JPH0628571A - Cooling device for cup type automatic beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the inside of a machine body from being submerged with flood water flowning out of the water tank of a cooling device cooling diluent water to add to concentrated liquid such as syrup, etc., being the material of a cold beverage which is prepared and manufactured inside the machine body forming an outer peripheral face and sold in a container such as a cup, etc., through water in the water tank storing water through an overflowed water port formed at the water tank when an overflowed water container receiving and storing overflowed water is not placed at a prescribed position. CONSTITUTION:A pair of flexible filiform line bodies 44 are fixed to the outer peripheral face of an elbow-form curved pipe 40 of which back end is freely-rotatably connected with the overflow port 19 so as to make its forward end to direct to the inside of an overflowed water container 21 under it, and wound around the outer peripheral of the curved pipe 40 in mutually opposite directions. The other end of one side of the line bodies 44 is energized by gravity functioning to the overflowed water container 21 through a placing plate 23 of which one end is freely rotatably supported to the machine body, on which the overflowed water container 21 is directly placed and which is arranged inside of the machine body and the other end of the other side of the line bodies 44 is energized by a spring 46 in the directions of making the curved pipe 40 to rotate in mutually opposite directions.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage for selling cold beverages such as cola and juice cooked and manufactured in a body forming an outer peripheral surface in a container such as a cup, and a cola which is a raw material of the beverage. The present invention relates to a cooling device for a cup-type vending machine in which a concentrated liquid such as syrup and dilution water such as drinking water added to the concentrated liquid are stored in a water tank and cooled by water cooled by a refrigerator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional cup-type vending machine that sells cold beverages such as cola and juice cooked and manufactured in a machine body in a container such as a cup, the mixture is premixed, cooked, and stored in the machine. Beverages may be manufactured by a so-called premix system, in which cola, juice, etc. are cooled as they are to be sold. In addition, concentrated liquid such as syrup, which is the raw material for beverages, and carbonated water produced by dissolving carbon dioxide gas filled in a high-pressure gas cylinder stored and installed in the machine under high pressure, diluted water such as drinking water, etc. Cool each separately and pour into the stirrer or directly into the container,
There is a case where a beverage is produced by a so-called post-mix method, in which the mixture is stirred and mixed in the stirring device or the container to prepare a beverage. Regardless of the beverage manufactured by any beverage manufacturing method, the beverage, the concentrated liquid as the raw material of the beverage, the drinking water, etc. are cooled by the cooling device installed in the machine body and supplied to the container in a predetermined amount each time they are sold. To be done. Such a cooling device generally includes a water tank for storing water, cools the water in the water tank with a refrigerator to cool water, and drinks, concentrates, diluted water, etc. are passed through a cooling pipe immersed in the cold water. Cooling. On the other hand, tap water supplied from outside the aircraft is generally used for the water in the aquarium.However, if the same water is used for a long time, the water in the aquarium can be used to replenish raw materials into the aircraft. Raw materials such as powder, granules, and liquids, and foreign substances such as dust are mixed and contaminated or decomposed. Therefore, these foreign substances, bacteria that propagate in the water in the aquarium, algae, etc. are immersed in the water in the aquarium, and the evaporator, which is a component of the refrigerator, the intermediate product of the beverage, the concentrated liquid, the drinking water, etc. Since it adheres to the outer peripheral surface of the cooling pipe that passes through and reduces the cooling efficiency of the cooling device, it is necessary to appropriately replace the water in the water tank with new water. 2 and FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view showing an internal configuration of a cup-type vending machine, which is a target of the present invention, in a state in which a door covering a front opening of a frame is opened, and FIG. 3 is a cooling device for a conventional cup-type vending machine. FIG. 3 is a right side view of a main part of a partial vertical cross section showing the configuration, and the left side of the figure is the front side.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame whose front surface is open, and the front opening of the frame 1 is covered with a door 2 which is rotatably supported by the frame 1. The door 2 and the frame 1 constitute a machine body 3 that forms the outer peripheral surface of the cup-type vending machine. At the lower part of the door 2, an outlet 4 is formed which is opened on both front and rear sides and through which a product such as a beverage is taken out. Inside the frame 1, the containers 5 such as cups housed inside are dropped and discharged one by one from the lower end each time they are sold.
A cup supply device 7 for supplying onto a cradle 6 on which the container 5 is placed, which is arranged at a position in the frame 1 corresponding to the outlet 4, is provided on the upper left side. A funnel-shaped cup shooter 8 is arranged between the cup supply device 7 and the cradle 6, and the container 5 discharged from the cup supply device 7 by the cup shooter 8 is guided onto the cradle 6. To be done. Also,
Inside the frame 1, a refrigerator 16 including a compressor 9, a condenser 10, a capillary tube 11, an evaporator 12, a dryer 13, an accumulator 14 and a blower 15 for blowing air to the condenser 10, and the refrigerator 16. A cooling device 18 including a water tank 17 in which water stored in 16 is cooled
Is installed at the lower left. Water tank 17 of this cooling device 18
An overflow port 19 through which overflow overflows is formed in the front surface of the, and the rear end of the elbow-shaped curved pipe 20 is formed in the overflow port 19.
Below the overflow port 19, which is a predetermined position in the airframe 3,
It is fixed at the front side of the water tank 17 with its tip facing downward in an overflow container 21 which receives overflow water overflowing through this overflow port 19 and has an open upper surface. This overflow container 2
1 is placed on a dish-shaped stand 23 fixed on a box-shaped stand 22 fixed on the bottom surface inside the machine body 3, on the front side of the water tank 17. Further, in the water on the rear side in the water tank 17, which is cooled by the coil-shaped evaporator 12 immersed in the water in the water tank 17 on the depth side in the water tank 17, the refrigerator 16 is detected by detecting the temperature of this water. Is stopped and the temperature of the water in the water tank 17 is kept at a low temperature at which this water does not freeze, the tip of the temperature sensor 24 arranged on the depth side of the water tank 17, and the electric motor 2
The stirring blades 26 disposed inside the evaporator 12, which are rotationally driven by 5 to stir so that the temperature of the water in the water tank 17 becomes uniform throughout, are immersed. Further, in the water on the front surface side in the water tank 17, there is a coiled intermediate portion of the cooling pipe 28, one end of which is connected to the nozzle 27 supported on the upper part of the receiving stand 6 with its tip facing the inside of the container 5 on the receiving stand 6. It is soaked. The other end of the cooling pipe 28 is a carbonated water production device (not shown) disposed in the water tank 17, and a plurality of pressure resistant containers disposed in the lower right of the frame 1 for storing various concentrated liquids such as syrup. 29, etc. via an on-off valve and a throttle valve (not shown), and a detector (not shown) for detecting whether or not the remaining amount of the concentrated liquid in the pressure-resistant container 29 exceeds a prescribed amount, an on-off valve with a flow rate adjusting function (not shown) And a pair of pressure feed pipes 30 each having one end connected to the upper end of each pressure resistant container 29.
Are connected via one of the two. This pressure pipe 3
The other end of 0 is connected via a pressure reducing valve 31 to a high-pressure gas cylinder 32 filled with carbon dioxide, which is arranged behind the water tank 17. A carbonated water production device (not shown) is connected to a high-pressure gas cylinder 32 via a check valve and a pressure reducing valve 31 (not shown), and a filter at the center of the right end of the frame 1 via a check valve and a pump 33 (not shown). It is connected to the bottom of a water storage tank 35 that stores drinking water that is tap water supplied from outside the machine body 3 through 34.

The selling operation of the cup-type vending machine configured as described above when a carbonated beverage prepared by cooking from a concentrated liquid, which is a raw material for a beverage such as syrup, is sold, in response to a sales command signal, a cup feeding device. The container 5 is guided by the cup shooter 8 from 7 and supplied onto the cradle 6. at the same time,
An on-off valve (not shown) is opened, and the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas decompressed by the pressure reducing valve 31, which is guided by the one pressure feed pipe 30 having one end connected to the carbon dioxide gas cylinder 32, causes the concentrated liquid, which is a raw material of the beverage such as syrup, to flow to the other Through the pressure-feeding pipe 30 and the cooling pipe 28 connected to the other end of the pressure-feeding pipe 30 while being cooled by the cold water in the water tank 17, and from the nozzle 27 into the container 5 on the pedestal 6 by a predetermined amount. Poured. On the other hand, in the carbonated water production apparatus (not shown), the high pressure carbon dioxide gas supplied from the high pressure gas cylinder 32 under reduced pressure by the pressure reducing valve 31 is supplied to the water storage tank 3
Diluted water, which is carbonated water, is manufactured by being dissolved in drinking water supplied from No. 5 by the pump 33 while waiting for sale. When the on-off valve (not shown) opens this diluting water in response to the sales command signal, the diluted water is pushed out by the pressure of carbon dioxide, the flow rate of which is adjusted by the throttle valve (not shown) and the cooling water in the water tank 17 while passing through the cooling pipe 28. A predetermined amount is poured from the nozzle 27 into the container 5 on the pedestal 6. When the cooling water, which is chilled carbonated water and a concentrated liquid that is a raw material for a beverage such as syrup, are poured into the container 5, the concentrated liquid and the diluted liquid are poured into the container 5. The mixture is stirred and mixed with each other at a relative flow rate of to form a beverage. The beverage in the container 5 is taken out by the customer through the take-out port 4.

An ice making machine 36 for producing ice is arranged in the upper right of the frame 1, and the drinking water supplied from the water storage tank 35 by the ice making machine 36 becomes ice. If the beverage to be sold is an ice-containing beverage, this ice is supplied and added to the beverage in the container 5 through the ice shooter 37 that guides the ice from the ice making machine 36 into the container 5 on the cradle 6, and the ice-containing beverage is added. Will be sold as.

[0006]

By the way, in such a conventional cooling device for a cup type vending machine, the overflow water that overflows from the overflow port 19 formed in the water tank 17 that constitutes the cooling device 18 is overflowed. It is made to flow out through the curved pipe 20 whose rear end is fixed to the mouth 19, is placed on the stand 23, and is placed at a predetermined position in the machine body 3 on the front side of the water tank 17 and below the overflow port 19. It is configured to be received and stored by the placed overflow container 21. On the other hand, when tap water is generally used, the water in the aquarium 17 is the same as the water used for a long time. Foreign matter such as is mixed and contaminated or putrefaction. In addition, the foreign matter, the bacteria and algae that propagate in the water in the water tank 17 are immersed in the water in the water tank 17, and the evaporator 12, which is a component of the refrigerator 16, or the beverage, the concentrated liquid, the diluted water, etc. It adheres to the outer peripheral surface of the cooling pipe 28 and the like through which the cooling efficiency of the cooling device 18 is reduced. In order to prevent this, the cooling device 18 is stopped and the water tank 1
After draining the old water in 7, water is sufficiently filled in the water tank 17 until it overflows from the overflow port 19, and the water in the water tank 17 is replaced with new water. After the water in the water tank 17 is replaced with new water, the overflow water flowing out of the water tank 17 through the overflow port 19 and through the curved pipe 20 completely flows into the overflow container 21, and then the cooling device 18 is started. And then the overflow container 21
The overflow water accumulated inside should be drained to the outside of the machine body 3 by removing the overflow water container 21 from the table 23 which is a predetermined position in the machine body 3. However, when draining the overflow water accumulated in the overflow container 21 to the outside of the machine body 3, the inside of the machine body 3 in which the overflow container 21 is not placed at a predetermined position in the machine body 3 is agitated by the stirring blades 26 by the electric motor 25. There is a problem that the surface of the water rises and overflows through the overflow port 19 and the curved pipe 20, and the water in the water tank 17 is flooded.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a cooling device for a cup type vending machine which does not submerge the inside of the body even if the overflow container is not placed at a predetermined position inside the body. .

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a cup type in which a cold beverage cooked and manufactured in a body forming an outer peripheral surface is put in a container such as a cup for sale. A cooling device for a vending machine, wherein overflow water overflowing through an overflow port is received by an overflow container placed at a predetermined position in the body below the overflow port, and is provided with a water tank for storing water, Through the water in this aquarium,
In the cooling device of the cup type vending machine for cooling the beverage, the concentrated liquid such as syrup, which is the raw material of the beverage, and the dilution water such as the drinking water added to the concentrated liquid, the tip is placed in the overflow container below. The rear end of the elbow-shaped curved tube is rotatably connected to the overflow port so as to be oriented.

In addition to the above, when the overflow container is placed at a predetermined position in the body of the vehicle, the curved tube is held at a pivotal position so that its tip end faces the lower overflow container, and the overflow container. When is not in a predetermined position in the body, the tip of the is held in a rotating position facing upward. Further, in addition to the above, one end is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube and is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube in mutually opposite directions,
The other end of the pair of flexible filamentous filaments is urged by the gravity acting on the overflow container in the direction in which the curved tubes rotate in mutually opposite directions and the other by a spring. To do.

In addition to the above, the other end of one of the linear members, which is urged by gravity acting on the overflow container, has one end rotatably supported by the machine body, and the overflow container is placed directly on top of it. It shall be connected to the other end of the stand placed inside the body.

[0011]

The present invention relates to a beverage that is manufactured and cooked in the body forming the outer peripheral surface and sold in a container such as a cup, a concentrated liquid such as syrup, which is a raw material of the beverage, and drinking water added to the concentrated liquid. The diluting water, etc., is received through the overflow port of the water tank of the cooling device that cools the water through the water in the water tank that stores the water, and the overflow water is collected and stored below the overflow port. Since the rear end of the elbow-shaped curved tube is rotatably connected to the overflow port so that the tip can be directed into the lower overflow container placed at the position, the overflow container is placed at a predetermined position. When it is not spilled, the tip of the tube is turned to the turning position, so that the electric motor stirs the water surface and the water surface rises, and the water in the water tank overflows into the body. A curved tube with the tip facing upwards It is possible to stop the dam.

In addition to the above, when the overflow container is placed at a predetermined position in the machine body, the curved tube is held at a pivotal position in which the tip of the overflow tube is directed downward into the overflow container, and the overflow container is also provided. Since the tip is held in a rotating position that faces upwards when it is not in a predetermined position inside the fuselage, the overflow container is designed to prevent overflow water from overflowing from the water tank through the overflow port. When it is in a predetermined position inside the machine body, it can flow out through the curved pipe to be received and stored in the overflow container, and when the overflow container is not in the predetermined position inside the machine body, it can be blocked by the curved pipe.

In addition to the above, the other end of a pair of flexible filamentous filaments, one end of which is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube and which are wound around the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube in opposite directions, Since one of the curved pipes is urged by gravity acting on the overflow container and the other is biased by a spring in the directions in which the curved pipes rotate in opposite directions, when the overflow container is at a predetermined position in the body, The bending tube can be held by rotating it through the linear body at a turning position where the tip end points downwards against the biasing force of the spring due to the gravity acting on the overflow container, and the overflow container is at a predetermined position inside the fuselage. If not, the bending tube can be rotated and held via the linear body at the rotation position where the tip end is directed upward by the biasing force of the spring.

In addition to the above, the other end of one of the linear members, which is urged by gravity acting on the overflow container, has one end rotatably supported by the machine body and the overflow container is placed directly on top of it. Since it is assumed that it is connected to the other end of the stand placed inside the fuselage, if there is an overflow container on this stand, the striated body is placed on the stand by gravity acting on this overflow container. The bending tube can be rotated and held in a rotation position in which the tip is directed downwards against the biasing force of the spring by the force of the spring, and when the overflow container is not on the table, the gravity By rotating the bending tube via the linear body by the biasing force of the spring against the biasing force, the bending tube can be rotated and held at the turning position where the tip end is directed upward by the biasing force of this spring. .

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the structure of a cooling device for a cup type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a right side view of a main part of a partial longitudinal section, and (B) is a tip of a bending tube directed downward. 2A is a front enlarged view of FIG. 2A, FIG. 2C is an enlarged front view of FIG. 2A in which the tip of the bending tube is directed upward, and FIG. It is a front view of the state which opened the door which covers the front opening of the frame which shows the internal configuration of the cup type vending machine which is the object of this invention. Portions common to or the same as those in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame whose front surface is open. The front opening of the frame 1 is covered with a door 2 which is rotatably supported by the frame 1. And the frame 1 constitute a machine body 3 that forms the outer peripheral surface of the cup-type vending machine. At the lower part of the door 2, a take-out port 4 is formed which is opened on both front and rear sides and through which a product such as a beverage is taken out. On the other hand, inside the frame 1, a container 5 such as a cup accommodated inside is dropped and discharged one by one from the lower end each time it is sold, and is arranged at a position inside the frame 1 corresponding to the outlet 4 on the lower side. A cup supply device 7 for supplying the container 5 on which the container 5 is placed is provided on the upper left side. A funnel-shaped cup shooter 8 is arranged between the cup supply device 7 and the cradle 6.
The container 5 discharged from the cup supply device 7 is guided by the cup shooter 8 onto the pedestal 6. In addition, the frame 1, the compressor 9, the condenser 10, the capillary tube 1
1, evaporator 12, dryer 13, accumulator 14
A cooling device 39 including a refrigerator 16 configured by a blower 15 that blows air to the condenser 10 and a water tank 38 in which water stored inside the refrigerator 16 is cooled is installed at the lower left. On the front surface of the water tank 38 of the cooling device 39, an overflow port 19 through which overflow overflows is formed.
9 fit the rear end of the elbow-shaped curved tube 40 to the O
The ring 41 is hermetically sealed so that the tip of the bending tube 40 can be directed upward and downward, and the bending tube 40 is rotatably supported by the overflow port 19. On the lower side of the curved pipe 40, at a predetermined position in the body 3, that is, at a position on the front side of the water tank 38,
An overflow container 21 having an open top surface, which receives and collects overflow water through an overflow port 19, is horizontally pivoted in the left-right direction in the axial direction at the upper end of the front end of a box-shaped frame 22 fixed to the bottom surface inside the machine body 3. It is placed on a dish-shaped stand 23 whose front end is rotatably supported via a shaft 42. This stand 23
At the rear end, one end is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube 40 through a pair of protrusions 43 formed to project from the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube 40, and the flexible tube is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube 40 in opposite directions. The other end of the pair of filamentous linear members 44 having the property
The tension coil is attached to a support body 45 having a chevron cross section in which the other end of the pair of linear members 44 is fixed to the front surface of the water tank 38 while the other end of the pair of linear members 44 is fixed by being urged by gravity acting on. A spring 46, which is a spring, urges the spring 46 to fix it. When the curved pipe 40 is urged by the gravity acting on the spring 46 and the overflow container 21 in opposite directions of rotation through the pair of linear members 44, when the overflow container 21 is placed on the stand 23. Is the spring 4 due to gravity acting on the overflow container 21.
6 against the biasing force of 6 through the linear body 44, and the tip end faces downward, and the overflow container 21 is placed on the stand 23.
Is not on the rotary shaft 4 by the urging force of the spring 46.
The bending tube 40 is configured to be held at a rotation position in which the tip end is directed upward by being urged through the linear body 44 against gravity acting on the stand 23 which rotates about the axis 2. . On the other hand, in the water on the rear side in the water tank 38, which is cooled by the coil-shaped evaporator 12 immersed in the water in the water tank 38 on the depth side in the water tank 38, the refrigerator 16 is detected by detecting the temperature of this water. In order to keep the temperature of the water in the water tank 38 at a low temperature at which the water does not freeze, the tip of the temperature sensor 24 arranged on the depth side of the water tank 38 is driven to rotate by the electric motor 25, and the inside of the water tank 38 is rotated. Stir so that the temperature of the water becomes uniform throughout
The stirring blades 26 arranged inside the evaporator 12 are respectively immersed. Further, the coil-shaped intermediate portion of the cooling pipe 28, one end of which is connected to the nozzle 27 supported on the upper part of the receiving stand 6 with its tip facing the container 5 on the receiving stand 6, is dipped in the water on the front side of the water tank 38. ing. The other end of the cooling pipe 28 is connected to the water tank 3
An on-off valve and a throttle valve (not shown) are provided in a plurality of pressure-resistant containers 29, each of which stores therein a carbonated water production device (not shown) and a concentrated liquid such as syrup, which is provided in the lower right of the frame 1 (not shown). A detector (not shown) for detecting whether or not the residual amount of the concentrated liquid in the pressure resistant container 29 is equal to or more than a specified value,
An on-off valve with a flow rate adjusting function (not shown) and one end of each pressure-resistant container 29 are connected to one end of each pair of pressure-feeding pipes 30. The other end of the pressure feed pipe 30 is disposed behind the water tank 38 via the pressure reducing valve 31, and the high pressure gas cylinder 3 filled with carbon dioxide gas is used.
Connected to 2. Also, a carbonated water production device (not shown)
It is connected to a high-pressure gas cylinder 32 via a check valve and a pressure reducing valve 31 (not shown), and is supplied from the outside of the machine body 3 through a filter 34 at the center of the right end inside the frame 1 via a check valve and a pump 33 (not shown). It is connected to the bottom of a water tank 35 that stores drinking water, which is tap water. An ice making machine 36 for producing ice is arranged in the upper right of the frame 1, and the other configurations are the same as those of the conventional example described above.

In the above structure, the operation of the cup type vending machine provided with the cooling device for the cup type vending machine of the present invention at the time of sale is the same as that of the conventional example described above, and therefore the water in the water tank 38 is The operation of replacing water with fresh water and the function of each part of the cooling device 39 will be described below. When replacing the water in the water tank 38 with new water, first, the cooling device 39 is stopped to drain the old water in the water tank 38, and then new water is sufficiently supplied in the water tank 38 until it overflows from the overflow port 19. Then, the water in the water tank 38 is replaced with new water. next,
After the overflow water flowing from the water tank 38 through the overflow port 19 and the curved pipe 40 completely flows out into the overflow container 21, the cooling device 39 is activated. After starting the cooling device 39,
The overflow water collected in the overflow container 21 is drained out of the machine body 3 by removing the overflow container 21 from the table 23 which is a predetermined position in the machine body 3 and replaces the water in the water tank 38 with new water. The operation is complete. When the overflow water accumulated in the overflow container 21 is discharged to the outside of the machine body 3, it means that the overflow container 21 is not placed on the stand 23, which is a predetermined position in the machine body 3, but is agitated by the electric motor 25. Feather 26
There is no possibility that the water in the water tank 38, which is agitated and the water surface rises, overflows through the overflow port 19 and the curved pipe 40 to flood the inside of the machine body 3. This is because when the overflow container 21 is removed from the table 23, the table 2 is urged by the spring 46.
3 rotates about the rotation shaft 42, and at the same time, the bending tube 40 is rotated and held to a rotation position where the tip end faces upward. As a result, the water is stirred by the stirring blade 26 by the electric motor 25, the water surface rises, and tries to overflow through the overflow port 19 and through the curved tube 40. The water in the water tank 38 is blocked by the curved tube 40 and is removed from the water tank 38. It does not overflow through the overflow port 19. Further, by placing the overflow container 21 on the stand 23 again, the bending tube 40 is biased via the stand 23 and the linear member 44, and the urging force of the spring 46 is applied by the gravity acting on the overflow container 21. The overflow water container 21 is urged against
The bending tube 40 is rotated and held inwardly to a rotation position that faces downward.

[0018]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a beverage to be cooked and manufactured in the body forming the outer peripheral surface and sold in a container such as a cup, a concentrated liquid such as syrup, which is a raw material of the beverage, and a concentrated liquid The diluted water such as drinking water to be added is cooled through the water in the water tank for storing water, and the overflow water overflowing through the water overflow opening of the water tank is received and stored. Since the rear end of the elbow-shaped curved tube is rotatably connected to the overflow port so that the tip can be directed into the lower overflow container placed at a predetermined position in the body, the overflow container is When in a predetermined position in the body, overflow water overflowing from the water tank through the overflow port can be discharged through the curved pipe to be received and stored in the overflow container, and when the overflow container is not in the predetermined position in the body, Stir by electric motor Water swells are stirred at blade, water in the water tank can be dam curved tube overflowing into the body through the overflow outlet.

In addition to the above, when the overflow container is placed at a predetermined position in the machine body, the curved tube is held at a pivotal position in which the tip of the overflow tube is directed downward into the overflow container, and the overflow container. Since the tip is held in a rotating position that faces upwards when it is not in a predetermined position inside the fuselage, the overflow container is designed to prevent overflow water from overflowing from the water tank through the overflow port. When it is in a predetermined position inside the machine body, it can flow out through the curved pipe to be received and stored in the overflow container, and when the overflow container is not in the predetermined position inside the machine body, it can be blocked by the curved pipe.

In addition to the above, the other end of a pair of flexible filamentous filaments, one end of which is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube and which are wound around the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube in opposite directions, Since one of the curved pipes is urged by gravity acting on the overflow container and the other is biased by a spring in the directions in which the curved pipes rotate in opposite directions, when the overflow container is at a predetermined position in the body, The bending tube can be held by rotating it through the linear body at a turning position where the tip end points downwards against the biasing force of the spring due to the gravity acting on the overflow container, and the overflow container is at a predetermined position inside the fuselage. If not, the bending tube can be rotated and held via the linear body at the rotation position where the tip end is directed upward by the biasing force of the spring.

In addition to the above, the other end of one of the linear members, which is urged by the gravity acting on the overflow container, has one end rotatably supported by the machine body and the overflow container is placed directly on top of it. Since it is assumed that it is connected to the other end of the stand placed inside the machine body, if there is an overflow container on this stand, turn the bending tube to the turning position with the tip facing downward. When the overflow container is not on the stand, the bending tube can be rotated and held at the rotation position where the tip end faces upward.

As a result, the water in the water tank overflows into the fuselage through the overflow port even if the overflow container is not in a predetermined position in the fuselage and is stirred by the electric motor with the stirring blades. It is possible to obtain an effect that anyone can easily replace the old water in the aquarium with new water because the water is not submerged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a structure of a cooling device for a cup type vending machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, (A) is a right side view of a main part of a partial longitudinal section, and (B) is a front end of a bending tube directed downward. (A) is a front enlarged view of the state in which the curved tube is in the open state, and (C) is a front enlarged view of the state in which the tip of the bending tube is directed upward.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an internal configuration of a cup-type vending machine, which is a target of the present invention, in a state in which a door covering a front opening of a frame is opened.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of a main part of a longitudinal section showing the structure of a conventional cup-type vending machine cooling device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Frame 2 Door 3 Aircraft 4 Outlet 5 Container 6 Cradle 7 Cup feeder 8 Cup shooter 9 Compressor 10 Condenser 11 Capillary tube 12 Evaporator 13 Dryer 14 Accumulator 15 Blower 16 Refrigerator 17 Water tank 18 Water cooling device 19 Mouth 20 Curved pipe 21 Overflow container 22 Stand 23 Stand 34 Temperature sensor 25 Electric motor 26 Stirring blade 27 Nozzle 28 Cooling pipe 29 Pressure container 30 Pressure feed pipe 31 Pressure reducing valve 32 High pressure gas cylinder 33 Pump 34 Filter 35 Water tank 36 Ice maker 37 Ice Shooter 38 Water tank 39 Cooling device 40 Curved pipe 41 O-ring 42 Rotating shaft 43 Protrusion 44 Linear body 45 Supporting body 46 Spring

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cooling device for a cup-type vending machine, which sells cold beverages cooked and manufactured in a body forming an outer peripheral surface in a container such as a cup, wherein overflow water overflows through the overflow water outlet. A syrup, which is a beverage and a raw material of this beverage, is provided with a water tank for storing water, which is received and stored in an overflow container placed at a predetermined position in the body at a lower side. In a cooling device of a cup-type vending machine that cools a concentrated liquid such as and a diluted water such as drinking water to be added to the concentrated liquid, an elbow-shaped curved pipe is installed so that a tip of the concentrated liquid can be directed to the overflow container below. A cooling device for a cup-type vending machine, the rear end of which is rotatably connected to the overflow port. 2. The cooling device for a cup-type vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the curved pipe has its tip facing downward into the overflow container when the overflow container is placed at a predetermined position in the machine body. A cooling device for a cup-type vending machine, which is held in a rotating position, and is configured to be held in a rotating position with its tip facing upward when the overflow container is not in a predetermined position inside the machine body. 3. The cup-type vending machine cooling device according to claim 2, wherein one end is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube and is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the curved tube in opposite directions. The cooling device of the cup-type vending machine in which the other ends of the pair of filaments are biased by gravity acting on the overflow container in the directions in which the curved tubes rotate in opposite directions and by the other with a spring. . 4. The cooling device for a cup-type vending machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein one end of the linear body is urged by gravity acting on the overflow container and the other end thereof is a body. It is rotatably supported and the overflow container is placed directly on top,
A cooling device for a cup-type vending machine connected to the other end of a stand placed inside the machine body.