JPH1166419A - Automatic coffee bean roasting, milling and vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily vend more delicious coffee in the state corresponding to the taste of a customer by roasting raw coffee beans selected from plural raw beam storage tanks, storing them in roasted beam storage tanks while sorting these beans, and housing the roasted beans or a mill in a container set at a container take-out port. SOLUTION: When the prescribed amount of coins are put in, under the control of a control part, raw beans selected out of plural raw beans stored in raw bean storage tanks 20 are discharged to a roasting part 12, the generated roasted beans are stored in roasted bean storage tanks 43 while being sorted, and its weight is measured by a tray 51 of a weighing part 14. When the milling (crushing) of roasted beans is selected, a conveyer sort solenoid 61 is driven and the roasted beans on the tray 51 are fed to a crushing mechanism part, crushed and supplied through a discharge shoot 70 into a container 73 set at a container take-out port 7. When the roasted beans are selected, on the other hand, a weighing discharge motor 55 is driven, and the roasted beans are supplied into the container 73.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for storing a plurality of types of green coffee beans in a green coffee storage tank in advance, and automatically producing roasted beans or mills according to consumers' preference.
The present invention relates to a coffee bean roasting mill vending machine which can be sold in a container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, green coffee beans imported by a coffee maker are roasted and distributed as roasted beans or crushed and distributed as a mill. A consumer purchases the roasted beans or mill. I like coffee. Conventionally, in order for consumers to prefer more delicious coffee, for example, an apparatus for generating roasted beans from green coffee beans, an apparatus for milling roasted beans to generate a mill, and the like are commercially available.

[0003]

However, these devices have only a single function of producing either roasted beans or mills, and consumers prefer more delicious coffee. In addition, there is a problem that coffee cannot be automatically sold in a state according to consumer's preference.

[0004] That is, roasted roasted beans are oxidized in about one week, and mills are oxidized in about three days, and the taste is sharply deteriorated. It is known. Therefore, in the case of a device for producing a roasted bean or a device for producing a mill, it is necessary to use the produced roasted bean or the mill within the above-mentioned period. It is often difficult to use in practice, and consumers endure and prefer inferior coffee.

[0005] In addition, since the state of the coffee obtained by the above-described apparatus is specified to be either a roasted bean or a mill for each apparatus, a mill is generated by the apparatus for roasted beans, and The apparatus cannot produce roasted beans, and its versatility is poor, for example, it is not possible to automatically sell coffee in a state according to consumer's preference.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the invention described in claims 1 to 3 is to allow consumers to taste more delicious coffee and to meet consumers' preference. It is an object of the present invention to provide a coffee bean roasting mill vending machine capable of easily selling coffee in a crushed state. In addition to the objects of claims 1 to 3, It is an object of the present invention to provide a coffee bean roasting mill vending machine capable of shortening a consumer's waiting time at the time of sale.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a green bean for selectively discharging green coffee stored in a plurality of green storage tanks. A storage unit, a roasting unit that roasts green coffee beans discharged from the green bean storage unit using a heater to generate roasted beans, and stores a plurality of roasted beans generated by the roasting unit in the roasted beans. A roasted beans storage section that sorts and stores in a tank, a measuring section that measures roasted beans discharged from the roasted beans storage section, and a bean processing sorting section that sorts a method of processing the roasted beans measured by the measuring section. And a bean crushing unit that crushes the roasted beans sorted by the bean processing sorting unit to generate a mill, and supplies a cup-shaped container that houses the roasted beans or the mill to the container outlet and sets it. A container automatic supply unit, and a control unit that can control each unit based on the operation of the operation panel. And butterflies.

[0008] With this configuration, the plurality of types of green coffee beans stored in the plurality of green bean storage tanks of the green bean storage unit are selectively supplied to the roasting unit by the control signal of the control unit. It is discharged and roasted by heating of a heater to produce roasted beans. The roasted beans are sorted into a plurality of roasted bean storage tanks of the roasted bean storage unit and stored in a predetermined amount, and the roasted beans are discharged to a measuring unit by a fixed amount and measured.

The weighed roasted beans are sorted in the bean processing sorting section by a control signal from the control section based on the operation of the operation panel. When the beans are sorted in the mill, the roasted beans are supplied to the bean pulverizing section. Milled to produce a mill. The roasted beans that have been sorted into roasted beans in this mill or bean processing sorting section are supplied to a container outlet of a vending machine from a container automatic supply section, and are stored and sold in a predetermined amount in a container that is set. You. Thereby, a predetermined amount of roasted beans immediately after roasting can be sold, and it becomes possible to provide delicious coffee to consumers,
With one vending machine, it becomes possible to sell a plurality of types of green coffee beans in the form of roasted beans or mills according to consumer preference.

Further, according to the present invention, the preferred period of the roasted beans or the mill supplied to the container is displayed on the container which is set by being supplied from the automatic container supplying unit to the container outlet. It is characterized by being. With such a configuration, the consumer can easily recognize the preference expiration date, and it is possible to make the consumer prefer more delicious coffee.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the operation panel includes:
A roasting type selection switch for selecting at least the type of green coffee beans, a roasting type selection switch for setting roasting degree and the like,
It has a bean processing selection switch for selecting a processing method of roasted beans. With this configuration,
Coffee sold by a vending machine can be sold in various forms, and it can surely meet consumers' preferences.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the control unit comprises:
The roasted beans stored in the roasted beans storage section are discharged to the measuring section and supplied to the bean processing sorting section in accordance with a signal from the money detecting section for detecting the inserted money.

With this configuration, when the consumer inserts a coin into the vending machine, for example, the money detecting unit detects the coin and sends a predetermined signal to the control unit, and the roasted beans are roasted in advance. The predetermined roasted beans stored in the storage tank in a predetermined amount are discharged to the measuring section and supplied to the bean processing sorting section. Therefore, it is not necessary to roast the green coffee beans after inserting the coin, and the time until the roasted beans or the mill is stored in the container, that is, the waiting time of the consumer at the time of sale can be reduced.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 show one embodiment of a coffee bean roasting mill vending machine according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front view thereof, FIG.
3 is a right side internal structure diagram, FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control unit, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are flowcharts showing operations.

1 to 3, the vending machine 1 has a vertically long casing 2 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. As shown in FIG. A door 3 that can be opened and closed by operation is provided. The door 3 is provided with an operation panel 5 on which various switches and the like are arranged, a liquid crystal display 6, a container outlet 7, a roasted beans confirmation window 8, a coin slot 9, and a coin return slot 10.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, inside the housing 2, the raw bean storage section 11, the roasting section 12, the roasted bean storage section 13, the measuring section 14, and the bean processing sorting section 15 are provided. , Bean crushing section 1
6, an automatic container supply unit 17 and a control unit 18 (see FIG. 1) are provided. The green bean storage unit 11 has, for example, three green bean storage tanks 20, and a lower part of the green bean storage tank 20 slides an input shutter 21 provided at an outlet at the bottom of the green bean storage tank 20. A shutter motor 22 that can be moved forward and backward to open and close the discharge port is provided.

When the shutter motor 22 is rotated forward by a control signal from the control unit 18 described later, the green coffee beans (green beans) in the green coffee storage tank 20 are discharged to the roasting unit 12 in a predetermined amount. You. The green bean storage unit 11 is provided with a shutter sensor 23 for detecting an open state and a closed state of the throwing shutter 21, respectively, and a front side of each green bean storage tank 20 is provided with a green bean storage tank 20. Hopper 2 that is used by rotating it forward when putting green beans into
4 are provided.

The roasting section 12 has a roasting pot 26 disposed in a roasting box 25 made of a heat insulating material. At the bottom of the roasting pot 26, a rotary plate 27 is rotatably disposed. An infrared heater 28 is provided in the upper portion of the kettle 26.
Is arranged. The rotating disk 27 has a central axis connected to a rotating shaft of a rotating disk motor 30 via a clutch mechanism 29, and removes raw bean peels and the like generated during roasting along the circumferential direction thereof in a lower leather processing chamber. A large number of slits (not shown) to be dropped and accommodated in 31 are formed.

The skin treatment chamber 31 is connected to a dust collection pack provided in a suction fan unit through a dust collection duct (not shown), and the suction fan operates to collect the skin and the like in the skin treatment chamber 31. It is sucked and stored in the pack. Roast pot 2
A mixing bar 32 for stirring the green beans stored in the roasting pot 26 (on the rotating disk 27) when the rotating disk 27 is rotated is fixed to the bottom side surface of the inside of 6. A temperature sensor 33 that detects the temperature of roasted beans (beans generated by roasting in the roasting unit 12) is attached.

Further, a beans discharge door 34 is provided on the bottom side surface of the roasting pot 26. This bean discharge door 34
The bean discharge door 34 is opened by driving the discharge door solenoid 35 fixed to the roasting box 25, and the roasted beans in the roasting pot 26 are discharged to the discharge chute 36 by driving the discharge door solenoid 35. . In addition, roasting pot 2
A heat exhaust duct 37 is provided at the center of the upper part of the heater 6, and a cooling fan 38 for supplying cool air to the roasting pot 26 is provided at the outer peripheral part thereof. A cooling door 40 that is opened and closed by driving a cooling door solenoid 39 is provided at an outlet of the cooling fan 38.

The roasted beans storage section 13 is provided with the discharge chute 3
6, a roasted bean storage tank 43 for storing, for example, three roasted bean storage tanks 43 for storing the roasted beans sorted by the assorted part 42, and roasted beans in each roasted bean storage tank 43. And a fixed-quantity discharge unit 44 for constant-quantity discharge.

The sorting section 42 has a sorting chute 45 provided in a lower part of the discharge chute 36 and branched in three directions. A connecting portion of the sorting chute 45 has two selection doors opened and closed by a sorting solenoid 46. 47 are provided. When the sorting solenoid 46 is driven, the two selection doors 47 are opened and closed appropriately, and one of the three sorting chutes 45 is selected and communicated. Further, the roasted beans storage tank 43 is provided with a fixed amount cam 48 constituting a fixed amount discharging portion 44 at an outlet at the bottom thereof. The constant-quantity cam 48 is formed to have a substantially cross-shaped cross section, and is configured to stop at a predetermined number of rotations by the rotation of the constant-quantity cam motor 49.

The measuring section 14 has a pair of springs 5 on the bottom surface.
2 has a tray 51 resiliently supported by 2. The spring 52 is fitted on the shaft, and a slide bush 53 is attached to the upper portion of the shaft, whereby the tray 51 moves up and down along the shaft according to its weight. Also, two weighing sensors 54a and 54b are provided on the bottom side of the tray 51, and the tray 51 is slid left and right by a weighing discharge motor 55.
A discharge door is provided to open a discharge port at the bottom of the printer.

When the roasted beans are discharged from the fixed amount discharging section 44 of the roasted beans storage section 13 to the tray 51, the measuring section 14
The tray 51 compresses the spring 52 and moves downward according to the weight of the roasted beans. The movement of the tray 52 is detected by the two weighing sensors 54a and 54b. For example, when the upper weighing sensor 54a is turned on,
When the lower weighing sensor 54b is turned on and the lowering sensor 54b is turned on, the feeding of the fixed quantity cam 48 is stopped, so that a predetermined amount of roasted beans is stored (weighed) in the tray 51.

The bean processing sorting section 15 has a discharge chute 58 disposed below the tray 51 of the measuring section 14 and a transport conveyor 59. The discharge chute 58 is disposed in a substantially vertical state, and a sorting chute 60 is provided on the upper part thereof in a branched manner.
1 is provided with a selection door 62 which is opened and closed by driving.

The transport conveyor 59 is provided so as to be inclined so that the upstream side is located downward and the downstream side is located upward, and the lower part of the sorting chute 60 is connected to the upstream side. In the conveyor 59, the drive pulley 63 on the upstream side is connected to the conveyor motor 64, and the conveyor motor 64 rotates, so that the conveyor belt 65 having the bucket 65a rotates in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

The bean crushing section 16 has a storage hopper 67 disposed at a lower portion on the downstream side of the conveyor 59, and a fixed crush disk, a rotary crush disk, and the like (not shown) are provided below a discharge port of the storage hopper 67. Crushing mechanism 68 is provided. The rotary grinding disk of the grinding mechanism 68 is connected to a disk motor 69 (see FIG. 5), and the rotation of the disk motor 69 causes the rotation of the rotary grinding disk to be roasted and supplied to the fixed grinding disk. Crush the beans. The mill produced by crushing the roasted beans in the crushing mechanism 68 is discharged through the discharge chute 70. The discharge chute 70 has a vibrator 72 having a vibration motor 71 for promoting the discharge of the mill.
Are arranged.

The container automatic supply unit 17 has a container storage box 74 in which a large number of cup-shaped containers 73 are stored, and a vertically movable feed plate 75 is placed on the uppermost container 73 of the container storage box 74. Are arranged in contact with each other. This feed plate 75 is
It is fixed to a feed nut 77 screwed to the feed screw 76. Then, the feed screw 76 connected to the container feed motor 78 rotates by the operation of the container feed motor 78, so that the feed nut 77 moves downward, and the container 73 in the container storage box 74 is moved via the feed plate 75. It is extruded downward one by one.

The container 73 is supplied to the container outlet 7 of the housing 2 through the container supply duct 79, and the container outlet 7 is
Is set in the container receiver 81 provided in the container. In addition,
The state of the supply of the container 73 to the container outlet 7 is detected by a container discharge sensor 80 provided on the bottom side of the container storage box 74, and in a state where the container discharge sensor 80 detects the supply of the container 73, it will be described later. The roasted beans and the like are stored in the container 73 as described above.

FIG. 4 is a view showing the components 11 to 1 of the vending machine 1.
7 is a block diagram functionally showing No. 7; As is clear from this block diagram, a plurality of types of green beans stored in the green bean storage unit 11 are selectively discharged to the roasting unit 12 to generate roasted beans, and the roasted beans are roasted. The beans are sorted and stored in the bean storage unit 13 and weighed by the weighing unit 14. When the weighed roasted beans are sorted by the bean processing sorting section 15 and sorted into roasted beans, the roasted beans are packaged (contained in a container) in a container set by the container automatic supply section 17. It is sold as roasted beans. When the beans are sorted into the mill by the bean processing sorting section 15, the beans are supplied to the bean crushing section 16, crushed, packaged, and sold as a mill.

Then, each part 11 to 1 of the vending machine 1
The control unit 18 that controls the control unit 7 is configured as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the control unit 18 will be described. The control unit 18 includes a CPU 83, an input interface 85, an output interface 86, a RAM 87, a ROM 88, a counter 89, a timer 89, and the like connected to the CPU 83 via a bus line 84.

The input interface 85 is provided with a bean seed selection switch 91 (in FIG.
W), a switch group S such as a roasting type selection switch 92, a bean processing selection switch 93, and a start switch 94.
W, a money detecting unit 95 for detecting a coin or the like inserted from the coin insertion slot 9, the shutter sensor 23,
A sensor group S such as the temperature sensor 33, the weighing sensors 54a and 54b, and the container discharge sensor 80 is connected.

The output interface 86 includes an operation state of the vending machine 1 (e.g., a progress state of each step described later), a map indicating a place of origin of the green beans, a liquid crystal display 6 for displaying various messages, and various messages. , A motor group M composed of various motors and a solenoid group SOL composed of various solenoids, an infrared heater 28 of the roasting unit 12, a cooling fan 38, and the like.

Next, the vending machine 1 is controlled by the controller 18.
An example of the control will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The operation of the vending machine 1 is controlled by the control unit 1
8 is automatically performed by a program stored in advance in the ROM 88. First, when a coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 9 (S100), the money detection unit 95 detects this, and returns the change from the coin return slot 10 when the inserted coin is larger than a predetermined amount. .

When a predetermined amount of coins is inserted, a bean seed selection switch 91 of the operation panel 5 is turned on (S101), and a predetermined bean seed is selected. As this bean seed, for example, raw bean seeds such as Kilimanjaro, Mocha and Colombia stored in three raw bean storage tanks 20 are used, and one of them is selected. When the bean seed is selected, the roasting type selection switch 92 is turned on (S102), and the roasting type is
The bean processing selection switch 93 is turned on (S103), and a bean processing method is selected. The roasting type selects, for example, the degree of roasting, and the bean processing method selects roasted beans or a mill.

As a result, the conditions for sale, that is, the program settings are turned on (S104). For example, when the consumer checks this on the liquid crystal display 6, and then turns on the start switch 94 of the operation panel 5 (S105), the operation is started. Start. When the operation starts, first, the shutter motor 2 corresponding to the selected green bean storage tank 20 of the green bean storage unit 11 is started.
2 rotates forward (S106), the input shutter 21 opens, and a predetermined amount of green beans is injected from the green bean storage tank 20 into the roasting pot 26 of the roasting unit 12.

When the green beans are put into the roasting pot 26, the rotary motor 30 of the roasting unit 12 rotates forward (S107), the rotary disk 27 rotates, and the shutter motor 22 rotates reversely (S108). The closing shutter 21 closes. Next, the infrared heater 28 in the roasting pot 26 is turned on (S109).
Then, the temperature control is started (S110) and the roasting pot 26
The green beans inside are roasted at a predetermined temperature according to the roasting degree. At this time, the green beans in the roasting pot 26 are roasted while being stirred by the mixing bar 32.

The control of the roasting time set by the control unit 18 is started according to the degree of roasting selected by the roasting type selection switch 92 (S111). When a predetermined time has elapsed after the clocking, the infrared heater 28 is turned off (S112). When the infrared heater 28 is turned off, the turntable motor 30 rotates reversely (S11).
3) and the cooling door solenoid 39 is turned on (S11).
4) Then, the cooling door 40 above the roasting pot 26 is opened. Further, in conjunction with the opening operation of the cooling door 40, the cooling fan 38 is turned on (S115), and cool air is supplied into the roasting pot 26.

By the supply of the cold air, the roasted beans exposed to the high temperature are cooled, and the temperature is detected by the temperature sensor 33 attached to the mixing bar 32, and the temperature is controlled (S116). When the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 33 falls to a predetermined temperature, the cooling fan 38 is turned off (S117), the sorting solenoid 46 of the roasted bean storage unit 13 is turned on (118), and the discharge door solenoid 3 is turned on.
5 is turned on (S119). When the sorting solenoid 46 and the discharge door solenoid 35 are turned on, the roasting pot 26 is turned on.
The roasted beans therein are supplied to and stored in a predetermined roasted bean storage tank 43.

When the roasted beans are stored in the roasted bean storage tank 43, the quantitative cam motor 49 is turned on (S120) and rotated, and the roasted beans are discharged in a fixed amount onto the tray 51 of the measuring section 14. When a fixed amount of roasted beans is discharged onto the tray 51, the tray 51 moves downward by the weight of the roasted beans, and the weighing sensor 54
a is turned on (S121), and the feed amount of the fixed quantity cam 48 is reduced by this ON signal.

When the roasted beans are further discharged onto the tray 51, the weighing sensor 54b is turned on (S122),
In response to the ON signal of the weighing sensor 54b, the fixed quantity cam motor 49 is turned off (S123) and stopped. This allows
This means that a predetermined amount of roasted beans has been weighed and stored in the saucer 51. Also, for example, in parallel with the weighing by the weighing unit 14, the container feeding mode 78 of the automatic container supply unit 17 is turned on (S12).
4) Then, the container 73 is supplied to the container outlet 7 and set. In this container 73, the expiration date is displayed in advance by attaching a label, printing, or the like.

Next, the roasted beans weighed and stored on the tray 51 are selected for bean processing (S125), and when the pulverization is selected (FIG. 6B), the transport sorting solenoid 6 is selected.
1 is turned on (S126), the selection door 62 of the discharge chute 58 is switched to the sorting chute 60 side, and the transport motor 64 is turned on (S127) to rotate the transport conveyor 59. Further, in conjunction with the rotation of the conveyor 59, the disk motor 69 of the bean crushing unit 16 is turned on (S128),
Thereafter, the metering discharge motor 55 is turned on (S129).

Thus, the roasted beans on the tray 51 are supplied through the sorting chute 60, the conveying conveyor 59, and the storage hopper 67 between the fixed grinding disk composed of the uneven surface of the grinding mechanism 68 and the rotary grinding disk. Crushed. When the vibration motor 71 is turned on (S130), the mill generated by the pulverization is supplied through the discharge chute 70 into the container 73 set in the container outlet 7 (S131).

On the other hand, when the bean processing selection is selected as roasted beans in step 125 (A in FIG. 6),
5 is turned on (S132), and the roasted beans are supplied into the container 73 set in the container outlet 7 (S133). Then, the container 73 set in the container outlet 7
When the mill or roasted beans are supplied to the motor, each motor stops (S1
34) Then, the coffee is sold (S135) by removing the container 73 from the container outlet 7.

The above is an example of the operation of the vending machine 1 under the control of the control unit 18. However, the present invention is not limited to this operation. A predetermined amount of various roasted beans may be stored in the thirteen roasted bean storage tank 43, and the process may proceed to step 120 from the point in time when a coin is inserted. In this way, it is possible to reduce the waiting time of the consumer at the time of selling.

The operation up to step 119 can be completely separated from the operation at step 120. In this case, although the roasting degree cannot be selected, the green beans can be roasted at any time according to the sales volume. It can be roasted and stored in a predetermined amount, enabling efficient sales.

As described above, in the vending machine 1 of the above embodiment, the roasting section 12 capable of storing a plurality of types of green beans in the housing 2 and the roasting generated by the roasting section 12 Since a roasted bean storage unit 13 that can store beans for each bean type and a bean crushing unit 16 that crushes the roasted beans and generates a mill are provided, the green beans can be stored in one vending machine 1. It can be roasted and sold in roasted beans or in a mill.

As a result, the vending machine 1 can directly sell the required amount of roasted beans or mills that have been roasted from green beans to the consumer, thereby reducing the taste for the consumer. It will be possible to taste not delicious coffee.
In particular, since the expiration date is displayed on the container 73 in which the roasted beans and the mill are stored, the expiration date at which the delicious coffee can be tasted can be checked at a glance, and the consumer does not need to purchase extra. It can be delicious and tasted.

Further, a plurality of types of green beans are stored in the green bean storage unit 11 and roasted in accordance with the selected roasting degree or the like, or roasted beans or mills are selected according to the selected bean processing method. The automatic processing of coffee according to the consumer's preference becomes possible, and it can respond to many consumers.
In particular, since the degree of roasting can be selected, roasting according to the type of beans and the taste of the consumer becomes possible. By installing this vending machine 1 in, for example, a convenience store or the like, the sales volume can be reduced. Increase can be achieved.

Further, various selections by each consumer can be made by operating a bean seed selection switch 91 and a roasting type selection switch 92 provided on the operation panel 5 and displayed on the liquid crystal display 6. The operation of the vending machine 1 can be easily performed by various messages and the like, and the vending machine 1 with excellent usability can be obtained.

Since the roasted beans storage tanks 43 are provided in the housing 1 in a number corresponding to the types of green beans, for example, the steps from green beans to roasting are performed in advance and the roasted beans storage tank A predetermined amount of roasted beans can be stored in the container 43, and the time from the insertion of the coin by the consumer to the removal of the container 73 containing the roasted beans and the mill, that is, the waiting time of the consumer at the time of sale is shortened. The sales volume can be further increased.

In the above embodiment, three green beans storage tanks 20 and three roasted beans storage tanks 43 were installed, and three types of coffee beans were used. It is not limited at all, and for example, it can be configured to correspond to two types of coffee beans or four or more types of coffee beans. In addition, the specific configuration of each of the units 11 to 17 and the arrangement structure in the housing 2 in the above-described embodiment are merely examples, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. .

[0053]

As described in detail above, claims 1 to 3
According to the described invention, the roasted beans and the mill can be sold by one vending machine, so that the consumer can taste delicious coffee without deterioration of taste and to the consumer's preference. The coffee in a suitable state can be easily sold.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first to third aspects, a plurality of types of roasted beans can be stored in the roasted bean storage section. This has the effect of shortening the waiting time of the consumer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a coffee bean roasting mill vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front internal structure diagram of the same.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the right side.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the same.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the control unit.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vending machine 5 Operation panel 6 Liquid crystal display 9 Coin slot 11 Raw beans storage unit 12 Roasting unit 13 Roasted beans storage unit 14 Measuring unit 15 Bean processing sorting unit 16 ... Bean crushing unit 17 ... Automatic container supply unit 18 ... Control unit 20 ... Raw bean storage tank 21 ... Shutter shutter 26 ... ... Roasting pot 27 ... Rotating plate 28 ... Infrared heater 42 ... Sorting unit 43 ... Roasted bean storage tank 44 ... -Fixed-quantity discharge section 48--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CPU-・ ・... Bean type selection switch 92 ... Roasting type selection switch 93 ... Bean processing selection switch 95 ... Money detector

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A green bean storage section for selectively discharging green coffee beans stored in a plurality of green bean storage tanks, and a green coffee bean discharged from the green bean storage section is roasted by a heater. A roasting unit that generates roasted beans, a roasted bean storage unit that sorts and stores the roasted beans generated by the roasting unit in a plurality of roasted bean storage tanks, and a roasted bean discharged from the roasted bean storage unit. A measuring section for measuring the roasted beans, a bean processing sorting section for sorting the method of treating the roasted beans measured by the measuring section, and a mill for crushing the roasted beans sorted by the bean processing sorting section. A bean crushing unit that generates a roasted bean or a mill, and a container automatic supply unit that supplies and sets a cup-shaped container that accommodates the roasted beans or the mill to the container outlet unit, and controls the respective units based on operation of an operation panel. And a control unit that can perform the operation. 2. A container which is supplied from the container automatic supply unit to a container outlet and set therein, wherein a preference period of roasted beans or mill supplied to the container is displayed. The coffee bean roasting mill vending machine according to claim 1. 3. The operation panel includes a bean type selection switch for selecting at least the type of green coffee beans, a roasting type selection switch for setting roasting degree and the like, and a bean processing selection switch for selecting a method for processing roasted beans. The vending machine for roasting coffee beans according to claim 1, wherein the vending machine has: 4. The control section discharges the roasted beans stored in the roasted bean storage section to the measuring section in response to a signal from the money detecting section for detecting the inserted money, and sorts the beans into beans. The vending machine for roasting coffee beans according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the vending machine is supplied to a part.