1. An apparatus for producing liquid drinks or foamed liquid drinks, said apparatus comprising:
an outlet structure;
a capsule defining a liquid chamber and an air chamber that is separate from the liquid chamber, said capsule having a floor member, which is located above said outlet structure and can be opened to permit the dispensing of the liquid from said capsule, and to permit air from the air chamber to be added to the liquid being dispensed from the capsule for the creation of foam; and
a counter piece disposed adjacent said floor member of said capsule,
wherein said capsule is in the form of a bellows which is closed at its front end and is compressible against said counter piece under the influence of a force applied in the direction of the outlet structure.
2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outlet structure or the floor member of the capsule is equipped with a resistance processing disc through which the liquid exiting from the capsule can be conveyed.
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a resistance processing disc associated with the outlet structure, wherein the counter piece cooperates with the floor of the capsule and is positioned over the resistance processing disc, and wherein the resistance processing disc is rotatably adjustable and is equipped with a number of resistance processing elements arranged in a circle.
4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the liquid chamber is an annular chamber that surrounds the air chamber.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising an air nozzle for supplying air, said air nozzle can be inserted through the closed end of said capsule into the air chamber during compression of said capsule.
6. An apparatus for producing milk drinks or foamed milk drinks, said apparatus comprising:
an outlet structure;
a capsule having an outlet end disposed adjacent said outlet structure, said capsule defining a milk chamber for holding a predetermined quantity of milk, and an air chamber that is separate from said milk chamber,
wherein the outlet end of said capsule is provided with floor parts associated with said milk chamber and said air chamber, respectively, and
wherein said floor parts of said capsule can be opened so that air can be added to the milk exiting from said milk chamber for the creation of foam.
7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a resistance processing disc associated with the outlet structure, and a counter piece cooperating with the floor of the capsule and positioned above the resistance processing disc, wherein the resistance processing disc is rotatably adjustable and is equipped with a number of resistance processing elements arranged in a circle.
8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a processing disc connected to said outlet structure, said processing disc comprising a plurality of processing elements.
9. An apparatus for producing milk drinks or foamed milk drinks, said apparatus comprising:
an outlet structure;
a collapsible capsule defining a milk chamber for holding a predetermined quantity of milk, said capsule having a floor member, which is located above said outlet structure and can be opened to permit dispensing of the milk from said capsule, wherein said capsule comprises an outer wall and an inner wall spaced from said outer wall so as to form an annular milk chamber and an inner air chamber that is surrounded by said annular milk chamber, wherein air can be added to the milk dispensed from said capsule for the creation of foam; and
a counter piece disposed adjacent said floor member of said capsule,
wherein said capsule is closed at an end that is remote from said floor member, and said capsule is compressible in the direction of the outlet structure and against said counter piece.
10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the collapsible capsule is disposable.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An automatic clutch control apparatus comprising a clutch mechanism that is disposed between a drive source and a transmission, and due to a clutch stroke position changing, engages and disengages the drive source and the transmission with each other; a fluid pressure generating means that generates an working fluid pressure for changing the clutch stroke position of the clutch mechanism, and causes the working fluid pressure to act on the clutch mechanism via a fluid pressure acting path; and a stroke position detecting means for detecting the clutch stroke position of the clutch mechanism by detecting the operating position of the fluid pressure generating means; wherein based on the clutch stroke position detected with the stroke position detecting means, the operating position of the fluid pressure generating means is adjusted to change the clutch stroke position of the clutch mechanism; the automatic clutch control apparatus comprising:
a temperature change amount recognizing means that detects or estimates an amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid;
a revolutions detecting means that detects the number of revolutions of an input side or an output side of the clutch mechanism; and
a fluid pressure control means that, when the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid that has been detected or estimated with the temperature change amount recognizing means has reached a predetermined control switching temperature change amount, controls operation of the fluid pressure generating means based on the number of revolutions of the input side or the output side of the clutch mechanism detected with the revolutions detecting means.
2. The automatic clutch control apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the clutch mechanism, when an working fluid pressure has been received from the fluid pressure generating means, disengages the drive source and the transmission from each other, and when the working fluid pressure from the fluid pressure generating means is released, engages the drive source and the transmission with each other; and
the fluid pressure control means, when the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid that has been detected or estimated with the temperature change amount recognizing means has reached a predetermined control switching temperature change amount, changes the clutch stroke position in the direction that the drive source and the transmission engage with each other, such that the number of revolutions of the input side or the output side of the clutch mechanism detected with the revolutions detecting means returns to the number of revolutions before volume expansion accompanying the change in the temperature of the working fluid occurred.
3. The automatic clutch control apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the clutch mechanism, when an working fluid pressure has been received from the fluid pressure generating means, engages the drive source and the transmission with each other, and when the working fluid pressure from the fluid pressure generating means is released, disengages the drive source and the transmission from each other; and
the fluid pressure control means, when the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid that has been detected or estimated with the temperature change amount recognizing means has reached a predetermined control switching temperature change amount, changes the clutch stroke position in the direction that the drive source and the transmission disengage from each other, such that the number of revolutions of the input side or the output side of the clutch mechanism detected with the revolutions detecting means returns to the number of revolutions before volume expansion accompanying the change in the temperature of the working fluid occurred.
4. The automatic clutch control apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the fluid pressure generating means is configured such that a piston is movably stored inside of a clutch master cylinder, and working fluid pressure that is caused to act on the clutch mechanism is changed with movement of this piston, and a reservoir tank is connected to the clutch master cylinder, and in a state in which the piston has moved forward to a position where the fluid pressure acting path and the reservoir tank are not in communication, the working fluid pressure is generated with the fluid pressure acting path as a closed circuit; and
the temperature change amount recognizing means detects or estimates the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid in a period during which the state in which the fluid pressure acting path is a closed circuit continues, and is configured such that the operation to detect or the operation to estimate the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid is cancelled when the piston has withdrawn to a position where the fluid pressure acting path and the reservoir tank are in communication.
5. The automatic clutch control apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein the revolutions detecting means detects the number of revolutions of the input side or the output side of the clutch mechanism at the time when the fluid pressure acting path becomes a closed circuit; and
the fluid pressure control means, when the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid that has been detected or estimated with the temperature change amount recognizing means has reached a predetermined control switching temperature change amount, sets the number of revolutions detected with the revolutions detecting means as a target number of revolutions, and controls operation of the fluid pressure generating means such that the number of revolutions of the input side or the output side of the clutch mechanism matches the target number of revolutions.
6. The automatic clutch control apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the fluid pressure generating means is configured such that a piston is movably stored inside of a clutch master cylinder, and working fluid pressure that is caused to act on the clutch mechanism is changed with movement of this piston, and a reservoir tank is connected to the clutch master cylinder, and in a state in which the piston has moved forward to a position where the fluid pressure acting path and the reservoir tank are not in communication, the working fluid pressure is generated with the fluid pressure acting path as a closed circuit; and
the temperature change amount recognizing means detects or estimates the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid in a period during which the state in which the fluid pressure acting path is a closed circuit continues, and is configured such that the operation to detect or the operation to estimate the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid is cancelled when the piston has withdrawn to a position where the fluid pressure acting path and the reservoir tank are in communication.
7. The automatic clutch control apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein the fluid pressure generating means is configured such that a piston is movably stored inside of a clutch master cylinder, and working fluid pressure that is caused to act on the clutch mechanism is changed with movement of this piston, and a reservoir tank is connected to the clutch master cylinder, and in a state in which the piston has moved forward to a position where the fluid pressure acting path and the reservoir tank are not in communication, the working fluid pressure is generated with the fluid pressure acting path as a closed circuit; and
the temperature change amount recognizing means detects or estimates the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid in a period during which the state in which the fluid pressure acting path is a closed circuit continues, and is configured such that the operation to detect or the operation to estimate the amount of change in the temperature of the working fluid is cancelled when the piston has withdrawn to a position where the fluid pressure acting path and the reservoir tank are in communication.