Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J43/00—Implements for preparing or holding food, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • A47J43/04—Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven
  • A47J43/042—Mechanically-driven liquid shakers
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J43/00—Implements for preparing or holding food, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • A47J43/04—Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven
  • A47J43/044—Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the top side
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
  • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
  • B01F31/00—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms
  • B01F31/20—Mixing the contents of independent containers, e.g. test tubes
  • B01F31/24—Mixing the contents of independent containers, e.g. test tubes the containers being submitted to a rectilinear movement
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J43/00—Implements for preparing or holding food, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • A47J43/04—Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven
  • A47J43/044—Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven with tools driven from the top side
  • A47J2043/04454—Apparatus of counter top type
  • A47J2043/0449—Apparatus of counter top type with a mixing unit detachable from the support

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of machines for triturating ingredients, and in particular relates to an automatic tampering system for triturating ingredients in a container and on a cocktail machine comprising said automatic tampering system.
• PCT International Application WO2014150896 discloses a machine for mixing the ingredients of a beverage, said machine comprising a pestle having at least one head, a driving assembly comprising an electric motor being attached to the upper end of the pestle for rotating on itself and back and forth vertical pestle to crush ingredients in a container, the container being held on the machine by a container holder.
• this machine does not exactly reproduce the movement of a bartender, the pestle moving only vertically and in rotation on itself, and not in the entire surface of the bottom of the container, which does not allow to triturate efficiently and uniformly ingredients present in the container.
• this machine does not make it possible to mix by shaking the ingredients contained in the container once they have been triturated.
• the present invention aims at solving the drawbacks of the prior art, by proposing an automatic tampering system for triturating ingredients in a container, said automatic tampering device comprising a container blocking device and a pilot block.
• pestle comprising a pestle driving device on itself, a vertical pylon moving device, a pestle tilting device and a pylon tilting device rotating driving device, said pylon automatic pestle thus allowing the ingredients to be triturated automatically and uniformly in the container by reproducing the movement carried out by a bartender throughout the bottom surface of the container, which makes it possible to grind efficiently and uniformly the ingredients and to increase the number of drinks which can be served in a given time by a bartender.
• the automatic tamper system may also include a container shaking device for shaking the ingredients in the container once they have been triturated by the pestle.
• the present invention also provides a cocktail machine comprising said automatic tamper system.
• the subject of the present invention is therefore an automatic pestle system for triturating ingredients in a container, the automatic pestle system comprising a pestle assembly comprising a pestle and on the right of which is disposed a container blocking device for locking in position under the pestle.
• the pestle assembly further comprising a pylon driving block connected to the upper end of the pestle, the pestle head being directed opposite the driving block of pestle in the longitudinal direction of the pestle and being configured to move in use in the container blocked in the container blocking device, the pylon driving block comprising a pylon driving device on itself, a device for vertical displacement of the pylon, an electronic card configured to drive the p-rotation drive device ilon on itself and the device for vertical displacement of pestle and a power supply, characterized in that the pylon driving block further comprises a device for tilting pestle and a device for rotating the device. tilting of the pestle, the pylon tilting device and the tilting device rotating device being controlled by said electronic card.
• the automatic tamper system is configured to reproduce the movement performed by a bartender, the pestle rotation device on itself and the vertical pestle movement device for crushing the ingredients in the container using the pestle head, the pestle tilt device and the device rotation device a pestle tilt allowing the pestle head to move throughout the bottom surface of the container, regardless of the shape and the bottom diameter of the container, thereby automatically, evenly and efficiently grinding the ingredients contained in the container the container and increase the efficiency of the bartender or user performing the drink.
• the container blocking device allows a container to be locked in position under the pestle assembly such that, when the pestle is controlled by the pestle control block, the container is fixed in order to effectively triturate the ingredients present in the pestle. the recipient .
• the electronic card comprises one of a processor, a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a digital signal processor (DSP), or a Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) programmable logic component or ASIC component.
• the memory in order to control the pylon driving block.
• the pylon driving device itself comprises a first electric motor whose rotor is connected to the upper end of the pylon and has an axis of rotation corresponding to the longitudinal direction. pestle in order to rotate the pestle on itself about its longitudinal axis, the first electric motor being controlled by the electronic card.
• the rotation of the pestle on itself about its longitudinal axis makes it possible to triturate the ingredients present in the container when the pestle head is lowered to the bottom of the container by the device vertical movement of pestle.
• the device for vertical displacement of the pestle comprises at least one vertical rod, on which the pylon driving block is able to slide, and a second electric motor whose rotor is connected to a first wheel. toothed and whose stator is fixed to the pylon driving block, the first gear meshing with a fixed vertical rack so that the rotation of the rotor of the second electric motor causes the displacement of the second electric motor along the rack , which causes the sliding of the pestle driving block along the at least one vertical rod, the second electric motor being controlled by the electronic card.
• the device for vertical displacement of pestle preferably comprises two vertical rods.
• the vertical sliding of the pestle control block along the at least one vertical rod makes it possible to lower the pestle head at the bottom of the container and then to perform a vertical back and forth movement in order to grind the ingredients. present in the container, simultaneously or not to the rotation of the pestle on itself.
• the pylon tilting device comprises a third electric motor whose rotor is connected to one end of an articulated arm, the other of the ends of the articulated arm being connected to a connecting element comprising a through hole in which is inserted the upper end of the pestle, so that the rotation of the rotor of the third electric motor causes the tilting of the pestle head, the third electric motor being driven by the electronic card.
• the rotation of the rotor of the third electric motor causes the tilting of the pestle from the connecting element driven by the articulated arm, which allows to tilt the pestle head in the container to reach the edges of the bottom of the container for triturating the ingredients arranged at the edges of the container, simultaneously or not to the vertical movement of the pestle and simultaneously or not with the rotation of the pestle on itself.
• the device for driving a tilting device inclination device comprises a fourth electric motor whose rotor is connected to a second toothed wheel meshing with a third gear wheel with a through hole central, the second and third gears being located in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the pylon, the pylon tilting device being inserted into the central through hole of the third gear and being attached to the third gear, of such that the rotation of the rotor of the fourth electric motor causes rotation of the pylon tilting device, the fourth electric motor being driven by the electronic card.
• the rotation of the pestle tilting device allows movement of the pestle head throughout the bottom surface of the container to reproduce the movement performed by a bartender.
• the container blocking device comprises two parallel vertical jaws configured to be moved closer to each other by a device of the invention. jaw displacement controlled by a fifth electric motor and to lock a container by clamping the jaws on the side walls of the container, the fifth electric motor being driven by the electronic card.
• the two jaws allow to lock a container in position under the pestle assembly so that, when driving the pestle by the pestle control block, the container remains fixed to effectively grind the ingredients present in the container.
• such a two-jaw container blocking device can block in position a container of any size, within the limit of the maximum spacing between the two jaws.
• the jaw displacement device comprises a frame in which are disposed the ends of a first horizontal rod and the ends of a horizontal threaded rod assembly parallel to the first horizontal rod, the assembly horizontal threaded rod comprising a first threaded rod and a second threaded rod whose thread is opposite that of the first threaded rod, the second threaded rod comprising a central longitudinal bore complementary to the first threaded rod in which is fixedly inserted a portion of the first threaded rod, one of the two jaws comprising at its upper part two holes in which are respectively inserted the first horizontal rod and the first threaded rod, and the other of the two jaws comprising at its upper part.
• the rotation of the rotor of the fifth electric motor drives the rotation of the first threaded rod, which causes the rotation of the second threaded rod, causing the two threaded nuts respectively to move on the first and second threaded rods, so that the two jaws move toward or away from each other in the direction of rotation of the fifth electric motor, the two cylinders with ball bearings moving, corresponding respectively to the two threaded nuts, on the first horizontal rod by being driven respectively by the two jaws.
• a container disposed in the container blocking device of the automatic tamper system, between the two spaced jaws, is thus automatically locked in position by means of the two jaws close to the side walls of the container by the horizontal threaded rod assembly driven by the fifth electric motor.
• the first and second threaded rods are trapezoidal screws and the two threaded nuts are trapezoidal nuts. There is thus a faster movement for a number of revolutions of the determined motor.
• the automatic tamper device system further comprises a container shaking system disposed in the container blocking device, the container shaking system comprising a sixth electric motor whose rotor is connected to a container. cam connected to one end of an arm, the other end of said arm being connected to the frame of the jaw displacement device, said frame comprising at least one hole in which is inserted 1 'at least one vertical rod of the device for vertical displacement of pestle, so that the rotation of the rotor of the sixth electric motor causes the vertical movement back and forth of the container blocking device, the sixth electric motor being controlled by the electronic card.
• a container shaking system disposed in the container blocking device, the container shaking system comprising a sixth electric motor whose rotor is connected to a container. cam connected to one end of an arm, the other end of said arm being connected to the frame of the jaw displacement device, said frame comprising at least one hole in which is inserted 1 'at least one vertical rod of the device for vertical displacement of pestle, so that the rotation of the rotor of the sixth electric motor causes the vertical movement
• the container shaking system can move vertically in and out of the container. comes fast the container to mix the ingredients, such as sugar and one or more liquids, contained in the container.
• the container shaking system makes it possible to shake the container, preferably more than 250 times per minute, in order to emulsify the ingredients present in the container.
• the container shaking system further comprises means for locking a lid on the container.
• said blocking means makes it possible to block a lid on the container in order to prevent the lid from coming off the container during the shaking of the container by the container shaking system.
• the means for locking a lid on the container comprises at least two horizontal rails disposed on the inner face of the frame of the jaw displacement device and configured to lock together the lid and the container.
• the container and lid assembly is inserted, at the junction between the lid and the container, into the at least two horizontal rails to block the lid on the container during shaking of the container by the container shaking system.
• the automatic tamper device system further comprises an automatic container conveyor configured to bring a container under the container lock.
• the container is automatically brought under the container blocking device by the automatic conveyor, said automatic conveyor being also configured to automatically move the container away from the container blocking device after the end of the trituration of the ingredients and / or shaking of the container by the automatic tamper system.
• the present invention also relates to a cocktail machine comprising an automatic tamper system according to the present invention.
• the cocktail machine allows the realization of cocktails for example by automatic dosing of liquids and / or ingredients in a container, the automatic pestle system that then triturates the ingredients in the container, the automatic pestle system can then also shake the container to mix the ingredients.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic tamper system according to the present invention
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of the pestle assembly of the automatic pestle system of Figure 1;
• Figure 3 is a perspective view of the container clamping device of the automatic tamper device of Figure 1;
• Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the container blocking device of Figure 3 at the planes containing the first horizontal threaded rod and the horizontal threaded rod assembly;
• FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a container, with a lid, locked in the container blocking device of Figure 3.
• the automatic pestle 1 system for triturating ingredients in a container (not shown in Figure 1) comprises a pylon assembly 2, the pylon assembly 2 comprising a pylon 3 and a pylon driving block 4.
• the automatic tampering device 1 further comprises a container blocking device 5 (which will be described in more detail in FIG. 3) disposed in line with the pestle assembly 2 and configured to lock a container in the position under the pestle 3. which pestle 3 is intended to grind ingredients.
• the pylon driving block 4 is connected to the upper end 3a of the pylon 3, the head 3b of the pylon 3 being directed opposite the pylon driving block 4 in the longitudinal direction of the pylon 3 and being configured to moving in use in the container blocked in the container blocking device 5.
• the automatic tamper 1 system further comprises a box 6 disposed at the rear of the drumstick assembly 2 and the container blocking device 5, the box 6 containing inside thereof an electronic card (not shown in Figure 1) configured to drive the pylon driving block 4 and the container blocking device 5, and a power supply (not shown in Figure 1).
• the automatic rammer system 1 further comprises two vertical rods 7 on which the pylon assembly 2 and the container blocking device 5 are slidable, the upper ends and the lower ends of the two vertical rods 7 being respectively inserted fixed in two horizontal support elements 8 connecting the two vertical rods 7 between them, the two horizontal support elements 8 being fixed on the front face of the box 6 by screwing, welding and / or bonding.
• system of automatic tamper 1 could also include a single rod vertical 7 or at least three vertical rods 7, without departing from the present invention.
• the ramming block 4 comprises a side wall 4a, an upper wall 4b which is fixed to the side wall 4a by screws 4c, and a bottom wall (not visible in FIG. 1) which is fixed to the side wall 4a. by screws.
• the side wall 4a of the ramming block 4 comprises two through-holes 4d through which the two vertical rods 7 slide respectively.
• the container blocking device 5 comprises a frame 5a comprising two through-holes 5b through which the two vertical rods 7 slide respectively.
• the front face of the box 6 comprises three notches 6a in order to allow the sliding of the ramming block 4 and the container blocking device 5 along the two vertical rods 7, the front face of the box 6 further comprising holes 6b adapted to receive screws for, for example, attach the automatic tamper 1 system to a cocktail machine.
• the automatic tampering device 1 comprises a pestle driving device on itself 9, a device for vertical displacement of pestle 10, a pylon tilting device 11 and a pylon tilting device 12.
• the automatic tamper 1 system is configured to reproduce the movement performed by a bartender, the pestle rotation device on itself 9 and the vertical pest 10 displacement device for crushing ingredients present in a container arranged under the drumstick assembly 2 with the pestle head 3b, the pylon tilter 11 and the pylon tilt device 12 for the pestle head 3b to move in any the bottom surface of the container, regardless of the shape and the bottom diameter of the container, which allows to crush automatically, uniformly and effectively the ingredients contained in the container.
• the pylon driving device 9, the pylon tilting device 11 and the pylon tilting device 12 are arranged in the pylon driving block 4, and the device for vertical displacement of pestle 10 is placed in the box 6.
• the electronic card (not shown in FIG. 2) is configured to control the pylon rotation driving device on itself 9, the vertical pylon movement device 10, the pylon tilting device 11 and the device pylon tilting device 12, the electronic card comprising one of a processor, a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a digital signal processor (DSP), or a programmable logic component of the prediffused matrix type programmable (FPGA) or application-specific component (ASIC), and memory.
• DSP digital signal processor
• FPGA prediffused matrix type programmable
• ASIC application-specific component
• system of automatic tamper 1 could also include several electronic cards to control the different devices, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
• the pylon driving device 9 comprises a first electric motor 13, the rotor of which is connected to the upper end 3a of the pylon 3 and whose axis of rotation is the longitudinal direction of the pylon 3, in order to rotate the pestle 3 about itself about its longitudinal axis, the first electric motor 13 being controlled by the electronic card.
• the rotation of the pestle 3 on itself about its longitudinal axis makes it possible to grind ingredients present in a container when the pestle head 3b is lowered to the bottom of the container by the device for vertical displacement of pestle 10.
• the rotational speed of the first electric motor 13 is preferably between 50 and 120 rpm.
• the device for vertical displacement of pylon 10 comprises a second electric motor 14 whose rotor is connected to a first gear 15 and whose stator is fixed on the side wall 4a of the pylon driving block 4 by a connecting element 16, U-shaped, screwed on the stator of the second electric motor 14 and on the side wall 4a of the pylon driving block 4.
• the first gear 15 meshes with a vertical rack 17 fixed to the gearbox 6 so that the rotation of the rotor of the second electric motor 14 causes the second electric motor 14 to move along the rack 17, which causes the pylon driving block 4 to slide along the two vertical rods 7, the second electric motor 14 being driven by the electronic card.
• Sliding cylinders 18 are arranged in the pylon driving block 4 by being respectively inserted on the two vertical rods 7 in order to guide the sliding of the pylon driving block 4 along the two vertical rods 7.
• the vertical sliding of the pestle control block 4 along the two vertical rods 7 makes it possible to lower the pestle head 3b at the bottom of a container and then to perform a vertical back and forth movement in order to grind the ingredients present in the container.
• the rotational speed of the second electric motor 14 is preferably between 40 and 80 rpm.
• the tilting device 11 includes a third electric motor 19 whose rotor is connected to a first arm member 20a of an articulated arm 20, the articulated arm 20 further comprising a second arm member 20b, one of which ends is rotatably attached to the first arm member 20a and the other end of which is rotatably attached to a connecting member 21 having a through-hole 21a into which is inserted the upper end 3a of the pestle 3, such that the rotation of the rotor of the third electric motor 19 causes the inclination of the pylon head 3b in a vertical plane, the third electric motor 19 being controlled by the electronic card.
• the rotation of the rotor of the third electric motor 19 causes the tilting or swinging of the pylon 3 in a vertical plane from a horizontal axis of the connecting element 21 driven by the articulated arm 20, which allows tilting the pestle head 3b in the container to reach the edges of the bottom of the container for triturating ingredients arranged at the edges of the container.
• the rotational speed of the third electric motor 19 is preferably between 20 and 25 rpm.
• the turret tilting device 12 driving device comprises a fourth electric motor 22 whose rotor is connected to a second gear 23 meshing with a third gear 24 with a central through hole 24a, the connecting member 21 of the pile driver 11 being inserted into the central through hole 24a of the third gear 24 and the third electric motor 19 of the pile driver 11 being attached to the third gear 24 by a support plate 25 screwed on the third electric motor 19 and on the third gear 24, so that the rotation of the rotor of the fourth electric motor 22 causes the rotation of the tilting device 11, the fourth electric motor 22 being driven by the electronic card.
• the rotation of the tilting device 11 allows the movement of the pestle head 3b throughout the bottom surface of the container to reproduce the movement performed by a bartender.
• Another circular and horizontal support plate 26 is also arranged in the pilot block of pestle 4 above the third gear wheel 24, said support plate 26 comprising a central hole 26a into which are inserted the pylon driving device on itself 9 and the pylon tilting device 11 , the fourth electric motor 22 being disposed on the upper part of the support plate 26 with its rotor passing through a hole in the support plate 26 to be connected to the second gear 23.
• the support plate 26 is fixed to the lower wall of the pylon driving block 4 by screws 26b and to the side wall 4a of the pylon driving block 4 by a fastener 26c, the second gear 23 and the third gear 24 resting on the upper part of the lower wall of the pylon driving block 4.
• the third gearwheel 24 is larger than the second gearwheel 23, but the second and third gearwheels 23 and 24 could be the same or the second gearwheel 23 could be larger than the third gearwheel. 24, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
• the rotational speed of the fourth electric motor 22 is preferably between 80 and 120 rpm.
• the container blocking device 5 comprises two parallel vertical jaws 27 configured to be moved closer to / apart from each other by a jaw moving device 28 driven by a fifth electric motor 29 and to lock a container (not shown in FIGS. Figures 3 and 4) by clamping the jaws 27 on the walls side of the container, the fifth electric motor 29 being controlled by the electronic card.
• the fifth electric motor 29 could also be driven by another additional electronic card, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
• Seals 27a are arranged at the lower portions of the two jaws 27 to compensate for any inclination of the side walls of the blocked container.
• the jaw moving device 28 comprises the frame 5a (shown in phantom in FIG. 3) in which are disposed the ends of a first horizontal rod 30 and the ends of a horizontal threaded rod assembly 31 parallel to the first horizontal rod. 30.
• the horizontal threaded rod assembly 31 comprises a first threaded rod 31a and a second threaded rod 31b whose thread is opposite to that of the first threaded rod 31a.
• the second threaded rod 31b comprises a central longitudinal bore complementary to the end 31c of the first threaded rod 31a opposite the second threaded rod 31b, the corresponding end 31c of the first threaded rod 31a being fixedly inserted into said bore of the second threaded rod 31b, said end 31c having a smaller diameter than the remainder of the first threaded rod 31a.
• One of the two jaws 27 comprises at its upper portion two holes 27b in which are respectively inserted the first horizontal rod 30 and the first threaded rod 31a.
• the other of the two jaws 27 comprises at its upper part two holes 27c in which are respectively inserted the first horizontal rod 30 and the second threaded rod 31b.
• Two cylinders with ball bearings 32 are arranged on the first horizontal rod 30 between the two jaws 27 and respectively fixed to the two jaws 27, to allow sliding therein of the rod 30.
• Two cylinders 33 respectively comprising inside them two threaded nuts 33a respectively complementary to the first and second threaded rods 31a and 31b, are respectively disposed on the first and second threaded rods 31a and 31b between the two jaws 27 and respectively attached to the two jaws 27.
• the rotor of the fifth electric motor 29 is connected to the first threaded rod 31a via a hole 5b in the frame 5a and has an axis of rotation corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the rod assembly 31, so that the rotation of the rotor of the fifth electric motor 29 causes the rotation of the first threaded rod 31a, which causes the rotation of the second threaded rod 31b, causing the displacement of the two threaded nut cylinders 33a respectively on the first and second threaded rods 31a and 31b, so that the two jaws 27 move toward or away from each other in the direction of rotation of the fifth electric motor 29, the two cylinders with ball bearings 32 moving, correspondingly respectively to the two cylinders 33 with threaded nut 33a, on the first horizontal rod 30 being respectively driven by the two jaws 27.
• the first and second threaded rods 31a and 31b are preferably trapezoidal screws and the two threaded nuts 33 are preferably trapezoidal nuts complementary to the trapezoidal screws.
• the rotational speed of the fifth electric motor 29 is preferably between 20 and 40 rpm.
• the container blocking device 5 further comprises a container shaking system 34 which comprises a sixth electric motor 35 whose rotor is connected to a cam 36 connected to one end of an arm 37, the other of ends of said arm 37 being connected to the frame 5a of the jaw moving device 28 by a bolt 37a.
• a container shaking system 34 which comprises a sixth electric motor 35 whose rotor is connected to a cam 36 connected to one end of an arm 37, the other of ends of said arm 37 being connected to the frame 5a of the jaw moving device 28 by a bolt 37a.
• Two sliding cylinders 38 are arranged in the frame 5a, at the through holes 5b, respectively being inserted on the two vertical rods 7 to guide the sliding of the frame 5a along the two vertical rods 7, so that the rotation of the rotor of the sixth electric motor 35 causes the vertical movement back and forth of the frame 5a of the container blocking device 5, the sixth electric motor 35 being driven by the electronic card.
• the fifth electric motor 35 could also be driven by another additional electronic card, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
• the frame 5a comprises, at one of its side walls, a notch 39 forming two opposite rails, the notch 39 being complementary to the shape of a lid adapted to be arranged on the container, to facilitate the insertion of the container with said lid into the container blocking device 5.
• the container shaking system 34 can be moved vertically in the desired direction. and quickly comes the container to mix the ingredients contained in the container.
• the rotational speed of the sixth electric motor 35 is preferably greater than 250 rpm in order to emulsify the ingredients present in the container.
• FIG. 5 it can be seen that there is shown a container 40, with a lid 41, locked in the container blocking device 5 of the automatic tamper 1 system.
• the frame 5a of the container blocking device 5 comprises three horizontal rails 42 arranged at the three internal side walls of the frame 5a other than the side wall of the frame 5a including the notch 39, the three horizontal rails 42 being configured to receive and block together the lid and the container.
• the container assembly 40 and lid 41 is inserted, at its junction between the lid 41 and the container 40, into the three horizontal rails in order to block the lid 41 on the container 40 during shaking of the container 40 by the container shaking system 34.
• the frame 5a could comprise only two horizontal rails 42 arranged on two opposite inner side walls of the frame 5a, without departing from the scope of the present invention.
• the lid 41 is configured such that the container 40 is sealed when the lid 41 is disposed thereon.
• the upper part of the cover 41 has a recess 41a adapted to receive the head 3b of the pestle 3, the recess 41a being configured in such a way that the pestle head 3b does not come into contact with the lower part of the cover 41 when the container 40 is shaken by the container shaking system 40.
• the automatic tampering device 1 may also comprise an automatic container conveyor (not shown in FIGS. 1 to 5) configured to bring the container 40 under the container blocking device 5, thereby causing the container 40 to be automatically brought under the device.
• container blocking 5 by the automatic conveyor said automatic conveyor being also configured to automatically move the container 40 away from the container blocking device 5 after the end of the trituration of the ingredients and / or the shaking of the container 40 by the automatic tamper system 1 .
• the present invention also relates to a cocktail machine comprising an automatic tamper 1 system according to the present invention.
• Said cocktail machine thus allows the making of cocktails in the container 40, the automatic tamper 1 system then allowing to crush the ingredients present in the container 40, the automatic pestle system 1 can then also shake the container 40 to mix the ingredients present therein after arranging the lid 41 on the container 40.

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