JP5376022B2 - Beverage supply equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage supply device that supplies beverages such as tea and coffee, and more particularly, to a beverage supply device that has a configuration in which a beverage is poured into a container such as a cup from a beverage outlet such as a beverage supply nozzle.

  As a conventional beverage supply device of this type, a device as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-310445 (Patent Document 1) that has been previously published is known. The beverage supply structure of this beverage supply device is configured to receive beverages flowing down from a plurality of supply ports and to further flow downward, and receive beverages flowing down from the supply ports to the outflow part. A plurality of receiving portions formed so as to be concentrated are provided independently for each beverage, and each receiving portion has an inflow side opening in the outflow portion, and an outflow side opening in the inflow side. Each is provided with a siphon tube opened at a position lower than the opening.

  According to the beverage supply apparatus provided with such a beverage supply structure, the beverage supply structure that can suppress the dripping of the potapota and the beverage at the end of the cup of beverage while the beverage to be supplied flows down vigorously to the end. It can be provided.

JP 2003-310445 A

  By the way, since this conventional drink supply apparatus uses the siphon tube, the supply amount of the drink for one cup must be large enough to use the siphon action. In addition, even if the beverage flows down vigorously, depending on the type of beverage to be supplied (for example, sticky one), it may adhere to the inner wall of the siphon tube outlet and finally drip with pottapota. There was a problem that the drooping of the beverage could not be completely prevented.

  In order to cope with such problems, the present invention provides a beverage supply device having a beverage supply structure that can reliably prevent dripping of potapota and beverage at the end regardless of the beverage supply amount and type. It is intended to do.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a beverage supply device for pouring and supplying a beverage to a container such as a cup, and a beverage pouring outlet for pouring the beverage into the container such as the cup; A drop receiving portion provided below the outlet so as to be freely withdrawn and positioned below the beverage pouring outlet; a droplet receiving portion provided with a protrusion immediately below the beverage pouring outlet; and the withdrawal and withdrawal of the droplet receiving portion Control means for controlling, and when the liquid drop receiving portion is located below the beverage pouring outlet, the protrusion of the beverage dripping from the beverage pouring outlet is received by the protrusion, and the outside of the container. When the beverage is discharged from the lower side of the beverage outlet, the beverage can be poured into the container from the beverage outlet.

  According to this, when supplying a beverage to a container such as a cup, the liquid droplet receiving portion is retracted from below the beverage pouring outlet, and immediately after the liquid receiving portion is positioned below the beverage pouring outlet. By controlling by the said control means, it can prevent reliably that a potapota and a drink dripping on a bend stage which mounts it, such as a cup, etc. irrespective of the supply amount and kind of drink.

  As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, potapota and beverage are dripped onto a container such as a cup or a bend stage on which it is placed, regardless of the amount or type of beverage poured from the beverage spout. Since this can be surely prevented, it is possible to supply a tasting beverage that is not mixed and tasted by a container or a device such as a clean cup.

It is a front view which shows the drink supply apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part structure of the state which opened the front door in the drink supply apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a principle figure of the drink sale of the drink supply apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a control block diagram which shows the control structure of the drink supply apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of the nozzle shutter mechanism of the drink supply apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the whole nozzle shutter of the drink supply apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is operation | movement state explanatory drawing explaining operation | movement of the nozzle shutter mechanism of the drink supply apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a standby state before drink sale, (b) is a drink from the dispensing nozzle of a front row. Beverage sales state when the beverage is poured into a container such as a cup, (c) is a cross-sectional side view of the principal part showing the beverage sales state when the beverage is poured into a container such as a cup from the rear row dispensing nozzle. It is.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a beverage supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part configuration in a state where a front door is opened in the beverage supply apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. .

  As shown in the figure, the beverage supply apparatus according to the present invention includes a main body 1 having an open front surface and a front door 2 that opens and closes an upper portion of the front surface of the main body 1. Further, a bend stage 3 for placing a container such as a cup is provided below the main body 1 so as to protrude below the front door 2. And on the front surface of the front door 2, in order to select the state display lamp 6 indicating the operating state of the device (sellable, sold out, breakdown, sales progress, etc.) and various desired beverages (coffee, tea, cocoa, etc.) A change button 7, a nozzle marker 8 that displays a position where a container such as a cup is placed on the bend stage 3, a key portion 9 that locks the front door 2 to the main body 1, and a beverage sales amount. An option button 10 or the like is provided for operation. Further, in the main body 1, a canister unit 11 for storing various beverage ingredients, a hot water tank 12 for heating and storing water, a mixing bowl unit 13 for stirring and mixing the beverage ingredients and hot water, and cooking a beverage, , A raw material chute 15 for guiding the beverage raw material delivered from the canister unit 11 to the mixing bowl unit 13, a pouring nozzle (beverage pouring port) 17 for pouring the beverage cooked by the mixing bowl unit 13 into a container such as a cup, A nozzle shutter (droplet receiving portion) 21 described later is provided below the dispensing nozzle 17 so as to be freely withdrawn / retracted, and discharges the drooping of the beverage dripping from the dispensing nozzle 17 to the dispensing tray 4 below the bend stage 3. A nozzle shutter mechanism 20 having a cup sensor 26 for detecting a container on the bend stage 3, and a drain bucket 19 for discharging hot water overflowing from the hot water tank 12. , An exhaust fan 28 for discharging the dust in the main body 1 to the outside of the apparatus, the control box (control means) 30 such as a control unit for controlling the device is provided. A remote controller 31 is provided on the back side of the front door 2 for performing various settings of the apparatus.

  FIG. 3 is a principle diagram of beverage sales of the beverage supply apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a control block diagram showing a control configuration of the same beverage supply apparatus. As shown in FIG. 3, the water supplied from the water supply means (water supply etc.) is supplied to the hot water tank 12 via the first water supply valve 35 and the second water supply valve 36 and heated to a predetermined temperature in the hot water tank 12. And stored. When the selection button 7 of the desired beverage is operated, the stirring motor 13a of the mixing bowl portion 13 provided corresponding to the type of the beverage is driven and provided corresponding to the mixing bowl portion 13. The supplied hot water supply valve 37 is opened, and hot water is supplied from the hot water tank 12 to the mixing bowl unit 13. And a drink raw material is sent to the mixing bowl part 13 via the raw material chute 15 from the canister part 11 in which the drink raw material of the desired drink was stored, and a drink is cooked. Then, the beverage cooked in this way is poured out into a container 27 such as a cup placed on the bend stage 3 through the dispensing nozzle 17. Here, when the beverage is dispensed from the dispensing nozzle 17, the nozzle shutter 21 disposed below the dispensing nozzle 17 retreats from below, and after the beverage is discharged into the container, the dispensing nozzle 17 is again discharged. It is controlled to project downward. A boiling prevention thermo 34 for preventing boiling of the hot water tank 12 is provided in a discharge pipe for discharging the hot water of the hot water tank 12 to the drain bucket.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a nozzle shutter mechanism 20 that drives the nozzle shutter 21 to move out and retract below the dispensing nozzle 17. The nozzle shutter mechanism 20 meshes with a nozzle shutter 21 provided so as to be freely retractable in the front-rear direction (arrow A in the figure) below the dispensing nozzle 17 and a rack 21d (see FIG. 7) provided on the lower surface of the nozzle shutter 21. A pinion gear 22 that moves the nozzle shutter 21 back and forth, a shutter drive motor 23 that rotationally drives the pinion gear 22, and a shutter holding unit 24 that holds the nozzle shutter 21 slidably forward and backward. Above the position where the nozzle shutter 21 protrudes, a nozzle holder 18 that collects a plurality of dispensing nozzles 17 and mounts them at a predetermined position is fixed to the main body 1 side. In the nozzle holder 18, as shown in the figure, a plurality of dispensing nozzles 17 are arranged in the front row (front end side), one in the middle row, and two in the rear row, and arranged in the front-rear direction. It is installed.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the entire nozzle shutter 21. As shown in the drawing, the nozzle shutter 21 is formed in a long and narrow rectangular shape in the front and rear, and a concave portion 21a is provided in the front portion thereof. The bottom surface of the recess 21a is formed so as to incline downward toward the rear, and the rear part is formed in a triangular shape so as to protrude rearward. A drainage hole 21b penetrating the bottom surface downward is provided at the rear end of the bottom surface of the recess 21a. In addition, flange portions 21 c are formed at both ends of the nozzle shutter 21. The flange portion 21c is held by the shutter holding portion 24, whereby the nozzle shutter 21 is slidably held by the shutter holding portion 24. In addition, a rack gear 21d (not shown) that meshes with the above-described pinion gear 22 is formed in one rule on the back surface of the nozzle shutter 21. The nozzle shutter 21 configured in this manner is configured such that when the nozzle shutter 21 is controlled to be positioned below the extraction nozzle 17 (projecting state), the concave portion 21a is located at a position facing the extraction nozzle 17, When the beverage hangs down from the dispensing nozzle 17, the beverage that hangs down thereafter is guided to the drainage hole 21 b and discharged downward. Here, on the bottom surface of the recess 21 a of the nozzle shutter 21, it is desirable to provide the protrusion 21 e immediately below the pouring nozzle 17. If it does so, since it becomes easy to contact the protrusion part 21e, the drooping drink dripped from the extraction nozzle 17 makes it dripping on the bottom face of the recessed part 21a efficiently by the surface tension at the time of the contact. Can do.

  FIGS. 7A and 7B are operation state explanatory views for explaining the operation of the nozzle shutter mechanism 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7A is a standby state before beverage sales, and FIG. Beverage sales state when the beverage is poured into a container such as a cup, (c) is a side view of the main part showing the beverage sales state when the beverage is poured out from the rear row dispensing nozzle 17 into a container such as a cup. It is sectional drawing. First, when a customer places a container 27 such as a cup on the bend stage 3 with the nozzle marker 8 on the front door 2 as a mark, the cup sensor 26 detects the container and the shutter drive motor 23 is driven to rotate. Then, the shutter nozzle 21 in the standby state (protruding state) (FIG. 7A) moves backward, and its front end moves to a position where it is retracted slightly rearward from the lower side of the dispensing nozzle in the front row (FIG. 7). (B)).

  Next, when the selection button 7 is operated to select a desired beverage for sale, the position of the nozzle shutter 21 according to the position (front row, middle row, rear row) of the dispensing nozzle 17 from which the beverage is dispensed. Is further controlled. For example, when the beverage to be sold is dispensed from the dispensing nozzle 17 in the front row, the position of the nozzle shutter 21 is maintained, and when the beverage to be dispensed is dispensed from the dispensing nozzle 17 in the middle row, the nozzle shutter 21 is When the front end is moved backward to a position retracted slightly rearward from the lower side of the middle row dispensing nozzle 17, and when the beverage to be sold is dispensed from the rear row dispensing nozzle 17, the front end of the nozzle shutter 21 is located at the rear row. It is moved backward from the lower side of the dispensing nozzle 17 to the retracted position (FIG. 7C) retracted backward. Then, after the nozzle shutter 21 is moved to a position corresponding to each case, the beverage to be sold is discharged from a dispensing nozzle 17 that dispenses each beverage to a container such as a cup.

  At this time, the drooping beverage dripped from the dispensing nozzle 17 positioned behind the dispensing nozzle 17 from which the beverage to be dispensed is dispensed is received by the nozzle shutter 21 and then dripped into a container such as a cup from which the beverage to be dispensed is discharged. The beverage is reliably prevented from dripping.

  When the discharge of the beverage to be sold is completed, the shutter drive motor 23 is immediately driven to rotate, the nozzle shutter 21 is moved so as to protrude forward, and is again moved to the standby state. At this time, the drooping beverage dripped from the dispensing nozzle 17 that has discharged the beverage to be sold is received by the concave portion 21a of the nozzle shutter 21 and, for example, below the bend stage 3 from the rear end discharge hole 21d via a collar portion (not shown). It is discharged to the pouring tray 4 and the drain bucket 19. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the dripping beverage from dripping onto a container such as a cup from which a beverage to be sold is discharged or onto the bend stage 3. Further, in this case, since the dispensing nozzle 17 is covered with the nozzle shutter 21, it is possible to prevent insects from entering, mischief, and foreign matters.

  By the way, the types of beverages to be dispensed from the dispensing nozzle 17 are, for example, “tea” and “white hot water” discharged from the dispensing nozzle 17 arranged in the front row, and the dispensing nozzle 17 arranged in the middle row. It is desirable that what is ejected from the outlet is “coffee” and what is ejected from the dispensing nozzle 17 arranged in the rear row is “cocoa” or “milk”. That is, it is desirable that the dispensing nozzle 17 be arranged in the retreat direction of the nozzle shutter 21 in the order in which the color and component concentration of the beverage to be dispensed increase. That is, the dispensing nozzle is assigned according to the type of the beverage to be discharged in this way, and the nozzle shutter 21 is arranged below the dispensing nozzle 17 disposed immediately after the dispensing nozzle 17 from which the beverage is discharged as described above. By controlling the movement by the control unit so that it is located, when the beverage is discharged into a container such as a cup, at least the trailing spill of the beverage with a higher color or component concentration than the discharged beverage is prevented from dripping into the container can do.

  As described above, in the beverage supply device according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the nozzle shutter 21 is positioned below the dispensing nozzle 21, it receives the dripping of the beverage dripping therefrom and dispenses it. When the beverage is discharged to the outside of the container and retracted from below the dispensing nozzle 17, the beverage can be poured from the dispensing nozzle 17 into the container, so that the beverage discharged from the dispensing nozzle 17 can be supplied. Regardless of the amount and type, it is possible to reliably prevent the potter and the dripping beverage from dripping onto a container such as a cup or the bend stage 3 on which it is placed. In other words, this makes it possible to provide a tasteful beverage that is not mixed, and to keep containers and devices such as cups clean.

  Further, when a plurality of dispensing nozzles 17 are provided and a beverage is poured from the dispensing nozzle 17 into the container, the nozzle shutter 21 retreats from below the dispensing nozzle 17 that pours the beverage and is in the retreat direction of the nozzle shutter 21. Since the position is controlled so that it is positioned below the other pouring nozzles 17 that do not pour the beverage, the pouring of the beverage from the pouring nozzle 17 that pours the beverage into a container such as a cup is performed. In addition, it is possible to discharge the trailing or the like from other pouring nozzles 17 in the retracting direction of the nozzle shutter 21 to the outside of the container. Therefore, even when a plurality of different types of beverages are provided in this manner, different beverages other than the poured beverage should be prevented from dripping onto a container such as a cup or a bend stage as much as possible, and a good-tasting beverage can be supplied cleanly. it can.

  The plurality of outlet nozzles 17 are containers such as cups from the dispensing nozzle 17 as long as they are arranged in the retreat direction of the nozzle shutter 21 in order of increasing the color and component concentration of the beverage poured from each of the outlet nozzles 17. It is possible to prevent a beverage having a higher color or component concentration from dropping into a container such as a cup from the other dispensing nozzle 17 than the beverage poured into the cup. That is, it can prevent that the color and taste of the drink to be provided are greatly changed by the trailing drink.

  Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to only the device described in this embodiment mode, and application changes can be made within the scope of the spirit of the present invention. For example, the structure of the nozzle shutter mechanism 20 that drives the nozzle shutter 21 to move in and out, and the shape and configuration of a nozzle holder that mounts the dispensing nozzle 17 side by side in the front-rear direction are not limited to those shown in this embodiment. It is appropriately set according to the aspect of the beverage supply apparatus for carrying out the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Front door 3 Bend stage 7 Selection button 11 Canister part 12 Hot water tank 13 Mixing bowl part 17 Pouring nozzle (beverage spout)
18 Nozzle holder 20 Nozzle shutter mechanism 21 Nozzle shutter (droplet receiver)
21e Protruding portion 23 Shutter drive motor 27 Container 30 Control box (control means)

Claims (1)

  A beverage supply device for pouring and supplying a beverage to a container such as a cup, the beverage outlet for pouring the beverage into a container such as the cup, and the beverage outlet being provided removably below the beverage outlet A droplet receiving portion provided with a protrusion directly below the beverage pouring outlet, and a control means for controlling the withdrawal of the droplet receiving portion, the droplet receiving portion , When located below the beverage pouring outlet, when the protruding portion of the beverage dripping from the beverage pouring outlet is received by the projection and discharged to the outside of the container, when retracted from below the beverage pouring outlet, Beverage supply apparatus, which enables pouring of beverage from the beverage pouring outlet into the container.

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