JPH0589355A - Inner-machine washing device for vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rapidly and easily execute washing without holding a nozzle which jets detergent liquid supplied with a valve by means of hand by forcing a lever in the closing direction of the valve and supporting the one end of the lever so as to be freely rotatable. CONSTITUTION:An inner-machine washing device is provided with a holding device 43 which consists of a restraining mechanism 34 restraining the lever 16 so as to make if freely restrainable and unrestrainable in the nozzle 13 at the rotation position of the lever 16, where the valve opens, and holding mechanism 36 holding the nozzle 13 where the lever 16 is restrained by the restraining mechanism 34 so as to make it freely attachable and detachable inside the machine. Sandwiching mechanism 33 which sandwiches the nozzle 13 from both sides with the lever 16 at the rotation position of the lever 16, where the valve opens, or a hole part forming body which is fixed inside the machine and also where the hole part where the nozzle 13 is fit and inserted is formed are provided and the hole part forming body or sandwiching mechanism 33 serves for restraining mechanism 34 and holding mechanism 36. Moreover, pressing mechanism pressing the nozzle 13 is fit and inserted in the hole part at the rotation position of the lever 16, where the valve opens, so as to make it freely energized/deenergized in the periphery of the hole part in the hole part forming body is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an in-machine cleaning for cleaning the inside of an automatic vending machine that sells beverages, foods, etc., which are cooked from raw materials or stored in the inside of the machine in a container such as a cup. The present invention relates to an in-machine cleaning device for a vending machine, which holds a nozzle for discharging the cleaning liquid of the device in the machine body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a vending machine that sells beverages, foods, etc., which are cooked from raw materials or stored in the aircraft in a machine, the vending machine sells the beverages such as powder, granules, liquid, etc. A raw material container that stores various raw materials including raw materials such as foods, or a storage container that stores beverages, foods, and the like is stored in the fuselage. The raw material, beverages, and foods are stored in the storage container or raw material container. Water vapor generated during the process of replenishing foods or the like, or the process of cooking and manufacturing beverages, foods, etc. from raw materials and the time of injecting or inserting drinks or beverages, foods, etc. into containers such as cups, powder that scatters, Granular, liquid raw material,
Splashes of beverages, foods, etc., or dust invading from outside the machine easily pollutes the built-in devices built into the machine and becomes unsanitary. Therefore, an in-machine cleaning device that regularly cleans the inside of the machine is generally provided, and a conventional in-machine cleaning device of this type of vending machine is shown in FIGS. 3 to 5.
FIG. 3 is a front view of relevant parts showing an internal structure of a vending machine including a conventional in-machine cleaning device of a vending machine, and FIG. 4 is a front enlarged view of essential parts showing a structure of an in-machine cleaning device of the vending machine of FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part of a vertical cross-section showing the structure of the nozzle.

In FIGS. 3 and 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a case whose front surface is open. The case 1 and a door (not shown) which is rotatably supported by the case 1 and covers the front opening of the case 1 is a machine body. 2 is configured. At the upper right of the case 1, there is provided a water tank 5 connected to the water pipe 3 via a water valve 4 to store drinking water. The other end of the water supply hose 6 having one end connected to the water storage tank 5 is connected to the upper end of a hot water tank 8 for storing hot water in the upper left of the case 1 via a water supply pump 7 below the water storage tank 5. In front of the water tank 8, a cup supply device 10 for supplying one container 9 each time it is sold.
Are arranged. Further, one end of a flexible pipe 11 having flexibility is connected to the lower end of the hot water tank 8, and the other end of the flexible pipe 11 is located on the left inner wall surface of the case 1 under the hot water tank 8. A nozzle 13 that is detachably supported by a support 12 having an L-shaped front longitudinal section fixed to the nozzle 13 is formed in a grip portion 14 of the nozzle 13 that forms a portion for gripping the nozzle 13 by hand. It is connected via the valve 15. This manually operated valve 15 has a nozzle 1 at which one end is in a direction in which the valve 15 is closed.
3 is urged in a direction away from the outer circumference of the grip portion 14 and the other end is opened / closed by a lever 16 rotatably supported on the outer circumference of the tip end side end of the nozzle 13 of the grip portion 14. The lever 16 has the grip portion 14 in a direction in which the lever 16 is along the outer circumference of the nozzle 13, and the end of the lever 16 opposite to the rotatably supported end is close to the outer circumference of the grip portion 14. When rotated by hand, the valve 15 opens. This valve 1
When 5 is opened, the nozzle 13 discharges hot water, which is the cleaning liquid for cleaning the inside of the machine body 2 supplied from the hot water tank 8 through the flexible pipe 11, from the tip, and the hot water discharged from this tip causes the inside of the machine body 2 to be discharged. Is regularly cleaned. Hot water tank 8, flexible tube 1
1, the support 12, the nozzle 13, and the valve 15 incorporated in the nozzle 13 constitute an internal cleaning device 17.

On the other hand, on the right side of the hot water tank 8, the hot water valve 1
The upper end of a hot water hose 19 is connected via 8 and the lower end of the hot water hose 19 is a stirring device 20 for stirring and cooking the raw material.
It leads to inside. A beverage nozzle 22 is connected to the other end of a beverage hose 21, one end of which is connected to the lower end of the stirring device 20, and a raw material container 23 that stores various raw materials including powder or granules is provided on the stirring device 20. A raw material shooter 24 for guiding the raw material supplied from the raw material container 23 to the stirring device 20 is disposed with the raw material shooter 24 facing down. In addition, in the case 1, a cup shooter 25 and a cup receiving base 26 are arranged below the cup supplying device 10 with the cup receiving base 26 facing downward, and the container 9 supplied from the cup supplying device 10 is It is guided by the cup shooter 25 and placed on the cup holder 26.
The cup holder 26 has a front surface and an upper surface opened, and a drain hole 27 is formed in a funnel-shaped bottom portion. The cup holder 26 is fitted in a bottom portion of a box-shaped frame 28 fixed in the case 1, and the drain hole is formed. A waste liquid container 29 for containing a waste liquid such as a beverage drained from 27 is placed on the bottom surface inside the case 1.

In the selling operation of the vending machine having the above-described structure, when money is inserted from an insertion opening (not shown) and a product selection button (not shown) is pressed, the cup supply device 10 causes the container 9 to move the container 9 to a cup shooter when a product selection button (not shown) is pressed. It is guided by 25 and supplied onto the cup holder 26. On the other hand, raw material container 2
The raw material supplied from No. 3 through the raw material shooter 24 and the hot water supplied from the hot water tank 8 through the hot water hose 19 and the hot water hose 19 are agitated and cooked in the agitator 20 to be a beverage. This beverage is discharged from the stirring device 20 through the beverage hose 21, and is poured from the beverage nozzle 22 into the container 9 on the cup holder 26. A series of operations are performed, and when the beverage is poured into the container 9, the beverage is scattered. Splashes and the like of the drink that has been drained are drained from the drain hole 27.

[0006]

By the way, the conventional in-machine cleaning device for such a vending machine is the in-machine cleaning device 17.
When cleaning the inside of the machine body 2 with, the nozzle 13 removed from the support body 12 is first grasped and held by the hand, and the nozzle 13
The tip of the device is held toward the built-in device built in the machine body 2 that is about to be washed. Next, the lever 16
The lever 16 rotates along the outer circumference of the nozzle 13, and the end of the lever 16 opposite to the rotatably supported end is rotated by the hand gripping the grip 14 in the direction close to the outer circumference of the grip 14. Manipulate. Thereby, the warm water tank 8 to the flexible pipe 11
Hot water, which is the cleaning liquid supplied through the nozzle, is discharged from the tip of the nozzle 13 to clean the built-in equipment. Therefore, since the hot water supplied from the hot water tank 8 is discharged from the tip of the nozzle 13 as the cleaning liquid for cleaning, the cleaning liquid after the cleaning is drained.
It can be used when cleaning the built-in equipment such as the cup cradle 26 in 8. However, when the cleaning liquid cannot be drained, the built-in equipment, which is built into the machine body 2 that cannot be reached or cannot be reached, is used when the raw material container 23 is replenished with the raw material, the beverage is cooked and produced from the raw material, or the like. The cleaning work for removing the powder, granules, liquid, etc., or the beverages, foods, etc. that are scattered and adhered to the work is performed by removing the built-in equipment to be cleaned. At this time, while holding the grip portion 14 with the tip toward this built-in device and discharging the cleaning liquid from the tip of the nozzle 13 held by one hand, the other hand holds the built-in device to be cleaned or a brush (not shown). There is a problem in that cleaning must be performed by rubbing it with the user, and the cleaning work is extremely difficult and time-consuming work that requires both hands.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the cleaning work when the cleaning liquid after cleaning cannot be drained and is inaccessible or inaccessible and the internal device built in the machine body is removed and cleaned is quickly and easily performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an in-machine cleaning device for an automatic vending machine.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, beverages, foods, etc., which are cooked and manufactured from raw materials in the body or stored in the body are sold in a container such as a cup. An in-machine cleaning device for cleaning the inside of the inside of the vending machine, wherein one end of a lever for opening and closing a manually operated valve installed inside is attached in a direction in which the valve is closed and away from the outer periphery. When the lever is urged to rotatably support the other end on the outer periphery and the lever is rotated in a direction along the outer periphery, that is, the one end approaches the outer periphery, the valve opens. Of a vending machine that is equipped with a nozzle that discharges a cleaning liquid supplied from a flexible tube having flexibility and is connected via a nozzle, and that cleans the machine body with the cleaning liquid discharged from the nozzle. In the in-machine cleaning device, A locking mechanism that locks the lever releasably at a position along the outer circumference of the nozzle by rotating the lever against the biasing force, and the nozzle in which the lever is locked by the locking mechanism. And a holding mechanism for detachably holding the above in the machine body.

In addition to the above, a clamping mechanism for clamping the nozzle in a state in which the lever rotated against the urging force along the outer periphery is clamped from both sides via the lever, the clamping mechanism serves as a locking mechanism. It also serves as a holding mechanism.

Further, in addition to the above, a hole forming member fixed to the inside of the body is formed with a hole for inserting a nozzle in a state where a lever rotated against an urging force is fitted to the outer periphery. The hole forming body serves as both a locking mechanism and a holding mechanism.

Further, in addition to the above, the nozzle inserted into the hole with the lever rotated against the urging force along the outer periphery is urged and deenergized to the peripheral edge of the hole of the hole forming body. It shall have a pressing mechanism that presses freely.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the one end of the lever for opening and closing the manually operated valve incorporated therein is in the direction in which the valve is closed.
The other end is rotatably supported on the outer peripheral portion by being urged in a direction away from the outer periphery, and the lever is rotated in a direction along the outer periphery, in which the one end is close to the outer periphery. When the valve opens, the lever is rotated against the biasing force around the nozzle outer circumference, which discharges the cleaning liquid supplied from the tip through the flexible pipe connected with this valve and has flexibility. A locking mechanism that locks the nozzle so that it can be disengaged at the squeezed position, and a beverage that is sold by putting the nozzle, in which the lever is locked by the locking mechanism, in a container such as a cup,
Since it is equipped with a holding device that has a holding mechanism that detachably supports the vending machine that cooks, manufactures or stores foods from raw materials, the valve that opens and closes the valve opens. The nozzle can be locked by the locking mechanism at the rotating position, and at the same time, the nozzle can be held in the body by the holding mechanism. As a result, the nozzle can be held inside the machine body while the cleaning liquid supplied through the flexible tube is being discharged, and the tip can be oriented in a fixed direction, so there is no need to hold the nozzle by hand when cleaning the machine body. ..

In addition to the above, a clamping mechanism for clamping the nozzle in a state where the lever rotated against the urging force along the outer periphery is clamped from both sides via the lever, the clamping mechanism serves as a locking mechanism. Since it also functions as a holding mechanism, the lever that opens and closes the valve can be locked to the nozzle by the holding mechanism at the turning position where the valve opens, and at the same time this nozzle can be held inside the machine by the holding mechanism, simplifying the holding device. Can be configured to.

Further, in addition to the above, a hole forming member fixed to the inside of the body is formed with a hole for inserting a nozzle in a state where a lever rotated against an urging force is fitted to the outer periphery. Since the hole forming body functions both as the locking mechanism and the holding mechanism, the lever for opening and closing the valve is restrained and locked at the peripheral portion of the hole of the hole forming body at the turning position where the valve opens. At the same time, the nozzle can be restrained and held in the body by the peripheral portion of the hole of the hole forming body, and the holding device can be configured more simply.

Furthermore, in addition to the above, a nozzle inserted into the hole with the lever rotated against the urging force along the outer periphery is urged and deenergized to the peripheral edge of the hole of the hole forming body. Since the pressing mechanism that freely presses is provided, the nozzle fitted into the hole can be stably held in the hole forming body so that the nozzle does not move in the hole or come off the hole.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 5. FIG. 1 shows the structure of an in-machine cleaning device for an automatic vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a front view of the main part, (B) is a right side view of the main part, (C) is (A) and (B) is a front view of the main part showing the internal structure of the vending machine equipped with the in-machine cleaning device, the left side of the figure is the front side, and FIG. 2 is an automatic vending machine of a different embodiment of the present invention. The structure of the in-machine cleaning device is shown, (A) is a front view of the main part,
(B) is a right side view of the main part, (C) is a reduced front view of the main part showing the internal configuration of the vending machine including the in-machine cleaning device of (A) and (B), and (B) is the left side of the drawing. Is the front side, and FIG. 5 is a partial vertical cross-sectional front view showing the structure of the nozzle. Portions common or the same as those in FIGS. 3 and 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a case whose front surface is open. The case 1 and the case 1 are rotatably supported to cover the front opening of the case 1.
The body 2 is configured with a door (not shown). At the upper right of the case 1, there is provided a water tank 5 connected to the water pipe 3 through a water valve 4 to store drinking water. The other end of a water supply hose 6 having one end connected to the water storage tank 5 is connected to the upper end of a hot water tank 8 for storing hot water in the upper left of the case 1 via a water supply pump 7 under the water storage tank 5. A cup supply device 10 is provided in front of 8 to supply the containers 9 one by one at each sale. In addition, one end of a flexible tube 11 having flexibility is connected to the lower end of the hot water tank 8, and the other end of the flexible tube 11 is connected to the left inner wall surface of the case 1 under the hot water tank 8. A manual valve incorporated in a grip portion 14 of the nozzle 13, which forms a portion for gripping the nozzle 13 with a hand, which is detachably supported by a support 12 having an L-shaped front vertical section fixed to the nozzle 13. 1
It is connected through 5. This manual valve 15 has a grip portion 14 of the nozzle 13 in which the valve 15 is closed at one end.
The other end of the grip portion 14 is urged in a direction away from the outer periphery,
It is opened and closed by a lever 16 which is rotatably supported on the outer peripheral portion of the tip end side of the nozzle 13. This lever 16 is a lever 1 in a direction in which the lever 16 follows the outer circumference of the nozzle 13.
The end of 6 that is opposite to the end that is rotatably supported is the grip portion 14
When the hand holding the grip portion 14 rotates in a direction approaching the outer circumference, the valve 15 opens. When this valve 15 opens, the nozzle 1
3 is a cleaning liquid for cleaning the inside of the machine body 2, which is supplied from the warm water tank 8 through the flexible pipe 11 and discharges hot water from the tip,
The inside of the machine body 2 is regularly cleaned with hot water discharged from the tip.

On the other hand, on the right side of the hot water tank 8, the hot water valve 1
One end of a hot water hose 19 is connected via 8 and the lower end of the hot water hose 19 communicates with a stirring device 20 for stirring and cooking the raw material. A beverage nozzle 22 is connected to the other end of a beverage hose 21, one end of which is connected to the lower end of the stirring device 20, and a raw material container 23 for storing various raw materials including powder or granules is provided on the stirring device 20. A raw material shooter 24 for guiding the raw material supplied from the raw material container 23 to the stirring device 20 is arranged with the raw material shooter 24 facing downward. In addition, in the case 1, a cup shooter 25 and a cup holder 26 are provided under the cup supply device 10.
Is placed with the cup receiving table 26 facing downward, and the container 9 supplied from the cup supply device 10 is guided by the cup shooter 25 and placed on the cup receiving table 26. The cup holder 26 is fitted and inserted into an inner bottom portion of a box-shaped frame body 28 having a front surface and an upper surface opening and a drain hole 27 formed in a funnel-shaped bottom portion and fixed in the case 1. 1 which shows one embodiment of the present invention, the left end of the holding body 30 having a C-shaped front longitudinal cross section is provided on the outer side surface of the right side wall of FIG. The left end of a plate-shaped hole forming body 32 having a circular hole 31 penetrating therethrough is fixed thereto. The lever 1 rotated between the upper end portion and the lower end portion protruding to the right of the holding body 30 and inside the hole portion 31 of the hole portion forming body 32 against the biasing force.
The nozzle 13 having the outer circumference 6 is inserted or inserted through the lever 16 so that the nozzle 13 can be freely inserted or removed. Therefore, the upper and lower end portions protruding to the right of the holding body 30 forming the holding mechanism 33 and the peripheral portions of the hole portion 31 of the hole forming body 32 rotate the lever 16 against the biasing force, and the nozzle 13 is rotated. The nozzle 13 is detachably locked to the nozzle 13 at a position along the outer periphery of the nozzle 13, and at the same time, the nozzle 13 to which the lever 16 is locked is detachably held in the machine body 2. The holding mechanisms 36 and 37 are respectively configured. Further, a torsion coil spring 39 fitted to the rotary shaft 38 is attached to the upper end of the hole forming body 32 through a rotary shaft 38 whose axis length direction is horizontal in the counterclockwise direction when viewed from the right side. In addition to providing a flat plate-shaped rotating body 41 which urges and supports the upper end to be rotatable, the rotating body 41
With the lever 16 along the outer periphery of the nozzle 13, the hole 31
The outer peripheral surface of the nozzle 13 fitted into the hole is pressed against the hole forming body 3
The nozzle 13 is biased and depressurized to the periphery of the hole 31 of the second hole, and the nozzle 13 is biased to the periphery of the hole 31 of the hole forming body 32 by the rotating shaft 38, the torsion coil spring 39 and the rotating body 41. A pressing mechanism 40 that freely presses is configured. This pressing mechanism 4
0, the locking mechanism 35 and the holding mechanism 37 constitute the holding device 42 of FIG. 2, and the locking mechanism 34 and the holding mechanism 36 constitute the holding device 43 of FIG.
On the inner bottom surface of the case 1 underneath, there is placed a waste liquid container 29 for containing waste liquid such as beverage and cleaning liquid drained from the drain hole 27. The waste liquid container 29, the holding device 43, the hot water tank 8, The in-machine cleaning device 4 shown in FIG. 1 includes the flexible pipe 11, the support 12, the nozzle 13, and the valve 15 incorporated in the nozzle 13.
2, the waste liquid container 29, the holding device 42, the hot water tank 8, the flexible pipe 11, the support 12, the nozzle 13, and the valve 15 incorporated in the nozzle 13 constitute the in-machine cleaning device 45 of FIG. The other configurations are the same as those of the conventional example described above.

In the above-mentioned structure, the vending machine equipped with the in-machine cleaning device for the vending machine of the present invention has the same sales operation as the above-mentioned conventional example, but the in-machine cleaning device for the vending machine of the present invention is the same. The operation and function of cleaning the inside of the machine body 2 with the machine cleaning devices 44 and 45 will be described below.

The operations and functions of the in-machine cleaning devices 44 and 45 are such that the cleaning liquid after cleaning is drained, such as a frame 28 having a drain hole 27 formed therein and a cup holder 26 in the frame 28. When cleaning the built-in equipment built in the machine body 2, it is the same as the conventional example described above. However, when cleaning the built-in equipment by removing the built-in equipment that is inaccessible or inaccessible and has a structure in which the cleaning liquid cannot be drained,
First, the nozzle 13 having the tip facing downward is held by the hand so that the hot water as the cleaning water is discharged downward from the support 12 and enters the waste liquid container 29, and the lever 16 is held.
With the hand that grips the grip portion 14 in a direction in which the lever 16 is along the outer circumference of the nozzle 13 and the end of the lever 16 opposite to the rotatably supported end is close to the outer circumference of the grip portion 14. The lever 16 that is rotated against the biasing force is put along the outer circumference of the nozzle 13. Next, with the lever 16 attached to the outer periphery of the nozzle 13, the nozzle 13 with its tip facing downward
In the in-machine cleaning device 44, the lever 16 is inserted between the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the holding body 30 having the locking mechanism 34 and the holding mechanism 36 forming the holding mechanism 33 and protruding to the right. Further, in the in-machine cleaning device 45, the locking mechanism 3
5 and the hole 31 of the hole forming body 32 having the holding mechanism 37.
Inside the hole 31 of the hole forming body 32, the pressing mechanism 40
It is inserted through the lever 16 so as to be pressed by. Then, since the nozzle 13 is held by the holding body 30 and the hole forming body 32 while discharging hot water from the tip, it is not necessary to hold the nozzle 13 by hand during cleaning of the removed built-in equipment. Therefore, in the cleaning work performed by hand of the removed built-in device, the built-in device which is removed at a position where the hot water discharged from the tip of the nozzle 13 held by the holder 30 and the hole forming body 32 is poured or not shown It's just a rubbing with a brush, and it's an easy task that can be done with one hand for a short time.

[0021]

According to the present invention, one end of a lever for opening and closing a manually operated valve incorporated therein is urged in a direction in which the valve is closed, away from the outer periphery, and the other end is rotated. While being movably supported on the outer peripheral portion, the lever is in a direction along the outer periphery, and when the one end is pivotally operated in a direction approaching the outer periphery and the valve is opened, the valve is connected via this valve, Engagement is detachable from the nozzle at a position where the lever is rotated against the urging force and is attached to the outer periphery of the nozzle that discharges the cleaning liquid supplied from a flexible tube having flexibility. An automatic vending machine for cooking, manufacturing or storing beverages, foods, etc. to be sold by putting the locking mechanism for stopping and the nozzle having the lever locked by this locking mechanism in a container such as a cup A holding mechanism that removably supports the body. Since it is equipped with a device, the lever that opens and closes the valve can be locked to the nozzle by the locking mechanism at the turning position where the valve opens, and at the same time, this nozzle can be held in the machine body by the holding mechanism, and the nozzle can be held by hand. Eliminates the need to hold.

In addition to the above, a clamping mechanism for clamping the nozzle in a state in which the lever rotated against the biasing force along the outer periphery is clamped from both sides via the lever, the clamping mechanism serves as a locking mechanism. Since it also functions as a holding mechanism, the lever that opens and closes the valve can be locked to the nozzle by the holding mechanism at the turning position where the valve opens, and at the same time this nozzle can be held inside the machine by the holding mechanism, simplifying the holding device. Can be configured to.

Further, in addition to the above, a hole forming member fixed to the inside of the body is formed with a hole for inserting a nozzle in a state where a lever rotated against an urging force is fitted to the outer periphery. Since the hole forming body functions both as the locking mechanism and the holding mechanism, the lever for opening and closing the valve is restrained and locked at the peripheral portion of the hole of the hole forming body at the turning position where the valve opens. At the same time, the nozzle can be restrained and held in the body by the peripheral portion of the hole of the hole forming body, and the holding device can be configured more simply.

Furthermore, in addition to the above, the nozzle inserted into the hole with the lever rotated against the urging force along the outer circumference is de-energized to the peripheral edge of the hole of the hole forming body. Since the pressing mechanism that freely presses is provided, the nozzle fitted into the hole can be stably held in the hole forming body so that the nozzle does not move in the hole or come off the hole.

As a result, the inside of the body of the vending machine can be cleaned quickly and easily, and the inside of the body can always be kept clean and hygienic.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an in-machine cleaning device for an automatic vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, where (A) is a front view of a main part, (B) is a right side view of the main part, and (C) is (A). And a front reduced view showing the internal configuration of a vending machine equipped with the in-machine cleaning device of (B)

2A and 2B show a configuration of an in-machine cleaning device for a vending machine according to another embodiment of the present invention, where FIG. 2A is a front view of a main part, FIG. 2B is a right side view of the main part, and FIG. (B) Front view of the main part showing the internal structure of the vending machine equipped with the in-machine cleaning device

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part showing an internal configuration of a vending machine including a conventional in-machine cleaning device of the vending machine.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a main part showing the configuration of an in-machine cleaning device of the vending machine in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view of an essential part of a longitudinal section showing the structure of a nozzle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Case 2 Aircraft 3 Water Pipe 4 Water Valve 5 Water Tank 6 Water Supply Hose 7 Water Supply Pump 8 Hot Water Tank 9 Container 10 Cup Supply Device 11 Flexible Pipe 12 Support 13 Nozzle 14 Grip 15 Valve 16 Lever 17 In-machine Cleaning Device 18 Hot water valve 19 Hot water hose 20 Stirrer 21 Beverage hose 22 Beverage nozzle 23 Raw material container 24 Raw material shooter 25 Cup shooter 26 Cup cradle 27 Drain hole 28 Frame 29 Waste liquid container 30 Holder 31 Hole 32 Hole forming body 33 Holding mechanism 34 Locking Mechanism 35 Locking Mechanism 36 Holding Mechanism 37 Holding Mechanism 38 Rotating Shaft 39 Torsion Coil Spring 40 Pushing Mechanism 41 Rotating Body 42 Holding Device 43 Holding Device 44 Machine Cleaning Device 45 Machine Cleaning Device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An in-machine cleaning device for cleaning the inside of an automatic vending machine, which sells beverages, foods, etc., which are cooked from raw materials or stored in the inside of the machine, in a container such as a cup for sale. , While urging one end of a lever for opening and closing a manually operated valve, which is a direction in which the valve is closed, in a direction away from the outer circumference and rotatably supporting the other end on the outer circumference, When the lever is rotated in a direction along the outer periphery, in which the one end approaches the outer periphery, and the valve is opened, a flexible flexible tube connected through the valve is formed. In the in-machine cleaning device of the vending machine, which is provided with a nozzle for discharging the cleaning liquid supplied through the nozzle from the tip, and which cleans the machine body with the cleaning liquid discharged from the nozzle, the lever is rotated against the biasing force. Position along the outer circumference of the nozzle And a holding mechanism that includes a locking mechanism that releasably locks with the nozzle, and a holding mechanism that removably holds the nozzle with the lever locked by the locking mechanism in the body. An in-machine cleaning device for vending machines characterized by the above. 2. A nozzle holding device for an in-machine cleaning device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a nozzle rotated against an urging force is attached to the outer periphery of the nozzle to sandwich the nozzle from both sides. An in-machine cleaning device for a vending machine, which is provided with a holding mechanism that serves as both a locking mechanism and a holding mechanism. 3. An in-machine cleaning device for a vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a hole is formed in which a nozzle is inserted in a state in which a lever rotated against an urging force is aligned with the outer periphery is fixed in the machine body. An in-machine cleaning device for a vending machine, which has a hole forming body, which has a locking mechanism and a holding mechanism. 4. The in-machine cleaning device for a vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the nozzle, which is inserted into the hole with the lever rotated against the biasing force along the outer periphery, is provided in the hole forming body. An in-machine cleaning device for a vending machine, comprising a pressing mechanism that presses the periphery of the hole so as to be able to urge and depress.