阅读说明：本技术 一种自动泡茶设备及自动泡茶方法 (Automatic tea making equipment and automatic tea making method ) 是由 程宇 白虹 黄妙青 于 2018-07-09 设计创作，主要内容包括：一方面,本发明提供了一种自动泡茶设备,包括茶叶输送机构、泡茶机构以及容器传送机构,所述的泡茶机构具有自动清渣的功能；所述的茶叶输送机构用于将茶叶输送至所述的泡茶机构中,包括输送筒、储茶器和称重传感器,所述的输送筒与储茶器相衔接,且所述的输送筒内置有螺旋式推进组件,所述的储茶器与称重传感器相连接；本发明弥补了现有泡茶设备无法自动清渣、需要依赖人工处理茶叶和控制茶叶用量等技术难题,具有明显的市场竞争优势。另一方面,本发明提供了一种自动泡茶方法,包括依次进行的设定程序、茶叶送料、称量计重、自动下杯、泡茶、自动取杯以及自动清渣等工序,整个泡茶过程能够实现全自动化操作,并且具有自动报错和纠错的功能。(On one hand, the invention provides automatic tea making equipment which comprises a tea conveying mechanism, a tea making mechanism and a container conveying mechanism, wherein the tea making mechanism has the function of automatically removing residues; the tea conveying mechanism is used for conveying tea to the tea making mechanism and comprises a conveying cylinder, a tea storage device and a weighing sensor, the conveying cylinder is connected with the tea storage device, a spiral propelling component is arranged in the conveying cylinder, and the tea storage device is connected with the weighing sensor; the tea making device solves the technical problems that the existing tea making equipment cannot automatically remove the residues, needs to depend on manual treatment of the tea leaves and control of the tea leaf consumption and the like, and has obvious market competitive advantages. On the other hand, the invention provides an automatic tea making method, which comprises the working procedures of setting program, tea feeding, weighing, automatic cup discharging, tea making, automatic cup taking, automatic slag removing and the like which are sequentially carried out, the whole tea making process can realize full-automatic operation, and the automatic tea making method has the functions of automatic error reporting and error correction.)

1. An automatic tea making device is characterized by comprising a tea conveying mechanism, a tea making mechanism and a container conveying mechanism, wherein the tea making mechanism has an automatic slag removing function; the tea conveying mechanism is used for conveying tea to the tea making mechanism and comprises a conveying cylinder, a tea storage device and a weighing sensor, the conveying cylinder is connected with the tea storage device, a spiral propelling component is arranged in the conveying cylinder, and the tea storage device is connected with the weighing sensor; the tea making mechanism comprises a filter and a slag remover, and the slag remover is movably arranged in the filter; the container conveying mechanism comprises a movable tray, and the tray conveys the container to the position below the filter to receive tea soup or tea dregs.

2. The automatic tea making device according to claim 2, further comprising a water supply mechanism, wherein the water supply mechanism comprises a water pump and a water inlet pipe, a water pumping nozzle of the water pump is connected with an external water storage device, a water outlet nozzle of the water pump is connected with a water inlet of the water inlet pipe, and a water outlet of the water inlet pipe extends into the filter.

3. An automatic tea making method, characterized in that the automatic tea making device according to claim 1 or 2 is used for making tea, comprising the following steps:

s1, selecting a corresponding tea making and residue removing program according to tea varieties, wherein the program comprises the using amount of tea and water, the water temperature, the tea making time, the number of tea making cups, the residue removing time and the residue removing and flushing times, and adding the tea in time to ensure that the automatic tea making equipment has enough tea;

s2, the automatic tea making equipment receives a tea making instruction, conveys tea leaves through the spiral propelling assembly, and sends the tea leaves into a tea making mechanism of the automatic tea making equipment after weighing the tea leaves;

s3, conveying the drinking container to the lower part of the tea making mechanism, and adding water into the tea making mechanism for making tea;

s4, after the preset tea making time is reached, firstly, taking the tea receiving container filled with tea, then conveying the next tea receiving container to the position below the tea making mechanism, continuously adding water for making tea, and repeating the operation until the preset number of tea making cups is reached;

s5, conveying the tea residue receiving container to the lower part of the tea making mechanism, automatically discharging tea residues to the tea residue receiving container by the tea making mechanism, and adding water to wash the tea residues remained on the tea making mechanism.

4. The automatic tea brewing method according to claim 3, wherein the drinking vessel and the grounds vessel are both disposable cups and are transported by the same vessel transport mechanism.

5. The automated tea brewing method of claim 4, wherein the container transfer mechanism comprises a disposable cup separator.

6. The automatic tea making method according to claim 3, wherein in the step S2, the screw type propelling component further comprises a tea pre-processing function for finely crushing the tea leaves or the tea blocks.

7. The automatic tea making method according to claim 6, wherein in the step S2, when the tea leaves are jammed, the screw type propelling unit is controlled to move backward in a reverse direction or alternately move forward and backward in a reverse direction to open the jammed part and ensure smooth tea leaf transportation.

8. The automatic tea making method according to claim 3, wherein in step S3, after the tea receiving container is transported to the lower part of the tea making mechanism, the tea making mechanism is moved downwards to make the tea soup outlet of the tea making mechanism located in the tea receiving container, and then water is added to make tea.

9. The automatic tea making method according to claim 8, wherein in step S4, after the preset tea making time is reached, the tea making mechanism is moved up to completely separate the tea making mechanism from the tea receiving container, and then the tea receiving container is removed.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic tea making, in particular to automatic tea making equipment and an automatic tea making method, which can realize full-automatic operation of making tea and cleaning tea residues.

Background

Tea has a long history, and China is not only the hometown of tea, but also the origin of tea culture. The tea making is the invention of Chinese people and the inflection point of the Chinese tea culture development, so that the tea drink is really popularized and the development of tea set, tea ceremony, tea art and tea culture is promoted. Tea brewing is very delicate and needs to be considered more factors, such as: the type and the dosage of tea, water quality and water temperature, tea making time, environment, mood and the like, so that tea making equipment is produced along with the rapid development of life rhythm and the rapid advance of science and technology.

At present, slag removal work is complicated, the degree of manual dependence is high, and the degree of intellectualization is low, which are important factors restricting the development of automatic tea making equipment, so the automatic tea making equipment is not popularized and applied. Comparatively common equipment of making tea in market includes electromagnetism stove, kettle and the teacup of suit, perhaps is equipped with the kettle and the teacup of heating wire, and this kind of equipment of making tea still needs artifical manual pouring water to make tea, wastes time and energy, and intelligent degree is very low. The higher one of higher for among the equipment of making tea now refers to the coffee machine and designs, intelligent degree is slightly higher, need making tea this internal setting of equipment and making tea the teacup, the automatic tea of adding water after the artifical tealeaves that adds, through making the filter screen in the tea cup with tea soup and tealeaves separation to discharge tea soup to outside drinking vessel through the corresponding pipeline of this internal of equipment of making tea in, after making tea, need the manual work to clear away the tea grounds that makes in the teacup. The disadvantages of such a higher-end tea making device are: 1. a feeding mechanism for automatically adding tea leaves into the tea making cup is not needed, and the tea leaves need to be manually processed and the tea leaf amount needs to be controlled; 2. the tea leaves are easy to smell and leave tea dirt on the tea making cup if the tea leaves are not cleaned in time, so that the difficulty of cleaning is increased; 3. the beverage receiving container needs to be taken and placed manually, and the function of automatically taking and placing the beverage receiving container is not achieved.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop an automatic tea brewing device and an automatic tea brewing method with high intelligence degree, which can realize automatic slag removal and have obvious market competitiveness compared with the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the automatic tea making equipment and the automatic tea making method are provided, the automatic tea making equipment is designed by combining the traditional Chinese tea tasting technology and the modern automatic control technology, so that people can conveniently and quickly taste authentic Chinese tea, and the automatic tea making equipment has the advantages of compact structure, small occupied space and good tea making effect.

The invention realizes the purpose of the invention through the following technical scheme: an automatic tea making device comprises a tea conveying mechanism, a tea making mechanism and a container conveying mechanism, wherein the tea making mechanism has an automatic slag removing function; the tea conveying mechanism is used for conveying tea to the tea making mechanism and comprises a conveying cylinder, a tea storage device and a weighing sensor, the conveying cylinder is connected with the tea storage device, a spiral propelling component is arranged in the conveying cylinder, and the tea storage device is connected with the weighing sensor; the tea making mechanism comprises a filter and a slag remover, and the slag remover is movably arranged in the filter; the container conveying mechanism comprises a movable tray, and the tray conveys the container to the position below the filter to receive tea soup or tea dregs.

Further, the automatic tea making equipment further comprises a water supply mechanism, the water supply mechanism comprises a water suction pump and a water inlet pipe, a water suction nozzle of the water suction pump is connected with external water storage equipment, a water outlet nozzle of the water suction pump is connected with a water inlet of the water inlet pipe, and a water outlet of the water inlet pipe extends into the filter.

The invention also provides an automatic tea making method, which adopts the automatic tea making equipment to make tea and specifically comprises the following steps:

s1, selecting a corresponding tea making and residue removing program according to tea varieties, wherein the program comprises the using amount of tea and water, the water temperature, the tea making time, the number of tea making cups, the residue removing time and the residue removing and flushing times, and adding the tea in time to ensure that the automatic tea making equipment has enough tea;

s2, the automatic tea making equipment receives a tea making instruction, conveys tea leaves through the spiral propelling assembly, and sends the tea leaves into a tea making mechanism of the automatic tea making equipment after weighing the tea leaves;

s3, conveying the drinking container to the lower part of the tea making mechanism, and adding water into the tea making mechanism for making tea;

s4, after the preset tea making time is reached, firstly, taking the tea receiving container filled with tea, then conveying the next tea receiving container to the position below the tea making mechanism, continuously adding water for making tea, and repeating the operation until the preset number of tea making cups is reached;

s5, conveying the tea residue receiving container to the lower part of the tea making mechanism, automatically discharging tea residues to the tea residue receiving container by the tea making mechanism, and adding water to wash the tea residues remained on the tea making mechanism.

Furthermore, the drinking receiving container and the residue receiving container are disposable cups and are conveyed by the same container conveying mechanism.

Further, the container transfer mechanism includes a disposable cup separator.

Further, in step S2, the screw type propelling component further comprises a tea leaf pre-processing function for finely crushing the tea leaves or the tea blocks.

Further, in the step S2, when the tea leaves are jammed, the screw type propelling unit is controlled to move backward in a reverse direction or alternately move forward and backward in a reverse direction to dredge the jammed part and ensure smooth transportation of the tea leaves.

Further, in step S3, after the tea receiving container is conveyed to the position below the tea making mechanism, the tea making mechanism is moved down first, so that the tea soup outlet of the tea making mechanism is located in the tea receiving container, and then water is added to make tea.

Further, in step S4, after the preset tea making time is reached, the tea making mechanism is moved upward first to completely separate the tea making mechanism from the tea receiving container, and then the tea receiving container containing tea is taken away.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. the invention provides an advanced automatic tea making method, which comprises the procedures of setting program, tea feeding, weighing, automatic cup discharging, tea making, automatic cup taking, automatic slag removing and the like which are sequentially carried out, the whole tea making process can realize full-automatic operation, and has the functions of automatic error reporting and correction, and the intelligent degree is extremely high;

2. the automatic tea making equipment provided by the invention is ingenious and reasonable in structural design, can realize automatic operation of procedures such as tea pretreatment, weighing, tea making, slag removal and the like, overcomes the technical problems that the existing tea making equipment cannot automatically remove slag, needs to depend on manual tea processing and control of tea consumption and the like, has obvious market competitive advantages, meets the requirements of high-end places, and is beneficial to popularization and application of the tea making equipment;

3. the automatic tea making equipment has the advantages of compact and reasonable structure, small occupied space, flexible assembly and attractive and elegant appearance, and the brewed tea product has good taste;

4. the automatic tea making equipment can set corresponding tea consumption, brewing temperature, brewing cup number, slag removal program and the like aiming at different types of tea, and a tea making water source is heated for one time, so that the influence on water quality due to repeated heating is avoided;

5. the automatic tea making equipment is specially provided with the container conveying mechanism, the container can receive the tea when making tea and can receive the slag when removing the slag, and the automatic tea making equipment is flexible and convenient to operate, clean and sanitary.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic tea making machine according to an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the automatic tea making machine without a box shell in the embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the automatic tea making machine without a box shell in the embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a front view of the automatic tea making machine without a cover box in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the automatic tea maker without a case in the embodiment

Fig. 6 is a rear view of the automatic tea making machine without a case in the embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the tea leaf storage hopper and the tea leaf conveying device in the embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a structural schematic view of a tea storage device of the tea feeding mechanism in the embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a tea making slag removing mechanism of the automatic tea making machine in the embodiment.

Fig. 10 is an exploded view of an automatic cup separator of the automatic tea making machine in the embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a structural schematic diagram of the integrated separating seat and the cup falling cylinder when the cup is not taken.

Fig. 12 is a structural schematic diagram of the integrated separating seat and the cup falling cylinder during cup taking.

Wherein the reference numerals are as follows:

1: a box body, 11: an exhaust fan; 2: tea feeding mechanism, 21: tea leaf storage hopper, 211: rabble rake, 212: first motor, 22: tea conveying device, 221: screw propulsion assembly, 23: second motor, 24: load cell, 25: tea storage, 251: cover plate, 252: a third motor; 3: tea making and residue removing mechanism, 31: filter, 311: a bracket, 312: guide cylinder, 32: slag extractor, 321: filter disc, 322: a limiting block, 323: long handle, 33: fourth motor, 34: first drive gear, 35: first driven gear, 36: screw, 37: a spring; 4: container conveyance mechanism, 41: cup autosegregation ware, 411: cup cartridge, 412: cup dropping barrel, 413: a cover, 414: a release seat, 415: shift fork, first fastener: 4151, second card member: 4152, fork: 4153, 416: sixth motor, 417: fourth gear, 418: rack, 419: arc plate, 42: a cup receiving tray; 5: water supply mechanism, 51: water pump, 52: water delivery pipe, 53: heating system, 54: a water inlet pipe; 6: supporting seat, 61: flapper, 62: fifth motor, 63: second drive gear, 64: toothed long groove, 65: a track; 7: base, 71: water receiving tank, 72: a seventh motor; 8: a cup body.

Detailed Description

In order that the invention may be more fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings and specific examples. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

For convenience in reading, the terms "upper," "lower," "left," and "right" are therefore used in reference to the figures, where the reference relative positions of various elements are intended to be indicated, and not to limit the application.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.