Cleaning dispenser
AssigneeAquis Wasser-Luft-Systeme GmbH, Lindau Zweigniederlassung Rebstein
InventorsKurt Wallerstorfer, Bernd Heitele
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a beverage machine, more particularly for preparing hot drinks, with a liquid cleaner replaceable container formed as a replaceable container, characterized in that parts of a liquid cleaner dosing device are formed interchangeable with the liquid cleaner replaceable container.
Claims21
Beverage machine with a liquid cleaner container in which liquid cleaner can be supplied for several cleaning processes, and with a dosing device which has a dosing pump for dosing liquid cleaner, characterized in that the liquid cleaner container is designed as a replaceable container which comprises at least parts of the dosing pump as well as a pipeline coupling between the replaceable container and the beverage machine for coupling a liquid cleaner pipeline onto the beverage machine and a drive coupling for the mechanical coupling-on of a drive of the dosing pump.
Beverage machine according to either of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the dosing pump comprises a rotor and that the drive shaft of a drive motor to be coupled to the rotor is arranged off-set and/or angled to the axis of the rotor or the axis of the drive coupling.
Beverage machine according to either of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the liquid cleaner outlet of the dosing pump is arranged off-set relative to the axis of the pump rotor.
Beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that at least one gear element is provided for bridging the off-set stagger and/or angle and/or for stepping up or down the torque transmission of the drive motor between the rotor or the drive coupling and the drive motor.
Beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that a fixed liquid pipe is mounted coaxial with a rotating drive or gear element.
Beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the dosing unit has a dosing element (4.11.4) which is designed to be both rotationally and also axially movable.
Beverage machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that rotor position detection means (4.24) are provided.
Beverage machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that rotor locking means (4.22.1) are provided.
Beverage machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that delivery volume control means (6) and/or delivery direction reversing means (6) are provided.
Beverage machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that mixing means (4.11.3) are provided.
Beverage machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that data communication means (4.24) are provided.
Beverage machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a liquid cleaner supply inlet (4.3) into a brewing chamber is provided.
Beverage machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a grease- and/or oil- and/or protein- and/or polysaccharide-dissolving liquid cleaner is provided, and/or that the liquid cleaner comprises a decalcifying means.
Beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the drive coupling is designed as a claw coupling.
Beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the container is made flexible.
Beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that the replaceable container is provided as a rigid container which comprises a ventilation and/or aeration opening or a ventilation and/or aeration valve.
Beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that an outlet valve is provided on the replaceable container.
Beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that a fixed liquid pipeline is arranged coaxial with a rotating drive or gear element.
Beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims, characterized in that optical identification and/or authentication means, e.g. color and/or light markers, luminescent and/or fluorescent markers, light refraction, scattering, focussing, absorption, emissions or spectral shift means are provided.
Replaceable container with liquid cleaner, characterized in that it comprises for use in a beverage machine according to one of the aforementioned claims at least in part a dosing pump as well as a pipe coupling element for a pipe coupling of a liquid cleaner pipeline and a drive coupling element for the mechanical coupling of a drive of the dosing pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.