US 12,215,303 B2
Beverage maker and control method of the same
Jinpyo Hong, Seoul (KR); Yongbum Kim, Seoul (KR); and Youngjin Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/313,521.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0055422 (KR), filed on May 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0348091 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. C12C 11/00 (2006.01); C12C 11/06 (2006.01); C12C 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC C12C 11/006 (2013.01) [C12C 11/06 (2013.01); C12C 13/10 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage maker comprising:
a fermentation module;
a gas discharge channel connected to the fermentation module;
a gas discharge valve connected to the gas discharge channel;
a storage tank connected to the gas discharge valve and provided with a space capable of accommodating gas therein;
an actuator configured to inject gas collected in the space of the storage tank to the fermentation module through the gas discharge channel;
a gas pressure sensor connected before the gas discharge valve in a gas flow direction in the gas discharge channel; and
a controller configured to control the gas discharge valve and the actuator based on a pressure value of the gas pressure sensor.