JP2838934B2 - The structure of the tray for scattered raw materials of the cup-type vending machine and its support structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup for selling beverages such as coffee, cola, syrup and juice prepared and manufactured in a machine from liquid concentrated raw material and powdery or granular raw material in a container such as a cup. A vending machine, comprising: a first raw material container for storing a liquid concentrated raw material; and a second raw material container disposed above the first raw material container and storing a powdery or granular raw material. The present invention relates to a structure of a scattered raw material tray of a cup-type vending machine for receiving powdery or granular raw material scattered and falling from a second raw material container in a process of cooking and manufacturing a beverage in a tray provided therebetween, and a supporting structure thereof. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional cup-type automatic vending machine in which beverages such as coffee, cola, syrup, and juice prepared and manufactured in a machine from liquid concentrated raw materials, powdery or granular raw materials, and the like are put into containers such as cups and sold. In the machine, a second raw material container for storing powdery or granular raw material is generally provided above a first raw material container for storing concentrated raw material. Beverages are cooked and manufactured at the time of sale from powdery or granular raw materials generally supplied by being dropped and discharged from the second raw material container, and liquid concentrated raw materials supplied by a pump or the like from the first raw material container. During the process of preparing and manufacturing beverages at the time of this sale, or when replenishing powdery or granular raw materials to the second raw material container, powdery or granular raw materials scatter from the second raw material container into the aircraft body and descend. May be. The powdery or granular raw material scattered and descending in the airframe is immersed in cold water in a water tank in which the water inside is cooled by a refrigerator to become cold water, and the second raw material container is immersed in the second raw material container. This is especially true when the raw material is cooled, but if it descends into the water tank and mixes with the cold water, the cold water will rot and become unsanitary or bacteria and algae that propagate in the cold water, The cooling efficiency is reduced by adhering to the outer peripheral surface of the evaporator, which is a component of the refrigerator immersed in the cold water in the water tank, and lowering the cooling efficiency. It becomes dirty and unsanitary. Therefore, there is a cup-type vending machine in which a receiving tray for receiving powdery or granular raw material scattered from the second raw material container into the machine body and falling is provided between the first raw material container and the second raw material container. . The pan of this type of cup-type vending machine, which is placed above the first raw material container, can be an obstacle when replenishing the first raw material container with concentrated raw material, so it is generally screwed. In many cases, it is detachably supported by the aircraft. It is desirable that the tray can be quickly removed when replenishing the first raw material container with the concentrated raw material by a pump or the like. The structure of the scattered raw material tray of this type of cup-type vending machine and its supporting structure are shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is an essential part front view of a cup type vending machine according to the present invention, showing a structure of a scattered raw material tray and an internal structure including a supporting structure thereof, with a door covering a front opening of a frame opened. FIG. 3 shows the structure of a tray for scattered raw materials of a conventional cup-type vending machine and the structure of its support structure, wherein (A) is a front view of a main part,
(B) is a plan view of (A), and in (B), the lower side of the figure is the front side.

[0003] In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame body having an open front surface. The front opening of the frame body 1 is covered by a door 2 rotatably supported by the frame body 1. The machine body 3 that forms the outer peripheral surface of the cup-type vending machine with the door 2 and the frame body 1 is configured. At the lower part of the door 2 constituting the machine body 3, there is formed an outlet 4 which is opened on both front and rear sides and communicates with the inside and outside of the frame body 1 for taking out a beverage which is a purchased commodity. Inside the frame 1, a box-shaped receiving base 5 having a front opening and a front opening facing the outlet 4 is disposed on the front side, and the frame 1 on the receiving base 5 is provided. A container supply device 7 for dropping and discharging containers 6 such as cups housed therein from the lower end one by one at each sale and supplying the containers 6 to the receiving stand 5 is disposed on the inner depth side left side. A slide-shaped cup shooter 8 is disposed between the container supply device 7 and the receiving table 5, and the container 6 discharged from the container supply device 7 is guided by the cup shooter 8 so that the receiving table 5 is supported. On the top. A water tank 9 for cooling the internal water by a refrigerator (not shown) is mounted on the bottom surface of the frame 1 below the cradle 5, and chilled water such as syrup is placed in the water tank 9. A plurality of first raw material containers 10 each containing a concentrated raw material for various beverages are immersed, and cool the water in the water tank 9, which is a component of the refrigerator, evaporator (not shown), carbonated water , And a plurality of cooling pipes (not shown) for cooling through a carbonated water producing apparatus (not shown), concentrated raw materials, and the like. In front of the container supply device 7 above the water tank 9 in which the plurality of cooling pipes and the like are immersed in cold water, powdery or granular raw materials are stored on a shelf 11 fixed in the body 3. A second raw material container 12, which is dropped and discharged by a fixed amount each time it is sold, is placed.
Between the second raw material container 12 and the first raw material container 10 immersed in the cold water in the water tank 9, a powdery or granular raw material is dropped and discharged from the second raw material container 12 at the time of sale. When the powder or granular material is supplied to the second material container 12, a tray-shaped tray for receiving the powder or granular material scattered from the second material container 12 into the body 3 and falling. 13 are provided. This saucer 13
A drain port 14 is formed at the bottom of the front end of the body 3. The body 3 is screwed to the shelf 11 with a pair of right and left columns 15 having lower ends fixed to the left and right ends of the bottom inner surface inclined downward. The tray 13 is detachably supported. On the lower side of the second raw material container 12 on the receiving tray 13, a funnel-shaped raw material shooter 17 for guiding powdery or granular raw material dropped and discharged from the second raw material container 12 at the time of sale downward is provided. A stirrer 18 that stirs and mixes the powdery or granular raw material guided and supplied by the raw material shooter 17 with hot water or the like to stir and cook the beverage is disposed. In the stirring device 18, one end is connected via a hot water valve 20 to the right side surface of a hot water tank 19 that is disposed at the upper left rear of the container supply device 7 and stores hot water, and the other end of a hose 21 that supplies hot water is connected thereto. And the stirring device 18
The other end of the beverage hose 22 having one end connected to the bottom of the container 5 is connected to one of the plurality of beverage nozzles 23 fixed to the upper end of the rear wall of the cradle 5 with the tip directed into the container 6 on the cradle 5. I have. The other end of the cooling pipe having one end connected to one of the beverage nozzles 23 has a detector 24 and a pump 25 for detecting whether or not the remaining amount of the concentrated raw material in the first raw material container 10 is equal to or more than a specified amount. Are connected to the first raw material container 10 via an open / close valve and a throttle valve (not shown). The carbonated water producing apparatus is connected to a high-pressure gas cylinder 27, which is disposed at the rear left end of the water tank 9 and is filled with carbon dioxide gas, via a check valve and a pressure reducing valve 26 (not shown). Is connected to the bottom of a water storage tank 30 that stores drinking water, which is tap water supplied from outside the machine body 3, through a filter 29 at the center of the right end inside the frame body 1.

[0004] The selling operation of the cup-type vending machine thus constructed is such that when coins or bills are inserted from a slot (not shown) and the type of beverage is selected by pressing a push button (not shown), a container command is issued by a sales command signal. One container 6 is dropped from the supply device 7 and sent out. The dropped container 6 is guided by the inner surface of the cup shooter 8, descends by its own weight while controlling its posture, and rests on the receiving table 5 with its opening upward. On the other hand, if the beverage selected with the push button is a beverage made from a powdery or granular raw material, the powdery or granular raw material supplied from the second raw material container 12 through the raw material shooter 17 and the hot water valve 20 The hot water supplied from the hot water tank 19 through the hose 21 is stirred and cooked in the stirring device 18 to become a beverage. This beverage passes from the agitator 18 through the beverage hose 22 to the beverage nozzle 23
Is poured into the container 6 waiting on the cradle 5. Also,
If the beverage is a beverage made from a liquid concentrated raw material, the pump 25 is activated and the liquid concentrated raw material in the first raw material container 10 is pushed out into the cooling pipe.
A predetermined amount is poured from the beverage nozzle 23 into the container 6 on the cradle 5 while being cooled by the cold water inside. On the other hand, in a carbonated water producing apparatus (not shown), high-pressure carbon dioxide gas supplied under reduced pressure from a high-pressure gas cylinder 27 by a pressure reducing valve 26 is dissolved in drinking water supplied from a water storage tank 30 by a pump 28 to dilute water as carbonated water. Is manufactured while waiting to be sold. When the on-off valve is opened by the sales command signal, the dilution water is pushed out by the pressure of carbon dioxide gas, the flow rate is adjusted by the throttle valve, and the dilution water passes through the cooling pipe while being cooled by the chilled water in the water tank 9, and the beverage is drinkable. A predetermined amount is poured from the nozzle 23 into the container 6 on the cradle 5. Chilled diluted water, which is carbonated water, which is poured into the container 6 in a predetermined amount, and a concentrated raw material, which is a liquid raw material for beverages such as syrup, are diluted with the concentrated raw material when flowing into the container 6. The mixture is stirred and mixed with each other at a flow rate relative to the liquid to form a beverage. The container 6 containing the beverage is taken out by the customer through the outlet 4.

[0005] In the frame 1, an ice maker 31 for producing ice is provided at the upper right, and the ice maker 31 produces ice from drinking water supplied from the water storage tank 30. If the drink to be sold is an iced drink, the ice shooter 32 guides the ice from the ice maker 31 into the container 6 on the cradle 5.
To be added to the beverage in the container 6 and sold as an iced beverage.

[0006]

By the way, the structure of the tray for scattered raw materials of such a conventional cup-type vending machine and the supporting structure thereof are such that the tray 13 having an integral structure includes the second raw material container 12 and the water tank. 9 and a first raw material container 10 immersed in cold water via a pair of right and left columns 15
1 is screwed with a screw 16 and is detachably supported in the body 3. With the saucer 13 supported in this body 3,
When the powdery or granular raw material is dropped and discharged from the second raw material container 12 at the time of sale, or when the powdery or granular raw material is replenished to the second raw material container 12, the second raw material container 12 It receives powdery or granular raw materials that scatter and fall into the body 3. Then, when the powdery or granular raw materials are mixed into the cold water in the water tank 9, bacteria, algae and the like propagate in the cold water in the water tank 9 and are immersed in the cold water in the water tank 9. An evaporator (not shown), which is a component of a refrigerator (not shown) that cools water in the inside,
It cools through the concentrated raw material and the like, and adheres to the outer peripheral surface of a plurality of cooling pipes (not shown) to reduce the cooling efficiency, or falls on the second raw material container 12 and the like, and the inside of the body 3 becomes dirty and becomes unsanitary. Can be prevented. At the same time, the powdery or granular raw material that has fallen on the tray 13 can be easily washed off by draining the water poured into the tray 13 from the drain port 14. However, when performing an operation such as replenishment of the concentrated raw material to the first raw material container 10,
If the tray 13 hinders the work, the tray 13 must be removed by loosening the screws 16, and there is a problem that the work is troublesome and time-consuming work involving mounting and removing the tray 13.

Therefore, according to the present invention, in the operation of replenishing the first raw material container with the concentrated raw material, the work can be quickly and easily performed without attaching / detaching the pan even if the pan interferes with the operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a tray for scattered raw materials of a cup-type vending machine and a supporting structure thereof.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a cup-type vending machine for selling drinks prepared and manufactured in a machine body in a container such as a cup. A first raw material container that stores a liquid raw material that is a concentrated raw material of the beverage, and a second raw material container that is disposed above the first raw material container and stores a powdery or granular raw material that is a raw material of the beverage. A structure for a scattered raw material tray of a cup-type vending machine in which a tray is provided between the raw material container and the powdery or granular raw material scattered and descending from the second raw material container and received by the tray. In the support structure, it is assumed that the tray and / or a part of the divided tray is rotatably supported by the body via another portion.

In addition to the above, the tray and / or a part of the divided tray is detachably supported by the body.

In addition to the above, it is assumed that a tray or a part of the divided tray rotatably supported by the body is held by suction at the rotating end of the body via a magnet.

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided a first raw material container for storing a liquid raw material which is a concentrated raw material of a beverage which is prepared and manufactured in the airframe and sold in a container such as a cup; A tray provided between the container and a second raw material container for storing a powdery or granular raw material which is a raw material of the beverage, and a part of the divided tray is rotatably mounted on the body via another part. If the tray interferes with the work such as replenishing the first raw material container with the concentrated raw material because it is supported, the tray and / or a part of the divided tray are rotated to perform the work. Can be moved out of the way.

In addition, in addition to the above, the tray and / or a part of the divided tray is detachably supported by the body, so that the tray and / or a part of the divided tray can be removed if necessary. .

Furthermore, in addition to the above, a part of the tray or the divided tray, which is rotatably supported by the body, is held by suction at the rotating end of the body via a magnet. If the tray interferes with the work, such as replenishing the concentrated raw material to the raw material container, the tray or a part of the divided tray is rotated against the attraction of the magnet to obstruct the work. It can be moved to a position where it will not

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the structure of a scattered raw material tray of a cup-type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention and the structure of its support structure, wherein (A) is a front view of a main part, and (B) is a plan view of (A). FIG. 2 (C) is an enlarged view of a main part of a partial longitudinal section of FIG. 2 (A), FIG. 2 (B) is a front side on the lower side of the figure, and FIG. It is a principal part front view in the state which opened the door which covers the front opening of the frame, and shows the internal structure containing the structure of a saucer and its support structure.
3 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame body having an open front surface. The front opening of the frame body 1 is covered by a door 2 rotatably supported by the frame body 1. The frame body 1 forms the outer peripheral surface of the cup-type vending machine with the frame body 1. In the lower part of the door 2 that constitutes the body 3,
An opening 4 is formed on both front and rear sides and communicates with the inside and outside of the frame 1 to take out a beverage as a purchased commodity. Inside the frame 1, a box-shaped receiving base 5 having a front opening and a top opening facing the outlet 4 is disposed on the front side, and the frame 1 on the receiving base 5 is provided. A container supply device 7 for dropping and discharging containers 6 such as cups housed therein from the lower end one by one and selling the containers 6 to the receiving table 5 is disposed on the inner depth side left side. A slide-shaped cup shooter 8 is provided between the receiving table 5 and the container supply device 7.
The container 6 discharged from the container supply device 7 is guided by the cup shooter 8 and is placed on the receiving table 5. A water tank 9 for cooling the internal water by a refrigerator (not shown) is mounted on the bottom surface of the frame 1 below the cradle 5, and chilled water such as syrup is placed in the water tank 9. A plurality of first raw material containers 10 in which concentrated raw materials of various beverages are respectively stored are soaked, and the water in the water tank 9 is cooled.
A plurality of cooling pipes (not shown) and the like, which are components of the refrigerator, evaporator (not shown), carbonated water for producing carbonated water, a cooling apparatus for producing carbonated water (not shown), a concentrated raw material, and the like are cooled. In front of the container supply device 7 above the water tank 9 in which the plurality of cooling pipes and the like are immersed in cold water, powdery or granular raw materials are stored and sold on a shelf 11 fixed in the body 3. The second raw material container 12 that drops and discharges a fixed amount each time
Is placed. Between the second raw material container 12 and the first raw material container 10 immersed in cold water in the water tank 9, a powdery or granular raw material is dropped and discharged from the second raw material container 12 at the time of sale. When the powder or granular material is supplied to the second material container 12, a tray-shaped tray for receiving the powder or granular material scattered from the second material container 12 into the body 3 and falling. 33 are provided. The receiving tray 33 is divided into two parts, left and right, and the left and right two parts of the receiving tray 33 formed of a magnetic material are rotatable at divided ends. 34 support. Also, the left side of the tray 33 having the drain port 14 formed at the bottom of the front end thereof is screwed to the shelf 11 with the support 15 having the lower end fixed to the left end of the bottom inner surface of the left side which is inclined forward and downward. It is screwed and supported detachably in the body 3. Furthermore, saucer 33
The magnet 35 which is a permanent magnet for attracting and holding the right part of
1 are fixed to the front end surfaces. A funnel-shaped raw material shooter 17 for guiding the powdery or granular raw material dropped and discharged at the time of sale from the second raw material container 12 below the second raw material container 12 on the tray 33 is provided with a funnel-shaped raw material shooter 17. A stirring device 18 for stirring and mixing the powdery or granular raw material supplied and guided by the raw material shooter 17 with hot water or the like to stir and cook a beverage is provided. Inside the stirring device 18, a hot water valve 20 is provided on the right side of a hot water tank 19 which is disposed at the upper left rear of the container supply device 7 and stores hot water.
The other end of the hose 21 for supplying hot water, which is connected at one end through the other end, communicates with the other end of the beverage hose 22 having one end connected to the bottom of the agitator 18 in the container 6 on the receiving table 5. And is connected to one of a plurality of beverage nozzles 23 fixed to the upper end of the rear wall of the receiving stand 5. The other end of the cooling pipe having one end connected to one of the beverage nozzles 23 is provided with a detector 24 and a pump 25 for detecting whether or not the remaining amount of the concentrated raw material in the first raw material container 10 is equal to or more than a specified amount. It is connected to the first raw material container 10 via an opening / closing valve and a throttle valve (not shown). This carbonated water producing apparatus is connected to a high-pressure gas cylinder 27, which is disposed behind the left end of the water tank 9 and is filled with carbon dioxide via a check valve and a pressure reducing valve 26 (not shown), and a check valve and a pump 28 (not shown). And the filter 2 at the center of the right end in the frame 1
9 and connected to the bottom of a water storage tank 30 for storing drinking water, which is tap water supplied from outside the machine body 3, and the other configuration is the same as the above-described conventional example.

In the above configuration, the structure of the tray for scattered raw materials of the cup-type vending machine of the present invention and the operation at the time of sale of the cup-type vending machine having the support structure are the same as those of the above-described conventional example. The structure of the tray for scattered raw materials of the cup-type vending machine of the present invention and the function of its support structure will be described below.

The structure of the tray for scattered raw materials of the cup-type vending machine of the present invention and its supporting structure are such that the tray 33 has a divided structure and is formed of a magnetic material.
The left and right two parts are rotatable relative to each other at the divided end,
4 through support. Further, the left portion of the receiving tray 33 having the drain port 14 formed at the bottom of the front end portion is screwed to the shelf 11 via the support 15 with screws 16 so as to be detachably supported on the machine body 3 and to the right side of the receiving tray 33. And the shelf 11 on the right inner side of the tray 33
Is fixed to the front end face of each. Therefore, when performing an operation such as replenishing the concentrated raw material to the first raw material container 10,
When the tray 33 interferes with the work, the right side portion of the tray 33 can be rotated to the position not to interfere with the work by rotating against the attraction force of the magnet 35. Thus, the work can be performed quickly and easily without requiring attachment and detachment of the tray 33.

[0018]

According to the present invention, a first raw material container for storing a liquid raw material which is a concentrated raw material for a beverage to be cooked and manufactured in a body and sold in a container such as a cup, and the first raw material container And a tray provided between the second raw material container for storing the powdery or granular raw material that is the raw material of the beverage and a part of the divided pan is connected to the body via another part. Since the tray is rotatably supported, if the tray interferes with operations such as replenishment of the concentrated material to the first raw material container, the tray and / or a part of the divided tray is rotated to obstruct the operation. You can move to a position where it does not

Further, in addition to the above, since the tray and / or a part of the divided tray is detachably supported by the body, the tray and / or a part of the divided tray can be removed if necessary. .

Further, in addition to the above, a part of the tray or the divided tray, which is rotatably supported by the body, is attracted and held to the body via a magnet at its rotating end. If it interferes with the work of replenishing the first raw material container with the concentrated raw material, the tray or a part of the divided tray can be rotated against the attraction of the magnet and moved to a position where it does not interfere with the operation.

As a result, the operation of replenishing the first raw material container with the concentrated raw material can be performed quickly and easily without the necessity of attaching / detaching the pan, and the maintenance management of the cup-type vending machine is facilitated. Is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the structure of a tray for scattered raw materials of a cup-type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention and the configuration of its support structure, wherein (A) is a front view of a main part, and (B) is a front view of (A). Plan view,
(C) is an enlarged view of a main part of a partial longitudinal section of (A).

FIG. 2 is a front view of a main part of a cup-type vending machine according to the present invention, showing a structure of a tray for scattered raw materials and an internal configuration including a supporting structure thereof, with a door covering a front opening of a frame opened.

3A and 3B show a structure of a tray for scattered raw materials of a conventional cup-type vending machine and a structure of a supporting structure thereof, wherein FIG. 3A is a front view of a main part, and FIG. 3B is a plan view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Frame body 2 Door 3 Body 4 Outlet 5 Receiving stand 6 Container 7 Container supply device 8 Cup shooter 9 Water tank 10 First raw material container 11 Shelf 12 Second raw material container 13 Receiving tray 14 Drain port 15 Prop 16 Screw 17 Raw material shooter Reference Signs List 18 Stirrer 19 Hot water tank 20 Hot water valve 21 Hose 22 Drinking hose 23 Drinking nozzle 24 Detector 25 Pump 26 Pressure reducing valve 27 High pressure gas cylinder 28 Pump 29 Filter 30 Water reservoir 31 Ice machine 32 Ice shooter 33 Receiving tray 34 Rotating shaft 35 Magnet

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cup-type vending machine for selling a beverage prepared and manufactured in a machine body in a container such as a cup, wherein the first material container stores a liquid material that is a concentrated material of the beverage; A saucer is provided between the first ingredient container and a second ingredient container that stores powdered or granular ingredients that are ingredients of the beverage, and the saucer is used to remove the second ingredient container from the second ingredient container. In a structure of a tray for a scattered raw material of a cup-type vending machine adapted to receive the powdery or granular raw material which scatters and falls, and a supporting structure thereof, a part of the tray and / or a part of the divided tray is interposed through another part. And a supporting structure for a scattered raw material tray of a cup-type vending machine, which is rotatably supported by the machine body. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the tray and / or a divided portion of the tray are detachably supported on the machine body. The structure of the tray for the scattered raw materials of the machine and its support structure. 3. The structure of a tray for scattered raw materials of a cup-type vending machine according to claim 1 and 2, and a supporting structure thereof, wherein the tray is rotatably supported by the body or a part of the tray. The structure of a tray for scattered raw materials of a cup-type vending machine which is attracted to and held by a machine body via a magnet at a rotating end thereof, and a supporting structure thereof.