JPH08273049A - Raw material stirring mechanism for beverage supplier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent beverage from flowing out while remaining powedery raw material at a machine for preparing the beverage by stirring the powdery raw materials and drink liquid. CONSTITUTION: This mechanism is provided with a mixing case 5 to which hot water is supplied from a hot water tank and powdery raw material T of tea are supplied a canister 1. A beverage spout 12 is provided on the bottom part of the mixing the case 5 and closed by a filter 13 through which the powdery ray material T can not be passed. Then, an impeller 10 for stirring is laterally axially provided on the bottom part inside the mixing case 5, and a steam remover 3 is provided to remove particles or steam remaining in the mixing case 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a raw material stirring mechanism of a beverage feeder for stirring a powdered raw material and a drinking liquid to prepare a beverage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a beverage feeder that supplies beverages such as tea and coffee, powdered powder raw materials such as tea and coffee are stirred and mixed with hot or cold water in a stirring container to prepare a beverage. There are things I tried to do.
As a conventional example of this type of beverage supply machine, an actual fair 5-46
There is one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 148. This is equipped with an impeller-shaped stirrer at the bottom of the stirring container having a discharge port on the bottom surface, and supplies an appropriate amount of powder raw material from the raw material supply mechanism to the stirring container and supplies an appropriate amount from the drinking liquid feeder. The hot water (or cold water) is supplied and the stirring tool is rotated to stir the hot water and the powder raw material, and the powder raw material is discharged from the discharge port in a state of being melted.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional raw material stirring mechanism has the following problems. That is, first, the powder raw material stirred in the stirring container is
In some cases, the powder may remain undissolved in hot water and remain as a powder, but such undissolved powdered raw material may be supplied as it is in a state of being mixed in a beverage. Further, in the above-mentioned conventional one, the stirring tool is arranged in a vertical axis shape, and the beverage exerts a centrifugal force such that it tries to rise on the tapered inner peripheral wall portion of the stirring container, so that the stirring tool is rotated during the rotating operation. Since the beverage could not be supplied and the stirring tool was stopped, the beverage was discharged from the stirring container. Therefore, it takes time to supply the beverage.

Therefore, the first object of the present invention is to prepare a beverage by stirring the powder raw material and the drinking liquid, and it is possible to prevent the powder raw material from flowing out while being left unmelted. It is to provide a raw material stirring mechanism for a beverage supply machine. A second object of the present invention is to prepare a beverage by stirring a powder raw material and a drinking liquid, which can prevent the powder raw material from flowing out while remaining undissolved, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a raw material stirring mechanism for a beverage feeder that can quickly supply a beverage.

[0005]

A raw material stirring mechanism of a beverage feeder according to claim 1 of the present invention supplies a powder raw material and a drinking liquid into a stirring container and rotates a stirring tool provided in the stirring container. A beverage is prepared by stirring both of them to prepare a beverage, and is characterized in that a filter for blocking outflow of the powder raw material is provided at a beverage outlet provided in the stirring container.

The raw material stirring mechanism of the beverage feeder according to claim 2 of the present invention supplies the powdered raw material and the drinking liquid into the stirring container, and rotates the stirring tool provided in the stirring container to mix them. In one for preparing a beverage by stirring, the stirring tool is provided in a horizontal axis shape with respect to the stirring container, a beverage outlet is formed in the lower portion of the stirring container, and the powder raw material is provided at the beverage outlet. The feature is that a filter is provided to prevent the outflow of

[0007]

In the raw material stirring mechanism of the beverage feeder according to claim 1 of the present invention, the powder raw material and the drinking liquid fed into the stirring container are stirred by the rotation of the stirring tool to be prepared as a beverage. At this time, by providing the filter at the beverage outlet of the stirring container, the powder raw material in the powder state is prevented from flowing out from the beverage outlet.

Further, in the raw material stirring mechanism of the beverage feeder according to claim 2 of the present invention, the powder raw material and the drinking liquid fed into the stirring container are stirred by the rotation of the stirring tool to prepare a beverage. However, at this time, by providing the filter at the beverage outlet of the stirring container, the powder raw material in the powder state is prevented from flowing out from the beverage outlet. Moreover, since the agitator is provided in the horizontal axis shape, the beverage is agitated up and down, and the beverage can be discharged from the beverage outlet at the bottom of the agitating container even while the agitator is rotating.

[0009]

As described above, according to the raw material stirring mechanism of the beverage feeder of claim 1 of the present invention, the powder raw material and the drinking liquid are stirred to prepare a beverage. Since a filter is provided at the outlet, it is possible to prevent the powder raw material from flowing out while remaining unmelted, and by extension, it is possible to supply the beverage in a delicious state in which the powder raw material is sufficiently melted. It is effective.

According to the raw material stirring mechanism of the beverage feeder of claim 2 of the present invention, the powder raw material and the drinking liquid are stirred to prepare a beverage, and a filter is provided at the beverage outlet of the stirring container. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the powder raw material from flowing out while being left unmelted, and moreover, since the stirring tool is provided in the horizontal axis shape, it is possible to quickly supply the beverage, which is an excellent effect.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a tea feeding machine will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, although detailed illustration is omitted, the overall configuration of the tea feeding machine according to the present embodiment will be briefly described. A tea supply machine as a beverage supply machine is provided with a hot water storage tank and a canister 1 (see FIG. 1) located in an upper part in a main body case having a substantially rectangular box shape, and a raw material stirring according to the present embodiment in a lower part thereof. Mechanism 2 (Fig. 1
Etc.) and the steam removing device 3 (see FIGS. 1 and 4) and the like. In addition, a concave beverage receiving portion that opens at the front surface is provided at the lower front portion of the main body case, and the beverage receiving portion is located above the pedestal on which the cup is placed, for example. ) Is poured out is provided. Further, on the front surface of the main body case, an operation panel having a beverage pouring switch, a display lamp and the like is provided.

Although not shown, the hot water storage tank stores hot water (or cold water) as a drinking liquid,
The hot water inside the heater is heated to an appropriate temperature by the heater and the heated state is maintained. The hot water storage tank is communicated with a raw material stirring mechanism 2 (a mixing case 5 described later) by a hot water supply pipe 4 (only a tip portion is shown in FIG. 3), and a hot water supply valve provided at an intermediate part of the hot water supply pipe 4 is provided. Is opened to supply a predetermined amount of hot water to the mixing case 5. The canister 1 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
A raw material supply passage 6a extending to the front side (left side in FIG. 1) is integrally provided at the lower end of the. A lower end of the tip of the raw material supply passage 6a is communicated with a shooter 7 which is continuous with the mixing case 5. A feed coil 8 for feeding the powder raw material T through the raw material supply passage 6a is provided at the bottom of the raw material container 6, and when the drive coil 9 having a built-in motor rotates the feed coil 8. A fixed amount of the powder raw material T is dropped from the shooter 7 into the mixing case 5.

Now, the raw material stirring mechanism 2 will be described. The raw material stirring mechanism 2 includes an impeller 10 that is a stirring tool at the bottom of a mixing case 5 that is a stirring container. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the mixing case 5 is constructed, for example, by covering a front surface of a plastic case base 5a with a front cover 5b, and a lower end portion of which is curved in a semicircle shape when viewed from the front. Has a thin box shape, and an upper surface opening is communicated with the shooter 7. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the tip of the hot water supply pipe 4 is connected to the right side surface thereof. In this way, the tea powder raw material T from the canister 1 and the hot water from the hot water storage tank are supplied into the mixing case 5.

On the other hand, on the lower rear side of the mixing case 5, there is provided a rotary drive mechanism 11 including a stirring motor, etc., and an output shaft 11a thereof extends forward to make the back wall portion of the mixing case 5 liquid-tight. Penetrates. The impeller 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a two-blade propeller shape, which is attached to the tip end of the output shaft 11a in a horizontal axis shape. Thus, the rotation of the impeller 10 causes the powder raw material T and the hot water supplied into the mixing case 5 to be stirred and mixed, and the powder raw material T is melted to prepare a beverage (tea).
A beverage outlet 12 is formed on the back surface of the lower end of the mixing case 5, and a filter 13 is provided so as to close the beverage outlet 12. The filter 13 has a fine mesh shape that prevents the powder raw material T that has not completely melted in the hot water from passing therethrough. The beverage outlet 12 is connected to the spout of the beverage receiving portion, so that the tea prepared by the raw material stirring mechanism 2 is spouted from the spout.

Further, the upper back surface of the mixing case 5 is connected to the steam removing device 3 via a suction hose 14. As shown in FIG. 4, the steam removing device 3 includes a removal filter 16 and a fan device 17 in a left and right direction in a removal case 15 which is communicated with the suction hose 14 at the front end portion and extends in the front-rear direction. It is configured to be arranged in. An exhaust hole (not shown) is formed in the rear wall of the removal case 15. The removal filter 16 is supported by the filter support frame 18, and the removal case 15
It is attached to a guide 19 which is provided in a slanted shape inside. In this case, the filter support frame 18 has the removal case 15
It is possible to take it in and out from below, and a hole 18a formed in the filter support frame 18 fits into a protrusion 19a provided in the guide 19.

The fan unit 17 is constructed in a unit form by attaching a blower fan 17b to a fan motor 17a, and is detachably attached to the removal case 15 from below. By driving this fan device 17,
The fine powder or vapor of the powder material T remaining in the mixing case 5 is removed through the suction hose 14 to the removal case 15
It is sucked into the inside and collected by the removal filter 16. Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. When a beverage pouring switch (not shown) is turned on, the hot water supply valve provided in the hot water supply pipe 4 is opened for a predetermined time, and the delivery coil 8 is rotated by the drive mechanism 9 for a predetermined time. As a result, a predetermined amount of hot water and powder raw material T are supplied into the mixing case 5. At the same time, the rotary drive mechanism 11 causes the impeller 10 to rotate for a predetermined time. As a result, the hot water and the powder raw material T are stirred to prepare tea. The prepared tea flows out from the beverage outlet 12 at the bottom of the mixing case 5 and is poured out from the pouring outlet.

At this time, since the beverage outlet 12 at the bottom of the mixing case 5 is provided with the filter 13, even if the powdered raw material T remains in the powder state, it will flow out from the beverage outlet 12. Is blocked. Further, since the impeller 10 is provided in the horizontal axis shape, the beverage is agitated up and down, and it is possible to cause the beverage to flow out from the beverage outlet 12 even during the rotating operation of the impeller 10, so that the tea can be quickly fed. Can be dispensed. After the beverage supply operation is completed, the steam removing device 3 drives the fan device 17 for a certain period of time, and the fine powder and vapor of the powder raw material T remaining in the mixing case 5 are
It is removed from the mixing case 5.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the beverage outlet 12 of the mixing case 5 is provided with the filter 13, unlike the conventional one, it is possible to prevent the powder raw material T from flowing out while being left unmelted. As a result, there is an effect that tea can be supplied in a delicious state. Since the impeller 10 is provided in the horizontal axis type,
Unlike the conventional one in which the beverage could not be supplied during the rotating operation of the stirring tool, the beverage can be rapidly supplied. Further, particularly in the present embodiment, the steam removing device 3 also has various advantages to obtain the following effects. That is, the removal filter 1
Since 6 and the fan device 17 are assembled in one removal case 15, the length of the suction hose as a whole is short,
Further, the conduit resistance can be suppressed to be small. Further, since the removal filter 16 is arranged so as to be inclined, it is possible to increase the effective area and efficiently remove fine powder and steam. Furthermore, the removal filter 16 and the fan device 1
Since 7 is configured to be easily attached to and detached from the removal case 15, cleaning work can be performed easily.

<Other Embodiments> FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a beverage outlet 22 is formed at the bottom of the mixing case 21, and a filter 23 is provided therein. Is provided. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to obtain the same operation and effect as those of the above-described embodiment. Incidentally, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, for example, the agitator does not necessarily have to be a horizontal axis type,
If at least a beverage outlet is provided with a filter, it is possible to achieve the intended purpose of preventing the powder raw material from flowing out while remaining unmelted, etc. Can be carried out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a raw material stirring mechanism portion showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] Vertical side view of the mixing case

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of the mixing case portion.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view of the steam removing device.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional front view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Canister 2 ... Raw material stirring mechanism 3 ... Steam removal device 5,21 ... Mixing case (stirring container) 10 ... Impeller (stirring tool) 12, 22 ... Beverage outlet 13,2
3 ... Filter T ... Powder raw material

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method for preparing a beverage by supplying a powdered raw material and a drinking liquid into a stirring container and rotating a stirring tool provided in the stirring container to stir both to prepare a beverage. A raw material stirring mechanism for a beverage feeder, wherein a filter for preventing the powder raw material from flowing out is provided at a beverage outlet. 2. A method for preparing a beverage by supplying a powder raw material and a drinking liquid into a stirring container and rotating the stirring tool provided in the stirring container to prepare a beverage, wherein the stirring tool is the stirring Provided in a horizontal axis with respect to the container, while forming a beverage outlet in the lower portion of the stirring container, the beverage outlet characterized in that a filter for preventing the outflow of the powder raw material is provided Raw material stirring mechanism.