coffee powder or coffee beans as a raw material for coffee, and a material capable of passing water without passing through the coffee material.

That is, the bag 170 itself acts as a kind of filter, so that water flows into the bag 170, liquid coffee is extracted from the coffee material, and the liquid coffee can escape to the outside of the bag 170 have.

In addition, when the coffee material is received in the pocket 170, the partition 160 may be accommodated in the pocket 170 together.

That is, the pouch 170 is disposed between the inner surface of the inner cylinder module 100 and the partition 160 in the accommodation space 110, and the coffee material and the partition 160 May be provided together.

In this case, the coffee material is arranged to be distributed to each other by the partition 160, so that the extraction speed of the liquid coffee is improved.

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

After the pouch 170 is inserted into the accommodation space 110, it may be advantageous to provide the pressure unit 150 on the pouch 170.

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

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 4, the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention may be charged with the coffee material directly, and the inner cylinder module 100 containing the coffee material may be accommodated in the bag 170.

That is, the pouch 170 is configured to enclose both the coffee material and the inner cylinder module 100, and the pouch 170 can be inserted into the receiving portion 210 of the outer cylinder module 200.

This configuration also allows the bag 170 itself to function as a filter, so that the liquid coffee can be extracted outside 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 pouch 170 may be configured to enclose the inner cylinder module 100 in which the partition 160 and the coffee material are accommodated together in the accommodation space 110.

This configuration is effective in that the coffee material is distributed to each other by the partition 160 so that the extraction speed of the liquid coffee is improved.

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

As described above, the pressurization unit 150 is provided on the upper portion of the coffee material accommodated in the accommodation space 110, which may be advantageous for more easily extracting the liquid coffee.

The user can easily carry the inner cylinder module 100 through the structure of the handle 130 when inserting the inner cylinder module 100 containing the coffee material into the outer cylinder module 200 as described above.

The configuration for charging the above-described coffee raw material is not limited to the present embodiment and the coffee beans or the coffee powder may be directly put into the receiving space 110 of the inner cylinder module 100 without the configuration of the bag 170, 100 may be accommodated in the outer cylinder module 200.

In this case, it is advantageous that the through-hole 120 formed in the inner cylinder module 100 is finely formed so that the coffee bean or the coffee powder can not pass through.

On the other hand, when the coffee material is introduced into the inner cylinder module 100 and the inner cylinder module 100 is received in the outer cylinder module 200, water is supplied to the coffee extraction device according to the present invention as shown in FIG. .

In this embodiment, the outer tub module 200 is sealed through the cover portion 230, and water can be introduced into the outer tub module 200 through the flow path 232 formed in the cover portion 230.

At this time, it may be advantageous to provide water slowly and not to fill the interior of the coffee extracting apparatus according to the invention, but to ensure a time for water to slowly extract the liquid coffee from the coffee material.

The water supplied through the flow path 232 may drop to the distribution unit 140 provided below the flow path 232 while falling freely by gravity.

The water that has fallen on the distribution unit 140 is struck against the blade 142 of the distribution unit 140 and the blade 142 with the external force applied by the falling water is pushed by the reaction to rotate the blade 142 have.

When the blade 142 rotates, the falling water physically bounces while hitting the blade 142 and spreads to the periphery of the blade 142 due to the centrifugal force due to the rotation of the blade 142, And can be distributed evenly over the upper part.

That is, the water supplied to the inside of the outer tub module 200 is distributed by the distribution unit 140 at the upper portion of the inner tub module 100, so that the evenly dispersed water can be supplied to the upper portion of the inner tub module 100.

When the water for coffee extraction is dispersed and slowly supplied to the inner cylinder module 100, water is introduced into the inner cylinder module 100 as shown in FIG. 6, and the liquid coffee can be extracted with the coffee material .

The extracted liquid coffee may escape from the inner cylinder module 100 and be accommodated in the inner lower part of the outer cylinder module 200 or may stay inside the inner cylinder module 100.

That is, as the amount of water to be slowly supplied increases, the water is condensed in the coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention, and the inner tub module 100 and the coffee material contained therein are locked with the touched water, Can be extracted.

At this time, the liquid coffee extracted by the discharge part 220 connected to the lower part of the receiving part 210 of the outer tub module 200 flows. Since the siphon tube 222 of the discharge part 220 is bent upward, The liquid coffee can not be completely discharged and can be stored inside the siphon tube 222.

Here, the liquid level of the liquid coffee stored in the receptacle 210 and the liquid level of the coffee stored in the siphon tube 222 may be kept the same.

That is, when the water is continuously supplied, the amount of the extracted liquid coffee is increased, and when the level of the liquid coffee is increased, the level of the liquid coffee stored in the siphon tube 222 can be increased.

In the process of raising the level of the liquid coffee inside the siphon pipe 222, the extracted liquid coffee enters the inside of the expansion part 224, at which time the bubbles formed in the extracted liquid coffee can be removed.

Then, when the extracted liquid coffee reaches the desired amount, the liquid coffee can be discharged to the outside of the container 210 as shown in FIG.

When the level of the liquid coffee stored in the siphon tube 222 reaches the position where the siphon tube 222 is bent at the upper portion, the liquid coffee starts to flow over the upper bent portion of the siphon tube 222.

At this time, not only the liquid coffee stored in the siphon tube 222 but also the liquid coffee stored in the receptacle 210 can be discharged downward through the siphon tube 222 by the siphon effect.

Accordingly, by controlling the height of the upper bent portion of the siphon tube 222, the amount of the liquid coffee to be extracted can be adjusted.

The user can use this condition to adjust the speed and amount of water input and adjust the height of the upper bending portion of the siphon pipe 222 to extract the liquid coffee in a desired concentration and amount.

After the extraction of the liquid coffee is completed as described above, the inner cylinder module 100 is taken out again, the used coffee raw material can be replaced, and new coffee raw material can be supplied to the inside of the outer casing module 200 again.

As shown in FIG. 8, a coffee extracting apparatus according to the present invention having the above-described structure is provided with a plurality of coffee extractors, so that a large amount of liquid coffee can be produced.

In such a case, it may be advantageous that a plurality of coffee extracting apparatuses according to the invention are arranged and fixed and a tank for supplying water is provided at the top.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It is self-evident to those of ordinary skill in the art. Accordingly, it should be understood that such modifications or alterations should not be understood individually from the technical spirit and viewpoint of the present invention, and that modified embodiments fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

100: inner cylinder module
110: accommodation space
120: Through hole
130: Handle
140: Distribution unit
142: blade
150: pressure unit
152: Through hole
160: Partition
170: Pocket
200: outer cylinder module
210:
220:
222: Siphon tube
224:
230:
232: Euro

Claims (16)

An inner cylinder module (100) in which a housing space for accommodating the coffee material is formed and at least one through hole is formed in the lower face for communicating the inside and the outside; And
And an outer tube module (200) including a receiving part for receiving the inner cylinder module (100) and a discharge part for discharging liquid coffee from one side of the lower part of the receiving part,
The outer tub module (200)
Further comprising a cover portion (230) for opening and closing the upper surface of the receiving portion,
The cover part (230)
At least one channel 232 is formed to supply water into the outer tub module 200,
The inner cylinder module (100)
And a distribution unit (140) disposed on the inner cylinder module (100) and distributing the water supplied through the oil passage (232)
The distribution unit (140)
And a fan-shaped blade (142) provided at a position corresponding to a position of the flow passage on an upper surface of the distribution unit (140) and rotating. The method according to claim 1,
In the inner cylinder module,
Further comprising a pocket (170) for receiving said coffee raw material. 3. The method of claim 2,
The pouch (170)
And a coffee extracting unit accommodating the coffee raw material and accommodated in the receiving space of the inner barrel module. 3. The method of claim 2,
The pouch (170)
And a coffee extracting device for receiving the coffee material in the accommodating space. The method according to claim 1,
The inner cylinder module (100)
And a pressing unit (150) provided on the upper portion of the coffee material accommodated in the accommodating space. 6. The method of claim 5,
The pressure unit (150)
Wherein at least one through hole (152) is formed. The method according to claim 1,
The inner cylinder module (100)
Wherein at least one through hole is further formed in the side surface. The method according to claim 1,
The inner cylinder module (100)
And a handle (130) hingedly coupled to the upper portion of the inner barrel module and selectively deployed. The method according to claim 1,
The inner cylinder module (100)
A partition (160) for dividing the accommodating space of the inner cylinder module is provided,
The partition (160)
And a hole for communicating the divided accommodation spaces is formed. delete delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The discharging unit 220 discharges,
And a siphon tube (222) bent upward from a lower side of the receiving portion to a height between an upper portion and a lower portion of the receiving portion and bent downward again. 15. The method of claim 14,
The siphon tube (222)
Wherein the sipe tube (222) is formed with an expanded portion (224). 15. The method of claim 14,
The siphon tube (222)
And the height of the upper bent portion is changed.

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