JP2000276649A - Beverage dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sum up and display the sales amount of beverages and to accurately perform measurement even when a cancel button is pressed while pouring a fixed amount. SOLUTION: This beverage dispenser is provided with a fixed amount pouring function for pouring the prescribed amount of the beverage when an M button or an L button is pressed and stopping pouring in the middle when the cancel button (P button) is pressed during pouring and a free pouring function for pouring the beverage while the P button is pressed. In both cases of fixed amount pouring and free pouring, time is counted in a counter C while a beverage pouring mechanism is in operation and the cumulative value is held in a memory 2. Then, when the display of the sales amount is instructed by a keyboard 4, the cumulative sales amount of the beverage is calculated on the basis of cumulative time held by the memory 2 and it is displayed at a display device 5. Also, when printing output is instructed, it is outputted from a printer 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage dispenser for dispensing a beverage by pressing a beverage dispensing switch.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, soft drinks such as cola, juice and oolong tea have been used as free drinks in family restaurants and the like by using a beverage dispenser.
There is a service that allows you to drink as many drinks as you want.

[0003] In such a case, it is necessary to know how much the beverage has been sold with respect to the sales amount in the sales management. However, in the conventional beverage dispenser, there is no means for accurately summing up the sales volume. Was. However, utility model registration No. 2581
No. 779 (B67D 1/07) discloses a fixed-rate dispensing function for supplying a fixed amount of beverage by operating a dispensing mechanism for a preset time based on operation of a beverage dispensing switch, Shown is a means for managing the remaining amount in the ingredient storage tank of the beverage dispenser with a free dispensing function for activating the dispensing mechanism and dispensing an arbitrary amount of beverage only while the switch is operated. In that case, at the time of quantitative extraction, a counter operation for counting a value corresponding to the stored amount of the raw material according to a preset operation time was performed, and at the time of free amount discharging, the discharging mechanism was operated. The count operation of the counter is performed according to time, and the remaining amount of the raw material storage tank is monitored by comparing the stored amount of the raw material storage tank with the count value of the counter.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional beverage dispenser has a problem that the total sales volume cannot be displayed because the total sales volume is not intended. In addition, in the constant-rate dispensing operation, if the cancel button is pressed during dispensing, there is a problem that a difference occurs between the count value and the actually sold amount, resulting in inaccurate weighing.

[0005] The present invention solves such a problem, and makes it possible to summarize and display the sales amount of beverages.
It is an object of the present invention to accurately measure even when a cancel button is pressed during dispensing in a fixed-rate dispensing operation.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beverage dispenser comprising: a dispensing time counting means for counting time while a beverage dispensing mechanism is operating; Sales time holding means for accumulating and holding the count value of the means; and sales amount display means for displaying the cumulative sales amount of the beverage based on the cumulative time held by the sales time holding means. And In this way, the sales amount of the beverage can be totalized and displayed.

The beverage dispenser according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the beverage dispenser has a quantitative dispensing function capable of stopping the dispensing during the extraction of the beverage. In this way, in the constant-rate dispensing operation, accurate measurement can be performed even when the cancel button is pressed during dispensing.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a beverage dispenser. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a beverage dispenser main body;
-13, a beverage inlet, 14-16, a beverage injection operation unit, 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes a cup mounting table, and reference numeral 18 denotes a cup.

In this beverage dispenser, three types of beverages, namely, cola, orange juice, and oolong tea, are sold from the beverage inlets 11, 12, and 13, respectively. Among them, for example, when selling a normal size cola, press the M button of the beverage injection operation unit 14, and when selling a large size cola, press the L button of the beverage injection operation unit 14, A predetermined amount of cola set in advance is injected into the cup 18 from the beverage inlet 11. At that time, cup 18
If you want to stop halfway before it is full, press the P button or press the M or L button again,
Beverage infusion is stopped halfway.

When the P button is pressed without pressing the M button or the L button, the beverage is injected while the button is pressed, and the injection stops when the pressing is stopped. Therefore, by using the P button, the customer can freely adjust the amount of the beverage to be injected.

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of the beverage dispenser. In FIG. 1, P, M, and L correspond to those in FIG. 2, 3 is an input device, 4 is a keyboard, 5 is a display, 6 is a printer, 7 to 9 are various solenoid valves, and a liquid supply pump. And so on.

The control unit 1 comprises a microcomputer and a memory 2
The control of the entire beverage dispenser is performed based on various control data set in. The input device 3 is a keyboard 4
And the display 5 for setting various control data. The printer 6 prints out various types of data for confirmation.

In the beverage dispenser of the present invention, the control unit 1
Thus, the total sales volume of each beverage is totaled and stored in the memory 2 so that it can be displayed on the display 5 or printed out from the printer 6 as necessary. Next, these processes will be described using a flowchart.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing for selling a beverage dispenser. Step 1: It is determined whether or not the P button has been pressed. Step 2: When the P button is pressed, the dispensing of the beverage corresponding to the pressed P button is started. Step 3: The dispensing time TC is counted. Step 4: It is determined whether or not the P button is still pressed. If the P button is pressed, the flow returns to step 3 to count.

Step 5: If the P button has not been pressed in step 1, it is determined whether or not the M button has been pressed. Step 6: When the M button is pressed, the dispensing of the beverage corresponding to the pressed M button is started. Step 7: The dispensing time TC is counted. Step 8: It is determined whether or not the dispensing time TM corresponding to the cup of the normal size has elapsed. Step 9: If it has not yet elapsed, it is determined whether or not the P button has been pressed, and if not, the process returns to step 7 and counts.

Step 10: If the M button has not been pressed in step 5, it is determined whether or not the L button has been pressed. Step 11: When the L button is pressed, the dispensing of the beverage corresponding to the pressed L button is started. Step 12: The dispensing time TC is counted. Step 13: It is determined whether or not the dispensing time TL corresponding to the large-sized cup has elapsed. Step 14: If the time has not yet elapsed, it is determined whether or not the P button has been pressed, and if not, the flow returns to step 12 to count.

Step 15: If the P button is no longer pressed in step 4, or if the P button is pressed in steps 9 and 14, the dispensing of the beverage is stopped. Step 16: The dispensing time TC counted in steps 3, 7 or 12 is added to the cumulative selling time of the beverage stored in the memory 2.

Such processing is performed for each beverage, and the cumulative sales time is maintained for each beverage. Further, in the memory 2, a dispensing amount per unit time is set for each beverage. When the display command of the total sales amount is issued, the display is performed based on the data.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the sales summary data display processing. Step 1: It is determined whether or not a button for instructing the display of the total sales amount on the keyboard 4 has been pressed. Step 2: When pressed, the cumulative sales time is read from the memory 2. Step 3... Read out the dispensed amount per unit time from the memory 2. Step 4: Check the display unit of the total sales volume. The display unit of the cumulative sales amount is whether to display it in “cc” or to convert it to a normal size cup, but it may be set in advance, or when displaying it, You may make it selectable with the keyboard 4.

Step 5: The accumulated sales time is converted into a designated display unit using the dispensed amount per unit time and displayed on the display unit 5 of the input device 3. Step 6: It is determined whether or not the display is completed. The display may be terminated when a certain time elapses with a timer, or a display end button may be provided and terminated when the button is pressed. Step 7: When the display is completed, the display is turned off.

When the printout of the sales amount is instructed from the keyboard 4, the data is sent to the printer 6 and printed out in step 5, instead of being displayed on the display unit 5.

[0023]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. That is, in the beverage dispenser according to the first aspect, the time is counted during the operation of the beverage dispensing mechanism, the counted value is accumulated and held, and the cumulative sales of the beverage is performed based on the accumulated time. Since the amount is displayed, the sales amount of the beverage can be summed up and displayed.

The beverage dispenser according to the present invention is applied to a beverage dispenser having a fixed-quantity dispensing function capable of stopping dispensing during extraction of a beverage. As a result, in the quantitative dispensing operation, accurate measurement can be performed even when the cancel button is pressed during dispensing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram of a beverage dispenser.

FIG. 2 shows a beverage dispenser.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a beverage dispenser selling process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing sales summary data display processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Input device 4 ... Keyboard 5 ... Display 6 ... Printer 7-9 ... Sales organization 10 ... Beverage dispenser main body 11-13 ... Beverage injection port 14-16 ... Beverage injection operation part 17 ... Cup mounting table 18 ... Cup

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dispensing time counting means for counting time during operation of a beverage dispensing mechanism, a selling time holding means for accumulating and holding a count value of the dispensing time counting means, and a selling time holding means And a sales amount display means for displaying the cumulative sales amount of the beverage based on the cumulative time held by the beverage dispenser. 2. The beverage dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising a quantitative dispensing function capable of stopping the dispensing during the extraction of the beverage.