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AssigneeACU-MED Technology LLC
InventorsYushen Qian, Sen Liang, Li Wei Tan, Yao Chen, Ziye Qian
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A machine can be used as a yogurt maker, warm appliance and refrigerator in the household, consists of: a thermally insulated fermentation compartment, a thermocouple or a temperature sensor, a thermoelectric assembly, a selective function switch, a safety door switch, a controller, and at least one milk container. Such units, controlled through pre-programmed cycles, can perform a variety of tasks: It is able to automatically prepare yogurt by distributing transformation culture into milk following the gradual warming, incubation and natural cooling processes; fermentation time is automatically set according to the load production and environment temperature; afterwards, maintain yogurt with cold temperature for extended periods of time.
An automated household yogurt maker is composed of the following:
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 1 has a fermentation process, which includes gradual warming process, incubation process and natural cooling process.
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 1 automatically reverts to refrigeration mode after the end of said fermentation process.
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 1 automatically adjusts the time for yogurt preparation depending on loading and environment temperature.
Time of said incubation process as claimed 2 is between 5 to 9 hours.
Time of said natural cooling process as claimed 2 is between 1 to 4 hours.
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 1 can switch between three different functionalities:
An automated household yogurt maker is composed of the following:
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 8 has said fermentation process, which includes said gradual warming process, said incubation process and said natural cooling process.
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 8 automatically reverts to refrigeration mode after said fermentation process.
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 8 automatically adjusts the time for yogurt preparation depending on loading and environment temperature.
Time of said incubation process as claimed 9 is between 5 to 9 hours.
Time of said natural cooling process as claimed 9 is between 1 to 4 hours.
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 8 can switch between three different functionalities:
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 8 only uses said thermal heater as heating means during yogurt preparation and in warm appliance function.
An automated household yogurt maker as claimed 8 only uses said vapor compression system as cooling means during refrigeration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.