JPH09282553A - Automatic cup type beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily deal with difference of sizes of cups and to eliminate a space behind a drop position required for the conventional reciprocative motion of a pusher in a sending device for sending the cup from the drop position to be carried from a cup storage cylinder to a take-out position nearer to a take-out port. SOLUTION: This machine is provided with a sending device 6 composed of plural rollers 61 longitudinally arranged and supported so as to be rotated, an endless belt 62 which runs toward the take-out port while being supported by these rollers 61 and becomes a vend stage, and a motor with decelerator for running the endless belt 62 while being directly connected to one roller 61. Then a cup 3 is dropped and conveyed from a cup storage cylinder 41 onto the upper face of rear part of the endless belt 62 and the cup 3, in which drink is prepared by injecting syrup or the like, is sent out to the take-out position for easily taking it out of a take-out port 23 by running the endless belt 62. The respectively suitable take-out positions can be provided corresponding to the cups 3 in various sizes, and it is not necessary to provide any special space behind the drop position which is different from the push-out due to the conventional pusher.

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 which carries out a cup into which a beverage has been poured and which is delivered from an outlet to an easy-to-take-out position for sale.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A cup-type beverage vending machine is equipped with several types of cups of different sizes stored in respective cup storage cylinders, and a cup of a predetermined size is dropped onto a bend stage by a customer's purchasing operation. Then, after injecting the beverage into the cup, the cup is pushed out from the outlet provided on the front surface of the outer door to a position where the customer can easily grasp the cup, and the cup is taken out by the customer for sale.

[0003]

By the way, in the above beverage vending machine, when the cup is sent to the take-out position, the body of the cup is pushed out from the rear by the pusher, but the take-out position of the cup differs depending on the size of the cup. Also, there is a drawback in that the structure and control of the pusher become extremely complicated when trying to make the take-out position substantially constant, and further, a considerable space is required behind the drop-out position of the cup for the reciprocating movement of the pusher. was there.

The present invention provides a cup type beverage vending machine which can easily deliver a cup filled with a beverage to a certain take-out position and does not require an extra space behind the drop-out carry-out position. With the goal.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a beverage is poured into a cup that has been dropped and carried out from a cup storage cylinder onto a bend stage, and this cup is taken out from an outlet. In a cup-type beverage vending machine for selling beverages, a delivery means for delivering the cup from a drop position to a take-out position is provided, and the first delivery means is driven by a motor, and the cup is placed on the upper surface. A delivery device including an endless belt that travels from the drop position to the take-out position, and a second delivery means is a pusher provided between the pair of left and right endless chains that are driven by a motor so as to extend at regular intervals. A delivery device that has a rod and pushes the cup from the drop position to the take-out position by the push rod, and the third means is that the push portion at the tip bends upward. To projects on the bend stage,
A delivery device is provided which has an arm that is rotated by a motor connected to the base end portion, and in which the pushing portion comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the yarn bottom of the cup and pushes the cup from the drop position to the take-out position.

In any of the above-mentioned delivery devices, there is no need for a space for delivering the cup behind the dropping position of the cup, and it is possible to deliver to substantially the same take-out position regardless of the size of the cup. By controlling so that the number of rotations of the motor is adjusted according to this, a more accurate take-out position can be secured.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body case of a cup type beverage vending machine, which is provided with an outer door 2 on the front surface.
This outer door 2 is for selling products together with the product sample 21a at the top,
Further, a display device 21 provided with a push button 21b for selecting a product such as the size of a cup is provided, a coin insertion slot 22 is provided under the display device 21, and a product take-out take-out port 23 provided with a take-out door 23a is provided at a lower portion. Will be placed. Inside the main body case 1, a cup mechanism 4 having a plurality of cup storage cylinders 41 for storing cups 3 having different sizes, and a nozzle 5 installed at an appropriate position are connected by pipes (not shown). A syrup tank and the like are provided. A delivery device 6 serving as a bend stage is provided in the lower portion so that the front end faces the outlet 23. The delivery device 6 is arranged in front and rear, and is connected to a plurality of rollers 61 that are rotatably supported, an endless belt 62 that runs on the rollers 61, and a roller 61 at the front end, and a speed reducer provided with rotation speed control means. The endless belt 62 is formed of a motor 63, and the front, rear, left and right sides of the endless belt 62 are covered with covers (not shown) which are provided at the same height as the upper surface of the belt and which are not in contact with the endless belt 62. In this delivery device 6, no special space for delivering the cup is required behind the endless belt 62.

In the above-mentioned structure, the cup mechanism 4 is first operated by the customer's purchasing operation, and the cup 3 of the designated size is dropped and carried out from the cup storage cylinder 41 onto the rear upper surface of the endless belt 62. Then, syrup, cold water (or hot water), etc. are injected into the cup 3 from the nozzle 5 to prepare a beverage. Then, the motor 63 is driven and the endless belt 62 travels forward as indicated by the arrow, and the cup 3 is sent out from the outlet 23 to a position where the customer can easily put his / her hand and stops. Therefore, the customer can open the outlet door 23a and insert his / her hand through the outlet 23 to obtain the drink in the cup. According to the delivery device 6, the drop position of the cup 3 is constant regardless of the size of the cup, and if the rotation speed of the motor 63 is constant, the center of the cup can be delivered to a constant take-out position. . Further, for example, when it is desired to slightly withdraw the take-out position for the large cup 3, the take-out position can be easily adjusted by slightly reducing the rotation speed of the motor 63.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a pair of left and right endless chains 7 in which a delivery device 7 for delivering the cup 3 is provided across a pair of front and rear support shafts 71 having sprockets at both ends.
2, a motor 73 with a speed reducer, which is directly connected to the one support shaft and is provided with a rotation speed control mechanism, and the left and right endless chains 7
It is composed of a push rod 74 which is provided at a fixed interval and is provided between two left and right endless chains 72, and a cup holder 75 which serves as a bend stage. The front and rear and left and right sides of the cup holder 75 are not shown. Covered by.
The front and rear covers cover the spindle 71 and are formed at the same height as the pedestal 75, and the left and right covers cover the endless chain 72.

In the above structure, the cup 3 is dropped onto the cup holder 75 and carried out by the customer's purchasing operation, and the beverage is prepared at this drop position. Then, the motor 73 drives the endless chain 72 and the push rod 74, and the push rod 74 pushes the cup 3 to send it to the take-out position. Also in this embodiment, the take-out position of the cup 3 can be easily made constant by controlling the rotation speed of the motor 73 according to the size of the cup 3. Alternatively, it is possible to provide a detecting means 77 for detecting the position of the cup 3 at the take-out position of the cup 3 and stop the motor 73 via this detecting means to make the take-out position of the cup 3 constant. It is similar to the above-described embodiment that no special space is required behind the delivery device 7.

6 and 7 show a third embodiment of the present invention, which is equipped with a sending device 8. The delivery device 8 includes a speed reducer motor 81 having a rotation speed control means, and an arm 82 having a base end portion connected to the motor 81, a tip bent at a right angle, and protruding onto the bend stage 25 to form a pushing portion 82a.
And the front and rear rotation positions of the arm 82 are detected to detect the motor 8
1 and the limit switches 83 and 84 for controlling the operation. An arcuate slit 25a for allowing the pushing portion 82a to travel is formed in the bend stage 25 whose front end faces the outlet 23. In the above-described configuration, the delivery device 8 has the arm 82 at the position shown by the rear solid line in the standby state for sale, and the cup storage cylinder 4 is operated by the customer's purchasing operation.
The cup 3 carried out from 1 (FIG. 1) onto the bend stage 25 is carried out by dropping to a position where the pushing portion 82a of the arm 82 is accommodated in the thread bottom 3a. Then, after the beverage is prepared for injection, the motor 81 is driven to slowly rotate the arm 82 in the direction indicated by the arrow and the pushing portion 82a pushes the beverage-containing cup 3 forward to detect the limit switch 83 at the detection position ( (Shown by a chain line), and at this time, the cup 3 occupies the take-out position. Arm 8 after customer takes out cup 3
2 returns to the position where the limit switch 84 operates and enters the sales standby state again. Although the cups 3 have different sizes, there is no great difference in the diameter of the yarn bottom, and the delivery device 8 pushes the cups 3 having different sizes from the take-out port 23 to the take-out positions at substantially the same distance. As in the above-described embodiment, no extra space is required behind the drop-out position of the cup 3.

[0012]

According to the present invention, a beverage of a cup type is automatically poured into a cup dropped from a cup container onto a bend stage, and the beverage is sold to the cup taken out of the outlet. In the machine, the first feeding means, which precedes the means for feeding the cup from the drop position to the take-out position, is driven by a motor, puts the cup on the upper surface, and runs endlessly from the drop position to the take-out position. The delivery device is provided with a belt, and the second delivery means has a push rod provided at a fixed interval between a pair of left and right endless chains traveling by a motor, and the push rod pushes the cup. The third means is a delivery device that pushes and feeds from the drop position to the take-out position. Further, the third means is that the pushing portion at the tip bends upward and projects onto the bend stage, Since the pushing device has an arm that is rotated by a motor that is connected and the pushing portion comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the yarn bottom of the cup to push the cup from the falling position to the take-out position, regardless of the size of the cup. , It is possible to send the cup containing the beverage to an appropriate take-out position for taking out the bend stage, and there is no need for an extra space behind the cup drop-out position, which is different from the conventional one. Can be effectively used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an essential portion of an invention of a cup type beverage vending machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the delivery device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of a cup-type beverage vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a delivery device of a cup type beverage vending machine showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a side view of the delivery device shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a delivery device of a cup type beverage vending machine showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a sectional view of the delivery device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 cup 6 delivery device 7 delivery device 8 delivery device 23 outlet 41 cup storage cylinder 61 roller 62 endless belt (bend stage) 63 motor 71 support shaft 72 endless chain 73 motor 74 push rod 75 cup receiver (bend stage) 81 motor 82 arm 82a push part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cup type beverage vending machine in which a beverage is poured into a cup that has been dropped from a cup storage cylinder onto a bend stage, the cup is taken out from an outlet, and the beverage is sold. A cup-type beverage vending machine characterized by comprising a delivery means for delivering the beverage from the cup to the take-out position. 2. The cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the cup feeding means is driven by a motor and runs from the dropping position of the cup toward the taking-out position to place the cup on the upper surface. A cup-type beverage vending machine, which is a delivery device equipped with an endless belt. 3. The cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the cup feeding means has a push rod provided at a fixed interval between a pair of left and right endless chains which are driven by a motor, A cup-type beverage vending machine, which is a delivery device that pushes a cup from a drop position to a take-out position by the push rod. 4. The cup-type beverage vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a tip of an arm of which the feeding means of the cup is rotated by a motor projects upward on the bend stage, and the tip contacts the inside of the yarn bottom of the cup. A cup-type beverage vending machine, which is in contact with and is a delivery device that delivers the cup from a drop position to a take-out position by the rotation.