Beverage manufacturing equipment

Abstract

Regarding beverage manufacturing equipment for producing coffee beverages, the aim is to suppress temperature variations in the extraction container when ground coffee beans are placed inside. [Solution] The extraction container 9 is equipped with preheating means 11a and 72 that preheat the extraction container 9 by supplying a heating medium from the storage section 720a to the extraction container 9 before the coffee beans ground by the grinder 5 are placed in the extraction container 9, setting means 11a that sets a reference target temperature (58°C) of the extraction container 9 by preheating, bean temperature acquisition means 5Bs that can acquire the temperature of the coffee beans ground by the grinder 5, and correction processing means 11a that performs a correction process to correct the reference target temperature based on the results acquired by the bean temperature acquisition means 5Bs, and the preheating means 11a and 72 are capable of performing preheating so that the extraction container 9 reaches a corrected target temperature (56°C) corrected by the correction process (step S317).

Claims

1. A coffee bean grinder, A storage section capable of storing heated liquid, An extraction container is provided which the liquid stored in the storage section and the coffee beans ground by the grinder are contained, and from which coffee is extracted. A beverage manufacturing apparatus comprising: a preheating means that preheats the extraction container by supplying a heating medium from the storage unit to the extraction container before placing the coffee beans ground by the grinder into the extraction container, A setting means for setting a reference target temperature for the extraction container by the aforementioned preheating, A bean temperature acquisition means capable of obtaining the temperature of coffee beans ground by the aforementioned grinder, The system includes a correction processing means that performs a correction process to correct the reference target temperature based on the results obtained by the bean temperature acquisition means, The beverage manufacturing apparatus is characterized in that the preheating means is capable of performing the preheating so that the extraction container reaches the corrected target temperature corrected by the correction process.

2. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, A first storage means for storing the aforementioned reference target temperature, The system comprises a second storage means for storing the aforementioned corrected target temperature, The correction processing means performs the correction processing to correct the reference target temperature stored in the first storage means based on the fulfillment of certain conditions. The second storage means stores a new target temperature for correction each time the correction process is performed. The beverage manufacturing apparatus is characterized in that the preheating means performs the preheating so that the extraction container reaches the new corrected target temperature stored in the second storage means.

3. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, A beverage manufacturing apparatus characterized in that the aforementioned condition includes reaching a periodic execution timing.

4. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, A beverage manufacturing apparatus characterized in that the aforementioned condition includes the condition that the temperature of the grinder or the ambient temperature around the grinder reaches or exceeds a predetermined temperature.

5. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, A beverage manufacturing apparatus characterized in that the aforementioned condition includes the condition that the temperature of an area that is close to the ambient temperature of the grinder reaches or exceeds a predetermined temperature.

6. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, A beverage manufacturing apparatus characterized in that the aforementioned condition includes the condition that the result obtained by the bean temperature acquisition means is at or above a predetermined temperature.

7. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, The extraction container is equipped with a measuring means capable of measuring the temperature of the container, The beverage manufacturing apparatus is characterized in that the preheating means performs the preheating based on the corrected target temperature and the temperature of the extraction container measured by the measuring means.

8. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, The beverage manufacturing apparatus is characterized in that the preheating means supplies at least a portion of the heated liquid stored in the storage section to the extraction container as the heating medium.

9. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, The beverage manufacturing apparatus is characterized in that the preheating means supplies at least a portion of the gas generated by heating the liquid in the storage section to the extraction container as the heating medium.

10. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 8, A beverage manufacturing apparatus characterized in that the preheating means performs the preheating while the apparatus is in a standby state and has not received an order for a beverage from a user.

11. A beverage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 9, A beverage manufacturing apparatus characterized in that the preheating means performs the preheating while the apparatus is in a standby state and has not received an order for a beverage from a user.

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