CAPSULES DEVICE FOR THE PREPARATION OF JUICES

Abstract

The invention consists of a housing provided with a juice preparation area, and another for dispensing, including a tap, a cup holder, a grid, a housing that holds a capsule of juice concentrate in a liquid or powder state, said capsule having a lower section susceptible to being torn or punctured, and an upper section on which a piston driven by a motor exerts mechanical pressure. The device is provided with a water tank and a mixing chamber. On one side, there is a button or a lever capable of actuating the complete mechanism of operation of the equipment, and in the front part, there is a panel with buttons.

Claims

1. CAPSULES DEVICE FOR THE PREPARATION OF JUICES, including a parallelepiped housing provided with a juice preparation area, and another for dispensing, the latter formed by a tap, a cup holder and a grid. The preparation area has a housing that holds a capsule of juice concentrate in a liquid or powder state, of the desired fruit flavour, said capsule having a lower section susceptible to being torn or punctured, and an upper section on which a piston driven by a motor exerts mechanical pressure. The device is provided with a water tank and a mixing chamber which receives both the contents of the capsule and water from an Injection circuit connected to a compressor for cold and a pump. On one side, there is a button or a lever capable of actuating the complete mechanism of operation of the equipment, and in the front part, there is a panel with buttons.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] For a better understanding of this specification, a drawing is attached which, as a non-limiting example, describes the preferred realisation of the invention.

[0038] FIG. 1: Perspective with section of the invention.

[0039] In this FIGURE the following numbered elements stand out: [0040] 1. Tap [0041] 2. Cup holder [0042] 3. Grid [0043] 4. Capsule holder [0044] 5. Concentrate capsule [0045] 6. Motor driven piston [0046] 7. Water tank [0047] 8. Mixing chamber [0048] 9. Cold compressor and pump [0049] 10. Button or actuating lever [0050] 11. Panel with buttons

PREFERRED REALISATION OF THE INVENTION

[0051] A preferred realisation of the proposed invention includes the following elements: a parallelepiped housing provided with a juice preparation area,, and another for dispensing, the latter formed by a tap (1), a cup holder (2) and a grid (3). The preparation area, has a housing (4) which holds a concentrate capsule (5) of juice in liquid or powder state, of the desired fruit flavour, said capsule having a lower section capable of being tom or perforated, and an upper section on which a piston driven by a motor (6) exerts mechanical pressure. The device is provided with a water tank (7) and a mixing chamber (8) to which both the contents of the capsule and water arrive from an injection circuit connected to a cold compressor and a pump (9) that allows the circulation of water under pressure from the tank, is through the cold equipment, and up to the mixing chamber (8). Said mixing chamber is connected to the aforementioned dispensing area.

[0052] On one side, there is a button or lever (10) capable of actuating the complete mechanism of operation of the equipment, that is: the extraction of concentrated juice from the capsules and the injection of water, which may be natural or cold, carrying out the mixture of water and concentrate in the mixing chamber.

[0053] In the front part, near the tap, there is a panel with buttons (11) for selecting the level of the final juice characteristics and a temperature selector: natural/ambient or cold.

[0054] The use of the device is very simple. The user activates the button or lever to start the device and sets the options available from the button panel. Once this is done, the system opens the capsule housed in the device, a piston acts on it and the contents of the capsule are mixed with water. Once the mixture is ready, the resulting juice passes from the mixing chamber to the cup through the tap.