JP2004145811A - Cup type automatic beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a cup type automatic beverage vending machine capable of producing a frozen beverage which is produced by mixing broken pieces of ice with the beverage and is tasty and cool. <P>SOLUTION: The vending machine is provided with an icemaker 1 and an ice discharge port 2 for providing ice and an ice processing supplying device 4 and a shooter 5 which process the ice discharged from the ice discharge port 2 into crushed pieces of ice and provide a cup C with them. The ice which have been processed into the crushed pieces of ice and provided to the cup C by the shooter 5 and the beverage are stirred by stirring blades 11 to produce the frozen beverage. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cup-type beverage vending machine that supplies coffee or syrup to a container such as a cup and sells the same, and in particular, agitates coffee or syrup or the like supplied to the container such as a cup and ice to create a sherbet-like frozen food. The present invention relates to a cup-type beverage vending machine that manufactures and sells beverages.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when selling a cold beverage in which ice is put into a cup beverage in a cup-type beverage vending machine, there is a type in which ice is made in an ice machine, the ice is put in, and a cold beverage is manufactured and sold (for example, See Patent Document 1.).
Hereinafter, a conventional cup-type beverage vending machine will be described with reference to FIG. In the drawing, an ice maker 1 for storing ice produced by cooling drinking water supplied from a water supply device (not shown) is stored in the ice maker 1 according to an instruction from a control unit (not shown). An ice discharge port 2 for discharging ice, a syrup tank 6 for storing syrup, a raw material box 7 for storing powdered raw materials such as sugar, cream and instant coffee, and a beverage supplied from a water supply device having a heater (not shown) therein. A hot water tank 8 for storing hot water at a temperature of about 97 ° C., a coffee bean accommodating section, a coffee mill for grinding coffee beans, and coffee extraction with the ground coffee ground by the coffee mill and hot water supplied from the hot water tank 8. A coffee cooking unit 9 having a built-in coffee extraction unit, and a stirring blade 11 for stirring syrup and drinking water or coffee, sugar and cream supplied to the cup C. Stirrer 10 that includes a.
[0003]
With this configuration, when a cold beverage sales command is output, first, a cup C is supplied from a cup supply device (not shown), and syrup from the syrup tank 6 and drinking water from the water supply device are supplied to the cup C. . When the syrup and the drinking water are supplied to the cup C, the stirring blade 11 of the stirring device 10 is inserted into the cup C and rotated to obtain a mixed liquid of the syrup and the drinking water. Then, when ice is put into the mixed liquid of the syrup and the drinking water, and the stirring blade 11 is further rotated, a cold beverage is completed and delivered from the sales outlet.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-7-6253 (page 3, FIG. 1)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In recent years, the taste of beverages has been diversified, and a sherbet-shaped frozen beverage having a pleasant taste and a refreshing feeling has been favored. In particular, the production of a palatable frozen beverage requires the mixing of the beverage with fine ice (eg, ice of approximately rice grain size).
However, in the conventional cup-type beverage vending machine, the ice made by the ice machine was directly poured into the cup to cool the beverage, and the ice contained in the cup beverage was large-sized ice. .
[0006]
The present invention is intended to solve the problem of such a conventional configuration, and produces a refreshing, refreshing frozen beverage produced by mixing fine ice and a beverage. It is an object of the present invention to realize a cup-type beverage vending machine which can perform the above.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 1 of the present invention is a cup-type beverage vending machine having a stirring blade for stirring a beverage supplied to a cup, wherein ice is removed. An ice supply device for supplying, and an ice processing supply device for finely processing the ice discharged from the ice supply device and supplying the ice processing to the cup, and finely processing the ice by the ice processing supply device and supplying the ice to the cup. Ice and the beverage are stirred by the stirring blade to produce a frozen beverage.
[0008]
Further, the cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned claim 1, the ice processing and supply device is configured to finely process the ice discharged from the ice supply device by shaving. I do.
Further, in the cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 3 of the present invention, in the above-described claim 1, the ice processing and supply device is characterized in that the ice discharged from the ice supply device is crushed and finely processed. I do.
A cup-type beverage vending machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the cup-type beverage vending machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein ice supplied from the ice supply device is one of the cup or the ice processing supply device. An ice distribution device for distributing and supplying the ice is provided behind the ice supply device.
[0009]
Further, the cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 5 of the present invention is a cup-type beverage vending machine that sells a cup-containing beverage cooked in the machine,
An ice supply device for supplying ice; and an ice processing supply device for finely processing the ice discharged from the ice supply device and supplying the ice processing to the cup, wherein the ice finely processed by the ice processing supply device is supplied to the cup. To produce frozen beverages.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the same reference numerals are used for the same configurations as those in the related art.
FIG. 1 shows a cup-type beverage vending machine as an example according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is capable of producing a refreshing frozen beverage having a pleasant taste. In FIG. 1, an ice maker 1 for storing ice produced by cooling drinking water supplied from a water supply device (not shown) is stored in the ice maker 1 according to an instruction from a control unit (not shown). An ice discharge port 2 for discharging ice that is present (an ice making machine 1 and an ice discharge port 2 constitute an ice supply device), an ice distribution device 3 for distributing a destination of ice discharged from the ice discharge port 2, and an ice distribution device 3 When it is tilted rightward as shown by the solid line in the figure, it supplies ice to the ice processing supply device 4 described later. When it is tilted leftward as shown by the dotted line in the figure, the cup C Distribution mechanism 3a for supplying ice to the ice, ice processing supply device 4 for finely processing the ice distributed and supplied by the ice distribution device 3, and a shooter 5 (ice processing) for guiding the ice finely processed by the ice processing supply device 4 to the cup C. The supply device 4 and the shooter 5 constitute an ice processing supply device. ), A syrup tank 6 for storing syrup, a raw material box 7 for storing powdered raw materials such as sugar, cream and instant coffee or cocoa, and a heater (not shown) provided therein, and the drinking water supplied from the water supply device is approximately 97 ° C. A hot water tank 8 for storing hot water while keeping the temperature, a coffee bean storage section, a coffee mill for grinding coffee beans, and a coffee extraction section for extracting coffee with the ground beans ground by the coffee mill and hot water supplied from the hot water tank 8. And a stirrer 10 having stirring blades 11 for stirring syrup and coffee supplied to the cup C and ice.
[0011]
Hereinafter, the operation of the above configuration will be described. When a frozen beverage sales command is output, first, a cup C is supplied from a cup supply device (not shown), and a syrup is supplied to the cup C from the syrup tank 6. At the same time, the ice sorting mechanism 3a of the ice sorting device 3 is tilted rightward as shown by the solid line in the figure, and the ice discharged from the ice discharge port 2 is sorted and supplied to the ice processing supply device 4 by the ice sorting device 3. The ice processing supply device 4 finely processes the supplied ice and supplies it to the cup C from the shooter 5. In this way, the syrup and the finely processed ice are supplied to the cup C, and then the stirring blade 11 of the stirring device 10 is inserted into the cup C and rotated to stir and mix the syrup and the finely processed ice. Thus, a refreshing and refreshing frozen beverage is prepared and delivered from a sales outlet (not shown).
[0012]
As means for processing the ice finely (for example, ice of approximately the size of rice grains) by the ice processing supply device 4, the ice is cut into fine ice (ice-cutting), or the ice is crushed into fine ice (crushed ice). ), But the purpose of finely processing the ice is to produce a frozen food with a good taste, and the method of processing the ice finely is not limited to this. It goes without saying that the processing means is not limited if it can be processed into ice of a size suitable for producing a good frozen beverage.
In addition, by changing the size of the ice to be finely processed by the ice processing supply device 4, the mouthfeel of the frozen beverage can be changed, so that the type of the frozen beverage having a different mouthfeel can be increased.
[0013]
Furthermore, the syrup and the finely processed ice are stirred to produce a mouthfeel and refreshing frozen beverage, which has been described in the embodiment of the cup-type beverage vending machine. The processed ice is agitated to produce a refreshing and refreshing frozen beverage. The powdered raw material (eg, cocoa) in raw material box 7 and hot water supplied from hot water tank 8 are mixed in a mixing ball (not shown). Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a cup-type beverage vending machine capable of producing a frozen beverage having a pleasant taste and a refreshing taste by stirring a beverage prepared by mixing and cooking finely-processed ice.
[0014]
Next, when a cold beverage sales command is output, a cup C is supplied from a cup supply device (not shown), syrup is supplied from the syrup tank 6, and drinking water is supplied from the water supply device to the cup C. At the same time, the ice sorting mechanism 3a of the ice sorting device 3 is tilted leftward as indicated by a dotted line in the figure. When the stirring blade 11 of the stirring device 10 is inserted into the cup C to which the syrup and the drinking water are supplied and rotated, the syrup and the drinking water are stirred to form a mixed liquid. When the stirring is completed, the rotation of the stirring blade 11 is stopped, and at the same time, ice is discharged from the ice discharge port 2 and distributed to the cup C by the ice distribution device 3. In this way, when ice is put into the cup C containing the mixture of syrup and drinking water, and the stirring blade 11 is further rotated, a cold drink containing ice of a large size is completed and delivered from the sales outlet. It is.
[0015]
As described above, in the cup-type beverage vending machine provided with the stirring blade 11 for stirring the beverage supplied to the cup C, the ice maker 1 and the ice outlet 2 (the ice maker 1 and the ice An ice supply device is constituted by the outlet 2) and an ice processing supply device 4 and a shooter 5 which finely process the ice discharged from the ice discharge port 2 and supply it to the cup C (the ice processing supply device 4 and the shooter 5 Forming a processing supply device), and producing a frozen beverage by stirring the beverage, which is finely processed by the ice processing supply device 4 and supplied to the cup C by the shooter 5, with the stirring blade 11. Thereby, it becomes possible to realize a cup-type beverage vending machine capable of producing a frozen beverage having a pleasant taste and a refreshing feeling.
[0016]
The ice processing supply device 4 realizes a cup-type beverage vending machine capable of producing a crisp frozen beverage mixed with shaved ice and a beverage by shaving the ice discharged from the ice discharge port 2 to produce fine ice. It is possible to do.
The ice processing supply device 4 is a cup-type beverage vending machine that can produce a crisp iced beverage mixed with slurries ice by crushing ice discharged from the ice discharge port 2 to produce fine ice. It can be realized.
An ice distributing device 3 for distributing ice supplied from the ice outlet 2 to either the cup C or the ice processing and supplying device 4 is provided behind the ice outlet 2, so that one cup-type beverage automatic With a vending machine, it is possible to manufacture and sell a cold beverage containing large-sized ice and a refreshing and refreshing frozen beverage containing finely processed ice.
[0017]
In a cup-type beverage vending machine that sells a beverage in a cup cooked in the vending machine, an ice maker 1 and an ice discharge port 2 that supply ice (the ice maker 1 and the ice discharge port 2 constitute an ice supply device). An ice processing supply device 4 and a shooter 5 (the ice processing supply device 4 and the shooter 5 constitute an ice processing supply device) for finely processing the ice discharged from the ice discharge port 2 and supplying the processed ice to the cup C. A cup-type beverage vending machine capable of producing a frozen beverage in which fine ice is mixed in a beverage by supplying finely processed ice to the cup C by the ice processing supply device 4 to produce a frozen beverage. It can be realized.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, an ice supply device for supplying ice and an ice processing supply device for finely processing ice discharged from the ice supply device and supplying the processed ice to a cup are provided. Ice that has been finely processed by the device and supplied to the cup, and the beverage, can be stirred with stirring blades to produce a frozen beverage, so that a cup that can produce a refreshing and refreshing frozen beverage can be produced. It becomes possible to realize a beverage-type vending machine.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cup-type beverage vending machine as an example showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional cup-type beverage vending machine.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ice machine 2 Ice discharge port 3 Ice sorting device 3a Ice sorting mechanism 4 Ice processing supply device 5 Shooter 6 Syrup tank 7 Raw material box 8 Hot water tank 9 Coffee cooking unit 10 Stirring device 11 Stirrer blade C cup

Claims (5)

In a cup-type beverage vending machine having a stirring blade for stirring a beverage supplied to a cup, an ice supply device for supplying ice, and ice discharged from the ice supply device is finely processed and supplied to the cup. An ice processing supply device that performs fine processing by the ice processing supply device and supplies the ice to the cup, and the beverage by stirring the beverage with the stirring blades to produce a frozen beverage. Cup-type beverage vending machine. 2. The cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the ice processing supply device cuts and finely processes the ice discharged from the ice supply device. 2. The cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the ice processing supply device crushes ice discharged from the ice supply device to finely process the ice. The ice distributing device for distributing ice supplied from the ice supplying device to one of the cup and the ice processing supplying device is provided behind the ice supplying device. A cup-type beverage vending machine according to any of the above. In cup-type beverage vending machines that sell beverages in cups cooked inside the machine,
An ice supply device for supplying ice,
An ice processing supply device for finely processing the ice discharged from the ice supply device and supplying the ice to the cup;
And
A cup-type beverage vending machine, characterized in that finely processed ice is supplied to the cup by the ice processing supply device to produce a frozen beverage.

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