JP2000298768A - Controller for cup-used vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely prevent beverage from overflowing from a mixing ball, while enabling sales with a large-size cup by using a conventional mixing ball as is. SOLUTION: Powder materials and dissolving hot water are inputted and stirred in a mixing ball 10 on the basis of each set value, and poured into a paper cup 16. Afterwards, rinsing hot water is inputted to the mixing ball 10, and beverage remaining in the mixing ball 10 is washed away into the paper cup 16. In such a cup type automatic vending machine, when the set value of the amount of dissolving hot water is beyond a prescribed amount, only the prescribed amount of dissolving hot water is injected into the mixing ball 10, and the excess dissolving hot water portion exceeding the prescribed amount is added to the rinsing hot water later, and injected into the mixing ball 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup-type automatic vending machine in which a beverage is prepared by mixing a plurality of raw materials, such as powdered raw materials such as cocoa and cream, and liquid raw materials such as syrup and water, and the beverage is put into a cup and sold. The present invention relates to a machine control device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a cup-type vending machine, when selling a mixed drink such as cocoa, first, as shown in a timing chart of FIG. 4, pour hot water into a funnel-shaped mixing ball. Put the powder raw material a little later. Thereafter, the whipper is rotated and stirred, and then poured into a paper cup. Thereafter, the hot water is poured into the mixing ball again, and then the whipper is briefly set (for example, 0.
(5 seconds) By rotating, the remaining beverage in the mixing ball is washed away. The powdered water is also poured into a paper cup, and a beverage with an appropriate concentration is completed.

[0003] The powdered water poured into the mixing ball is
The one that first dissolves the powdered beverage is called `` dissolved water '', and the one that is used to wash away the beverage remaining in the mixing ball is called `` rinse hot water ''. Have been. At that time, the amount of rinsing hot water was fixed at a fixed amount (for example, 20 cc), and the amount of dissolved hot water was set to an amount obtained by subtracting the amount of rinsing hot water from a certain amount according to the cup size. For example, in the case of a 140 cc product, the amount of melted water is 120 cc and the amount of rinse water is 20 cc.

[0004]

Recently, there has been an increasing demand for hot beverages having a cup size larger than the conventional regular size. Even in a cup-type vending machine that meets the demand, it is desirable that the cost can be reduced if a conventional mixing ball can be used as it is.

[0005] However, if the mixing ball is kept at the conventional size, the amount of the molten metal added at the time of preparation when selling in a large-sized cup increases, and there is a possibility that the beverage may overflow from the mixing ball during stirring. There is a problem that comes.

That is, when a powder material and hot water are put into a mixing ball and the whipper is rotated, the beverage stays in the mixing ball due to centrifugal force and does not flow down.
Therefore, if the molten metal is poured beyond the capacity of the mixing ball, the molten metal overflows from the mixing ball and stains the inside of the vending machine. To prevent this, the amount of the molten metal may be set within a range that does not overflow from the mixing ball, but it may happen that the amount of molten metal is set to exceed the above range by mistake.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem and to make it possible to mix large-size beverages without leakage of the beverages from the mixing balls while using the conventional mixing balls as they are. It is assumed that.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control apparatus for a cup-type vending machine, wherein powdery raw material and molten metal are put into mixing balls based on respective set values. After stirring and pouring into a paper cup, a rinsing water is put into a mixing ball, and a control device of a cup-type vending machine is arranged to wash out the beverage remaining in the mixing ball into the paper cup. When the set value of the amount of the molten metal exceeds the predetermined amount, the molten metal is put into the mixing ball by the predetermined amount, and the amount exceeding the predetermined amount is added to the mixing ball in addition to the rinsing water. It is characterized by being put in. In this way, it is possible to reliably prevent the beverage from overflowing from the mixing ball.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control apparatus for a cup-type vending machine, wherein both the amount of the molten metal and the amount of the rinse water can be set. This way,
The mixing ball can be washed with an optimum amount of hot water according to the raw materials and the size of the cup to be sold.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an internal schematic view of a cup-type vending machine. In FIG. 1, 1 to 4 are raw material tanks, 5 to 8 are raw material auger motors as raw material discharging means from the raw material tank, 9 is an addition guide, 10 is a mixing ball, 11 is a whipper motor as a stirring means in the mixing ball, 12 Is hot water tank, 13 is hot water solenoid valve, 1
4 is a cup container, 15 is a cup drop motor, 16
Denotes a paper cup and 17 denotes a cup table.

[0011] Coffee powder raw materials, sugar, cream and the like are separately put in raw material tanks 1 to 4, and at the time of sale, raw material auger motors 5 to 5 of raw material tanks containing necessary raw materials.
By operating 8, the necessary amount of the raw material is paid out to the addition guide 9, and is put into the mixing ball 10. In addition, hot water is stored in a hot water tank 12, and at the time of sale, a hot water electromagnetic valve 13 is opened to pour a required amount of hot water into the mixing ball 10.

On the other hand, a large number of paper cups 16 are stored in the cup container 14, and at the time of sale, the cup drop motor 15 is operated to place the paper cups 16 on the cup mounting table 17.
Take out on top. After the raw materials and the hot water are put into the mixing ball 10, the whipper motor 11 is operated to stir the inside of the mixing ball 10, and then the drink is put into the paper cup 16, and then the rinse water is poured and then sold. I do.

As the paper cup, a paper cup of a larger size is also stored in addition to the conventional regular size, so that the purchaser can select a desired size from among them. Just mixing ball 1
As 0, a conventional size is used to minimize the design change of the device.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the cup type vending machine. The main control unit 20 controls, via a data bus 30, a terminal control unit that individually controls each unit of the vending machine, such as an input control unit 21, a customer service control unit 25, a sales control unit 28, a coin processing control unit 29, and the like. Control.

The input control unit 21 is connected to an input device 22 having a data display 23 and a keyboard 24.
While displaying necessary items on the data display 23,
Various data settings input from the keyboard 24 are sent to the main control unit 20. The customer service control unit 25 is connected to a product selection button 26 and an amount indicator 27 provided on the front of the vending machine, and notifies the main control unit 20 of which product selection button has been pressed. The amount of money inserted into an insertion port (not shown) is displayed on the amount indicator 27 or the like.

The sales control unit 28 controls, based on a command from the main control unit 20, the preparation of various beverages until they are sold in a cup. The coin processing control unit 29 identifies the coin inserted into the coin insertion slot, and notifies the main control unit 20 of the result.

The raw auger motors 5 to 8, the whipper motor 11, the hot water electromagnetic valve 13, the cup drop motor 15, and the like are controlled by the sales control unit 28 based on the beverage data set in the main control unit 20. . The setting of the beverage data is performed by operating the keyboard 24 while displaying necessary items on the data display 23 of the input device 22.

The beverage data to be set includes the amount of dissolved water and the amount of rinse water, as well as the type and amount of raw materials and the cup size for each product. And the amount of molten water and the amount of rinse water are
The optimum amount is set according to the cup size and the type of the raw material. As described above, in a conventional cup-type vending machine, the amount of rinse water is fixed at a fixed amount (for example, 20 cc), and the amount of melted water is set to a value obtained by subtracting the amount of rinse water from a certain amount according to the cup size. However, in the present invention, since the amount of rinse water can be set according to the raw material,
The mixing ball 10 can be washed with an optimal amount of hot water.

However, when the amount of the molten metal is set to exceed the capacity of the mixing ball 10, the raw material dissolved in the molten metal overflows from the mixing ball 10 when the molten metal and the raw material are put into the mixing ball 10 and stirred. Therefore, the inside of the vending machine becomes dirty. Therefore, in the control device of the cup-type vending machine of the present invention, when the set value of the amount of molten metal exceeds a predetermined amount, the molten metal is put into the mixing ball 10 by the predetermined amount and mixed with the raw material. After stirring, the mixture was poured into the paper cup 16, and the hot water exceeding the predetermined amount was added to the rinsing water and put into the mixing ball. Next, control of hot water discharge will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of hot water discharge control. Step 1: It is determined whether or not the set molten metal amount A is larger than the capacity B of the mixing ball 10. Step 2: If more, AB, that is, the amount of molten metal A
Calculates and holds the amount C exceeding the capacity B of the mixing ball 10. Step 3: Discharge into the mixing ball 10 only the volume B of the mixing ball 10 as molten water. Step 4: After the stirring of the molten metal and the raw material is completed, the mixture is poured into a paper cup, and then the amount of hot water obtained by adding the amount of the rinse water and the amount C held in Step 2 is added to the mixing ball 1.
Discharge into 0.

Step 5: If the molten metal amount A is equal to or less than the capacity B of the mixing ball 10 in step 1, the molten metal amount A set as the molten metal is discharged into the mixing ball 10. Step 6: After the stirring of the molten metal and the raw material is completed, the molten metal is poured into the paper cup, and the set amount of rinsing water is discharged into the mixing ball 10. Step 7: Finally, the held amount C is cleared.

[0022]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. That is, when the set value of the amount of molten metal exceeds a predetermined amount, the control device for a cup-type vending machine according to claim 1 puts the molten metal into the mixing ball by the predetermined amount, and The amount exceeding the limit was added to the mixing bowl in addition to the rinse water. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent the beverage from overflowing from the mixing ball.

The control device of the cup-type vending machine according to the second aspect of the present invention can set both the amount of the molten water and the amount of the rinsing water, so that the mixing can be performed at an optimal amount according to the raw material, the size of the sales cup, and the like. The ball can be washed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal schematic view of a cup-type vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of a cup-type vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of hot water discharge control.

FIG. 4 is a time chart showing a process of preparing a beverage.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-4 raw material tank 5-8 raw material auger motor 9 addition guide 10 mixing ball 11 whipper motor 12 hot water tank 13 hot water electromagnetic valve 14 cup storage device 15 cup drop motor 16 paper cup 17 cup holder

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A powdered raw material and a molten metal are put into a mixing ball based on respective set values, stirred and poured into a paper cup, and thereafter, a rinsing water is put into the mixing ball, and A control device of a cup-type vending machine in which the beverage remaining in the cup is washed into the paper cup, and when the set value of the amount of the molten metal exceeds a predetermined amount, the molten metal is mixed by the predetermined amount. A control device for a cup-type vending machine, wherein a portion exceeding a predetermined amount is put in a mixing ball in addition to a rinse water. 2. The control device for a cup-type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein both the amount of the molten hot water and the amount of the rinsing hot water can be set.