The disclosure relates to the field of coffee capsules, and particularly to a quick self-making tool and pressing method for a coffee capsule.
Coffee capsules are popular because of the characteristics of no need of bean grinding, convenience in brewing, consistent taste and quality of brewed coffee and the like, but because the coffee capsules are disposable products, on one hand, the cost is increased, consequently, the price of the coffee capsules is high, and on the other hand, waste and environmental damage are caused to a certain degree. Meanwhile, a coffee machine using the coffee capsules can not adopt self-ground coffee powder, and thus the coffee machine of the type is not suitable for consumers who like grinding coffee powder by themselves. Therefore, a coffee capsule capable of being repeatedly filled with coffee powder for use and a pressing tool used in match with the coffee capsule appear on the market at present. The pressing tool mainly includes a die holder and a pressing die. During use, a capsule shell in the coffee capsule is placed in a die cavity of the die holder, and then an aluminum foil in the coffee capsule is placed at an opening of the capsule shell. Due to the fact that the bottom of the aluminum foil is provided with a bonding material, after the aluminum foil is pressed through the pressing die, the aluminum foil may be bonded to and seal the opening of the capsule shell to form the coffee capsule. But when the pressing tool of the structure is used, the situation that the aluminum foil and the capsule shell as well as the pressing die and the die holder are not aligned up and down easily occurs, therefore, after pressing is completed, a combination portion of the aluminum foil and the capsule shell may be not even, and consequently, breakage, leakage and other problems easily occur, so that the pressing tool needs to be further improved.
Aiming at solving the existing problems, the disclosure provides a quick self-making tool for a coffee capsule, which is simple and reasonable in structure. With the quick self-making tool for a coffee capsule, a pressing die may evenly press an outer ring of a capsule shell, and thus the sealing effect of a sealing film and the capsule shell is improved.
The quick self-making tool for a coffee capsule includes a die holder and a pressing die. A die cavity for containing a capsule shell is formed in the die holder. A sealing film is laid on an opening of the capsule shell. The sealing film seals the opening of the capsule shell through pressing of the pressing die to make the coffee capsule. A guide piece is arranged on the die holder or the pressing die, and is configured to guide the sealing film to be coaxially aligned with the capsule shell before being pressed and guide the up-down vertical movement of the pressing die during pressing.
The purpose may also be achieved through the following technical solutions.
The guide piece includes two guide plates which are symmetrically arranged. A guide channel communicating with the die cavity is formed between the guide plates. The guide channel is configured to guide the pressing die when the pressing die vertically moves up and down relative to the die holder.
Each guide plate is provided with a plurality of through grooves which divide the guide plate into a plurality of guide side plates.
The guide piece is a sleeve. A guide channel communicating with the die cavity is formed in the sleeve. The guide channel is configured to guide the pressing die when the pressing die vertically moves up and down relative to the die holder.
The sleeve is provided with a plurality of spacing grooves, and the spacing grooves separate the sleeve into a plurality of guide surrounding plates.
The quick self-making tool for a coffee capsule further includes an annular gland. The annular gland is detachably connected with the edge of the opening of the capsule shell after pressing of the pressing die. The sealing film is tightly pressed between the edge of the opening of the capsule shell and the annular gland.
The edge of the opening of the capsule shell extends outwards to form an outer ring. The outer edge of the outer ring is provided with a buckling brim with a cambered face. The outer edge of the annular gland extends inwards to form a buckling edge matched with the buckling brim. When the buckling edge is connected to the buckling brim in a buckled mode, the edge of the sealing film is tightly pressed between the annular gland and the outer ring and is folded downwards to wrap the outer end face of the buckling brim.
A pressure-bearing table for supporting the outer ring extends along an opening part of the die cavity on the die holder, and an avoiding space for downward buckling of the buckling edge on the buckling brim is reserved between the pressure-bearing table and the guide piece.
An annular pressing face tightly pressing the annular gland is arranged at the bottom of the pressing die. A concave face matched with the top face of the buckling edge is arranged on an outer ring of the annular pressing face. A convex ring with the diameter smaller than or equal to that of an inner ring of the annular gland extends from an inner ring of the annular pressing face.
The guide piece is arranged on the pressing die. An inner thread is formed in the inner end face of the guide piece. An outer thread matched with the inner thread is formed in the outer end face of the pressing die. The pressing die is guided when vertically moving up and down relative to the die holder through threaded connection.
The quick self-making tool for a coffee capsule further includes a hoop. A convex cambered face is arranged on an inner ring of the hoop. A stop face is inclined arranged above the convex cambered face. A concave cambered face matched with the convex cambered face is arranged on the outer side wall, close to the opening, of the capsule shell. An abutting face which is configured to open the hoop along the convex cambered face during pressing and is in limiting fit with the stop face after pressing is inclined arranged above the concave cambered face. When the hoop hoops the concave cambered face, the edge of the sealing film is folded downwards and tightly pressed between the convex cambered face and the concave cambered face.
A positioning ring matched with the hoop extends from the bottom of the pressing die, and an inner ring face in interference fit with the hoop and a guide inclined face configured to guide the hoop into the inner ring face are arranged on an inner ring of the positioning ring.
A plurality of prying openings configured to detach the hoop are formed in the outer side wall of the capsule shell in the circumferential direction.
A holding portion arranged in the circumferential direction extends from the outer end face of the pressing die, and the top of the guide piece abuts against the holding portion in a limiting mode.
A pressing method for a coffee capsule includes the following steps.
In S1, coffee powder or the like are poured into a capsule shell.
In S2, the capsule shell containing the coffee powder is placed into a die cavity on a die holder to be positioned, a sealing film is placed at an opening of the capsule shell, and the sealing film and the capsule shell are enabled to be coaxially aligned through a guide piece.
In S3, a hoop is placed on the bottom of a pressing die through interference fit with a positioning ring, a user may selectively press the hoop onto a bearing plane through the pressing die, and it is guaranteed that the hoop is fixed horizontally on the bottom of pressing die.
In S4, the pressing die with the hoop is placed into the guide piece, so that the pressing die and the die holder form a vertical up-down relationship.
In S5, downward acting force is applied to the pressing die, the hoop is pressed to hoop the outer side wall of the capsule shell and separate from the positioning ring, so that the edge of the sealing film is tightly clamped between the outer side wall of the capsule shell and the hoop, and the sealing film is fixed at the opening of the capsule shell to make the coffee capsule.
In S6, the pressing die is removed and the coffee capsule is taken out of the die cavity.
The beneficial effects of the disclosure are as follows.
The self-making tool for a coffee capsule is simple in structure, convenient to use, free of occupation of redundant space and low in production cost; through the guide piece, the sealing film may be laid in the middle of the opening of the capsule shell before pressing; and in the pressing process, the pressing die moves downwards in the vertical direction, so that the pressing die may evenly press the outer ring of the capsule shell, thus the sealing effect of the sealing film and the capsule shell is improved, and the situation that the sealing film and the top face of the capsule shell are not combined firmly, leading to a notch at the combining point of the sealing film and the top face of the capsule shell is avoided.
The disclosure will be further described below in combination with the drawings and the embodiments.
As shown in
According to the self-making tool of the structure, the sealing film 4 may be laid in the middle of the opening of the capsule shell 3 before pressing through the guide piece A, in the pressing process, the pressing die 2 moves downwards in the vertical direction, then the pressing die 2 may evenly press an outer ring 301 of the capsule shell 3, so that the sealing effect of the sealing film 4 and the capsule shell 3 is improved, and the situation that the sealing film 4 and the top face of the capsule shell 3 are not combined firmly, leading to a notch at the combining point of the sealing film 4 and the top face of the capsule shell 3 is avoided. The sealing film 4 may be connected with the opening of the capsule shell 3 in a sealing mode through a bonding material or indentation, buckling and other connecting modes.
Furthermore, the embodiments of the guide piece A are as follows.
According to a first embodiment, as shown in
Two notches A11 communicating with the guide channel are formed between the two guide plates A1, so that before pressing, a consumer may clamp the capsule shell 3 with two fingers until the capsule shell 3 is placed into the bottom of the die cavity 11, and after pressing, a coffee capsule formed after pressing may be taken out of the die cavity 11 in the same mode.
According to a second embodiment, which is evolved on the basis of the first embodiment, as shown in
According to a third embodiment, as shown in
According to a fourth embodiment, which is evolved on the basis of the third embodiment, as shown in
Furthermore, as shown in
Before pressing, the sealing film 4 and the annular gland 5 are sequentially placed at the opening of the capsule shell 3, and the annular gland 5 is in clearance fit with the guide piece A when placed, so that the annular gland 5 vertically moves up and down in the guide channel.
Furthermore, as shown in
Furthermore, a pressure-bearing table 12 for supporting the outer ring 301 extends along an opening part of a die cavity 11 on the die holder 1, an avoiding space 13 for downward buckling of the buckling edge 501 on the buckling brim 302 is reserved between the pressure-bearing table 12 and the guide piece A, the capsule shell 3 may be horizontally placed through the pressure-bearing table 12, and in addition, when the buckling brim 302 is buckled with the buckling edge 501, the avoiding space 13 enables the buckling edge 501 to have enough room for downward displacement.
Furthermore, as shown in
Furthermore, as shown in
In addition, when the guide piece A is arranged on the die holder 1, thread fit may be achieved as well, the inner thread A01 is formed in the inner end face of the guide piece A as well, and the outer thread A02 is formed in the outer end face of the pressing die 2.
Furthermore, as shown in
When the structure is used, the sealing film 4 is placed at the opening of the capsule shell 3, at the moment, the hoop 6 bears downward acting force, the convex cambered face 61 makes contact with the abutting face 32 first, the convex cambered face 61 slides along the abutting face 32 to make the hoop 6 be opened, so that the diameter of the hoop 6 is increased, then the edge of the sealing film 4 is bent downwards, after the convex cambered face 61 crosses the abutting face 32, the hoop 6 shrinks, the convex cambered face 61 is tightly pressed on the concave cambered face 31 of the outer side wall of the capsule shell 3 to tightly press the edge of the sealing film 4, the stop face 62 presses against the abutting face 32 to limit the hoop 6, and the stop face 62 and the abutting face 32 enable the sealing film 4 to have inclined transition during bending, so that the problem that the sealing film 4 is prone to breakage due to single large-angle bending is solved.
A supporting step face 33 for supporting the capsule shell 3 on the top face of the die holder 1 is arranged at the lower part of the concave cambered face 31.
In addition, the coffee capsule of the structure may be recycled, so that a flanging 63 may extend from the outer ring of the hoop 6 to increase the operation location, and the hoop 6 is easier to detach when the hoop 6 is detached from the capsule shell 3 by means of the flanging 63.
A positioning ring 23 matched with the hoop 6 extends from the bottom of the pressing die 2, an inner ring face 231 in interference fit with the hoop 6 and a guide inclined face 232 configured to guide the hoop 6 into the inner ring face 231 are arranged on an inner ring of the positioning ring 23, the hoop 6 can be fixed in the positioning ring 23 before pressing, and it is guaranteed that the hoop 6 is placed horizontally and is coaxially aligned with the capsule shell 3 and sealing film 4 during pressing.
Furthermore, with reference to
Furthermore, a holding portion 22 arranged in the circumferential direction extends from the outer end face of the pressing die 2, the top of the guide piece A abuts against the holding portion 22 in a limiting mode, a consumer may conveniently lift the pressing die 2 through the holding portion 22, and limiting is realized through matched use of the top of the guide piece A.
In addition, with reference to
The sealing film 4 may be an aluminum foil.
A pressing method for a coffee capsule includes the following steps.
In S1, coffee powder or the like are poured into a capsule shell 3.
In S2, the capsule shell 3 containing the coffee powder is placed into a die cavity on a die holder 1 to be positioned, a sealing film 4 is placed at an opening of the capsule shell 3, and the sealing film 4 and the capsule shell 3 are enabled to be coaxially aligned through a guide piece A.
In S3, a hoop 6 is placed on the bottom of a pressing die 2 through interference fit with a positioning ring 23, a user may selectively press the hoop 6 onto a bearing plane through the pressing die 2, and it is guaranteed that the hoop 6 is fixed horizontally on the bottom of pressing die 2.
In S4, the pressing die 2 with the hoop 6 is placed into the guide piece A, so that the pressing die 2 and the die holder 11 form a vertical up-down relationship.
In S5, downward acting force is applied to the pressing die 2, the hoop 6 is pressed to hoop the outer side wall of the capsule shell 3 and separate from the positioning ring 23, so that the edge of the sealing film 4 is tightly clamped between the outer side wall of the capsule shell 3 and the hoop 6, and the sealing film 4 is fixed at the opening of the capsule shell 3 to make the coffee capsule.
In S6, the pressing die 2 is removed and the coffee capsule is taken out of the die cavity.
The foregoing are preferred embodiments of the disclosure, and the basic principles, main features and advantages of the disclosure are shown and described. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are merely illustrative of the principles of the disclosure, various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure, such changes and modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the disclosure as claimed, as defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
This application is a Continuation of the U.S. application Ser, Ser. No. 17/361,342 filed on Jun. 29, 2021, and entitled “Quick self-making tool and pressing method for coffee capsule”, now pending, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | 17361342 | Jun 2021 | US |
Child | 18581845 | US |