JPH04189797A - Bottle storage/control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To keep a storage space as small a possible, and reduce nuisance of searching work by a method wherein when a remaining quantity value, which is called from a storage means based on customer information from a customer indentification means, and a value for a pouring quantity become approximately the same, a switching valve is closed. CONSTITUTION:When an ID card 43 is shown, the customer information is read by an ID card reader 44. Based on this customer information, a CPU 40 retrieves individual information in an auxiliary storage unit 46, and details such as a brand being kept, etc., is displayed on a display unit 41. A worker places a bottle which is under an empty condition on an electronic scale for pouring 3b. The weight of the bottle is measured, and the weight value is stored in an CPU 50. At the CPU 50, adding-operation for the weight value of the empty bottle and a value for a remaining quantity in an auxiliary storage unit 56 is performed, and a pouring indication quantity is calculated. A pouring start switch is manually pressed. By an valve opening signal from the CPU 50, a solenoid valve 8a is opened. The measured value of an electronic scale for pouring 3a is stored in the CPU 50 in order.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to beverages (particularly alcoholic beverages, such as whisky, brandy, wine, etc.) in the food and beverage industry such as bars, cafeterias, snacks, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "bars, etc."). This product relates to a bottle storage and management device for storing and managing filled bottles in a store.

[Prior art]

In bars and the like, customers who frequently visit the bar are asked to purchase a bottle of a drink, such as whiskey, and when they visit the bar, they take the bottle out to the customer's seat, pour the whiskey from the bottle into a glass, and serve it for drinking. When the customer leaves the store, if there is any remaining whiskey in the bottle, the remaining whiskey is placed in the bottle with an identifying sign such as the customer's name attached, in preparation for the customer's return visit. It was stored in a storage room.

Then, when the customer came back to the store, the store clerk used the customer's identification mark as a guide to find the corresponding bottle from the storage, take it out, and offer it for drinking again.

In other words, they adopted a method of storing and managing bottles called bottle keeping.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, as the number of customers who keep bottles increases, the number of bottles to be stored also increases, and as a result, a larger storage space is required. In particular, securing space for large subcommittees has become a serious problem, coupled with the serious problem of soaring land prices.

Furthermore, as the number of bottles to be stored increases, the task of searching for bottles in the storage becomes complicated.

The purpose of this invention is to minimize such storage space and
Another object of the present invention is to provide a bottle storage and management device that can reduce the complexity of searching work.

[Means to solve problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a tank for storing a beverage, a bottle into which the beverage is poured from the tank via a communication path, an on-off valve that opens and closes the communication path, and a bottle into which the beverage is poured into the bottle. a measuring means for measuring the amount of the beverage to be poured; a customer identification means for identifying the customer; a storage means for storing the remaining amount of the beverage for each customer; The bottle is configured to compare the remaining amount read from the storage means with the injection amount, and close the on-off valve when the injection amount becomes substantially the same as the remaining amount. It is a storage and management device.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a plurality of tanks each storing a plurality of types of beverages, a bottle into which the beverages are respectively poured from the tanks via a communication passage, and a bottle that opens and closes the communication passage. a measuring means for measuring the amount poured into the bottle; a customer identification means for identifying the customer; and a storage means for storing the remaining amount of beverage and the type of beverage for each customer. , when the remaining amount value read from the storage means and the injection amount value are compared based on the customer information from the customer identification means, and the injection amount value is substantially the same as the remaining amount value; This is a bottle storage and management device that closes the on-off valve corresponding to the selected type of beverage.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the entire system of the present invention.

The two storage tanks la and lb are placed on two electronic injection scales 3a and 3b placed on a table 2.
two bottles 4a, 4b and a communication path 5a.

5b. Solenoid valves 6a, 6b are interposed in the communication passages 5a, 5b, and are opened and closed based on a valve opening signal and a valve closing signal, which will be described later. storage tank l
A and lb store different brands of whiskey, for example, Whiskey A and Whiskey B.

The electronic injection sharpeners 3a, 3b are empty bottles 4a.
, 4b, Whiskey A1 and Whiskey B are connected to communication paths 5a and 5.
When injected through b, the weight of both is measured.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the main part of Figure 1, and Figure 3 (a) is
FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3(b) is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 3(a).

The route from the storage tank 1a to the empty bottle 4a will be explained.

From upstream, the communication path 5a has a manual flow meter a and a flow meter 7a.
, solenoid valves 8a are sequentially provided from the upstream side. The manual tank a is normally open, but is closed when replenishing the storage tank 1a with whiskey or the like. The electronic injection scale 3a is provided with a frame 9a that is open at the bottom, and its wall surface is configured so that the bottle can be seen through from the outside of the frame 9a. The upper surface of the frame 9a has an opening at a position corresponding to the lower end of the communication path 5a, and is arranged so that when whiskey A flows down from the communication path 5a, it enters the bottle 4a. Two pairs of optical sensors 10a are attached to the inner side surface of the frame 9a so as to face each other, and these optical sensors 10a detect whether or not the bottle is placed in the correct position. A display device 13a is attached above the frame 9a to display various information such as the filling status of the bottle, as shown in FIG. 3 Φ). Frame body 9a
A display 12a is provided on either side to display the measurement results of the electronic injection scale 3a. A display device 51 is placed on the table 2 between the bisexual electronic scales 3a and 3b, and this display device 51 is connected to the ID cart 4 as described later.
It displays the stored brand, remaining amount, name, etc. called up based on the data in 3.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the entire bottle management/management device to which the present invention is applied.

The CPU 40 on the left side of FIG. 4 is placed at the counter for customers when they visit the store. Here, the CPU refers to a central information processing unit. The CPU 40 includes a display device 51 and a keyboard 4.
2. It is connected to an ID card reader 44 for reading information on a personal identification card, that is, an ID card 43, a printer 45, and an auxiliary storage device 46, respectively. Also, CPU40
is an electronic gauge 4 for measuring the remaining amount of the bottle.
7 (described later) via an interface.

On the other hand, the CPU 50 shown in the lower part of FIG. 4 is located near the storage tank, that is, not at the customer counter, but at a position away from the counter. , a flow meter 7a, a solenoid valve 8a, an optical sensor joa, a display 12a, and an electronic injection nozzle 3a via an input/output interface. In addition, the CPU 50 similarly includes a display device 13b for the storage tank lb: a flowmeter 7b, a solenoid valve 8b, and a light sensor 10.
a, it is connected to the display 12b and the injection electronic ink IJ 3b via an input/output ink face. Also C
The PtJ 50 is also connected to a display device 51, a keyboard 52, and an auxiliary storage device 56.

Here, the flowmeters 7a and 7b detect whether whiskey A and whiskey B are flowing in the communication paths 5a and 5b, respectively. In addition, the optical sensor 10a is composed of two pairs of optical sensors, and the bottle 4a is connected to the electronic sprayer 3 for injection.
This is to detect whether or not it is correctly placed on a.

The CPU 40 and the CPU 50 are connected to each other by a data transmission cable 59 via each interface.

The operation of this embodiment, especially the operation when a customer visits the store, will be explained.

When a customer comes to the store, the customer must bring his/her ID card 43
present. The clerk takes the ID card 43 as an ID card.
The customer information is read by the reader 44. Based on that information, the CPU 40 retrieves personal information such as member number, name, storage brand, remaining amount, birthday, wedding anniversary, etc. from the auxiliary storage device 46, and connects each interface and data transmission cable 59. The data is transmitted to the CPU 50 via the CPU 50. Further, the CPU 40 causes the display device 51 to display the member number, name, stored brand, and remaining amount among the personal information.

On the other hand, the CPU 50 that received the personal information from the CPU 40
If the stored brand of personal information is Whiskey A, the corresponding solenoid valve 8a, electronic scale 3a, and display 12a are enabled.

On the other hand, based on the stored brand displayed on the display device 51, the store clerk places the empty bottle 4a for that brand into the electronic injection dispenser 3.
Place it on a. At that time, the optical sensor 10a detects whether the placed empty bottle 4a is in the correct position, and if it is in the correct position, the
OK to prepare for injection, and if it is not correct, press J in the center of the bottle.
is displayed on the display device 13a. In the former case, the empty bottle 4a is relocated to the correct position. In the latter case, proceed to step.

The weight of the empty bottle 4a placed on it is measured by the electronic injection sharpener 3a.
measures the weight and transmits the weight value to the CPU 50. Then, the previously called remaining amount value is added to obtain the added value, that is, the injection instruction amount.

On the other hand, when the clerk sees the display ``Ready to Inject OKJ'' and presses the injection star SW 14a on the display device 13a, the CPU
Coupled with the valve opening signal issued at 50, the solenoid valve 6a opens. Then, whiskey A is poured into the bottle 4a from the storage tank 1a arranged at a high position via the communication path 5a using the gravity drop. The electronic injection scale 3a measures the weight of the whiskey A being poured into the bottle 4a and the weight of the bottle 4a, and transmits the values to the CPU 50. When that value becomes equal to the previous added value, the CPU 50 activates the solenoid valve 6a.
Sends a valve close signal to close the valve. At that time, the display device 13a
Display “Injection Complete” on the display. As a result, the desired remaining amount of whiskey A is automatically measured and poured into the bottle 4a. The injected bottle 4a is carried to the customer's table with a label containing necessary personal information written thereon.

Next, we will explain the processing of bottles when customers return to the store.

After the shop closes, the quality of the collected bottles 4a is visually checked to see if any impurities are mixed in.

After that, enter the personal information attached to the bottle 4a using the keyboard 42.
From manual to human power. And electronic scale for remaining amount 4
Place the bottle 4a with remaining amount on 7, measure its weight,
The weight value is sent to the CPU 4 along with the personal information entered earlier.
Transmitted to 0. On the other hand, the weight value of the empty bottle 4a stored in the auxiliary storage device 46 is called up from the personal information and taken into the CPU 40. The CPU 40 subtracts the weight value of the empty bottle from the weight value, calculates the value, and updates the data as the remaining amount information in the auxiliary storage device 46 based on the personal information.

After that, the whiskey A in the bottle is stored in the storage tank 1a.
returned and reused. After cleaning, the bottles are stored empty and can be reused.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for searching for bottles. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for filling the remaining amount into the bottle.

In step 51, the presence or absence of the ID card 43 presented by the customer is checked. If not, the presence or absence of a membership number is checked in step 52. If not,
Customer information such as name and telephone number is heard from the customer, and in step 55 the information is manually input from the keyboard 42. If the member number is known, the member number is similarly manually input from the keyboard 42 in step 54. If the ID card 43 is presented, the customer information is read by the ID card reader 44 in step 53. Based on this customer information, in step 56, the CPU 40 searches the auxiliary storage device 46 for information such as stored brands, birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and other personal information. Step 5: Among the search results, check whether the date is the same as your birthday or wedding anniversary.
7. Check each at step 58, and if they are equal, set up the birthday flag 59 and wedding anniversary flag 60, respectively, and proceed to step 61. If they are not equal, proceed to step 61 and check whether the bottle has expired. If the expiration date has expired (for example, 3 months have passed since the purchase of a new bottle)
In step 62, the printer 45 prints out a message indicating the expiration date along with the name, membership number, etc.

If the time limit has not expired, details of the keep brands etc. are displayed on the display device 41 in step 63. In step 64, birthday flag 59, wedding anniversary flag 60
If yes, an anniversary notification slip is printed out from the printer 45 in step 65, and the process proceeds to step 66. If neither the birthday flag 59 nor the wedding anniversary flag 60 is present, the process directly proceeds to step 66 to memorize the remaining amount, brand, etc.

Thereafter, the process goes to step 66, where the data is transmitted to the data transmission cable 59 via each interface, and the process ends.

The operation of pouring the remaining amount into the bottle will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG.

The data transmitted to the data transmission cable 59 is read in step 71, and the presence or absence of the read data is determined in step 72. If there is no data, the process returns to step 71.

If yes, proceed to Sunbu 73 and enter your membership number, brand,
Personal information such as remaining amount is stored in the auxiliary storage device 56. In step 74, it is determined whether the brand is A or not, and NO
If so, the process proceeds to step 75, where it is determined whether or not it is the brand B. If NO, the received data error processing is performed, and then the process returns to step 71. If YES in step 74, the process proceeds to step 76, and an empty bottle cent instruction display is displayed on the display device 13a. Seeing this instruction display, the clerk places the empty bottle 4a on top of the electronic injection dispenser 3b. Then, the process proceeds to step 77, and it is determined whether or not the bottle 4a is placed on the electronic injection sharpener 3a based on the detection result of the optical sensor 10a. If the result is IO, the process returns to step 76 and an empty bottle cent instruction display is displayed on the display device 13a.If the determination result is YES, the process proceeds to step 78, and the injection electronic The weight of the bottle 4a is measured with the scale 3a, and the weight value is stored in the CPU 50. In step 79, it is determined whether the stored weight value of the bottle 4a is within the empty bottle reference range for whiskey A, If the determination result is YES, step 8
Go to 1. If the determination result is NO, the display device 13
Display “Incorrect set bottle” on a, and proceed to step 76.
Return to In step 81, a sensor (not shown) detects and determines whether whiskey A is present in the storage tank la above a reference value. If the determination result is NO, a replenishment instruction lamp (not shown) is displayed to issue a warning. The determination result is Y
In the case of ES, the process proceeds to step 83, where the CPU 50 adds the weight value of the empty bottle 4a and the value of the remaining amount in the auxiliary storage device 56 to calculate the injection instruction amount. In step 84, the message "Preparation for injection is OK" is displayed on the display device 13a. In step 85, the clerk sees the display and manually presses the injection start switch 14a. In step 86, the injection start switch 14a is turned on.
.

OFF is determined. If the determination result is NO,
Return to step 84. If the determination result is YES, the process proceeds to step 87, and the corresponding solenoid valve 8a is opened by the valve opening signal from the CPU 50. Then, the process further advances to step 88, where the display device 13a displays that the injection is in progress.

The process further advances to step 89, and the measured values of the electronic injection sharpener 3a are sequentially stored in the CPU 50.

The above steps 76 to 89 are performed in the same way even if the determination result in step 75 is YES.

In step 90, the flow meter 7a detects whether whiskey A is flowing in the communication path 5a. If the detection result is NO, the process proceeds to step 91, and the solenoid valve 8
Close valve a. Then, the process advances to step 92, and the display 13a displays "Injection interrupted storage tank 1a has no remaining amount." Please replenish. " is displayed. Step 93
Then, the process waits for the confirmation key to be powered manually, and then proceeds to step 94, where it is determined whether or not a confirmation key (not shown) is turned on. If the determination result is NO, the process returns to step 93. If the determination result is OK, the process advances to step 95, and the solenoid valve 8a
The valve is opened again, and the process proceeds to step 96, where the display device 1 is opened again.
3a to display "Injecting". And step 9
Return to 0.

If the determination result of the flowmeter 7a in step 90 is YES, the process proceeds to step 97, where the injection instruction amount calculated in step 83 and the injection amount stored in step 89 are compared, and the injection amount is determined to be the injection instruction amount. If it is smaller, the process returns to step 89. If the injection amount is greater than or equal to the injection instruction amount, the process proceeds to step 98 and the solenoid valve 8a is closed. and,
Proceeding to step 99, "injection complete" is displayed on the display device 13a. Then, the process proceeds to step 100, where the memory of the empty bottle weight and injection instruction amount is erased from the CPU 50. Then, the process returns to step 71 to enter the standby state.

The operations from step 90 to step 100 are the same when the brand is Whiskey B.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for measuring the amount of whiskey, etc. remaining in the bottle after closing. FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the operation of the flowchart in FIG. 7.

At Ste Nobu 150, the clerk selects one of the bottles collected, visually checks the membership number among the identification symbols displayed on the bottle, and manually enters the membership number on the keyboard 4.
Manpower starting from 2. In step 151, it is determined whether or not to measure the remaining amount, and if NO, the process returns to step 150 and Y
If it is ES, proceed to step 152 and complete this step 1.
At step 52, the CPU 40 displays on the display device 41 the personal information corresponding to the member number from the auxiliary storage device 46, especially the brands that have been taken out and the remaining amount. The process then proceeds to step 153, where the quality is determined by visual inspection by an employee to determine whether there are any impurities in the remaining amount meter in the bottle. If the quality determination result is NO, step 154
, and input the advisory message from the keyboard 42. In step 155, the input result is stored in the auxiliary storage device 46.

The process proceeds to step 156, the remaining amount is cleared to 0, and the process proceeds to step 161.

On the other hand, if the quality determination result is YES in step 153, the process proceeds to step 158, and the brand code displayed on the display device 41 is manually input from the keyboard 42.

In this case, if a plurality of brands are displayed on the display device 41, the user must manually check the brand of the bottle and input the corresponding brand code. And step 15
At step 9, the weight of the bottle placed on the electronic scale 3a for measuring the remaining amount is measured. In step 160, the CPU 40 performs a calculation to subtract the weight value of the empty bottle from the weight value measured in step 159, and the calculation result is sent to step 161.
This job is then updated as personal information in the auxiliary storage device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram schematically showing the working procedure of the flowchart in FIG. 7.

It goes without saying that the beverage is not limited to alcoholic beverages such as whiskey and brandy, but may be any drinkable beverage.

Further, the term "bottle" refers to not only a glass bottle but also a container made of paper or plastic as long as it is a container for receiving a beverage.

Well, the customer identification means is not only an ID card read by a card league, but also a means of identifying the customer from a storage device by inputting information obtained from the customer such as the date of enlistment from a keyboard. good.

[Effect] When the customer visits the store again, the beverage is measured and taken out from the tank based on the remaining amount stored in the storage means.
Multiple customers can be stored in one tank, so there is no need to store bulky bottles individually, which saves space. Further, since the customer's remaining amount value can be obtained from the storage means and the beverage is automatically poured into the bottle based on this information, the trouble of searching for the bottle in the storage can be omitted.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the entire bottle storage/management device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of the bottle injection section, Fig. 3 is a bronch diagram showing the bottle storage/management device, and Fig. 3 is a bronch diagram showing the bottle storage/management device. Figure 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure for searching for storage bottles, Figure 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure for pouring the remaining amount into the bottle, Figure 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure for measuring and registering the remaining amount in the bottle, and Figure 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure for measuring and registering the remaining amount in the bottle. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram for measuring and registering the amount remaining in the bottle, and FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram schematically showing the working procedure of the flowchart in FIG. la, lb...Storage tank 3a, 3b...Electronic scale 4a, 4b...Bottle 5a, 5b...Communication path 8a, 8b...Solenoid valve 40...For measuring remaining amount cPU 47...Electronic power for measuring remaining amount 50...
・CPU for injection 56...Auxiliary storage device for injection

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A tank that stores a beverage, a bottle into which the beverage is poured from the tank via a communication path, an on-off valve that opens and closes the communication path, and a meter for measuring the amount of the beverage poured into the bottle. a customer identification means for identifying the customer; a storage means for storing the remaining amount of the beverage for each customer; and the remaining amount recalled from the storage means based on customer information from the customer identification means. A bottle storage/management device that compares the injection amount with the injection amount and closes the on-off valve when the injection amount becomes substantially the same as the remaining amount. (2) A plurality of tanks each storing a plurality of types of beverages, a bottle into which the beverage is poured from the tank through a communication path, an on-off valve that opens and closes the communication path, and a bottle into which the drink is poured into the bottle through a communication path. a measuring means for measuring the amount of injection, a customer identification means for identifying the customer, a storage means for storing the remaining amount of beverage and the type of beverage for each customer, and customer information from the customer identification means. The remaining amount value recalled from the storage means is compared with the injection amount value, and when the injection amount value is substantially the same as the remaining amount value, the amount corresponding to the selected type of beverage is compared. Bottle storage and management device that closes the on-off valve (3) In the bottle storage and management device according to claim 1,
a weighing means for weighing the bottle with remaining beverage;
a reference weight storage means for storing a reference weight of the bottle in an empty state; a calculation means for subtracting the reference weight from a weight value of the bottle measured by the measuring means; and a calculation result of the calculation means for storing the calculation result. Bottle storage and management device that updates the remaining amount of the device