CN112770654A

CN112770654A - Beverage supply device

Info

Publication number: CN112770654A
Application number: CN201980064249.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周玉清; 中岛一秀
Original assignee: Fuji Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Fuji Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-11-12
Filing date: 2019-10-24
Publication date: 2021-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 2039-10-24
Also published as: WO2020100546A1; JP7251109B2; CN112770654B; JP2020080002A

Abstract

A beverage supply apparatus, comprising: a main body cabinet (10) having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and a front surface opening (10a) in a front surface; and a front surface door (70) which is arranged at one side edge part of the main body cabinet (10) in a mode of opening and closing the front surface opening (10a) in a swinging mode, the beverage supply device supplies beverage prepared in the main body cabinet (10) to a container (C) arranged at a specified position, and an extraction unit (20) which is used for crushing beverage raw materials, extracting beverage from the crushed beverage raw materials and hot water and supplying the beverage to the container (C) is arranged at the other side edge part side in the main body cabinet (10).

Description

Beverage supply device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a beverage supply device.

Background

Conventionally, patent document 1 proposes a beverage supply device that supplies a beverage to a container. The beverage supply device extracts a beverage from hot water and a pulverized beverage material by an extraction unit disposed inside a main body cabinet and supplies the extracted beverage to a container such as a cup.

The extraction unit includes a cylinder, a cover, and a filter unit. The cylinder has a substantially cylindrical shape. The lid body is movably provided in an upper area of the cylinder body so as to open and close the upper surface opening of the cylinder body and so as to approach and separate from the cylinder body. The filter unit is provided in a lower region of the cylinder so as to be movable toward and away from the cylinder, and extracts the beverage by closing the lower surface opening of the cylinder through the filter and sends out the extracted beverage.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2006-190238

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

In the beverage supply device, generally, a cleaning operation of temporarily removing and cleaning the cylinder and the like constituting the extraction unit from the main body cabinet and discarding the extraction residue generated when the beverage is extracted by the extraction unit is periodically performed.

In addition, in the beverage supply device described above, there is a demand for downsizing of the entire device in view of improvement of the degree of freedom of the installation environment and the like.

When such a reduction in size is achieved, the space between the extraction unit and the wall surface of the main body cabinet becomes small, which may complicate the cleaning operation.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a beverage supply device that can simplify the cleaning operation of the extraction unit.

Means for solving the problems

In order to achieve the above object, a beverage supply device according to the present invention includes: a main body cabinet having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and having a front surface opening on a front surface; and a front door swingably provided at one side edge portion of the main body cabinet in a manner of opening and closing the front opening, wherein the beverage supply device supplies a beverage prepared inside the main body cabinet to a container placed at a predetermined position, and wherein an extraction unit that pulverizes a beverage material, extracts a beverage from the pulverized beverage material and hot water, and supplies the beverage to the container is provided at the other side edge portion side of the inside of the main body cabinet.

In the beverage supply device, a generating unit that generates a beverage from a powdered material and hot water and supplies the beverage to the container is provided inside the main body cabinet at a position closer to the one side edge portion than the extracting unit.

In addition, according to the present invention, in the beverage supply device, the beverage supply device includes: a fan case disposed between the extraction unit and the generation unit and at a lower rear portion of the main body cabinet, for sucking the vapor generated in the extraction unit and the generation unit by an action of an exhaust fan built therein; and a fan filter that is attached to the fan case so as to be insertable into and removable from the fan case through a filter opening formed in a front surface of the fan case.

In the beverage supply device, a nozzle for discharging the beverage extracted by the extraction unit and the beverage produced by the production unit to the container is provided in the main body cabinet.

In the beverage supplying apparatus, a supplementary opening is formed in an upper region of the extracting unit on the upper surface of the main body cabinet, and a supplementary door for opening and closing the supplementary opening is provided, and when the front surface door closes the front surface opening, the supplementary door is restricted from swinging in an opening direction, and when the front surface door opens the front surface opening, the supplementary door is allowed to swing in the opening direction.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the present invention, since the extraction unit that extracts the beverage from the pulverized beverage material and the hot water and supplies the beverage to the container is provided inside the main body cabinet on the other side edge portion side of the main body cabinet opposite to the one side edge portion of the front surface door swingably provided with the opening and closing of the front surface opening of the main body cabinet, even if the main body cabinet is miniaturized in accordance with the demand for miniaturization of the entire apparatus, when the extraction unit is taken out through the front surface opening for cleaning or the like of the components of the extraction unit, interference with the front surface door opening the front surface opening does not occur. Therefore, the cleaning operation of the extraction unit can be simplified.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a beverage supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a beverage supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention with a part of its components separated.

Fig. 3 is a front view showing an internal structure of the main body cabinet shown in fig. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a main portion of the main body cabinet shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing an internal structure of the main body cabinet shown in fig. 3 and 4.

Fig. 6 is a sectional side view of the main body cabinet shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the beverage supply apparatus shown in fig. 1, schematically showing a part.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of a main portion of the internal structure of the main body cabinet shown in fig. 3.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the beverage supply device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 and 2 show a beverage supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively, fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration, and fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view in which a part of components is separated. The beverage supply device exemplified here is a device installed in a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket, and includes a device main body 1.

The apparatus main body 1 includes a main body cabinet 10 and a front surface door 70. As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the main body cabinet 10 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape having an opening (hereinafter also referred to as a front opening) 10a on a front surface. As shown in fig. 5, the hot water tank 11, the extraction unit 20, the generation unit 30, the beverage supply unit 40, and the fan case 50 are provided inside the main body cabinet 10.

The hot water tank 11 is used to heat supplied water and store the heated water as hot water. The hot water tank 11 is provided in an upper region on the left rear side inside the main body cabinet 10.

The extraction unit 20 extracts coffee from coffee beans as a beverage material and hot water fed from the hot water tank 11, and includes an extraction material tank 21, a grinder 22, a cylinder 23, and a filter unit 24. Such an extraction unit 20 is provided at the right front side inside the main body cabinet 10.

The extraction material tank 21 stores coffee beans as a beverage material. The grinder 22 is provided below the extraction raw material tank 21 and grinds coffee beans discharged from the extraction raw material tank 21.

The cylinder 23 is provided below the grinder 22, and coffee bean powder is fed from the grinder 22 into the cylinder 23, and hot water is fed from the hot water tank 11 into the cylinder 23.

The filter unit 24 is provided below the cylinder 23 so as to be movable in the vertical direction so as to approach and separate from the cylinder 23, and includes a filter such as a metal mesh, for example.

In the extraction unit 20, the coffee beans discharged from the extraction raw material tank 21 are pulverized by the grinder 22 to obtain coffee bean powder, and the coffee bean powder is charged into the cylinder 23, and the hot water stored in the hot water tank 11 is charged into the cylinder 23. In the cylinder 23, the coffee bean powder is steamed by the coffee bean powder and the hot water, and then stirred by the hot water. Thereafter, the coffee beans are filtered to extract coffee into the filter assembly 24. Then, the coffee extracted into the filter unit 24 is sent to a nozzle 60 described later.

A storage box 25 is provided below the extraction unit 20. The storage box 25 is disposed in a region below the filter unit 24 constituting the extraction unit 20. The storage box 25 stores extraction residue (not shown) generated after the beverage is extracted by the extraction unit 20.

The producing unit 30 produces a beverage from a powdered material as a beverage material and hot water fed from the hot water tank 11, and includes a powdered material tank 31 and a stirring ball 32. The generating unit 30 is provided inside the main body cabinet 10 on the front side of the hot water tank 11 and on the left front side of the extracting unit 20.

A plurality of powder material tanks 31 (3 in the illustrated example) are provided, and the powder material tanks 31 are arranged in a left-right array on the front side of the hot water tank 11. These powder material tanks 31 store different kinds of powder materials.

A plurality of agitating balls 32 (3 in the illustrated example) are provided. The stirring balls 32 stir the powder material charged from the corresponding powder material tank 31 and the hot water charged from the hot water tank 11.

In the above-described generating unit 30, the powder material discharged from any one of the powder material tanks 31 is put into the agitating balls 32, and the hot water stored in the hot water tank 11 is put into the agitating balls 32. The powder material and the hot water that have been put into the mixer ball 32 are mixed and prepared, and the resulting beverage is delivered to the nozzle 60.

The beverage supply unit 40 is provided on the front side of the extraction unit 20 and the generation unit 30, is a front lower portion of the main body cabinet 10, and has a mounting table 41. The mounting table 41 is used to mount a container C (see fig. 2) such as a cup, and is provided with an arc-shaped stopper 42. As shown in fig. 6, a drain tray 43 for storing drainage such as beverages is provided below the mounting table 41.

A nozzle 60 is provided above the mounting table 41. A plurality of nozzles 60 are provided, and are attached to the main body cabinet 10 via support members 61 in a state of being connected to the extraction unit 20 and to the respective agitating balls 32. These nozzles 60 discharge and supply the supplied beverage to the container C placed on the mounting table 41.

The fan case 50 is disposed between the extraction unit 20 and the generation unit 30 and is a rear lower portion of the main body cabinet 10. The fan case 50 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and houses an exhaust fan, not shown. Then, the exhaust fan is driven to suck the vapor generated in the extraction unit 20 and the generation unit 30 through the suction hose 51, and the sucked vapor is discharged to the outside from the discharge portion 12 formed at the lower portion of the rear surface of the main body cabinet 10.

A filter opening 52 (see fig. 8) is formed in a front surface of the fan case 50, and a fan filter is attached through the filter opening 52 so as to be insertable into and removable from the fan case.

The front door 70 is a door body that opens and closes the front opening 10a of the main body cabinet 10, is provided at the left side edge portion on the front side of the main body cabinet 10, and is provided so as to be swingable about the central axis of a shaft portion extending in the vertical direction by a shaft support portion 70 a.

The front door 70 includes a display portion 71, an opening portion 72, and an opening/closing door 73. The display section 71 is formed of, for example, a liquid crystal touch panel, and can display various information and perform input operations such as touch operations. The display unit 71 transmits a predetermined sales signal to a control unit, not shown, when an input operation such as a touch operation is performed.

The opening 72 is provided below the display unit 71 and exposes the beverage supply unit 40 forward. The opening/closing door 73 is made of a translucent material such as a transparent resin, and has a size sufficient to cover the opening 72. The left end of the opening/closing door 73 is pivotally supported by the front door 70, and the opening/closing door 73 is swingable in the front-rear direction. That is, the opening/closing door 73 can swing in the front-rear direction so as to approach and separate from the beverage supply unit 40, and can close the opening 72 when swinging in the rear direction so as to approach the beverage supply unit 40, and can open the opening 72 when swinging in the front direction so as to separate from the beverage supply unit 40.

In addition, a replenishment opening 10b is formed in a right portion of the upper surface of the main body cabinet 10, that is, in an area above the extraction raw material tank 21 of the extraction unit 20, and a replenishment door 13 for opening and closing the replenishment opening 10b is provided. The refill door 13 is provided with a handle 13a projecting forward.

When the front surface door 70 closes the front surface opening 10a in a state where the supplementary door 13 closes the supplementary opening 10b, as shown in fig. 7, the handle 13a is inserted into the recess 74 provided in the front surface door 70. Therefore, when the front door 70 closes the front opening 10a, the swing of the replenishment door 13 in the opening direction is restricted, and when the front door 70 opens the front opening 10a, the handle 13a is relatively disengaged from the recess 74, and the swing of the replenishment door 13 in the opening direction is allowed.

As described above, in the beverage supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the front door 70 is provided at the left edge portion on the front side of the main body cabinet 10 so as to be swingable around the center axis of the shaft portion, and the extraction unit 20 is provided at the right front side inside the main body cabinet 10. That is, the front door 70 is provided at one side edge of the main body case 10 so as to be capable of swinging to open and close the front opening 10a, and the extraction unit 20 is provided at the other side edge of the interior of the main body case 10. Thus, even if the main body cabinet 10 is downsized in accordance with a demand for downsizing of the entire apparatus, when the cylinder 23 of the extraction unit 20 is taken out through the front opening 10a for cleaning or the like, the interference with the front door 70 that opens the front opening 10a does not occur.

Therefore, according to the beverage supply device, the cleaning operation of the extraction unit 20 can be simplified. Further, since the storage box 25 is also provided in the lower region of the extraction unit 20, when the storage box 25 is taken out to discard the extracted dross, the disposal operation can be easily performed without interfering with the front door 70 that opens the front opening 10 a.

Further, according to the beverage supply device, the fan case 50 is disposed between the extraction unit 20 and the generation unit 30 and is a rear lower portion of the main body cabinet 10, and the fan filter 53 is detachably attached to the fan case 50 through the filter opening 52 formed in the front surface of the fan case 50, so that when the front surface door 70 opens the front surface opening 10a, the fan filter 53 can be easily removed only by pulling out the fan filter 53 forward as shown in fig. 8, and the cleaned fan filter 53 can be easily attached. Therefore, the cleaning operation of the fan filter 53 can be simplified.

Further, according to the beverage supply device, since the nozzle 60 is attached to the main body cabinet 10 via the support member 61, the length of the beverage supply hose 62 for supplying the beverage from the extraction unit 20 and the generation unit 30 to the nozzle 60 can be set to a necessary and sufficient size. That is, in the case where the nozzle is provided in the front door 70, in order to move the front door 70 to open and close the main body cabinet 10, it is necessary to set the length of the beverage supply hose 62 to a sufficient length in consideration of the amount of movement, but the nozzle 60 is provided in the main body cabinet 10, and the distance between the nozzle 60 and the extraction unit 20 and the like is constant, and as a result, the length of the beverage supply hose 62 can be shortened. Therefore, the storage space of the beverage supply hose 62 can be reduced.

In addition, according to the beverage supply device, since the replenishment opening 10b is provided in the upper surface of the main body cabinet 10, even if the main body cabinet 10 is downsized in accordance with the demand for downsizing of the entire device, the coffee beans can be satisfactorily replenished. Further, in the case where the front door 70 closes the front opening 10a, the replenishment door 13 that restricts opening and closing of the replenishment opening 10b swings in the direction of opening the replenishment opening 10b, and therefore, the replenishment door 13 is not forcibly opened by mischief or the like and foreign matter is not put in.

In summary, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made.

In the above-described embodiment, the front door 70 is swingably provided at the left side edge portion of the main body cabinet 10, and the extraction unit 20 is provided at the right front side of the interior of the main body cabinet 10, but in the present invention, the direction thereof is not particularly limited as long as the front door is swingably provided at one side edge portion of the main body cabinet in a manner to open and close the front opening, and the extraction unit is provided at the other side edge portion side of the interior of the main body cabinet.

Description of the reference numerals

1. A device main body; 10. a main body cabinet; 10a, a front surface opening; 10b, a supplementary opening; 11. a hot water tank; 13. a supplemental door; 13a, a handle; 20. an extraction unit; 21. extracting a raw material tank; 22. a grinder; 23. a cylinder body; 24. a filter assembly; 25. a storage box; 30. a generating unit; 31. a powder feedstock tank; 32. stirring balls; 40. a beverage supply section; 41. a mounting table; 42. a stopper; 43. a drain tray; 50. a fan case; 52. a filter opening; 53. a filter for the fan; 60. a nozzle; 70. a front surface door; 71. a display unit; 72. an opening part; 73. opening and closing the door; 74. a recess; C. a container.

Claims

1. A beverage supply device, comprising:

a main body cabinet having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and having a front surface opening on a front surface;

a front door swingably provided at one side edge portion of the main body cabinet so as to open and close the front opening,

the beverage supply device supplies the beverage prepared in the main body cabinet to the container loaded at the predetermined position,

an extraction unit for pulverizing the beverage material, extracting the beverage from the hot water and the pulverized beverage material, and supplying the beverage to the container is provided on the other side edge portion side in the main body cabinet.

2. The beverage supplying apparatus according to claim 1,

a generating unit that generates a beverage from a powdery material and hot water and supplies the beverage to the container is provided inside the main body cabinet at a position closer to the one side edge portion than the extracting unit.

3. The beverage supplying apparatus according to claim 2,

the beverage supply device includes:

a fan case disposed between the extraction unit and the generation unit and at a lower rear portion of the main body cabinet, for sucking the vapor generated in the extraction unit and the generation unit by an action of an exhaust fan built therein; and

and a fan filter which is mounted to the fan case so as to be insertable into and removable from the fan case through a filter opening formed in a front surface of the fan case.

4. The beverage supplying apparatus according to claim 2 or 3,

a nozzle for discharging the beverage extracted by the extraction unit and the beverage generated by the generation unit to the container is provided in the main body cabinet.

5. The beverage supplying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

a supplementary opening is formed at an upper region portion of the extraction unit on the upper surface of the main body cabinet, and a supplementary door for opening and closing the supplementary opening is provided,

when the front door closes the front opening, the swing of the replenishment door in the opening direction is restricted, and when the front door opens the front opening, the swing of the replenishment door in the opening direction is allowed.