CN112806852A - Self-service tea brewing machine and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a self-service tea brewing machine and a control method thereof, relating to the field of self-service equipment, wherein the self-service tea brewing machine comprises: the tea brewing device comprises a tea water receiving device, an electric control pump, a waste liquid groove, a water storage bin and a plurality of brewing devices connected with the water storage bin; the water outlet of the water storage bin is connected with the water inlet of the brewing device; the water outlet of the brewing device is respectively connected with the waste liquid tank and the tea water receiving device; the electric control pump and the waste liquid tank are arranged at the bottom of the self-service tea making machine; the electric control pump is used for conveying water in the water storage bin to the brewing device; the waste liquid groove is used for collecting waste liquid discharged by the brewing device. This self-service tea brewing machine can dash and steep many varieties tealeaves respectively through built-in a plurality of brewing device simultaneously, has solved the problem that self-service equipment among the prior art is difficult to realize that many varieties tea is steeped and steep.

Description

Self-service tea brewing machine and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of self-service equipment, in particular to a self-service tea brewing machine and a control method thereof.

Background

The tea making process is complicated, a specific tea set is needed to be used for realizing the tea making process during manual operation, different tea varieties can give full play to the best taste only by proper water temperature and making time, and the control requirements of the making process on the temperature and the time are high. Therefore, the existing brewing equipment can only brew tea leaves of a single variety, and the brewing of tea leaves of multiple varieties in self-service equipment is difficult to realize.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a self-service tea brewing machine and a control method thereof, which can respectively brew a plurality of kinds of tea leaves simultaneously through a plurality of brewing devices built in the self-service tea brewing machine, so as to solve the problem that it is difficult for a self-service device in the prior art to brew a plurality of kinds of tea leaves.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a self-service tea brewing machine, including: the tea brewing device comprises a tea water receiving device, an electric control pump, a waste liquid groove, a water storage bin and a plurality of brewing devices connected with the water storage bin; the water outlet of the water storage bin is connected with the water inlet of the brewing device; the water outlet of the brewing device is respectively connected with the waste liquid tank and the tea water receiving device; the electric control pump and the waste liquid tank are arranged at the bottom of the self-service tea making machine; the electric control pump is used for conveying water in the water storage bin to the brewing device; the waste liquid groove is used for collecting waste liquid discharged by the brewing device.

In some embodiments, the brewing device comprises: a tea feeding mechanism and a brewing cup; the cup mouth of the brewing cup is positioned below the water outlet of the water storage bin; the tea outlet of the tea delivering mechanism is positioned above the cup mouth of the brewing cup; the tea feeding mechanism is used for feeding the tea leaves into the brewing cup; the brewing cup is used for collecting hot water flowing out of a water outlet of the water storage bin and brewing tea in the brewing cup; the bottom of the brewing cup is provided with a drain hole which is respectively connected with the waste liquid tank and the tea water receiving device through a guide pipe.

In some embodiments, the brewing device further comprises: a tea storage tank; the tea storage tank is used for storing tea brewed by the brewing device; the drain hole is connected with the water inlet of the tea storage tank through a conduit; the first water outlet of the tea storage tank is connected with the waste liquid tank; the second water outlet of the tea storage tank is connected with the tea water receiving device.

In some embodiments, a heat preservation device is arranged in the tea storage tank and is used for preserving heat of tea water in the tea storage tank.

In some embodiments, a tea strainer is included in the cup body of the brewing cup; the tea-filtering device is used for filtering tealeaves, includes: a tea filtering cup and a tea filtering net; the cup body of the tea filtering cup is provided with a plurality of water filtering holes, and the water filtering holes are used for filtering tea water into the brewing cup; the tea filtering net is arranged in the cup body of the tea filtering cup and used for bearing tea.

In some embodiments, the brewing device further comprises a slide rail; the sliding rail is used for controlling the lifting of the tea filtering net; the guide rail of the slide rail is fixed at one side of the tea filtering device, and the tea filtering net is fixed in the slide block of the slide rail.

In some embodiments, the water storage cartridge further comprises: washing the spray head; the flushing nozzle is positioned above the water outlet of the water storage bin; the washing nozzle is used for washing the tea leaves in the tea filtering net.

In some embodiments, the self-service tea brewing machine further comprises: an electrically controlled valve; the electric control valves are respectively arranged at the water outlet of the water storage bin, the washing nozzle, the drain hole of the brewing cup, the first water outlet of the tea storage tank and the second water outlet of the tea storage tank.

In some embodiments, the self-service tea brewing machine further comprises: a touch screen; the touch screen is positioned above the tea water receiving device; the touch screen is used for displaying the brewing state of the tea; the touch screen is also used for providing an operation interface.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a control method for a self-service tea brewing machine, where the method is applied to the self-service tea brewing machine mentioned in the first aspect, and the method includes:

acquiring the type of tea selected by a user for brewing, and determining brewing parameters according to the type of the tea; wherein the brewing parameters include: brewing time and water temperature;

determining a brewing device corresponding to the tea type according to the tea type;

the electric control pump conveys water in the water storage bin to the brewing device, and the brewing device is used for brewing the tea leaves according to the brewing time and the water temperature.

The embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

the invention provides a self-service tea brewing machine and a control method thereof, wherein the self-service tea brewing machine comprises: the tea brewing device comprises a tea water receiving device, an electric control pump, a waste liquid groove, a water storage bin and a plurality of brewing devices connected with the water storage bin; the water outlet of the water storage bin is connected with the water inlet of the brewing device; the water outlet of the brewing device is respectively connected with the waste liquid tank and the tea water receiving device; the electric control pump and the waste liquid tank are arranged at the bottom of the self-service tea making machine; the electric control pump is used for conveying water in the water storage bin to the brewing device; the waste liquid groove is used for collecting waste liquid discharged by the brewing device. The self-service tea making machine firstly obtains the tea type selected by a user for making tea and determines making parameters according to the tea type; wherein the brewing parameters include: brewing time and water temperature; then determining a brewing device corresponding to the tea type according to the tea type; the electric control pump conveys water in the water storage bin to the brewing device, and the brewing device is used for brewing the tea leaves according to the brewing time and the water temperature. This self-service tea brewing machine can dash and steep many varieties tealeaves respectively through built-in a plurality of brewing device simultaneously, has solved the problem that self-service equipment among the prior art is difficult to realize that many varieties tea is steeped and steep.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth above.

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a self-service tea brewing machine provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a second self-service tea brewing machine provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a third self-service tea making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth self-service tea making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth self-service tea making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a sixth self-service tea making machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a seventh self-service tea making machine according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an eighth self-service tea brewing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a flowchart of a control method for a self-service tea brewing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a flowchart of another control method for a self-service tea brewing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10-a tea water receiving device; 20-an electronically controlled pump; 30-a waste liquid tank; 40-a water storage bin; 41-water outlet; 42-a washing spray head; 50-a brewing device; 51-a tea delivery mechanism; 52-brewing cup; 53-tea storage tank; 54-a tea filtration device; 55-a tea filtering cup; 56-tea strainer; 57-a slide rail; 58-a guide rail; 59-a slider; 60-an electrically controlled valve; 70-touch screen.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The tea making process is complicated, a specific tea set is needed to be used for realizing the tea making process during manual operation, different tea varieties can give full play to the best taste only by proper water temperature and making time, and the control requirements of the making process on the temperature and the time are high. The existing brewing equipment can only brew tea leaves of a single variety, and the brewing of tea leaves of multiple varieties in self-service equipment is difficult to realize.

Based on this, the embodiment of the invention provides a self-service tea making machine and a control method thereof, multiple kinds of tea can be respectively made by multiple built-in making devices of the self-service tea making machine, and the problem that the self-service equipment in the prior art is difficult to make multiple kinds of tea is solved.

In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiment, a detailed description will be given to a self-service tea brewing machine disclosed in the embodiment of the invention.

Referring to fig. 1, a first self-service tea brewing machine is shown, and the self-service tea brewing machine includes: the tea making device comprises a tea receiving device 10, an electric control pump 20, a waste liquid groove 30, a water storage bin 40 and a plurality of brewing devices 50 connected with the water storage bin; the water outlet of the water storage bin 40 is connected with the water inlet of the brewing device 50; the water outlet of the brewing device 50 is respectively connected with the waste liquid tank 30 and the tea water receiving device 10; the electric control pump 20 and the waste liquid tank 30 are arranged at the bottom of the self-service tea making machine; the electric control pump 20 is used for conveying water in the water storage bin 40 to the brewing device 50; the waste liquid tank 30 is used for collecting waste liquid discharged by the brewing device 50.

Known from the self-service tea making machine mentioned in the above embodiment, the self-service tea making machine can make tea of multiple varieties simultaneously through a plurality of built-in making devices, and solves the problem that the self-service equipment in the prior art is difficult to make tea of multiple varieties.

In some embodiments, the brewing device 50 is shown in fig. 2, and includes: a tea feeding mechanism 51 and a brewing cup 52; the mouth of the brewing cup 52 is positioned below the water outlet 41 of the water storage bin 40; the tea outlet of the tea feeding mechanism 51 is positioned above the cup mouth of the brewing cup 52; a tea feeding mechanism 51 for feeding tea leaves into the brewing cup 52; the brewing cup 52 is used for collecting the hot water flowing out of the water outlet 41 of the water storage bin 40 and brewing the tea in the brewing cup 52; the bottom of the brewing cup 52 is provided with a drainage hole which is respectively connected with the waste liquid tank 30 and the tea water receiving device 10 through a conduit.

Tea is conveyed into the brewing cup 52 through the tea conveying mechanism 51, then hot water is discharged from the water outlet 41 of the water storage bin to brew the tea, and the brewed tea is finally provided for a user through the tea water receiving device 10 through a water discharging hole at the bottom of the brewing cup 52; excess tea water or tea-washed water may also be transferred to the waste reservoir 30 through a drain hole in the bottom of the brewing cup 52.

From the use demand of self-service equipment, self-service equipment needs higher real-time, accomplishes as far as possible that the user can acquire tea at any time. In the brewing process of the tea, the tea can be brewed after the tea is washed for the first time, and the brewing process needs to wait for a period of time, which reduces the real-time performance of the self-service device, so that a storage device needs to be provided for storing tea water in advance. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the brewing device 50 further includes: a tea storage tank 53; the tea storage tank 53 is used for storing tea brewed by the brewing device; the water outlet of the brewing cup 52 is connected with the water inlet of the tea storage tank 53 through a conduit; the first water outlet of the tea storage tank 53 is connected with the waste liquid tank 30; the second water outlet of the tea storage tank 53 is connected with the tea water receiving device 10. The tea storage tank 53 is provided with a heat preservation device, and the heat preservation device is used for preserving heat of tea water in the tea storage tank 53.

The tea brewing process generally requires filtering the tea, and in some embodiments, a related tea filtering device is required to be arranged in the cup body of the brewing cup, as shown in fig. 4; the tea filtering device 54 is used for filtering the tea leaves, and comprises: a tea filter cup 55 and a tea filter net 56; the body of the filter teacup 55 is provided with a plurality of water filtering holes which are used for filtering tea water into the brewing cup 52; a tea strainer 56 is provided in the body of the tea strainer cup 55 for carrying the tea leaves.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments, the brewing device 50 further comprises a slide rail 57; the slide rail 57 is used for controlling the lifting of the tea filtering net 56; the guide rail 58 of the slide rail 57 is fixed to one side of the tea filtering device 54, and the tea filtering net 56 is fixed in the slider 59 of the slide rail 57. The tea strainer 56 can be lifted and lowered in the tea cup 55 by the slider 59 and the guide rail 58.

Since the flavor of the tea leaves gradually disappears after the tea leaves are brewed several times, the brewed tea leaves need to be discarded. As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments, the water storage bin 40 further comprises: a washing spray head 42; the flushing nozzle 42 is positioned above the outlet 41 of the water storage bin; the washing nozzle 42 is used for washing the tea leaves in the tea strainer 56. Specifically, the tea filtering net 56 rises to the cup mouth of the tea filtering cup 55 under the action of the sliding rail 57, the tea leaves at the moment are pushed to the top of the tea filtering cup, and then the washing nozzle 42 sprays water to spray the tea leaves, so that the cleaning of the tea filtering net is completed. The sprayed tea leaves and the waste water are finally collected by the waste liquid tank 30.

The processes of hot water release time, brewing process control, waste water discharge and the like in the tea brewing process can be realized by combining related control valves. As shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments, the self-service tea brewing machine further comprises: an electrically controlled valve 60; the electric control valve 60 is respectively arranged at the water outlet 41 of the water storage bin, the washing nozzle 42, the drain hole of the brewing cup 52, the first water outlet of the tea storage tank 53 and the second water outlet of the tea storage tank 53. The electromagnetic valve arranged at the water outlet 41 of the water storage bin is used for controlling the release of hot water; the solenoid valve provided at the washing nozzle 42 is used to control the washing process; the electromagnetic valve arranged at the drain hole of the brewing cup 52 is used for controlling the brewing process; an electromagnetic valve arranged at the first water outlet of the tea storage tank 53 and used for controlling the tea water in the tea storage tank 53 to flow to the waste liquid tank 30; and the electromagnetic valve is arranged at the second water outlet of the tea storage tank 53 and is used for controlling the tea water in the tea storage tank 53 to flow to the tea water receiving and taking device 10.

As shown in fig. 8, in some embodiments, the self-service tea brewing machine further comprises: a touch screen 70; the touch screen is positioned above the tea water receiving device 10; the touch screen 70 is used for displaying the brewing state of tea; the touch screen 70 is also used to provide an operation interface.

Known from the self-service tea brewing machines mentioned in the embodiments, the self-service tea brewing machine can respectively brew various tea leaves through the built-in brewing devices, and the problem that the self-service equipment in the prior art is difficult to brew various tea leaves is solved.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a control method for the self-service tea making machine, which is applied to the self-service tea making machine mentioned in the embodiment, and as shown in fig. 9, the method comprises the following steps:

step S910, acquiring the type of tea selected by a user for brewing, and determining brewing parameters according to the type of the tea; wherein the brewing parameters include: brewing time and water temperature.

After the user selects the tea type, the self-service tea machine determines brewing parameters according to the tea type selected by the user. The brewing parameters are stored in the self-service tea machine and mainly comprise the brewing time and the water temperature of the tea.

Step S902, determining a brewing device corresponding to the tea type according to the tea type.

Because the self-service tea water machine is provided with a plurality of brewing devices, different brewing devices correspond to different tea types, corresponding brewing devices can be obtained according to the tea types, and the brewing of the tea is completed through the brewing devices.

And step S903, the electric control pump conveys water in the water storage bin to the brewing device, and the brewing device brews the built-in tea according to brewing time and water temperature.

The electric control pump conveys hot water in the water storage bin to the brewing device, the brewing device brews the tea according to the corresponding brewing time and water temperature of the tea, and the obtained tea is provided for users through the tea water receiving device.

The following describes a control method for a self-service tea brewing machine with reference to a user side and an equipment side, and specifically, as shown in fig. 10, the user side includes the following steps:

firstly, a user needs to scan a two-dimensional code on a tea machine, the two-dimensional code of the tea machine can be attached to a machine body in advance, and the two-dimensional code can also be provided through a screen of the tea machine; the user scans the two-dimensional code through terminal equipment such as a mobile phone and the like so as to bind the self-service tea machine.

After the two-dimensional code is scanned, a user enters a page for selecting commodities, and all tea types of the self-service tea machine, such as green tea, black tea and rock tea, are provided in the page; the method comprises the steps that after a user selects a required tea variety, a payment page is displayed, and the payment page comprises the selected tea variety and the consumption amount; and carrying out the commodity manufacturing process after the payment of the user is completed.

The commodity making process is finished at the equipment end, specifically, whether the tea type selected by a user is in stock is inquired in the self-service tea machine, and if the tea type is in stock, the commodity filling can be directly carried out; if not, brewing is performed by the brewing device. Specifically, the brewing device takes out tea leaves selected by a user, determines corresponding water temperature and brewing time according to the selected tea leaf types, and then carries out tea leaf brewing. After the tea is brewed, the tea leaves are separated from the tea water, the tea water is subjected to deep filtration, the filtered tea water is subjected to commodity filling, and finally commodity shipment is carried out for users to enjoy.

The self-service tea making machine used in the control method of the self-service tea making machine provided by the embodiment of the invention has the same technical characteristics as the self-service tea making machine provided by the embodiment, so that the same technical problems can be solved, and the same technical effects can be achieved. For the sake of brevity, where not mentioned in the section of the embodiments, reference may be made to the corresponding matters in the foregoing embodiments.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may be implemented in other ways. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, and for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units through some communication interfaces, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium executable by a processor. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention or a part thereof, which essentially contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium and including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above-mentioned embodiments are only specific embodiments of the present invention, which are used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention and not for limiting the same, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: any person skilled in the art can modify or easily conceive the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or equivalent substitutes for some technical features within the technical scope of the present disclosure; such modifications, changes or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and they should be construed as being included therein. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a self-service tea brewing machine which characterized in that, self-service tea brewing machine includes: the tea brewing device comprises a tea water receiving device, an electric control pump, a waste liquid groove, a water storage bin and a plurality of brewing devices connected with the water storage bin;

the water outlet of the water storage bin is connected with the water inlet of the brewing device; the water outlet of the brewing device is respectively connected with the waste liquid tank and the tea water receiving device;

the electric control pump and the waste liquid tank are arranged at the bottom of the self-service tea making machine; the electric control pump is used for conveying water in the water storage bin to the brewing device; the waste liquid groove is used for collecting waste liquid discharged by the brewing device.

2. The self-service tea brewing machine according to claim 1, wherein the brewing device comprises: a tea feeding mechanism and a brewing cup;

the cup mouth of the brewing cup is positioned below the water outlet of the water storage bin; the tea outlet of the tea feeding mechanism is positioned above the cup opening of the brewing cup;

the tea feeding mechanism is used for feeding tea leaves into the brewing cup;

the brewing cup is used for collecting hot water flowing out of a water outlet of the water storage bin and brewing tea in the brewing cup; the bottom of the brewing cup is provided with a drain hole, and the drain hole is respectively connected with the waste liquid tank and the tea water receiving device through a guide pipe.

3. The self-service tea brewing machine according to claim 2, wherein the brewing device further comprises: a tea storage tank; the tea storage tank is used for storing tea brewed by the brewing device;

the drain hole is connected with the water inlet of the tea storage tank through a conduit; the first water outlet of the tea storage tank is connected with the waste liquid tank; the second water outlet of the tea storage tank is connected with the tea water receiving device.

4. The self-service tea making machine according to claim 3, wherein a heat preservation device is arranged in the tea storage tank, and the heat preservation device is used for preserving heat of the tea in the tea storage tank.

5. The self-service tea brewing machine according to claim 3, wherein a tea straining device is included in the cup body of the brewing cup; the tea filtering device is used for filtering tea leaves and comprises: a tea filtering cup and a tea filtering net;

the cup body of the tea filtering cup is provided with a plurality of water filtering holes, and the water filtering holes are used for filtering tea water into the brewing cup;

the tea filtering net is arranged in the cup body of the tea filtering cup and used for bearing tea.

6. The self-service tea brewing machine according to claim 5, wherein the brewing device further comprises a slide rail; the sliding rail is used for controlling the lifting of the tea filtering net;

the guide rail of slide rail is fixed one side of straining the tea device, strain the tea net and fix in the slider of slide rail.

7. The self-service tea brewing machine according to claim 6, wherein the water storage bin further comprises: washing the spray head; the flushing nozzle is positioned above the water outlet of the water storage bin;

the washing spray head is used for washing the tea leaves in the tea filtering net.

8. The self-service tea brewing machine according to claim 7, further comprising: an electrically controlled valve; the electric control valve is respectively arranged at the water outlet of the water storage bin, the washing nozzle, the drain hole of the brewing cup, the first water outlet of the tea storage tank and the second water outlet of the tea storage tank.

9. The self-service tea brewing machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a touch screen;

the touch screen is positioned above the tea water receiving device; the touch screen is used for displaying the brewing state of tea; the touch screen is also used for providing an operation interface.

10. A control method for a self-service tea brewing machine, characterized in that the method is applied to the self-service tea brewing machine of any one of the preceding claims 1 to 9, the method comprising:

acquiring the type of tea selected by a user to brew, and determining brewing parameters according to the type of the tea; wherein the brewing parameters include: brewing time and water temperature;

determining a brewing device corresponding to the tea type according to the tea type;

the electric control pump conveys water in the water storage bin to the brewing device, and the brewing device is used for brewing tea leaves according to the brewing time and the water temperature.

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