JPH02287793A - Automatic vending machine for canned/bottled as well as cup drink - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve a service by carrying out cups, whose number is preliminarily stored, free of charge at the time of depression of a cup carry-out button for purchase of canned/bottled drink to enable a customer who purchases canned/bottled drink to drink it there. CONSTITUTION:A control part G is provided, and the control part G discharges cup drink by a cup carrying-out mechanism E and a drink discharging mechanism F at the time of selecting cup drink by a commodity select button A, and the control part G carries out canned/bottled drink by a can/bottle carrying- out mechanism D and carries out cups, whose number is stored in a storage part C, from a cup carrying-out mechanism E at the time of selecting canned/ bottled drink. Thus, cup drink is carried out in the same manner as conventional when cup drink is selected by the commodity select button, and selected canned/ bottled drink is carried out and cups whose number is stored in the storage part C are carried free of charge for carried-out canned/bottled drink at the time of depressing a cup carry-out button B also when canned/bottled drink is selected.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a vending machine that sells both beverages in cans or bottles and beverages in cups.

[Conventional technology]

The number of products that can be handled by a single vending machine is increasing, and it is not uncommon for vending machines to sell not only canned/bottled beverages but also cup beverages made from blended ingredients. By the way, beverages in cups are often consumed at the place of purchase because they are inconvenient to carry.On the other hand, beverages in cans/bottles are easy to carry and can be taken anywhere you like, but they should still be consumed at the place of purchase. There are many. In this way, a major advantage of vending machines is that regardless of whether the drink is in a can/bottle container or a cup container, it can be consumed immediately at the place of purchase.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, large-capacity beverages in cans/bottles are difficult to drink because there is no drinking cup available, or people have to take them home to drink. Therefore, if such a Li-li vending machine is installed in a recreational area, for example, a large volume of beverages will not be illuminated. Therefore, the fourth
As shown in the figure, a cup 42 is attached to the side of the vending machine 41.
Cup storage box 43 that can be freely taken out
However, in this case, problems such as hygiene-1-Undesirable could occur due to people other than vending machine customers using the cups or tampering with the stored cups. . This invention was made in order to eliminate the two problems, and is a vending machine that sells drinks in cans/bottles and cups, and which sells drinks in cans/bottles and which dispenses cups with a saw. Let us say that the information provided is LI-like.

[Means to solve the problem]

The white mobile vending machine of this invention that sells both cans/bottles and cups,
Selling can/bottle drink 1i'l and cup drink 1:1, 1
- A vending machine that includes a product selection button A for selecting can/bottle drinks or cup drinks, a cup delivery button B for delivering only cups, and a number of cups to be delivered for each can/bottle beverage. A storage unit C for storing information, a can/bottle beverage delivery mechanism for carrying out canned/bottled beverages, a cup delivery mechanism E for carrying out cups, and a predetermined beverage being discharged into the cup carried out from the cup delivery mechanism E. When a cup type beverage is selected by the beverage dispensing mechanism F and the product selection button A,
The cup discharge mechanism E and the beverage discharge mechanism F discharge the cup beverage, while when a can/bottle beverage is selected,
A control unit G is provided, which causes the can/bottle container system to be carried out by the can/bottle carrying-out mechanism, and also causes the cup carrying-out mechanism E to carry out the number of cups stored in the storage unit C to be carried out. It is characterized by

[Effect]

According to the above configuration, when a cup beverage is selected using the product selection button A, the cup beverage is carried out as in the past, but when canned/bottled beverage 1-1 is selected, the selected canned/bottled beverage is carried out, and if you also press the cup carry-out button, the /1. I'i/Bottled drinkable beverage memory section C+,
: The stored number of cups to be carried out is carried out as service.

【Example】

FIG. 2 shows a control block diagram of an embodiment of the vending machine of the present invention. 1 is a central processing unit (CPtJ) that centrally controls this device, and 2 is a ROM (read only memory) that stores a control program for the CPUI. 3
is RAM (Random Access Memory) and C
In addition to storing various sales data necessary for controlling the PUI as needed, there is also a column for selling beverages in cans/bottles, and the transportation of cups to be serviced for each of the 1 and 11 drinks sold in each of the above columns. For example, a drink with a capacity of 250 mρ to 350 mρ is 1 cup, a beer bottle size is 2 cups, and a drink in a 1 (! container is 3 cups). How are you? 4 and 5 are human output units, and each device described below is connected to the CPUI via this human output unit 4.5. 6(
6a, 6b, 6X) are product selection buttons for selecting beverages, and 7 is a cup button for carrying out only a cup. 8 is a can for transporting canned/bottled beverages/
9 is a cup discharging mechanism for discharging a cup, and IO is a beverage discharging mechanism for discharging a beverage mixed with raw materials into the cup carried out by the cup discharging mechanism 9. Reference numeral 11 denotes a money processing device that counts the amount of money put in and refunds the change. ”--The operation of the Kyoto acid vending machine will be explained based on the flowchart 1 in FIG. 3. When coins or the like are deposited into the vending machine, the process proceeds from step S1 to step S2, where it is determined whether or not the vending machine can be sold based on the deposited amount. If the amount of money that can be sold is received (11th step S)
3, it is determined whether or not the cup delivery button 7 has been pressed, and if it has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S4. Proceed to S5. Step S
In step S5, it is determined whether the J1 can/bottle beverage is not sold out and can be sold at the input price, and if it is, a cup individual export flag is set in step S5 to permit individual cup export. In the next step S6, it is determined whether or not the product selection button 6 for cup-type beverages is pressed. If it is pressed, it is determined in step S7 whether or not it can be sold at the entered price. When it is determined that the cup beverage type can be sold, there is no single cup carry-out, so the cup single carry-out flag is reset in step S8, and then, in step S9, the cup is first carried out from the cup carry-out mechanism 9. Drink IS1 discharge mechanism 10 for this carried out cup
A more selected beverage is dispensed. On the other hand, when the product selection button 6 for canned/bottled beverages is pressed after step S5, steps S5 to S
l], proceeds to SI2, and it is determined whether the selected can/bottle can be sold at the above-mentioned amount, and if it is,
At step SI3, 7 cans/bottles 1-1 of the selected beverages are delivered from the can/bottle beverage delivery mechanism 8. In the next step Sl/l, it is determined whether the single cup export flag has been set, and if it has been set, in step S15, the flag is based on the number of cups to be exported that has been registered in advance for the sales product. The cup is carried out by the cup carrying-out mechanism 9, and the cup individual carrying-out flag that was set in steps S] and 6 is reset. In the second embodiment, input to the cup carry-out button 7 is waited for before selecting a product using the product selection button 6. However, when a can/bottle beverage is carried out, the cup carry-out button 7 is pressed within a predetermined time after sales.
It may also be possible to allow input by.

【Effect of the invention】

As explained above, in this invention, when the cup delivery button is pressed during the sale of canned/bottled beverages, a predetermined number of cups stored in advance are carried out as service. Even if you buy drinks in cans/bottles from Daeyongli, you can drink them on the spot, and if you take out multiple cups for Dayongji drinks, you can drink one drink at once. You can share it with several people and drink it, which makes it easier to drink.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a complaint correspondence diagram of the can/bottle and cup vending machine of the present invention, Fig. 21 Elt1 is a control block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 (J, control operation of the device of 21st Sl). Flowchart No. 411 is an external view of a conventional vending machine equipped with a cup dispensing device. ■ CPU, 2 RoM, 3 RAM. 4.5 Person output unit, 6. Product selection button, 7. Push button, 8. Mechanism for dispensing Japanese food/bottles, 9. Mechanism for discharging cups, 10. Next to dispenser for bill 1. 11. Money management device. Patent applicant: Fuji Electric. Agent Co., Ltd. Patent attorney Aoyama Aoyama (one other law firm)

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A vending machine that sells beverages in cans/bottles and beverages in cups, which includes a product selection button for selecting can/bottle beverages or cup beverages, a cup delivery button for transporting only cups, and cans. / A memory unit that stores the number of cups carried out for each bottled beverage; a can/bottle beverage carrying mechanism that carries out canned/bottled drinks; a cup carrying mechanism that carries out cups; When a cup beverage is selected by the product selection button, a cup delivery mechanism and a beverage discharge mechanism discharge a cup beverage, while a can/bottle beverage is selected. When it is done,
A can characterized by comprising: a control section that causes a can/bottle conveyance mechanism to convey out a can/bottle container beverage and causes the cup conveyance mechanism to convey out a number of cups stored in a storage section to be conveyed. / Vending machine that sells both bottled and cup beverages.