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    • 专利摘要:
    Regarding a base construction comprising a hot plate for a coffee-making apparatus of the type designed to have water brought to a boil in a closed container (1), whereupon the water is pressed through a riser pipe (12) into an open container (6), where boiling water extracts aromas and flavor from the ground coffee, whereupon the finished coffee beverage is filtered back into the closed container (1) through a filter placed at the outlet of the open container, the objective is to provide a sealed base construction which comprises a hot to plate for a coffee-making apparatus where the hot plate does not suddenly boil dry, while the finished coffee beverage is carefully treated. Moreover, a reliable sealing of the hot plate must be provided, using simple means and without the use of tools. According to the principles of the present invention, this objective is met is by placing the hot plate and the inside bottom of the closed container in a position where the normal of the hot plate and/or the inside bottom is at no point vertical during boiling.
    公开号:US20010004070A1
    申请号:US09/736,173
    申请日:2000-12-15
    公开日:2001-06-21
    发明作者:Carsten Joergensen
    申请人:Pi Design AG；
    IPC主号:A47J31-4439
    专利说明:
    [0001] This invention relates to a base construction comprising a hot plate for a coffee-making apparatus of the type designed to have water brought to a boil in a closed container, whereupon the water is pressed through a riser pipe into a funnel, where boiling water extracts aromas and flavour from the ground coffee, whereupon the finished coffee beverage is filtered back into the closed container through a filter placed at the outlet of the funnel. [0001] STATE OF ART
    [0002] The patent no. EP 98122329.0 exemplifies the principle of heating the water to boiling point by means of more than one hot plate, where one hot plate is used for boiling at high power, and another hot plate is used to maintain the temperature which is most beneficial to the finished coffee beverage. Naturally, a different, lower level of power is used for this purpose. [0002]
    [0003] A similar device for making tea is known from EP 292 649, where the apparatus comprises at least one base consisting of a hot plate. As this known method is aimed specifically at tea-making, it is only marginally relevant here. [0003]
    [0004] From the known designs, it is known that boiling ceases when a sudden and strong rise in temperature occurs, which indicates that the water has evaporated. This leaves the hot plate with a surface of dried-out sediments, which carbonate over time and become unpalatable. Moreover, the hot plate will still be considerably warmer than the coffee beverage upon the return of said beverage; this will damage the aroma of the beverage when it hits the hot plate. Another feature of the known design is that the base is sealed by means of either soldering or fastening by means of screws while using a seal between the hot plate and the base construction; this entails great cost in terms of assembly and production. [0004] OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION
    [0005] Consequently, the object of the present invention is to provide a sealed base which comprises a hot plate for a coffee-making apparatus where the hot plate does not suddenly boil dry, while the finished coffee beverage is treated with care. Moreover, reliable sealing of the hot plate must be provided, using simple means and without the use of tools. [0005]
    [0006] According to the principles of the present invention, this objective is met by means of a base construction which comprises a hot plate for a coffee-making apparatus of the type initially mentioned, where the hot plate and the inside bottom of the closed container are placed in a position where the normal of the hot plate is at no point vertical during boiling, where the hot plate has been sealed towards a radial protrusion, which forms a flange in the bottom, by means of a U-shaped seal, where the points of the U are positioned on separate sides of the hot plate, and where the U-shaped seal is fastened in the flange by means of a clamping ring which squeezes the seal to the protrusion. [0006]
    [0007] With a base according to the principles of the present invention, the evaporating water will drain the hot plate gradually, thus ensuring a continuous remaining volume of water in the lower part of the base. Thus, any sediments present in the water can be kept continually suspended, so that they do not contaminate the hot plate when it dries out and is subsequently reheated. As a result, the hot plate is heated inhomogenously, thus facilitating a more appropriate distribution of temperature across the hot plate, as the thermo-sensor is able to respond with greater speed when it is not in contact with the boiling water. The remaining water ensures that the finished coffee beverage is not subjected to a shock when meeting the hot plate, which still has a high temperature, when the finished coffee beverage returns to the closed container, thus running into the remaining volume present. [0007]
    [0008] In one appropriate embodiment of the base according to the principles of the present invention, a locking ring is inserted between the clamping ring and the cylindrically upright part of the flange with a view to ensuring that the clamping ring is not loosened. Thus, the base appears as a self-locking system, which cannot be loosened unintentionally. The advantage is that water cannot seep into the electronics positioned beneath the base construction. [0008]
    [0009] An appropriate construction can be achieved by having the outer surface of the U-yoke faintly arrow-shaped, with the greatest thickness outside the edge of the hot plate. This ensures easy mounting of the base with the U-shaped seal and moreover ensures that there is space for radial dilation of the seal, so that a very tight construction is achieved. [0009]
    [0010] In a appropriate embodiment of the base construction according to the principles of the present invention, it is proposed that the thermo-sensor monitoring whether the hot plate boils dry should be placed in the area of the hot plate which is first to be exposed in the event of the water boiling away. Thus, the temperature is increased gradually, and any sediments present in the remaining volume can remain suspended and avoid drying out and burning. [0010]
    [0011] A further appropriate embodiment of the base construction according to the principles of the present invention is designed so that the hot plate features s two electrical circuits, a high-power circuit and a low-power circuit, where each circuit features a regulator circuit (not shown) in connection with a standard contactor where the regulator circuits are connected to the external power circuit. In this connection, both the high-power and low-power circuits are standard types with bimetal contacts controlled by thermo-sensors. It will be particularly appropriate for the hot plate to be fitted in a known manner with a contactor, which with respect to the low-power circuit is fitted with an additional contact pin which is fastened to the contactor by means of a guide tongue and a number of tongue pieces and locking hooks, and which is also fitted with a supply contact and a pair of spring pins ensuring contact to the is low-power circuit. In this manner, any spring movement will occur perpendicular to the contact surface, and thus this construction ensures that friction cannot occur against the contact point of the circuit, which thus cannot be worn. [0011]
    [0012] Further appropriate embodiments according to the principles of the present invention appear from the dependent claims. [0012] SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
    [0013] The drawing depicts an embodiment according to the principles of the present invention. In this drawing: [0013]
    [0014] FIG. 1 depicts a cross-sectional view of the base construction according to the principles of the present invention; [0014]
    [0015] FIG. 2 depicts a cross-section of the U-shaped seal for the hot plate prior to mounting in the base construction; [0015]
    [0016] FIG. 3 shows a perspective representation of the hot plate at the regulator circuit, with the third contact fastened on the upward-facing side of the Figure; [0016]
    [0017] FIG. 4 shows a representation of the third contact pin prior to folding; and [0017]
    [0018] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional outline through a coffee-making apparatus fitted with a base construction according to the principles of the present invention. [0018]
    [0019] FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the base construction [0019] 1 according to the principles of the present invention, which offers a peripheral view of a framework construction 2, which in the present embodiment is made of a suitable type of plastic. In the present embodiment, the hot plate 3 has been given an eccentric position in the base construction 1, thus facilitating better to use of the space available on the underside of the hot plate 3, where the contactor 4 is also positioned immediately where the hot plate has its maximum elevation, i.e. the place of the hot plate 3 which is first to be exposed in the event of the water evaporating.
    [0020] It will appear that the base construction has a downward-turned flange [0020] 5, the internal diameter of which is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the hot plate 3. This ensures that the hot plate 3 cannot be accidentally sucked up into the closed container in the event of a powerful vacuum.
    [0021] Around the edge of the hot plate [0021] 3 is shown the U-shaped seal 6 (depicted in FIG. 2), which is held inside the flange 5 by means of a clamping ring 7. In the space between the clamping ring 7 and the cylindrically upright part 8 of the flange, a locking ring 9 can be seen. This locking ring 9 is wedged in such a manner as to squeeze the clamping ring 7 down towards the U-shaped seal 6. This provides the possibility of assembling the base construction without the use of tools, and similarly this work can be executed with a high degree of quality by unskilled labour.
    [0022] The U-shaped seal in FIG. 2 is designed with pins which are in contact with separate sides of the hot plate [0022] 3. The U-yoke , which in the present embodiment tapers slightly towards the flange 5, will provide a seal both axially and radially when placed in the flange 5, and when the clamping ring 7 is subsequently mounted.
    [0023] On the underside of the hot plate [0023] 3 in FIG. 3, it is possible to see the contactor 4, which has been placed in the area of the base construction which offers the most space after assembly. The contactor 4, which is a modified standard model featuring bimetal contacts (not shown), is inserted between the wiring for the external power supply and the regulator circuits, thus ensuring simple yet reliable assembly and contact between the power supply and the three circuits of the hot plate. The contactor 4 is mounted on the side of the hot plate which also features the heating circuit (not shown). Here, the contact pins 10 a also serve to fasten the contactor 4. Two regulated circuits are then required for use in the base construction according to the principles of the present invention; a fact which entails that a third contact pin 10 must be provided on the standard construction for the low-power circuit. This third contact pin 10 is folded from a standard metal sheet, which is punched out as depicted in FIG. 4. The third contact pin 10 comprises a guide tongue 11, which serves to guide the contact pin 10, as well as tongue pieces and locking hooks 12, which when suitably folded can lock the third contact pin 10 in the grooves present in the contactor 4. The spring pins 13 extend with several successive folds 14 from the guide tongue 11 to the contact point on the hot plate 3. The objective of these folds is to ensure that the third contact pin 10 moves only at a right angle to the hot plate 3, thus providing frictionless and effective contact at the contact point 16, without causing any wear. Moreover, a supply contact 15 runs along the guide tongue 11 to the low-power circuit. This establishes an electric connection between the external supply circuit and the low-power circuit.
    [0024] FIG. 5 features a cross-sectional outline through a coffee-making apparatus fitted with a base construction according to the principles of the present invention. It will appear that the sloping position of the base helps to ensure partly that the hot plate [0024] 3 does not suddenly boil dry, and partly that the total volume of water does not evaporate during boiling, insofar as the lower, remaining volume of water cannot be heated by means of the hot plate 3. This small remaining volume of water ensures that the temperature will always be 100° C. or slightly lower when boiling is complete, thus keeping the coffee beverage returning through the filter and funnel to the closed container from becoming overheated.
    [0025] The embodiment shown is an example only and is not limited to that which is depicted in the drawings. Changes and variations which are obvious to experts are also included in the scope of this invention. [0025]
    权利要求:
    Claims (10)
    [1" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00001] 1. A base construction comprising a hot plate for a coffee-making apparatus of the type designed to have water brought to a boil in a closed container (1), whereupon the water is pressed through a riser pipe (12) into a funnel, where boiling water extracts aromas and flavour from the ground coffee, whereupon the finished coffee beverage is filtered back into the closed container (1) through a filter placed at the outlet of the funnel, characterised in that the hot plate and the internal bottom of the closed container are positioned so that a normal for the hot plate and/or the internal bottom is at no point vertical during boiling.
    [2" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00002] 2. Base construction according to
    claim 1 , characterised in that the hot plate has been sealed towards a radial protrusion, which forms a flange in the bottom, by means of a U-shaped seal where the points of the U are positioned on is separate sides of the hot plate, and where the U-shaped seal is fastened in the flange by means of a clamping ring which squeezes the seal to the protrusion.
    [3" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00003] 3. Base construction according to
    claim 2 , characterised in that a locking ring is inserted between the clamping ring and the cylindrically upright part of the flange with a view to ensuring that the clamping ring is not loosened.
    [4" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00004] 4. Base construction according to
    claim 2 and/or 3, characterised in that the outer surface of the U-yoke is faintly arrow-shaped, with the greatest thickness outside the edge of the hot plate.
    [5" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00005] 5. Base construction according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that the hot plate (3) is fastened in an eccentric position on the inside of the base.
    [6" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00006] 6. Base construction according to
    claim 5 , characterised in that the hot plate is fastened on the inside of the base in a position near the highest part of this base.
    [7" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00007] 7. Base construction according to
    claim 5 and/or 6, characterised in that the thermo-sensor monitoring whether the hot plate boils dry should be placed in the area of the hot plate which is first exposed in the event of the water boiling away.
    [8" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00008] 8. Base construction according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that the hot plate has in a known manner been fitted with a contactor (4), which has been fitted with an additional contact pin (10) with a view to the low-power circuit.
    [9" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00009] 9. Base construction according to
    claim 8 , characterised in that the contact pin (10) is fastened to the contactor (4) by means of a guide tongue (11) and a number of tongue pieces and locking hooks (12).
    [10" id="US-20010004070-A1-CLM-00010] 10. Base construction according to
    claim 8 and/or 9, characterised in that the contact pin (10) has been fitted with an external supply contact (15) and a pair of spring pins (13).
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    法律状态:
    2001-02-21| AS| Assignment|Owner name: PI-DESIGN AG, SWITZERLAND Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:JOERGENSEN, CARSTEN;REEL/FRAME:011542/0738 Effective date: 20010119 |
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    2014-02-17| STCH| Information on status: patent discontinuation|Free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362 |
    2014-03-11| FP| Lapsed due to failure to pay maintenance fee|Effective date: 20140122 |
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