KR19990021532A - Vending machine and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vending machine and a control method thereof, the object of which is to quickly sell the beverage by supplying the beverage and supplying the cup and taking out all the cups of the beverage at the same time when the consumer wants to purchase several drinks. To do it.

The vending machine according to the present invention includes a main body case having a cup opening portion opened to the outside, a cup dispenser for supplying a cup, a water container and a raw material container provided inside the main body case, and water and raw materials from the water container and the raw material container. It includes a mixer for feeding and mixing them to make a drink. The cup dispensing portion of the cup dispenser and the beverage dispensing portion of the mixer and the cup dispensing portion are arranged to be spaced apart at equal intervals on the concentric circle, the cup supplied from the cup dispenser is provided to be seated, the cup dispensing portion of the cup dispenser at all times And a transfer member having at least three cup holder portions disposed to be positioned below one of the beverage dispensing portion and the cup dispensing portion. The conveying member is rotated by the motor.

Description

Vending machine and its control method

The present invention relates to a vending machine, and more particularly, to a vending machine that can quickly sell several drinks by supplying a drink and a cup and a takeout of every cup of the drink at the same time.

Vending machine is to sell goods unattended, such a vending machine is to sell a cup beverage, such as coffee and can be sold, etc. Figure 1 is a view showing the configuration of a vending machine for selling a conventional cup beverage to be. As shown in the figure, a water container 2 and a raw material container 3 are installed inside the main body case 1, and a mixer 4 for supplying water and raw materials from them and mixing them to make a beverage such as coffee is provided. Is installed. The mixer 4 is provided with a supply pipe 6 for guiding a beverage made of the cup takeout part 5 installed at the lower part of the main body case 1, and a cup dispenser for supplying a cup to the cup takeout part 5 ( 7) is installed.

The vending machine configured as described above inputs money corresponding to a beverage to be purchased by the consumer, and then selects a beverage to be purchased by using a selection button, and one cup from the cup dispenser 7 to the cup dispensing unit 5. Supplied. Then, water and raw materials are supplied to the mixer 4 from the bucket 2 and the raw material container 3, and the mixer 4 is mixed with the supplied water and the raw material to make a beverage such as coffee. The beverage made in the mixer 4 is then supplied to the cup in the cup take-out section 5 through the supply pipe 6, and after the drink is completely supplied to the cup, the consumer takes out the cup of the cup take-out section 5. The sale of the drink ends.

However, such a conventional vending machine has a problem that takes a long time when a consumer wants to purchase several drinks. That is, since the supply of the cup and the supply of the drink are sequentially performed, the consumer has to take out the cup and then repeat the process of operating the beverage selection button again to purchase a desired quantity of beverage, which takes a long time. In addition, by repeatedly operating the beverage selection button, there was a problem of inconvenient purchase.

The present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a beverage by supplying the beverage and the supply of the cup and withdrawal of all the cups of the beverage at the same time when the consumer wants to purchase several drinks It is to provide a vending machine that can sell quickly.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a conventional vending machine.

Figure 2 is a view showing the configuration of a vending machine according to the present invention, a front view of a state in which the door of the vending machine is removed.

3 is a plan view showing the configuration of the transfer plate portion shown in FIG.

4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

11: cup outlet 20: bucket

30: raw material container 40: mixer

50: cup dispenser 60: transfer member

70: sensor

The present invention for achieving the above object is, the main body case having a cup ejection portion opened to the outside, a cup dispenser for supplying a cup, a water container and a raw material provided in the interior of the main body case, In the vending machine including a mixer for receiving a raw material and mixing them to make a beverage, the cup dispensing portion of the cup dispenser, the beverage dispensing portion of the mixer and the cup dispensing portion are arranged at equal intervals on the concentric circle, the cup A transfer member provided with a cup supplied from the dispenser, and having at least three cup holder portions disposed to be positioned below one of the cup dispensing portion, the beverage dispensing portion, and the cup dispensing portion of the cup dispenser; It is a configuration characterized in that it comprises a motor for rotating the transfer member.

In addition, the transfer member is provided in the shape of a disc, the cup holder portion is configured to be spaced apart from the neighboring 120 °.

The present invention provides a main body case having a cup ejection portion opened to the outside, a cup dispenser for supplying a cup, a water container and a raw material container provided inside the main body case, water and raw materials are supplied from the water container and the raw material container and mixed with them. Mixer for making a drink, the cup supplied from the cup dispenser is provided to be seated, at least the cup holder portion disposed to be located at any one of the cup dispensing portion and the beverage dispensing portion and the cup dispensing portion of the cup dispenser at least In a vending machine including three or more transfer members and a drive member for rotating the transfer member, when a sale of two or more drinks is ordered, the cup of the cup dispenser is supplied to the first cup holder provided in the transfer member. And rotating the transfer member to transfer the cup supplied in the step to the beverage dispensing site. And supplying a drink in the mixer to the cup and simultaneously supplying a cup in the cup dispenser to a second cup holder part and rotating the transfer member to take out the cup in the first cup holder part. Comparing the number of cups supplied from the dispenser with the number of cups sold and the quantity sold, and if the quantity sold is greater than the number of cups, the process returns to the step of supplying the cups and beverages, and the quantity sold is not greater than the number of cups. If it is determined that the control method characterized in that the step of supplying the beverage to the cup in the second cup holder portion and the step of rotating the transfer plate in sequence.

In addition, the rotating step of the transfer plate is a control method characterized in that is performed when the supply of the drink is completed, there is no cup in the cup holder located at the cup outlet.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front view of the vending machine showing the configuration of the vending machine to which the present invention is applied. Referring to this, the vending machine has a main body case 10 having a cup outlet 11 opened to the lower side thereof, a cup dispenser 50 for supplying a cup, and a bucket 20 housed inside the main body case 10. ) And a mixer 40 for receiving water and raw materials from the raw material container 30, the water container 20, and the raw material container 30, mixing them to make a beverage and supplying it to a cup. The bucket 20 is disposed on the uppermost side of the main body case 10, the raw material container 30 is installed in the lower portion of the bucket 20, the mixer 40 is provided below the raw material container 30. A guide 31 is installed between the raw material container 30 and the mixer 40 to guide the raw material discharged from the raw material container 30 to the mixer 40. And the water of the bucket 20 is moved to the mixer 40 through the pipe, the water is supplied to the mixer 40 through a water purifier (not shown) and the water heater 21. The lower side of the mixer 40 is provided with a supply pipe 41 for discharging the made beverage, the nozzle 42 is fixed to the end of the supply pipe 41.

On the other hand, the present invention is to supply a cup and a beverage when the sale of a plurality of drinks, and the consumer to be able to take out the beverage in the cup at the same time. To this end, the cup dispenser 50 of the above components and the portion where the beverage is discharged from the mixer 40, that is, the end of the nozzle 42 and the cup outlet 11 are arranged in a concentric circle, The cup dispenser 50 is implemented by installing a conveying member 60 for conveying the cup discharged through the lower side of the nozzle 42 to the cup outlet (11).

Referring to FIG. 3, the discharge port 51 of the cup dispenser 50, the end of the nozzle 42, and the cup ejection part are arranged to be concentric, and are spaced 120 ° apart. In addition, three cup holder portions 61, 62, and 63 are installed at the conveying member 60, which are also spaced apart by 120 ° so that the discharge port 51 and the nozzle of the cup dispenser 50 are always present. (42) And coincides with the cup outlet (11). The conveying member 60 is provided in a disc shape, and the cup holder portions 61, 62 and 63 are formed as inwardly recessed grooves on the outer surface of the conveying member 60. Such a conveying member 60 is a motor. Rotating by 80, the motor 80 rotates the transfer member 60 via the belt 81. At this time, the motor 80 is provided with a step motor 80 for rotating the transfer member 60 by 120 ° in one operation.

And the sensor holder 70 for detecting the presence of the cup is installed in the cup holder 61, 62, 63 located in the cup outlet 11, several cups at the front of the door, although not shown Naturally, there is a water position unit in which a drink can be entered.

Operation of the vending machine according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. The description will describe the sale of one drink and the case where two or more drinks are sold.

First, I will explain the case where the consumer wants to buy a drink.

When the consumer inputs the purchase of the beverage, step 101 is performed in which the microcomputer (not shown) indicates the same number of beverage sales K as the purchase amount.

Thereafter, step 110 is performed to determine whether the sales amount is one. If it is determined in step 110 that the sales amount is 1, the cup dispenser 50 is operated to supply the cup to the first cup holder 61, and the motor 80 is operated to rotate the conveying plate by 120 ° 103 This is done sequentially. The cup is thereby positioned below the mixer 40 nozzle 42. Subsequently, step 104 of opening the mixer 40 and supplying a drink to the cup in the first cup holder part 61 through the nozzle 42 is performed, and then step 105 of determining whether the supply of the drink is completed is performed. When it is determined that the supply of the drink is completed, the step 106 of rotating the conveying plate again 120 ° is performed to position the cup containing the drink at the cup outlet 11.

On the other hand, the step 105 of determining the completion of the supply of beverage may be determined by counting the time the cup is located below the nozzle 42

In the following, the sales of two or more beverages will be described, but three sales of beverages will be described as an example. For convenience of explanation and understanding, the cup holders 61, 62, and 63 have a cup dispenser 50 at an initial state. The first cup holder 61 is located at the lower side of the cup, the second cup holder 62 is located at the cup outlet 11, and the third cup holder is located at the bottom of the nozzle 42. We will call it wealth (63).

If it is determined in step 110 that the sales amount is 3, step 111 of supplying a cup to the first cup holder unit 61 by operating the cup dispenser 50 is performed, and in step 111, the number of supplied cups is counted.

When the feeding of the cup is completed, step 112 is performed to rotate the transfer plate by 120 °. As a result, the first holder part moves to the lower side of the nozzle 42, the second holder part moves to the lower side of the cup dispenser 50, and the third cup holder part 63 moves to the cup ejection part.

Next, the cup dispenser 50 is operated to discharge the cup to the second cup holder 62 and at the same time the mixer 40 is opened to supply a drink to the cup in the first cup holder 61. This is done.

Thereafter, step 114 is performed to determine whether the supply of the drink to the cup in the first cup holder 61 is completed. It is usually determined that the supply of the drink is later than the supply of the cup, only to determine whether the supply of the drink is completed in step 114, although the cup and the drink are performed simultaneously. If the cup is late, it is natural to judge whether the cup is complete.

If it is determined in step 114 that the supply of the drink is completed, step 115 is performed to determine whether a cup exists in the third cup holder 63 located at the cup outlet 11. The presence or absence of a cup is detected by the sensor 70.

If it is determined in step 115 that no cup is present in the second cup holder portion 62, step 116 is performed to rotate the conveying member 60 by 120 degrees. As a result, the cup in the first cup holder 61 moves to the cup dispensing part, the second cup holder 62 moves to the lower side of the nozzle 42, and the third cup holder 63 is a cup dispenser ( Go to the bottom of 50).

Thereafter, step 117 is performed to determine whether the number of cups dispensed from the cup dispenser 50 is not greater than the sales amount. In step 117, since the cups have been supplied so far in step 111 and step 113, it is determined that the number of cups supplied is less than 3, which is the sales volume.

Accordingly, step 113, step 114, step 115, and step 116 are sequentially performed once again.

At this time, the positions of the cup holders 61, 62, and 63 are the same as in the initial state. The first cup holder 61 is below the cup dispenser 50, and the second cup holder 62 is the nozzle. Below the 42, the third cup holder portion 63 is located at the cup ejection portion.

Thereafter, step 117 is performed again, and in step 117, it is determined that the number of cups supplied is not smaller than 3 because the number of cups supplied is 3 since two cups have been supplied in one step 113 in step 111.

If it is determined in step 117 that the number of cups supplied is not less than the sales amount, step 119 of supplying the beverage made in the mixer 40 is performed. At this time, the cup dispenser 50 does not supply a cup.

Thereafter, step 119 is performed to determine whether the supply of the drink to the cup in the third cup holder 63 is completed. It is usually determined that the supply of the drink is later than the supply of the cup, only to determine whether the supply of the drink is completed in step 119 even though the cup and the drink are performed at the same time. If the cup is late, it is natural to judge whether the cup is complete.

If it is determined in step 119 that the supply of the drink is completed, step 120 is performed to determine whether a cup exists in the first cup holder 61 located at the cup outlet 11.

If it is determined in step 120 that no cup exists in the first cup holder 61, step 121 is performed to rotate the conveying member 60 by 120 degrees. As a result, the cup in the third cup holder portion 63 moves to the cup dispensing portion, the first cup holder portion 61 moves to the lower side of the nozzle 42, and the second cup holder portion 62 is the cup dispenser ( Go to the bottom of 50).

As described in detail above, the vending machine according to the present invention can sell several drinks more quickly because the supply of the cups, the supply of the drinks, and the take-out of the cups with the beverages are made at the same time when several cups are sold. There is an advantage to that.

Claims (4)

A main body case having a cup ejection portion opened to the outside, Cup dispenser for feeding cups, Bucket and raw material provided inside the main body case, In the vending machine comprising a mixer for supplying water and raw materials from the bucket and the raw material container to mix them to make a beverage, The cup dispensing portion of the cup dispenser, the beverage dispensing portion of the mixer and the cup dispensing portion are arranged to be spaced apart at equal intervals on the concentric circle, A cup supplied from the cup dispenser is provided so as to be seated, and at least three cup holder portions are disposed to be positioned below one of the cup dispensing portion, the beverage dispensing portion, and the cup dispensing portion of the cup dispenser. Absence Vending machine including a motor for rotating the conveying member. The method of claim 1, The conveying member is provided in a disc shape, the cup holder is a vending machine, characterized in that disposed 120 degrees apart from the neighbor. A main body case having a cup ejection portion opened to the outside, Cup dispenser for feeding cups, A water mixer and a raw material container provided inside the main body case, a mixer for supplying water and raw materials from the water container and the raw material container and mixing them to make a beverage, A cup supplied from the cup dispenser is provided so as to be seated, and at least three cup holder portions are disposed to be positioned below one of the cup dispensing portion, the beverage dispensing portion, and the cup dispensing portion of the cup dispenser. absence, In the vending machine including a drive member for rotating the conveying member, Supplying a cup of the cup dispenser to the first cup holder provided in the conveying member when two or more drinks are ordered to be sold; Rotating the transfer member to transfer the cup supplied in the step to the beverage dispensing site; Supplying a drink in the mixer to the cup and simultaneously supplying a cup in the cup dispenser to a second cup holder; Rotating the transfer member to transfer a cup in the first cup holder to the cup takeout unit; If the number of cups supplied from the dispenser is compared with the sales amount, and the sales quantity is greater than the added value, the process returns to the step of supplying the cups and beverages, and if it is determined that the sales quantity is not greater than the number of cups, the second cup holder part The control method of the vending machine, characterized in that to perform the step of supplying a beverage to the cup in the step and rotating the transfer plate. The method of claim 3, Rotating step of the transfer plate is a vending machine, characterized in that is performed when the supply of the drink is complete, there is no cup in the cup holder located at the cup outlet.