JP2022106220A - Recipe distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a recipe distribution system for distributing a recipe with respect to preparation using coffee beans, the recipe distribution system having a characteristic with respect to handling of the recipe.SOLUTION: A recipe distribution system RS comprises: coffee machines 1 for performing preparation using coffee beans; and recipe distribution means 16 for distributing a recipe with respect to the preparation to the coffee machines 1. The recipe distribution means 16 may modify a recipe to be distributed depending on a coffee machine 1 of a distribution destination.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 30

Description

The present invention relates to a recipe distribution system that distributes recipes related to preparation using coffee beans.

A coffee machine for preparing coffee beans has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1). The coffee machine proposed in Patent Document 1 is equipped with a coffee bean grinder and a coffee beverage extraction device. Further, as a coffee machine for preparing using coffee beans, there are a machine equipped with only a coffee bean grinder and a machine equipped with only a coffee beverage extraction device.

Patent Document 1 describes manufacturing conditions (recipe) for producing coffee beverages, but does not disclose specific handling.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-30433

Conventionally, there is room for improvement in the handling of recipes.

An object of the present invention is to provide a recipe distribution system characterized by handling recipes.

The recipe distribution system of the present invention that solves the above object is
A coffee machine that prepares coffee beans and
A recipe distribution means for distributing a recipe related to the preparation to the coffee machine,
It is a recipe distribution system equipped with
The recipe distribution means may modify the recipe to be distributed according to the coffee machine to which it is distributed.
It is characterized by that.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a recipe distribution system characterized by handling recipes.

It is an external view of the beverage manufacturing apparatus. It is a partial front view of the beverage manufacturing apparatus of FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the function of the beverage manufacturing apparatus of FIG. It is a partially broken perspective view of a separating device. It is a perspective view of a drive unit and an extraction container. It is a figure which shows the closed state and the open state of the extraction container of FIG. It is a front view which shows the structure of a part of the upper unit and the lower unit. FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of FIG. 7. It is a schematic diagram of a central unit. It is a block diagram of the control device of the beverage manufacturing apparatus of FIG. (A) and (B) are flowcharts showing a control example executed by a control device. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the liquid feed amount adjustment device which can function as a water tank. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the cross-sectional structure of the liquid feed amount adjusting device. It is a figure which shows some operation examples of the liquid feed amount adjustment apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the control example which a control device executes. It is a figure which shows the operation mode of the liquid feed amount adjusting apparatus in the manufacturing process of a beverage. It is a figure which shows the operation mode of the liquid feed amount adjusting apparatus in the manufacturing process of a beverage. It is a figure which shows the change mode of the atmospheric pressure in the extraction container in the manufacturing process of a beverage. It is a figure which shows the table of the extraction process S3' stored in the storage part 11b shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the change mode of the air pressure in the extraction container, and the amount of hot water in a beverage manufacturing process. It is a figure which shows the change mode of the target value and the actually measured value of the air pressure in the extraction container and the amount of hot water in a beverage manufacturing process. It is a block diagram of the server 16 shown in FIG. It is a block diagram of the information display device 12 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of data stored in a server. It is a flowchart which shows the control example of an information display device. It is a flowchart which shows the control example of a server. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which is displayed when "recipe" is designated as a category in the display part 1207 of an information display apparatus 12. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which is displayed on the display part 1207 of an information display device 12 when a category is a varistor (creator). It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which is displayed on the display part 1207 of an information display device 12 when the category is type 2 (flavor). It is a figure which showed the item which is related to the modification of a recipe collectively. It is a figure which showed only the information about the extraction process S3' among the correction recipe information which the machine ID shown in FIG. 30 transmitted to the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 of M2001-05 in the table. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which an order information input screen is displayed on the mobile terminal 17M, and (B) is a diagram in which a coffee bean grinder having a machine ID of G1919-12 receives correction recipe information from a server 16. It is a figure which shows the appearance that the content was displayed on the display part 1207 of the information display device 12. It is a flowchart which shows the recipe distribution method executed by the server 16 shown in FIG.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, a beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 corresponding to an example of a coffee machine will be described.

<1. Overview of beverage manufacturing equipment>
FIG. 1 is an external view of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1. The beverage production device 1 shown in FIG. 1 is an device that automatically produces coffee beverages from roasted coffee beans and liquid (here, water), and can produce a cup of coffee beverages per production operation. .. The roasted coffee beans used as a raw material can be stored in the canister 40. A cup mounting portion 110 is provided at the lower part of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1, and the manufactured coffee beverage is poured from the pouring portion 10c into the cup.

The beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a housing 100 that forms an exterior thereof and surrounds an internal mechanism. The housing 100 is roughly classified into a main body 101 and a cover 102 that covers a part of the front surface and a part of the side surface of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1. The cover portion 102 is provided with an information display device 12. In the case of the present embodiment, the information display device 12 is a touch panel type display, and can display various information as well as receive input from a device manager or a beverage consumer. The information display device 12 is attached to the cover portion 102 via the moving mechanism 12a, and can be moved in a certain range in the vertical direction by the moving mechanism 12a.

The cover portion 102 is also provided with a bean input port 103 and an opening / closing door 103a for opening and closing the bean input port 103. By opening the opening / closing door 103a, roasted coffee beans other than the roasted coffee beans stored in the canister 40 can be charged into the bean input port 103. This makes it possible to provide a special drink to the consumer of the beverage.

In the case of the present embodiment, the cover portion 102 is made of a translucent material such as acrylic or glass, and the entire cover portion 102 constitutes a transparent cover as a transmissive portion. Therefore, the mechanism inside the cover portion 102 is visible from the outside. In the case of the present embodiment, a part of the manufacturing section for manufacturing the coffee beverage can be visually recognized through the cover section 102. In the case of the present embodiment, the main body 101 is a non-transparent portion as a whole, and it is difficult to visually recognize the inside thereof from the outside.

FIG. 2 is a partial front view of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 and is a diagram showing a part of the manufacturing unit that can be visually recognized by the user in the front view of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1. The cover portion 102 and the information display device 12 are illustrated by imaginary lines.

The housing 100 in the front portion of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 has a double structure of a main body portion 101 and a cover portion 102 on the outer side (front side) thereof. A part of the mechanism of the manufacturing unit is arranged between the main body portion 101 and the cover portion 102 in the front-rear direction, and the user can visually recognize the mechanism via the cover portion 102.

In the case of this embodiment, a part of the mechanism of the manufacturing unit that can be visually recognized by the user through the cover unit 102 is a collective transport unit 42, a grinding machine 5A, 5B, a separation device 6, an extraction container 9, and the like, which will be described later. A rectangular recess 101a recessed in the back side is formed in the front portion of the main body portion 101, and the extraction container 9 and the like are located in the back side in the recess 101a.

Since these mechanisms can be visually recognized from the outside through the cover portion 102, inspection and operation confirmation may be facilitated for the administrator. Beverage consumers may also be able to enjoy the process of making coffee beverages.

The cover portion 102 is supported by the main body portion 101 at its right end via a hinge 102a so as to be openable and closable. At the left end of the cover portion 102, an engaging portion 102b that keeps the main body portion 101 and the cover portion 102 in a closed state is provided. The engaging portion 102b is, for example, a combination of a magnet and iron. By opening the cover unit 102, the administrator can inspect a part of the above-mentioned manufacturing unit inside the cover unit 102.

In the case of the present embodiment, the cover portion 102 is a horizontal opening type, but a vertical opening type (vertical opening type) or a slide type may be used. Further, the cover portion 102 may be configured so that it cannot be opened and closed.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the function of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1. The beverage manufacturing device 1 includes a bean processing device 2 and an extraction device 3 as a coffee beverage manufacturing unit.

The bean processing device 2 produces ground beans from roasted coffee beans. The extraction device 3 extracts coffee liquid from the ground beans supplied from the bean processing device 2. The extraction device 3 includes a fluid supply unit 7, a drive unit 8 (see FIG. 5) described later, an extraction container 9, and a switching unit 10. The ground beans supplied from the bean processing device 2 are put into the extraction container 9. The fluid supply unit 7 puts hot water into the extraction container 9. Coffee liquid is extracted from the ground beans in the extraction container 9. Hot water containing the extracted coffee liquid is sent to the cup C as a coffee beverage via the switching unit 10.

<2. Fluid supply unit and switching unit>
The configuration of the fluid supply unit 7 and the switching unit 10 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the fluid supply unit 7 will be described. The fluid supply unit 7 supplies hot water to the extraction container 9, controls the air pressure in the extraction container 9, and the like. In the present specification, when the atmospheric pressure is illustrated numerically, it means an absolute pressure unless otherwise specified, and the gauge pressure is an atmospheric pressure in which the atmospheric pressure is 0 atmospheric pressure. Atmospheric pressure refers to the atmospheric pressure around the extraction container 9 or the atmospheric pressure of the beverage production device 1, for example, when the beverage production device 1 is installed at a point 0 m above sea level, the International Standard Atmosphere (= "" It is the reference atmospheric pressure (1013.25 hPa) at 0 m above sea level of the International Standard Atmosphere (= "International Standard Atmosphere" [[abbreviation] ISA]) established in 1976 by the International Standard Atmosphere "[[abbreviation] ICAO]).

The fluid supply unit 7 includes pipes L1 to L3. The pipe L1 is a pipe through which air flows, and the pipe L2 is a pipe through which water flows. The pipe L3 is a pipe capable of circulating both air and water.

The fluid supply unit 7 includes a compressor 70 as a pressurizing source. The compressor 70 compresses the atmosphere and sends it out. The compressor 70 is driven, for example, by using a motor (not shown) as a drive source. The compressed air delivered from the compressor 70 is supplied to the reserve tank (accumulator) 71 via the check valve 71a. The atmospheric pressure in the reserve tank 71 is monitored by the pressure sensor 71b, and the compressor 70 is driven so as to be maintained at a predetermined atmospheric pressure (7 atmospheric pressure (6 atmospheric pressure in gauge pressure) in this embodiment). The reserve tank 71 is provided with a drain 71c for drainage, so that water generated by compression of air can be drained.

Hot water (water) constituting the coffee beverage is stored in the water tank 72. The water tank 72 is provided with a heater 72a for heating the water in the water tank 72 and a temperature sensor 72b for measuring the temperature of the water. The heater 72a maintains the temperature of the accumulated hot water at a predetermined temperature (120 degrees Celsius in this embodiment) based on the detection result of the temperature sensor 72b. For example, the heater 72a is turned on when the temperature of hot water is 118 degrees Celsius and turned off at 120 degrees Celsius.

The water tank 72 is also provided with a water level sensor 72c. The water level sensor 72c detects the water level of hot water in the water tank 72. When the water level sensor 72c detects that the water level is lower than the predetermined water level, water is supplied to the water tank 72. In the case of this embodiment, tap water is supplied through a water purifier (not shown). A solenoid valve 72d is provided in the middle of the pipe L2 from the water purifier. When the water level sensor 72c detects a drop in the water level, the solenoid valve 72d is opened to supply water, and when the water level reaches a predetermined level, the solenoid valve 72d is electromagnetically provided. The valve 72d is closed and the water supply is cut off. In this way, the hot water in the water tank 72 is maintained at a constant water level. The water supply to the water tank 72 may be performed each time the hot water used for producing the coffee beverage is discharged.

The water tank 72 is also provided with a pressure sensor 72 g. The pressure sensor 72g detects the air pressure in the water tank 72. The air pressure in the reserve tank 71 is supplied to the water tank 72 via the pressure regulating valve 72e and the solenoid valve 72f. The pressure regulating valve 72e reduces the atmospheric pressure supplied from the reserve tank 71 to a predetermined atmospheric pressure. In the case of this embodiment, the pressure is reduced to 3 atm (2 atm in gauge pressure). The solenoid valve 72f switches between supplying and shutting off the air pressure regulated by the pressure regulating valve 72e to the water tank 72. The solenoid valve 72f is controlled to open and close so that the atmospheric pressure in the water tank 72 is maintained at 3 atm except when tap water is supplied to the water tank 72. When tap water is supplied to the water tank 72, the pressure inside the water tank 72 is set to be lower than the water pressure of the tap water by the electromagnetic valve 72h so that the tap water is smoothly replenished to the water tank 72 by the water pressure of the tap water. Reduce the pressure to (for example, less than 2.5 atm). The solenoid valve 72h switches whether or not the inside of the water tank 72 is released to the atmosphere, and when the pressure is reduced, the inside of the water tank 72 is released to the atmosphere. Further, the electromagnetic valve 72h releases the inside of the water tank 72 to the atmosphere when the pressure in the water tank 72 exceeds 3 atm except when the tap water is supplied to the water tank 72, and the inside of the water tank 72 becomes 3 atm. maintain.

The hot water in the water tank 72 is supplied to the extraction container 9 via the check valve 72j, the solenoid valve 72i, and the pipe L3. By opening the solenoid valve 72i, hot water is supplied to the extraction container 9, and by closing it, the supply of hot water is cut off. The amount of hot water supplied to the extraction container 9 can be controlled by the opening time of the solenoid valve 72i. However, the opening and closing of the solenoid valve 72i may be controlled by measuring the supply amount. A temperature sensor 73e for measuring the temperature of hot water is provided in the pipe L3, and the temperature of hot water supplied to the extraction container 9 is monitored.

The air pressure in the reserve tank 71 is also supplied to the extraction container 9 via the pressure regulating valve 73a and the solenoid valve 73b. The pressure regulating valve 73a reduces the atmospheric pressure supplied from the reserve tank 71 to a predetermined atmospheric pressure. In the case of this embodiment, the pressure is reduced to 5 atm (4 atm in gauge pressure). The solenoid valve 73b switches between supplying and shutting off the air pressure regulated by the pressure regulating valve 73a to the extraction container 9. The air pressure in the extraction container 9 is detected by the pressure sensor 73d. When pressurizing the inside of the extraction container 9, the electromagnetic valve 73b is opened based on the detection result of the pressure sensor 73d, and the inside of the extraction container 9 is at a predetermined pressure (in the case of this embodiment, a maximum of 5 atm (4 atm in gauge pressure). )) Pressurize. The air pressure in the extraction container 9 can be reduced by the solenoid valve 73c. The solenoid valve 73c switches whether or not to release the inside of the extraction container 9 to the atmosphere, and releases the inside of the extraction container 9 to the atmosphere when the pressure is abnormal (for example, when the inside of the extraction container 9 exceeds 5 atm).

After the production of one coffee beverage is completed, in the case of the present embodiment, the inside of the extraction container 9 is washed with tap water. The solenoid valve 73f is opened at the time of cleaning to supply tap water to the extraction container 9.

Next, the switching unit 10 will be described. The switching unit 10 is a unit that switches the delivery destination of the liquid delivered from the extraction container 9 to either the pouring unit 10c or the waste tank T. The switching unit 10 includes a switching valve 10a and a motor 10b for driving the switching valve 10a. The switching valve 10a switches the flow path to the pouring portion 10c when the coffee beverage in the extraction container 9 is delivered. The coffee beverage is poured from the pouring portion 10c into the cup C. When discharging the waste liquid (tap water) and the residue (ground beans) at the time of washing, the flow path is switched to the waste tank T. The switching valve 10a is a 3-port ball valve in the case of this embodiment. Since the residue passes through the switching valve 10a during cleaning, a ball valve is suitable for the switching valve 10a, and the motor 10b switches the flow path by rotating its rotating shaft.

<3. Bean processing equipment>
The bean processing apparatus 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The bean processing device 2 includes a storage device 4 and a crushing device 5.

<3-1. Storage device>
The storage device 4 includes a plurality of canisters 40 in which the roasted coffee beans are stored. In the case of this embodiment, three canisters 40 are provided. The canister 40 includes a tubular main body 40a for accommodating roasted coffee beans and a handle 40b provided on the main body 40a, and is configured to be detachably attached to the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1.

Each canister 40 may accommodate different types of roasted coffee beans, and may be able to select the type of roasted coffee beans used for producing coffee beverages by operating input to the information display device 12. The roasted coffee beans of different types are, for example, roasted coffee beans of different varieties of coffee beans. Further, the roasted coffee beans of different types are coffee beans of the same type, but may be roasted coffee beans having different degrees of roasting. Further, the roasted coffee beans of different types may be roasted coffee beans having different varieties and degrees of roasting. Further, at least one of the three canisters 40 may contain roasted coffee beans in which a plurality of varieties of roasted coffee beans are mixed. In this case, the roasted coffee beans of each variety may have the same degree of roasting.

Although a plurality of canisters 40 are provided in the present embodiment, a configuration in which only one canister 40 is provided may be provided. Further, when a plurality of canisters 40 are provided, all or a plurality of canisters 40 of the same type of roasted coffee beans may be accommodated.

Each canister 40 is detachably mounted on a conveyor 41 which is a weighing and transporting device. The conveyor 41 is, for example, an electric screw conveyor, and automatically weighs a predetermined amount of roasted coffee beans housed in the canister 40 and sends them to the downstream side.

Each conveyor 41 discharges roasted coffee beans to the collective transport section 42 on the downstream side. The collective transport unit 42 is composed of a hollow member, and forms a transport passage for roasted coffee beans from each conveyor 41 to the crushing device 5 (particularly the grinder 5A). The roasted coffee beans discharged from each conveyor 41 move inside the collecting and transporting unit 42 by their own weight and flow down to the crushing device 5.

A guide portion 42a is formed in the collective transport portion 42 at a position corresponding to the bean input port 103. The guide portion 42a forms a passage for guiding the roasted coffee beans charged from the bean input port 103 to the crushing device 5 (particularly the grinding machine 5A). As a result, in addition to the roasted coffee beans housed in the canister 40, coffee beverages made from roasted coffee beans charged from the bean input port 103 can also be produced.

<3-2. Crusher>
The crushing apparatus 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4. FIG. 4 is a partially broken perspective view of the separating device 6. The crushing device 5 includes grinders 5A and 5B, and a separating device 6. The grinders 5A and 5B are mechanisms for grinding roasted coffee beans supplied from the storage device 4. The roasted coffee beans supplied from the storage device 4 are ground by the grinding machine 5A, further ground by the grinding machine 5B into powder, and charged into the extraction container 9 from the discharge pipe 5C.

The grinders 5A and 5B have different grain sizes for grinding beans. The grinding machine 5A is a grinding machine for coarse grinding, and the grinding machine 5B is a grinding machine for fine grinding. That is, the grinding machine 5A is a grinding machine for crushing unnecessary substances adhering to coffee beans to a certain size (for example, about 1/4) in order to facilitate separation. Further, the grinding machine 5B is a grinding machine for turning coffee beans crushed by the grinding machine 5A into ground coffee beans having a desired particle size. Therefore, these grinders 5A and 5B have different grain sizes for grinding beans, and the grinding machine 5B has a finer grain size than the grinding machine 5A. The grinders 5A and 5B are electric grinders, respectively, and include a motor as a drive source, a rotary blade driven by the motor, and the like. The size (particle size) of the roasted coffee beans to be crushed can be changed by changing the rotation speed of the rotary blade. Further, the particle size of the ground beans in the grinder 5B may be adjusted by adjusting the distance between the rotary blade 58b and the fixed blade 57b, although an error (about ± 5 μm) may occur.

The separation device 6 is a mechanism for separating unnecessary substances from the ground beans. The separating device 6 includes a passage portion 63a arranged between the grinding machine 5A and the grinding machine 5B. The passage portion 63a is a hollow body forming a separation chamber through which the ground beans that freely fall from the grinder 5A pass. The passage portion 63a is connected to a passage portion 63b extending in a direction (in the case of the present embodiment, the left-right direction) intersecting the passing direction of the ground beans (in the case of the present embodiment, the vertical direction). A suction unit 60 is connected to the portion 63b. When the suction unit 60 sucks the air in the passage portion 63a, a lightweight object such as chaff or fine powder is sucked. This makes it possible to separate unwanted substances from the ground beans.

The suction unit 60 is a centrifugal separation type mechanism. The suction unit 60 includes a blower unit 60A and a recovery container 60B. In the case of this embodiment, the blower unit 60A is a fan motor and exhausts the air in the recovery container 60B upward.

The recovery container 60B includes a separably engaged upper 61 and a lower 62. The lower portion 62 has a bottomed tubular shape with an open upper portion, and forms a space for accumulating unnecessary substances. The upper portion 61 constitutes a lid portion attached to the opening of the lower portion 62. The upper portion 61 includes a cylindrical outer peripheral wall 61a and an exhaust pipe 61b formed coaxially with the outer peripheral wall 61a. The blower unit 60A is fixed to the upper portion 61 above the exhaust stack 61b so as to suck the air in the exhaust stack 61b. A passage portion 63b is connected to the upper portion 61. The passage portion 63b is open to the side of the exhaust stack 61b.

By driving the blower unit 60A, the airflow indicated by arrows d1 to d3 in FIG. 4 is generated. Due to this air flow, air containing unnecessary substances is sucked from the passage portion 63a into the recovery container 60B through the passage portion 63b. Since the passage portion 63b is open to the side of the exhaust stack 61b, the air containing unnecessary substances swirls around the exhaust stack 61b. Unwanted matter D in the air falls due to its weight and is collected in a part of the recovery container 60B (accumulated on the bottom surface of the lower portion 62). The air is exhausted upward through the inside of the exhaust stack 61b.

A plurality of fins 61d are integrally formed on the peripheral surface of the exhaust stack 61b. The plurality of fins 61d are arranged in the circumferential direction of the exhaust stack 61b. The individual fins 61d are inclined obliquely with respect to the axial direction of the exhaust stack 61b. By providing such fins 61d, the swirling around the exhaust stack 61b of the air containing the unnecessary substance D is promoted.

In the case of the present embodiment, the lower portion 62 is made of a translucent material such as acrylic or glass, and the entire lower portion 62 constitutes a transparent container having a transmissive portion. Further, the lower portion 62 is a portion covered with the cover portion 102 (FIG. 2). The manager and the consumer of the beverage can visually recognize the unnecessary substance D accumulated in the lower portion 62 through the peripheral wall of the cover portion 102 and the lower portion 62. It may be easier for the manager to confirm the cleaning timing of the lower portion 62, and for the beverage consumer, it is possible to visually recognize that the unnecessary substance D has been removed, which raises expectations for the quality of the coffee beverage being manufactured. In some cases.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the roasted coffee beans supplied from the storage device 4 are first coarsely ground by the grinder 5A, and when the coarsely ground beans pass through the passage portion 63a, they are unnecessary substances by the separation device 6. Is separated. The coarsely ground beans from which unnecessary substances have been separated are finely ground by a grinder 5B. The unnecessary substances separated by the separating device 6 are typically chaff and fine powder. These may reduce the taste of the coffee beverage, and the quality of the coffee beverage can be improved by removing chaff and the like from the ground beans.

The grinding of roasted coffee beans may be a single grinder (one-step grinding). However, by performing the two-step pulverization with two grinders 5A and 5B as in the present embodiment, the particle size of the ground beans can be easily made uniform, and the degree of extraction of the coffee liquor can be made constant. When crushing beans, heat may be generated due to friction between the cutter and the beans. By performing two-step crushing, it is possible to suppress heat generation due to friction during crushing and prevent deterioration of ground beans (for example, deterioration of flavor).

Further, by going through the steps of coarse grinding → separation of unnecessary substances → fine grinding, when separating unnecessary substances such as chaff, the mass difference between the unnecessary substances and the ground beans (necessary part) can be increased. This can improve the separation efficiency of unnecessary substances and prevent the ground beans (necessary portion) from being separated as unnecessary substances. Further, by interposing the separation treatment of unnecessary substances using air suction between the coarse grinding and the fine grinding, it is possible to suppress the heat generation of the ground beans by air cooling.

<4. Drive unit and extraction container>
<4-1. Overview>
The drive unit 8 and the extraction container 9 of the extraction device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the drive unit 8 and the extraction container 9. Most of the drive unit 8 is surrounded by the main body 101.

The drive unit 8 is supported by the frame F. The frame F includes upper and lower beam portions F1 and F2 and pillar portions F3 that support the beam portions F1 and F2. The drive unit 8 is roughly classified into three units, an upper unit 8A, a middle unit 8B, and a lower unit 8C. The upper unit 8A is supported by the beam portion F1. The central unit 8B is supported by the beam portion F1 and the column portion F3 between the beam portion F1 and the beam portion F2. The lower unit 8C is supported by the beam portion F2.

The extraction container 9 is a chamber including a container body 90 and a lid unit 91. The extraction container 9 may be referred to as a chamber. The central unit 8B includes an arm member 820 that detachably holds the container body 90. The arm member 820 includes a holding member 820a and a pair of shaft members 820b separated from each other to the left and right. The holding member 820a is an elastic member such as a resin formed in a C-shaped clip shape, and holds the container body 90 by the elastic force thereof. The holding member 820a holds the left and right side portions of the container body 90, and the front side of the container body 90 is exposed. This makes it easier to visually recognize the inside of the container body 90 from the front.

The container body 90 is manually attached to and detached from the holding member 820a, and the container body 90 is attached to the holding member 820a by pressing the container body 90 against the holding member 820a in the front-rear direction and rearward. Further, the container body 90 can be separated from the holding member 820a by pulling out the container body 90 from the holding member 820a to the front side in the front-rear direction.

Each of the pair of shaft members 820b is a rod extended in the front-rear direction, and is a member that supports the holding member 820a. In this embodiment, the number of shaft members 820b is two, but it may be one or three or more. The holding member 820a is fixed to the front end of the pair of shaft members 820b. By a mechanism described later, the pair of shaft members 820b are moved forward and backward, whereby the holding member 820a is moved back and forth, and the container body 90 can be moved in parallel in the front-back direction. The central unit 8B can also rotate the extraction container 9 upside down, as will be described later.

<4-2. Extraction container ＞
The extraction container 9 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a closed state and an open state of the extraction container 9. As described above, the extraction container 9 is turned upside down by the central unit 8B. The extraction container 9 of FIG. 6 shows the basic posture in which the lid unit 91 is located on the upper side. When the vertical positional relationship is described in the following description, it shall mean the vertical positional relationship in the basic posture unless otherwise specified.

The container body 90 is a bottomed container and has a bottle shape having a neck portion 90b, a shoulder portion 90d, a body portion 90e, and a bottom portion 90f. A flange portion 90c is formed at the end of the neck portion 90b (the upper end portion of the container body 90) to define an opening 90a communicating with the internal space of the container body 90.

Both the neck portion 90b and the body portion 90e have a cylindrical shape. The shoulder portion 90d is a portion between the neck portion 90b and the body portion 90e, and has a tapered shape so that the cross-sectional area of the internal space thereof gradually decreases from the body portion 90e side to the neck portion 90b side. ing.

The lid unit 91 is a unit that opens and closes the opening 90a. The opening / closing operation (elevating / lowering operation) of the lid unit 91 is performed by the upper unit 8A.

The container body 90 includes a body member 900 and a bottom member 901. The main body member 900 is a tubular member having an open top and bottom forming a neck portion 90b, a shoulder portion 90d, and a body portion 90e. The bottom member 901 is a member forming the bottom portion 90f, and is inserted and fixed to the lower portion of the main body member 900. A seal member 902 is interposed between the main body member 900 and the bottom member 901 to improve the airtightness inside the container main body 90.

In the case of the present embodiment, the main body member 900 is made of a translucent material such as acrylic or glass, and the whole thereof constitutes a transparent container having a transmissive portion. The manager and the consumer of the beverage can visually recognize the extraction status of the coffee beverage in the container body 90 through the cover portion 102 and the body member 900 of the container body 90. It may be easier for the administrator to check the extraction operation, and the beverage consumer may enjoy the extraction status.

A convex portion 901c is provided in the center of the bottom member 901, and the convex portion 901c has a communication hole for communicating the inside of the container body 90 to the outside and a valve for opening and closing the communication hole (valve 903 in FIG. 8). It is provided. The communication hole is used for discharging the waste liquid and the residue when cleaning the inside of the container body 90. A seal member 908 is provided on the convex portion 901c, and the seal member 908 is a member for maintaining airtightness between the upper unit 8A or the lower unit 8C and the bottom member 901.

The lid unit 91 includes a hat-shaped base member 911. The base member 911 has a convex portion 911d and a flange portion 911c that overlaps the flange portion 90c when closed. The convex portion 911d has the same structure as the convex portion 901c in the container body 90, and is provided with a communication hole for communicating the inside of the container body 90 to the outside and a valve (valve 913 in FIG. 8) for opening and closing the communication hole. Has been done. The communication hole of the convex portion 911d is mainly used for injecting hot water into the container body 90 and delivering coffee beverages. A seal member 918a is provided on the convex portion 911d. The seal member 918a is a member for maintaining airtightness between the upper unit 8A or the lower unit 8C and the base member 911. The lid unit 91 is also provided with a sealing member 919. The sealing member 919 improves the airtightness between the lid unit 91 and the container body 90 when the lid unit 91 is closed. A filter for filtration is held in the lid unit 91.

<4-3. Upper unit and lower unit>
The upper unit 8A and the lower unit 8C will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG. 7 is a front view showing a partial configuration of the upper unit 8A and the lower unit 8C, and FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view of FIG. 7.

The upper unit 8A includes an operation unit 81A. The operation unit 81A performs an opening / closing operation (elevation) of the lid unit 91 with respect to the container body 90 and an opening / closing operation of the valves of the convex portions 901c and 911d. The operation unit 81A includes a support member 800, a holding member 801 and an elevating shaft 802 and a probe 803.

The support member 800 is fixedly provided so that the relative position with respect to the frame F does not change, and accommodates the holding member 801. The support member 800 also includes a communication portion 800a that communicates the pipe L3 with the inside of the support member 800. Hot water, tap water, and atmospheric pressure supplied from the pipe L3 are introduced into the support member 800 via the communication portion 800a.

The holding member 801 is a member that can detachably hold the lid unit 91. The holding member 801 has a cylindrical space into which the convex portion 911d of the lid unit 91 or the convex portion 901c of the bottom member 901 is inserted, and is provided with a mechanism for detachably holding these. This mechanism is, for example, a snap ring mechanism, which engages with a constant pressing force and is disengaged with a constant separating force. The hot water, tap water, and atmospheric pressure supplied from the pipe L3 can be supplied into the extraction container 9 through the communication portion 800a and the communication hole 801a of the holding member 801.

The holding member 801 is also a movable member provided so as to be slidable in the vertical direction in the support member 800. The elevating shaft 802 is provided so that the axial direction thereof is the vertical direction. The elevating shaft 802 airtightly penetrates the top of the support member 800 in the vertical direction, and is provided so as to be able to move up and down with respect to the support member 800.

The top portion of the holding member 801 is fixed to the lower end portion of the elevating shaft 802. The holding member 801 slides in the vertical direction by raising and lowering the elevating shaft 802, and the holding member 801 can be attached to and separated from the convex portion 911d and the convex portion 901c. Further, the lid unit 91 can be opened and closed with respect to the container body 90.

A screw 802a constituting a lead screw mechanism is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the elevating shaft 802. A nut 804b is screwed onto the screw 802a. The upper unit 8A includes a motor 804a, and the nut 804b is rotated in place (without moving up and down) by the driving force of the motor 804a. The elevating shaft 802 moves up and down by the rotation of the nut 804b.

The elevating shaft 802 is a tubular shaft having a through hole in the central shaft, and the probe 803 is slidably inserted vertically into the through hole. The probe 803 airtightly penetrates the top of the holding member 801 in the vertical direction, and is provided so as to be vertically movable up and down with respect to the support member 800 and the holding member 801.

The probe 803 is an operator for opening and closing the valves 913 and 903 provided inside the convex portions 911d and 901c. The lowering of the probe 803 causes the valves 913 and 903 to open from the closed state, and the raising of the probe 803 causes the valve to open. It can be changed from an open state to a closed state (due to the action of a return spring (not shown)).

A screw 803a constituting a lead screw mechanism is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the probe 803. A nut 805b is screwed to the screw 803a. The upper unit 8A includes a motor 805a, and the nut 805b is provided so as to rotate in place (without moving up and down) by the driving force of the motor 805a. The rotation of the nut 805b raises and lowers the probe 803.

The lower unit 8C includes an operation unit 81C. The operation unit 81C has a configuration in which the operation unit 81A is turned upside down, and opens and closes the valves 913 and 903 provided inside the convex portions 911d and 901c. The operation unit 81C also has a configuration in which the lid unit 91 can be opened and closed, but in the present embodiment, the operation unit 81C is not used for opening and closing the lid unit 91.

Hereinafter, the description is substantially the same as that of the operation unit 81A, but the operation unit 81C will be described. The operation unit 81C includes a support member 810, a holding member 811 and an elevating shaft 812 and a probe 813.

The support member 810 is fixedly provided so that the relative position with respect to the frame F does not change, and accommodates the holding member 811. The support member 810 also includes a communication portion 810a that communicates the switching valve 10a of the switching unit 10 and the inside of the support member 810. Residues of coffee beverage, tap water, and ground beans in the container body 90 are introduced into the switching valve 10a via the communication portion 810a.

The holding member 811 has a cylindrical space into which the convex portion 911d of the lid unit 91 or the convex portion 901c of the bottom member 901 is inserted, and includes a mechanism for detachably holding these. This mechanism is, for example, a snap ring mechanism, which engages with a constant pressing force and is disengaged with a constant separating force. The residue of coffee beverage, tap water, and ground beans in the container body 90 is introduced into the switching valve 10a through the communication portion 810a and the communication hole 811a of the holding member 811.

The holding member 811 is also a movable member provided so as to be slidable in the vertical direction in the support member 810. The elevating shaft 812 is provided so that the axial direction thereof is the vertical direction. The elevating shaft 812 airtightly penetrates the bottom of the support member 800 in the vertical direction, and is provided so as to be vertically movable up and down with respect to the support member 810.

The bottom of the holding member 811 is fixed to the lower end of the elevating shaft 812. The holding member 811 slides in the vertical direction by raising and lowering the elevating shaft 812, and the holding member 811 can be attached to and separated from the convex portion 901c and the convex portion 911d.

A screw 812a constituting a lead screw mechanism is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the elevating shaft 812. A nut 814b is screwed onto the screw 812a. The lower unit 8C includes a motor 814a, and the nut 814b is rotated in place (without moving up and down) by the driving force of the motor 814a. The elevating shaft 812 moves up and down by the rotation of the nut 814b.

The elevating shaft 812 is a tubular shaft having a through hole in the central shaft, and the probe 813 is slidably inserted vertically into the through hole. The probe 813 airtightly penetrates the bottom of the holding member 811 in the vertical direction, and is provided so as to be vertically movable up and down with respect to the support member 810 and the holding member 811.

The probe 813 is an operator for opening and closing the valves 913 and 903 provided inside the convex portions 911d and 901c. The raising of the probe 813 causes the valves 913 and 903 to open from the closed state, and the lowering of the probe 813 causes the valve to open. It can be changed from an open state to a closed state (due to the action of a return spring (not shown)).

A screw 813a constituting a lead screw mechanism is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the probe 813. A nut 815b is screwed onto the screw 813a. The lower unit 8C includes a motor 815a, and the nut 815b is provided to rotate in place (without moving up and down) by the driving force of the motor 815a. The rotation of the nut 815b raises and lowers the probe 813.

<4-4. Chubu unit ＞
The central unit 8B will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 9. FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the central unit 8B. The central unit 8B includes a support unit 81B that supports the extraction container 9. In addition to the arm member 820 described above, the support unit 81B includes a unit body 81B'that supports the lock mechanism 821.

The lock mechanism 821 is a mechanism for maintaining the lid unit 91 in a closed state with respect to the container body 90. The lock mechanism 821 includes a pair of gripping members 821a that vertically sandwich the flange portion 911c of the lid unit 91 and the flange portion 90c of the container body 90. The pair of gripping members 821a have a C-shaped cross section in which the flange portion 911c and the flange portion 90c are sandwiched and fitted, and are opened and closed in the left-right direction by the driving force of the motor 822. When the pair of gripping members 821a are in the closed state, as shown by the solid line in the boxing diagram of FIG. 9, each gripping member 821a is fitted to the flange portion 911c and the flange portion 90c so as to sandwich the flange portion 911c vertically and the lid portion 821a. The unit 91 is airtightly locked to the container body 90. In this locked state, the lid unit 91 does not move (the lock is not released) even if the holding member 801 is raised by the elevating shaft 802 to open the lid unit 91. That is, the locking force of the locking mechanism 821 is set stronger than the force of opening the lid unit 91 using the holding member 801. This makes it possible to prevent the lid unit 91 from being opened with respect to the container body 90 in the event of an abnormality.

When the pair of gripping members 821a are in the open state, the gripping members 821a are separated from the flange portion 911c and the flange portion 90c as shown by the broken line in the boxed view of FIG. 9, and the lid unit 91 and the container body 90 are separated from each other. And is unlocked.

When the holding member 801 is in the state of holding the lid unit 91 and the holding member 801 is raised from the descending position to the ascending position, and when the pair of gripping members 821a is in the open state, the lid unit 91 is removed from the container body 90. Be separated. On the contrary, when the pair of gripping members 821a are in the closed state, the engagement of the holding member 801 with the lid unit 91 is released, and only the holding member 801 rises.

The central unit 8B also includes a mechanism for horizontally moving the arm member 820 in the front-rear direction using the motor 823 as a drive source. As a result, the container body 90 supported by the arm member 820 can be moved between the extraction position on the rear side (state ST1) and the bean charging position on the front side (state ST2). The bean charging position is a position where the ground beans are charged into the container body 90, and the ground beans ground by the grinder 5B are placed in the opening 90a of the container body 90 from which the lid unit 91 is separated from the discharge pipe 5C shown in FIG. It is thrown in. In other words, the position of the discharge pipe 5C is above the container body 90 located at the bean charging position.

The extraction position is a position where the container body 90 can be operated by the operation unit 81A and the operation unit 81C, and is a position coaxial with the probes 803 and 813 to extract the coffee liquid. The extraction position is the position behind the bean input position. FIGS. 5, 7 and 8 show the case where the container body 90 is in the extraction position. In this way, by changing the position of the container body 90 between the input of the ground beans, the extraction of the coffee liquid and the supply of water, the steam generated during the extraction of the coffee liquid is the discharge pipe which is the supply unit of the ground beans. It can be prevented from adhering to 5C.

The central unit 8B also includes a mechanism for rotating the support unit 81B around a shaft 825 in the front-rear direction using the motor 824 as a drive source. As a result, the posture of the container body 90 (extraction container 9) can be changed from the upright posture (state ST1) in which the neck portion 90b is on the upper side to the inverted posture (state ST3) in which the neck portion 90b is on the lower side. During the rotation of the extraction container 9, the lock mechanism 821 maintains the state in which the lid unit 91 is locked to the container body 90. The extraction container 9 is turned upside down in the upright posture and the inverted posture. The convex portion 911d is located at the position of the convex portion 901c in the upright posture, and the convex portion 911d is located at the position of the convex portion 901c in the inverted posture. Further, the convex portion 901c is located at the position of the convex portion 911d in the upright posture and the convex portion 901c in the inverted posture. Therefore, in the inverted posture, the operation unit 81A can perform the opening / closing operation on the valve 903, and the operation unit 81C can perform the opening / closing operation on the valve 913.

<5. Control device>
The control device 11 of the beverage manufacturing device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the control device 11.

The control device 11 controls the entire beverage manufacturing device 1. The control device 11 includes a processing unit 11a, a storage unit 11b, and an I / F (interface) unit 11c. The processing unit 11a is a processor such as a CPU. The storage unit 11b is, for example, a RAM or a ROM. The recipe is stored in the storage unit 11b or the storage unit of the information display device 12. The recipe includes information on various manufacturing conditions for producing a beverage, bean information, recipe creator information, and the like. That is, the recipe is used for some or all steps in the production of beverages. The I / F unit 11c includes an input / output interface for inputting / outputting signals between the external device and the processing unit 11a. The I / F unit 11c also includes a communication interface capable of data communication with the server 16 via a communication network 15 such as the Internet. The server 16 can communicate with various device devices 17 such as smartphones via the communication network 15, and can receive, for example, information such as beverage manufacturing reservations and impressions from various device devices 17 of beverage consumers. Is. A beverage production device 1, a server 16, and various device devices 17 are included to form a beverage production system for producing coffee beverages. Further, the configuration including the beverage manufacturing device 1, the server 16, and various device devices 17 is also a recipe distribution system RS corresponding to one embodiment of the present invention. The recipe distribution system RS will be described in detail again.

The processing unit 11a executes the program stored in the storage unit 11b and controls the bean processing device 2 and the extraction device 3 shown in FIG. 3 according to the recipe. More specifically, the processing unit 11a controls the actuator group 14 according to the recipe, and controls the actuator group 14 based on the instruction from the information display device 12, the detection result of the sensor group 13, or the instruction from the server 16. do. The sensor group 13 is various sensors (for example, a hot water temperature sensor, a mechanism operating position detection sensor, a pressure sensor, etc.) provided in the bean processing device 2 and the extraction device 3. The actuator group 14 is various actuators (for example, a motor, a solenoid valve, a heater, etc.) provided in the bean processing device 2 and the extraction device 3.

<6. Operation control example>
An example of the control processing of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 executed by the processing unit 11a will be described with reference to FIGS. 11A and 11B. FIG. 11A shows a control example related to one coffee beverage manufacturing operation. The state of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 before the manufacturing instruction is called a standby state. The state of each mechanism in the standby state is as follows.

The extraction device 3 is in the state shown in FIG. The extraction container 9 is in an upright posture and is located at the extraction position. The lock mechanism 821 is in the closed state, and the lid unit 91 closes the opening 90a of the container body 90. The holding member 801 is in the descending position and is attached to the convex portion 911d. The holding member 811 is in the raised position and is attached to the convex portion 901c. Valves 903 and 913 are closed. The switching valve 10a communicates the communication portion 810a of the operation unit 81C with the waste tank T.

When there is an instruction to produce a coffee beverage in the standby state, the process of FIG. 11A is executed. Here, if a recipe is specified, the process is executed based on the specified recipe. Preheat treatment is performed in S1. This process is a process of pouring hot water into the container body 90 and preheating the container body 90 in advance. First, the valves 903 and 913 are opened. As a result, the pipe L3, the extraction container 9, and the waste tank T are in a communicating state.

The solenoid valve 72i is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 1500 ms) and then closed. As a result, hot water is injected from the water tank 72 into the extraction container 9. Subsequently, the solenoid valve 73b is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 500 ms) and then closed. As a result, the air in the extraction container 9 is pressurized, and the discharge of hot water to the waste tank T is promoted. By the above treatment, the inside of the extraction container 9 and the pipe L2 are preheated, and it is possible to reduce the cooling of hot water in the subsequent production of coffee beverages.

In S2, grind processing is performed. Here, the roasted coffee beans are crushed and the ground beans are put into the container body 90. First, the lock mechanism 821 is opened, and the holding member 801 rises to the ascending position. The lid unit 91 is held by the holding member 801 and rises together with the holding member 801. As a result, the lid unit 91 is separated from the container body 90. The holding member 811 descends to the descending position. The container body 90 is moved to the bean charging position. Subsequently, the storage device 4 and the crushing device 5 are operated. As a result, a cup of roasted coffee beans is supplied from the storage device 4 to the grinder 5A. The roasted coffee beans are ground in two stages with grinders 5A and 5B, and unnecessary substances are separated by the separating device 6. The ground beans are put into the container body 90.

Return the container body 90 to the extraction position. The holding member 801 descends to the descending position, and the lid unit 91 is attached to the container body 90. The lock mechanism 821 is closed, and the lid unit 91 is airtightly locked to the container body 90. The holding member 811 rises to the ascending position. Of the valves 903 and 913, the valve 903 is in the closed state and the valve 913 is in the open state.

In S3, extraction processing is performed. Here, the coffee liquid is extracted from the ground beans in the container body 90. FIG. 11B is a flowchart of the extraction process of S3.

In S11, in order to steam the ground beans in the extraction container 9, a smaller amount of hot water than a cup of hot water is injected into the extraction container 9. Here, the solenoid valve 72i is opened and closed for a predetermined time (for example, 500 ms). As a result, hot water is injected from the water tank 72 into the extraction container 9. After that, the process of S11 is completed after waiting for a predetermined time (for example, 5000 ms). By this treatment, the ground beans can be steamed. By steaming the ground beans, carbon dioxide gas contained in the ground beans can be released and the subsequent extraction effect can be enhanced.

In S12, the remaining amount of hot water is poured into the extraction container 9 so that one cup of hot water is contained in the extraction container 9. Here, the solenoid valve 72i is opened and closed for a predetermined time (for example, 7000 ms). As a result, hot water is injected from the water tank 72 into the extraction container 9.

By the treatment of S12, the inside of the extraction container 9 can be brought into a state of a temperature exceeding 100 degrees Celsius (for example, about 110 degrees Celsius) at 1 atm. Subsequently, the inside of the extraction container 9 is pressurized by S13. Here, the solenoid valve 73b is opened and closed for a predetermined time (for example, 1000 ms), and the inside of the extraction container 9 is pressurized to a pressure at which hot water does not boil (for example, about 4 atm (about 3 atm at gauge pressure)). After that, the valve 913 is closed.

Subsequently, this state is maintained for a predetermined time (for example, 7000 ms) to perform immersion type coffee liquid extraction (S14). As a result, the coffee liquid is extracted by a dipping method under high temperature and high pressure. The following effects can be expected in the immersion type extraction under high temperature and high pressure. The first is that the high pressure makes it easier for hot water to permeate the inside of the ground beans and promotes the extraction of coffee liquor. Second, the high temperature promotes the extraction of coffee liquor. Third, the high temperature reduces the viscosity of the oil contained in the ground beans and promotes the extraction of the oil. This makes it possible to produce a fragrant coffee beverage.

The temperature of hot water (high temperature water) may exceed 100 degrees Celsius, but a higher temperature is advantageous in terms of extracting coffee liquor. On the other hand, in order to raise the temperature of hot water, the cost is generally increased. Therefore, the temperature of the hot water may be, for example, 105 degrees Celsius or higher, 110 degrees Celsius or higher, or 115 degrees Celsius or higher, and may be, for example, 130 degrees Celsius or lower, or 120 degrees Celsius or lower. The atmospheric pressure may be any atmospheric pressure at which hot water does not boil.

In S15, the pressure inside the extraction container 9 is reduced. Here, the atmospheric pressure in the extraction container 9 is switched to the atmospheric pressure at which hot water boils. Specifically, the valve 913 is opened, and the solenoid valve 73c is opened and closed for a predetermined time (for example, 1000 ms). The inside of the extraction container 9 is released to the atmosphere. After that, the valve 913 is closed again.

The pressure inside the extraction container 9 is rapidly reduced to a pressure lower than the boiling point, and the hot water in the extraction container 9 boils at once. The hot water and ground beans in the extraction container 9 are explosively scattered in the extraction container 9. As a result, hot water can be boiled uniformly. In addition, the destruction of the cell wall of the ground beans can be promoted, and the subsequent extraction of coffee liquor can be further promoted. Further, since the ground beans and hot water can be agitated by this boiling, the extraction of the coffee liquor can be promoted. In this way, in this embodiment, the coffee liquid extraction efficiency can be improved.

In S16, the extraction container 9 is inverted from the upright posture to the inverted posture. Here, the holding member 801 is moved to the ascending position and the holding member 811 is moved to the descending position. Then, the support unit 81B is rotated. After that, the holding member 801 is returned to the descending position, and the holding member 811 is returned to the ascending position. In the extraction container 9 in the inverted posture, the neck portion 90b and the lid unit 91 are located on the lower side.

In S17, a permeation type coffee liquid extraction is performed, and the coffee beverage is delivered to the cup C. Here, the switching valve 10a is switched so that the pouring portion 10c and the passage portion 810a of the operation unit 81C communicate with each other. Further, both the valves 903 and 913 are opened. Further, the solenoid valve 73b is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 10000 ms) to bring the inside of the extraction container 9 to a predetermined pressure (for example, 1.7 atm (0.7 atm in gauge pressure)). In the extraction container 9, the coffee beverage in which the coffee liquid is dissolved in hot water passes through the filter provided in the lid unit 91 and is sent to the cup C. The filter regulates the leakage of ground bean residue. This completes the extraction process.

In the present embodiment, the coffee liquid extraction efficiency can be improved by using the immersion type extraction in S14 and the permeation type extraction in S17 in combination. When the extraction container 9 is in the upright position, ground beans are deposited from the body 90e to the bottom 90f. On the other hand, when the extraction container 9 is in the inverted position, the ground beans are deposited from the shoulder portion 90d to the neck portion 90b. The cross-sectional area of the body portion 90e is larger than the cross-sectional area of the neck portion 90b, and the deposited thickness of the ground beans in the inverted posture is thicker than the deposited thickness in the upright posture. That is, the ground beans are relatively thin and widely deposited when the extraction container 9 is in the upright position, and relatively thick and narrowly deposited in the inverted position.

In the case of the present embodiment, since the immersion type extraction of S14 is performed in a state where the extraction container 9 is in an upright posture, hot water and ground beans can be brought into contact with each other over a wide range, and the extraction efficiency of coffee liquid can be improved. However, in this case, the hot water and the ground beans tend to come into partial contact with each other. On the other hand, since the permeation type extraction of S17 is performed in the state where the extraction container 9 is in the inverted position, the hot water passes through the accumulated ground beans while in contact with more ground beans. The hot water comes into contact with the ground beans more evenly, and the extraction efficiency of the coffee liquor can be further improved.

Returning to FIG. 11A, after the extraction process of S3, the discharge process of S4 is performed. Here, the processing related to cleaning the inside of the extraction container 9 is performed. Cleaning of the extraction container 9 is performed by returning the extraction container 9 from the inverted posture to the upright posture and supplying tap water (purified water) to the extraction container 9. Then, the inside of the extraction container 9 is pressurized, and the water in the extraction container 9 is discharged to the waste tank T together with the residue of the ground beans.

This completes one coffee beverage manufacturing process. After that, the same process is repeated for each manufacturing instruction. The time required for producing one coffee beverage is, for example, about 60 to 90 seconds.

<7. Summary of device configuration>
As described above, the beverage manufacturing device 1 includes a bean processing device 2 and an extraction device 3 as a manufacturing unit, and more specifically, the bean processing device 2 includes a storage device 4 and a crushing device 5, and the extraction device 3 includes a storage device 4 and a crushing device 5. It includes a fluid supply unit 7, a drive unit 8, an extraction container 9, and a switching unit 10 (see FIGS. 2, 3, etc.). The crushing device 5 receives a cup of roasted coffee beans from the storage device 4, and grinds the beans in two stages using the grinders 5A and 5B. At this time, unnecessary substances such as chaff are separated from the ground beans by the separating device 6. After the ground beans are put into the extraction container 9, hot water is poured into the extraction container 9 by the fluid supply unit 7, the posture of the extraction container 9 is reversed by the drive unit 8, and the extraction container 9 is transferred to the cup C by the switching unit 10. A cup of beverage is provided after the liquid is delivered.

A part of the manufacturing unit is covered with a cover unit 102 configured as a transparent cover which is a transparent unit as a whole, and a user (for example, a manager of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1, a beverage consumer, etc.) can use the beverage manufacturing apparatus. 1 It is visible from the outside. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a plurality of canisters 40, which are a part of the storage device 4, are exposed in the above-mentioned manufacturing unit, and other elements are substantially housed in the housing 100. As an embodiment, the entire manufacturing unit may be housed in the housing 100. In other words, the cover portion 102 may be provided so as to cover at least a part of the manufacturing portion.

Since at least a part of the manufacturing unit is visually covered by the cover unit 102 from the outside of the beverage manufacturing device 1, for example, when the user is the manager of the beverage manufacturing device 1, the manager is the manager of the beverage manufacturing device 1. It may be possible to check the operation of the equipment along with the preparation. When the user is a purchaser of a beverage, the purchaser may be able to wait for the completion of production of the beverage while increasing expectations for the beverage. For example, the extraction container 9 of the extraction device 3 can be visually recognized from the outside of the beverage manufacturing device 1 via the cover portion 102, and the extraction process of relatively high interest to the user among several processes for manufacturing the beverage can be observed. Is. The drive unit 8 acts as a posture changing unit that changes the posture of the extraction container 9, and as described above, the extraction container 9 is a movable portion that can be turned upside down in the manufacturing unit. Therefore, the reversing operation of the extraction container 9 is relatively easy to attract the interest of the user, and it may be possible to entertain the user by making it observable by the user.

Further, the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 is an example of a coffee machine that prepares using coffee beans, but an example of another coffee machine is a coffee bean grinder. The coffee bean grinder may be the entire bean processing device 2 or only the crushing device 5 of the bean processing device 2. Further, the other coffee machine may be only the extraction device 3.

On the other hand, in order to further improve the quality of the beverage provided by the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1, for example, improvement of the process, improvement of various aspects such as the configuration aspect and control aspect of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 for realizing the process are also possible. Desired. As an example, changes may be made to some elements included in the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1. In the following, an example of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 capable of functioning as the water tank 72 of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14.

<8. Configuration example of liquid feed rate adjusting device>
FIG. 12 shows a schematic diagram of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720. Further, FIG. 13 shows a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 12 and a sectional view of another example (configuration example EX31). Like the water tank 72, the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 is a tank that stores hot water (water) constituting a coffee beverage and has a function of delivering a fixed amount of hot water. As a result, it is possible to sequentially deliver the hot water required for a cup of coffee beverage, and it is also possible to change the amount of hot water at that time. In the following description, configurations having the same functions as the configurations related to the water tank 72 are designated by the same reference numerals.

The liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 has a tank 720a for storing hot water. The outer wall of the tank 720a includes a peripheral wall 721, an upper wall 723 joined to the upper end of the peripheral wall 721, and a bottom wall 724 joined to the lower end of the peripheral wall 721, and the tank 720a is as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. Has a cylindrical shape as a whole. A partition wall 722 is provided in the tank 720a, and the internal space thereof is divided into an outer cylindrical space 725 and an inner cylindrical space 726A by the partition wall 722. In the case of this example, the partition wall 722 is a cylindrical wall body arranged concentrically with the peripheral wall 721, but the partition wall 722 may be eccentric with respect to the peripheral wall 721 as shown in the configuration example EX31 of FIG. ..

The space 725 constitutes a storage unit for storing hot water. The space 725 is also called a storage unit 725. A movable member 727c is arranged in the upper part of the space 726A, and the space 726 below the movable member 727c constitutes a storage portion for storing hot water. The space 726 is also called a storage unit 726. By partitioning the storage unit 725 and the storage unit 726 by a partition wall 722, which is a common wall body, the tank 720a can be downsized as compared with partitioning by separate wall bodies.

The storage unit 725 is provided with a heater 72a for heating the water in the storage unit 725 and a temperature sensor 72b for measuring the temperature of the water. The heater 72a maintains the temperature of the accumulated hot water at a predetermined temperature (here, 120 degrees Celsius) based on the detection result of the temperature sensor 72b. The heater 72a is turned on, for example, when the temperature of hot water is 118 degrees Celsius, and turned off at 120 degrees Celsius.

A pipe for supplying the air pressure in the reserve tank 71 (see FIG. 3) is connected to a portion of the upper wall 723 that defines the storage portion 725, and an electromagnetic valve 72f is provided here. The liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 includes a sensor (not shown, for example, a sensor corresponding to the pressure sensor 72g in FIG. 3) for detecting the air pressure in the storage unit 725, and the electromagnetic valve 72f is a pressure regulating valve 72e (see FIG. 3). ) To switch between supplying and shutting off the pressure-adjusted air pressure to the storage unit 725. The solenoid valve 72f is controlled to open and close so that the air pressure in the storage unit 725 is maintained at 3 atm except when tap water (purified water) is supplied to the storage unit 725.

A pipe for communicating the storage portion 725 with the atmosphere is also connected to the portion of the upper wall 723 that defines the storage portion 725, and an electromagnetic valve 72h is provided here. When the tap water is supplied to the storage section 725, the pressure of the storage section 725 is reduced to less than 2.5 atm by the electromagnetic valve 72h so that the tap water is smoothly supplied to the storage section 725 by the water pressure of the tap water. The solenoid valve 72h switches whether or not the inside of the water tank 72 is released to the atmosphere, and when the pressure is reduced, the inside of the storage unit 725 is released to the atmosphere. Further, the solenoid valve 72h releases the storage unit 725 to the atmosphere when the pressure inside the storage unit 725 exceeds 3 atm except when tap water is supplied to the storage unit 725, and maintains the storage unit 725 at 3 atm. ..

A pipe L2 for supplying tap water to the storage unit 725 is connected to a portion of the bottom wall 724 that defines the storage unit 725, and an electromagnetic valve 72d is provided here. The solenoid valve 72d is controlled to open and close based on the detection result of the water level sensor 72c described later, and controls the water level of hot water in the storage unit 725.

A pipe L2'for discharging hot water in the storage portion 725 is connected to a portion of the bottom wall 724 that defines the storage portion 725, and an electromagnetic valve 72d'is provided here. The solenoid valve 72d'is opened when the hot water in the storage unit 725 is discarded, and the hot water in the storage unit 725 is discharged to the pipe L2'.

The storage unit 726 is a space whose volume can be changed by moving the movable member 727c. Hot water is supplied to the storage unit 726 from the storage unit 725 via the pipe 728a, the solenoid valve 728, and the pipe 728b. The pipe 728a connects between the portion of the bottom wall 724 that defines the storage portion 725 and the solenoid valve 728. The pipe 728b connects the portion of the bottom wall 724 that defines the storage portion 726 to the solenoid valve 728.

In the example of FIG. 12, the solenoid valve 728 is a three-way valve, and can switch communication and disconnection between the pipe 728b and the pipe 728a and switch communication and disconnection between the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c. .. Further, the solenoid valve 728 can shut off any of the pipes. The pipe 728c is a pipe for sending the hot water in the storage unit 726 to the extraction container 9.

By switching the communication and the cutoff between the pipe 728b and the pipe 728a, the communication and the cutoff between the storage unit 725 and the storage unit 726 can be switched. By switching the communication and disconnection between the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c, it is possible to switch between sending and storing hot water in the storage unit 726.

When the solenoid valve 728 communicates the pipe 728b and the pipe 728a, the solenoid valve 728 shuts off the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c. On the contrary, when the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c are communicated with each other, the pipe 728b and the pipe 728a are cut off. The arrow shown by the solenoid valve 728 in the figure indicates the operating state of the solenoid valve 728. In the case of the example of FIG. 12, the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c are communicated with each other, and the pipe 728b and the pipe 728a are cut off. It shows the state.

Here, by using the solenoid valve 728 as a three-way valve, it is configured to switch between them by one solenoid valve 728. However, a configuration is also adopted in which the pipe 728b is divided into two, and a valve for switching communication and disconnection between one pipe 728b and the pipe 728a and a valve for switching communication and disconnection between the other pipe 728b and the pipe 728c are provided. It is possible.

The liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 includes a drive unit 727. The drive unit 727 is controlled according to the amount of hot water sent from the storage unit 726, and changes the volume of the storage unit 726. The amount of hot water required for a cup varies depending on the size of the coffee cup. The drive unit 727 adjusts the volume of the storage unit 726 so that an appropriate amount of hot water is delivered from the storage unit 726 according to the size of the coffee cup and the like.

The drive unit 727 is a mechanism that changes the volume of the storage unit 726 by moving the movable member 727c up and down. The movable member 727c is a piston-shaped member that is inserted into the space 726A and is configured to slide in the vertical direction, and its bottom surface 727d constitutes the upper wall body of the storage portion 726. From this point of view, the movable member 727c may be referred to as a piston unit or the like, and the space 726A may be referred to as a cylinder unit or the like. The volume of the storage unit 726 changes as the bottom surface 727d moves up and down.

The volume of the storage unit 726 is not changed by moving the position of the wall on the upper side as in this example, but is changed by moving the position of the wall on the lower side or the side. Is also possible.

The movable member 727c includes an inner surface of the partition wall 722 and a seal member (not shown) constituting the seal, and slides on the inner surface of the partition wall 722 in a liquid-tight manner. However, a groove 727e extending in the vertical direction is formed on the peripheral surface of the movable member 727c, and the groove 727e has a gap with the inner surface of the partition wall 722.

The groove 727e is formed so as to communicate with the opening 722a penetrating the partition wall 722 in the thickness direction. The opening 722a is formed at a position above the maximum water level of the hot water of the storage portion 725 (the position of the sensor 731b described later), and is an air communication portion that communicates the storage portion 725 and the space 726A. Air communicates between the storage unit 725 and the storage unit 726 through the opening 722a and the groove 727e, and the air pressure in these spaces becomes the same. When the storage units 725 and 726 are constantly set to atmospheric pressure, passages communicating with the atmosphere may be provided individually.

The drive unit 727 includes a motor 727a supported by an upper wall 723 as a drive source, and also includes a screw shaft 727b as a moving mechanism for moving the movable member 727c. The screw shaft 727b is extended in the vertical direction and is rotated by the driving force of the motor 727a. The movable member 727c has a screw hole 727f opened on the upper surface thereof, and the screw shaft 727b is engaged with the screw hole 727f. The movable member 727c has a detent (not shown) and moves in the vertical direction by the rotation of the screw shaft 727b. The detent may be, for example, a concave portion and a convex portion extending in the vertical direction provided on the inner surface of the partition wall 722 and the peripheral surface of the movable member 727c.

Here, as a moving mechanism for moving the movable member 727c, a screw mechanism including a screw shaft 727b and a screw hole 727f is used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other mechanisms such as a rack-pinion mechanism can also be adopted.

The water level sensor 72c is a measuring unit that measures the water level of hot water in the storage unit 725. The water level sensor 72c includes a hollow columnar storage unit 729 extending vertically, a float 730 provided in the storage unit 729, a lower sensor 731a for detecting the float 730, and an upper sensor 731b.

The storage unit 729 communicates with the storage unit 725 by a communication unit 729a located below the sensor 731a, and communicates with the storage unit 725 by a communication unit 729b located above the sensor 731b. The hot water of the storage unit 725 flows into the storage unit 729 via the communication unit 729a. The communication unit 729b is an air communication unit that communicates the storage unit 725 and the storage unit 729, and air is communicated between the storage unit 725 and the storage unit 729 via the communication unit 729b. Therefore, the water level of the hot water in the storage unit 729 is equal to the water level of the hot water in the storage unit 725.

In the case of this example, the storage unit 729 is composed of a transparent member such as glass or acrylic. As a result, the water level of the hot water in the storage unit 729 can be visually recognized from the outside, and as a result, the user can confirm the water level of the hot water in the storage unit 725. Of course, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a permeation portion is provided in a part of the peripheral wall (721) of the storage portion 725 so that the water level can be visually recognized.

The float 730 may be any float in hot water in the reservoir 729.

The sensors 731a and 731b are, for example, optical sensors (photointerruptors), and detect the float 730 from the outside of the storage unit 729. When the float 730 is detected by the sensor 731a, the solenoid valve 72d is opened and water is supplied to the storage unit 725. That is, the sensor 731a monitors the lower limit of the hot water level of the storage unit 725. The lower limit of the water level is set at a position higher than that of the heater 72a, and it is possible to prevent empty heating by the heater 72a.

When the float 730 is detected by the sensor 731b, the solenoid valve 72d is closed to stop the supply of water to the storage unit 725. That is, the sensor 731b monitors the upper limit of the hot water level of the storage unit 725.

It is also possible to construct a configuration equivalent to the water level sensor 72c inside the storage unit 725. However, by constructing the water level sensor 72c outside the storage unit 725 as in this example, it becomes easy to confirm the water level of the storage unit 725 from the outside.

Next, an operation example of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the volume of the storage unit 726 is adjusted by the drive unit 727 according to the cup size and the like. The state ST61 shows the situation. In the example of FIG. 13, the movable member 727c is lowered, and the volume of the storage portion 726 is set to a volume smaller than that of the example of FIG. The solenoid valve 728 communicates the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c, and hot water is not supplied from the storage unit 725 to the storage unit 726.

When the volume of the storage unit 726 is set, the drive unit 727 is stopped, and the pipe 728b and the pipe 728a are communicated with each other by the solenoid valve 728. The air pressure of the storage unit 725 and the storage unit 726 is the same, and the storage unit 726 is on the bottom side of the tank 720a. Therefore, hot water is supplied from the storage unit 725 to the storage unit 726 due to the head pressure of the hot water in the storage unit 725. In the case of this example, since the storage unit 726 is formed at a position lower than the minimum water level of the hot water of the storage unit 725 (the position of the sensor 731a), a head difference always occurs between the storage unit 725 and the storage unit 726. (The hot water in the reservoir 725 is higher). Therefore, hot water is supplied from the storage unit 725 to the storage unit 726 until the storage unit 726 is full. The state ST62 indicates a state in which the storage unit 726 is full. Hot water also enters the groove 727e, but the volume of the groove 727e is sufficient to secure communication of air, and the amount can be minimized.

In the case of this example, the heater 72a is not provided in the storage unit 726, but since the storage unit 726 is surrounded by the storage unit 725, the heat retention performance of the stored hot water can be ensured. The volume of the storage unit 726 may be changed by the drive unit 727 in the state ST62.

Other methods are possible for supplying hot water from the storage unit 725 to the storage unit 726, but in this example, hot water is supplied with a relatively simple configuration by using the head difference between the storage unit 725 and the storage unit 726. Can be supplied.

Next, the hot water stored in the storage unit 726 is sent out. As shown in the state ST63, by communicating the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c with the solenoid valve 728, hot water can be sent from the pipe 728c to the extraction container 9 by its own weight or the atmospheric pressure of the storage unit 726. After the hot water is sent out, the operating state of the solenoid valve 728 is shut off from each other, so that the hot water of the storage unit 726 can be sent out step by step. For example, for the steaming step (S11 in FIG. 11B), it is also possible to perform a step of delivering hot water and interrupting the process (S12 of FIG. 11B) and then delivering the remaining hot water. ..

In any case, the total amount of hot water stored in the storage unit 726 is sent out. Confirmation of transmission of the entire amount can be performed by the opening time of the solenoid valve 728 (communication time between the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c). Each time the hot water stored in the storage unit 726 is sent out, the solenoid valve 72d may be opened to supply water corresponding to the amount to the storage unit 725.

According to the above example, the amount of hot water delivered can be adjusted. In order to adjust the amount of liquid delivered, control of opening and closing the valve based on the detection result by using a flow rate sensor is generally used. However, for hot liquids and special liquids, compatible flow sensors may not be commercially available or expensive. On the other hand, according to the above example, by adopting the method of adjusting the volume of the storage unit 726, the delivery amount of hot water can be adjusted without the need for a flow rate sensor.

<9. Example of operation control when using a liquid feed amount adjusting device>
By using the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720, for example, it is possible to further improve the quality of the beverage provided by the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 by modifying a part of the manufacturing process. Hereinafter, an example of the control processing of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 executed by the processing unit 11a (see FIG. 10) of the control apparatus 11 will be described with reference to FIG. For the explanation omitted below, refer to the steps of FIGS. 11 (A) and 11 (B) described above and the operation contents of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 of FIGS. 12 to 14.

FIG. 15 shows a control example related to one coffee beverage manufacturing operation. First, the preheat treatment (referred to as S1'to distinguish it from S1 in FIG. 11A) is divided into at least two heating steps S101 and S102.

S101 is a process of pouring hot water into the extraction container 9 (container body 90) and preheating the extraction container 9. First, the solenoid valve 728 is controlled to communicate the pipe 728a and the pipe 728b, and a small amount of hot water is moved from the storage unit 725 to the storage unit 726. After that, the solenoid valve 728 is controlled to communicate the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c, and the hot water of the storage unit 726 is sent to the extraction container 9 via the pipe L3. Subsequently, the solenoid valve 73b is controlled to pressurize the inside of the extraction container 9, and the hot water in the extraction container 9 is discharged to the waste tank T.

By S101, the inside of the extraction container 9 and the pipes L2 to L3 are preheated, and it is possible to prevent the hot water from cooling during the production of the beverage in each step described later. Further, by performing S101, it may be possible to wash away the residue (remaining liquid, etc.) in the flow path generated during the previous or past extraction.

S102 is a process of supplying the steam generated by the storage portions 725 and 726 into the container main body 90 to heat the extraction container 9. This steam can be generated by depressurizing the insides of the storage portions 725 and 726 to boil the hot water in the storage portions 725 and 726, and can be realized by the same procedure as in S15 (see FIG. 11B). After the supply of steam to the extraction container 9 or the heating of the extraction container 9 using the steam is completed, the solenoid valve 728 is controlled to shut off the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c.

By performing S102, the entire extraction container 9 can be uniformly heated. This makes it possible, for example, to extract an even liquid from ground beans at a desired temperature, and as a result, the quality of the beverage can be improved. Further, in S102, the air pressure of the storage portions 725 and 726 is lowered, and the liquid in the storage portions starts to boil, so that the liquid can be agitated to make the temperature uniform.

Concomitantly, the pipe L3 that functions as a connecting portion connecting the storage portions 725 and 726 and the extraction container 9 and forms a flow path between them is also heated together with the extraction container 9 in S102. .. As a result, when the liquid passes through the pipe L3, the liquid does not cool down.

Here, as described above, the extraction container 9 has valves 903 and 913, which are hot water as a liquid used for the above extraction, a beverage liquid obtained by the above extraction (coffee liquid in this example), or S102. Acts as an inlet or outlet for the steam used to heat the coffee. In this example, in S102, steam flows into the extraction container 9 from the valve 913 and flows out of the extraction container 9 from the valve 903. When the steam flows from the valve 913 into the extraction container 9, the valve 903 is open, so that when the steam liquefies in the extraction container 9 and becomes a liquid, the liquid becomes the extraction container 9. It is possible to flow out of the extraction container 9 from the valve 903 without staying inside for a long time. According to this aspect, for example, when a beverage is produced by each step described later, the taste, flavor, etc. of the beverage are not unintentionally diluted, which is advantageous for improving the quality of the beverage. be.

Alternatively, after filling the inside of the extraction container 9 with steam to some extent, both the valves 903 and 913 may be closed and the extraction container 9 may be vibrated. The generation of vibration in the extraction container 9 can be realized by the motor 823 and / or 824 (see FIG. 9) of the central unit 8B. By applying vibration to the extraction container 9 whose inside is filled with steam to some extent, the steam spreads uniformly in the extraction container 9, and the entire extraction container 9 can be heated uniformly.

In addition, instead of / accompanying the above S102, the heating of the extraction container 9 using steam may be performed before S101. That is, the execution order of S101 and S102 may be reversed, or S102 may be performed twice before and after S101. By performing S102 before S101, it may be easier to remove the residue generated during the previous or past extraction in S101.

After the preheat treatment S1'is performed as described above, S2 is performed in the same procedure as in FIG. 11 (A), and then the extraction process (in order to distinguish it from S3 in FIG. 11 (A), it is designated as S3'. )I do. In the extraction process S3', the hot water pouring S12 for main extraction is divided into at least two pouring steps (S121 and S122). The first pouring, S121, is performed after S11 and before S13. After that, S13 to S16 are performed in the same procedure as in FIG. 11 (B).

Here, in S14, the ground beans to be extracted are deposited in the extraction container 9 in an upright posture with a relatively thin deposit thickness, and the ground beans are immersed in the hot water supplied in S121. .. After boiling the hot water in the extraction container 9 in S15 and inverting the extraction container 9 in S16 to put it in an inverted posture, the second pouring S122 is performed together with S17 and S17.

In the figure, for the sake of distinction, it is shown that S122 is performed after S17, but preferably, S122 is performed substantially simultaneously with S17 after the start of S17. As another embodiment, S17 may be performed substantially simultaneously with S122 after the start of S122. That is, S122 and S17 are preferably performed at least partially in parallel, and are combined into one step such as the pouring and delivering step K.

As described above, when the extraction container 9 is in the upright position, the ground beans are deposited from the body 90e to the bottom 90f, whereas when the extraction container 9 is in the inverted position, the ground beans are shoulder 90d. Accumulates over the neck 90b. That is, the extraction container 9 includes a thick portion extending from the body portion 90e to the bottom portion 90f and a thin portion extending from the shoulder portion 90d to the neck portion 90b, and the ground beans are deposited on the thick portion in the upright posture. In the inverted position, it accumulates in the narrow part.

Since the extraction container 9 is in the inverted position during the permeation type extraction of S17, the hot water in the extraction container 9 passes through the ground beans that are thicker than those in the upright position, so that the hot water in the extraction container 9 can be combined with the ground beans. Since the contacts are evenly contacted, it is possible to realize high efficiency of transmission type extraction. Here, since S122, which is the second pouring, is performed together with S17, the extraction container 9 delivers additional hot water by S122 while delivering the drinking liquid obtained by the immersion type extraction with the hot water received in S121. You will receive it. The hot water additionally flowed into the extraction container 9 by S122 is not substantially used for the immersion type extraction, but is mainly used for the permeation type extraction. According to such an extraction mode, it is possible to effectively impart the taste peculiar to the permeation type extraction to the beverage, and it is possible to improve the quality of the beverage.

The amount of hot water poured in S121 and the amount of hot water poured in S122 may be set or changed by the user, for example, that is, the ratio between the immersion type extraction and the permeation type extraction may be adjustable. As a result, it may be possible to produce a beverage with a quality according to the taste of the user.

16 (a) to 16 (h) and FIGS. 17 (i) to 17 (о) are schematics for explaining the control mode of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 in correspondence with each step of FIG. 15 described above. It is a figure. For ease of understanding, a simplified model of the liquid feed rate adjusting device 720 shall be used in the following description, and the solenoid valve 728, which is a three-way valve, is a valve that switches communication and disconnection between the pipe 728a and the pipe 728b. It is shown separately as 7281 and a valve 7482 that switches communication and disconnection between the pipe 728b and the pipe 728c.

FIG. 16A shows an initial state of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720, and the beverage manufacturing device 1 is waiting for an instruction to start manufacturing a beverage. In the initial state, the valves 7281 and 7482 are both closed, as schematically shown in the figure.

16 (b) to 16 (c) show an embodiment of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 corresponding to the above S101 (heat treatment of the extraction container 9 using a small amount of hot water). In the step of FIG. 16B, the valve 7281 is opened to move a small amount of hot water from the storage unit 725 to the storage unit 726 as shown by the broken line arrow. Subsequently, after closing the valve 7281, in the step of FIG. 16C, the valve 7482 is opened and the hot water in the reservoir 726 is supplied to the extraction container 9 as shown by the broken line arrow. As a result, the inside of the extraction container 9 and the pipes L2 to L3 are heated.

16 (d) to 16 (e) show an aspect of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 corresponding to the above S102 (heat treatment of the extraction container 9 using steam). In the step of FIG. 16D, steam is generated in the storage units 725 and 726 by reducing the pressure in the storage units 725 and 726 and boiling the hot water in the storage units 725 and 726. Since the valve 7482 is in the open state, the generated steam is supplied to the extraction container 9 via the pipe 728c as shown by the broken line arrow. Further, in the step of FIG. 16 (d), the hot water in the reservoirs 725 and 726 can be agitated by the boiling, and the temperature of the agitated hot water does not reach a predetermined value (for example, 118 degrees Celsius). In this case, the heater 72a (see FIG. 12) is driven. After that, in the step of FIG. 16 (e), the valve 7482 is closed to stop the supply of steam to the extraction container 9. As a result, the entire extraction container 9 can be uniformly heated.

16 (f) to 16 (h) show aspects of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 corresponding to the preparatory step for executing the extraction process S3'. After returning the inside of the storage units 725 and 726 to 3 atm in the step of FIG. 16 (f), in the step of FIG. 16 (g), the valve 7281 is opened and the storage unit is as shown by the broken line arrow. A cup of hot water (for example, about 180 cc) is moved from 725 to the storage unit 726. After the transfer of hot water from the storage unit 725 to the storage unit 726 is completed, the valve 7281 is closed in the step of FIG. 16 (h). The amount for one cup may be preset or selected by the user, may be determined based on the size of the cup placed on the mounting portion 110, or may be a fixed value. May be good. Although not shown here, the grind treatment (step S2) may be performed in parallel between the steps of FIGS. 16 (f) to 16 (h) until the production of the beverage is completed. Time can be shortened.

17 (i) to 17 (j) show an aspect of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 corresponding to the hot water pouring treatment for steaming (step S11). The valve 7482 is opened in the step of FIG. 17 (i), and after a predetermined time has elapsed, the valve 7482 is closed in the step of FIG. 17 (j). As a result, a part of the hot water stored in the storage unit 726 (for example, about 30 cc) flows into the extraction container 9 for steaming S11 as shown by the broken line arrow.

17 (k) to 17 (l) show an aspect of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 corresponding to the first pouring for main extraction (step S121). After the steaming of the ground beans is completed, the valve 7482 is opened in the step of FIG. 17 (k), and after a predetermined time elapses, the valve 7482 is closed in the step of FIG. 17 (l). As a result, a part of the remaining hot water (for example, about 40 cc) in the storage unit 726 flows into the extraction container 9 as shown by the broken line arrow.

Although not shown here, S13 to S16 are performed after the step of FIG. 17 (l). The details will be described later, but in S13 of this example, pouring (for example, about 30 cc) is performed together with the pressurization in the extraction container 9.

FIG. 17 (m) shows an aspect of the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 corresponding to the second pouring of the main extraction (step S122). By opening the valve 7482 in the step of FIG. 17 (m), the remaining hot water (for example, about 80 cc) in the reservoir 726 additionally flows into the extraction container 9 as shown by the broken line arrow. It becomes. As described above, S122 is performed substantially at the same time as S17, and the hot water flowing into the extraction container 9 is not substantially used for the immersion type extraction but is mainly used for the permeation type extraction.

After that, substantially all of the beverage is delivered from the extraction container 9 to the cup, which completes S17. Here, after S122 and before the completion of S17, it is possible to optionally promote the delivery of the beverage by using the steam of the reservoirs 725 and 726 and the air pressure from the compressor 70. The steam of the reservoirs 725 and 726 can be generated by the same procedure as in S102 (steps 16 (d) to 16 (e)). That is, in the step of FIG. 17 (n), steam is generated in the storage units 725 and 726 by depressurizing the inside of the storage units 725 and 726 to boil hot water, and the steam is transferred to the extraction container 9 via the pipe 728c. Supply. At that time, as in the step of FIG. 16D, the hot water in the storage portions 725 and 726 is appropriately agitated, and the heater 72a can be driven if necessary. Then, in the step of FIG. 17 (о), the valve 7482 is closed to stop the supply of the steam. When promoting the delivery of the beverage, the inside of the extraction container 9 can be adjusted to be, for example, about 1.6 to 2 atm.

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining an aspect of a change in atmospheric pressure in the extraction container 9 during the extraction process S3'. The horizontal axis indicates the time axis, and the periods T1 to T11 are shown, and the steps (S11, etc.) corresponding to the periods T1 to T11 are also shown. The vertical axis shows the air pressure P in the extraction container 9 in each of the periods T1 to T11. The periods T1 to T11 are schematically shown in FIG. 18 with the same length, but in reality, the lengths of the respective periods T1 to T11 may be the same period length, but they are different. It may be a long period.

The periods T1 to T2 are periods corresponding to the steaming hot water pouring treatment (step S11). In the period T1, the inside of the extraction container 9 is pressurized to about 1.8 atm, and hot water for steaming (about 30 cc) flows into the extraction container 9. The timing of the inflow of hot water into the extraction container 9 may be any of the periods T1, but may be preset or selected by the user, or may be changed depending on the type of beverage. After that, the ground beans are steamed using this hot water. This period (about 15 seconds) is defined as the period T2.

The period T3 is a period corresponding to the first pouring (step S121). In the period T3, the inside of the extraction container 9 is pressurized to 3 atm, and hot water (about 40 cc) for the main extraction flows into the extraction container 9 as S121.

The period T4 is a period corresponding to the pressurization S13 in the extraction container 9. In the period T4, the inside of the extraction container 9 is pressurized to 5 atm, and hot water (about 30 cc) flows into the extraction container 9.

Here, the amount of pouring can be adjusted between the periods T3 and T4, and for example, pouring of about 70 cc may be completed in the period T3. The periods T3 and T4 are common in that hot water is poured while pressurizing the inside of the extraction container 9, but in this example, their pressurizing modes are different from each other. For example, during the pressurization during the period T3 to T4, the pressurization mode becomes gentle in the middle (P = around 3 atm). For example, the timing between periods T3 and T4 may be defined as an inflection point of atmospheric pressure P. By controlling or adjusting the pressurizing mode of the periods T3 to T4, it is possible to expand the range of taste, flavor, etc. of the beverage liquid obtained by the immersion type extraction S14, which is the subsequent step, to the extent that it can be expressed. In some cases.

The period T5 is a period corresponding to the immersion type extraction S14. After the inside of the extraction container 9 reaches 5 atm, the state is maintained. This period (about 9 seconds) is defined as the period T5. As a result, coffee liquid, which is a drinking liquid, is extracted from the ground beans to be extracted. The period length of the period T5 may be shortened to 1 second.

The periods T6 to T8 are periods corresponding to the reduced pressure S15 in the extraction container 9. In the periods T6 to T7, the depressurization is performed in two stages. In the period T6, first, the inside of the extraction container 9 is decompressed from 5 atm to 1.5 atm (rapid decompression) in a relatively short time, and then the waiting is performed for a predetermined period (about 3 seconds). Next, in the period T7, the pressure inside the extraction container 9 is reduced to 1 atm, and then the mixture waits for a predetermined period (about 1 second).

As described above, the liquid in the extraction container 9 is boiled and stirred by the reduced pressure S15. According to the depressurization mode of this example, first, a part of the liquid in the extraction container 9 is boiled and stirred by the decompression of the first step of the period T6, and then the extraction container is decompressed by the second step of the period T7. Other parts of the liquid in 9 can also be boiled and stirred. Therefore, for example, it becomes possible to appropriately stir the entire liquid in the extraction container 9, which may be advantageous when, for example, the extracted beverage liquid has unevenness in concentration, composition, or the like. Then, in the period T8, the inside of the extraction container 9 is returned to 1.5 atm to stabilize boiling, and a liquid (for example, about 5 cc) that may remain in the flow path (pipes L2, L3, etc.) is pushed into the extraction container 9.

The period T9 is the inversion S16 of the extraction container 9 and the subsequent waiting period (about 2 seconds). The timing of the start of the period T9 corresponds to the timing at which the inversion S16 is executed. In the period T9, in the extraction container 9 inverted in S16, the ground beans to be extracted are deposited in the lower part of the extraction container 9 with a relatively thick deposit thickness. Further, in the period T9, the pressure inside the extraction container 9 is reduced to 1 atm.

The periods T10 to T11 are periods corresponding to the permeation type extraction S17, whereby the beverage is delivered from the extraction container 9 to the cup C. As described above, the second pouring S122 is performed substantially at the same time as S17, and the hot water (about 80 cc) additionally flowing into the extraction container 9 is mainly used for the permeation type extraction. In this example, a total of about 185 cc of beverage will be provided.

In this example, the inside of the extraction container 9 is pressurized to 1.6 atm after, for example, S122 in the period T10, and the inside of the extraction container 9 is pressurized to 2 atm in the subsequent period T11 to promote the delivery of the beverage. In the period T10, the steam of the reservoirs 725 and 726 is used to promote the delivery of the beverage, and in the period T11, the air pressure from the compressor 70 is used to promote the delivery of the beverage. That is, in the period T10, the relatively high temperature gas is used to promote the delivery of the beverage, and in the period T11, the relatively low temperature gas is used to promote the delivery of the beverage. This makes it possible to adequately and in a relatively short time provide the cup with all of the beverage to be delivered (including the liquid in the flow path).

More specifically, each of the above-mentioned periods T1 and the like is associated with each step of S11 and the like or a substep thereof, and is summarized as shown in FIG.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a table of the extraction process S3'stored in the storage unit 11b shown in FIG.

As described above, in FIG. 18, the periods T1 to T11 are schematically illustrated with the same length as each other, but in FIG. 19, the specific length of the period is shown.

The period T6 is a step of rapidly reducing the atmospheric pressure in the extraction container 9 to 1.5 atm, but it may be an atmospheric release step (first half) of releasing the inside of the extraction container 9 to the atmosphere. The period T7 is an atmospheric release step (second half) in which the inside of the extraction container 9 is released to the atmosphere.

Further, the period T10 is a beverage delivery process using steam, and the period T11 is a beverage delivery process using air pressure, but both the period T10 and the period T11 may be a beverage delivery process using steam. Alternatively, it may be a beverage delivery step using air pressure. That is, the period T10 may be a beverage delivery step (first half), and the period T11 may be a beverage delivery step (second half).

Further, in either the period T10 or the period T11, a fluid (which may be a liquid or a gas) higher than the temperature of the liquid in the extraction container 9 may be supplied to the extraction container 9. .. The liquid mentioned here is hot water that becomes a beverage.

The table shown in FIG. 19 may be acquired by the control device 11 shown in FIG. 10 from the server 16 via the communication network 15. Further, in addition to the table shown in FIG. 19, a plurality of types of tables are prepared. These tables are prepared for each type of extraction target (type of coffee beans) or for each roasting method. Furthermore, these tables are also prepared for each taste tendency of the beverage, and the user can select one from them according to his / her taste. The selection by the user can be realized by the information display device 12 which is a touch panel type display.

Further, the table shown in FIG. 19 may be a table created by the processing unit 11a based on the designated recipe, or may be a table included in the recipe and read from the designated recipe. It may be a table.

FIG. 20 shows a waveform showing the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9 (state of change in the amount of hot water) that changes with the passage of time, which is added to FIG. 18 with a broken line. In this example, a total of about 185 cc of beverage will be provided. FIG. 20 shows the target values (or set values) of the atmospheric pressure and the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9 that change with the passage of time, and how those actual values change. , May be additionally plotted on the information display device 12 (see FIG. 1 and the like). The display screen as shown in FIG. 20 in the information display device 12 may be displayed on the information display device 12 by the user selecting a dedicated display mode. As a result, when the user is a purchaser of a beverage or the like, it may be possible to make the user wait without getting bored. Further, when the user is an administrator of the device 1, the user may be able to confirm whether or not the production of the beverage by the device 1 is properly executed.

In FIG. 21, as information that can be displayed on the information display device 12 during the production of a beverage, the actual values of the air pressure and the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9 are superimposed on the target values (in real time) over time. Shows how it is plotted. That is, FIG. 21 is a waveform obtained by adding a waveform showing a change in the actual values of the atmospheric pressure and the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9 to FIG. 20. These actual values can be measured as measured values by the pressure sensor and the temperature sensor, respectively. In the figure, the solid line shows the change mode of the target value of the atmospheric pressure in the extraction container 9 when extracting a drink, and the alternate long and short dash line shows the change mode of the measured value of the atmospheric pressure in the extraction container 9. .. Further, the broken line indicates the change mode of the target value of the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9, and the two-dot chain line shows the change mode of the measured value of the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9.

In the example of FIG. 21, the process at the present time is in the middle of the period T6 (S15), and the measured values of the air pressure and the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9 are plotted from the period T1 to that time point (in the middle of the period T6). Indicates that you are. Here, the measured value of the atmospheric pressure in the extraction container 9 at this time is 1.2 atm, and the measured value of the amount of hot water is 100 cc. The measured values are continuously plotted in the subsequent steps. The display screen as shown in FIG. 21 in the information display device 12 may be displayed on the information display device 12 by the user selecting a dedicated display mode. As a result, if the measured value does not reach the target value or if the measured value deviates significantly from the target value, the user can see the occurrence of leakage in the flow path and each element (piping,) forming the flow path. It will be possible to quickly respond to problems such as valves).

In FIG. 21, the target values of the atmospheric pressure and the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9 and the changes in the measured values thereof are illustrated in the information display device 12, but some of them are shown in the information display device. It may be shown in 12. For example, the state of change may be shown only for the target value and the actually measured value of the atmospheric pressure, or the state of the change may be shown only for the target value and the actually measured value of the amount of hot water. Alternatively, the calculation results of the target value and the measured value (for example, the state of change in the amount of deviation thereof) may be shown.

The mode of changing the above-mentioned target values of the atmospheric pressure and the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9 is prepared in advance as a plurality of patterns, and the user can also select one according to his / her preference from among them. .. The information indicating the plurality of patterns may be stored in advance in, for example, a storage unit 11b (see FIG. 10), or may be acquired from the server 16 via the communication network 15. Further, the above selection by the user can be realized by the information display device 12 which is a touch panel type display.

Further, when one cup of beverage is extracted, changes in the above-mentioned target values and measured values of the atmospheric pressure and the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9 are displayed on the information display device 12 over the entire period from T1 to T11, and they are displayed. The information indicating the above can be stored in, for example, the storage unit 11b. Therefore, the user can display the information again by performing a predetermined operation via the information display device 12 as needed. Thereby, for example, the user can confirm the change of the target value and the actually measured value in the past beverage production.

The periods T1 to T11 are schematically shown in FIGS. 18, 20, and 21 with the same length, but these are the actual time lengths in the actual information display device 12. It suffices if it is displayed at the interval corresponding to.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in S102 of the preheat treatment S1', the steam generated in the storage portions 725 and 726 capable of storing the high temperature liquid (hot water) in the liquid feed amount adjusting device 720 is used in the extraction container 9. Perform heating. This makes it possible to uniformly heat the entire extraction container 9, and for example, in the subsequent permeation type extraction S17, it becomes possible to extract a beverage liquid (coffee liquid) without unevenness at a desired temperature, and as a result, it becomes possible. , It is possible to improve the quality of beverages.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the ground beans to be extracted are deposited in the extraction container 9 in an upright posture and immersed in a liquid (hot water). This liquid flows into the extraction container 9 by step S121, which is the first pouring. After that, the extraction container 9 is placed in an inverted position to increase the thickness of the ground beans (see S16), and the beverage liquid is delivered from the extraction container 9 in this inverted position to the cup via the pouring portion 10c (see S17). .. The remaining liquid (hot water) is additionally flowed into the extraction container 9 being delivered by the second pouring step S122. The additional inflowing liquid is mainly used for permeation type extraction, and according to such an extraction mode, it is possible to impart a taste peculiar to, for example, permeation type extraction to a beverage. In addition, the ratio between the immersion type extraction and the permeation type extraction can be adjusted, and it may be possible to widen the range of taste, flavor, etc. to the extent that it can be expressed. As a result, high quality beverages can be realized.

Next, the system configuration of the recipe distribution system RS will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 8, the recipe distribution system RS includes a beverage manufacturing device 1, a server 16, and various device devices 17. In the beverage manufacturing device 1 shown in FIG. 1, the information display device 12 is attached to the cover portion 102, but may be separated from the main body of the beverage manufacturing device 1. In this case, it may be possible to communicate with the control device 11 of the beverage manufacturing device 1 via short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

FIG. 22 is a configuration diagram of the server 16 shown in FIG. The processing unit 1601 includes, for example, a CPU, and controls the server 16 in an integrated manner. The operation of the server 16 in the present embodiment is realized, for example, by the processing unit 1601 loading the program stored in the storage unit 1603 into the memory 1602 and executing it. The memory 1602 is also used as a working memory for the CPU of the processing unit 1601. The storage unit 1603 stores basic control programs, data, and parameters for operating the server 16. Further, various databases are constructed in the storage unit 1603, and for example, a beverage information database (DB) 1603a, a user information DB 1603b, and a manufacturing history DB 1603c (hereinafter, also referred to as DB 1603a to 1603c), which will be described later, are stored. Memorize the applications that can provide services.

The communication interface (I / F) 1604 is configured according to the medium of the network 15, such as wired or wireless. The display unit 1605 is, for example, a display, and displays, for example, a user interface screen to the administrator of the server 16. Further, the operation unit 1606 is, for example, a keyboard or a mouse, and can accept operations from the administrator.

The data processing unit 1607 includes, for example, at least one of a CPU and a GPU, and extracts data based on a data acquisition request for DB 1603a to 1603c, which will be described later, and adds data based on a data update request. The parts of FIG. 22 can be connected to each other via bus 1608.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the configuration of the information display device 12 shown in FIG. The processing unit 1201 includes, for example, a CPU, and controls the information display device 12 in an integrated manner. The operation of the information display device 12 in the present embodiment is realized, for example, by the processing unit 1201 loading the program stored in the storage unit 1203 into the memory 1202 and executing the program. The memory 1202 is used as a working memory of the CPU of the processing unit 1201. The storage unit 1203 stores basic control programs, data, and parameters for operating the information display device 12.

The communication I / F 1204 is configured according to the medium of the network 15, such as wired or wireless, and is configured to be communicable with the server 16. The short-range wireless communication I / F1205 communicates by a communication method different from the communication by the communication I / F 1204, and is, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark). In the present embodiment, the information display device 12 may be capable of communicating with another nearby information display device 12 via the short-range wireless communication I / F 1205, for example, by installing the information display device 12 in the same store.

The display unit 1207 is a touch panel and displays a user interface screen for the user to use the beverage manufacturing apparatus 12. In addition, the operation unit 1208 can accept operations from the user and includes a hardware key for determination and the like. When the display unit 1207 is a touch panel, the operation unit 1208 may be realized as a software key on the touch panel.

The image pickup unit 1209 is a camera and generates image pickup data of a still image. The image pickup unit 1209 can, for example, take an image of beans brought into a store by a user, or can take an image of a two-dimensional code displayed on a display unit of a mobile terminal. By capturing the two-dimensional code displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal, the information display device 12 can use a communication method other than communication I / F 1204 or short-range wireless communication I / F 1205 with the mobile terminal. It will be possible. The main body I / F 1206 is an interface unit with the control device 11, and for example, the coffee bean selection information and the recipe information set by the user are transmitted to the beverage manufacturing device 12 via the display unit 1207 and the operation unit 1208. .. The parts of FIG. 22 are interconnectable via the bus 1210.

Further, as the various device devices 17 shown in FIG. 8, a mobile terminal carried by the user (for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, etc., a tablet), a mobile terminal that can be operated by a manager such as a clerk (for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, etc.), etc. It may be a tablet), a PC screen, a POS terminal in a store where a beverage manufacturing device is installed, a signage, or the like, or a screen of a POS terminal integrated with various code readers such as a cash register and / or a bar code. The display unit of the POS terminal selects a recipe or the like by touch operation, and displays various code displays such as QR code (registered trademark) or other images on paper for information on beverage manufacturing to be manufactured by the beverage manufacturing device desired by the user. You may do so. The display on the paper may be read by the image pickup unit 1209 of the information display device 12, and the information on the beverage production may be specified from the read display to produce the beverage. Further, the POS terminal and the beverage manufacturing device 1 are connected by a signal line (for example, the Internet or the like) or wirelessly (for example, the Internet or the like), a recipe or the like is selected by a touch operation on the display unit of the POS terminal, and the beverage manufacturing device desired by the user is selected. Information about the beverage production to be produced by 1 may be transmitted to the beverage production apparatus 1 by a signal so that the beverage production apparatus 1 desired by the user can produce the beverage. At this time, it may or may not go through the server.

24 (A) to 24 (C) are diagrams showing an example of data stored in DB 1603a to 1603c stored in the storage unit 1603 of the server 16. FIG. 24A is data 1500 stored in the beverage information DB 1603a. The data 1500 includes recipe ID 1501, creator information 1502 indicating the creator of the recipe, production number information 1503 indicating the number of times the beverage has been selected and produced by the user in the past, raw material information, production method, types 1512, 1513. .. The raw material information includes bean information 1504 indicating the type of beans, production area information 1505 indicating the production area of beans, and roasting degree information 1506 indicating the roasting degree of beans. The manufacturing method is a value used in the coffee beverage manufacturing process (each step shown in FIG. 11A). For example, the amount of beans used in one extraction is 1507, the grain size of beans is 1508, and steaming is performed. The amount of hot water 1509, the steaming time 1510, and the amount of extracted hot water 1511 are included. Type 1512 is type information indicating whether the beverage is a hot beverage or iced beverage, and type 1513 is type information indicating the flavor of the beverage. In the present embodiment, the manufacturing number information 1503 is described as the number of times that the beverage corresponding to the manufacturing number information 1503 is manufactured by the plurality of beverage manufacturing devices, but the manufacturing number information 1503 is provided for each beverage manufacturing device. May be stored.

FIG. 24B is exemplary data 1520 of the user information DB 1603b. The user may be a store, a clerk or a customer of the store. The data 1520 includes ID information 1521 indicating a user identifier, name information 1522 indicating a user's name, age information 1523 indicating the user's age, and gender information 1524 indicating the user's gender. In one example, the data 1520 may further include information corresponding to the user's address, user's nickname information, and user's photo data.

FIG. 24C is exemplary data 1530 for manufacturing history DB 1603c. The data 1530 includes user information 1531 regarding the user instructed to manufacture, date and time information 1532 regarding the manufacturing date and time, recipe ID 1533 corresponding to the manufactured beverage, machine ID 1534 corresponding to the beverage manufacturing apparatus that produced the beverage, and the beverage manufacturing apparatus. The store ID 1535 corresponding to the store is included. In one example, the data 1530 may further include price information and the like corresponding to the price of the beverage produced.

Next, with reference to FIG. 25, the process executed by the information display device 12 for displaying the beverage information will be described. The process of FIG. 25 is realized by the processing unit 1201 loading the program (application) stored in the storage unit 1203 into the memory 1202 and executing it when the activation process of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 is completed. First, the processing unit 1201 specifies a category for displaying beverage information (S1601). As will be described later, the category may be specified based on an operation input by the user via the operation unit 1208, and the processing unit 1201 of the information display device 12 sets the set value stored in the memory 1202 or the storage unit 1203. It may be specified by reading. Subsequently, the processing unit 1201 acquires beverage information from the server 16 based on the specified category (S1602). In the present embodiment, the processing unit 1201 transmits information indicating the specified category to the server 16, and the server 16 extracts beverage information from the beverage information DB 1603a based on the information indicating the received category, and the information display device 12 Send to. However, in one example, the information display device 12 may have the beverage information in the storage unit 1203 and read the beverage information from the storage unit 1203 based on the specified category.

Here, with reference to FIG. 26, an example of the process executed by the server 16 for transmitting the beverage information to the information display device 12 will be described. The process of FIG. 26 is realized by the processing unit 1601 loading the program (application) stored in the storage unit 1603 into the memory 1602 and executing it when the start processing of the server 16 is completed. First, the processing unit 1601 receives the category from the information display device 12 (S1701).

Subsequently, the processing unit 1601 extracts the beverage information from the beverage information DB 1603a based on the received category (S1702). For example, when the received category is bean information 1504 of raw material information, the data processing unit 1607 sorts the beverage information DB by bean type, calculates the number of times of production of a recipe having the same bean information, and produces the beans. Extract the type and the number of times it is manufactured. Also, for each type of bean, the recipe with the highest number of productions is extracted. Next, the processing unit 1601 transmits the type of the extracted beans and the number of times of production to the information display device 12 (S1703).

In S1702, the processing unit 1601 may extract a predetermined number (for example, 5) of beverage information having a large number of productions. In another example, the processing unit 1601 may include and extract the beverage information stored in the storage unit 1603 and recommended to the user. Alternatively, when the user information of the user who requested the beverage information is acquired from the information display device 12, the beverage information may be extracted including the beverage information of the beverage that the user frequently instructs to manufacture. That is, in S1702, the beverage information may be extracted including the beverage information other than the beverage information that is produced most frequently.

Returning to the description of FIG. The processing unit 1201 displays the acquired beverage information on the display unit 1207 (S1603).

Here, with reference to FIG. 27, an example of beverage information displayed on the display unit 1207 of the information display device 12 will be described. FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed when "recipe" is designated as a category on the display unit 1207.

Recipe 1801, varistor 1802, and flavor 1803 are displayed as selectable categories in the upper part of the display unit 1207 shown in FIG. 27. Recipe 1801 is a category for acquiring beverage information based on the number of times of production of the beverage information DB 1603a for each recipe. The varistor 1802 is a category for acquiring beverage information based on the number of productions of the beverage information DB 1603a for each inventor. Flavor 1803 is a category for acquiring beverage information based on the number of times of manufacture for each type 2 1513 of beverage information DB 1603a. It should be noted that arbitrary beverage information parameters such as bean information 1504 and production area information 1505 in the beverage information DB 1603a may be selectable as a category.

In the example of FIG. 27, since the recipe 1801 is selected, the information display device 12 displays the beverage information for each recipe, and the recipes 1804 to 1808 are ranked and displayed. Here, the ranking display indicates that a predetermined number of recipes are displayed in descending order of the number of times of extraction (number of times of manufacture) of beverages selected and drawn by the user in the past. For example, recipe 1804 corresponds to the beverage information of recipe ID 1 in FIG. 24A, and other information such as inventor information 1502, bean information 1504, type 1512, and type 1513 is also displayed. When the beverage information recommended in S1602 is acquired in the ranking display of S1603, the recommended beverage information is also displayed.

Beverage information can be displayed in a plurality of display orders including ranking display and non-ranking display, and in the case of non-ranking display, the beverage information may be displayed in the order of the name of the beverage information. For example, a "name" field is prepared in each line of FIG. 24 (A), and the name of the recipe ID "1" is "recipe A" and the name of the recipe ID "2" is "recipe" as recipes that can be selected by the user. When the names of "C" and recipe ID "3" are registered in the server as "Recipe B", in the case of displaying the recipe information in the order of names, "Recipe A", "Recipe B", "Recipe" from the top of the screen. It is displayed in the order of "C". Here, it is assumed that the higher the screen is, the higher the ranking is. Hereinafter, the same applies unless otherwise specified.

In the case of non-ranking display, it may be displayed in the order corresponding to the order information registered corresponding to the beverage information. For example, a "name" field and an "order information" field are prepared in each line of FIG. 24 (A), and the name of the recipe ID "1" is changed to "recipe A" and "order information" as recipes that can be selected by the user. Is "3", the name of the recipe ID "2" is "Recipe C", the "order information" is "2", the name of the recipe ID "3" is "recipe B", and the "order information" is "1". When registered in the server, in the case of non-ranking display of recipe information, "Recipe B", "Recipe C", and "Recipe A" may be displayed in this order from the upper part of the screen.

In the case of non-ranking display, it is displayed in the order according to the order information registered corresponding to the beverage information, and if the order information is the same, it is displayed in the order of the name of the beverage information. For example, a "name" field and an "order information" field are prepared in each line of FIG. 24 (A), and the name of the recipe ID "1" is changed to "recipe A" and "order information" as recipes that can be selected by the user. Is "3", the name of recipe ID "2" is "Recipe C", "order information" is "3", the name of recipe ID "3" is "recipe B", and "order information" is "1". When registered in the server, in the case of displaying the recipe information in the non-ranking order, "recipe B", "recipe A", and "recipe C" are displayed in this order from the upper part of the screen.

It may be possible to display the ranking in consideration of the result of the administrator operation. Here, the administrator operation is an operation that can be changed on the management screen displayed by inputting the administrator password, for example. That is, for example, a "priority" field is prepared in each row of FIG. 24 (A), the "priority" of the recipe ID "1" is set to "A", and the "priority" of the recipe ID "2". Is set to "C" and the "priority" of the recipe ID "3" is set to "C" by the administrator operation, and the number of recipes selected by the user in a certain period is the recipe ID "1". If the recipe ID "2" is set to 10 times, the recipe ID "2" is set to 12 times, and the recipe ID "3" is set to 12 times, the recipe ID "3" and the recipe ID are displayed from the top of the screen without considering the priority (administrator operation) as the recipe ranking display. The recipe ID "1" and the recipe ID "2" may be displayed in this order, or the recipe ID "1", the recipe ID "3", and the recipe ID "" may be displayed from the upper part of the screen in consideration of the priority (administrator operation). 2 ”may be displayed in this order. Here, priority A has the highest priority, and B, C, and so on, the priority is reduced in alphabetical order.

The priority may not only be set by the administrator operation for each recipe, but may also be set by the administrator operation for each category such as the priority for each recipe and the priority for each bean. For example, the "priority" of the recipe ID "1" is "A", the "priority" of the recipe ID "2" is "C", the "priority" of the recipe ID "3" is "C", and the recipe ID "4". After setting the "priority" of "" to "C" by the administrator operation, the priority of the bean "A" is set to "B" and the priority of the bean "B" as the "priority" for each bean. Is set as "A" by the administrator operation, and the number of recipes selected by the user in a certain period is 10 times for recipe ID "1", 5 times for recipe ID "2", and recipe ID "3". Is 12 times and the recipe ID "4" is 1 time, the recipe ID "1", the recipe ID "3", and the recipe ID are added from the top of the screen, taking into account the priority (administrator operation) as the recipe ranking display. The recipe ID "4" may be displayed in this order, or the bean "B" and the bean "A" may be displayed from the top of the screen in consideration of the priority (administrator operation) as the bean ranking display. It may be displayed in order.

In the example using FIG. 24, an example of displaying the ranking based on the selection count information of the user collected from the beverage manufacturing devices installed all over the world in a certain period is shown, but the ranking is not limited to this, and the ranking is displayed all over the world. It is also possible to display rankings based on the number of selections of users collected from one or more beverage manufacturing equipment installed in a certain period, and there are users collected from one or more beverage manufacturing equipment installed in Japan. Ranking display based on the number of selections in a period is also possible, from a beverage manufacturing device installed in a certain area of a certain store (for example, one or more beverage manufacturing devices installed on the first floor in a five-story store). It is possible to display the ranking based on the information on the number of selections of the collected users, and it is also possible to display the ranking based on the information on the number of selections of the users collected from the beverage manufacturing apparatus for which the production instruction is to be given.

In the example using FIGS. 24 (A) to 24 (C), an example in which the ranking is displayed based on the selection count information of the user collected from the beverage manufacturing apparatus in a certain period is shown, but the ranking is not limited to this, and the beverage manufacturing is not limited to this. Information collected from other than the device, for example, a uniquely operated website placed on the Internet, may be displayed in a ranking according to the amount of products sold during the period. For example, the amount of bean varieties sold during the period of the EC (electronic transaction) site is stored in a server or the like, and the coffee beans of coffee to be produced by the beverage manufacturing apparatus are ranked and displayed on the screen according to the amount. You may do so. Specifically, if the bean "B" is sold twice as much as the bean "A" during the EC site, the recipe using the bean "B" is prioritized over the recipe using the bean "A". (For example, in the case of the recipe shown in FIG. 24 (A), the recipe ID "4", the recipe ID "1", the recipe ID "2", and the recipe ID "3" may be displayed in this order from the top of the screen). .. Of course, the ranking may be displayed using both the information on the number of selections of the user collected from the beverage manufacturing device in a certain period and the information collected from other than the beverage manufacturing device. For example, during the period of the EC site, the bean "B" sells twice as much as the bean "A", and the number of recipes of the beverage manufacturing device selected by the user during a certain period is 10 times for the recipe ID "1" and the recipe ID. Assuming that "2" is 5 times, recipe ID "3" is 12 times, and recipe ID "4" is 1 time, recipe ID "4", recipe ID "3", recipe ID "1", and recipe ID are displayed from the top of the screen. It may be displayed in the order of "2".

Returning to the description of FIG. The processing unit 1201 confirms whether or not the category for displaying the beverage information on the display unit 1207 has been changed (S1604). For example, when the varistor 1802 or the flavor 1803 of FIG. 27 is selected by the user, the processing unit 1201 determines that the category has been changed (Yes in S1604), and returns the processing to S1601. When none of the recipe 1801, the varistor 1802, and the flavor 1803 is selected (No in S1604), the processing unit 1201 determines whether or not the beverage information displayed next has been selected (S1605). For example, when any of the recipes 1804 to 1808 of FIG. 27 is selected, the processing unit 1201 determines that the beverage information has been selected (Yes in S1605), and produces a beverage corresponding to the selected beverage information. Instruct the manufacturing apparatus 1 (S1606). For example, in S1606, the processing unit 1201 connects the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 via the main body I / F 1206 to a value used in the coffee beverage manufacturing process (each step shown in FIG. 11A) (for example, shown in FIG. 24). By transmitting (values such as 1507 to 1511), the production of the beverage is instructed. If the beverage information is not selected (No in S1605), the processing unit 1201 returns the processing to S1604 and waits for the category change or the selection of the beverage information. The user who specified the category in S1601 and the user who selects the beverage information in S1605 may be different.

Subsequently, after instructing the production of the beverage, the information display device 12 notifies the server 16 that the beverage has been produced (S1607). In one example, when the server 16 receives the notification that the beverage has been produced from the information display device 12, the server 16 increases the number of times the recipe corresponding to the produced beverage is produced by one. That is, the beverage information DB 1603a also operates as a storage unit for the number of times the beverage is selected. In one example, the information display device 12 transmits the user information instructing the production of the beverage, the date and time information, and the information about the beverage production device 1 that produced the beverage to the server 16, and the server 16 records in the production history DB 1603c (1531 to 1531 to). The history information may be updated by adding 1535). That is, the manufacturing history DB 1603c may also operate as a storage unit for storing the number of times the beverage is selected for each user. In this way, the ranking display can be updated by collecting information indicating that the product has been manufactured from at least one information display device or beverage manufacturing device and updating the number of times of manufacture.

Here, an example of processing when it is determined in S1604 of FIG. 25 that the category has been changed will be described. Here, the processing when the varistor 1802 of FIG. 27 is selected will be described. In this case, the processing unit 1201 determines that "varistor" is selected as the category (S1601), and transmits a signal indicating that the category is the varistor to the server 16. When the server 16 receives the signal (S1701), the server 16 extracts the beverage information from the beverage information DB 1603a (S1702). In S1702, the server 16 controls the data processing unit 1607 to collect the data of the beverage information DB 1603a for each inventor and extract the beverage information. For example, the data processing unit 1607 totals the number of productions of the same recipe with the inventor information 1502, and calculates the number of productions for each inventor. In addition, the recipe with the highest number of productions is extracted for each inventor. That is, for each inventor, a combination of the number of times a recipe is selected to produce a beverage and a representative recipe of the inventor is extracted and transmitted to the information display device 12 (S1703).

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 1207 of the information display device 12 when the category is a varistor (creator).

In the display unit 1207 shown in FIG. 28, in addition to the categories (1801 to 1803), beverage information 1901-1903 for each inventor is ranked and displayed. For example, the beverage information 1901 indicates that the beverage corresponding to the recipe devised by the inventor "BBBB BBBB" was produced 1267 times, and the beverage information 1902 corresponds to the recipe devised by the inventor "○○ company". Indicates that the beverage has been produced 1091 times. Here, when the selection button of the beverage information 1901 is pressed, the processing unit 1201 determines that the beverage information has been selected (Yes in S1605), and has the highest number of productions in the recipe of the inventor "BBBB BBBB". Instruct the beverage production apparatus 1 to produce a beverage corresponding to a recipe having many recipes (S1606). In one example, the inventor can set a recommended recipe, and if the category is the inventor and the inventor is selected, the beverage maker 1 is instructed to produce a beverage corresponding to the recommended recipe. You may.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 1207 of the information display device 12 when the category is type 2 (flavor).

In the display unit 1207 shown in FIG. 29, in addition to the categories (1801 to 1803), beverage information 2001 and 2006 for each flavor are ranked and displayed. For example, the beverage information 2001 indicates that the beverage having the flavor "vanilla" was produced 4107 times, and the beverage information 2006 indicates that the beverage having the flavor "chocolate" was produced 1725 times. Here, when the beverage information whose flavor is "vanilla" is selected, a plurality of beverage information whose flavor is "vanilla" may be displayed, for example, for each recipe (2002 to 2004). In one example, recipes 2002 to 2004 may also be displayed in ranking, that is, in descending order of the number of times of production. By displaying the information in a hierarchical ranking in this way, the user can easily select a favorite beverage. The user can check other recipes by pressing the "See more" vanilla "recipe" button 2005.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a device that makes it easy for a user who receives a beverage to select a beverage to be produced based on a predetermined category related to the beverage.

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In the present embodiment, the description has been made assuming that there is only one category for displaying the beverage information, but in one example, a plurality of categories may be specified to display the beverage information. For example, when the varistor (inventor) and the flavor are specified as categories, the number of times of production of one or more recipes in which the varistor and the flavor are the same may be calculated and the beverage information may be displayed. As a result, the beverage information can be displayed by arbitrarily combining the categories that the user emphasizes, so that it is possible to provide a device that makes it easy for the user who receives the beverage to select the beverage to be manufactured.

As illustrated above, the display mode of the ranking display may be different for each category. For example, in the case of category A (for example, ranking display figure 27 by recipe), use up / down scrolling to display information on the top ranking at the top of the screen, the bottom of the screen as the ranking goes down, and the ranking at the bottom. In the case of another category B (for example, ranking display by varistor Fig. 28), if you want to display the information of the higher ranking on the left side of the screen, the right part of the screen as the ranking goes down, and the lower ranking information. By searching using left and right scrolling, not only the text information but also the operation mode changes, so it may be easier to understand which category the user is looking at the ranking display. As another example, for example, in the case of category A (for example, ranking display diagram 27 by recipe), a certain number of options (five in FIG. 27) are displayed at one time, and another category B (for example, ranking display diagram by varistor) is displayed. In the case of 28), different numbers (three in FIG. 28) may be displayed at one time to display different display modes.

Although FIG. 24A is illustrated as a beverage information DB 1603a that can be registered by the administrator, the administrator, the user, and a person requested by the administrator (for example, a barista) create a recipe using the screen of the additional drawing. , May be able to be added to the beverage information DB 1603a.

In this case, some fields such as the above-mentioned "priority" field, "order information" field, and "name" field cannot be registered by the user or the varistor, and only the administrator can register / modify by the administrator operation. May be good. Of course, these fields may be registered and modified by the user.

Further, in FIG. 24A, not all recipes registered in the beverage information DB 1603a that can be registered by the administrator can be used by the user for beverage production, and each recipe is permitted by the “permission” field or the like. A field for setting disapproval is provided so that only recipes with a value of "permitted" in the "permitted" field can be used by the user for beverage production, and recipes with a value of "disapproved" are used by the user for beverage production. May not be possible. Further, only the recipe whose value in the "Allow" field is "OK" may be displayed so that the user can select it, and the recipe whose value is "No" may not be displayed in the user selection display. Specifically, a "store" field is prepared in each row of FIG. 24 (A), and the value of the "store" field of the recipe ID "1" is set to "store A" and the value of the recipe ID "2" is "store". If the value of the field is registered as "Store A" and the value of the "Store" field of the recipe ID "3" is registered as "Store B" by the administrator operation, the recipe ID "1" can be selected by the user in the store A. Information and recipe ID "2" information are displayed so that the user can select them, and in store B, recipe ID "2" information is displayed as a recipe that can be selected by the user so that the user can select the recipe. May be good. In another example, the restrictions on the recipes that can be selected depending on the registered contents of the above-mentioned "permission" field and "store" field may be applied to the ranking display illustrating various examples.

<Summary of embodiments>
The above embodiment discloses at least the following devices.

1. 1. The control device (for example, 1202, 1203) of the above embodiment is
The first reception means for accepting the designation of the category of beverages manufactured by the beverage manufacturing department from the user,
An acquisition means for acquiring beverage information corresponding to the category received by the first reception means from the storage unit, and
A display means for displaying the beverage information acquired by the acquisition means, and
A second receiving means for receiving the designation of the beverage information of one of the beverage information displayed by the display means from the user,
An output means for outputting a beverage manufacturing instruction to the beverage manufacturing unit based on the beverage information of the one selected by the second receiving means, and an output means.
Have,
The display means rank-displays a plurality of the beverage information corresponding to the category.

According to this embodiment, it may be possible to provide a device that makes it easy for a user who receives a beverage to select a beverage to be produced.

2. 2. In the above control device
The display means displays ranking by displaying the plurality of the beverage information according to the number of times selected by the user in the past.

According to this embodiment, it may be possible to provide a device that makes it easy for a user who receives a beverage to select a beverage to be produced by a ranking display.

3. 3. In the above control device
The first and second receiving means receive designations from a plurality of users.

According to this embodiment, it may be possible to provide a device that makes it easy for a user who receives a beverage to select a beverage to be produced based on a designation from a plurality of users.

4. In the above control device
The acquisition means acquires user information including at least one of the age and gender of the user of the beverage manufacturing apparatus from the storage unit.
The display means displays the beverage information in consideration of the user information.

According to this embodiment, it may be possible to provide an apparatus that facilitates selection of a beverage to be produced based on information of a user who receives the beverage.

5. In the above control device
The ranking display is performed based on the information collected from the plurality of beverage manufacturing units.

According to this embodiment, it may be possible to provide a device that makes it easy for a user who receives a beverage to select a beverage to be produced.

6. In the above control device
The beverage information includes at least one of information on raw materials for producing a beverage, information on a manufacturing recipe relating to a method for producing a beverage, and information on at least one creator of the manufacturing recipe.

According to this embodiment, it is possible to provide a device that makes it easy for a user who receives a beverage to select a beverage to be produced based on at least one of raw material information, manufacturing recipe information, and inventor's information. You may be able to do it.

7. In the above control device
The instruction is given to the beverage manufacturing unit of the beverage manufacturing apparatus.

According to this embodiment, it may be possible to provide a device that makes it easy for a user who receives a beverage to select a beverage to be produced.

8. The method of the above embodiment
The first reception process that accepts the designation of the category of beverages manufactured by the beverage manufacturing department from the user,
The acquisition process of acquiring the beverage information corresponding to the category received in the first reception process from the storage unit, and the acquisition process.
A display step for displaying the beverage information acquired in the acquisition step, and a display step.
A second reception process for receiving the designation of beverage information of one of the beverage information displayed in the display process from the user, and
An output process for outputting a beverage manufacturing instruction to the beverage manufacturing unit based on the beverage information selected in the second reception process, and an output step.
Including
In the display step, a plurality of the beverage information corresponding to the category is displayed in a ranking.

According to this embodiment, it may be possible to provide a device that makes it easy for a user who receives a beverage to select a beverage to be produced.

9. The program of the above-described embodiment causes a computer to function as each means of the control device according to any one of the above-described first to seventh embodiments.

According to this embodiment, it may be possible to provide a device that makes it easy for a user who receives a beverage to select a beverage to be produced.

Next, the modification of the recipe will be described.

As shown in FIG. 24, the recipe information is stored in a database in the storage unit 1603 of the server 16. Here, the items related to the modification of the recipe are collectively shown in FIG.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing all the items related to the modification of the recipe.

In FIG. 30, the machine ID, “store name”, “installation date” and “coffee machine network address” as installation information, “pressure” in the extraction container 9 and “pressure” in the extraction container 9 as the latest error information are shown. The values of "hot water temperature" and "grain size" of ground beans are shown.

In the above description, an example of a beverage manufacturing device 1 equipped with a bean processing device 2 and an extraction device 3 has been described as a coffee machine, but in the description here, other coffees prepared using coffee beans have been described. A coffee bean grinder is exemplified as a machine. The coffee bean grinder is provided with a control device 11 and an information display device 12 in addition to the storage device 4, the crushing device 5, and the separation device 6. The machine ID of the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 starts with M, and the machine ID of the coffee bean grinder starts with G. Since the machine ID does not have an extraction function in the coffee bean grinder starting with G, "pressure" and "hot water temperature" are not shown as the latest error information.

When modifying a recipe, it is first necessary to acquire the machine characteristics on the coffee machine side. Machine characteristics are reflected in the latest error information. The pressure (atm) in the extraction container 9 is controlled by the value of the pressure sensor 73d shown in FIG. 3, but a pressure sensor for error determination is separately provided in the pipe L1 shown in FIG. 3, or the inside of the extraction container 9 itself. Is provided with a pressure sensor for error determination. Further, in the latest error information shown in FIG. 30, the pressure in the extraction container 9 is controlled by the temperature sensor 73e shown in FIG. 3, but again, the temperature sensor for error determination is connected to the pipe L1 shown in FIG. Is separately provided, or a temperature sensor for error determination is provided in the extraction container 9 itself. Alternatively, the hot water supplied to the extraction container 9 can be immediately discharged, and the temperature of the hot water can be actually measured by the machine manager. Further, as the particle size (μm) of the ground beans ground by the grinder 5B, the value measured by the machine manager for the size of the ground beans discharged from the discharge pipe 5C shown in FIG. 2 is used. Each value used for error determination is obtained by feeding a coffee machine with a known pressure for testing, hot water at a known hot water temperature for testing, and roasted coffee beans for testing at predetermined intervals. The predetermined interval may be one week, one month, or more, but here, it is a one-month interval (one day of every month).

The difference between the pressure sensor for error determination and the value (true value) and the value (controlled value) of the pressure sensor 73d shown in FIG. 3 is the latest error information about the pressure. Further, the measured value (true value) of the temperature sensor and value (true value) for error determination or the temperature of the hot water immediately discharged from the extraction container 9 and the value (controlled value) of the temperature sensor 73e shown in FIG. ) Is the latest error information about the hot water temperature. Further, the difference between the value (true value) measured by the machine administrator for the size of the ground beans discharged from the discharge pipe 5C shown in FIG. 2 and the particle size (control value) of the ground beans set in the crushing device 5. However, it becomes the latest error information about the particle size.

The latest error information is transmitted from the coffee machine side to the server 16. The coffee machine side referred to here is the coffee machine itself in the case of a mode in which the latest error information is automatically transmitted from the I / F unit 11c shown in FIG. 10 or the information display device to the server 16. However, in the case of a mode transmitted from the communication terminal of the machine administrator, it becomes the communication terminal. Further, instead of the latest error information, the true value and the control value may be transmitted from the coffee machine side, the server 16 transmits the true value to the coffee machine side, and the server 16 stores the true value. If so, only the control value may be transmitted from the coffee machine side. In these cases, the processing unit of the server 16 will calculate the latest error information. Summarizing the above, information on machine characteristics (true value and control value, difference (latest error information), control value only) is transmitted to the server 16. The storage unit 1603 of the server 16 stores the transmitted information regarding the machine characteristics. Information on machine characteristics can also be said to be information on individual differences in machines.

In the recipe correction, the latest error information acquired this time is used to correct the previously corrected value. In the example shown in FIG. 30, it can be seen that the older the installation date of the coffee machine, the larger the value of the latest error information. The recipe modification is performed by the processing unit 1601 of the server 16 based on the latest error information. In the storage unit 1603 of the server 16, the latest error information is updated for each machine ID 1534 in the manufacturing history DB 1603c shown in FIG. 24C, and the updated latest error information and the update date are stored. Further, the latest error information before the update (one old error information) may be stored, and all the latest error information that has been repeatedly updated since the machine was installed may also be stored as an update log. Alternatively, an error information DB may be separately prepared in the storage unit 1603 of the server 16, the latest error information may be managed for each machine ID 1534 in this error information DB, and the above update log may also be saved.

The processing unit 1601 of the server 16 displays the recipe to the user in a ranking display or the like, and when the specific recipe is transmitted to the coffee machine, the original recipe stored in the beverage information DB 1603a shown in FIG. 24 (A). The modified recipe information (information including at least the manufacturing method information with the recipe ID) corrected based on the latest error information of the target machine ID is used as the coffee of the target machine ID. Send to the machine.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing only the information related to the extraction process S3'of the modified recipe information transmitted to the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 of M2001-05 by the machine ID shown in FIG. 30 in a table. Of the original recipe information, the table showing only the information related to the extraction process S3'is the table shown in FIG. 19 described above.

In the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 having the machine ID of M2001-05, according to the latest error information shown in FIG. 30, the pressure in the extraction container 9 has a control value 0.1 atm lower than the true value. ing. Therefore, in the pressure control in the extraction container 9 dedicated to the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 having the machine ID of M2001-05, the pressure value of the original recipe information is corrected to +0.1 atm by correcting all the pressure values of the original recipe information to +0.1 atm. Will match. In the table shown in FIG. 31, the target values of the atmospheric pressure (pressure) in the extraction container 9 are all added by 0.1 atmospheric pressure to the values of the original recipe information.

Further, it was found that the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 having the machine ID of M2001-05 supplies 0.2 cc more of the "hot water amount" in the extraction container 9, which was not shown in the latest error information shown in FIG. ing. The amount of hot water supplied (cc) to the extraction container 9 is controlled by opening and closing the solenoid valve 72i, but the machine manager actually measures the amount of hot water supplied to the extraction container 9 by discharging the hot water. By doing so, you can get the true value. The difference between this true value and the amount of hot water supplied (controlled value) set in the extraction device 3 is the latest error information. In this example, the latest error information of the amount of hot water is +0.2 cc. Therefore, in the table shown in FIG. 31, the target value of the amount of hot water in the extraction container 9 is all subtracted by 0.2 cc from the value of the original recipe information.

The latest error information shown in FIG. 30 also shows the hot water temperature in the extraction container 9, which is not shown in this table, but the hot water temperature in the extraction container 9 is also corrected based on the latest error information (original). 0.08 ° C is added to all the values in the recipe information of.

Further, even if the recipe is modified except for the "pressure" in the extraction container 9, the "hot water temperature" in the extraction container 9, the "particle size" of the ground beans, and the "amount of hot water" in the extraction container 9 described here. good. For example, the recipe may be modified by acquiring the difference between the true value and the control value for the “amount of beans” to be grinded or for various times (for example, steaming time).

Subsequently, an example of a coffee bean grinder equipped with a control device 11 and an information display device 12 in addition to the storage device 4, the crushing device 5, and the separation device 6 will be described.

In this example, an application for transmitting order information about ground coffee beans is installed in a mobile terminal 17M, which is a kind of various devices and devices 17 shown in FIG. 10, and the application is used in the mobile terminal 17M. The order information input screen is displayed.

FIG. 32A is a diagram showing a state in which the order information input screen is displayed on the mobile terminal 17M.

On this input screen, the title input field 171 of the order, the input table 172 that specifies the ratio to the grain size when grinding coffee beans, the fine → coarse grind button 173a that instructs how to grind from the fine grind state to the coarse grind state, and so on. There is a coarse → fine grind button 173b that instructs how to grind from a coarse grind state to a fine grind state, a bean amount box 174 that specifies the amount of coffee beans to be grinded, and a send button 175 for sending order information. It is displayed.

On the input screen in FIG. 32 (A), the characters "for Geisha French press" are input in the title input field 171. Further, in the input table 172, "40" indicating the ratio of the particle size of 200 μm and “60” indicating the ratio of the particle size of 800 μm are input, and it is shown that the total ratio is “100”%. Further, it is shown that comments corresponding to each of the particle size of 200 μm, the particle size of 800 μm, and the total are input. Further, the coarse → finely ground button 173b is selected. 60 g is set in the bean amount box 174. The chaff removal strength (chaff removal rate) (%) and the like may also be set.

After setting the title, grain size ratio, grinding method (fine → coarse, coarse → fine) and amount of coffee beans, tap the send button 175 to control the coffee bean grinder 11 via the communication network 15. Order information is sent to.

Even in a coffee bean grinder, which is a kind of coffee machine, information on machine characteristics (true value and control value, difference (latest error information), or only the control value of the crusher 5) is sent to the server 16 at predetermined intervals. Send. At this time, the information regarding the machine characteristics is also stored in the own storage unit 11b. For example, the latest error information and the latest error information before updating (one old error information) are stored. By doing so, even when the order information is transmitted from the mobile terminal 17M, the order information can be treated as the recipe information and the recipe can be corrected based on the latest error information. It is also preferable to store the update log. If one old error information or update log is stored, the information can be referred to during machine maintenance, and maintenance can be performed to reduce the error by referring to the history up to that point. In some cases.

It should be noted that it is not limited to the coffee bean grinder device, but the beverage manufacturing device 1 and the like that stores at least the latest error information after the update in its own storage unit 11b so that the recipe can be corrected based on the information. The same is true for other types of coffee machines. Further, it is also preferable to store the latest error information (one old error information) before the update and the update log in the own storage unit 11b.

Further, the order information may be once transmitted to the server 16 and then transferred to the coffee bean grinder via the server 16 and the communication network 15. In this case, since the server 16 can specify the coffee bean grinder at the transfer destination, the recipe is modified as described above based on the machine ID of the coffee bean grinder at the transfer destination. The order information is transferred to the coffee bean grinder of the machine ID. Here, the description will be continued assuming that the machine ID of the coffee bean grinder at the transfer destination is G1919-12 shown in FIG.

The order information transmitted to the server 16 may be registered in the storage unit 1603 as recipe information. At this time, the input author's comment may also be registered as a part of the recipe information.

FIG. 32B is a diagram showing how the coffee bean grinder having the machine ID G1919-12 receives the modified recipe information from the server 16 and the contents are displayed on the display unit 1207 of the information display device 12. be.

In the display unit 1207 of the information display device 12 shown in FIG. 32 (B), the recipe name RP1, the information table RP2 regarding the ratio of the grain size of the ground beans, and the display RP3 of the grinding method (fine → coarse or coarse → fine) are displayed. And, the display RP4 of the amount of coffee beans is displayed. In the information table RP2 regarding the ratio of the particle size of the ground beans, "40" indicating the ratio of the particle size 180 μm and “60” indicating the ratio of the particle size 780 μm are input, and it is shown that the total ratio is “100”%. ing. According to the latest error information shown in FIG. 30, in the coffee bean grinder having a machine ID of G1919-12, the particle size of the ground beans is 20 μm higher than the true value. Therefore, in the particle size management of the crusher 5 dedicated to the coffee bean grinder whose machine ID is G1919-12, the particle size of the original recipe information is adjusted to -20 μm to match the particle size of the original recipe information. It will be. In the information table RP2 shown in FIG. 32 (B), the particle size of the ground beans is corrected and displayed as 180 μm for the original recipe information value of 200 μm and as 780 μm for the original recipe information value of 800 μm. ing. In addition, comments corresponding to the particle size of 180 μm, the particle size of 780 μm, and the total are also shown. Further, the indication RP3 of the grinding method indicates that the grinding method from the coarse grinding state to the fine grinding state is set. Further, 60 g is indicated on the display RP4 of the amount of coffee beans. As for the amount of beans, a corrected value based on the latest error information may be displayed. Alternatively, the amount of beans may be set separately by the store.

A grind start button 12GS is also displayed in the lower right corner of the display unit 1207 of the information display device 12 shown in FIG. 32 (B), and when the grind start button 12GS is tapped, the grind is displayed on the display unit 1207. The coffee bean grind treatment is performed according to the percentage of bean grain size, how to grind and the amount of coffee beans.

The recipe may be modified on the distribution side (server 16 side), on the receiving side (coffee machine side), or on both the distribution side and the receiving side. When modifying the recipe in both, both acquire information about the machine characteristics before and after the update (true value and control value, the latest error information that is the difference, or only the control value), and both acquire the acquired information. Based on each, the recipe is modified. Further, the recipe may be modified by various devices 17 that are neither the distribution side nor the reception side.

Further, the recipe information may be stored in the storage unit on the distribution side (for example, the storage unit 1603 of the server 16), or the storage unit on the reception side (for example, the storage unit 1203 of the information display device 12 and the control device 11). It may be stored in the storage unit 1103) of the above, or may be stored in each of the storage unit on the distribution side and the storage unit on the reception side. Further, it may be stored in the storage unit of various device devices 17.

Further, the latest error information may be stored in the storage unit on the distribution side (for example, the storage unit 1603 of the server 16), or the storage unit on the reception side (for example, the storage unit 1203 of the information display device 12, the control device). It may be stored in the storage unit 1103) of 11, or may be stored in each of the storage unit on the distribution side and the storage unit on the reception side. Further, it may be stored in the storage unit of various device devices 17.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing a recipe distribution method executed by the server 16 shown in FIG.

The recipe distribution method shown in FIG. 33 includes a recipe storage step SR10, a characteristic storage step SR11, a recipe modification step SR12, and a recipe distribution step SR13.

The recipe storage step SR10 is a step in which the processing unit 1601 stores the recipe related to the preparation using coffee beans in the storage unit 1603. The recipe may be sent or created on the server 16.

The characteristic storage step SR11 is a step of storing the characteristics related to the adjustment of the distribution destination. That is, the information about the machine characteristics (true value and control value, its difference (latest error information), control value only) transmitted from the machine installation destination is received by the communication I / F 1604, and the received information is processed by the processing unit. 1601 stores in the storage unit 1603.

The recipe modification step SR12 is a step in which the processing unit 1601 modifies the recipe stored in the recipe storage step SR10 according to the characteristics of the distribution destination stored in the characteristic storage step SR11.

The recipe distribution step SR13 is a step in which the processing unit 1601 distributes the recipe modified in the recipe modification step SR12 to the distribution destination.

According to the above description
"A coffee machine that prepares coffee beans [for example, beverage manufacturing device 1, extraction device 3 only, coffee bean grinding device (bean processing device 2), crushing device 5, coffee maker, etc.]
A recipe distribution means [for example, a server 16] that distributes a recipe related to the preparation to the coffee machine.
[For example, the recipe distribution system RS shown in FIG. 10].
The recipe distribution means may modify the recipe to be distributed according to the coffee machine to which it is distributed.
A recipe distribution system featuring that. 』\
Explained.

According to this recipe distribution system, it becomes a system with features regarding the handling of recipes. That is, the recipe becomes very important in the coffee machine that makes the adjustment according to the recipe. The recipe may be created with very fine adjustments based on the know-how of the recipe creator, original ideas, trial and error, and the like. Therefore, if the value specified by the recipe cannot be faithfully set, the original taste intended by the recipe creator cannot be reproduced.

By the way, coffee machines often have individual differences. This individual difference is unavoidable due to various factors such as manufacturing tolerances, secular variation, and adjustment during maintenance. Therefore, even if the value specified by the recipe is faithfully set, it may not be possible to reproduce the original taste intended by the recipe creator due to the deviation due to the individual difference of the machine.

However, according to the above recipe distribution system, the recipe to be distributed may be modified according to the coffee machine to which it is distributed. Therefore, the individual difference of the machine is reduced and the value specified by the recipe is set as faithfully as possible. As a result, the coffee machine will be able to reproduce the original taste intended by the recipe maker.

The adjustment referred to here is to grind coffee beans or to extract coffee beverages from the ground coffee beans (hereinafter, the same applies).

Further, the recipe may be various conditions for grinding coffee beans or various conditions for extracting coffee beverages (hereinafter, the same applies). The recipe also includes information on coffee beans and information on the creator of the recipe (hereinafter, the same applies). That is, the recipe is used for some or all of the steps of the adjustment (hereinafter, the same).

again,
"The recipe storage means for storing the recipe related to the preparation [for example, the storage unit 1603 of the server 16, the storage unit 1203 of the information display device 12, and the storage unit 11b of the control device 11] are provided.
The recipe distribution means may modify and distribute the recipe stored in the recipe storage means according to the coffee machine of the distribution destination.
A recipe distribution system featuring that. 』\
Was also explained.

The recipe storage means may be provided on the distribution side such as the recipe distribution means, may be provided on the reception side such as the coffee machine, or may be provided on the distribution side and the reception side. It may be provided in both of the above.

again,
"Characteristic storage means for storing information on the characteristics of the coffee machine at the distribution destination [for example, true value and control value, difference (latest error information), control value only] [for example, storage unit 1603 of server 16, information display. The storage unit 1203 of the device 12 and the storage unit 11b of the control device 11] are provided.
The recipe distribution means modifies the recipe according to the information about the characteristics of the distribution destination coffee machine stored in the characteristic storage means, and distributes the recipe to the distribution destination coffee machine.
A recipe distribution system featuring that. 』\
Was also explained.

again,
"The control means for controlling the characteristic storage means [for example, the processing unit 1601 of the server 16] is provided.
The coffee machine [for example, the I / F unit 11c shown in FIG. 10] can transmit the characteristics of the coffee machine to the control means.
The control means can store the received characteristics in the characteristic storage means [for example, the storage unit 1603 of the server 16].
A recipe distribution system featuring that. 』\
Was also explained.

again,
"The coffee machine is a recipe distribution system characterized in that it is a coffee extraction means [for example, only a beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 and an extraction apparatus 3] for extracting coffee. 』\
Was also explained.

again,
"The coffee machine is a coffee bean grinding means for grinding coffee beans [for example, only a coffee bean grinding device (bean processing device 2) and a crushing device 5].
A recipe distribution system featuring that. 』\
Was also explained.

moreover,
"A recipe distribution method that has a recipe distribution step that distributes recipes related to preparation using coffee beans.
It has a recipe modification step [for example, step SR12 shown in FIG. 33] that modifies the recipe according to the distribution destination.
The recipe distribution step is a step of distributing the recipe modified in the recipe modification step to the distribution destination [for example, step SR13 shown in FIG. 33].
A recipe distribution method characterized by that. "
Was also explained.

again,
"Having a recipe storage step [eg, step SR10 shown in FIG. 33] for storing the recipe.
The recipe modification step is a step of modifying the recipe stored in the recipe storage step according to the distribution destination.
A recipe distribution method characterized by that. "
Was also explained.

again,
"Having a characteristic storage step [eg, step SR11 shown in FIG. 33] for storing the characteristics related to the adjustment of the distribution destination.
The recipe modification step is a step of modifying a recipe according to the characteristic of the distribution destination stored in the characteristic storage step.
A recipe distribution method characterized by that. "
Was also explained.

moreover,
"Distribution of recipes to distribute recipes related to the preparation to coffee machines that prepare using coffee beans [for example, beverage manufacturing device 1, extraction device 3 only, coffee bean grinder device (bean processing device 2), crushing device 5 only] A device [eg, server 16]
The recipe to be distributed may be modified depending on the coffee machine to which it is distributed.
A recipe distribution device that features that. "
Was also explained.

again,
"A recipe storage means [for example, a storage unit 1603] for storing a recipe related to the above preparation is provided.
The recipe stored in the recipe storage means may be modified and distributed according to the distribution destination coffee machine.
A recipe distribution device that features that. "
Was also explained.

again,
A characteristic storage means [for example, storage unit 1603] for storing information on the characteristics of the coffee machine to be distributed [for example, true value and control value, difference (latest error information), control value only] is provided.
The recipe is modified according to the information about the characteristics of the distribution destination coffee machine stored in the characteristic storage means, and the recipe is distributed to the distribution destination coffee machine.
A recipe distribution device that features that. "
Was also explained.

again,
"The control means [for example, the processing unit 1601] for controlling the characteristic storage means is provided.
The characteristics of the coffee machine can be transmitted from the coffee machine to the control means.
The control means can store the characteristics of the coffee machine transmitted from the coffee machine in the characteristic storage means [for example, the storage unit 1603].
A recipe distribution device that features that. "
Was also explained.

The present invention is not limited to some of the embodiments and examples shown above, and these contents can be combined with each other without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and are partially combined according to the purpose and the like. May be changed. Further, it goes without saying that the individual terms described in the present specification are used only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the strict meaning of the terms. It may also include the equivalent. For example, expressions such as "device" and "part" may be paraphrased as "unit" and "module".

1 Beverage manufacturing equipment 2 Bean processing equipment 3 Extraction equipment 4 Storage equipment 5 Crushing equipment 6 Separation equipment 7 Fluid supply unit 9 Extraction container 11 Control equipment 11a Processing unit 12 Information display equipment 16 Server 17 Various devices Equipment RS Recipe distribution system

Claims (6)

A coffee machine that prepares coffee beans and
A recipe distribution means for distributing a recipe related to the preparation to the coffee machine,
It is a recipe distribution system equipped with
The recipe distribution means may modify the recipe to be distributed according to the coffee machine to which it is distributed.
A recipe distribution system featuring that. The recipe distribution system according to claim 1.
A recipe storage means for storing the recipe related to the above preparation is provided.
The recipe distribution means may modify and distribute the recipe stored in the recipe storage means according to the coffee machine of the distribution destination.
A recipe distribution system featuring that. The recipe distribution system according to claim 1 or 2.
Equipped with a characteristic storage means to store information about the characteristics of the coffee machine to which it is distributed.
The recipe distribution means modifies the recipe according to the information about the characteristics of the distribution destination coffee machine stored in the characteristic storage means, and distributes the recipe to the distribution destination coffee machine.
A recipe distribution system featuring that. The recipe distribution system according to claim 3.
A control means for controlling the characteristic storage means is provided.
The coffee machine can transmit the characteristics of the coffee machine to the control means.
The control means can store the received characteristics in the characteristic storage means.
A recipe distribution system featuring that. The recipe distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The coffee machine is a recipe distribution system characterized by being a coffee extraction means for extracting coffee. The recipe distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The coffee machine is a means for grinding coffee beans.
A recipe distribution system featuring that.

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