JP3052809U - Coffee sales cart - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To obtain a cart for selling freshly drip coffee in a train. SOLUTION: An opening 7 is provided in the upper part of the front surface of a cart body 1 with wheels, and a cup table 6 on which a cup C is placed and a coffee tank 8 for receiving a dripper 9 are installed. Dripper 9
A hot water tank is provided in the upper part of the hot water tank, hot water is supplied from a separately provided large hot water supply tank to the hot water tank by a pump, and the level of the hot water is monitored from the window 16. The drip valve of the hot water tank is opened by the switch 17 to pour the hot water into the dripper 9, the dripped coffee is received in the tank 8, and flows out from the pouring cock 8 b into the cup C. Drainage tank 10 and battery 14 in door 22
There is a cup dispenser in the door 23. Power is supplied from the outlet 24 for heating the hot water supply tank, the battery 14 is charged from the outlet 25, and power is supplied from the battery 14 to the warming heater and operation circuit provided in each tank.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a cart that sells coffee on green trains of trains running on Shinkansen and conventional lines.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, in-vehicle sales of coffee used a method in which dripped coffee was put into an insulated container and sold while transporting the insulated container with a cart.However, after dripping, a long time elapses until sales. There is an inconvenience that it is easy to lose the flavor.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 The purpose of the present invention is to provide coffee immediately after drip to passengers.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Among the means for solving the above problems, the first means is, as described in claim 1, providing an opening for service at the upper part of the front wall of the box-shaped cart main body, and supplying the coffee raw material inside the opening. A coffee tank which can be attached and detached with a dripper and has a spout cock, and a cup base having a drain hole are installed at intervals above and below, and a hot water tank having a drip valve is provided above the dripper in the cart body. In another space, a large-capacity hot water supply tank connected to the hot water tank via a pump, a battery for supplying power to the coffee tank, the hot water tank, and a warming heater provided in the hot water supply tank, and a liquid flowing from the cup base. And a drain tank for receiving the liquid.

[0005] According to this means, hot water is supplied from the hot water supply tank to the hot water tank, and the hot water is poured into the dripper from the drip valve by an amount corresponding to the capacity of the dripper at the time of sale. They are stored in tanks for sale. The temperature of the hot water in each tank is maintained at an appropriate temperature by a heat retention heater provided in each tank.

The second means is characterized in that, in the first aspect, a transparent window through which a water level of a hot water tank can be visually recognized and a switch that opens and closes a drip valve are provided on a front wall above the service opening. . According to this means, it is possible to check the amount of hot water in the hot water tank and perform a drip operation.

The third means is characterized in that, in the first aspect, a cup storage chamber which can be opened and closed is provided inside a front portion of the cart main body. According to this means, the cups can be stored cleanly and easily taken out each time they are sold.

According to a fourth aspect, as set forth in claim 4, in claim 1, a circuit for supplying power to a water heater provided in the hot water supply tank and a circuit for supplying power to the battery are separately provided in a cart body. Outlets for supplying power to each circuit are provided at the bottom of the cart. According to this means, since the power supply circuit for heating the hot water tank and the battery circuit mainly used for keeping the temperature of each tank separate from each other, the battery can be small, and each outlet is at the bottom, so that it can be charged at the time of preparation for sale. And the power cord for heating the hot water tank is not in the way.

[0009]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a coffee selling cart, 2 denotes a main body of the cart, which is formed in a box shape, a top portion is covered by a top plate portion 3, a wheel 4 for movement is attached to a bottom portion, and a top plate portion. An inspection door 3a is provided on the front upper surface of 3. A horizontal frame 5 is erected in the middle part of the front of the cart body 2, and a cup base 6 having a drain hole 6 a is placed on the horizontal frame 5. A service opening 7 is provided between the cup table 6 and the lower surface of the top plate section 3, and a coffee tank 8 is provided above the cup table 6 with a space for inserting a cup C for selling coffee. Then, a dripper 9 having a handle 9a is placed on the coffee tank 8.

The dripper 9 is detachable from the opening 7 and accommodates a filter and coffee grounds (regular coffee). A front cover 2a for covering the entire lower part of the top plate 3 on the front of the cart body 2 is hinged with a hinge 2b, and is opened so as to be in close contact with the side surface of the cart body 2 at the time of selling coffee as shown. .

FIG. 2 shows an arrangement of elements accommodated in the cart body 2. The coffee tank 8 has a capacity capable of accommodating, for example, 1400 ml of coffee for 10 persons, and has a drip receiving hole on its upper surface. 8a is opened, a spout cock 8b and a transparent water level gauge 8c are provided on the front, and an overflow pipe 8d is provided on the rear. The overflow pipe 8d and the outflow pipe 6b of the cup base 6 are open to the drainage bucket 10 in the cart body 1. The drain bucket 10 is used as a container for receiving overflowed or discarded coffee.

The dripper 9 is for dripping by injecting, for example, coffee raw material powder for five persons and pouring in 700 ml of hot water, and drip twice to fill the coffee tank 8. A hot water tank 11 shown in FIG. 2 is fixed above the coffee tank 8 and inside the front plate 3b of the top plate portion 3. The hot water tank 11 has a drip valve 11a and a transparent liquid level on the front surface. The dripper 9 has a total volume of 700 ml, which is the same as the dripper 9.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a large-capacity hot water supply tank which is installed below the inside of the cart body 2. The hot water supply tank 12 has a capacity of, for example, 6.3 liters for 44 persons and is operated from an opening (not shown). A water supply port 12a, a liquid level gauge 12b, and a power supply cord 12c are provided. Power is supplied to the internal heater from the cord 12c, and the internal water is heated to 90 to 96 ° C. Is supplied to the hot water tank 11 by the pipe 12 d and the electric pump 13.

Each of the tanks 8, 11, and 12 uses a container material having a high heat retaining property, and is provided with heat retaining heaters 8e, 11c, and 12e. The inside of the tank 11 is maintained at 90 to 96 ° C, and the inside of the coffee tank 8 is maintained at 80 to 86 ° C.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 14 denotes a battery, which is supplied with power from an AC / DC converter 15 and is charged at 12 V. The DC current is converted into an AC current of 100 V by a DC / AC inverter 14 a and supplied to each of the warming heaters 8 e, 11 c, 12 c. Power is supplied to the heater, electric pump 13, operation circuit, and the like provided in the pipe 12d. The battery 14 is mainly used for operating the heat retention heater, so that it is small and lightweight, and the entire cart including the battery 14 can be weighed about 55 kg.

On the front surface 3b of the top plate 3, a see-through window 16 for seeing through the liquid level gauge 11b, a switch 17 for turning on and off the drip valve 11a, switches 19 and 20 for each heater, and a temperature display surface 21 Are provided, and doors 22 and 23 are provided below the horizontal frame 5. The drainage bucket 10 and a trash can 10a for storing coffee scum and used filters are housed in the left door 22 so as to be able to be pulled out, and the right door 23 is partitioned into four spaces. A cup dispenser 23a in which a large number of cups C are stacked inward and two drawers 23b for holding coffee powder are housed. The right door 23 can be omitted.

On the lower side of the door 23, outlets 24, 25 into which a 100 V AC power cord is inserted are installed. One outlet 24 is connected to the heater of the hot water supply tank 12, and the other outlet 25 is It is connected to the DC converter 15 and is used for charging the battery 14.

An appropriate sales rack 26 is attached to the back of the cart 1, and juices and other beverage and food packages are placed thereon.

Since the above configuration is provided, the hot water tank 12 is heated to a predetermined temperature by power supply from the power cord, and after the battery 14 is charged, the power cord is removed and the product is sold in a car. Alternatively, hot water is supplied to the hot water tank 11 in anticipation of the order, the hot water in the hot water tank 11 is poured into the coffee raw material powder in the dripper 9 and dripped into the coffee tank 8, and the extracted coffee is dripped or dripper 9. After the whole amount drip, it can be sold by pouring into the cup C from the pouring cock. Therefore, it is possible to sell savory coffee at an appropriate temperature.

In each of the tanks 8, 11, 12, the capacity and the heat retention temperature are not limited to the above values, but can be changed as appropriate. However, the hot water tank 11 and the dripper 9 have the same capacity, and the coffee tank 8 has an integral multiple thereof. It is convenient for operation.

[0022]

[Effect of the invention]

 As is apparent from the above description, according to the means of claim 1, there is an effect that coffee of the appropriate temperature that has just been dripped can always be sold according to the customer's order.

Further, according to the means of claim 2, since the amount of hot water in the hot water tank can be monitored, there is an advantage that an appropriate amount of hot water can be poured into the dripper.

According to the means of claim 3, there is an advantage that the cup is stored in a sanitary manner and can be easily taken out at the time of sale.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the battery can be small because the load on the battery is small, the entire cart can be reduced in weight, and the cart can be easily transported at the time of sale. Also, since the power cord for supplying power during preparation is connected to the outlet at the bottom of the cart body, there is an advantage that the cord does not hinder walking.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 Connection and layout of internal elements

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coffee selling cart 2 Cart main body 3 Top plate part 6 Cup stand 7 Opening 8 Coffee tank 8b Discharge cock 8e, 11c, 12e Insulation heater 9 Dripper 10 Drainage bucket 10a Recycle bin 11 Hot water tank 11a Drip valve 12 Hot water supply tank 13 Pump 14 Battery 16 Transparent window 17 Switch 22, 23 Door 23a Cup dispenser 23b
Coffee powder drawer 24, 25 outlet

Claims (4)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A service opening is provided in an upper part of a front wall of a box-shaped cart main body. Inside the opening, a coffee tank to which a dripper for putting a coffee raw material can be attached and detached and which has a pouring cock, and a drain hole are provided. A hot water tank having a drip valve at the top of the dripper in the cart body, and connected to the hot water tank via a pump in another space. A coffee supply cart, comprising: a hot water supply tank; a battery for supplying power to a warming heater provided in the coffee tank, the hot water tank and the hot water supply tank; and a drainage tank for receiving liquid flowing from a cup base. 2. A coffee cart according to claim 1, further comprising a see-through window through which a water level of a hot water tank can be visually recognized on a front wall above the service opening, and a switch for opening and closing a drip valve. 3. The coffee selling cart according to claim 1, wherein a cup storage chamber is provided inside the front part of the cart body so as to be openable and closable. 4. The cart according to claim 1, wherein a circuit for supplying power to the water heater provided in the hot water supply tank and a circuit for supplying power to the battery are provided separately in the cart body, and an outlet for supplying power to each circuit is provided at a lower portion of the cart body. A coffee sales cart.