WO2008081300A2 - Ensemble permettant de produire une boisson en faisant passer une mesure de matériau anhydre à l'intérieur d'un récipient - Google Patents

Ensemble permettant de produire une boisson en faisant passer une mesure de matériau anhydre à l'intérieur d'un récipient Download PDF

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WO2008081300A2
WO2008081300A2 PCT/IB2007/004114 IB2007004114W WO2008081300A2 WO 2008081300 A2 WO2008081300 A2 WO 2008081300A2 IB 2007004114 W IB2007004114 W IB 2007004114W WO 2008081300 A2 WO2008081300 A2 WO 2008081300A2
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Virginio Cortese
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Sgl Italia S.R.L. Con Unico Socio
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/24—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A47J31/3604—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means with a mechanism arranged to move the brewing chamber between loading, infusing and ejecting stations
    • A47J31/3623—Cartridges being employed
    • A47J31/3638—Means to eject the cartridge after brewing

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  • the present invention relates to an assembly for producing a beverage by percolating a measure of anhydrous material inside a container.
  • the present invention relates to an assembly for producing a beverage by percolating a measure of anhydrous material inside a container, the assembly comprising two half-rings movable with respect to each other to and from a mutual contact position, in which the two half-rings define an annular body laterally enclosing the container in an infusion position.
  • an assembly for producing a beverage by percolating a measure of anhydrous material inside a container as claimed in the independent Claim and, preferably, in any one of the following Claims depending directly or indirectly on the independent Claim.
  • Figure 1 shows a plan view of a preferred embodiment of the assembly according to the present invention
  • Figures 2 and 3 show the same view as in Figure 1 , of the assembly in respective different operating configurations ;
  • Figure 4 shows a side view of the Figure 1 assembly
  • Figure 5 shows a section along line V-V in Figure 1;
  • Figure 6 shows a larger-scale detail of Figure 4.
  • Figure 7 shows a larger-scale detail of Figure 6
  • Figure 8 shows the same view as in Figure 6 , and the Figure 6 detail in a different operating position
  • Figure 9 shows a larger-scale detail of Figure 8.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole an assembly for producing a beverage from a measure of anhydrous material inside a container 2.
  • container 2 is a sealed container having a truncated-cone-shaped lateral wall, the minor base of which is closed by a rear wall 3, and the major base of which has a flange 4 to which is sealed a front wall 5 made of pierceable foil.
  • Assembly 1 comprises a rectangular-parallelepiped- shaped box frame 6 having a substantially horizontal longitudinal axis 7, and defined by two lateral plates 8, which lie in respective vertical planes parallel to each other and to longitudinal axis 7 , and are connected to each other by two end crosspieces 9 and 10 perpendicular to longitudinal axis 7 and to lateral plates 8.
  • assembly 1 comprises a push device 11 - in the example shown, a hydraulic cylinder - in turn comprising a fixed body 12 located between lateral plates 8 and connected integrally to crosspiece 9 and to lateral plates 8; and a push body 13 movable, with respect to fixed body 12 and to frame 6, along longitudinal axis 7 in a direction 14.
  • assembly 1 also comprises a sprinkler 15, which is connected integrally to crosspiece 10, is positioned facing push body 13, and is supplied with pressurized hot water by a hydraulic circuit (not shown) and by an inlet fitting 16 fitted through crosspiece 10.
  • Sprinkler 15 comprises, in known manner, a piercing device 17 coaxial with longitudinal axis 7 and protected by a perforated plate 18, which is movable in direction 14, in opposition to supporting springs, to uncover the piercing needles of piercing device 17.
  • assembly 1 comprises a slide 19 in turn comprising a plate 20 located between lateral plates 8, perpendicular to longitudinal axis 7, and having opposite lateral appendixes 21, each of which slides inside a respective longitudinal slot 22, formed through respective lateral plate 8 and parallel to longitudinal axis 7, to keep slide 19 in a given angular position about longitudinal axis 7.
  • Slide 19 also comprises a cup 23, which is connected integrally to the surface of plate 20 facing sprinkler 15, is coaxial with longitudinal axis 7, is positioned with its concavity facing sprinkler 15, and houses a piercing device 24, which is similar to piercing device 17 and communicates with an outflow conduit 25 extending downwards through a lateral wall 26 of cup 23.
  • a free-end portion of lateral wall 26 is bevelled internally to define a truncated-cone-shaped surface 27 tapering towards plate 20 for the purpose explained below.
  • Slide 19 is held contacting the end of push body 13 at all times by springs 28 stretched between plate 20 and crosspiece 9.
  • Assembly 1 also comprises a gripper device 29 for receiving a container 2 downwards, and retaining container 2 in an infusion position coaxial with longitudinal axis 7; and a release device 30 controlled by push body 13, and which, when percolation is completed, automatically releases gripper device 29 to automatically unload the used container 2 downwards.
  • Gripper device 29 comprises two opposite jaws 31, each comprising a rocker arm 32 fitted to a respective lateral plate 8 to rotate, with respect to frame 6, about a respective hinge axis 33, which is substantially vertical and crosswise to longitudinal axis 7, is located outside frame 6, close to crosspiece 9, and is fixed with respect to frame 6.
  • Hinge axis 33 defines, on relative rocker arm 32, a relatively short arm 34 extending from hinge axis 33 towards crosspiece 9 and fitted at its free end to relative lateral plate 8 with the interposition of a spring 35; and a relatively long arm 36, which extends towards crosspiece 10, penetrates frame 6 through an opening 37 formed in relative lateral plate 8, and is fitted on its free end, between sprinkler 15 and cup 23, with a respective half-ring 38 hinged to relative arm 36 to rotate, with respect to arm 36, about a respective axis 39 parallel to relative hinge axis 33.
  • each half-ring 38 is fitted to the free end of respective arm 36 by a pin 39a coaxial with relative axis 39 and fitted in transversely sliding manner through a respective slot 39b substantially parallel to longitudinal axis 7 and formed in an appendix of relative half-ring 38 projecting transversely from half-ring 38 towards relative lateral plate 8.
  • each half-ring 38 has an edge tapering towards cup 23, and is movable, in opposition to relative spring 35, from a contact position - in which half-ring 38 forms, with the other half-ring 38, an annular body 40 coaxial with longitudinal axis 7 and having, on the side facing cup 23, a truncated-cone-shaped portion 41 which, in use, engages truncated-cone-shaped surface 27 of cup 23 - to an open position - in which half-ring 38 defines, with the other half-ring 38, a passage for container 2 positioned with its front wall 5 contacting plate 18, and with its flange 4 interposed between half-rings 38 and plate 18.
  • each half-ring 38 has a substantially radial appendix 42 defining, with the other appendix 42, a V-shaped seat 43, which acts as a saddle for a fresh container 2 when the two half-rings 38 are set to a loading position ( Figures 1, 4, 5), in which the two half-rings 38 are maintained - as explained below - in a detached position, but close enough to each other to prevent a fresh container 2, fed between respective appendixes 42, from falling through the two half-rings 38.
  • Release device 30 comprises a U-shaped bracket 44 in turn comprising a crosspiece 45, which is perpendicular to lateral plates 8, is housed inside a groove 46 formed partly in the surface of plate 20 facing push body 13, and partly in appendixes 21, and is positioned with each of its opposite ends engaging respective slot 22 in sliding manner.
  • U-shaped bracket 44 also comprises two arms 47, each of which extends outside and substantially contacting relative lateral plate 8, and has on top, at its free end, an upward- facing, substantially triangular appendix 48 facing relative arm 36 and bounded laterally, on the side facing crosspiece 45, by a bevel 49 sloping upwards towards crosspiece 9.
  • each appendix 48 defines a tappet movable parallel to longitudinal axis 7 to engage relative arm 36 and, when percolation is completed, automatically release gripper device 29 to automatically unload the used container 2 downwards.
  • Groove 46 is deeper than the thickness of crosspiece 45, which rests on the bottom of groove 46 with the interposition of springs 50 which allow crosspiece 45 to rotate, inside groove 46 and substantially about an axis 51 perpendicular to axis 7 and to lateral plates 8, between a normal operating position - in which crosspiece 45 lies in a plane perpendicular to axis 7, and each appendix 48 extends through the plane of relative arm 36 - and a release position - in which crosspiece 45 is rotated about axis 51, in opposition to springs 50, so that each appendix 48 is located below the plane of relative arm 36.
  • crosspiece 45 As it rotates about axis 51, crosspiece 45 is kept centred with respect to longitudinal axis 7 by a pin 52, which extends, coaxially with longitudinal axis 7, from push body 13 to slide 19, loosely engages a through hole
  • U-shaped bracket 44 The position of U-shaped bracket 44 about axis 51 is controlled by each appendix 48 interfering with a contoured edge 55 of relative arm 36 facing longitudinal axis 7.
  • edge 55 of each arm 36 comprises a substantially straight portion 56; an elongated recess 57; a sloping portion 58 extending from the bottom of recess 57 and sloping towards longitudinal axis 7 and crosspiece 9; a further sloping portion 59 connected to sloping portion 58 at a cusp 60 and sloping in the opposite direction to that of portion 58; and a further recess 61, which is substantially the same depth as recess 57, and the edge of which furthest from crosspiece 9 has a bevel 62 sloping downwards towards crosspiece 10.
  • each arm 36 penetrates partly inside frame 6 through relative slot 22 and through a further slot 63 formed through relative lateral plate 8 and aligned with relative slot 22; portion 56 and cusp 60 of edge 55 of each arm 36 project inside frame 6; and elongated recess 57 and recess 61 are located outside relative lateral plate 8.
  • each appendix 48 ( Figure 6) engages respective recess 61 and is positioned with its bevel 49 contacting relative bevel 62, when slide 19 is located at the withdrawn end of its travel in direction 14 ; and engages relative elongated recess 57 and is separated from the outer end of relative sloping portion 58 by a distance at least equal to the length of truncated-cone- shaped surface 27, when slide 19 is located at the extracted end of its travel in direction 14.
  • assembly 1 Operation of assembly 1 will now be described as of the instant in which assembly 1 is deactivated; slide 19 is set to the withdrawn position and held contacting push body 13 by springs 28; and springs 50 hold crosspiece 45 in a plane perpendicular to longitudinal axis 7, so that appendixes 48 engage relative recesses 61.
  • each appendix 48 measured crosswise to longitudinal axis 7, is greater than the depth of relative recess 61, appendixes 48, in the above configuration engaging respective recesses 61, keep respective arms 36 parted, in opposition to relative springs 35, with respective half-rings 38 in the loading position forming V-shaped seat 43 by means of respective appendixes 42.
  • a fresh container 2 is loaded by the user by inserting container 2 into seat 43 with front wall 5 facing crosspiece 10 (as shown in Figures 1 and 4) .
  • container 2 is then pushed downwards, either manually or by means of a push member (not shown) , so that rocker arms 32 rotate about respective hinge axes 33, thus parting arms 36 and moving half-rings 38 from the loading position to the open position, in which half-rings 38 define a passage wide enough for insertion of the fresh container 2.
  • half-rings 38 click back into the loading position to laterally retain container 2.
  • assembly 1 If assembly 1 is activated by the user at this point by means of an external control, push body 13 moves in direction 14 towards sprinkler 15, thus moving slide 19, in opposition to springs 28, from the withdrawn position, and pushing it together with bracket 44 towards sprinkler 15.
  • each appendix 48 is pushed downwards, sliding on bevel 62 of recess 61, so as to disengage recess 61 and so rotate crosspiece 45 about axis 51 from the normal operating position into the release position.
  • arms 36 are rotated by respective springs 35 about respective hinge axes 33 to close half-rings 38 and so form annular body 40 about container 2.
  • each appendix 48 moves beneath relative arm 36 from respective recess 61 to respective elongated recess 57; on reaching which, each appendix 48 is clicked upwards by springs 50 into a position above the plane of relative arm 36, thus restoring crosspiece 45 to the normal operating position.
  • cup 23 contacts the rear portion of container 2, and pushes annular body 40 towards crosspiece 10; and, by virtue of pins 39a sliding along respective slots 39b, annular body 40 moves in direction
  • appendixes 48 engage respective elongated recesses 57; slide 19 is located at the extracted end of its travel in direction 14; truncated- cone-shaped portion 41 of annular body 40 is locked against truncated-cone-shaped surface 27 of cup 23; sprinkler 15 is connected in fluidtight manner to front wall 5 of container 2, and presses flange 4 on the top surface of annular body 40, and rear wall 3 of container 2 on the bottom surface of cup 23 to form a percolating chamber inside container 2 ; and the piercing needles of piercing devices 17 and 24 are located inside container 2, through front wall 5 and rear wall 3 respectively.
  • each appendix 48 slides along respective sloping portion 59, and, when slide 19 reaches the withdrawn end of its return travel, engages respective recess 61, with bevel 49 contacting relative bevel 62, thus restoring half-rings 38 to the Figure 1 loading position.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un ensemble permettant de produire une boisson en faisant passer une mesure de matériau anhydre dans un récipient (2), selon lequel deux demi-anneaux (38), supportés par les bras (36) d'un dispositif de préhension (29), sont déplaçables l'un par rapport à l'autre en direction de et depuis une position de contact mutuel, dans laquelle les deux demi-anneaux (38) définissent un corps annulaire (40) entourant latéralement le récipient (2) dans une position d'infusion; et selon lequel un dispositif de libération (30) est déplaçable le long des bras (36) pour déplacer les deux demi-anneaux (38) dans une position ouverte pour décharger automatiquement le récipient (2) lorsque l'infusion est terminée. (Figure 1).
PCT/IB2007/004114 2006-12-29 2007-12-27 Ensemble permettant de produire une boisson en faisant passer une mesure de matériau anhydre à l'intérieur d'un récipient WO2008081300A2 (fr)

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ITTO2006A000930 2006-12-29
ITTO20060930 ITTO20060930A1 (it) 2006-12-29 2006-12-29 Gruppo per la produzione di una bevanda tramite percolazione di una dose di materiale anidro disposta in un contenitore

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FR2769483A1 (fr) * 1997-10-10 1999-04-16 Mediterraneenne Cafes Perfectionnement aux moyens de transfert d'un conditionnement dans une machine automatique pour realiser des boissons chaudes
WO2006013124A1 (fr) * 2004-06-04 2006-02-09 Sgl Italia S.R.L. Percolateur pour faire une boisson

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2769483A1 (fr) * 1997-10-10 1999-04-16 Mediterraneenne Cafes Perfectionnement aux moyens de transfert d'un conditionnement dans une machine automatique pour realiser des boissons chaudes
WO2006013124A1 (fr) * 2004-06-04 2006-02-09 Sgl Italia S.R.L. Percolateur pour faire une boisson

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