Beverage maker and method for making beverage
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSunyoung Park, Wonchul Kang, Kyungseok Min
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Abstract
A beverage maker apparatus including a fermentation tank having a space in which a beverage is made, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the fermentation tank, a temperature controller configured to control the temperature of the fermentation tank, and a controller configured to operate when yeast is put into the beverage that is being made so that a fermentation process comprising a pre-fermentation process of controlling the temperature controller on the basis of a first setting temperature and a main-fermentation process of controlling the temperature controller on the basis of a second setting temperature.
Claims13
A beverage maker apparatus comprising:
- a fermentation tank having a space formed therein in which a beverage is made;
- a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the fermentation tank;
- a temperature controller configured to control the temperature of the fermentation tank;
- a gas discharger configured to control a pressure within the fermentation tank, wherein the gas discharger comprises:
- a gas pressure sensor configured to measure the pressure within the fermentation tank, and
- a gas discharge valve configured to open and close a gas discharge channel connected to the fermentation tank;
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- a controller configured to control a fermentation process when yeast is added to the beverage that is being made in the fermentation tank, the fermentation process comprising:
- a pre-fermentation process of controlling the temperature controller on the basis of a first set temperature, and a main-fermentation process of controlling the temperature controller on the basis of a second set temperature,
- wherein the pre-fermentation process includes a process for activating yeast added to the fermentation container,
- wherein the fermentation process includes a process in which alcohol and carbonic acid are formed by the activated yeast, and
- wherein the controller is further configured to close the gas discharge valve and control the gas discharge valve based on a degree of activation of the yeast,
- wherein the gas discharger further comprises:
- a safety valve connected to the gas discharge channel,
- a pressure release valve connected to the gas discharge channel, and
- a noise reducing device mounted on the pressure release valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.