Infusion unit for a machine for making beverages
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A47J-031/44
A47J-031/36
출원번호
US-0699538
(2011-05-23)
등록번호
US-9861227
(2018-01-09)
우선권정보
FR-10 54006 (2010-05-25)
국제출원번호
PCT/EP2011/058389
(2011-05-23)
§371/§102 date
20130205
(20130205)
국제공개번호
WO2011/147791
(2011-12-01)
발명자
/ 주소
Blanc, Jean-Pierre
Goering, Alain
출원인 / 주소
Compagnie Mediterraneene Des Cafes
대리인 / 주소
McCracken & Gillen LLC
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초록▼
The present invention relates to an infusion unit forming a hollow inner space that receives inserted elements, characterized in that it consists of a reinforcement belt that defines the hollow inner space of the infusion unit, said belt including means for taking up the forces generated while infus
The present invention relates to an infusion unit forming a hollow inner space that receives inserted elements, characterized in that it consists of a reinforcement belt that defines the hollow inner space of the infusion unit, said belt including means for taking up the forces generated while infusing on at least one inserted element, the reinforcement belt further including receiving means for each of said elements. The invention also relates to a machine container as well as to a machine with one such infusion unit, and similarly to a method for assembling at least one element to be inserted into an infusion unit. The invention can be used in all types of infusion machines, in particular EXPRESSO coffee machines.
대표청구항▼
1. A machine for making beverages by extraction of a product to be infused in the form of a dose, including an infusion unit forming a hollow inner space that receives inserted elements including at least one mobile half-chamber, another half-chamber opposite, said two half-chambers in a position ap
1. A machine for making beverages by extraction of a product to be infused in the form of a dose, including an infusion unit forming a hollow inner space that receives inserted elements including at least one mobile half-chamber, another half-chamber opposite, said two half-chambers in a position applied one against the other forming an extraction chamber, as well as a driving device for the mobile half-chamber between a position applied against the other half-chamber and a position at a distance from said other half-chamber; wherein the infusion unit comprises a reinforcement belt defining the hollow inner space of the infusion unit, said reinforcement belt configured for taking up forces generated while infusing on at least one of the inserted elements, the reinforcement belt including at least a receiving member for each of said inserted elements, the reinforcement belt forming a unitary belt forming a periphery of the infusion unit, the reinforcement belt further defining two opposite openings configured so that at least said mobile half-chamber, said other half-chamber, and said driving device are inserted through said openings for their attachment to the reinforcement belt with the at least one associated receiving member;a hydraulic circuit comprising a pump, the hydraulic circuit being intended to be fluidly connected to the infusion unit, anda container for receiving the unit onto the machine,an actuation device for the locking and/or insertion of the unit into part of the machine or for separation of the unit from the part of the machine,wherein the machine is arranged such that a rigid connection of the unit to the container causes the fluidic connection of the unit to the hydraulic circuit,wherein the container includes at least one vertical hydraulic connector and the unit includes at least one complementary fluidic connector, the machine being configured such that the insertion of the unit into the container results in engagement of the at least one vertical hydraulic connector with the at least one complementary fluidic connector, said engagement providing the fluidic connection between the hydraulic circuit and the infusion unit, andwherein according to the function of the associated inserted element thereof, each receiving member is removable from the unit or each receiving member is a support member of said at least one of the inserted elements. 2. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the device for taking up the forces is at least one reinforcement rib arranged on at least one of the faces of the belt on the outer perimeter thereof, said rib extending lengthwise of said face of the belt. 3. The machine according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of ribs is provided for the face of the belt, said ribs extending in parallel. 4. The machine according to claim 1, wherein said other half-chamber is fixed in relation to the belt. 5. The machine according to claim 1, for which the driving device is grouped in a body having on each of the lateral portions thereof two projecting portions forming a gap between them intended to respectively receive a sliding rail supported by the inner space of the infusion unit defined by the belt, said rails forming a first receiving member of the at least one receiving member for the driving device. 6. The machine according to claim 5, for which the face of the body opposite that facing the other half-chamber and adjacent to the two lateral faces is resting against an inner face of the belt. 7. The machine according to claim 5, for which the front portion of the body on each of the lateral sides thereof is supported by a lug supported by the inner space defined by the belt, said lugs forming a second receiving member of the at least one receiving member for said driving device. 8. The machine according to claim 7, wherein the body includes a ring-shaped component surrounding said body at least partially and snapping onto each of said lugs. 9. The machine according to claim 8, wherein the snapping-on of the ring-shaped component pre-compresses a return device for the driving device enabling the driving device to be returned from the applied position of the mobile half-chamber against the other half-chamber. 10. The machine according to claim 9, wherein the driving device includes a cylinder. 11. The machine according to claim 5, for which the mobile half-chamber and the driving device thereof is grouped in the body, the mobile half-chamber maintaining a freedom of movement lengthwise of said body. 12. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the other half-chamber comprises on the rear face thereof, opposite that facing the mobile half-chamber, a support plate, said plate comprising recesses engaging with studs provided on an inner front face of the reinforcement belt, said studs forming the at least one receiving member of the belt for the fixed half-chamber. 13. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the inserted elements in the inner space of the unit include a closing device upstream and downstream of the half-chambers, said closing device being supported by a fixed assembly intended to be attached to the belt, said fixed assembly comprising a device for guiding the dose to be infused, a pin being arranged on each lateral portion of the fixed assembly, wherein each pin, when in a mounted position of said fixed assembly in the infusion unit, faces a protrusion of the lateral portion of the belt having at least a respective aperture for the insertion thereof, each of said respective apertures forming the at least one receiving member for the attachment of the fixed assembly onto the belt. 14. The machine according to claim 13, for which the closing device is arranged to be positioned resting on each of the lateral sides thereof, on a lateral reinforcement provided on each inner lateral face of the belt, said lateral reinforcements being configured to locally increase the transversal section of the belt. 15. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the unit comprises a locking device of the unit for the attachment thereof to the container of the machine. 16. The machine according to claim 1, wherein said engagement of the at least one fluidic connector with the at least one complementary fluidic connector is obtained by a relative translational motion between the unit and the hydraulic circuit. 17. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the container of the unit is configured to enable removable disconnection of the unit, and the machine is arranged such that the disconnection of the unit from the container eliminates the fluidic connection between the unit and the hydraulic circuit. 18. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the driving device of the infusion unit includes a cylinder and wherein the at least one complementary fluidic connector is carried by the cylinder. 19. A method for assembling the at least one of the inserted elements comprising the steps of: providing the machine according to claim 1,mounting the at least one of the inserted elements inside the reinforcement belt flanking the inner space of the unit,inserting through said openings at least said mobile half-chamber, said other half-chamber and said driving device,attaching to the reinforcement belt with the receiving members, such that the force exerted on said at least one of the inserted elements is transmitted to the belt, thereby resulting in the belt taking up the forces exerted on the at least one of the inserted elements. 20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the following steps are included: inserting the driving device of the mobile half-chamber into the inner space of the infusion unit, where the driving device is applied against the mobile half-chamber when said half-chamber is grouped with the driving device, this in a position in the inner space other than a final position thereof,sliding the driving device inside said unit in the final position thereof resting against a support face of the unit and the driving device is rigidly connected to the unit,inserting the mobile half-chamber into the inner space of the infusion unit when said mobile half-chamber has not already been inserted with the driving device, andinserting the other half-chamber, resting on a face opposite said support face of the driving device, into the inner space of the infusion unit, the rigid connection with said face being carried out via the rear of said other half-chamber. 21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the following steps are included: inserting a fixed assembly into the inner gap of the unit remaining between said other half-chamber and into the mobile chamber, the fixed assembly supporting, with sliding freedom in relation to said fixed assembly, a closing device upstream and downstream of the fixed and mobile half-chambers, the lateral portions of said fixed assembly being rigidly connected to the portions facing the unit,inserting a locking device of the unit for attachment thereof to the container of the machine wherein the machine receives said unit on an outer portion of a lateral side of the unit by sliding of the locking device lengthwise of the side,stacking the actuation device on the locking device such that a vertical movement of the actuation device results in a horizontal sliding of the locking device.
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