JPH07104978B2 - Cup beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention allows a stirring rod provided above a bend stage to enter into a cup carried out on the bend stage so that the beverage raw material and the drinking water in the cup are The present invention relates to a cup-type beverage vending machine that prepares a beverage by stirring a beverage.

[Conventional technology]

In a cup type beverage vending machine, a certain amount of beverage raw material carried out by a sales signal and hot water are stirred by an agitator in a mixing bowl to prepare a beverage by dissolving the raw material in hot water, and this beverage is placed on a bend stage. Many are sold by pouring them into the cups that have been shipped. By the way, in the case of selling a large number of beverages, a large number of mixing bowls have been developed by removing the agitator and simplifying the stirring bowl and provided with a stirring rod above and above the bend stage. In the case of this beverage vending machine, the raw material and the hot water are mixed by the water flow of the hot water in the mixing bowl, and then injected into the cup carried out on the bend stage, and at the same time as this, the stirring rod enters the cup. A mixture of the raw material and warm water is stirred to prepare a beverage in which the raw material is sufficiently dissolved in warm water.

Separately from this structure, a cup with a cup of raw material stored in the bottom is stored in the cup unloading device, and hot water is poured into the raw material-loaded cup that has been delivered to the bend stage according to a sales signal to prepare a beverage. Beverage vending machines have been put into practical use, but in this case as well, development and practical application of stirring with the stirring rod is being promoted as a method for more sufficiently dissolving the raw materials in the poured hot water.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

By the way, in the conventional beverage vending machine equipped with the stirring rod, after the beverage is stirred, the beverage attached to the stirring rod pulled up from the cup is transformed into the beverage to be sold next while being denatured, or bacteria. There is a risk of promoting the breeding of
It was necessary for hygiene management to eliminate this.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cup-type beverage vending machine which includes a stirring rod for stirring the beverage raw material and the drinking water in the cup on the bend stage and which does not cause any problem in hygiene management.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, an agitating rod is provided above the bend stage so as to be movable up and down, and the agitating rod is advanced into the cup carried out on the bend stage to allow the inside of the cup to move. In a cup-type beverage vending machine that prepares a beverage by stirring the beverage raw material and the drinking water, after the cup is taken out of the bend stage, the surface of the stirring rod is rinsed with washing water and stirred. A cleaning device for cleaning the rod and a drain container for collecting the cleaning water for cleaning the stirring rod shall be provided.

[Action]

After the cup is taken out from the bend stage, the surface of the stirring rod is rinsed with washing water to wash the stirring rod. The washing water used to wash the stirring rod is collected in the drainage container.

〔Example〕

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a main body case, 2 is a large number of raw material boxes each having a discharge mechanism at the lower end for storing different raw materials, and 3 is a raw material box. A chute 4 for guiding the raw material carried out from 2 to a mixing bowl, which will be described later, has a heater built therein to heat the drinking water supplied from the water reservoir 5, and a hot water tank for always storing a predetermined amount of hot water, 6 has one end A hot water supply pipe which is connected to the hot water tank 4 and supplies a constant amount of temperature to the mixing bowl by opening the solenoid valve 7 in response to a sales signal, and 10 is a mixture of the fed raw material and hot water by a flow of hot water, and this mixed liquid is a beverage. A natural stirring type mixing bowl that sends out to the cup on the bend stage through the pipe 11, 13 is a bend stage whose front surface forms the product outlet of the beverage vending machine, 14
Is a cup storage cylinder that carries out the cups 15 one by one to the bend stage 13 in response to a sales signal, 16 is a stirring rod which is provided above the bend stage 13 and has a lower end portion which is a stirring blade 16a, and 17 is agitated by being supported and fixed to members inside the machine A drive device that holds the rod 16 and moves or rotates it vertically. Reference numeral 20 is a cleaning device, and 21 is a water guide which is installed on the upper part of the stirring rod 16 and surrounds the stirring rod 16 in a donut shape, and a water outlet is formed with a slight gap between the inner periphery of the lower surface and the outer periphery of the stirring rod. ,twenty two
Is a washing hose for supplying the warm water in the warm water tank 4 to the water guide 21 by opening the solenoid valve 23.

In the above configuration, the mixing bowl is activated by the sales signal.
The beverage raw material carried out to 10 and warm water are mixed to form a mixed liquid, which is poured into the cup 15 carried out on the bend stage 13. Then, the driving device 17 is driven to lower the stirring rod 16 until the stirring blade 16a enters the cup 15, and then the stirring rod 16 is rotated for a certain period of time and then pulled up to the original position. By the rotation of the stirring rod 16, the raw material in the cup 15 and the warm water are sufficiently stirred, and the raw material is dissolved in the warm water to prepare a beverage. The cup 15 containing this beverage is then taken out by the customer from the product outlet. On the other hand, when the stirring rod 16 is pulled up, the electromagnetic valve 23 is opened for a certain period of time, and the hot water in the hot water tank 4 is sent to the water guide 21 via the washing hose 22 as washing water. The cleaning water flows out from the water guide 21, flows down while cleaning the surface of the stirring rod 16 without leaking, passes through the slender bend stage 13, and is collected in the drainage container 25 therebelow. As a result, the beverage attached to the stirring rod 16 is washed away by the washing water, and the sanitary condition becomes good, and the beverage vending machine is put in the standby state for sale again.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the hot beverage is sold, and the case where the hot water for drinking is used as the washing water has been described.However, the present invention sells a cold beverage, for example, and the drinking water is contained in the cup containing the raw material in advance. It can also be applied to those that inject and prepare and sell beverages, etc., and can also be applied by applying various things according to the form of the beverage vending machine, such as using water in the water reservoir for washing water. The same effects as those in the above-described embodiments can be obtained.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, a stirring rod is provided above the bend stage so as to be movable up and down, and the stirring rod is allowed to enter the cup carried out on the bend stage, and the beverage raw material and the drinking water in the cup are In a cup-type beverage vending machine that prepares a beverage by stirring, a washing device for washing by washing the washing water on the surface of the stirring rod is provided. Is removed and the product is kept in a very clean state when it is on sale, eliminating the problem of hygiene management that was previously held. Furthermore, since the washing water for washing the stirring rod is used only for washing, a large amount of washing water can be used, and therefore the stirring rod can be washed sufficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal front view of a cup-type beverage vending machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of an essential part of the invention in FIG. 4 ... Warm water tank, 13 ... Bend stage, 15 ... Cup, 16 ... Stirring bar, 20 ... Washing device, 21 ... Water guide,
22 …… Washing hose, 23 …… Solenoid valve.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A stir bar is provided above the bend stage so as to be movable up and down, and the stir bar is introduced into the cup carried out on the bend stage so that the raw material for drinking and the drinking water in the cup are separated. In a cup-type beverage vending machine that prepares a beverage by stirring, after the cup is taken out of the bend stage, a cleaning device that rinses the washing water on the surface of the stirring rod to wash the stirring rod, A cup-type beverage vending machine, characterized in that it is provided with a drainage container for collecting the washing water for washing the stirring rod.