KR200210000Y1 - Order offer to tea and water of vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

This design constitutes a tea packaging cup 11 containing powdered tea, granulated tea or concentrated tea 10, sealed with a cover sheet 12 which can tear off the opening of the packaging cup 11, and a cassette for each vehicle type ( The packaging cups 11 are alternately mounted in the receiving groove 15 of 14) in a left-right direction and mounted at a high density, and the tea packaging cups 11 are discharged to the hopper 47 one by one in response to a control signal. A cup detecting switch 17 mounted on the bottom of the cassette 14 and contacting the bottom shortest packaging cup 11 to enable the control unit 30 to detect the packing cup 11. Is installed at the bottom of the cassette (14), the tea feeder (20) is provided with a solenoid valve (26) and a solenoid valve drive switch (sw3) in the tea feed pipe (26b), and the tea feeder (20) is a control unit ( In the tea supply right set in (30), there is a vending machine that sequentially provides tea and tea which are configured to open the solenoid valve 26 by the switch sw3. All.

Description

Vending machines that offer tea and tea sequentially {ORDER OFFER TO TEA AND WATER OF VENDING MACHINE}

This design relates to a vending machine that provides tea and tea sequentially.

The conventional coffee vending machine is a disposable cup feeder for supplying cups one by one to a cup holder of a product delivery room in response to a control signal, an instantaneous water heater for supplying a predetermined amount of hot water to a cup on a cup holder in response to a control signal, and a control signal. In response to this, several kinds of powder mix coffee feeders supplying a certain amount of coffee to the cups on the cup holders, and a control unit are installed inside the vending machine, and on the outside of the vending machine are sold / sold out lamps for each type of coffee, selection buttons for each type of coffee, bills The machine consists of a cash register, coin acceptor and product delivery room.The controller initializes the vending machine when the power is turned on, and monitors the selection button, cup holder, bill acceptor, coin acceptor and return button for each coffee type. When the bill or coin is put into the cash input slot of the vending machine, the control unit provides the gold provided by the bill acceptor or coin acceptor. The display price is updated according to the information, and when the controller receives the selection signal from the coffee selection button, the controller first supplies a supply signal to the cup feeder to supply a disposable cup to the cup holder of the product delivery room, and then the hot water supply and the selected coffee supply. Each drive signal is sent to the cup holder on the cup holder to supply hot water and powdered coffee, and when the controller receives the goods delivery signal from the cup holder, the control unit updates the amount of the display unit to the settled amount, and the control unit detects the return button selection signal. When the coin acceptor was controlled to return the display value.

Such a conventional coffee vending machine is to provide powder mix coffee with hot water in a disposable cup, and the quality of the coffee is low, and during the simultaneous supply of coffee and hot water, coffee dust, powder prim dust, etc. Together they are deposited inside the vending machine. As a result, the conventional coffee vending machine is a structurally unsanitary one and has a problem that it is difficult to manage cleanly.

An object of the present invention is to improve the problems of the conventional coffee vending machine as described above, and to make a cup of tea packed clean tea, such as powdered tea, granulated tea, tea concentrate, and the like to melt the tea packed in the cup By supplying tea in sequence, it provides a vending machine that can greatly improve the quality of the tea provided at the vending machine and maintain cleanliness at all times.

Another object of the present invention is to respond to the control signal of the packaging cup cassette and the packaging cup mounted on the cassette to increase the packing density of the packaging cup by mounting the packaging cups having different inlet and bottom diameters alternately in the horizontal direction. And a packing cup feeder for supplying one by one, and a tea feeder for supplying tea water with the supply of the packing cups.

1 is a perspective view of this devise vending machine

Figure 2 is an internal perspective view of this vending machine

3 is an exploded view of the packaging cup, cassette and packaging cup ejector;

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view before the discharge operation of the packaging cup ejector

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the discharge operation state of the packaging cup ejector

6 is a control block diagram

7 is a main flow chart

Figure 8 is a flow chart

9 is a tea supply management flow chart

<Description of Drawing Major Symbols>

11: Packaging Cup 20: Tea Water Supply 40: Packaging Cup Dispenser 41: Brake 45: Drain Board

The packaging of the tea contained in the vending machine M of the present invention, the supply and sale control of goods, and the tea supply control will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<User of this design>

The tea provided to the user in this invention vending machine is a cup packing machine sealed in a disposable cup. The user of this invention purchases a tea packaging cup from this invention vending machine, tears off the seal of the cup, receives tea from the tea dispenser separately, and drinks tea from the cup. As described above, the process of using the tea provided by the inventive vending machine is similar to the process of using the tea provided by the coffee shop.

<Packing of tea>

This design constitutes the tea packaging cup 11 by storing the powdered tea, granulated tea or concentrated tea 10 in a disposable cup and sealing the inlet with a cover sheet 12 that can open the inlet of the cup. Additives and teas that come with tea, such as sugar and prim, are packed in cups or mixed packaging, depending on the quality of the product. For example, if coffee, sugar and prim are individually packaged, users can use the ingredients according to their preferences.

<Configuration of Vending Machine>

The vending machine M is designed to mount the packing cup 11 in the cassette 14 according to the vehicle type in the vending machine, and the packing cup 11 is mounted at high density by alternately closing the packing cup 11 in the receiving groove 15 in the left and right directions.

In the embodiment, the cassettes 14 installed eight cassettes by attaching four to each of two support frames for door type mounting in the cabinet of the vending machine.

The packaging cup ejector 40 is mounted to the bottom of the cassette 14 by a bracket B and a coupling plate P. Discharger 40 is configured to discharge the packaging cup 11 to the hopper 47 one by one in response to the control signal.

The packaging cup ejector 40 supports the shaft 41a of the triangular cup brake 41 to the frame 42 with the support shaft 41b, and loads the brake lever 41c to the solenoid 43 as the link 43a. When the solenoid 43 is operated, the brake 41 supports the packaging cup 11 so as not to be spilled, and the shaft 45a of the discharge plate 45 is supported on the frame 42 by the support shaft 45b. ) And the lever 45c of the discharge plate 45 is connected to the brake lever 41c with the load of the discharge plate 45.

Thus, when the packaging cups 11 are alternately mounted left and right in the receiving grooves 16 of the cassette 14, the stacked packaging cups 11 are stacked on the discharge plate 45 protruding into the cassette 14. do. Discharge plate 45 is installed with a good inclination to discharge the packaging cup 11, the discharge plate 45 is pushed up the lever 45c up from the support shaft 45b due to its weight. However, when the solenoid 43 is not driven, the lever 45c is caught by the brake lever 41c, and the discharge plate 45 safely supports the stacked packaging cups 11.

A plurality of packaging cup ejectors 40 are provided for each cassette 14 together with the solenoid 43, and in the embodiment, the solenoid 43 is connected to the control unit 30 via one multi-drive driver 43c. .

When the control signal of the controller 30 is transmitted to the driver 43c to drive the solenoid 43 of the specific cassette 14, the solenoid 43 pulls the rod 43b to a predetermined stroke and then returns the spring S. Kase one packaging cup (11) by returning it to its original position To the bottom of the trap 14.

When the solenoid 43 is excited and pulls the rod 43b (moving from the figure to the top), the lever 41c interlocked with the rod 43b is moved upwardly about the support shaft 41b. 41 is downward to protrude into the receiving groove 15 to support the second packaging cup (11). At the same time, the inclined discharge plate 45 supported by the support shaft 45b is lowered vertically by its own weight to open the receiving groove 15, and at this time, one packaging cup 11 that the discharge plate 45 has. ) Is discharged to the bottom of the cassette 14.

When the solenoid 43 loses magnetic force and the spring S moves the rod 43b to the original position, the brake 41 opens the receiving groove 15 and the inclined discharge plate 45 is reversed in the reverse process of the above operation. The bottom passage of the cassette 14 is closed to support the stacked cups 11 on the discharge plate 45 as before the operation.

In order to detect the bottom final packaging cup 11 of the cassette 14 by the controller 30, the cup detection switch sw1 is attached to the cassette 14. In the embodiment, the switch sw1 uses a micro switch in which the roll of the outer end of the switch arm contacts the packaging cup 11 in the cassette 14 to generate a switch signal when the packaging cup 11 is on the discharge plate 45. It was. The packing cup 11 placed on the discharge plate 45 is released to the bottom of the cassette 14 and the new packing cup 11 is placed on the discharge plate 45 by controlling the discharge of the packing cup 11 of the control unit 30. If so, this process causes a state switch of the microswitch that can be detected by the control unit. If no packaging cup 11 is placed on the discharge plate 45, the controller 30 recognizes that the cassette 14 is empty by checking the switch state at this time.

<Tea water supply machine>

The tea water supply 20 has a water supply which pushes the lever 23, opens the valve 22, and receives hot or cold water from the feeding tube 21, and adds the following control mechanism to the water supply. do. That is, the solenoid valve 26 driven by the control signal of the control part 30 through the drive driver 26a is installed in the tea water supply line 26b, and the tea water supply switch sw3 and the tea water supply right display window 27 are tea water. It is installed in the feeder 20, the control unit 30 can display the number of tea supply rights set by the control unit 30 on the display window 27, the tea supply can be supplied by detecting the switch (sw3) signal only when the tea supply right is valid. The solenoid valve 26 is driven so as to open the water supply line 26b for a predetermined time.

<Control>

This design as described above is controlled by the controller 30 incorporating a control program. When the vending machine is powered on, the CPU 31 enters the product sales stage control after performing the initialization. If the vending machine is normal, it checks the state of all the connected devices in the initialization stage, and if it is normal, clears the amount display unit 35 and goes to the product sales stage. If not, repeat the initialization process.

After the initialization in Fig. 7, the controller 30 checks the product mounting state of the cassette 14 at the head of the sales loop. The product mounting state is by checking the switch sw1 state of the cassette 14. If all the cassettes 14 are empty as a result of the inspection, the display unit 32 displays sold out and the control ends. However, if a stock of a product is found in any of the cassettes 14, the product is displayed on the display unit 32, and the sale proceeds.

In the sales proceeding step, the control unit 30 first checks the states of the coin receiver 33 and the bill acceptor 34 and, if there is a signal for inputting the money, receives the amount information provided by the receivers 33 and 34 and retains the received amount. The amount display unit 35 is renewed, and if the holding amount is equal to or greater than the price of one of the stock products, the process proceeds to the sales processing stage, and then proceeds to the sales loop (inspection of the product placement status). .

In the sales processing step of Fig. 8, when the money input signal is received, the holding amount is updated and the state of the product selection switch sw2 is monitored to open the corresponding gate when product selection is made. That is, the driving signal is sent to the solenoid 43 of the packaging cup ejector 40 to release the product to the hopper 47 so that the product can be delivered to the user in the product taking over room 49, and then the 1 tea supply right is set. On the display window 27, the set number of the tea supply rights is displayed, the amount of money held by the amount display unit 35 is updated and returned to return to the merchandise sales loop. In an embodiment, the tea supply right is a real number of variables managed by the control unit.

In FIG. 9, the tea supply right is set, discarded, and managed by the controller 30. That is, if the product is sold continuously without tea supply, the variable value of the tea supply right is incremented each time and the number of the display window 27 is updated. On the contrary, whenever the tea supply is made, the variable value is decremented, and the number of the display window 27 is updated with the decremented value. If there is no tea supply signal for a certain time (eg 10 minutes to 1 hour) after the sale of the final product, the tea supply right is destroyed (cleared to zero).

Tea supply management, when there is a tea supply right managed by the control unit as described above, the control unit 30 turns on the lamp l2 of the tea supply unit 20 to inform the user that the tea supply switch (sw3) is active.

If the user supplies the switch signal by driving the switch sw3 while the tea water supply switch sw3 is active, the control unit 30 decrements the tea supply right, and then transmits a control signal to the driving driver 26a to switch. sw3) The solenoid valve 26 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 5 to 20 seconds) from the signal generation point so that the tea water supply pipe 26b is opened.

In this state, the tea cup can be placed in the cup by placing the tea cup under the dispensing pipe 21 and pushing the lever 23 to open the valve 22 by using a general beverage supply. In this design, even if the configuration of the valve 22 is omitted, the control may be configured to supply tea while pressing the switch sw3.

As described above, this design provides a vending machine that greatly improves the quality of the tea provided by the vending machine and continuously maintains the cleanness by supplying the cup-packed tea and the tea water which cleanly packed various teas such as powdered tea, granulated tea and tea concentrate The present invention also provides a packaging cup cassette having a higher loading density of the packaging cup, a packaging cup feeder, and a vending machine including a tea water supply.

Claims (3)

Built-in bill acceptor, coin acceptor, and control unit in the vending machine.The outer side of the vending machine has a sales / sold out lamp for each type of coffee, a selection button for each type of coffee, a product delivery room, etc. After that, monitor the selection button, cup holder and return button for each type of car, and when the service user inserts a bill or coin into the cash input slot of the vending machine as the purchase price of the car, the control unit displays the amount of information on the bill acceptor or coin acceptor. If the control unit receives the selection signal from the car selection button, the control unit sends a commodity supply signal to the corresponding supplier, checks the supply status of the commodity, displays the renewal amount in the amount display unit, and the control unit detects the return button selection signal. The vending machine provides a return signal for the amount of money indicated on the display. , A tea packaging cup 11 containing powdered tea, granulated tea or concentrated tea 10 is formed, and sealed with a cover sheet 12 which can remove the inlet of the packaging cup 11, The packaging cup 11 is mounted in the receiving groove 15 alternately in the left and right directions to be mounted at high density, and the packaging allows the tea packaging cup 11 to be discharged to the hopper 47 one by one in response to a control signal. The cup ejector 40 is mounted to the bottom of the cassette 14, and the cup detecting switch 17 which contacts the bottom shortest packaging cup 11 and enables the control unit 30 to detect the packaging cup 11 is provided with a cassette ( 14) the tea feeder 20 is installed at the bottom and provided with a solenoid valve 26 and a solenoid valve drive switch sw3 on the tea feed line 26b, and the tea feeder 20 is controlled by the controller 30. A vending machine that sequentially provides tea and tea, which are configured to open the solenoid valve 26 by the switch sw3 within the tea supply right to be set. The packaging cup ejector 40 supports the bearing 41a of the triangular cup brake 41 to the frame 42 with the support shaft 41b, and the brake lever 41c as the link 43a. The solenoid 43 is connected to the rod 43b so that the brake 41 supports the second packaging cup 11 from the bottom when the solenoid 43 is operated, and the shaft 45a of the discharge plate 45 is supported by the support shaft. The packaging held by the discharge plate when the brake 41 is operated by supporting the frame 42 with the 45b and connecting the lever 45c of the discharge plate 45 to the brake lever 41c with the load of the discharge plate 45. A vending machine that sequentially provides tea and tea water configured to discharge the cup 11 to the bottom. 2. The control unit 30 sets one tea supply right for every product sale, and the control unit 30 checks the state of the tea supply switch sw3 only when there is a tea supply right, and the switch sw3 A vending machine that sequentially supplies teas and teas configured to open the tea water supply line 26b by driving the solenoid valve 26 according to the state.