JP2002316060A - Coin-operated rice milling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide rice milling equipment which is capable of well performing rice milling treatment of the second time or the third time even if a user does not feed an extra fare to the equipment when it takes time before the next feeding when the user attempts to feed unpolished rice dividedly plural times. SOLUTION: The coin-operated rice milling equipment not equipped with a change payment function stops a rice milling machine by detecting that there is no more supply of the unpolished rice to the rice milling machine side. At this time, the clocking of the remaining drive time of the rice milling machine is stopped and thereafter when the supply of the unpolished rice to the rice milling machine side is detected within the prescribed delay time, the rice milling treatment by the rice milling machine for the remaining drive time is restarted and performed. As a result, the rice milling treatment of the component appropriate nearly for the fed amount of money is performed even when it takes time before the next feeding when the user attempts to feed the unpolished rice dividedly plural times.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to coin milling equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a coin milling machine for automatically milling by inserting coins or bills. This coin milling equipment is equipped with a crusher that removes foreign matter such as pebbles from brown rice and firs, etc., which are processed rice, and a rice milling machine that actually performs rice milling, and customers put the processed rice into the input hopper. In this state, by inserting money and pressing a whiteness selection button or the like, the rice is automatically polished, and the polished white rice is discharged to a white rice hopper.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the interior of a building 1 serving as a coin milling facility is provided with a partition wall 2 where a guest 3 can freely go and go, and a limited number of managers and maintenance personnel. It is divided into a machine room 4 that can be entered only by a person who has entered.

The guest room 3 is provided with an input hopper 5 for allowing a user to input processed rice such as brown rice, and a white rice hopper 6 for discharging and storing polished white rice, and an operation control panel 7. Is arranged to face the front of
On the front face of the operation control panel 7, a coin slot 7a for inserting coins, a push button 7b for selecting rice type or whiteness of rice, and urging the user to add money when there is remaining rice. For example, a lamp indicating that the machine is in business, a lamp indicating that the machine is open, and the like are provided. In the operation control panel 7, control means for controlling coin milling equipment is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, a machine room 4 is provided with a destoner 8 for removing foreign substances such as stones, a rice mill 9 for actually performing rice milling, and a rice bran generated during the rice milling is sent to a predetermined location. A blower 10 for rice bran and the like are provided, and a rice paddle elevating machine 12 for sending brown rice from the input hopper 5 to a stone removal tank 11 disposed immediately above the stone removal machine 8, A rice raising and lowering machine 14 for sending brown rice from which foreign matters have been removed to a rice polishing tank 13 is provided. Rice polishing tank 13
A net conveyor for removing foreign substances such as straws at the upper part of the net (a net that is woven in an endless belt shape by a wire net in a predetermined direction to remove foreign substances such as straws caught on the nets) 21 Some are equipped with

[0006] In FIG.
A stone removal introduction passage for guiding the brown rice raised in 2 to the stone removal tank 11, a return passage 27 for returning an overflow exceeding the upper limit level of the rice polishing tank 13 to the stone removal tank 11, and a separation passage 28 for the stone removal machine 8. A stone discharge chute for discharging foreign substances such as stones to a predetermined location; 29, a stone-extraction shutter provided at the discharge port of the stone-extraction tank 11; and 30, a brown rice separated by the stone-extraction machine 8 to the rice mill 14. A crusher brown rice chute, 31 is a rice milling unit of the rice milling machine 9, 32 is a rice milling unit 3
Reference numeral 1 denotes a white rice discharging cylinder provided at the lower end, reference numeral 33 denotes a drive motor of the rice mill 9, and reference numeral 34 denotes a cyclone for causing the bran generated by the rice mill 9 to flow down to a bran bag or the like via a bran blower 10.

[0007] The stone removal tank 11 and the milled rice tank 13 are arranged at the lower-level position of brown rice in each of the tanks 11 and 13 so that the operation of supplying brown rice to the tanks 11 and 13 is started. 13, that is, the stone removal lower limit level sensor 22 and the rice lower limit level sensor 23 for detecting the supply state from the tanks 11 and 13, and the tank 11 disposed at the brown rice upper limit level position of each of the tanks 11 and 13. A stone removal upper limit level sensor 24 and a milled rice upper limit level sensor 25 for detecting an overflow state at 13 are attached. Then, when the drive instruction of the coin milling equipment is performed, it is determined that the brown rice supply to the milling machine 9 has been started at the stage where the milled rice is detected by the milled rice lower limit level sensor 23 provided in the milled rice tank 13,
The rice milling operation by the rice mill 9 has started. In some separate coin-milling equipment, a milling operation is started when a coin is inserted and a push button or the like for selecting rice type or milled whiteness is pressed.

[0008] In such coin milling equipment, there is a case where a money processing unit having no change dispensing function is used because the cost of parts is low and the number of failures is small. In this kind of coin milling equipment, if a larger amount than the required amount (the amount corresponding to the amount of brown rice input) is received, the lower limit level sensor 23 detects the absence of brown rice. A predetermined end milling operation is performed to stop the coin milling equipment, or the coin milling equipment is driven by the amount of the input regardless of the presence or absence of brown rice.

[0009]

However, in the above-mentioned coin-milling equipment without the change dispensing function, the user intends to throw the brown rice in a plurality of times, but the user is not allowed to put the brown rice in the next time. If it takes a long time, the following problems occur.

[0010] In the coin-milling equipment of the type in which the rice milling operation is stopped in response to the detection operation when brown rice is exhausted, immediately before or after the next brown rice charging operation, The control unit may determine that the brown rice has run out and terminate the milling operation, and the remaining brown rice may not be able to be milled unless coins are added again. In this case, even though the user has inserted coins of a fee corresponding to the total amount of brown rice, additional coins will be required, so the user remains dissatisfied.

[0011] Further, regardless of the presence or absence of brown rice, in a coin milling machine of a type in which the coin milling machine is driven by the amount of money inserted, after the first milling operation is completed, the second or third milling operation is performed.
The time of preparation for the second dosing is also counted as milling time (use time), so the remaining time is reduced when the second or third dosing is performed, and the amount of rice that can be milled relative to the input amount is small. Could be.

[0012] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and in the case where a user tries to put brown rice in a plurality of times and it takes time until the next time, the user does not need to pay an extra fee. It is another object of the present invention to provide a coin milling machine capable of performing the second and third milling operations satisfactorily.

[0013]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a supply state detecting means for detecting whether or not treated rice is supplied to the rice mill, and a supply state detecting means for the rice mill. Control means for stopping the rice milling machine when it detects that supply of treated rice has run out after the start of driving, but is a coin milling apparatus not provided with a change dispensing function, wherein the control means comprises a rice milling machine. If the rice mill is stopped when it detects that the supply of rice to the rice mill has stopped, processing of the remaining drive time in the rice mill is stopped, and then the rice mill is processed within a predetermined grace period. When the supply of rice is detected, the rice polishing processing by the rice polishing machine for the remaining driving time is restarted and performed.

According to this configuration, even if the user tries to put the processed rice in a plurality of times and it takes time until the next feeding, the processed rice is put in and supplied next time. Is detected, the rice milling process by the rice milling machine is restarted and the rice milling process for the remaining driving time is performed. As a result, even if it takes a long time to put the processed rice in a plurality of times and puts the processed rice into the next time, the rice polishing processing corresponding to the input amount is performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the coin milling apparatus of the first aspect, the supply state detecting means detects a state where the processed rice is supplied to the rice milling machine from a milling tank for storing the processed rice to the rice milling machine. It is a means for detecting, the control means, when stopping the rice milling machine and stopping the time measurement of the remaining driving time of the rice milling process, continuously transporting the processed rice to the rice milling machine side, characterized in that I do.

With this configuration, even if the supply of the processed rice to the rice mill is stopped and the rice mill is stopped, if the processed rice is re-input, the re-input processed rice is conveyed to the rice mill side. Then, when the treated rice is detected, the rice polishing is restarted.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a coin polishing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the same reference numerals are given to components having the same functions as those of the conventional coin milling equipment, and description thereof will be omitted.

The physical components of the coin milling equipment are substantially the same as those shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, and supply state detection for detecting the supply state of brown rice from the milling tank 13 to the milling machine 9. It has a rice polishing lower limit level sensor 23 as a means. However, the coin milling equipment does not have a change dispensing function.

The control means (not shown) provided in the coin milling equipment performs the following control operation. That is, the control means of the coin polishing machine detects that the supply of brown rice from the rice polishing tank 13 to the rice polishing machine 9 has stopped after the rice polishing machine 9 starts to be driven by the rice polishing lower limit level sensor 23. Is stopped, and the counting of the remaining driving time in the rice mill 9 is stopped. At this time, while the supply operation of the brown rice to the rice milling machine 9 is detected by the rice lower limit level sensor 23 within a predetermined grace period while the transport operation of the brown rice to the rice milling machine 9 is continued, the rice polishing is performed. The rice milling process by the machine 9 is restarted to perform the rice milling process for the remaining driving time.

Specifically, the following control operation is performed. When coins as money are inserted and the rice milling operation is started, the brown rice is supplied to the rice milling machine 9 through the crusher 8 and the like, and when the rice milling machine 9 has already started to be driven, the rice milling machine 9 is driven. The time is measured by timing means (not shown) provided in the control means. At this stage, as shown in FIG. 1, first, it is determined in step # 1 whether or not the driving time corresponding to the inserted amount has elapsed, and if the driving time corresponding to the inserted amount has elapsed, Proceeds to step # 2, interrupts the rice milling process by the rice mill 9 and blinks a lamp for urging the addition of money because brown rice remains in the rice mill 9 yet. .

On the other hand, if the drive time corresponding to the inserted amount has not elapsed in step # 1,
In step # 3, if the rice lower limit level sensor 23 detects that brown rice is continuously supplied, the rice mill 9 is continuously driven in step # 4.

If it is detected in step # 3 that the supply of brown rice to the rice polishing machine 9 is no longer detected by the rice lower limit level sensor 23, in step # 5, a predetermined end rice polishing process is performed, and 9. Stop the rice milling process. At this time, when the rice polishing process is stopped, the process proceeds to step # 6, where the measurement of the remaining time of the rice polishing machine 9 is temporarily stopped, and the elapsed time (grace time) from this time is separately measured. Is done. In this way, even when the rice milling process by the rice milling machine 9 is stopped, the operation of transporting the brown rice to the rice milling machine 9 (the driving operation of the crusher 8, the embossing elevator 12, and the rice milling elevator 14) is continued. Have done it. And
Proceeding from step # 6 to steps # 7 and # 8, the rice lower limit level sensor 2 determines whether brown rice has been supplied to the rice mill 9 again for a predetermined elapsed time (for example, a grace period of 2 minutes).
3 to detect.

If the brown rice starts to be supplied to the rice mill 9 again due to the user's re-input of brown rice or the like, and the supply of brown rice is detected within the grace period, the process proceeds to step # 9.
The rice milling process by the rice milling machine 9 is restarted, and the rice milling process for the remaining driving time of the rice milling machine 9 is performed. If the supply of brown rice is not detected within the grace period, the rice mill 9
Remains stopped.

According to this configuration, even if a user of the coin milling equipment tries to put brown rice in a plurality of times and it takes time until the second or third time, then the second or third time. When brown rice is supplied the second time, there is a high possibility that the rice processing by the rice mill 9 will be restarted. Therefore, it is possible to minimize the necessity of adding money even though a large amount of money is inserted as compared with the first amount of input as in the related art.

Further, at this time, since it is detected that supply to the rice mill 9 has run out, the rice mill 9 is driven for the remaining time when the rice mill 9 is stopped. However, if the remaining amount is equivalent to the driving time of the remaining amount, it is not necessary to add a charge as it is, and the rice polishing processing corresponding to the input amount is performed.

In the above embodiment, the case where the rice lower limit level sensor 23 is used as the supply state detecting means for detecting whether or not brown rice is supplied to the rice mill 9 is described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Means may be provided which can detect the supply state in the intermediate route from the brown rice charging section to the rice mill 9.

The grace time during which brown rice can be re-inserted and detected may be a non-changeable period previously stored in the coin-milling facility, or may be settable by a predetermined operation of an attendant or the like. Further, it may be set in accordance with an extra amount of money that has been input more (in this case, the longer the extra amount, the longer the grace time should be).

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a coin milling machine having no change dispensing function, it is detected that supply of processed rice to the milling machine has been stopped and the milling machine is stopped. In this case, the timer of the remaining time in the rice milling machine is stopped, and thereafter, when the supply of the processed rice to the rice milling machine is detected within a predetermined grace time, the rice polishing processing by the rice milling machine for the remaining time is restarted. By doing so, the user of the coin milling equipment tries to put brown rice in multiple
If it takes a long time before the third or third insertion, it is necessary to add more money as in the past, even though more money was inserted than the first amount Is minimized. In addition, at this time, since the supply to the rice milling machine is detected to be lost and the rice milling machine is driven for the remaining time at the time when the rice milling machine is stopped, the brown rice added additionally drives the remaining amount of money. In the case of the amount corresponding to the time, it is not necessary to add a charge as it is, and rice milling processing corresponding to the input amount becomes possible. As a result,
Dissatisfaction is prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a coin milling facility according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the coin milling equipment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the coin milling equipment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the coin milling equipment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a coin milling facility.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Stone removal machine 9 Rice mill 13 Rice polishing tank 23 Rice lower limit level sensor (supply state detecting means)

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Shigeaki Yamahara 2-35 Jinmucho, Yao-shi, Osaka F-term in Kubota Kuhoji Plant (reference) 4D043 MA01 MA23 MB01 MB08

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A supply state detecting means for detecting whether or not supply of processed rice to the rice milling machine is performed, and a control for stopping the rice milling machine when the supply of the processed rice is detected after starting the operation of the rice milling machine. Means, but the changer does not have a payout function, the control means detects that there is no more supply of processed rice to the rice milling machine, and stops the rice milling machine Then, the timer of the remaining driving time in the rice milling machine is stopped, and thereafter, when the supply of the processed rice to the rice milling machine is detected within a predetermined delay time, the rice polishing processing by the rice milling machine for the remaining driving time is restarted. A rice milling machine characterized by performing 2. The supply state detecting means is means for detecting a state in which treated rice is being supplied to the rice milling machine from a rice polishing tank for storing the treated rice to the rice polishing machine, and the control means is for stopping the rice polishing machine. 2. The coin milling equipment according to claim 1, wherein when the counting of the remaining driving time of the milling process is stopped, the operation of transporting the processed rice to the milling machine is continued.