JPS58181192A - Beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a beverage vending machine, and more specifically, the machine receives the supply of hot water, cold water, and ice from the main machine, and is equipped with a slave machine that increases the sales menu and sales outlets of the main machine. This relates to a beverage vending machine that is powered by

There are two types of beverage vending machines: hot spring machines and cold machines, and it has been common practice to maintain a balance between winter and summer sales by installing both machines. Like this 2
Since installing a stand requires a large installation area, recently, a multifunction machine, that is, a hot-and-cold machine, in which a heater tank, a water cooler, and an ice maker are installed in one housing has been used. However, with the diversification of user tastes, there is a demand to sell a wide variety of beverages, and the above-mentioned multifunction machines are able to prepare both hot and cold ingredients to the same extent as conventional dedicated machines. In order to meet the above demand, it is necessary to install several multifunctional machines, which also has the disadvantage of requiring a large installation space and power source. In addition, all types of beverage vending machines have only one coin slot and cannot accommodate more than two users at the same time, especially in factories where there are many users during short break times, and it is difficult to make purchases. Because it takes time to complete the process, many users are dissatisfied with the fact that they are forced to purchase drinks from other vending machines that they do not really want.

The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and the purpose of this invention is to store one or more types of liquid and powder raw materials, dissolve or dilute these raw materials with hot or cold water, and dissolve or dilute them with hot or cold water. It has a master machine that has the function of selling products and a slave machine attached to the master machine, and the slave machine stores one or more kinds of liquid and powder raw materials, and sells these raw materials to the master machine. It has a function to sell cold drinks separately from the main unit by having a chute for dissolving or diluting ice with hot water or cold water supplied from the main unit, and then dispensing ice into the cup after melting or diluting it with hot water or cold water supplied from the main unit. The present invention provides a beverage vending machine which has a small structure and is characterized by increasing the sales menu and the number of sales outlets by adding the handset. An embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described in detail below.

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the basic structure of the beverage vending machine of this invention. 1 is a single machine that can sell hot and cold drinks. The cough master machine receives water from the tap and boils it to make hot water. A heater tank 11, raw material stockers 12a and 12b that store granular or powdered raw materials, and a raw material stocker 12 that stores liquid raw materials such as syrup or concentrate.
c, a mixing ball 15 for melting the powder raw material taken out from one of the raw material stockers 12a, 12b via the chute taa4 or 13b with hot water injected from the heater tank through the pipe 14a; A pipe 14b for pouring the molten hot beverage into the cup a, and a cold water supply for receiving water from the ice maker 16 and the water supply to cool the liquid raw material directly taken out from the raw material stocker 12c into the cup a through the pipe 14c. It has a function of making a cold drink in the cup a by diluting it with ice and cold water injected from the supply section 17 through the chute 13c and the pipe 14d. In the figure, 18 is a housing, and 19 is a coin slot.

2Fi This is a compactly woven slave machine that does not have any function of making hot water, cold water, or ice.The slave machine has raw material stockers 211 to 21n that store powdered raw materials or liquid raw materials, and mixing bowls for each of these raw material stockers. It is provided with pipes 22a to 22n for delivering raw materials to the mixing bowl 23 and a pipe 24 for dissolving or injecting a diluted liquid into the syrup b. Note that 25 in the figure is a coin slot in the housing.

This slave unit 2 is attached to the side of the base unit 1, and has pipes 278 from the heater tank 11 and cold water tank 17 of the base unit, respectively.
, 27b into the mixing bowl n, and the ice maker 16 into the cup b through the shishuta 28.
The power for the slave units is supplied from a distribution board (not shown) in the master unit, and they have an independent function as a beverage vending machine.

FIG. 2 shows the specific configuration of the beverage vending machine of the present invention. 10 is a main unit which has the following functions: receives water from the tap in a water receiving tank 101; Heater 1
Heater tank 103 and reservoir 104 containing 02
water supply.

The hot water stored in the heater tank 10B is transferred to the hot water valve 10.
The raw material stocker 106a is opened by opening the valves 5a to 105d.
Mixing bowl xosa~108d receives raw materials from ~106d via shooters 107a~107d
A fixed amount of hot drink is poured into the pipe 109a.
~109d through cup feeding mechanism 110a, oob
It is injected into cup a supplied by reservoir 1
The water stored in 04 is supplied to an ice maker 111 to make ice, and small pieces of ice crushed by an ice chipper 112 are sent into cup a through a chute 114 when the ice door is opened by an ice door solenoid 113.

The water in the reservoir 104 is removed from the cycling valve 1.
15. The cold water is cooled through a circulation vibrator 118 which is circulated in a cooling water tank 117 by a magnetic pump 116, and the cold water is passed through a water pump 118. The cold water is poured into the cup a through a pipe 12G equipped with a cold water valve ils.

121 is a carbon dioxide gas cylinder, and carbon dioxide gas is injected into a tank 123 together with cold water branched into multiple branches from the cold water valve 119 through a pressure regulating valve 122 to become carbonated water, and carbonated pulp 124
When the valve is opened, the liquid is poured into cup a.

Syrup is stored in a syrup tank 125, pumped out by a syrup pump 126, and poured into cup a. In the figure, 127 is the refrigerator 12 that cools the water in the cooling water tank 117.
8 is a stirring motor.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a slave unit, which has the following functions.

201a to 201e are raw material stockers equipped with pen motors, and the raw materials are delivered to mixing bowls 203a to 203C through shooters 202a to 202C, respectively. Hot water stored in the heater tank 108 with a large storage capacity of the master unit 10 is drawn into the slave unit through the hot water receiving pipe 204, and is injected into the mixing bowls 203a to 203C when the hot water valves 205a to 205C are opened. The hot drink dissolved in the boiling water in the mixing bowl is supplied to the cup supply mechanism 207.

The liquid is poured into cup b through pipes 206a to 206Cf.

In this embodiment, only hot water is supplied from the master unit 10, but ice and cold water may be supplied as shown in FIG. 1, depending on the raw materials stored in the slave unit.

The beverage vending machine of the present invention is constructed as described above, and includes a parent machine with 1.5 to 2 times the capacity for hot water storage, ice making, and cold water storage, and a main machine that has 1.5 to 2 times the capacity for hot water storage, ice making, and cold water storage, and a master machine for developing and seasoning raw materials.

Depending on the number of users, etc., one or two slave devices may be installed together.
The aim is to increase the number of menus and the number of sales outlets.By inserting a coin into the coin slot of the main unit or slave unit, the user can use the menu selection button or the independent hot button.
By pressing either of the cold selection buttons H or C, the user can purchase a cold or hot drink using the above-mentioned functions from the master unit or slave unit.

As described above, the present invention has a main unit that stores one or more types of liquid and powder raw materials, dissolves or dilutes these raw materials in hot water or cold water, and sells the raw materials, and a slave unit attached to the main unit. This slave machine stores one or more types of liquid and powder raw materials,
It has a function of dissolving or diluting these raw materials with hot water or cold water supplied from the base unit, and then dispensing ice into the cup, and sells cold drinks separately from the base unit; The handset is configured smaller than the main unit, and by installing the handset together, the sales menu and sales outlets are increased. Therefore, the user's convenience can be calculated with low investment and a small installation area, and the main unit can be used in advance. , a control device, a terminal or distribution panel for connecting a power harness, and a supply and intake port for hot water, cold water and ice, respectively, are provided in the slave unit,
If you make a connection hole in the housing and cover it with a blind board, the construction work involved in installing it will be simple, and in addition to being able to handle changes in the season and number of users, the slave unit requires less electricity. It has advantages such as no additional work on the power line is required, and the handset itself is small, lightweight, and inexpensive, making it economical.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Each of the figures shows an embodiment of the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a principle block diagram and FIG. 2 being a more specific block diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Main unit, 11...Heater/return, 2...Slave unit, 12a. 12b... Raw material stocker, 13a, 13b... Shooter, 15... Mixing bowl, 16... Ice maker, 17... Cold water supply section, 21a-21n... Raw material stocker. iJ! ,,,,': ':i-

Claims (1)

[Claims] It has a master unit that stores one or more types of liquid and powder raw materials, dissolves or dilutes these raw materials in hot water or cold water, and sells the raw materials, and a slave unit attached to the master unit, The slave machine stores one or more types of liquid and powder raw materials, and is equipped with a chute that melts or dilutes these raw materials with hot or cold water supplied from the master machine and then throws ice into the cup. The main unit has a function of selling cold drinks separately from the main unit, and the slave unit is configured to be smaller than the base unit, so that the number of sales menus and sales outlets can be increased by adding the slave unit. Beverage vending machine.