JPS616792A - Automatic stock supply system for beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Application of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic supply system for raw materials in a beverage vending machine.

[Prior art] As a beverage vending machine, for example, the Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-3779
As described in Publication No. 8, the concentrated stock solution selected by the customer is heated or cooled and the diluted solution is mixed with sugar and cream in a cup for selling beverages, or mixed in a mixing bowl and taken out into a cup. Most of the products are sold in the form of a bottle because the operation cost is low, but it is necessary to store some parts of the undiluted solution, and there is a slight odor due to the preservatives added to preserve food hygiene. Especially in the case of coffee as a popular beverage, instant coffee made from granulated or powdered raw materials is said to have a slightly lower taste (flavor and richness) than the traditional coffee. Vending machines that sell regular coffee have also been put into practical use.

However, in the case of conventional beverage vending machines that handle regular coffee, it is troublesome to automatically supply the raw materials in a fixed size, and to dispose of the drip slag after the drip is finished, and the coffee that has been ground to medium-fine grinds is difficult to prevent moisture in the summer. Since this is difficult, the original lpt must be supplied frequently in small quantities, which increases operation costs and has the disadvantage that the cost per cup is high.

``Object of the invention'' The present invention aims to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, protect raw materials from moisture, and facilitate continuous automatic supply of raw materials and disposal of slag. .

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the automatic raw material supply system in the beverage vending machine of this invention seals a certain amount of raw materials in continuous filter containers, and In addition to airtightly sealing the side and the filtration side, before transporting the container to the drip mechanism, the airtight sealing material on the filtration side of the container is peeled off for each unit container, and a hole is made in the sealing material on the opening side. After opening, hot water is supplied into the container through this hole, and the dripped water is discharged from the drip mechanism together with the container. An embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described in detail below.
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[Embodiment of the invention] Fig. 1 shows raw materials 1 such as roasted and medium-finely ground coffee beans, black tea, etc., placed on a belt-shaped resin film in cup-shaped depressions with a flat bottom at regular intervals. After putting a certain amount of the configured filtration containers 2 into each of the containers of the raw material container connecting band 3 formed continuously, the opening side airtight monthly phase 4 made of the same monthly amount is poured into the opening side 4A of each filtration container 2. Seal P1 to cover it,
This is a raw material airtight storage storage zone 7 in which a filtration side airtight sealing material 14 that closes the filtration holes 11 provided in advance on the filtration side 13 of each filtration container 2 is sealed, and perforations 5 are provided on both side edges. .

This raw material airtight storage band 7 is stored in a beverage vending machine.

Next, a drip operation of a mechanism for supplying the raw material 1 in the filtration container 2 from the raw material airtight storage zone 7 to the drip mechanism will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2(a), the raw material airtight storage storage zone 7
A reed portion 6 is previously provided at the tip of the reed portion 6, and the perforated reed portion 6 is attached to the sprocket of a pair of sprocket wheels 9.9 and 9a disposed in front of the drip mechanism 8. While locking the ration 5, the tip of the filtration-side airtight sealing material 14 is inserted into a hole provided in the spool of the winding drum 10.

When the customer (from here) inserts the fee and presses a selection button (not shown), the machine 12a with the needle 12 descends vertically and makes a hole 2a in the airtight layer 4 on the opening side. Figure 2 shows a filter container 2 with fine filter holes 11 formed in the flat bottom of the filter container 2 to prevent the raw material 1 from leaking out.
), the sprocket wheels 9.9 and 9a rotate as shown by the arrows to expose the filter holes 11, move the raw material container connecting band 3 to the right, and remove the filter heat-sealed to the bottom of the container. The side air-tight sealing material 14 is strongly pulled and peeled off by the sprocket that has entered the perforation 5, and the filtration side air-tight sealing material 14 drawn out as a result of this peeling is wound around the winding drum 10.

As this operation progresses, the filtration container 2 portion of the raw material container connecting band 3 from which the filtration side airtight sealing material 14 has been removed is sent between the upper and lower cylinders 15 and 16.

After this, as shown in Fig. 2+C), lower cylinder 16
When the upper and lower cylinders 15 and 16 are brought into liquid-tight contact via the O-ring, a portion of hot water corresponding to a portion of the cup flows from the hot water storage tank (not shown) into the upper cylinder 15 through the hot water pipe 17. poured in.

When the hot water is poured, the piston 18 in the upper cylinder 15 lowers as shown in FIG.
By force-feeding the dripped regular coffee to the lower cylinder 16 side so that it passes through the microscopic filter hole 11 opened in the 1st part, the dripped regular coffee is passed through the outlet 19 into the cup which has already been taken out from the automatic pump supply device (not shown). 21 with the preselected amount of sugar, cream, etc.

When a portion of the coffee is completely dripped, the screw 18 is turned off as shown in FIG. Regular coffee or black tea is poured by the operation shown in Figure 2 (Fig. 2 <cb).The part indicated by the symbol F in the figure is filter paper, but even if the filter paper holes 11 are extremely small, For GX, you can omit the filter paper F.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, this invention encloses a certain amount of raw materials in continuous filtration containers, hermetically seals the front side and the filter side of these containers, and connects the containers to a drip mechanism. Before transporting the container, the airtight sealing material on the filtration side of the container is peeled off for each unit container, a hole is made in the sealing material on the opening side, water is supplied into the container through this hole, and the dripping material is drained. Since the container is discharged from the inside of the mechanism, moisture in the raw material can be completely prevented and the flavor will not be affected. Furthermore, the raw material can be automatically transported into the drip mechanism in a manner that allows it to drip. One of the waterfall slags was removed from this mechanism.
) Since the filtration container is discarded together with the filtration container, it is hygienic because coffee, etc. can always be poured into a new filtration container, and the manufacturing cost is low because it is mechanically simple. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Each of the figures shows an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a raw material container connecting band, and FIGS.
) are explanatory views of feeding the raw material into the drip mechanism, the drip, and the feeding operation from the drip mechanism. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Raw material, 2... Filtration container, 3... Raw material container connection band, 4... Opening side sealing material, 4A-・Open [1 side, 5・
... Perforation, 6... Lead part, 7...
Raw material airtight storage band, 8... drip mechanism, 9, 9a
... Sprocket wheel, 10... Winding drum,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11... Filter hole, 12... Hole is needle, 13... Filter side, 14... Filter side airtight sealing material, 15... Upper cylinder, 16... Lower cylinder, 17...・Hot water pipe, 18
... Piston, 19... Discharge port. Same day Han Noya\l'1''凰AA):i:、:、：shi2nd figure ((1,)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A certain amount of raw material is sealed in continuous filtration containers, and the opening side and the filtration side of these containers are hermetically sealed, and when the containers are carried into the drip mechanism, an airtight sealing material is applied to the filtration side of the containers. is peeled off for each unit container, a hole is made in the sealing material on the opening side, hot water is supplied into the container from this hole, and the dripped water is discharged from the drip mechanism together with the container. An automatic raw material supply system for beverage vending machines.