Patent ID: 8047124
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An automatic beverage maker, essentially comprising a beverage making mechanism for making various hot drinks, the beverage making mechanism comprising a main body assembled with an internal water tank, the main body being additionally assembled therein with a steeping chamber and a grinding module, the automatic beverage maker being characterized in that: the grinding module comprises a supporting seat installed at an end of the main body of the beverage making mechanism, the supporting seat having an end formed as a receiving portion having a predetermined area, the receiving portion having a surface formed with a discharge opening, a limit switch being assembled at an outer portion of the supporting seat, a connecting element being coupled to an upper end of the supporting seat for allowing a containing unit containing a raw material of a hot drink to be stably screwed in place, a power motor being assembled at a lower end of the main body of the beverage making mechanism and having a protruding shaft coupled with a lower grinding element, a base plate being screwed into the connecting element and having an end coupled with an upper grinding element above the lower grinding element, the base plate having an upper section fitted with a container body, an anti-block element being installed in the container body, the container body having an upper end covered by a lid, wherein the raw material of the hot drink is placed in the container body and, upon activation of the power motor, is ground into powder by the upper and lower grinding elements; and the powder thus formed for making the hot drink is carried by a translational transport module into the steeping chamber, the translational transport module comprising a guide tube fitted to the receiving portion of the supporting seat installed on the main body of the beverage making mechanism, the guide tube having a bottom assembled with an arcuate rack seat and a distal end formed with a through hole fastened with a transparent window, the arcuate rack seat being driven by a gear coupled to a shaft of another power motor assembled to the main body of the beverage making mechanism such that the guide tube is driven in unison to rotate along the supporting seat, the guide tube, when rotated to an upper end of the steeping chamber, pushing aside an inlet cover at the upper end of the steeping chamber so that the guide tube has an end corresponding in position to the discharge opening of the supporting seat and introduces the powder for making the hot drink into an inlet of the steeping chamber, hot boiled water being guided from the internal water tank to drip into the powder in the steeping chamber for making the hot drink, thus forming a convenient hot drink making mechanism.