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Beverage machine

a technology of a beverage machine and a handle, which is applied in the direction of machine supports, containers, domestic objects, etc., can solve the problems of increasing complexity, increasing the difficulty of height adjustment increasing the difficulty of adjusting the height of such complex outlets, so as to avoid jamming, the effect of avoiding the effect of jamming

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-07-26
WMF WURTTEMBERGISCHE METALLWARENFABRIK AG
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"The invention is a beverage machine with an adjusting device for the cup platform. The machine uses two parallel, vertical toothed belt / chain drives connected at an upper / lower end via a shaft. The cup platform has lateral guide carriages that can be coupled to the toothed belt / chain drives. This allows for easy adjustment of the cup platform without jamming. The machine also has a magnetic brake that prevents the cup platform from moving too far downwards and a gear mechanism to reduce the necessary torque. The adjusting device can be adjusted manually or with a motor. The invention simplifies the use and maintenance of the beverage machine and makes it easier for customers to clean."

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However, these outlets become more and more complex, because lines of steam boilers, milk containers, mixed chocolate beverages, syrup or coffee increasingly lead to the outlet area of the beverage machine.
The height adjustment of such complex outlets thus becomes more and more difficult and more susceptible to breakdowns, because parts of the outlets must partly be cleaned every day by the customer, which additionally increases the complexity.

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[0017]According to FIG. 1, the beverage machine 1 according to the invention, which can be embodied as a fully automatic coffee machine, for example, encompasses an adjusting device 2 for height-adjusting a cup platform 3. The adjusting device 2 according to the invention has two parallel, vertical toothed belt / chain drives 4 and 4′, which are connected to one another in a torque proof manner at an upper end via a shaft 5. The shaft 5 thereby ensures a steady adjustment of the two toothed belt / chain drives 4 and 4′. In addition, the cup platform 3 has two lateral guide carriages 6 and 6′, which can be coupled to the respectively assigned toothed belt / chain drive 4, 4′. The two guide carriages 6, 6′ thereby have two rollers 7 in each case (see also FIG. 3), by means of which they are guided in corresponding guide tracks 8, 8′ of the adjusting device 2.

[0018]By means of the bilateral guiding of the cup platforms 3 via the two guide carriages 6, 6′, an adjustment of the cup platform 3 ...

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Abstract

A beverage machine (1), in particular a fully automatic coffee machine has an adjusting device (2) for height-adjusting a cup platform (3). The adjusting device (2) encompasses two parallel, vertical toothed belt / chain drives (4, 4′), which are connected to one another in a torque proof manner at an upper / lower end via a shaft (5) and that the cup platform (3) encompasses two lateral guide carriages (6, 6′), which can be coupled to the respectively assigned toothed belt / chain drive (4, 4′).

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The instant invention relates to a beverage machine, in particular a fully automatic coffee machine, comprising an adjusting device for height-adjusting a cup platform according to the preamble of claim 1. The invention furthermore relates to an adjusting device for such a beverage machine as well as to a magnetic brake for such an adjusting device.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Different cup sizes and an increasing variety of beverages, which are to be prepared, make it necessary to design an outlet level of beverage machine, in particular of a coffee machine, to be adjustable. Most of the beverage machines or coffee machines, respectively, thus operate with height-adjustable outlets. However, these outlets become more and more complex, because lines of steam boilers, milk containers, mixed chocolate beverages, syrup or coffee increasingly lead to the outlet area of the beverage machine. The height adjust...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47F7/28
CPCA47J31/4482
Inventor STARTZ, ARMINARNDT, PETERJAEGER, MICHAEL
Owner WMF WURTTEMBERGISCHE METALLWARENFABRIK AG