JPH09280707A - Table structure of dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain a dispenser always in a hygienic condition by preventing a mouse or an insect from being entering the inside of the dispenser while preventing ice pieces and water from being scattered outside of the dispenser. SOLUTION: In a main body 16 of a dispenser, a table 30 is disposed below a supply member with a space having a height which enables a feeding and removing of a rack on the table 30. The table 30 is formed in a box shape with an upper end thereof open-ended and a recessed portion is defined in the table 30. At a bottom portion of such a recessed portion, a discharge opening having a size sufficiently wide to discharge ice pieces and water is formed. A drain-board 36 having an outer shape which is approximately equal to an inner shape of the recessed portion of the table 30 and being provided with a plurality of small apertures which pass through vertically is replaceably fitted in.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a table structure of a dispenser for supplying "ice" and water to a container such as a plurality of cups stored in a rack placed on a table of an apparatus body to make "cool". It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In coffee shops, restaurants and other eating and drinking establishments, "cold", in which ice chips and water are put into cups, is provided as a customer service. As this type of device, a dispenser for supplying ice pieces and water to a plurality of cups at a time is preferably used. To describe the basic structure of this dispenser as an example, below the ice storage where a required amount of ice pieces manufactured by an ice making machine is stored, a measuring instrument having a plurality of measuring units is provided between the measuring position and the discharging position. Is reciprocally arranged. In addition, the dispenser,
A number of sprinkling nozzles corresponding to the metering portion are arranged so as to face above each cup positioned below the discharge position.
In the dispenser according to this configuration, a general-purpose rack accommodating a plurality of cups is placed on a table located below the weighing unit, and each cup is positioned below the discharge position. Then, by moving the measuring device from the measuring position to the discharging position, a predetermined amount of ice pieces measured by the measuring unit is supplied to each cup. Further, by starting watering by the watering nozzle, a predetermined amount of water is supplied to each cup to which the ice pieces have been supplied. That is, it is possible to make “cool” in a plurality of cups at a time, and it is possible to quickly respond to a large number of visitors.

In the dispenser having the above-mentioned structure, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 6, the table 50 provided in the apparatus body 16 is provided with a recess 52 at a position directly below the rack 12 on which the ice pieces and water are supplied, and a cup (not shown). The ice pieces and water that did not enter the () are collected in the recess 52. A slope 54 is formed on the front surface of the recess 52 so as to incline from the upper surface of the table 50 to the bottom surface of the recess 52, and is disposed below the table 50 at the bottom of the slope 54 of the recess 52 on the lower end side of the slope. A large discharge port 56 that can discharge ice pieces and water is provided toward the discharge tray 48. That is, when the ice pieces and water are discharged while the rack 12 is placed on the table 50, the ice pieces and water that have fallen onto the table upper surface without entering the cup are recessed via the slope 54. While collecting on the bottom of
It was discharged to 8.

[0004]

The table 50 is
Since the recess 52 is formed only at the position where the rack 12 is placed, when the dispenser 10 is installed,
When the apparatus body 16 is installed in a tilted state, ice pieces and water that have dropped onto the upper surface of the table 50 where the recessed portion 52 is not formed move on the table upper surface and fall onto the external floor surface to wet the floor. There was a problem of getting dirty. In addition, the ice pieces and water collected in the recess 52 of the table 50 are collected in another discharge tray 48.
It is also pointed out that the number of parts increases and the number of assembling steps increases as the number of parts increases.

The discharge port 56 formed in the table 50 has a large opening size for discharging ice pieces and water toward the discharge tray 48, and the discharge port 56 is used for the rack 12 as a table. It was exposed when it was not placed on 50. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that a mouse, a large insect, or the like enters the inside of the apparatus main body 16 through the discharge port 56 and becomes unsanitary.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above problems inherent in the above-mentioned conventional technique, and is proposed in order to solve the problems, and ice pieces and water fall outside the device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a table structure of a dispenser which can prevent a mouse, an insect and the like from entering the inside and can always keep it hygienic.

[0007]

[Means for solving the problems] To overcome the above-mentioned problems,
In order to preferably achieve the intended purpose, the present invention provides a plurality of containers housed in a rack or the like placed at a required position of a table arranged in the apparatus main body, and an ice storage arranged above the table. In a dispenser configured to supply and store the stored ice pieces by a supply means, and to supply a required amount of water to each container via a watering nozzle arranged above the table, substantially all over the table. Defined by a recess that opens upward, and a sludge that is detachably fitted into the recess and has a plurality of small through-holes that communicate with each other in the vertical direction. When the sludge is fitted into the recess, The height dimension of the drainboard is set so that the upper surface of the drainboard faces below the upper surface of the table.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, a table structure of a dispenser according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings with reference to preferred embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a dispenser according to an embodiment of the present invention. The dispenser 10 is arranged in a general-purpose rack 12 used for washing dishes in a kitchen and arranged in a predetermined number. A cup (not shown) is configured to supply a metered piece of ice and water. That is,
By operating the dispenser 10 once with the table 30 (described later) provided in the dispenser 10 placed at a predetermined position, ice pieces and water are supplied to the plurality of cups stored in the rack 12, respectively. It is supposed to be done.

Inside the device body 16 of the dispenser 10, as shown in FIG. 1, an ice storage 18 for storing the ice pieces produced by the auger type ice making machine 22 is arranged and below the ice storage 18. In addition, a weighing device 20 as a supply means that is reciprocally moved between a weighing position and a discharging position by an appropriate drive mechanism 32, and a fixing member 24 that supports a lower surface of the weighing device 20 are provided. The scale 12 includes the rack 12
A measuring unit (not shown) is formed corresponding to each of the plurality of cups stored in the required arrangement state, and when the measuring device 20 is positioned at the measuring position, the required amount from the ice storage 18 is stored in each measuring unit. The ice pieces are filled and supplied. Further, on the fixing member 24, chutes 26 are vertically provided at positions corresponding to the respective weighing units of the weighing machine 20 which has moved to the discharging position, and when the weighing machine 20 filled with the ice pieces is moved to the discharging position. In addition, the ice pieces in the measuring unit are configured to drop downward via the chute 26 of the fixing member 24.

A supply member 28 having a supply port 28a corresponding to each chute 26 is formed below the fixing member 24.
Are arranged. Then, the ice pieces discharged through the chute 26 are filled in the cup positioned below the supply member 28 through the supply port 28a. In addition, corresponding to each supply port 28a of the supply member 28,
The water spray nozzles 42 communicating with the water supply source are exposed, and the water sprayed from each water spray nozzle 42 is configured to be supplied to the cup through the corresponding supply port 28a.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the apparatus main body 16 is provided with a table 30 below the supply member 28 and spaced apart by a height that allows the rack 12 to be carried in and out. . And a rack 1 containing a plurality of cups
2 is placed on the table 30, and each cup is positioned below the corresponding supply port 28a of the supply member 28. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the table 30 is formed in a box shape that opens upward, and a recess 40 is defined over substantially the entire surface of the table 30. The size of the recess 40 is set larger than the outer diameter of the rack 12.

At the bottom of the recess 40, an ice collecting portion 44 which is largely recessed is formed in a portion close to the back side of the dispenser 10, and a drain hole 34 is formed in the bottom surface of the ice collecting portion 44. . In addition, an inclined surface 46 is formed so as to incline downward from the bottom surface on the front side of the concave portion 40 toward the bottom surface of the ice collecting portion 44, and ice pieces and water that have fallen into the concave portion 40 slide on the inclined surface 46 and the ice collecting portion. It is configured to be collected at 44.

The concave portion 40 of the table 30 is formed to have an outer shape that can be inserted into the concave portion 40.
A drainboard 36 having a plurality of small through holes 36a that communicate with each other vertically arranged in a required arrangement is detachably fitted. The height dimension of the drainboard 36 is set smaller than the depth dimension of the recess 40, and as shown in FIG.
When the drainboard 36 is inserted in 0, the upper surface of the drainboard is located at a position lower than the table top by a required height. That is, the ice pieces and water that have dropped onto the upper surface of the drainboard 36 are reliably prevented from scattering outside the table 30 and falling outside the device. The through hole 36a is set to have an opening size that allows passage of small pieces of ice and water but prevents entry of mice and large insects.

As shown in FIG. 3, two protrusions 38 extending in the loading / unloading direction (front-rear direction) of the rack 12 with respect to the dispenser 10 are formed in parallel with each other in the width direction on the upper surface of the drainboard 36. The rack 12 has two ridges 38,3.
It is designed to be placed on top of 8. The height of the protrusions 38 is set so that the upper surface thereof is substantially at the same level as the table upper surface when the sludge 36 is fitted into the recess 40 of the table 30 (see FIG. 4), and the rack 12 is carried in and out. Is configured so that it can be performed smoothly.

[0016]

Next, the operation of the table structure of the dispenser according to the embodiment will be described below. The rack 12 is placed on the drainboard 36 while the rack 36 is fitted into the recess 40 of the table 30, and the rack 1
Position each cup contained in 2 below the discharge position. It should be noted that by inserting the slats 36 into the recesses 40, the discharge holes 34 formed in the table 30 are covered with the slats 36. Next, by operating a starter switch (not shown), the measuring mechanism 20 is reciprocally moved by the drive mechanism 32, and the ice pieces with which the respective measuring units are filled at the measuring position are moved to the discharging position. Is supplied to the corresponding cup through the chute 26 and the supply port 28a. Further, water is sprinkled from the water sprinkling nozzle 42 and water is supplied to the cup, so that "cooling" is made.

When supplying ice pieces or water to the cups, the ice pieces or water that did not enter the cups drop onto the upper surface of the drainboard 36, and the small ice pieces or water pass through the through holes 36a. Are collected in the ice collecting section 44 of the recess 40. Then, the ice pieces and water are discharged to the outside of the machine through the discharge hole 34. It should be noted that large pieces of ice that cannot pass through the through holes 36a of the drainboard 36 remain on the upper surface of the drainboard 36. In this case,
As shown in FIG. 4, since the upper surface of the drainboard 36 faces a position lower than the upper surface of the table 30 by a required height, ice pieces and water move on the upper surface of the drainboard and drop onto the outer floor surface of the dispenser 10. Certainly prevented. That is, even when the device body 16 is tilted when the dispenser 10 is installed, ice pieces and water do not scatter to the outside of the device, and the floor surface is not wet or dirty. In addition, it is 36
Since the upper surfaces of the protrusions 38, 38 formed on the upper surface are located at substantially the same level as the upper surface of the table 30, the rack 12 can be carried in and out without any trouble.

When the ice pieces remaining on the upper surface of the drainboard 36 are to be discharged, the drainboard 36 is placed in the recess 4 of the table 30.
When the ice piece is removed from the unit 0 and dropped into the recess 40, the ice piece is discharged from the discharge hole 34 to the outside of the machine. Then, the drainboard 36 can be easily washed outside by removing it from the table 30. In addition, the discharge hole 3 formed in the table 30
No. 4 is covered with the drainboard 36, and the through hole 36a of the drainboard 36 is set small. Therefore, even if the rack 12 is not placed, a mouse, a large insect, or the like can be removed from the through hole 36a. It is possible to prevent entry into the inside of 16, and keep it always hygienic.

[0019]

As described above, according to the table structure of the dispenser according to the present invention, the slats are detachably fitted in the recesses formed over substantially the entire surface of the table, and the height dimension of the slats is set. Since the depth is set to be smaller than the depth dimension of the recess, it is possible to prevent ice pieces and water falling on the drainboard from falling outside the device body. In addition, since the slats with small through holes are removably inserted into the table so that the discharge holes formed in the table are not always exposed, mice and insects are It has the advantage that it can be prevented from entering the inside and can always be kept hygienic. Moreover, by removing the slats, it becomes possible to easily wash the slats outside.

Further, since the table and the discharge tray are not formed separately, the number of parts can be reduced and the number of assembling steps can be reduced. Therefore, the device cost can be kept low.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an overall configuration of a dispenser adopting a table structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing a dispenser according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a main part schematic perspective view showing a table structure according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side sectional view of an essential part showing a table structure according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a dispenser that employs a table structure according to the related art.

FIG. 6 is a schematic side sectional view of an essential part showing a table structure according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

12 racks, 16 device main body, 18 ice storage, 20 weighing device (supply means) 30 table, 34 discharge hole, 36 drainage board, 36a through hole, 38 ridge 40 recessed portion, 42 sprinkling nozzle, 46 inclined surface

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of containers housed in a rack (12) mounted at a required position of a table (30) arranged in an apparatus body (16) and arranged above the table (30). The ice pieces stored in the ice storage (18) are distributed and supplied by the supply means (20), and a required amount of water is supplied to each container via the watering nozzle (42) arranged above the table (30). In a dispenser configured to supply, a recess (40) that is defined over substantially the entire surface of the table (30) and opens upward, and is removably fitted into the recess (40) and communicates vertically. It consists of a drainboard (36) having a plurality of small through holes (36a), and when the drainboard (36) is fitted into the recess (40), the drainboard (3
The table structure of the dispenser, wherein the height dimension of the drainboard (36) is set so that the upper surface of (6) faces below the upper surface of the table (30). 2. The rack is provided on an upper surface of the drainboard (36).
A plurality of ridges (38) extending parallel to the carrying-in / out direction of (12) are formed, and the height dimension of the ridges (38) is such that a recess (36)
The table structure for a dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the dispenser is set to be substantially level with the upper surface of the table (30) when it is fitted into the (40). 3. A discharge hole (34) communicating vertically is formed at a required position on the bottom of the table (30), and an inclined surface (46) inclined downward toward the position where the discharge hole (34) is formed. )
The table structure of the dispenser according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the table structure is formed.