JPH07200944A - Drink circuit of cup type drink automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a drink circuit of cup type drink automatic vending machine which minimizes drop of finish liquid temperature and vends tasty regular coffee of excellent quality. CONSTITUTION:A coffee brewer mechanism 6 which extract, regular coffee by using coffee beans as a raw material, powdery raw material boxes 2 to 4 for instant coffee, sugar, powdery milk, etc., a hot water tank 5, a mixing bowl 8 where powdery raw materials and hot water are stirred, etc., are mounted in the machine, and, regular coffee or instant coffee which is prepared under vending commands is supplied to a cup 10 held at a vending stage 9 and vended. This cup type drink automatic vending machine supplies the regular coffee, extracted by the brewer mechanism 6, directly to the cup 10 through a hose 15 dedicated to regular coffee, dissolved sugar and powdery milk to be added to the regular coffee in a small amount of hot water in the mixing bowl 8 and supplies them to the cup 10, and mixes them with the regular coffee in the cup 10, thereby finishing the drink.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage circuit of a cup type beverage vending machine which sells regular coffee and instant beverages such as instant coffee, tea and cocoa together.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, a conventional beverage circuit of the above-mentioned cup type beverage vending machine is shown in FIG. In the figure, 1
Is a raw material box containing coffee beans, 2, 3 and 4 are powder raw material boxes containing instant coffee, sugar and powdered milk respectively, 5 is a hot water tank, 6 is a coffee brewer mechanism combined with a mill 6a, and 7 is The powder raw material shooter, 8 is a mixing bowl, 9 is a bend stage, 10 is a cup, and the hot water tank 5, the coffee brewer mechanism 6, the mixing bowl 8, and the bend stage 9 are provided with hot water supply hoses 11, 12, and regular. Coffee supply hose 1
3. A beverage supply hose 14 is piped as shown. In addition, 5a and 5b are hot water supply valves.

In the case of manufacturing and selling instant coffee with such a constitution, necessary powder raw materials are carried out from the powder raw material boxes 2 to 4 and charged into the mixing bowl 8, and the hot water tank 5 is supplied through the hot water supply hose 12 there. After preparing the instant coffee by stirring and mixing with the supplied hot water, the bend stage 9 is passed through the instant beverage supply hose 14.
It is carried out and poured into the waiting cup 10 for sale.

On the other hand, when manufacturing and selling regular coffee, first, a certain amount of coffee beans are carried out from the raw material box 1, ground in a mill 6a of a coffee brewer 6 and ground into hot water from a hot water tank 5 to a hot water supply hose 11. Regular water is extracted by adding the hot water supplied through. Subsequently, the regular coffee is pressure-fed from the brewer mechanism 6 to the mixing bowl 8 through the supply hose 13, where sugar and powdered milk are added to the mixing bowl 8 as needed, and the regular coffee is stirred and mixed, and then the regular coffee is added. Pour into cup 10 through beverage supply hose 14.

[0005]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional beverage circuit, particularly when selling regular coffee, there is a drawback that the finish liquid temperature of the regular coffee to be poured into the cup becomes lower than the optimum temperature for sale. is there. That is, the regular coffee extracted by the brewer mechanism 6 is such that even black coffee without addition of sugar and milk is once discharged to the mixing bowl 8 and then supplied to the cup 10 again, so that the brewer is heated at a high temperature. The regular coffee discharged from the mechanism 6 is deprived of heat by the mixing bowl 8 and the finished liquid temperature is lowered, so that the quality as a drink is deteriorated.

Moreover, regular coffee has a higher selling price than instant coffee, and since customers are expecting the coffee to be finished in good quality, it is not preferable to lower the temperature of the finished liquid. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and solves the above-mentioned problems targeting the above-mentioned coffee vending machine, so that a good quality regular coffee can be sold by minimizing a decrease in the finish liquid temperature. An object of the present invention is to provide a beverage circuit of the cup type beverage vending machine.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a coffee brewer mechanism for extracting regular coffee from coffee beans as a raw material in a machine,
Equipped with a powder raw material box for instant drinks, powder raw material boxes for sugar, milk powder, etc., a hot water tank, and a mixing bowl for stirring the powder raw material and hot water. In a cup-type beverage vending machine that supplies the delivered cups for sale, the regular coffee supply hose pulled out from the coffee brewer mechanism and the instant beverage supply hose pulled out from the mixing bowl are separated and independently formed into a bend stage. It shall be constructed by piping between them.

When selling regular coffee containing sugar and milk in the beverage circuit, the sugar and powdered milk to be added to the regular coffee are melted in a small amount of hot water in the mixing bowl and supplied to the cup. It should be mixed with regular coffee inside.

[0009]

In the above structure, when manufacturing and selling an instant beverage, the powder raw material and hot water are stirred and mixed with a mixing bowl in the same manner as in the conventional system, and the beverage is prepared and supplied to the cup. Meanwhile, we manufacture regular coffee,
When selling, the regular coffee extracted by the Brewer mechanism is directly supplied from the Brewer mechanism into the cup through a supply hose dedicated to the regular coffee while maintaining a high liquid temperature state without passing through the mixing bowl. In addition, when finishing by adding sugar, milk, etc. to regular coffee, carry out the powdered raw material to be added separately from the regular coffee liquid to the mixing bowl,
Melt with a small amount of hot water supplied from a warm water tank, discharge from a mixing bowl into a cup, and mix with regular coffee in the cup to finish. As a result, regular coffee is not deprived of heat in the mixing bowl,
It can be offered for sale while maintaining a high finished liquid temperature.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. In the figure, the same parts corresponding to those in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals. That is, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, a regular coffee dedicated hose 15 that does not pass through the mixing bowl 8 is independently piped between the coffee brewer mechanism 6 and the bend stage 9, and this regular coffee dedicated hose 15 is Separated hot water tank 5,
A hot water supply hose 12 and a beverage supply hose 14 for instant beverages are connected between the mixing bowl 8 and the bend stage 9 as in FIG.

In such a beverage circuit, instant coffee is supplied to the cup 10 through the beverage manufacturing process similar to that described in FIG. On the other hand, when the regular coffee is selected, the coffee beans carried out from the raw material box 1 are ground into powder by the mill 6a and put into the coffee brewer mechanism 6, and the hot water supplied from the hot water tank 5 is added to the regular coffee. While extracting coffee, regular coffee is poured from the brewer mechanism 6 through the dedicated hose 15 directly into the cup 10 waiting on the bend stage 9. When the customer selects black regular coffee, it is offered for sale as it is. When the customer selects the coffee containing sugar and milk, in parallel with the regular coffee extraction operation by the brewer mechanism 6, the sugar and the powdered milk are carried out from the powder raw material boxes 3 and 4 to the mixing bowl 8 and heated there. The sugar and milk are melted with a small amount of hot water supplied from the tank 5, poured into the cup 10 through the beverage supply hose 14, and mixed with regular coffee in the cup to make coffee with sugar and milk.

As can be seen from the above description, the regular coffee extracted by the brewer mechanism 6 is passed directly from the brewer mechanism 6 through the dedicated hose 15 to the cup 10 waiting on the bend stage 9 without passing through the mixing bowl 8. Supplied. Therefore, unlike the conventional method described in FIG. 2, heat is not taken from the regular coffee by the mixing bowl, and the coffee can be supplied to the cup 10 for sale while maintaining a high liquid temperature. In addition,
Even when sugar, milk, etc. are added to regular coffee, these added ingredients are melted with the minimum required small amount of hot water supplied to the mixing bowl and sent to the cup, so the effect on the decrease in the finished liquid temperature of coffee is It is minor.

[0013]

As described above, according to the beverage circuit of the present invention, when the regular coffee is manufactured and sold in the machine, the liquid temperature drop in the beverage circuit is minimized and the high temperature state is maintained. You can supply it to the cup as it is and sell good quality delicious regular coffee for sale.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a beverage circuit of a cup type beverage vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram of a conventional beverage circuit of a cup-type beverage vending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Coffee Bean Raw Material Box 2, 3, 4 Powder Raw Material Box 5 Hot Water Tank 6 Coffee Brewer Mechanism 8 Mixing Bowl 9 Bend Stage 10 Cup 11, 12 Hot Water Supply Hose 14 Beverage Supply Hose for Instant Beverage 15 Regular Coffee Hose

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A coffee brewer mechanism for extracting regular coffee from coffee beans as a raw material, a powder raw material box for instant beverages, a powder raw material box for sugar, powdered milk, a hot water tank, and a mixing for mixing the powder raw material and hot water. Regular coffee supplied from a coffee brewer mechanism in a cup-type beverage vending machine that is equipped with a bowl and that is manufactured based on a sales order or that supplies instant beverages to a cup that has been carried to a bend stage for sale A beverage circuit for a cup-type beverage vending machine, characterized in that a hose and an instant beverage supply hose pulled out from a mixing bowl are separated and independently piped between a bend stage. 2. The beverage circuit according to claim 1, wherein sugar and powdered milk to be added to the regular coffee are dissolved in a small amount of hot water in the mixing bowl and supplied to the cup, and mixed with the regular coffee in the cup. Beverage circuit of a cup-type beverage vending machine featuring.