EP2568454A2 - Automate destiné à la préparation et la sortie d'une boisson - Google Patents
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- G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs
- G07F13/10—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with associated dispensing of containers, e.g. cups or other articles
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
- A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
- A47F1/08—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom
- A47F1/10—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom having mechanical dispensing means, e.g. with buttons or handles
- A47F1/106—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom having mechanical dispensing means, e.g. with buttons or handles for nested articles, e.g. cups, cones
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- the present invention relates to a machine for preparing and dispensing a beverage.
- the present invention is in the field of self-service machines and in particular designed as a vending machine self-service machines.
- a self-service machine is an apparatus which usually issues goods against payment (vending machine).
- a special form of self-service machine is a drinks machine, which is usually designed for the sale of cold or hot drinks, but also for other liquid food. Vending machines deliver the drink in an open form in a cup, bottles, cans or the like.
- the hot beverage dispenser In modern hot drinks machines, a user can select a special hot beverage. After selecting the product, the hot beverage dispenser first dispenses a cup into which the corresponding hot beverage is then filled.
- the German patent DE 69208795 T2 shows such an automatic cup dispensing device. This cup dispensing device is designed to a maximum of two different cup sizes record and deliver.
- a user can select a variety of different hot drinks, such as brewed coffee, espresso, cappuccino, latte macchiato, café cream, miscellaneous teas, etc.
- the various drinks in these drinks should be filled with typical containers, such as espresso and mocha due to their small amounts of liquid in very small cups.
- Latte macchiato is usually served in tall cups, while cappuccino is served in broad, bulbous cups for optimal froth development.
- the just mentioned cup dispenser of DE 69208795 T2 does not take into account this mug variety.
- the customer uses his own brought cup, which is adapted to the particular beverage, for example.
- the problem is that the customer often has no cup.
- this solution is not comfortable.
- the customer could choose the cup manually from any existing beaker stock. However, he would first have to choose the cup from a beaker stock, then separate it, remove it and finally bring it to the hot beverage dispenser. Again, this is not comfortable.
- the present invention has the object to provide a more comfortable machine for preparing and dispensing a drink available.
- a beverage preparing and dispensing machine comprising a drinking cup receiving device containing at least three cup magazines, each cup magazine adapted to receive a plurality of drinking cups, having an output device for dispensing the beverage in a dispensing area, and having guide means for conveying a drinking cup from one of the cup magazines in the output area.
- the idea underlying the present invention is to provide at least three cup magazines, and preferably even a plurality of cup magazines, to a beverage dispensing machine.
- the dispensed cups in terms of their nature, shape and design optimally adapted to the variety of drinks offered. This is very comfortable and attractive to the user or customer. In addition, this is due to the fact that the drinks issued by the customer are perceived as higher value than significant increase in sales.
- the machine is designed for preparing and dispensing a hot beverage.
- the machine is designed as a hot beverage machine for preparing and dispensing coffee products and hot water.
- a respective cup magazine each for receiving the same cup, so the same kind of drinking cups, provided.
- These cups may be loose, stacked or bundled in any other cup.
- At least two of the cup magazines are designed to receive different drinking cup models from each other.
- each cup magazine is adapted to accommodate different drinking cup models.
- at least one of the number provided corresponding number of cups magazines different drinks.
- at least 4 or 5 cup magazines are provided which are adapted, for example, to the requirements of the hot drinks to be dispensed (eg tea, coffee, espresso, cappuccino and latte macchiato). If, in addition, further hot drinks can be selected, a drinking cup provided for the aforementioned hot drinks could be used in this case. It would also be conceivable, of course, that the same drinking cups are available in all cup magazines. This makes it possible to stockpile a larger number of cups, which is particularly advantageous for very frequently used vending machines.
- the different drinking cup models have different volumes, materials, wall thicknesses, insulations, imprints, transparencies and / or closures.
- volume capacities of 0.05 liters are suitable for an espresso cup, as well as 0.2 liters for a coffee mug or 0.3 liter for a milk coffee mug.
- the advantage is that particularly hot drinks with small amounts of liquid, espresso in particular, which is usually served in very small amounts of liquid of 25-30 milliliters, is served in a correspondingly adapted drinking cups and thus no longer has to be dispensed in a conventional, too large a cup ,
- the small amount of liquid in an oversized cup has an unfavorable ratio of liquid volume to free surface at the cup mouth and cup walls.
- the printing of the issued drinking cup can also be adapted by jointly magazineing cups with uniform printing within a magazine to the dispensed product.
- a cup to be issued in the cappuccino should carry a label with the inscription "Cappuccino". The same applies, for example, to other hot drinks.
- an advertisement is attached to the outer wall of the drinking cup or a graphic enhancing the aesthetics.
- the various drinking cup models are designed in shape and / or their materials such that they correspond to the practical and / or aesthetic requirements of the various beverages, such as tea, coffee, cappuccino, latte macchiato, espresso, soup and the like , Latte macchiato is preferably served in tall glasses, tea in handles, coffee and cappuccino in handles, espresso in cups with a very small capacity of 0.02 to 0.05 liters and soups in smaller bowls.
- the corresponding drinking cup models can be provided in the cup magazines.
- an operating device for selecting a hot beverage from a plurality of different hot drinks, a release device assigned to each cup magazine for releasing a drinking cup from the cup magazine associated with the respective drinking cup, a control device coupled to the operating device and to the release device is to release an activation of the operating device associated with this selection release device for dispensing a drinking cup.
- the operating device can advantageously be designed as a key, keyboard or as a touchpad. A voice-controlled selection would also be conceivable.
- the control device can be designed mechanically and / or electrically and / or electronically.
- the release device may also be formed electrically and / or electronically.
- the machine is designed as a so-called stand device, which is for example in a public area independently, ie without table or fasteners, placed on the floor and can be operated by customers.
- Fixed units typically have a size (height) of at least 1.6 meters, preferably 1.8 meters.
- table-top devices of this kind are considerably smaller in comparison to the state-of-the-art devices, but are larger than the known coffee machines, most of which are in domestic use.
- Table-top appliances can usually be placed on a table in restaurants, at bakers, in a canteen or the like.
- the machine is designed as a coffee machine for brewing coffee and / or as a capsule coffee machine. These are characterized by the feeding of coffee powder or coffee-containing powder preparations in bulk or encapsulated form.
- the machine is designed as a coffee machine for selectively producing different coffee products. This is characterized by an integrated grinder for grinding coffee beans. The freshly ground coffee is then produced by pressure.
- At least one cup magazine is designed as a cup carousel.
- the stacks of cups arranged one above the other are arranged in the form of a carousel inside the cup magazine.
- the cups are here arranged in at least three and preferably a plurality of cup stacks within the cup carousel. This makes it possible that a larger number of cups can be arranged within a cup magazine or that a cup magazine has a lower height. The latter is particularly advantageous for such cases, if only a small space height for the cup magazine is present within the machine, as is the case with table-top devices.
- the various stacks of cups may be arranged in a circular (one or more circle), spiral meandering, latticed, dense packing or the like inside the cup magazine.
- Such a cup magazine typically has a dispensing opening, wherein at least one cup magazine for dispensing the corresponding cup is arranged above the dispensing opening. Is e.g. When the last cup is dispensed from the stack of cups, a new stack of cups must be placed in the place of the dispensing opening.
- at least one drive device is preferably provided. This drive device is coupled to the cup carousel so as to rotate the cup carousel about its axis so as to bring the next cup stack to the dispensing opening.
- each bucket magazine is assigned a fill level sensor which determines the fill level of the respective bucket magazine. In this way it can be seen if a cup magazine is empty. In the case of a detected empty drinking cup, the operator of the drinks vending machine is preferably informed, for example acoustically by a warning tone or visually by a corresponding warning lamp or by a message in a display of the machine. It would be possible also if this message is communicated to the operator by means of a telematics device via radio.
- a control device is provided, which is coupled to the respective level sensors and receives information from the level sensors on the level of the respective associated cup magazine.
- the control device selects for the case that a cup magazine was detected as empty, another cup magazine, which is best suited in view of the shape of the cups provided therein, for the issue of a drinking cup. In this way, the functionality of the machine according to the invention is not impaired, if a cup magazine is empty.
- FIG. 1 shows the schematic structure of an inventive machine for preparing and dispensing a drink.
- the machine which is designated here by reference numeral 7, is designed for example as a hot beverage machine 7.
- the vending machine 7 comprises a drinking cup receiving device 1, an output area 5 and a feed device 6 formed therebetween.
- the drinking cup receiving device 1 here has three cup magazines 2 which are separate from one another.
- drinking cups 3 can be transported from each of the cup magazines 2 into the dispensing area 5 as required.
- an output device 4 Via the dispensing device 4, drinking cups located in the dispensing area 5 can be filled with a selected beverage.
- the machine 7 also has an operating device 12 and a control device 16.
- the control device 16 is designed to control the function of the machine 7 and in particular the cup output.
- the automatic machine 7 also has a fill level sensor 17, which is indicated only schematically here.
- the level sensor 17 determines the level of the respective cup magazines 2, to detect whether a cup magazine 2 is empty.
- the level sensor 17 is coupled to the control device 16.
- the control device 16 selects for the case that a cup magazine 2 was detected as empty, for the output of a drinking cup 3 another cup magazine 2 from.
- FIG. 2 shows an arrangement of a drinking cup receiving device for a machine according to the invention.
- the drinking cup receiving device 1 here has three tubular cup magazines 2A, 2B, 2C, each of which can accommodate different drinking cup models 3A, 3B, 3C.
- the tubes of the cup magazines 2A; 2 B; 2C are straight here but could be curved.
- the three cup magazines 2A, 2B, 2C are advantageously arranged very space-saving to each other, for example in a sealed package, which are arranged in the case of three cup magazines 2A, 2B, 2C in a triangular arrangement to each other.
- the drinking cups 3A, 3B, 3C are stacked one above the other in a respective tube of the cup magazines 2A, 2B, 2C.
- the cup models 3A, 3B, 3C shown have different Diameter and heights. It would also be conceivable if two of the cup magazines 2A; 2 B; 2C for a same cup model 3A; 3B; 3C are formed.
- a release device 15 and the control device 16 is arranged below the cup magazines 2A, 2B, 2C.
- the control device 16 releases the release device 15 for dispensing a corresponding drinking cup 3.
- FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the drinking cup receiving device Fig. 2 ,
- the three tube diameters of the cup magazines 2A; 2 B; 2C are attached to the cup models 3A; 3B; 3C adapted.
- the cup carousel 2 ' has a plurality of cup stacks 2'', the carousel-like (here spiral) in the cup carousel 2' are arranged.
- One of these cup stacks 2 '' is disposed above a dispensing opening 2 '''to issue a lower cup from the cup carousel 2'. If this cup stack 2 "is empty, the cup carousel 2 'is rotated to the next cup stack 2" until all cup stacks 2 "are empty. This is done via a drive device, not shown here, by means of which the cup carousel 2 'about its axis 2''''can be rotated.
- FIG. 4 shows three, with respect to their heights and diameters different cup models 3A, 3B, 3C, the Drinking cup receiving device 1 off Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 fit.
- the cup 3A has a height H1 and a diameter D1.
- the cup 3B has a height H2 and a diameter D2.
- the cup 3C has a height H3 and a diameter D3.
- the three cup models 3A, 3B, 3C thus have different capacity volumes. These cup models 3A, 3B, 3C can also be made of different materials. It is assumed that the cup 3A for espresso, the cup 3B for coffee and cappuccino and the cup 3C for latte macchiato, tea and soups is used.
- the cup models 3A, 3B, 3C are advantageously formed with a bead 18 on the cup rim, which serve the stability, better storage and better handling of the cups 3A, 3B, 3C.
- FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of a machine according to the invention as a standalone unit.
- the machine 7 preferably contains a solid housing 13 and a particularly robust design of all components for use in public places with a high throughput of drinks.
- the drinking cup receiving device 1, guide device 6, control device 16 and release device 15, not shown here, are integrated within the housing 13.
- FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of a machine according to the invention as a table-top device.
- the table-top device 11 has a drinking cup receiving device 1 with three cup magazines 2A, 2B, 2C, which are arranged in a line and for receiving different cup models 3A; 3B; 3C are formed.
- three guide devices 6A, 6B, 6C, an output area 5, to which the guide devices 6A, 6B, 6C lead, an output device 4 and an operating device 12 are provided.
- a respective guide device 6A, 6B, 6C contains rails 14 arranged in a downward direction, along which a drinking cup 3 can slide to the dispensing area 5. There then the cup 3 can be filled with the chosen hot drink.
- a closable or opposite the cup diameter narrowed removal gap 9 is provided for removal of the cup 3 after filling.
- This embodiment of the table-top device 11 is advantageous for those sites where a high throughput of hot drinks is present and any necessary filling the machine with cups or precursors by the operator or operator can be performed. These machines are therefore used mostly in private use, in offices of businesses, coffee kitchens, canteens, gas stations, bakeries, shops and the like. Due to the smaller height of the table-top device 11, in particular less than one meter, a smaller number of cups 3A, 3B, 3C can be stored in the cup magazines 2A, 2B, 2C than in a stand-alone device.
- the drinking cup cradle 1 and the guide means 6A, 6B, 6C are therefore preferably arranged outside the housing 13, that is in an accessible manner for the user.
- a cup magazine may be designed to magazine a single cup stack or a plurality of cup stacks or even differently bundled or unbundled cups.
- a mug magazine with a plurality of beaker stacks can be designed in particular revolver magazine type.
- Operating devices can also contain all other types of devices that are appropriate for the operation, such as a computer keyboard, voice control, gesture recognition and the like.
- a separate machine is provided for dispensing cups with at least three cup magazines, which provides different types of cups on an associated operating device individually and handy for removal, without filling them with a drink.
- the invention is not limited to hot drinks and not limited to coffee and tea products. Rather, this invention is also applicable to cold drinks, such as water, juice drinks, fizzy, milk and the like. Also, the success of dispensing alcoholic beverages would be conceivable.
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