JP2005011139A - Beverage feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beverage feeder capable of efficiently selling an arbitrary amount of beverage, and selling high-quality beverage. <P>SOLUTION: This beverage feeder has: a mixing bowl 11 for stirring and mixing hot water and a powder material of the beverage to prepare the beverage, and pouring out it into a sales vessel 16; a powder material feeding means 1 feeding the powder material into the mixing bowl 11; a hot water feeding means 4 feeding the hot water into the mixing bowl 11; and a control means 20 controlling the feed of the powder material and the hot water into the mixing bowl 11. The control means 20 continuously feeds an arbitrary amount of the hot water into the mixing bowl 11 on the basis of a sales command, and feeds a proper amount of the powder material into the mixing bowl 11 every prescribed feeding amount of the hot water. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a beverage supply device that provides a mixing ball for mixing beverages by stirring and mixing powder raw materials and hot water of the beverages to be charged.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As such a conventional device, a device as disclosed in JP 2000-298768 A is known. This device begins to pour hot water into the mixing ball first, puts the powder raw material a little later, stirs and mixes it, pours it into a sales container such as a paper cup, and then pours hot water into the mixing ball again. The beverage is stirred, the beverage in the mixing ball is washed away, poured into a sales container, and a beverage with an appropriate concentration is prepared and sold. According to this apparatus, when the amount of hot water to be stirred and mixed with the powder raw material exceeds a predetermined amount, the predetermined amount of hot water and the powder raw material are first stirred and mixed in the mixing ball, and then the predetermined amount is exceeded. By pouring a portion of hot water into the mixing ball and washing it, the sales volume of the beverage can be varied according to the size of the sales container without changing the internal volume of the mixing ball.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-298768 A [0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the apparatus as described above, the hot water poured into the mixing ball in the post-process of the beverage preparation must be prevented from overflowing beyond the content of the mixing ball. There is a limit to the size of sales containers that can be handled. Further, in the above apparatus, in order to cope with a larger-capacity sales container, if the powder raw material and hot water are stirred and mixed in the mixing ball, the number of times of mixing and pouring into the sales container is increased, and the beverage sales volume is increased. There are problems in that it takes time to sell beverages and complicates the control of beverage preparation.
[0005]
In addition, in the above-mentioned apparatus, the hot water for washing poured into the mixing balls in the post-process of beverage preparation is not mixed with the previously dispensed beverage because it is poured into the sales container and is not agitated. Therefore, there is a problem that the concentration of the beverage in the sales container tends to be uneven.
In order to solve such a problem, the present invention makes it possible to easily sell an arbitrary amount of a beverage, efficiently sells the beverage, and is poured and sold in a sales container. It is an object of the present invention to provide a beverage supply device that sells a high-quality beverage with a uniform concentration of beverage.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a mixing ball for stirring and mixing a powder raw material and hot water of a beverage to prepare a beverage and pouring it into a sales container, and the powder raw material in the mixing ball. In the beverage supply apparatus comprising: a powder raw material supply means for supplying; a hot water supply means for supplying the hot water into the mixing ball; and a control means for controlling the supply of the powder raw material and the hot water into the mixing ball. The control means continuously supplies an arbitrary amount of hot water to the mixing ball based on a sales command, and supplies an appropriate amount of the powder raw material to the mixing ball for each predetermined supply amount of hot water. According to this, the drink to be prepared can always be kept at a substantially predetermined concentration.
[0007]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the beverage supply device according to the first aspect, when the mixing ball exceeds a predetermined amount when the beverage that is stirred and mixed and stored therein exceeds the predetermined amount, By providing the beverage discharging means for discharging into the sales container, the beverage does not overflow from the mixing ball even if hot water for preparing the beverage is continuously supplied into the mixing ball.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a beverage supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a powder raw material supply means, 2 a raw material container for storing powder raw materials for beverages by type, and 3 a raw material discharge motor for discharging a necessary amount of powder raw materials stored in the raw material container 2. 4 is a hot water supply means, 5 is a hot water storage tank for storing hot water, 6 is a cold water storage tank for storing cold water, and 7 is supplied to a mixing ball 11 described later by opening the hot water in the hot water storage tank 5. The hot water solenoid valve 8 is a cold water solenoid valve that similarly supplies the cold water in the cold water storage tank 6 to the mixing ball 11. The mixing ball 11 includes a powder raw material supplied from the raw material container 2 by the raw material discharge motor 3 via the raw material discharge shooter 9, hot water supplied from the hot water storage tank 5 via the hot water electromagnetic valve 7, and a cold water storage tank 6. Then, the cold water supplied through the cold water electromagnetic valve 8 is stirred and mixed by the stirring blade 13 that is rotationally driven by the stirring motor 12 to adjust the beverage, and this is poured out into the sales container 16. Reference numeral 10 denotes a beverage discharge pipe (beverage discharge means) for discharging a beverage exceeding a predetermined water level outward so that the beverage in the mixing ball 11 does not overflow. The beverage discharged from the beverage discharge pipe 10 is guided to a sales container 16 such as a paper cup and sold. Reference numeral 15 denotes a sales container storage device that stores a sales container 16 such as a paper cup and supplies it onto the mounting table 17 when selling beverages. Here, the sales container storage device 15 stores a plurality of sales containers such as paper cups of different sizes, and supplies a sales container of a size designated at the time of beverage sales onto the mounting table 17.
[0009]
FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing control of the beverage supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the sales button 21 sends the data (sales command) of the type and sales volume of the beverage selected by the customer to the control unit (control means) 20. And the control part 20 reads the drink preparation data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part which is not shown in the control part 20 based on the input data from the sales button 21, Based on this, the raw material discharge motor 3, the hot water electromagnetic valve 7, By controlling the chilled water solenoid valve 8, the stirring motor 12 that drives the stirring blade 13, the sales container storage device 15 and the like, the beverage supply device operates from dispensing various beverages to dispensing and selling in a cup. Do it properly.
[0010]
Further, the external input device 22 inputs various setting data related to beverage preparation to the control unit 20 and stores the data in the internal storage unit. The beverage preparation data set here includes the amount of raw material supplied for each predetermined hot water supply amount together with the type of raw material, the cup size and the supply amount of hot water for each product. And the quantity of the raw material supplied for every predetermined | prescribed hot water supply amount is respectively set to the optimal quantity according to the kind and cup size of a raw material.
Next, the beverage blending operation of the beverage supply device of the present invention will be described with reference to the time chart showing the beverage blending process of the beverage supply device of the embodiment of the present invention in FIG. In addition, in the following preparation process, the example which mix | blends the thing of a hot state with the quantity of a finished drink of 180 ml is shown.
[0011]
First, when the sales button 21 is operated by the customer, the control unit 20 operates the sales container storage device 15 so that the sales container 16 having a size suitable for the type of the selected product is supplied onto the mounting table 17. As shown in FIG. 3, when the hot water solenoid valve 7 is opened and the hot water in the hot water storage tank 5 starts to be supplied to the mixing ball 11, the stirring motor 12 is activated and the stirring blade 13 is driven to rotate. When the supply amount of hot water reaches 30 ml, the raw material discharge motor 3 of the raw material container 2 in which the powder raw material of the selected product is stored is driven, and 1.5 g of the appropriate amount of powder raw material in this embodiment is mixed. The ball 11 is supplied. In this way, every time 30 ml of hot water is supplied, the powder raw material is supplied to the mixing ball 11 by 1.5 g, and the operation of stirring and mixing the beverage is repeated. Then, when the total amount of hot water supplied reaches 180 ml, the hot water solenoid valve 7 is closed and the hot water supply is stopped, the last powder raw material 1.5 g is supplied, and the operation of the agitating motor 12 is started after a predetermined time. Stopping and stirring and mixing of the beverage in the mixing ball 11 is stopped. Then, the beverage that is stirred, mixed and mixed in the mixing ball 11 is poured into the sales container 16 and sold. Here, when the beverage to be agitated and mixed in the mixing ball 11 exceeds a predetermined water level, the beverage exceeding the predetermined water level is discharged to the sales container 16 by the beverage discharge pipe 10, and the beverage from the mixing ball 11. Will not overflow.
[0012]
As described above, according to the beverage supply device of the present invention, an appropriate amount of powder raw material (1.5 g) is supplied to the mixing ball 11 for each predetermined supply amount (30 ml) of hot water. It can always be kept at a predetermined concentration (0.05 kg / l or less). Therefore, the concentration of the beverage poured into the sales container 16 is substantially constant and always uniform. In addition, the supply amount of the powder raw material with respect to a predetermined amount of hot water is determined according to the type of the powder raw material and the state of the hot water, by setting an optimal amount that can easily dissolve the powder raw material and prevent the generation of undissolved beverage. The stirring time can be shortened. And since the foaming of a drink can be prevented by shortening stirring time, a quality drink can be provided without impairing taste and appearance. Further, since the powdered beverage not dissolved remains in the mixing ball 11, the inside can be easily cleaned.
[0013]
In addition, since the mixing ball 11 includes the discharge pipe 10 that discharges the beverage exceeding the predetermined amount to the sales container 16 when the amount of the beverage that is stirred, mixed, and mixed exceeds the predetermined amount, the large amount of the beverage is sold. Even when hot water is continuously supplied to the mixing ball 11, the blended beverage does not overflow from the mixing ball 11. That is, an arbitrary amount of beverage desired by a customer can be efficiently sold in a short time by continuously adding hot water and blending it.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the powder raw material and hot water are stirred and mixed. However, the powder raw material and cold water or the powder raw material and hot water and cold water may be stirred and mixed. The present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in the present embodiment, and application changes can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention.
[0014]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the invention according to claim 1, since the beverage to be prepared can be kept at a substantially predetermined concentration at all times, the concentration of the beverage poured into the sales container is always made uniform. Can do. In addition, by maintaining the beverage to be blended at an optimal concentration that allows the powder raw material to easily dissolve and prevent the formation of undissolved residue, the stirring time of the beverage to be blended can be shortened, and foaming of the beverage can be prevented. it can. Therefore, it is possible to provide a high-quality beverage without impairing taste and appearance. Furthermore, since a powdered beverage remaining undissolved in the mixing ball does not occur, the inside can be easily cleaned.
[0015]
According to the invention according to claim 2, in the beverage supply device according to claim 1, the beverage overflows from the mixing ball even if hot water for preparing the beverage is continuously supplied into the mixing ball. Since it does not come out, even if there is a large amount of beverage desired by the customer, it can be sold efficiently in a short time by continuously adding and mixing hot water.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a beverage supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing control of the beverage supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a time chart showing a beverage preparation process of the beverage supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Powder raw material supply means 4 Hot water supply means 10 Beverage discharge pipe (beverage discharge means)
11 Mixing ball 12 Stirring motor 16 Sales container 20 Control unit (control means)

Claims (2)

A mixing ball for stirring and mixing beverage raw materials and hot water to prepare a beverage and pouring it into a sales container, a powder raw material supply means for supplying the powder raw material into the mixing ball, and the hot water in the mixing ball In the beverage supply apparatus having hot water supply means for supplying to the liquid and control means for controlling the supply of the powder raw material and the hot water into the mixing ball, the control means continuously supplies an arbitrary amount of hot water based on a sales command. Then, the beverage supply device is supplied to the mixing ball, and an appropriate amount of the powder material is supplied to the mixing ball for every predetermined supply amount of the hot water. The said mixing ball | bowl was provided with the drink discharge | emission means which discharge | emits the drink exceeding the said predetermined quantity to the said sales container, when the drink stirred and mixed and stored in the inside exceeds a predetermined quantity. The beverage supply apparatus according to 1.

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