JPH0229482Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a cup-type vending machine that can prepare and sell desired beverages from a variety of raw materials.

[Conventional technology]

For example, in a conventional powdered beverage vending machine, as shown in FIG. 4, a coffee supply device 1, a sugar supply device 2, a cream supply device 3,
A coffee system having a tea system, a black system system having a black tea system 4, and a lemon system system having a lemon system system 5, each system having a coffee system system 6, a black system system system system, and a lemon system system 8, Below are a coffee mixer 9, a tea mixer 10,
A lemon mixer 11 is arranged, and each mixer is connected to the hot water tank 1 through hot water valves 12, 13, and 14, respectively.
5, and a coffee beverage pipe 16,
It opens to a sales outlet 19 via a black tea beverage pipe 17 and a lemon beverage pipe 18. 20 is a cup supply device, and 21 is a cup. For example, considering the case of selling sugar-containing coffee, coffee and sugar raw materials are discharged by the coffee supply device 1 and sugar supply device 2, guided to the coffee mixer 9 through the coffee system 6, and at the same time hot water is supplied from the hot water tank 15. Hot water is supplied through the valve 12, mixed and stirred in the mixer 9, and the coffee beverage piping 1
6 and poured into a cup 21 placed at a sales opening 19 for sale. Such a vending machine is described in the magazine "Fuji Jiho", Volume 54, No. 9, published September 10, 1980, pages 615 to 620.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, this type of vending machine has the following drawbacks. That is, firstly, when trying to mix raw materials from different systems, for example when selling black tea with cream, the cream will be poured into the cup 21 through the coffee mixer 9 and the coffee beverage piping 16. , there is a risk that some of the coffee drinks sold before will be mixed in, and even if the ingredients are from the same family, if you sell black coffee after selling coffee with cream, there is a risk that some of the cream will be mixed in, and the taste will change. This may displease sensitive customers. Second, hot water valves, mixers, and beverage piping must be installed for each beverage system, which requires installation space, and as the types of raw materials increase, the size of the entire machine also increases. becomes undesirable. Third, as the mixed liquid flows through each beverage pipe, raw materials may adhere to the inside of the pipe, and since the raw material and diluent are mixed before being poured into the cup, the mixer Bacteria can easily grow in the drinking water pipes, which poses a hygiene problem and requires regular cleaning.

The present invention improves the shortcomings of conventional vending machines, and creates a vending machine that prevents different beverage ingredients from mixing with each other, has a small number of parts, has a simple structure, and is capable of selling a wide variety of beverages. The purpose is to seize the opportunity.

[Means for solving problems]

This purpose, according to the present invention, includes a plurality of independent raw material supply devices attached to a movable support, a shutter provided in each raw material supply device,
A diluent supply device, a supply pipe installed in the diluent supply device, a drive device for moving the support back and forth or rotating it, a cup supply device that supplies the cup to a fixed position, a control device, and product selection. button, and the driving device is configured to open the shutter of the raw material supply device corresponding to the product selected by the control signal sent from the control device upon operation of the product selection button onto the cup fed to the fixed position. The support is moved to the cup, the raw material supply device supplies the raw material to the cup via the shooter, and the diluent supply device that opens above the cup injects the diluted solution into the cup via the supply piping. This is achieved by

[Effect]

In this invention, when one of the product selection buttons is operated, a control signal is sent from the control device, the cup is fed to a fixed position from the cup supply device, and the drive device of the support is operated to move the support. Then, among the various raw material supply devices mounted on the support, the shutter of the raw material supply device containing the raw material corresponding to the product selected by the product selection button opens on the cup, and if the raw material corresponding to the product is If a plurality of raw materials are required, the shutters of each raw material supply device containing each raw material are sequentially opened onto the cup, and the raw materials are supplied into the cup. Further, a diluent is poured out from a diluent supply device that opens onto the cup, and the raw materials and the diluent are mixed in the cup to form a beverage.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 22 is a coffee supply device;
3 is a sugar supply device, 24 is a cream supply device, 2
5 is a tea supply device, 26 is a lemon supply device, 27
28 is an orange supply device, and 28 to 33 are a coffee dispenser, a sugar dispenser, a cream dispenser, a tea dispenser, a lemon dispenser, and an orange dispenser attached to each supply device, respectively, and these are disc-shaped Advantageously, it is configured such that it is fixed around the periphery of a support 34 and rotated in the direction of the arrow about an axis of rotation 35 to move the spatial position of each feeding device. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3, the feeding devices may be arranged in a straight line on the support 36 and moved from side to side in the direction of the arrow to change the spatial position of each feeding device. 37 is a diluent supply device, in this example a hot water tank, to which a hot water supply pipe 39 is connected via a valve 38. 40 is a cup feeding device, 41 is a cup shooter, and 42 is a cup fixed position.

When a purchaser operates the selection button 43 of the vending machine to purchase, for example, coffee with sugar, the control device 44 operates to issue a signal to the cup supply device 40 and send one cup 45 to the cup fixed position 41 through the shutter 41. Carry it out. On the other hand, a control signal is sent from the control device 43 to the drive motor of the support body 34 (or 36) of the raw material supply device, and the coffee shooter 28 is first moved above the cup fixed position 42, and a control signal from the control device 44 is also sent. The coffee supply device 22 is operated and the coffee powder is injected into the cup 45. The support 34 of the raw material feeder then operates again and the sugar shutter 29 returns to the cup position 4.
2 and the sugar supply device 23 is operated to inject sugar into the cup 45. Next, by controlling the valve 38, hot water is poured from the hot water supply pipe 39, thereby completing the mixing of the raw materials, and the beverage is ready for sale.

Note that unlike the raw material supply equipment, the piping of the diluted liquid supply equipment is easy, so it is possible to install fixed piping to the fixed position of the cup, but it is also mobile like the raw material supply equipment, and the diluent supply equipment is easy to install. When supplying liquid, it is also possible to move the cup to a fixed position and inject it.

[Effect of idea]

According to the present invention, the shutter of the raw material supply device containing the necessary raw materials on the cup supplied to a fixed position is opened, each raw material is supplied into the cup through its own shutter, and the diluent liquid is separately supplied to the cup. Since it is mixed in the cup with the diluted liquid poured out from the supply pipe of the supply device, raw materials from different systems are not mixed at all, and only the necessary raw materials are poured into the cup in pure form, and the hot water is poured into the cup. There is no need to provide valves and beverage piping for each beverage system, and only one set of diluent control valve and its supply piping is required, making the overall structure extremely simple. Only the diluent flows through the diluent supply piping, and a mixture of raw material and diluent does not flow through either of them, making it possible to suppress the generation of bacteria and simplifying maintenance.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, since the cup does not move and remains stationary, any cup can be used.
It is easy to sell the vending machine in series, and there is no risk of the contents of the cup spilling out and staining the interior of the vending machine, resulting in unsanitary conditions.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a structural layout diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively a plan view and a side view of different examples of the support of the raw material supply device, and Fig. 4 is a structural layout diagram of a conventional one. be. 22...Coffee supply device, 23...Sugar supply device, 24...Cream supply device, 25...Tea supply device, 26...Lemon supply device, 27...Orange supply device, 28...Coffee shoot, 2
9... Sugar shoota, 30... Cream shoota, 31... Tea shoota, 32... Lemon shoota, 33... Orange shoota, 34, 36...
... Support body, 5 ... Rotating shaft, 37 ... Diluent supply device, 38 ... Valve, 39 ... Hot water supply piping, 40 ... Cup supply device, 41 ... Cup shooter, 42 ...
... Cup fixed position, 46 ... Selection button, 44 ... Control device, 45 ... Cup.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A plurality of independent raw material supply devices attached to a movable support, a shutter provided in each raw material supply device, a diluted liquid supply device, supply piping provided in the diluted liquid supply device, and a support. a drive device for moving the cup back and forth or rotating it; a cup feeding device for feeding the cup into a fixed position; a control device;
a product selection button, and the driving device is configured to open the shutter of the raw material supply device corresponding to the product selected by the control signal sent from the control device in response to the operation of the product selection button onto the supplied cup at a fixed position. The support is moved so that the raw material supply device supplies the raw material to the cup via the shooter, and the diluent supply device that opens above the cup injects the diluted solution into the cup via the supply piping. A cup-type vending machine that is characterized by