Instant powder conveyor device of a drinks preparing machine
AssigneeEugster/Frismag AG
InventorsGiovanni Pano, Jörg Henke
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Abstract
An instant powder conveyor device of a drinks preparing machine including a rotatable wire conveyor spindle disposed substantially horizontally in a bottom area of the instant powder container. At the wire conveyor spindle, an outflow opening is provided. In the instant powder container, above the wire conveyor spindle at least one back feed conveyor screw is arranged. Its back feed conveyor track starts near the end of the wire conveyor spindle, or conveyor track, and is shorter than the conveyor track of the wire conveyor spindle.
Claims11
An instant powder conveyor device (1, 1′) of a drinks preparing machine comprising a rotatable wire conveyor spindle (7) or conveyor screw substantially horizontally disposed in a bottom area of an instant powder container (2), at the end of which an outflow opening (4) is provided, wherein
- in said instant powder container (2) above said wire conveyor spindle (7) or said conveyor screw, at least one back feed conveyor screw (16) contra-rotating thereto is disposed, and the back feed conveyor track (16′) of which starts near the end of said wire conveyor spindle (7), or conveyor screw, and is shorter than the conveyor track of said wire conveyor spindle (7), or conveyor screw, and
- in said instant powder container (2) at least one striking element (18, 19) which is elastically adjustable in an axial direction of said wire conveyor spindle (7), or conveyor screw, and is arranged into the wire conveyor spindle (7), or conveyor screw, substantially transverse relative thereto, is arranged axially staggered relative to said back feed conveyor track (16′) of said at least one back feed conveyor screw (16).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.