JP4068830B2 - Cup vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vending machine that provides and sells cup-containing beverages, and more particularly to a cup-type vending machine with a reduced depth of a raw material supply device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Cup-type vending machines are installed in various places to supply beverages to users. The cup-type vending machine has been increased in size to be able to supply a wide variety of beverages, and its depth has become larger (thick). As shown in FIG. 7, the conventional cup type vending machine 51 is provided with a transport device 53 that moves a cup holding device 52 that holds the cup C, and this transport device 53 has a wide range over the entire body 54. In order to move the cup holding device 52 with respect to each position arranged on the XY, an XY moving mechanism 55 that moves in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction within the body 54 is used.
[0003]
In addition, a raw material supply device 57 for storing beverage raw materials is disposed along the X-axis rail 56, and two types of large and small cups C are provided on the opposite side of the raw material supply device 57 and the X-axis rail 56. A cup supply device 58 to be stored is disposed.
[0004]
Further, near the end of the Y-axis rail 59, there is provided a cup station 62 that faces a sales outlet 61 provided in the door body 60 and prepares a beverage. A stirring device 63 for stirring the raw materials is provided. The stirring device 63 faces the door body 60 and is provided with a predetermined gap g so as not to contact the door body 60.
[0005]
As described above, the depth of the machine body 54 is increased by the amount that the predetermined gap g is provided between the stirring device 63 and the door body 60. Further, since the XY movement mechanism 55 of the transport device 53 is used, the transport device 53 becomes complicated and becomes large, so that the vending machine 51 itself is also deepened.
[0006]
For this reason, it is not easy to secure a place for installing the conventional cup type vending machine.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, a cup vending machine with a small depth was desired. The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a cup vending machine with a small depth.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a door body provided with a large number of beverage display units, a large number of beverage selection buttons and sales outlets, and an airframe in which the door body is attached to be freely opened and closed. A cup holding device provided with a cup holding unit that is accommodated in the machine body to hold the cup, a transfer device that moves the cup holding device, and the transfer device holds the cup holding unit and transfers it to a predetermined position. A raw material supply device for supplying the raw material to the cup, a cup supply device for supplying a cup to the cup holding portion transported to a predetermined position by the transport mechanism, and a sales opening provided on the door body And a stirrer that stirs the ingredients in the cup at the cup station for preparing the beverage, and a recess is formed in the inner door of the door body facing the stirrer. And There is housed, the stirring device is disposed near the end above the transport device, the transport device extends a cup holder in the depth direction so as to reciprocate in the body depth direction, the raw material supply unit to the first The second raw material supply device and the second raw material supply device are arranged on the opposite side via the transfer device, and the cup supply device is the second raw material supply device. A cup-type vending machine, which is arranged on the raw material supply side .
As a result, the depth of the small KuKatsu, the depth of the small cup vending machine.
[0009]
According to a preferred example, the recess has a trapezoidal cross-sectional area, and an illumination lamp for door illumination is disposed on both sides thereof. Thus, monitor and to be able to reduce the depth, the door body without light of the illuminative lamp is blocked by the recess is illuminated.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of a cup type vending machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a cup type vending machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the same.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 1, a cup-type vending machine 1 according to the present invention has a housing-like body 2 and a door body 4 that is pivotally supported by the body 2 so as to be opened and closed and provided with a sales port 3. ing.
[0015]
The door body 4 is composed of a main door 5 and a sub door 6. The main door 4 has the sales port 3 formed substantially in the center, and the sales port 3 can close the sales port 3. The sales outlet door 7 is automatically opened and closed by a door body opening / closing means (not shown), and is locked and unlocked by a locking means (not shown) in the closed state.
[0016]
In addition, a plurality of beverage display units 8 for displaying the types of beverages to be sold are disposed in the upper area of the main door 4, and a selection button 9 as a selection unit is disposed for each beverage display unit 8. A display liquid crystal display unit 10 is provided. Similarly, a beverage display unit 7 and a selection button 8 are provided in the upper area of the sub door 5, and a coin insertion slot 11, a bill insertion slot 12, a coin return slot 13, and a return lever 14 are provided in the lower area. Etc. are provided.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 2, on the first imaginary line L <b> 1 passing through the sales outlet 3 provided at a substantially central portion in the width (X-axis) direction of the aircraft 2, A cup station 21 is provided for preparing the drink in the cup C and allowing the cup C to be taken out. Above the cup station 21, the ingredients in the cup C are placed above the first imaginary line L1. A stirring device 22 for stirring is provided.
[0018]
Further, a cup holding device 24 provided with a cup holding portion 23 for holding the cup C is provided on the first imaginary line L1, and this cup holding device 24 is in the depth (Y-axis) direction of the machine body 2. For example, a transport device 26 that reciprocates the cup holding device 24 on the first imaginary line L1 in the Y-axis direction on the Y-axis rail 25 is provided.
[0019]
Further, a raw material supply device, for example, a first raw material supply device 27 is disposed along the Y-axis rail 25, and the raw material is placed in the cup C held by the cup holding portion 23 and positioned on the first virtual line L1. To supply.
[0020]
Further, a raw material supply device, for example, a second raw material supply device 28 is disposed along a second virtual line L2 that is separated from the first virtual line L1 by a slight distance and is parallel to the first virtual line L1. The second raw material supply device 28 is rotated by a rotation device (not shown) and moves to the second imaginary line L2 so as to supply the raw material to the cup C held by the cup holding portion 24 positioned. It has become. Further, a cup supply device 29 for supplying the cup C to the cup holding portion 23 is provided between the second raw material supply device 28 and the door body 4.
[0021]
The arrangement of the first raw material supply device 27, the second raw material supply device 28, and the cup supply device 29 makes the depth of the machine body 2 small (shallow), and the cup type vending machine 1 itself becomes small.
[0022]
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the stirring device 22 disposed above the cup station 21 is provided to face the main door 5 of the door body 4 and is formed on the inner door 30 of the main door 5. A part 32 of the stirring device 22 is accommodated in the recess 31 in a non-contact state. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a gap between the inner door 30 and the stirring device 22, and the depth of the cup type vending machine 1 can be reduced.
[0023]
The recess 31 has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, and is arranged on both sides of the recess 31 so as not to block the light of the illumination lamp 33 that illuminates the door body 4.
[0024]
The inner door may be fixedly attached to the door body, and may be pivotally supported so as to be opened and closed.
[0025]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the stirring device 22 includes a stirring shaft 35 that is rotated by an impeller motor 34 of a DC motor as a rotation driving unit and has rigidity, and an impeller 36 that is provided on the stirring shaft 35 and stirs the beverage. And a timing belt 37 for raising and lowering the impeller 36 and an impeller raising and lowering motor 38. This is done by counting the number of rotations of the motor 38 and controlling the impeller elevating motor 38. Parts other than the impeller 36 and the stirring shaft 35 are accommodated in the casing 41.
[0026]
As described above, since the cup type vending machine according to the present invention stores a part of the stirring device in the recess provided in the door body, there is no need to provide a gap between them. Depth can be reduced. Moreover, since the raw material supply device and the cup supply device are disposed along the Y-axis rail of the transport device that does not have the X-axis rail, the depth of the cup-type vending machine can be reduced, and these depth reduction effects can be combined. Thus, the depth can be further reduced.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
According to the cup type vending machine according to the present invention, a cup type vending machine with a small depth can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a cup type vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a cup type vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an arrangement state of a stirring device used in a cup type vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a mounting state of a stirring device used in a cup type vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a door body showing a mounting state of a stirring device used in a cup-type vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a stirring device used in a cup type vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view showing a conventional cup type vending machine.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cup type vending machine 2 Machine body 3 Sales outlet 4 Door body 5 Main door 6 Sub door 7 Sales outlet door 8 Beverage display part 9 Selection button 10 Display liquid crystal display part 11 Coin insertion slot 12 Bill insertion slot 13 Coin return opening 14 Return lever 21 Cup station 22 Stirring device 23 Cup holding unit 24 Cup holding device 25 Y-axis rail 26 Transfer device 27 First raw material supply device 28 Second raw material supply device 29 Cup supply device 30 Inner door 31 Recess 32 Part 33 Illuminating lamp 34 Impeller motor 35 Stirrer shaft 36 Impeller 37 Timing belt 38 Impeller elevating motor 39 Slit disc 40 Impeller encoder sensor 41 Casing L1 First virtual line L2 Second virtual line C Cup

Claims (2)

A door body provided with a large number of beverage display units, a large number of beverage selection buttons and sales outlets, a machine body in which the door body is attached so as to be freely opened and closed, and a cup holding part which is accommodated in the machine body and holds a cup. Cup holding device, transport device for moving the cup holding device, raw material supply device for supplying the raw material to the cup held by the cup holding portion and transported to a predetermined position by the transport device, and the transport mechanism The cup supply device that supplies the cup to the cup holder transported to a predetermined position by the above and the ingredients in the cup located in the cup station that faces the sales opening provided in the door body and prepares the beverage are stirred. and a stirring device, the recess in the inner door of the door body opposite to the stirring device is formed, a part of the stirrer in the concave portion is housed and the stirring apparatus on the end portion of the transport apparatus The conveying device extends in the depth direction so as to reciprocate the cup holding device in the depth direction of the machine body, and the raw material supply device includes a first raw material supply device and a second raw material supply device. A cup-type supply device, wherein the second raw material supply device and the first raw material supply device are disposed on the opposite side via the transfer device, and the cup supply device is disposed on the second raw material supply device side. vending machine.   2. The cup type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the recess has a trapezoidal cross-sectional area, and illumination lights for door illumination are disposed on both sides thereof. Machine.

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