JPH09128643A - Cup type automatic drink vending machine with drop-by-drop injection device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain and improve the aroma and taste of drink for a time longer than the required time now when a raw material which is easy to deteriorate is used by providing a container which stores a dropping injection material, a dropping injection device which injects drops of an injection material, and a controller which controls an injection amount and the timing of injection. SOLUTION: Cups 7 are conveyed from the carry-out opening of a cup carrying-out device at a vending stage 6, one by one, and held there so that prepared drink is injected. In synchronism with the carrying-out operation for the cups 7, an article is selected out of a canister 2 and discharged, and the drink which is passed through a raw material shooter 3 and stirred in a mixing bowl is injected into the cup 7 held at the vend stage 6. At this time, spices and a condensed essence (dropping injection material) are injected from the storage container 8 by the dropping injection device 5 while the injection amount and the timing of the injection are controlled by the controller 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup-type beverage vending machine provided with a drip infusion device for injecting a drip infusion substance during or after cooking in order to improve the quality of regular coffee. Type beverage vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, raw beans have been cooled for the purpose of maintaining quality. In order to cool the raw beans, a refrigerator is installed in the beverage vending machine storage, or simple cooling is performed using cold air from the syrup cooling water tank.

A beverage material container unloading mechanism is provided with a cup unloading mechanism that uses a raw material pack in which one cup of beverage material is filled and sealed, a beverage material container unloading mechanism, a hot water supply or water supply pipe, and a controller. A container storage containing a beverage raw material container having a hot water or water supply port at one end and a beverage outlet port crushed by internal pressure at the other end, and a beverage raw material container pulled out from the container storage Alternatively, the container has a container take-out mechanism that connects the water supply port to the hot water supply or the water supply pipe, and the hot water or water is supplied to the beverage raw material container connected to the hot water supply or the water supply pipe by the signal from the control unit. Beverage vending machine in which the beverage prepared in the container is crushed by the rise of the internal pressure of the container and the beverage is poured into the cup carried out from the outlet (Actual Kaihei 4-366).
No. 86).

[0004]

However, in a cup-type beverage vending machine equipped with regular coffee, improving the quality of regular coffee is the greatest theme. For that purpose, the raw material is beans, and every time it is sold, it is ground with a mill and extracted with a paper filter. However, the inside of the vending machine has a high temperature (about 40 ° C.), which causes deterioration of the raw beans, resulting in a decrease in aroma and taste. As a method for preventing this, a method such as cooling the raw material beans is implemented.

This method has a problem that it requires a space and costs because a refrigerator is installed in the vending machine. Therefore, it is good to secure about 25 ° C., and it is the current situation that simple cooling is performed using the cold air from the syrup cooling water tank. Therefore, it cannot be said that the cooling is perfect, and further measures for improving the aroma and taste are needed.

In addition, the cup-type beverage vending machine disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-36686 can prevent deterioration of quality, but since each product requires one raw material pack, it has a pack storage capacity. Product variety is limited. In addition, if the process from unloading the pack to setting the pack is automated, the bend time will inevitably become longer than that of the conventional canister type vending machine. Furthermore, in order to obtain a complicated and reliable pack transport mechanism, pack set mechanism, etc., the vending machine becomes very expensive.

[0007] Further, when the raw material pack is used, the raw material is sealed just before drinking, and the raw material can be provided without deterioration so that fresh and high-quality raw material can be provided. , Providing high quality beverages,
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In view of these circumstances, the present invention provides a drip injecting device for injecting a drip injecting substance into a cup-type beverage vending machine during or after cooking, and the drip injecting amount and the infusion amount of the drip injecting device. An object of the present invention is to provide a cup-type beverage vending machine with a drip injecting device, which is provided with a control device for controlling timing.

[0009]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a container for storing a drip injectable substance in a cup-type beverage vending machine so that the drip injectable substance can be injected during or after cooking. The technical means of providing a drip injecting device for infusing a drip injecting substance from the container and a control device for controlling the drip injecting amount and the injection timing of the drip injecting device are adopted.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention stores liquid flavors and concentrated extracts in a cup-type beverage vending machine so that a drip injecting substance, for example, liquid flavors and concentrated extracts can be injected during or after cooking. A container and an infusion device,
A control device is provided so as to control the drip injection amount and the injection timing so as to control the drip injection device. Then, as a specific embodiment, in the case of a mixing ball type vending machine, drip injection is performed in the cup almost at the same time as the beverage with stirring and cooking is poured into the cup. In addition, when instilling while cooking in a cup-cooking vending machine, when instilling after being cooked in a cup-cooking vending machine and during transportation to the selling port. It may be possible to inject at the selling port after cooking with an in-cup cooking type vending machine.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a mixing ball type vending machine of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, since the cooking place and the cup take-out place are the same, the drip injecting device is arranged as close as possible to the bend stage 6 and has a structure capable of drip injecting the stirred and cooked beverage when it is poured into the cup 7. ing.

As shown in FIG. 1, 1 is an extractor,
2 is a canister, 3 is a shooter for various raw materials, 4 is a mixing ball, 5 is a drip injection device, 6 is a bend stage, 7 is a cup, 8 is a storage container, 9 is a control device, 10 is a coin slot, 11 is a product The selection button, 12 is a coin mech. An overview of the mixing ball type vending machine will be described below.

When the user inserts a coin from the coin slot 10 and presses one of the product selection buttons 11, the coin mech 1
If it can be checked and sold while sorting according to 2,
The cooked beverage is poured into the cup under the control of the controller 9 and at the same time the drip infusion material is drip-injected. It is transported to the bend stage 6 one by one from a carry-out port of a cup carry-out device, in which a large number of cups 7 (not shown) are stored, and the cooked beverage is poured into the bend stage 6 and stands by. In synchronization with the carry-out of the cup 7, the selected product is selected from the canister 2 and discharged, and the beverage stirred and cooked by the mixing ball 4 is waited on the bend stage 6 via the shooter 3 of the raw material. It is poured into the cup 7. At this time, the drip injecting device 5 controls the drip injecting amount and the timing of the infusion from the drip injecting device 5 through the storage container 8 in which the liquid perfume or the concentrated extract or the like as the drip injecting substance (hereinafter referred to as the drip injecting substance) is stored. Controlled by 9 and injected.

The one shown in FIG. 2 is for injecting a drip injecting substance during cooking with an in-cup cooking type vending machine, for injecting a raw material into a beverage cup 7 during stirring and cooking. The drip injecting device 5 is arranged as close to the stirring device 17 as possible.

FIG. 3 shows a case in which a drip injecting substance is injected after being cooked by an in-cup cooking type vending machine and then being conveyed to a sales port. After stirring and cooking, a drink cup 7 is placed in the sales port. Since the drip infusion is carried out during the transportation, the drip infusion device 5 may be arranged anywhere in the transportation path from the stirring device 17 to the sales port.

The one shown in FIG. 4 is one in which the drip injecting substance is injected at the selling port after cooking with the in-cup cooking type vending machine, and the beverage cup 7 is conveyed to the selling port, and the selling operation is completed. The drip injecting device 5 is arranged at a position as close as possible to the selling port for the purpose of injecting the drip just before.

Next, two concrete examples of the drip injecting device will be described. The one shown in Fig. 5 is of the free fall type.
Storage container 8, hose 13, drip injecting section 14, solenoid valve 15
Since the free fall type falls due to gravity, the storage container 8 must be deflated. This air bleeding depends on the substance put in the storage container 8, but for substances that are easily contaminated with bacteria, attach a sterilization filter,
Alternatively, in the case of a highly volatile substance, it is necessary to install an electromagnetic valve 15 or the like to shut off the air.

The pump shown in FIG. 6 is of the pump type.
Consisting of a storage container 8, a hose 13, a drip injecting section 14 and a hose pump 16, the pump type forcibly sucks up air, so there is no need for air bleeding unlike the free fall type. In addition, since it is possible to form a completely sealed structure by using a film-like bag, it is possible to handle substances that are easily contaminated by bacteria and substances that are highly volatile. Needless to say, it is necessary to consider cooling the storage container 8 with a simple cooling device in the case of a substance such as liquid fragrance that may be denatured due to a change in temperature.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained based on the above configuration. (1) It becomes possible to infuse liquid flavors and concentrated extracts, which are drip infusion substances, during or after cooking, and when using ingredients that easily deteriorate such as regular coffee, the aroma and taste of the beverage are better than the current situation. It can be maintained and improved for a long period of time. (2) By injecting flavors and concentrated extracts of completely different systems, it will lead to the creation of new types of beverages.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mixing ball type beverage vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the in-cup cooking type vending machine according to the present invention when injecting during cooking.

[Fig. 3] After cooking with the in-cup cooking type vending machine of the present invention,
It is a schematic front view at the time of injecting to a sales outlet on the way of conveyance.

[Fig. 4] After cooking with the in-cup cooking type vending machine of the present invention,
It is a schematic front view at the time of injecting at a sales outlet.

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of a free-fall type drip injecting device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of a pump type drip injecting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Extractor 2 ... Canister 3 ... Raw material shooter 4 ... Mixing ball 5 ... Drip injection device 6 ... Bend stage 7 ... Cup 8 ... Storage container 9 ... Control device 10 ··· Coin slot 11 ··· Product selection button 12 ··· Coin mech 13 ··· Hose 14 ··· Drip injection unit 15 ··· Solenoid valve 16 ··· Hose pump 17 Stirrer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cup-type beverage vending machine, a container for storing the drip injecting material so that the drip injecting substance can be injected during or after cooking, a drip injecting device for driping the drip injecting substance from the container, A cup-type beverage vending machine with a drip injecting device, which is provided with a control device for controlling the drip injecting amount of the drip injecting device and the injection timing.