KR200175722Y1 - Popcorn Vending Machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a popcorn vending machine, in which money is automatically fried in a bag of popcorn and then packaged and sold as money is put into the vending machine.

To this end, in the vending machine equipped with coins or bills (2) (3), the hopper (7) is installed in the main body 1, the popcorn corn is contained, and popcorn corn from the hopper to fry the container (8) A supply means (9) for supplying the inside, a frying portion (13) for frying popcorn corn supplied from the supply means, and an additive supply tank (23) for supplying an additive in the frying portion before frying the popcorn corn in the frying portion (23). ), A packaging unit 26 for automatically wrapping popcorn fried and placed directly below the frying unit, and a conveyor 28 for transporting the bag 27 packed in the packaging unit to the outlet 4 side. will be.

Description

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The present invention relates to a popcorn vending machine, and more specifically, a bag of popcorn is automatically fried and packaged by putting money into the vending machine. It is about an unmanned popcorn vending machine.

In general, fried corn for popcorn, popcorn is savory and crispy when chewed, it is widely spotlighted as a snack or favorite food for children as well as adults.

These popcorns are sold after being fried at the factory and then packed in units, or fried in bags, in a stadium, racecourse, or amusement park.

Accordingly, in the case of the former, the savory taste, which is a characteristic of the popcorn, is notably reduced due to the passage of a long time according to the distribution process, and there is a problem of not being crispy due to the packaging problem.

In addition, in the latter case, the former problem can be overcome to some extent, but in general, since a certain amount of popcorn is sold in a state of being fried in a bag, there was a limit to completely overcome it.

On the other hand, due to the limitation of additives (butter) added when the popcorn is fried, it did not satisfy the taste of consumers who demand various tastes.

The present invention was devised to solve such a conventional problem, a vending machine that can be directly packaged and sold after popping corn corn in the field as the consumer puts coins or bills into the vending machine using the vending machine. The purpose is to provide.

1 is a perspective view showing the present invention

Figure 2 is a side view showing the main part of the subject innovation

Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a popcorn fried portion

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: body 6: sight window

7: Hopper 8: Fried container

9 supply means 13 fryer

16: screw 18: heater

21: bad popcorn discharge port 23: additive supply tank

25: selection button 26; Packing Department

28; Conveyor 31: Advertising Department

According to the form of this invention for achieving the said objective, a coin or banknote input In the vending machine equipped with a sphere, a hopper in which popcorn corn is contained, a supply means for supplying popcorn corn from the hopper into a frying container, a frying part for frying popcorn corn supplied from the supply means, and the frying part An additive supply tank for supplying additives into the frying portion before frying the popcorn corn, a packing portion for automatically packing the fried popcorn located directly below the frying portion, and carrying the bags packed in the packaging portion to the outlet side; A popcorn vending machine is provided, characterized in that it is made of a conveyor.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 1 to 3 showing the present invention as an embodiment in more detail as follows.

1 is a perspective view showing the present invention, Figure 2 is a side view showing the main portion of the present invention and Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a popcorn fried.

The present invention is provided with a coin inlet (2) and banknote inlet (3) on the front of the main body 1, the lower portion of the main body is provided with a popcorn outlet 4 and the door (5) is installed to open and close the outlet There is a front surface of the main body 1 is provided with a viewing window 6 so that the consumer can visually see the process of producing popcorn.

And a hopper 7 containing popcorn corn, which is a raw material of popcorn, is installed at the upper rear side of the main body 1, and a portion of the popcorn corn in the hopper by a certain amount (one bag) is placed in the lower portion of the hopper. A supply means 9 for supplying the inside is provided.

In one embodiment of the present invention the supply means 9 is installed inclined case 10 And a screw 11 rotatably installed in the case and a motor 12 for rotating the screw, but are not necessarily limited thereto.

This is because the hopper 7 in which the fried corn is contained may be installed directly above the frying vessel 8 so that the fried corn in the hopper may be automatically introduced into the frying vessel 8 by the operation of the solenoid.

However, when the hopper 7 is installed directly above the frying vessel 8, the height of the main body 1 may be higher than necessary, which may interfere with the installation of the vending machine. ) Is designed to be installed at the upper rear of the main body 1 to minimize the height of the main body 1.

The upper front of the main body 1 is provided with a frying portion 13 to fry the popcorn corn supplied from the supply means 9, the frying portion is provided with a popcorn corn inlet 14 on the top of one side and the lower side opposite A cylindrical frying container 8 having a discharge port 15 for discharging fried popcorn, a screw 16 rotatably installed in the frying container, and a motor 17 for rotating the screw forward and reverse as necessary. And, provided on the outer circumferential surface of the frying vessel consists of a heater 18 for heating the inside of the frying vessel.

As shown in FIG. 3, the screw 16 rotatably installed in the frying vessel 8 is configured differently from the screw 11 provided with a constant pitch in the case 10.

This is because the pitch in the frying section A is designed to be narrow so that the screw 16 rotates at the same speed. In the tempura section, the popcorn corn 19 is slowed down so that the popcorn corn is fried within a short time, and the pitch in the delivery section B is designed so that the fried popcorn 20 is quickly discharged through the discharge port 15. This is to discharge.

In addition, a defective popcorn discharge port 21 smaller than the size of the popped popcorn 20 is formed on the discharge path, and a container 22 in which the defective popcorn is contained is provided directly below the defective popcorn discharge port.

At least one additive supply tank 23 is provided below the main body 1 to supply additives (butter, coffee, chocolate, etc.) into the fried portion before frying the popcorn corn 19 in the fried portion 13. The connection hose 24 is connected between the additive supply tank and the frying portion 13.

When there are a plurality of additive supply tanks 23 in which the additives are contained, a plurality of selection buttons 25 for selecting the additives should be provided on the front surface of the main body 1.

In addition, directly below the discharge port of the frying container 8 is provided with a packaging part 26 for automatically packaging the fried popcorn 20, the configuration of the packaging part is not different from the configuration of the known packaging machine for this Detailed description will be omitted.

Immediately below the packaging part 26, a conveyor 28 which carries the bag 27 packed with popcorn to the outlet 4 is installed to be inclined upwardly, and a stopper for pushing the bag 27 on the upper surface of the conveyor ( 29 is fixed at regular intervals, and a guide piece 30 is provided below the conveyor so that the bag 27 transferred by the conveyor 28 is positioned on the outlet 4.

On the other hand, the front side of the main body (1) to display a commodity advertising message, or listen to music so that waiting for a time (about 3 minutes) to pop out the popcorn 20 from the input of coins or bills to be sent out It is more preferable to provide the advertisement part 31 which can give.

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, the popcorn corn 19 is filled with the inside of the hopper 7 located in the main body 1, and at least one additive supply tank 23 installed with at least one power source is supplied with different kinds of additives. When applied, since power is applied to the heater 18 of the frying unit 13, the frying container 8 maintains a preheated state.

In such a state, when the consumer inputs money into the coin or banknote inlet (2) (3) and then presses the start button (not shown), the heater 18, which has been kept in the preheating state, is switched to the operation mode, and the frying container ( 8) is heated to a temperature suitable for frying and at the same time the motor 12 of the supply means 9 is driven to rotate the screw 11 a certain number of times, so that one bag of popcorn corn (19) contained in the hopper (7) Is transported on the screw 11 and introduced into the frying vessel 8.

As described above, when the popcorn corn 19 is supplied into the frying vessel 8, the additives in the additive supply tank 23 are simultaneously supplied into the frying vessel 8, and the additive supply tank 23 is 1. If the dogs are installed, the additives are automatically supplied when the popcorn is supplied. However, when the dogs are installed, as the consumers select the additives according to their preferences and press the selection button 25 installed to be exposed to the front of the main body 1, Selected addition Water is supplied into the fry container (8).

After the amount of the popcorn corn 19 and the additives set in the frying container 8 is added in the above-described operation, the driving of the motor 12, which is the driving source of the supply means 9, is stopped and at the same time the motor of the frying unit 13 ( 17) is driven to rotate the screw 16 in the frying section (A) repeatedly, and the reverse rotation, so that popcorn corn moving from side to side along the screw is evenly mixed with the additives and the time set by the heating of the heater 18 ( About 2 minutes).

After the popcorn corn 19 is fried for a set time in the frying section A by the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 17, the fried popcorn 20 is quickly driven since the motor 17 is driven only in the forward direction. Freely falling down the frying vessel 8 through the discharge port 15 is contained in the bag 27, the upper side is opened.

As described above, the less popped defective popcorn is fried in the process of quickly discharging the popcorn 20 fried from the frying container 8 by the feeding section B of the screw 16 in the forward rotation of the screw 16. Since it falls down through the defective popcorn discharge port 21 formed on the delivery section B of the container 8 and is contained in the container 22, the defective popcorn is not contained in the bag 27. As shown in FIG.

Only the popcorn 20 fried as described above is contained in the container 22 and then automatically packaged by a known automatic packaging machine and simultaneously cut and placed on the upper surface of the conveyor 28.

The bag 27 mounted on the conveyor 28 is caught by the stopper 29 to the conveyor 28. In this state, when the sensing means (sensors, etc.) detect the mounting of the bag 27 and drive the motor (not shown), the bag 27 mounted on the conveyor 28 is transferred to the guide piece ( Since it is dropped into the inside of the 30), the consumer can open the door 5 and take out the bag 27 containing the popcorn through the outlet (4).

Since the time required to obtain the popcorn through the above process may be about three minutes, the consumer may be bored, so that the advertisement may be displayed through the advertisement unit 31 or the music may be solved.

As described above, the present invention can obtain various advantages as follows.

First, the aroma, taste and crispyness of popcorn can be delivered to consumers.

Secondly, consumers can directly check the production process of popcorn through the viewing window (6), which can cause curiosity.

Third, the variety of additives to meet the taste of consumers as a favorite food.

Fourth, the unmanned sale of popcorn can reduce expensive labor costs.

Claims (3)

A vending machine equipped with a coin or a bill slot, comprising: a hopper installed in a main body to contain popcorn corn, a supply means for supplying popcorn corn from the hopper into a frying container, and a popcorn corn supplied from the supply means A frying portion, an additive supply tank for supplying additives into the frying portion before frying the popcorn corn in the frying portion, a packaging portion for automatically packing fried popcorn located directly below the frying portion, and in the packaging portion. Popcorn vending machine characterized in that consisting of a conveyor for carrying the packaged bag to the outlet. The method of claim 1, The frying unit includes a cylindrical frying container having a popcorn corn inlet at one upper portion and a discharging opening for discharging fried popcorn at a lower side thereof, a screw rotatably installed in the frying vessel, and a motor for rotating the screw forward and reversely. Popcorn vending machine, characterized in that consisting of a heater for heating the inside of the frying container is installed on the outer circumferential surface of the frying container. The method of claim 1, A plurality of additive supply tanks are provided in the main body, and a plurality of selection buttons for selecting an additive in the additive supply tank is provided outside the main body. Popcorn vending machine.