JPS6220071Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention is equipped with two cup supply mechanisms in the machine, for example, in the same machine, it is possible to produce syrup drinks and powders mainly made from powdered raw materials such as coffee and cocoa. This invention relates to a cup supply mechanism for a cup-type beverage vending machine that allows raw beverages to be sold together.

[Prior art] As a conventional example of the above-mentioned combination beverage vending machine, the first
The figure shows the beverage system, and Figure 2 shows an overview of the cabin layout.

In the figure, 1 is a water reservoir that receives water from the tap, 2 is a hot water tank with a built-in heater that also receives water from the tap, and 3 is a powder containing coffee, cocoa, and powdered raw materials of different types such as milk and sugar to be added to it. Raw material box, 4 is syrup container, 5 is ice maker, 6 is carbonator, 7 is carbonator 6
8 is a bend stage, 9A and 9B are cup supply mechanisms that house cups for cold drinks and hot drinks, respectively, and 10 is between the cup supply mechanisms 9A and 9B and the bend stage. 11 is a drainage container for collecting drinks spilled on the bend stage 8; 12 is a refrigerator 1;
3 is a cooling water tank, and 14 is a mixing bowl for stirring and mixing the powder raw material and hot water or water.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cup feeding mechanisms 9A and 9B are disposed above the cup shooter 10 side by side in a cabinet 22, and the diameter size of the cup storage cylinder is _φ1 so that they have the same cup storage capacity. are almost the same. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 23 and 24 are double-panel front doors.

The syrup beverage system includes a cold water line 15 that is piped from the water reservoir 1 to the bend stage 8 via a water pump, a water cooler in the cooling water tank, and a cold water valve, and a cold water line 15 that branches off from the middle of the cold water line 15 to the carbonator 6. and a carbonated water line 16 piped between the carbonated water valve and the bend stage; a syrup line 17 piped between the syrup container 4 and the bend stage via the syrup pump;
and an ice line 18 including an ice maker 5 that receives water from the water reservoir 1 and transports ice made to the bend stage.

On the other hand, in the hot beverage system for powder raw materials, a hot water line 19 opens from the hot water tank 2 through a hot water valve to a mixing bowl 14 corresponding to each powder raw material box 3.
and each mixing bowl 14 and bend stage 8
The powdered beverage supply line 20 is connected between the water reservoir 1 and the mixing bowl 14 via a water pump, a water cooler, and a cold water valve. The cold water line 21, the powdered beverage supply line 20, and the ice line 18 described above are combined.

With the above configuration, if a syrup beverage is selected at the time of sale, the cup supply mechanism 9A sends the cup to the cup dispenser 10.
Syrup, diluted cold water, carbonated water, and ice are supplied to the large-capacity cold beverage cup conveyed to the bend stage 8 through the syrup beverage system. In addition, if you select a cold beverage made from powdered ingredients, the powdered ingredients box 3
Powder raw materials and cold water are supplied from a cold water line 21, and a cold beverage prepared by stirring and mixing is supplied to the cup. On the other hand, if a hot beverage made from powdered raw materials is selected, hot water is supplied to the mixing bowl 14 through the hot water line 19 instead of cold water, and the hot beverage prepared here is transferred to a small volume hot beverage that is carried out from the cup supply mechanism 9B. It is fed into a drinking cup.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

By the way, while the above-mentioned combination-type beverage vending machine has the advantage of being able to accommodate a wide variety of beverage flavors, it does have the advantage of having fewer parts that make up the beverage system as a whole compared to conventional vending machines exclusively for syrup drinks or powdered drinks. In particular, two dedicated cup supply mechanisms must be installed, one for cold beverages and one for hot beverages. Moreover, in recent vending machines, the cup supply mechanism tends to become larger and larger in order to increase the number of cups that can be accommodated. As a result, the cup feeding mechanism occupies an extremely large proportion of the space inside the machine, and it is no exaggeration to say that the frontage of the cabinet 22 is influenced by the size of the cup feeding mechanism, especially the diameter of the cup storage cylinder. In this regard, in the conventional machine shown in Fig. 2, the cup feeding mechanisms _9A and 9B with a large diameter _φ1 are lined up on the left and right inside the machine. It had no choice but to become large. Moreover, the larger the cabinet, the larger the installation space for the vending machine, which is a disadvantage in terms of installation.Therefore, it is desirable to make the vending machine as small and compact as possible without impairing the vending mechanism.

The object of this invention is to provide a cup supply mechanism which is cleverly designed to be compact so as to reduce the external dimensions of the cabinet of the vending machine which houses the cups while maintaining the same cup storage capacity as conventional machines.

[Means to solve the problem]

This device is equipped with two cup supply mechanisms arranged side by side in the same machine, and a downwardly inclined cup shooter installed between the bend stage and the cup supply mechanism located in the center of the machine. In the cup supply mechanism of a cup-type beverage vending machine, in which one of the cup supply mechanisms drops the beverage cup onto the top of the cup dispenser and supplies the beverage cup to the bend stage, of the two cup supply mechanisms, the one upstream of the cup dispenser Compared to the cup storage cylinder of the cup supply mechanism lined up on the side,
The cup storage cylinders of the cup supply mechanism arranged downstream of the cup shooter are configured to have a small diameter and a high height.

[Effect]

According to the cup supply mechanism of the cup-type beverage vending machine based on the above means, of the two cup supply mechanisms installed in parallel, the cup storage cylinder of the cup supply mechanism lined up downstream of the cup dispenser is placed higher than the cup storage tube of the cup supply mechanism arranged downstream of the cup dispenser. Since the diameter is small, the width of the fuselage is smaller than when two units of the same diameter are installed side by side. Furthermore, since the downstream cup feeding mechanism is made taller, it maintains substantially the same cup accommodation capacity as the upstream cup feeding mechanism even if it has a small diameter. Moreover, since the configuration in which the downstream cup shooter is made taller can utilize the space between the cup shooter and the downwardly inclined cup shooter, the height of the machine body does not need to be increased.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of this invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. Note that in FIGS. 3 and 4, parts corresponding to those in FIGS. 1 and 2 are given the same reference numerals. In FIG. 3, of the two cup supply mechanisms 9A and 9B, cup supply mechanism 9B is disposed on the downstream side of the cup shooter 10, compared to cup supply mechanism 9A disposed on the upstream side of the cup shooter 10.
The diameter size φ ₂ of the cup storage cylinder is smaller than φ ₁ , and the height dimension h ₂ is larger than the height dimension h ₁ of the cup supply mechanism 9A, as shown in FIG. ing. In addition, 25 in the figure is bend stage 8.
This is the product outlet that leads to the

As is well known, the cup supply mechanism is composed of a plurality of chambers lined up on the circumference, each of which accommodates a large number of cups stacked in a vertical line, and one of these chambers is used to store the cups. One cup can be attached to the cup ejection mechanism combined with the cylinder.
The cups are taken out one by one, and when that chamber is empty, they are sent in a turret manner so that the next chamber is positioned at the cup ejecting mechanism. Therefore, even if the external dimensions of the cup storage cylinder are reduced by reducing the number of the above-mentioned chambers, the overall number of cups stored will remain the same if the height is increased accordingly.

Now, by configuring the diameter dimension _φ2 of the cup supply mechanism 9B to be smaller than _φ1 in this way,
The cabinet 22 of the vending machine has the following opening dimensions:
_L2 can be made smaller than the frontage dimension _L1 of the conventional machine shown in Fig. 2, and the installation space for the vending machine can be reduced accordingly. Furthermore, the cup supply mechanism 9
Increasing the height of B takes advantage of the fact that the cup dispenser 10 connecting the bend stage 8 and the cup supply mechanisms 9A, 9B is tilted downward as shown in FIG. However, by setting the cup delivery position of the cup supply mechanism 9B at a midway point on the downstream side of the cup computer 10, the interior space of the machine can be effectively utilized, and the height of the cabinet is not increased.

Although the illustrated example shows a structure with two front doors, it is of course possible to implement a structure with a single door.
Exactly the same effect can be obtained even if the present invention is applied to a vending machine in which the number of cups accommodated is increased by accommodating cups of the same type.

Further, in the illustrated embodiment, the cup supply mechanisms 9B arranged on the upstream side of the cup shooter 10 are supported on the back side of the front door 23, respectively. According to this configuration, when the front door 23 is opened during cup replenishment work, the cup supply mechanism 9B also moves together with the door 23 and is further away from the cup supply mechanism 9A, allowing a wide cup replenishment work space to be carried out. This makes it easier, and it is also advantageous when replenishing raw materials to the powder raw material box 3 located behind the cup supply mechanism.

[Effect of idea]

As mentioned above, this idea cleverly takes advantage of the inclined structure of the cup dispenser, and out of the two cup supply mechanisms lined up in the machine, the cup feed mechanism lined up downstream of the cup dispenser is replaced by the cup feed mechanism lined upstream side. The cup supply mechanism has a smaller diameter and height compared to the previous model, so while maintaining the same number of cups as the previous model, the external dimensions of the cabinet have been reduced to accommodate the smaller diameter of the cup supply mechanism, making it more compact. Therefore, the installation space required for installing the vending machine can be reduced, and its practical effects are extremely large.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 and 2 are schematic plan views showing the beverage system diagram and arrangement of internal mechanisms of a conventional cup-type beverage vending machine, and Figures 3 and 4 are diagrams showing the arrangement of internal mechanisms of an embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view and a front view with the front door open. 8...Bend stage, 9A, 9B...Cup supply mechanism, 10...Cup shooter.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. A machine comprising two cup supply mechanisms arranged side by side in the same machine, and a cup shooter with a downwardly inclined structure installed between the bend stage and the cup supply mechanism located in the center of the machine, In the cup supply mechanism of a cup-type beverage vending machine, in which either one of the cup supply mechanisms drops a beverage cup onto a cup dispenser and supplies the beverage cup to a bend stage according to a product selection command, one of the two cup supply mechanisms is provided. Among these, a cup-type beverage automatic is characterized in that the cup storage cylinder of the cup supply mechanism arranged downstream of the cup dispenser is configured to have a smaller diameter and height compared to the cup storage cylinder of the cup supply mechanism arranged upstream of the cup dispenser. Cup supply mechanism of vending machine. 2. In the cup feeding mechanism described in Claim 1 of the Utility Model Registration Claim, the cup feeding mechanism arranged upstream of the cup dispenser is located on the cabinet main body side of the vending machine, and the cup feeding mechanism arranged downstream is mounted on the front door of the cabinet. A supported cup feeding mechanism of a cup-type beverage vending machine.