JP3099872B2 - Fully manual material pack manual setting type cup type beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the discharge of a raw material pack and a cup from a raw material pack pack dispenser and a cup cup dispenser in a vending machine to a raw material pack outlet and a cup outlet which are once connected to the outside of the machine. , The purchaser himself manually removes the cup and the ingredient pack, and in the cooking section provided on the front part of the vending machine, manually associates the ingredient canister, the beverage extraction section, the hot water nozzle, and the ice shooter, and cooks manually. It is a cup-type beverage vending machine with a manual set-type ingredient pack.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is provided a cup unloading mechanism using a sealed ingredient pack containing one cup of beverage ingredient, a beverage ingredient container unloading mechanism, a hot water supply or water supply pipe, and a control unit.
The beverage material container unloading mechanism includes a container storage for enclosing the beverage material and having a supply port for hot water or water at one end, a beverage outlet port crushed by internal pressure at the other end, and storing the beverage material container, and a beverage material container from the container storage. And a container take-out mechanism for connecting the hot water or water supply port of the container to the hot water supply or water supply pipe, and supplying the hot water or water to the beverage raw material container connected to the hot water supply or the water supply pipe by a signal from the control unit. In this way, the beverage prepared in the container is crushed by an increase in the pressure in the container, and the beverage is poured into a cup taken out from the outlet.
No. 686).

[0003]

However, since the conventional cup-type beverage vending machine requires one pack of one product and one raw material, the variety of products is limited by the pack storage capacity. Automating the process from unloading the pack to setting the pack will inevitably increase the bend time compared to conventional canister-type vending machines. It becomes an expensive vending machine.
Further, with the conventional raw material pack manually set cup-type beverage vending machine, it is difficult to understand what the customer should do next.

[0004] When a raw material pack is used, the raw material is sealed just before drinking the raw material, so that the raw material does not deteriorate and can be provided with fresh and high-quality raw material. Have a problem that they cannot appeal that they provide high-quality beverages.

[0005] In view of these circumstances, the present invention provides one vending machine from a stocking unit for storing raw material packs in a vending machine.
Pack dispenser that discharges one raw material pack, raw material pack outlet that allows the purchaser to take out the raw material pack, a cup dispenser that can carry out multiple types of cups depending on the product to be sold, and the purchaser with the raw material pack and cup In the cooking section provided at the front of the vending machine, the food canister is automatically set in the cooking section provided on the front of the vending machine. It is intended to provide a vending machine.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a pack dispenser which discharges one raw material pack for each sale from a stock unit for storing raw materials in a vending machine, A raw material pack take-out port that allows the raw material pack to be taken out, a cup dispenser that allows the cup to be taken out, a cup take-out port that allows the purchaser to take out the cup, and the purchaser himself sets the raw material pack and the cup. Beverage extraction by cup and ingredient pack insertion opening and set, followed by manual
The technical means of manually moving to the raw material canister such as cream, sugar, etc. and instructing to display the completion of cooking was adopted.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the present invention, when a purchaser inserts coins and selects a desired beverage, a raw material pack stocked in a pack dispenser in a vending machine is carried out to a pack carrying mechanism. It is conveyed to the material pack outlet, and stops at a position where the material pack protrudes about half from the outlet. Simultaneously with the operation of the transport mechanism, the indicator lamp in the pack outlet section flashes, and a notice that the pack will come out is given. At this time, the cup is simultaneously discharged from the cup dispenser in the vending machine to the cup outlet. Sugar, cream, beverage extract, ice, and the like for cooking are manually moved into the raw material packs and cups according to the purchaser's selection to obtain a beverage as a vending machine. Each operation procedure is sequentially instructed by the indicator, and each is selected.

[0008] When the hot water is poured into the raw material pack, the internal pressure of the raw material pack is increased, so that the beverage discharge section provided at the lower part of the raw material pack is opened, and the beverage is extracted into the cup disposed directly below.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an all-manual ingredient pack manually set cup-type beverage vending machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic front view showing a front door part, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view thereof,
FIG. 5A is a schematic plan view of the upper part, and FIG. 5B is a schematic plan view of the lower part.

1 to 5, a large number of cups are stacked and stored inside a cup dispenser 1, and cups 3 can be discharged one by one from a discharge port 2 to a cup transport device (not shown). Has become. An outlet is formed to allow the released cup 3 to be taken out. Almost at the same time, the raw material packs 5 are discharged from the pack dispenser 6 one by one. A raw material pack outlet for forming the discharged raw material pack 5 is formed. The raw material pack 5 and the cup 3 are manually moved, and sequentially moved manually below the raw material canisters 7 of sugar, cream, and variety (cocoa, etc.). Each raw material (sugar, cream, etc.) is charged. Note that the cup outlet and the raw material pack outlet may be integrated into one place.

Further, the discharged raw material pack 5 is manually set in a raw material pack setting section 18 of the extracting device 9,
The raw material pack 5 is filled with hot water via a hot water tank 8 and extracted into the cup 3. This is further manually moved and positioned below the beverage stirring and cooking device including the impeller stirring device 19 and cooks. Thereafter, if necessary, ice is supplied through the ice shooter 10 to obtain a COLD beverage.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an operation panel, 13 denotes a coin mech, 14 denotes an ice machine, 15 denotes a water level adjusting cistern, 1
Reference numerals 6 denote pumps, respectively. As can be understood from the drawings, these are conventionally known technologies, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The operation of the fully manually operated raw material pack manually set cup vending machine having the above-described configuration will be described. When the purchaser inserts a coin into the coin mech 13, the power is supplied to the operation panel 11.

Here, when a desired beverage is selected on the operation panel 11, the raw material pack 5 stocked in the vending machine is selected and discharged to the raw material pack outlet 17 by the pack conveying device 20 via the pack dispenser 6. Is done. At this time, the cup 3 is simultaneously discharged from the cup dispenser 1 in the vending machine. Before the raw material pack 5 is set in this cup and hot water is extracted, sugar, cream, and the like are introduced through the raw material canister 7 according to the purchaser's selection.

When the purchaser himself inserts the raw material pack into the raw material pack set portion 18 provided on the front of the vending machine, hot water is poured into the raw material pack 5 from the hot water tank 8. The raw material pack into which the hot water is poured opens the beverage discharge section provided at the lower part of the raw material pack 5 due to the rise in the internal pressure, and the beverage is extracted into the cup 3 in which sugar, cream, etc., which is disposed immediately below, are charged. Is done.

Thereafter, the cup 3 is manually moved to a position directly below the stirring device 19, and sugar, cream, etc. are stirred and dissolved by the impeller lowered by the elevating device, and a beverage is completed.

At this time, when the purchaser selects a cold beverage, ice is supplied from the ice making machine 14 and then stirred by an impeller to obtain a COLD beverage. Each of these procedures is instructed by blinking of the indicator lamp.

In addition, only delicate raw materials which are weak to high temperature and high humidity are made into pack raw materials, and raw materials which are relatively strong to high temperature and high humidity, and raw materials whose amount is to be adjusted according to purchaser's preference (sugar, cream, etc.)
Is equipped with an impeller agitator, which is of a conventional canister type and is capable of mixing in a cup.

The above-mentioned cups and raw materials may be stocked in a vending machine and carried out simultaneously with the sale, or may be placed outside the vending machine so that they can be freely taken off at any time.

[0020]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained based on the above configuration. (1) The purchaser himself picks up the raw material pack, blinks the indicator lamps, and instructs the purchaser to successively input sugar, cream, etc. according to the instruction, and the purchaser feels that the sales time is very short for the purchaser. Can be

(2) Since each mechanism can be eliminated because the operation is performed manually, the image can be changed by changing the type of the main body case of the vending machine, for example, by setting the cooking unit in a table shape on the front side.

(3) Since the black box portion in which the cooking process is not visible is eliminated, the open type gives the purchaser a sense of security.

(4) Since the number of movable parts is reduced as much as possible, the mechanism can be simplified and troubles can be reduced.

(5) Although the seller adjusts the amounts of sugar and milk, the seller can adjust the amount in accordance with the purchaser's preference.
Therefore, if you prefer black, you can take the cup in the raw material pack extraction section, insert the raw material pack and inject hot water.

(6) By converting the easily deteriorated raw materials into pack raw materials, it is possible to extend the interval between route service visits and reduce service work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cup-type beverage vending machine in which a raw material pack is manually set according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view showing a front door part in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view showing the inside of the embodiment with the front door removed.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5A is a schematic plan view of the upper part of FIG. 3, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of the lower part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 cup dispenser 2 outlet 3 cup 5 raw material pack 6 pack dispenser 7 raw material canister 8 hot water tank 9 extraction device 10 ice shooter 11 ··· Operation panel 13 ··· Coin mech 14 ··· Ice machine 15 ··· Water level adjustment cistern 16 ··· Pump 17 ··· Material pack outlet 18 ··· Raw material pack setting section (semi-automatic, pack insertion door) 19 ・ ・ ・ ・ Stirring device 20 装置 Pack transfer device

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-62-74193 (JP, A) JP-A-63-9594 (JP, A) JP-A-5-151450 (JP, A) JP-A-63-111596 (JP, A) JP-A-2-150992 (JP, A) JP-A-3-271892 (JP, A) JP-A-8-297777 (JP, A) Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 61-78383 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07F 13/00-15/12 G07F 9/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pack dispenser for discharging one raw material pack for each sale from a stock unit for storing raw materials in a vending machine, a raw material pack outlet for allowing a purchaser to take out a raw material pack, and unloading a cup. A cup dispenser that enables it, a cup outlet that allows the purchaser to take out the cup himself, a cup for inserting the raw material pack and the cup by the purchaser himself, and an insertion opening for the raw material pack, and beverage extraction by the set, Then, cream,
An all-manual raw material pack manual set type cup-type beverage vending machine comprising an indicator for manually moving to a raw material canister such as sugar and displaying and instructing completion of cooking.