JP3501554B2 - Beverage quantitative sales equipment - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fixed quantity beverage sales apparatus for selling a fixed quantity of beverage. 2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional beverage dispensing apparatus, a method of setting a beverage discharge amount for each beverage selling button as follows is known. That is, a predetermined amount of beverage corresponding to each beverage sale button is actually discharged, and the opening time of the beverage discharge valve at that time is measured by a timer and stored in the storage device.
When a drink selling button is pressed at the time of sale, the beverage discharge valve is opened for the time stored for the button at the time of setting, and a predetermined amount of beverage is discharged. [0003] However, the conventional beverage metering device has the following problems. That is, the beverage fixed quantity sales device is provided with a plurality of beverage sale buttons so as to be able to handle a plurality of types of beverages and discharge amounts. However, depending on the installation environment, only some buttons may be used, as in the case of selling only one type of beverage into one type of beverage container. In such a case, it is necessary to set the discharge amount to 0 for the unused beverage selling button or to eliminate the function of the button so that the beverage is not ejected even when the unused beverage selling button is pressed. is there. However, in the above-described conventional setting method, since the ejection amount is stored as the ejection time, it is difficult to set the ejection amount 0. For this reason, conventionally, the circuit to which the beverage selling button not used for sale is connected is changed by the operator each time, which is troublesome. Furthermore, if the user attempts to move the changed device to another location and use it, the user must change it again in accordance with the usage of the moved location. In addition, this operation requires a specialized operator, and the setting cannot be easily changed. [0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a beverage dispensing and dispensing apparatus capable of disabling an unused beverage dispensing button by a simple setting operation. According to the present invention, a beverage dispensing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a beverage selling button for selling a beverage, and a sales amount storing means for storing a sales amount of each beverage as an opening time of a beverage discharge valve. When a beverage sale button is pressed during beverage sale, a valve opening time corresponding to the beverage sale button is read from the sales amount storage means, and the beverage discharge valve is opened during the valve opening time. In the fixed-volume dispensing device, a mode setting means for switching to a setting mode for setting a beverage sales amount, a timer for counting a total opening time of the beverage discharge valve, and a beverage sales button being pressed during the setting mode to dispens the beverage. when ejected, sales amount storage means stores the total opening time of the counting beverage discharge valve as a beverage sales amount corresponding to the beverage dispensing button by timer Causes, when the total opening time of the beverage discharge valve which is counted by the timer is shorter than the predetermined time, the beverage sales
The opening time of the beverage discharge valve stored as "0" is sold
Ru and a control unit to be stored in the amount storage means. In order to set the discharge amount corresponding to each beverage selling button, at the time of setting, a predetermined amount of beverage is discharged to each beverage selling button, and the opening time of the beverage discharging valve at that time is measured by a timer to sell. It is stored in the quantity storage means. When a drink selling button is pressed at the time of sale, the beverage discharge valve is opened for the time stored for the button at the time of setting, and a predetermined amount of beverage is discharged. When the correspondence between the beverage selling button and the discharge amount is set in this way, if the opening time of the beverage discharging valve is shorter than a predetermined time (very short time), the discharge amount for the beverage selling button, Set the opening time of the discharge valve to 0
Is stored in the sales amount storage means. As a result, with respect to the beverage selling button that is not used, the discharge amount corresponding to the beverage selling button is set to 0 by a simple setting operation of discharging a very small amount of beverage at the time of setting, and the beverage selling button functions. do not do. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus, 2 is C
A ROM 3 stores a control program of the PU 1, a RAM 3 stores a prescribed sales amount for each beverage as an opening time of the beverage discharge valve 11, and 4 an input / output unit for each of the following devices. [0010] Reference numerals 5 and 6 denote beverage sale buttons. Reference numeral 7 denotes a stop / addition button. At the time of setting, when pressed during beverage sales, beverage sales are stopped, and when the beverage sales are completed, additional sales are performed. Reference numeral 8 denotes a mode setting button for switching to a setting mode for setting a sales amount for each beverage, and 9 denotes a total time during which the beverages are actually sold by operating the buttons 5, 6, and 7 in the setting mode, that is, the beverage discharge valve 11 Is a storage button for updating and storing the total opening time in the RAM 3 as the sales amount of the beverage. A sales relay 10 drives the beverage discharge valve 11 via a relay contact X. The CPU 1 has a sales time counting timer T1 for measuring the valve opening time (sales amount) stored in the RAM 3 and an actual sales time counting timer for counting the actual total opening time of the beverage discharge valve 11. T2. The operation of the apparatus configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when the mode setting button 8 is pressed,
The mode is switched to the setting mode for setting each sales amount (opening time of the beverage discharge valve) for the beverage sales buttons 5 and 6, and the process proceeds from step S1 to step S2. Next, when the beverage selling button (for example, 5) is pressed, the process proceeds to step S3, where the selling time counting timer T1 starts counting time, the beverage discharging valve 11 is opened, and the beverage selling is started. The counting timer T2 starts counting time. Here, it is assumed that the beverage sales amount initially set for the beverage sales button 5 is 150 ml, and the opening time of the corresponding beverage discharge valve is 5 seconds. Thereafter, it is determined whether the stop / addition button 7 has been pressed in step S4 or whether the valve opening time T1 has counted up for 5 seconds in step S5. If the prescribed amount is sold to the cup by the discharge of the beverage for 4 seconds, for example, before the prescribed 5 seconds have elapsed, the stop / addition button 7 is pressed at that point, and the process proceeds from step S4 to step S6. In step S6, at the same time as the beverage sale is stopped, the timer T2 stops counting time. And
In this case, when the storage button 9 is turned on, step S1
From 0, the process proceeds to step S11. On the other hand, if the prescribed amount is not sold in the cup even if the beverage is discharged for the prescribed sales time of 5 seconds, the timer T1 counts up in step S5, and the process proceeds from step S5 to step S6. In step S6, at the same time as the beverage sale is stopped, the timer T2 stops counting time. After that, to add drinks,
If the add button 7 is turned on, the process proceeds from step S7 to step S8, and the timer T2 starts counting again simultaneously with the sale of the beverage. After confirming that the prescribed quantity of beverage was sold in the cup after one second by this beverage sale,
When the add button 7 is turned off, step S
From 7, the process proceeds to step S <b> 9, the beverage sale stops, and the timer T <b> 2 stops counting. Thereafter, if the storage button 9 is turned on, the process proceeds from step S10 to step S11. The above is the steps for setting the normal beverage discharge amount, and the following are the steps of the present invention. That is, for example, when the button 5 is used for selling but the button 6 is not used among the beverage selling buttons 5 and 6, when setting the button 6, the button 6 is pressed for a very short time (for example, less than 1 second). ) Operate just by pressing. That is, when proceeding from the above-mentioned step S1 to step S4, if the stop / addition button 7 is pressed immediately before the count-up of T1, the timer T2 stops as described above and the storage button 9 is pressed. And step S1
Proceed to 1. At this time, a very short ejection time (for example, less than 1 second) is stored in T2. Therefore, in step S11, it is determined whether or not the value of the timer T2 counted as described above, that is, whether or not the total time when the beverage is actually discharged is shorter than a very short time (for example, one second). When the discharge time is short (branch Y) as in the operation when the above-described button 6 is set, the opening time (corresponding to the sales amount) of the beverage discharge valve stored in the RAM 3 is set to 0 (step S12). . Thus, even if the drink selling button 6 is pressed at the time of selling the beverage, the beverage is not discharged because the discharge amount is 0. That is, it is possible to prevent the unused beverage selling button from functioning only by performing the simple setting operation as described above. When the opening time of the beverage discharge valve is 0 in this way, the control unit may detect this and control so as not to sell. On the other hand, when T2 is long (branch N in step S11), that is, when the drink selling button is used for selling as in the case of the button 5, the counted time, (5 + 1 in the above example) ) Second drink button 5
Of beverage sales (opening time of beverage discharge valve)
It is stored in M3 (step S13). The opening time of the valve thus obtained may be corrected according to the properties of the beverage. By performing the above for each beverage selling button, it is possible to set the discharge amount for each beverage selling button, and to disable the unused beverage selling buttons. According to the present invention, when storing the sales amount of the beverage to the beverage sales button as the opening time of the beverage discharge valve, the beverage sales button functions for a very short discharge. The ejection time is stored as 0 so as not to cause the ejection. Therefore, the beverage sale button that is not used for sale can be prevented from functioning at the time of setting by a simple setting operation such as the button operation in a very short time as described above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a fixed-quantity beverage dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation based on the invention of FIG. 2, ROM, 3 RAM, 4 I / O,
5, 6… Beverage sale button, 7… Cancel / Add button,
8: Mode setting button, 9: Memory button, 10: Sales relay, 11: Beverage discharge valve.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A drink selling button for selling a drink, sales amount storage means for storing a sales amount of each beverage as an opening time of a beverage discharge valve, When the sell button is pressed, the valve open time corresponding to the drink sell button is read from the sales amount storage means, and the beverage discharge valve is opened during the valve open time. Mode setting means for switching to a setting mode for setting the amount; a timer for counting the total opening time of the beverage discharge valve; Combination of discharge valve
Together is stored in the sales amount storage means a total opening time as beverage dispensing amount corresponding to the beverage dispensing button, when the total opening time of the beverage discharge valve which is counted by the timer is shorter than a predetermined time is stored as a drink sales Beverage discharge bar
And a control unit for setting the opening time of the tub to 0 and storing the same in the sales amount storage means .