JPH05182073A - Ice delivery controller for cup vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To deliver ice with a quantity corresponding to the time of selling a drink by judging a season with a clock means or measuring an outside temperature with a temperature measuring means so as to automatically compensate data on the ice quantity in accordance with them. CONSTITUTION:CPU 2 makes the device to deliver materials based on data in RAM 4 in accordance with a program in ROM 3. Though there is data on the ice quantity in the piece of data, it is (g) data which is on how many grams of ice is to deliver. CPU 2 turns it into time data and opens an ice delivery door 8 to deliver ice for the time. Ice quantity data is memory-mapped in RAM 4. For example, ice quantity data of a drink is stored in a prescribed address. Then, the piece of data on the ice quantity is not used as it is, but an ice quantity compensation value set by the term of a year stored in another area of RAM 4 is compensated by multiplying it with ice quantity data so that ice is delivered based on the piece of compensated data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup vending machine for discharging granular ice into a cup when a beverage is sold, and more particularly to an ice discharge control device for optimizing an ice discharge amount.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A cup vending machine generally stores granular ice made by an internal ice making machine in an ice storage tank and discharges an appropriate amount of ice into the cup when a beverage with ice is sold. .. In that case, ice discharge is performed by opening the ice discharge door of the ice storage tank for a predetermined time based on preset ice amount data. The ice amount data is set at the time of factory shipment and installation of the vending machine, and is also changed as necessary at the time of subsequent service by the rootman.

[0003]

In such a cup vending machine, conventionally, once the above-mentioned ice amount data is set, the ice discharge amount is always constant. Therefore, in the past, ice was left in the cup even after the drink had been drained except during the summer, and it was often thrown away as it was, so the trash bin was often flooded. As a countermeasure to this, the ice amount setting may be changed according to the season, but it was difficult in practice because it takes time. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an ice discharge control device for a cup vending machine, which can appropriately and automatically adjust the ice discharge amount according to the season so as to prevent the ice from being wasted. Is.

[0004]

As one means for achieving the above object, the present invention is a clock means for outputting calendar data, a means for setting an ice amount correction value for each period of the year, and a beverage. At the time of sale, the present ice amount correction value is calculated from the output of the clock means and the setting value in the setting means, and the control means for correcting the ice amount data by the ice amount correction value and discharging the ice is provided. is there.

As another means for achieving the above object, the present invention is a means for measuring the outside temperature, a means for setting an ice amount correction value for each zone of the outside temperature, and the measurement at the time of selling the beverage. A control means for calculating a current ice amount correction value from the output of the means and the set value in the setting means, correcting the ice amount data by the ice amount correction value, and ejecting ice is provided.

[0006]

[Function] By determining the season by the clock means, or by measuring the outside air temperature by the temperature measuring means, and automatically correcting the ice amount data according to the season and the temperature, the ice that meets the temperature condition at the time of selling the beverage The amount of ice can be discharged.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment in which ice amount data is corrected according to the season. In the figure, the control unit 1 includes a CPU 2 and an RO.
M3, RAM4, PPI5, clock IC6, CP
A solenoid 9 for driving the ice discharge door 8 of the ice storage tank 7 is connected to the U2 via the PPI 5. CP in ROM3
U2 programs and standard data of products are stored.

When the power is turned on, the standard data in the ROM 3 is transferred to the RAM 4. These data are keyboard 1
It can be freely changed by 0. When selling beverages,
The CPU 2 discharges the raw material based on the data in the RAM 4 according to the program in the ROM 3. There is also ice amount data in this data, but this is g data indicating how many grams (g) of ice should be discharged, and the CPU 2 converts this data into time data and opens the ice discharge door 8 for that time. To discharge the desired amount of ice.

The ice amount data is stored in the RAM 4, for example, as shown in FIG.
The memory is mapped as shown in. In the example of FIG. 3, the ice amount data of the beverages A to E are stored in the illustrated values at the addresses m to m + 4. However, in this embodiment, the ice amount data is not used as it is, but the ice amount correction value (correction coefficient in this case) set for each year period stored in another area of the RAM 4 is used as the ice amount. Data is corrected and corrected, and ice is ejected based on the corrected data. For example, for beverage B, period II from July to September
For I, 32 x 1.3 = 41.6 g. Current year, month, day,
The time is determined by the output of the clock IC6.

FIG. 4 shows another example of the ice amount correction value. In this case, the ice amount correction value is not the correction coefficient but the correction g amount, and the ice amount data is corrected by increasing or decreasing the correction g amount. For example,
Beverage A: 30-10 = 20 in the period V from December to February
g. The ice amount data and the ice amount correction value can be freely changed from the keyboard 10.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment in which the ice amount data is corrected according to the outside air temperature. The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is that a temperature sensor 11 for measuring the outside air temperature is provided instead of the timepiece IC6 and is connected to the CPU 2 via the PPI 5. The other configuration is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted. FIG. 5 shows the memory mapping of the RAM 4 in the second embodiment. In this case as well, the standard ice amount data is the same as that of the first embodiment, but an ice amount correction value (correction coefficient) is set for each zone of the outside temperature in another area, and the ice amount correction value is corrected by multiplying this value. To be done. For example, for the drink D, in the zone I where the temperature is 18 ° C. or less, 31 × 0.7 = 21.7 g.

FIG. 6 shows another example of the ice amount correction value in the second embodiment. The ice amount correction value in this case is the correction g amount as in the case of FIG. 4, and the ice amount data is corrected by increasing or decreasing this correction g amount. For example, for the beverage E, in the zone II in which the temperature is 19 to 23 ° C., 29 −5 = 24 g. The ice amount data and the ice amount correction value can be freely changed from the keyboard 10 as in the first embodiment.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, the discharge amount of ice is adjusted according to the season or the outside temperature based on the outputs of the clock means and the outside temperature measuring means built in the vending machine. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the number of cases in which the trash can is submerged by discharging excess ice, and it is possible to save energy by eliminating the waste of ice.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of RAM memory mapping in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the memory mapping of the RAM in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of RAM memory mapping in the embodiment of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the memory mapping of the RAM in the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Control Unit 2 CPU 3 ROM 4 RAM 5 PPI 6 Clock IC 7 Ice Storage Tank 8 Ice Discharge Door 9 Solenoid 10 Keyboard 11 Temperature Sensor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cup vending machine that discharges an appropriate amount of granular ice in an ice storage tank into a cup based on preset ice amount data when a drink is sold, and clock means for outputting calendar data and annual A means for setting the ice amount correction value for each period and a current ice amount correction value is calculated from the output of the clock means and the setting value in the setting means at the time of selling the beverage, and the ice amount data is obtained by this ice amount correction value. An ice discharge control device for a cup vending machine, which is provided with a control means for correcting and discharging ice. 2. A cup vending machine that discharges an appropriate amount of granular ice in an ice storage tank into a cup based on preset ice amount data when a beverage is sold, and a means for measuring the outside temperature, A means for setting the ice amount correction value for each band, and the present ice amount correction value is calculated from the output of the measuring means and the setting value in the setting means at the time of selling the beverage, and the ice amount data is obtained by this ice amount correction value. An ice discharge control device for a cup vending machine, which is provided with a control means for correcting and discharging ice.