JP2598241Y2 - Beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE devised, the beverage raw material is stored in a raw material canister, the hot drink is prepared to discharge its raw materials by an appropriate amount, it sells by injecting the hot beverage in the cup drinking Charge vending machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As beverage vending machines, there are a vending machine for supplying hot and cold beverages and a vending machine for exclusively supplying hot beverages only. And in any of them, a raw material canister for accommodating coffee beans or the like as a raw material of a beverage in a main body of a vending machine, a water heater for boiling hot water, a raw material discharged from the raw material canister and supplied from the water heater. A beverage preparation device or the like for preparing a predetermined beverage with hot water is provided. Further, in the apparatus for supplying a cold beverage, a cooling water tank for supplying cold water into the beverage is provided.

[0003] The interior of the main body is relatively hot and humid compared to the outside air temperature due to the arrangement of a water heater and a beverage preparation device.
For example, when coffee beans are stored in the raw material canister, the coffee beans are stored in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, and as a result, the coffee beans undergo deterioration such as oxidation in a short period of time. There is a problem that the flavor is deteriorated when prepared as a liquid.

Therefore, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 2-121087, it has been proposed to cool the raw material canister through a cooling water tank provided in the main body and store the powder raw material therein at a low temperature. Have been.

[0005]

However, a vending machine that supplies only hot beverage does not have a cooling water tank, and therefore, such a vending machine uses a cooling water tank to cool the raw material canister. There is a problem that you can not. In addition, the actual Kaihei 2-1
In the thing of No. 21087, a cooling pipe derived from a cooling water tank is wound around an insulating box surrounding the raw material canister,
The inside of the heat insulation box and the inside of the cooling water tank are communicated by a long air duct, and therefore, the configuration is complicated and expensive.

Therefore, it is conceivable to form an intake port and an exhaust port on the wall surface of the main body, provide an exhaust fan at the exhaust port, and ventilate the air in the main body by the operation of the exhaust fan. However, the inside of the main unit has a large volume, and various devices and components are arranged in a complicated manner in the main unit. Therefore, even if the entire air in the main unit is ventilated, the efficiency is low, and the ventilation is not sufficient. Requires a rather large exhaust fan, which is complicated and expensive. Also, in the body
When the air taken in from the outside is circulated,
Low-temperature heat source equipment such as water heaters
Unnecessarily cooled by air, reduced thermal efficiency, economic
Loss will occur.

The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and the purpose is to store the raw material in the raw material canister in a good environment with a simple configuration, reliably and efficiently. it is to provide a beverage vending machine that can be used to prevent its deterioration Te.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve such an object, at least a raw material canister for accommodating a raw material for a beverage, a water heater for boiling hot water, and the raw material canister are provided in a main body of a beverage vending machine. A beverage preparation device that prepares a predetermined hot beverage with raw materials discharged from the hot water supplied from the water heater, a partition case is provided in the main body, and the partition case and the wall surface of the main body define the Construct a narrow compartment surrounding the raw material canister, and support the raw material canister inside this compartment.
Up and down with a support plate
The lower space and the upper space separated by the support plate
A communication part for communication is provided, and the lower part
An intake port communicating with the space , and an exhaust port communicating with the upper space , a ventilation filter is provided at the intake port, and an exhaust fan is provided at the exhaust port. Outside air from the intake port to the lower part
While sucking into the space, this air passes through the communication section.
Then, the air is allowed to flow into the upper space, and is sequentially discharged from the exhaust port to the outside of the main body.

[0009]

When the exhaust fan rotates, low-temperature air outside the main body is sucked into the lower space of the compartment through the intake port. Since a ventilation filter is provided at the intake port, when foreign matter such as dust is contained in the air, the foreign matter is caught and removed by the ventilation filter, so that fresh and clean air is always kept in the compartment. Inhaled. Below the compartment
Air sucked into the space of the upper part passes through the communicating part
While flowing into the space, it is sequentially discharged from the exhaust port.

The interior of the main body is in a high-temperature and high-humidity state due to the arrangement of a water heater, a beverage preparation device, and the like, but the raw material canister is separated from the inside of the main body by a compartment, and the fresh, low-temperature outside The air circulates and circulates sequentially, so that the raw material in the raw material canister is preserved in a good environment with fresh and low temperature air without being affected by the high temperature and high humidity in the main body, and its deterioration is prevented. . Air intake
And the exhaust port are located at the back of the compartment, and
The communication part that connects the space of
It is located at the front, so the sky
Air circulates through each section of the compartment and air inside the compartment is efficiently
Ventilation, so the compartment is always fresh and cool
Filled, raw material in the raw material canister is more reliably degraded
Is prevented.

The compartment is composed of a relatively narrow space surrounding the raw material canister, and only ventilates the air in the narrow compartment. Means can be efficiently ventilated, so that the structure is simple and inexpensive, and there is no decrease in the thermal efficiency for a heat source device such as a water heater disposed in the main body.

[0012]

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

FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the vending machine. Reference numeral 1 denotes a box-shaped main body. An opening / closing door 2 is rotatably and pivotally attached to an opening on the front surface of the main body 1, and the drawing shows a state in which the opening / closing door 2 is opened.

In the main body 1, a water heater 3 for boiling hot water, raw material canisters 4 and 4 containing coffee beans as a raw material for beverages, and a coffee mill 5 for grinding coffee beans discharged from these raw material canisters 4 and 4 are provided. And a beverage preparation device 6 is disposed below the coffee mill 5. The beverage preparation device 6 receives coffee powder discharged from the coffee mill 5 and hot water supplied from the water heater 3, and receives a coffee liquid. Is extracted.

Furthermore, in the main body 1, a sugar canister 7 containing sugar, a cream canister 8 containing cream, a mixing ball 9, a cup station 10
Etc. are provided.

The coffee liquid as a hot beverage prepared by the beverage preparation device 6 is introduced into the mixing ball 9 and, if necessary, the sugar and the cream canister 8 in the sugar canister 7 in the mixing ball 9. Is added, and then the coffee liquid is poured into the cup a set in the cup station 10 and the cup a is taken out of the opening 1 formed in the opening and closing door 2.
1 can be taken out.

The raw material canisters 4 and 4 containing coffee beans are arranged in a compartment 15 having a relatively small capacity and arranged in a row in the lateral direction at the top of the main body 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the compartment 15 has a compartment 16 attached to the lower surface of the upper wall 1a of the main body 1, and is formed by a space surrounded by the compartment 16 and the upper wall 1a and the back wall 1b of the main body 1. is there.

An opening 1 is provided at the front of the compartment 15.
A door 18 is pivotally connected to the opening 17 via a hinge 18a. The door 18 is made of, for example, a transparent synthetic resin.
The inside of the compartment 15 can be visually observed through the compartment.

A support plate 20 is provided in the compartment 15.
The support plate 20 is provided on both side plates 16a, 16a of the partition case 16.
It is supported rotatably in the up-down direction via a support shaft 20a provided between a. The raw material canisters 4 and 4 are mounted on the support plate 20. Compartment 15
The inside of the space is formed by the support plate 20 in the lower space 15a and the upper
And the space 15b of the
A connection for communicating the lower space 15a and the upper space 15b.
A communication portion 15c is provided.

The raw material canisters 4 and 4 have a substantially hopper shape, a discharge port 21 is formed in the lower front surface, and a spirally formed discharge body 22 is provided inside the discharge port 21. A motor 23 for rotating 22 is mounted on the support plate 20. And the motor 23
The rotation of the discharge body 22 by the driving of the coffee beans causes the coffee beans contained in the raw material canister 4 to be discharged from the discharge port 2.
A predetermined amount is discharged from one.

A chute 24 is provided in front of the discharge port 21, and the lower end of the chute 24 is
The coffee beans discharged from the outlet 21 penetrate through the bottom plate 16b of the base plate 16b and are supplied to the coffee mill 5 through the chute 24.

An operation lever 27 is provided on one side plate 16a of the partition case 16, and this operation lever 27 is formed substantially in the shape of a crank.
a is horizontally and rotatably penetrated, and one end side of this shaft portion 27a is exposed to the outside of the side plate 16a as an operation portion 27b,
The other end is in contact with the lower surface of the support plate 20 as a push-up portion 27c.

At normal times, the operation lever 27
1A, the support plate 20 is pushed up by the push-up portion 27c, and the supply port 4a at the upper end of the raw material canister 4 is kept substantially horizontal.

In this state, when the operating lever 27 is turned through the operating portion 27b by approximately 90 ° to convert it to a substantially horizontal posture, the push-up portion 27c is displaced downward, and the support plate 20 is accordingly supported. As shown in FIG. 1B, the raw material canister 4 is rotated downward about the shaft 20a as a fulcrum.
Are inclined so that the supply port 4a at the upper end thereof projects slightly from the opening 17 of the compartment 15 so that coffee beans can be supplied into the raw material canister 4 from the supply port 4a. It has become.

A partition is provided at the back of the compartment 15 , that is, at the back.
An intake port 29 communicating with the space 15a below the picture chamber 15 ;
And an exhaust port 30 communicating with the upper space 15b, a ventilation filter 31 for capturing foreign matter such as dust is provided in the intake port 29, and air in the compartment 15 is sucked in the exhaust port 30. An exhaust fan 32 for exhausting to the outside is provided.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show the ventilation filter 31.
As shown in FIG. 2, the airbag 29 is detachably provided inside the air inlet 29 through a slit-shaped insertion hole 33 formed in the bottom plate 16 b of the partition case 16.

Guides 34 having a U-shaped cross section are provided at both ends of the insertion opening 33. The ventilation filter 31 is composed of a filter member 35 and a metal filter frame 36, and is provided at the lower end of the filter frame 36. Engaging piece 37 and this engaging piece 3
A knob 38 extending downward from 7 is formed, and a groove 39 is formed in the guide 34 so that the engaging member 37 of the filter frame 36 can be disengaged.

When attaching the ventilation filter 31 to the intake port 29, the ventilation filter 31 is inserted into the insertion port 33 from below the bottom plate 16 b of the partition case 16, and both side edges of the filter frame 36 are guided along the guide 34. As shown in FIG.
, And is elastically displaced inward through the groove to engage with the incision 39.

The engagement of the engagement piece 37 and the cut groove 39 prevents the ventilation filter 31 from falling off, and allows the ventilation filter 31 to be stably mounted inside the intake port 29. It is. Next, the operation will be described.

The exhaust fan 32 is driven continuously or intermittently via a timer to rotate, and the rotation of the exhaust fan 32 causes low-temperature air outside the main body 1 to flow through the intake port 2.
Through 9 , it is sucked into the space 15 a below the compartment 15. The intake port 29 is provided with a ventilation filter 31. Therefore, when foreign matter such as dust is included in the air, the foreign matter is captured and removed by the ventilation filter 31, and therefore, is always contained in the compartment 15. Clean and fresh air flows in.

The air sucked into the lower space 15a of the compartment 15 is passed through the communicating portion 15c into the upper space 15b.
It flows into the exhaust port 30 through the periphery of the raw material canister 4
From the compartment 15 to the outside.

The interior of the main body 1 is in a high-temperature and high-humidity state due to the arrangement of the water heater 3 and the beverage preparation device 6 and the like, but the raw material canister 4 is separated from the inside of the main body 1 by the compartment 15 and is in the compartment 15. As described above, the low-temperature air outside the main body 1 sequentially circulates and circulates, so that the raw material canister 4
The coffee beans inside are not affected by the high temperature and high humidity inside the main body 1 and are stored under a favorable environment with low-temperature air, and the deterioration is prevented. And especially, the inlet 29
And the exhaust port 13 are located in the back of the compartment 15,
The lower space 15a and the upper space 15b communicate with each other.
The communication part 15c to be
Therefore, the air flowing into the compartment 15 is
5 and the air in the compartment 15 is effective.
Ventilation is efficient, so that the compartment 15 is always fresh
The raw material in the raw material canister 4 is filled with warm air.
Quality is more reliably prevented.

The compartment 15 is constituted by a relatively narrow space surrounding the raw material canister 4 and only ventilates the air in the narrow compartment 15. In comparison, the ventilation can be efficiently performed by the small-sized ventilation means, so that the configuration is simple and inexpensive, and the thermal efficiency for the heat source device such as the water heater 3 arranged in the main body 1 is not reduced.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, a compartment case is provided in the main body of the vending machine, and the compartment case and the wall surface of the main body constitute a compartment having a small volume surrounding the raw material canister. The interior of this compartment is
While partitioning up and down by the support plate supporting the star,
The lower space and the upper space partitioned by the support plate at the front of the compartment
A communication part that communicates with the space of the section is provided, and the back part of the compartment
An air inlet communicating with the lower space , and an upper space
An exhaust port communicating with the exhaust port, a ventilation filter at the intake port, an exhaust fan at the exhaust port, and suction of air outside the main body from the intake port into the lower space by the operation of the exhaust fan. And this air before
Through the communication section and into the upper space
Since the exhaust can be sequentially discharged to the outside of the main body, the surroundings of the raw material canister can be efficiently kept at a low temperature with fresh air with a simple configuration, and the raw material in the canister can be stored under a favorable environment. Can be stored to prevent deterioration, and can be used as a heat source device such as a water heater placed inside the main unit.
There is no reduction in thermal efficiency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a hot beverage vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the internal structure of the hot beverage vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a mounting structure of an operation lever in the hot beverage vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting structure of a ventilation filter in the hot beverage vending machine.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body 3 ... Water heater 4 ... Raw material canister 6 ... Beverage preparation apparatus 15 ... Compartment room 16 ... Compartment case 29 ... Intake port 30 ... Exhaust port 31 ... Ventilation filter 32 ... Exhaust fan

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] At least a raw material canister accommodating a raw material for a beverage, a water heater for boiling water, a raw material discharged from the raw material canister, and hot water supplied from the water heater are provided in a main body of the beverage vending machine. A beverage preparation apparatus for preparing a hot beverage, comprising: a partition case provided in the main body; a wall having a narrow volume surrounding the raw material canister is configured by the partition case and a wall surface of the main body ; Inside the raw material canister
Up and down by a support plate that supports
The lower space and the upper space separated by the support plate
A communication portion is provided for communicating between the compartments, and the
Inlet that communicates with the lower space and communicates with the upper space
Provided an exhaust port for each, said ventilation filter in the air inlet is provided an exhaust fan to each of the exhaust ports, the air outside the main body from the intake port by the operation of the exhaust fan
The air is sucked into the lower space and this air is
It causes to flow into the upper part of the space through parts, beverage vending machine you <br/> characterized thereby sequentially discharged to the outside of the body from the exhaust port.