公开(公告)号：US20090293733A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-03

申请号：US11817212

申请日：2006-02-28

申请人： Scott Martin ,  Steve Irwin ,  Andrew Chi Wai Yau ,  David William Smith ,  Jake Philip Tuner ,  John McGarva ,  Patrick Sweeting ,  Simon James Naylor ,  David William Harper ,  David Bradshaw ,  Michael Robert Nelson ,  Martyn Dawes ,  Damyn James Musgrave

发明人： Scott Martin ,  Steve Irwin ,  Andrew Chi Wai Yau ,  David William Smith ,  Jake Philip Tuner ,  John McGarva ,  Patrick Sweeting ,  Simon James Naylor ,  David William Harper ,  David Bradshaw ,  Michael Robert Nelson ,  Martyn Dawes ,  Damyn James Musgrave

IPC分类号： A47J31/60 ,  A47J31/44

CPC分类号： G07F13/065 ,  A47J31/60

摘要： Various forms of apparatus (1) for preparing and dispensing beverages, preferably based on coffee, can receive instructions from a customer and deliver the beverage automatically. The apparatus is preferably capable of fully automatic cleaning in a cleaning cycle in which a cleaning agent is flushed through the lines (62, 64), and the apparatus is preferably arranged to ensure that not only are the lines cleaned properly but that no cleaning agent can be dispensed. The apparatus includes a brewer assembly (78) having a chamber (81) in which freshly ground coffee can be introduced and either espresso or filter coffee can be automatically prepared by passing hot water through the chamber and removing the spent coffee grounds. The coffee may be stored as coffee beans in sealed containers (208) that can automatically be pierced to release the beans which are ground immediately before preparation of the beverage. The apparatus also includes a cup-size detector (921) for ensuring that the customer offers a cup to the apparatus that is of a size appropriate to the beverage selected.

摘要翻译： 用于制备和分配饮料（优选基于咖啡）的各种形式的装置（1）可以从顾客接收指令并自动递送饮料。 该装置优选能够在其中通过管线（62,64）冲洗清洁剂的清洁循环中进行全自动清洁，并且该装置优选地布置成确保不仅线路被清洁而且没有清洁剂 可以分配。 该装置包括一个具有室（81）的冲泡组件（78），其中可以引入新鲜研磨的咖啡，并且可以通过将热水通过所述室并去除废咖啡渣，来自动制备浓缩咖啡或过滤咖啡。 咖啡可以作为咖啡豆储存在密封容器（208）中，该容器可以自动地被刺穿以释放在准备饮料之前立即研磨的豆类。 该装置还包括杯形尺寸检测器（921），用于确保顾客向装置提供适合于所选饮料尺寸的杯子。

公开(公告)号：US08109739B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-07

申请号：US10570590

申请日：2004-09-03

申请人： Nathan Wrench ,  Helen Victoria Lewis ,  Simon James Naylor ,  Charles Douglas Johnstone ,  James Beeching Neave

发明人： Nathan Wrench ,  Helen Victoria Lewis ,  Simon James Naylor ,  Charles Douglas Johnstone ,  James Beeching Neave

IPC分类号： F04B17/00

CPC分类号： F02M25/00 ,  F04B13/00 ,  F04B17/03

摘要： A dosing pump for a liquid additive in fuel of a heavy fuel engine includes a piston, a cylinder, and a high resolution linear actuator, including a motor driven by a controller, for moving the piston axially in the cylinder. The pump includes a manifold, and a low friction dish-shaped seal having a peripheral portion forming a seal between the cylinder and the manifold in a fully extended position of the piston. The dish-shaped seal includes a top portion attached to the piston that moves with the piston such that the top portion of the seal is compressed against the manifold in the fully extended position. The shape of the seal minimizes non-linearity of the volume dosed as a function of movement of the piston, and the controller drives the motor so as to remove a remaining non-linearity of the volume dosed as a function of movement of the piston.

摘要翻译： 用于重型燃料发动机的燃料中的液体添加剂的计量泵包括活塞，气缸和高分辨率线性致动器，其包括由控制器驱动的电动机，用于使活塞在气缸中轴向移动。 泵包括歧管和低摩擦盘形密封件，其具有在活塞的完全伸出位置处在气缸和歧管之间形成密封的周边部分。 碟形密封件包括附接到活塞的顶部部分，该顶部部分与活塞一起移动，使得密封件的顶部在完全伸出的位置被压靠在歧管上。 密封件的形状使作为活塞运动的函数的剂量的非线性最小化，并且控制器驱动电动机，以便除去作为活塞运动的函数的剂量的剩余非线性。