KR101054794B1 - Disposable Cup Beverage Vending Machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention automatically transfers a cup filled with a beverage raw material, and removes the cover member sealing the cup and discharges the cover member to the outside, and to drink water by supplying a constant water, the center of the diaphragm A housing comprising an upper machine room and a lower storage room, the housing having a lead-out part on an upper surface of the diaphragm; A cup member having a lid member inserted into a lower base of the cup main body, the raw material tray being filled with a drinking material, sealing the upper end of the raw material tray, and having a cover member in which a part of the extension protrudes into the upper part of the cup body; A cup suspension having a stacking portion in which the cups are stacked and sequentially supplying the cups to the lead-out portions through a cup chute; A pair of fixing means for holding the upper outer surface of the cup to fix the position; A cover member detachment means having a clamp for pressing an upper end of the cover member protruding toward the upper side of the cup, and rotating the clamp to tear the cover member from the raw material receiver; A discharge means for holding and discharging the closed lid member to the door side; Technical features of the water supply means for supplying cold or hot water to the cup.

Disposable means, Disposable means, Disposable means, Disposable cups

Description

Vending machine for one-off cup beverages}

1 is a front view of the present invention vending machine,

2 is an enlarged plan view of main parts of the present invention;

3 is an enlarged one side view of the main part of the present invention;

4 is a plan view of the cup position fixing means applied to the present invention,

Figure 5a, b shows a process of tearing off the cup cover member applied to the present invention,

Figure 5a shows the step before the tear off the cup cover member,

Figure 5b is one side view showing a state to remove the cover member;

Figure 6a, b, c is a view showing a process in which the waste cover member is discharged by the present invention,

Figure 6a is a plan view of the state in which the closing cover member is torn off,

Figure 6b shows a process in which the closing cover member is pressed,

Figure 6c is a cross-sectional view showing a state to discharge the closed cover member.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

10 housing 20 cup dispense

30: position fixing means 31: solenoid

40: release means 41: clamp

42: pressure plate 43: pressure plate                 

50: discharge means 51: rotating plate

52: inserting plate 60: water supply device

The present invention relates to a disposable cup beverage vending machine, and more particularly, a series of processes for sequentially feeding and supplying a disposable cup containing a beverage material, and supplying a constant water to the cup to enable drinking, mechanically and automatically. It relates to a disposable cup beverage vending machine consisting of.

In recent years, as the dietary culture has become simpler, not only food but also coffee, tea, beverages, etc. are packaged for single use and marketed, or a vending machine is installed for easy drinking.

However, in the case of a disposable package in the form of a cup or tea bag has the inconvenience of having to prepare cold and hot water separately, there is a problem that the original taste of the drink fades if the quantity is incorrectly adjusted.

In addition, the vending machine is also difficult to maintain the cleanness, there is a problem that various pathogens inhabit the complex mechanical structure.

For example, a conventional vending machine includes several reservoirs for storing coffee, sugar, cream, and various beverage stocks in a machine room of a housing, a cup suspension for supplying a paper cup, and a water supply device for supplying cold and hot water. According to the choice, coffee, sugar, prim, various drinks or tea are selectively supplied, and cold and hot water are supplied and mixed.

However, during this process, the contents of the powder or the liquid after mixing remain on the movement path, and thus are adhered and broken, thereby causing a problem that the waste is mixed with the following contents and added to the cup. In addition, there is a problem that the pathogen is generated from the waste waste to harm the human body in the heat of the cold, and also the sale itself is impossible even if only one of these paths is blocked.

In addition, the seller regularly checks whether there is a residual material of the beverage, and is inconvenient to replenish it, and also due to problems such as mechanical defects, blockage of the path, the amount of one-time supply of the contents may vary, thus coffee and beverages There is a problem that the taste changes from time to time.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and an object thereof is to fill a quantity of beverage raw material and to sell a cup beverage equipped with an airtight lid to drink the beverage in a state in which it is possible to drink the beverage. To provide a disposable cup beverage vending machine.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a disposable cup beverage vending machine which automatically transfers and supplies a cup filled with a single amount of beverage raw material, and automatically performs a series of processes of opening cold and hot water by removing a sealed cover. .

Another object of the present invention is a simple mechanical structure of the vending machine, easy to manufacture, there is no remaining raw material inside the vending machine can always maintain cleanliness, disposable cup beverage vending machine easy to clean the inside To provide.

The present invention is to automatically transport the cup filled with the beverage raw material, to remove the cover member sealing the cup and to discharge the cover member to the outside, and to drink water by drinking a constant, to the front A housing having a door and providing a machine room and a storage room around a diaphragm provided therein, the cup dispensing unit being provided on an upper surface of the diaphragm; A disposable cup having a raw material tray filled with a drinking material at a lower end of the cup body, and having a lid member for sealing the raw material tray, wherein an extension of the cover member protrudes to the upper portion of the main body; A cup suspension having a stacking portion in which the cups are stacked and sequentially supplying the cups to the lead-out portions through a cup chute; Position fixing means for a pair of fixing stand is spread or pinched around one side end to hold the outer surface of the cup to fix the position; Cover member detachment means for rotating the clamp for holding the extension of the cover member to remove the cover member from the raw material receiver; Firstly rotating the rotary plate provided with a pressure plate on the upper surface so that the waste cover member, which is torn apart by the separating means, is inserted into the insertion plate, and the waste cover member is discharged by pressing the waste cover member and rotating it again to the door side. Means; It is achieved with a vending machine having a technical feature consisting of; a water supply device for supplying cold or hot water to the cup.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a front view showing the inside of the vending machine of the present invention, Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of the main part of the present invention, Figure 3 shows an enlarged one side view of the main part of the present invention.

Preferably, the present invention is to drink water by drinking a constant water in a cup drink filled with a single amount of the beverage raw material, the beverage raw material, as well as domestic tea, such as green tea, ginseng tea, snow tea, citron tea, etc. The raw material of the soft drink and the like may be selected.

Preferably, the technical configuration of the present invention is a disposable cup 100 having a vending machine housing 10 and a cover member 130 filled with a beverage raw material and preventing penetration of external contaminants; A cup dispense 20 in which the disposable cup 100 is stacked and sequentially supplied thereto; Position fixing means 30 for holding the cup 100 supplied through the cup dispense 20 to fix the position; A cover removing means (40) for removing the cover member (130) which seals the disposable cup (100); The cover member discharge means 50 for discharging the closed cover member 130 to the outside and the water supply device 60 for supplying hot water, cold water to the cup.

The housing 10 is provided with a diaphragm 11 on the inner lower side, the upper portion is composed of a machine room 12, the lower part is composed of a storage chamber 12 to enable the storage of various items around the diaphragm 11. Its shape is composed of approximately rectangular enclosures. Of course, the shape of the housing 10 may be designed in other shapes as needed.

In the upper surface of the diaphragm 11 of the housing 10, the front is opened, a lead portion 14 composed of the upper wall portion 15 and the side wall portion 16 is provided, the upper wall portion 15 is a cup insertion hole ( 15a) is formed, and one side wall portion 16 is formed with an opening 16a into which the fixing table 34 of the position fixing means 30 described later is inserted and operated.

On the other hand, the door assembly 200 is installed on the front of the housing 10, the door assembly 200 is provided with a selection button, a coin inlet and a withdrawal door for withdrawing the cup, but a detailed description thereof is well-known It will not be described in detail in the present invention.

The disposable cup is composed of a cup main body 110 and a raw material receiver 120 inserted into the cup main body 110, as shown in Figure 7, the cup main body 110 is formed of a pulp material, the upper portion of the opening And the lower portion is provided with a bottom end 101 is sealed with a lower surface having the same inner diameter as the outer diameter of the raw material receiving 120, these inner walls are treated with a coating film to block the moisture and moisture penetration.

The raw material receiving plate 120 is made of a synthetic resin (polyethylene) material, has a space 121 filled with a beverage raw material therein, has an outward coupling end 122 at the top, and an adhesive is applied to the coupling end 122. The cover member 130 is bonded.

The cover member 130 has the same shape and size as that of the coupling end 122 and is bonded to the upper surface of the coupling end 122 to seal the raw material receiver, and extends from the cover 131. It is composed of an extension 132. Here, the extension part 132 has a length such that a part of the cup body 110 protrudes upward, and a fold line 133 is formed in the central longitudinal direction so that the drinker can fold the drink and mix the beverage. do.

The cup dispense 20 is installed at an appropriate position on the upper side of the machine room 12 of the housing 10, and on the stacking portion 21 on which the disposable cup 100 is placed, and on the lower side of the stacking portion 21. It is composed of a shooter 22 to position the cup 100 into the take-out portion (14).

Here, the stacking unit 14 is provided with an apparatus (not shown) for supplying the cup 100 in a sequential manner. Since the apparatus is a well-known technique, it will not be described in detail herein.

The position fixing means (30) is a solenoid (31), a rack gear portion (32) provided on the actuating pin (31a) of the solenoid (31), and a pinion gear (33) meshed with the rack gear portion (32). It is composed of a fixing plate 36 for fixing the cup 100 in association with. The solenoid 31 is seated on one side of the outlet 14 installed in the upper surface of the diaphragm 11 of the housing 10, that is, the pedestal 37 installed in front of the side wall 16 on which the opening 16a is formed. 37 is fixedly installed by the support 36.

A rack gear part 32 having rack gears formed on both sides is installed at the operation pin 31a of the solenoid 31, and the pinion gear 33 is engaged with each of the rack gears, and is connected to the pinion gear 33. 34 is integrally provided, and the connecting plate 34 is integrally provided with a fixing plate 35 surrounding the cup 100, and the connecting table 34 is longitudinally along the outer circumferential surface of the pinion gear 33. It is installed as, the left and right connecting rod 34 and the fixed plate 35 in the linear reciprocating motion of the rack gear portion 32 is configured to hold and secure the cup 100.

Here, the upper end of the fixing plate is provided with a locking projection 35a protruding inward direction to prevent the cup 100 is lifted upwards at the moment when the cover member 130 is torn off.

In addition, Figure 4 is attached to show another embodiment of the position fixing means 30, which moves the cup 100 to the front side of the housing 10 to facilitate the withdrawal. That is, the motor 38 is installed in the diaphragm 11, and the rotating shaft 39 of the motor 38 is connected to the pedestal 37 to rotate the motor 38 forward and reverse to rotate the pedestal 37. It is to move the cup 100.

The cover member detachment means 40 is a clamp 41 for holding the extension 131 of the cover member 130 and a rotating motor 47 which rotates the clamp 41 to tear off the cover member 130. It is composed. The clamp 31 includes a paper plate 32, a paper plate 43 for cutting the front portion of the paper plate 32 so that the extension 131 of the cover member 130 is fitted, and the paper plate It consists of the paper-pressure solenoid 44 located in the front-end | tip of 43, and the fixing piece 45. As shown in FIG.

In other words, a portion of the front side of the paper plate 43 is cut in the form of "c" or "ㅁ" to form the paper plate 43, and the solenoid 44 in front of the cut plate 43 is centered. ) Is positioned, and the extension piece 131 of the cover member 130 is located at the rotation radius of the tack unit 44 in the configuration in which the fixing piece 45 is erected at the rear end, and the extension portion is attached to the tack unit 43. It is a structure which makes 131 engage.

 In addition, the rear side bottom of the pressure plate 42 is provided with a bearing portion 46 is fixed to the rotary shaft 47a of the rotary motor 47, the rotary motor 47 is a side wall 16 of the lead portion 14 It is a configuration seated on the mounting plate 48 installed in the).

The discharge means 50 is composed of a rotary plate 51 rotated by the motor 54, the insertion plate 52 provided on the upper surface of the rotary plate 51 and the solenoid 53 provided on the insertion plate 52. .

The rotating plate 51 is eccentrically connected to the drive shaft 54a of the motor 54 at one end thereof, and rotates about the inner side of the inserting plate 52 installed on the upper surface of the rotating plate 51. The solenoid 53 is pushed and fixed in the state in which the closing cover member 130 is inserted into the closing cover member 130, and the rotating plate 52 rotates to move the closing cover member 130 toward the outlet 200.

Here, the outlet 210 formed in the door assembly 200 is preferably located directly on the side of the drawer door, but may be formed in another position in some cases.

The water supply means 60 includes several reservoirs 61 installed in the machine room 12 of the housing 10, a pump 62 for pumping the constant of the reservoir 61, and the pump 62. A heat exchanger 63 for heating and cooling the supplied constant with cold or hot water, and a water supply pipe 64 for supplying the constant supplied from the heat exchanger 63 to the cup.

According to the present invention having the configuration described above, the cup 100 filled with the beverage material is supplied and transported to tear off the cover member 130, and the hot water or cold water can be supplied thereto for drinking. As follows.

first. When the drinker presses the select button installed in the door body 200, the cup dispense 20 operates according to the signal. The cup dispense 20 inputs the cup loaded on the loading unit 21 to the withdrawal unit 14 through the shooter 22, and the position fixing means 30 catches and fixes the cup 100. That is, the cup is put into the lead-out portion 14 and at the same time the solenoid 31 of the position fixing means 30 is operated, the rack gear portion 32 is moved by this operation and the pinion gear 33 engaged with it rotates.

As the pinion gear 33 rotates, the fixed plate 35 integrally connected thereto catches the cup 100 in an open state, and the catching jaw 35a of the fixed plate 35 is the upper end of the cup 100. Will wrap.

Next, the detaching means 40 is a cover which is located at the rotation radius of the paper pressing part 43 when the paper plate 42, which is initially vertically erected downward by the rotation motor 47, as shown in FIGS. The extension portion 131 of the member 130 is naturally sandwiched between the paper pressing portions 43. When the extension part 130 is sandwiched between the pressure sensitive parts 131, the pressure sensitive solenoid 44 is moved to closely contact the extension part 131 to the fixing plate 45.

When the operation of the solving solenoid 44 stops again, the rotation motor 47 rotates in reverse, and the squeezing plate 42 rotates upward to cover the cover member 130 bonded to the coupling end 122 of the cup 100. Force tear off

In this case, the pressure plate 42 is preferably rotated about 90 °. When the operation of the rotary motor 47 stops, the motor 54 of the discharge means 50 starts to rotate, and at the same time, the rotating plate 51 rotates, and the waste cover member 130 removed from the cup 100 is removed. Discharge to the outside.

6a, b, and c show the discharge process of the closing cover member 130. First, the rotating plate 51 has an insertion part of the insertion plate 52 with the closing cover member 130 around the rotating shaft 54a. Rotate 180 ° to insert 52a. When the closing cover member 130 is fitted to the insertion portion 52a, the solving solenoid 44 of the detaching means 40 cancels the pressing state, on the contrary, the solenoid 53 of the discharging means 50 is the cover member 130. ) Cover portion 131 is pressed.

When the pressing of the cover part 131 is completed, the motor 54 is driven again to rotate the rotating plate 51 so that the extension part 132 of the cover member 130 comes out toward the outlet 210 as shown in FIG. 6C. .

The motor 54 of the discharge means 50 stops driving and the solenoid 53 also releases the pressing state of the cover part 131 so that the drinking machine can pull out the extension.

When the operation of the discharge means 50 is completed, the pump 62 of the water supply device 60 is operated to supply the cup 100 with the constant in the reservoir 61.

On the other hand, the drinker can fold the extension portion around the fold line formed in the center of the extension portion of the cover member as needed to mix and drink coffee, tea or beverage.

As described above, the present invention as described above, the present invention automatically moves the cup and removes the cover, and a series of water supplying constants is automatically performed, and the structure of the vending machine is simplified by using a cup filled with beverage raw materials. In addition to maintaining the cleanliness of the vending machine, it also has the effect of maintaining the taste of tea.

Claims (6)

A housing having a door on the front side, and a machine room and a storage room centered on a diaphragm provided therein, the cup dispensing unit being provided on an upper surface of the diaphragm; A disposable cup having a raw material tray filled with a drinking material at a lower end of the cup body, and having a lid member for sealing the raw material tray, wherein an extension of the cover member protrudes to the upper portion of the main body; A cup suspension having a stacking portion in which the cups are stacked and sequentially supplying the cups to the lead-out portions through a cup chute; Position fixing means for a pair of fixing stand is spread or pinched around one side end to hold the outer surface of the cup to fix the position; Cover member detachment means for rotating the clamp for holding the extension of the cover member to remove the cover member from the raw material receiver; A discharge means for primaryly rotating the rotary plate provided with a pressure plate on the upper surface to press the waste cover member torn off by the detaching means, and to rotate the secondary cover side to discharge the waste cover member; Disposable cup beverage vending machine comprising a; a water supply device for supplying cold or hot water to the cup. The rack according to claim 1, wherein the position fixing means forms a pinion gear portion in each of the pair of fixing stands, and the fixing stand is installed in an eccentric state on the outer circumference of the pinion gear portion, and these pinion gears are both sides of the rack gear moving by the solenoid. Disposable cup beverage vending machine including engaging the rack to cause the rack to open or retract as the gear moves. According to claim 1, wherein the detachment means is installed on the side wall of the lead-out portion, the pressure plate is connected to the motor rotates, and is formed by cutting a portion of the front of the pressure plate to press the extension of the cover member to be fitted during rotation A disposable cup beverage vending machine comprising a branch, a fixed plate erected on one side of the paper holding part, and a solenoid provided on an opposite side of the fixed plate and pressed to press the extension part. 4. The disposable cup beverage vending machine according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the detaching means includes rotating the vertically squeezed plate horizontally so that an extension of the cover member is fitted to the squeezed part. According to claim 1, The rotating plate of the discharge means is first rotated so that the cover portion of the cover member is inserted into the insertion portion of the insertion plate, and then press the release and at the same time the second rotation so that the extension portion is discharged to the door side to release the pressing state Disposable cup beverage vending machine comprising a thing. The inserting plate according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the discharge unit is rotatable by connecting one end of the rotating plate to a motor provided on an upper surface of the drawing part, and an insertion part having a cover part of the cover member inserted into the upper surface of the rotating plate. Although provided, the disposable cup beverage vending machine comprising a solenoid is installed on the inserting plate to press and release the cover portion.

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