KR200438355Y1 - Vending Machine - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present invention, for example, a vending machine for convenient refilling of a powder raw material or a disposable cup is provided in a small capacity vending machine disposed in a room such as a business.

The present invention for this purpose, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, the opening 20 formed on the case (1) of the vending machine is accommodated is a device for discharging the beverage material of the powder with water, and the case ( 1) The consumables storage container 24 installed therein is stored and consumed through the vending machine, and the inlet 22 for injecting the consumables is exposed to the outside of the case 1 through the opening 20. Is made of.

Here, the consumable storage container 24 is a raw material storage container 8 for storing a beverage material of powder or a cup storage container 9 for storing a disposable cup, specifically, the inlet 22 is the case (1). A guide tube 26 penetrates through the opening portion 20 of the raw material storage container 8 or the container body of the cup storage container 9, and is formed at the inlet of the guide tube 26. A sealing cap 28 is formed to seal the opening 20 while extending over 20. And, the closing cap 28 may be further formed to open and close the lid 30.

Vending machine, mini vending machine, consumables, storage container, exposure, external input.

Description

Vending Machine {Vending Machine}

1 is a view illustrating the appearance of a conventional vending machine;

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view of a conventional vending machine,

3 is a facility name showing the vending machine according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a vending machine according to the present invention.

-Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings-

1-case, 2-door,

8-raw material storage container, 9-cup storage container,

20-opening, 22-inlet,

24-consumables container, 26-guide tube,

28-sealing cap, 30-lid,

32-observation window.

The present invention relates to a vending machine, and more particularly, to a vending machine for convenient refilling of consumables by enabling the refilling of powdered beverage ingredients or disposable cups from the outside of the case in a mini vending machine in charge of a small capacity.

In general, the vending machine is provided by the user (buyer) to operate directly, so that no salesperson is required to sell the consumables and occupy a minimum space.

Therefore, the vending machine is installed in a place with a large number of floating populations such as subways, parks or public buildings, or is provided with a small capacity so that beverages can be provided after meals in restaurants.

In particular, a small-capacity vending machine installed in a restaurant or the like, as shown in Figure 1, in order to dissolve the beverage material of powder, such as coffee, etc. in hot water, the appearance is automatically applied to the small case (1) A door 2 for embedding a vending device is provided, and operation buttons 3 for selecting a beverage are provided in front of the door 2.

The illustrated figure shows that a water bottle (water bottle: not shown) is provided as a water supply device to drop the stored water, and when the bottle is not provided, the water pipe and the water purifier are provided together.

When a water tank is provided, a ring-shaped support 4 is formed to drop the stored water so that the water is supplied to the vending machine. As shown, the cold / hot water nozzle 5 and the cup discharge port 6 are provided together.

A consumable storage container 7 for storing and discharging consumables is mounted in a device installed inside the vending machine, and the consumable storage container 7 is filled with a raw material storage container 8 filled with powder raw materials and a disposable cup. Cup storage container 9 is generally used.

The raw material storage container 8 is a hopper type for filling and discharging the powder raw material is installed, the water tank 10 for storing the water supplied from the bottled water adjacent to the side of the raw material storage container 8 is disposed do.

In addition, a mixer 11 is installed below the raw material storage container 8 to mix water supplied from the water tank 10 and powder raw material discharged from the raw material storage container to the nozzle.

At this time, the water tank 10 may be mediated between the mixer 11, the hot water tank 12 or the cold water tank 13 to supply hot water or cold water. The hot water tank 12 or the cold water tank 13 is connected to a cold / hot water nozzle 5 for extracting cold water and hot water itself as a separate supply line, and is provided with a cooler and a heater (not shown) for hot water and cold water. do.

On the other hand, the door 2 side is provided with a cup storage container (9) is installed to be discharged in a natural drop-type, the cup drop device installed at the bottom is provided to discharge the cups individually.

Therefore, when the user selects the desired beverage by operating the operation button 3 installed on the front of the door 2, the cup is dropped into the cup outlet 6 and then the beverage in which the powdered material is melted is adjusted to the capacity of the cup. It is discharged.

However, this vending machine has a problem in that refilling of raw materials or cups is inconvenient. This is especially true of small capacity vending machines.

To explain this in more detail, the small vending machine shown as described above is provided at the entrance of the restaurant to be used when a customer drinks cold or hot water or drinks such as coffee after eating.

This small capacity vending machine has a compact shape, but the devices for the vending are densely mounted therein.

In the case of the restaurant, and when it is crowded by the flow of the customer, the refilling cycle of the raw powder or cup is faster, which is in charge of the restaurant owner or employee.

Referring to the refilling of the raw material powder based on Figure 2, as described above, the raw material storage container 8 is built in the case 1, the door 2 is opened and then can be removed.

First, the raw material storage container 8 has a built-in stirring port 15 together with a screw feed port 14 therein. The screw feed port 14 is a device which is disposed under the hopper-type raw material storage container 8 to discharge the lower powder to the outside, and the discharge amount according to the rotation is constant.

And, the stirring port 15 is rotated in engagement with the screw feed port 14, is a device for the powder to be easily supplied to the screw feed port 14 by mixing the powdered raw material inside the raw material storage container (8).

The raw material storage container (8) is formed with a discharge port to discharge the powder raw material conveyed by the screw transfer port 14, the guide cup 16 is installed adjacent to the discharge port.

The guide cup 16 collects the discharged raw material in a funnel shape and serves to drop downward. The guide cup 16 is mounted to fit on the shelf 17 formed inside the case 1 at the front of the raw material storage container, from which dropping is carried out to the mixing apparatus.

Therefore, the user opens the door 2 and separates the guide cup 16 from the shelf 17 in order to refill the powder raw material, and then takes out the raw material storage container 8 to open the lid and fills the raw material. Then, it will be remounted.

At this time, the remounting is to be mounted to the screw shaft 14 and the rotating shaft of the drive unit to be engaged, the separate coupler 18 is mediated for easy mounting. Couplers are generally provided with a coupling pin of a straight or cross shape on the rotating shaft, the screw feed port 14 is formed with a groove into which the pin is fitted, the coupling of the shaft is relatively simple.

In this situation, the worker is accompanied by a considerable inconvenience in refilling the raw material, especially when there is a large flow of customers in the catering establishment, that is, in the busy business hours.

That is, when the supply of the beverage container is interrupted at the time of trouble, the employee opens the door and takes out the raw material storage container 8, and then refills the raw material, and this work itself becomes inconvenient.

In addition, the outlet of the raw material storage container (8) is open, but there is a high risk of spilling the remaining powder into or out of the case when urgent work, the screw feed port is not rotated if the coupler is not engaged when remounting Therefore, the powder raw material is not discharged.

In fact, it is difficult to inquire the vending machine company due to the poor rotation of the screw feeder, which is difficult to check the coupling state of the coupling pin and the fastener, especially in the small-sized vending machine. Urgent work in time is the main cause.

For this reason, refilling of raw materials is a problem to be improved in small-volume vending machines, and the refilling of the cups is the same.

The present invention has been made in order to improve the above problems, and in particular, the object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine for convenient refilling of powder raw materials or disposable cups in a small capacity vending machine placed in a business.

The present invention for this purpose is a vending machine in which a device for discharging a powdered beverage raw material together with water is formed, an opening is formed in the upper case of the vending machine, and the consumables consumed through the vending machine are stored through the opening. The inlet for its filling in the container is mounted to be exposed through the opening.

Here, the storage container for storing the consumables is a raw material storage container for storing the raw material of the powder and a cup storage container for storing the disposable cup.

Therefore, the user can simply refill the consumables by filling the powder or paper cup from the outside of the case without opening the door and removing the container.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention. . Other objects, features, and operational advantages, including the purpose, working effects, and the like of the present invention will become more apparent from the description of the preferred embodiment.

For reference, the embodiments disclosed herein are presented by selecting the most preferred examples to help those skilled in the art among various possible examples, and the technical spirit of the present invention is not necessarily limited or limited only by the embodiments. Changes and changes are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention, and other embodiments may be equivalent.

Exemplary drawings Figure 3 is a private facility showing a vending machine according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a vending machine according to the present invention.

The present invention is an opening 20 formed in the upper part of the case (1) of the vending machine that accommodates the device for discharging the powdered beverage raw material with water, and the consumables installed in the case (1) and consumed through the vending machine This is a vending machine made of a consumable storage container 24 is stored and the inlet 22 for injecting the consumables is mounted to be exposed to the outside of the case 1 through the opening 20.

Here, the consumable storage container 24 is characterized in that the raw material storage container 8 for storing the beverage material of the powder or the cup storage container 9 for storing the disposable cup.

Specifically, the inlet 22 is penetrated through the opening 20 of the case 1 is formed with a guide tube 26 connected to the top of the container body of the raw material storage container 8 or the cup storage container (9) It is characterized in that the sealing cap 28 for sealing the opening 20 is formed at the inlet of the guide pipe 26 to the upper portion of the opening 20.

The closing cap 28 is characterized in that the lid 30 is further formed.

Here, the lid 30 is characterized in that formed in a transparent window to observe the filling amount of the consumables.

In addition, the case 1 or the door 2 on the side of the cup storage container 9 is characterized in that the slit tube network window 32 is formed in the vertical direction so that the filling amount of the cup is observed.

As described above, the present invention provides a vending machine that is convenient for refilling of powder raw materials or disposable cups, especially in small-volume vending machines placed in a business.

The present invention for this purpose is an opening 20 is formed in the upper part of the case (1) of the vending machine in which the device for discharging the powdered beverage raw material together with water is formed in the storage container in which the consumables consumed in the vending machine are stored. The inlet 22 for filling is mounted to be exposed through the opening 20.

The present invention starts from a relatively large vending machine called a "mini vending machine" and relatively different from the installation environment of the large vending machine. In other words, a large vending machine is installed on the street and is sold to an unspecified person, but a small capacity vending machine is installed indoors and is intended for service supply to a specific person, such as a customer, in a business such as a restaurant.

In this respect, large vending machines protect internal devices with cases and locks of sufficient strength to protect the device from weather or physical damage and to prevent internal contamination.

On the other hand, small-sized vending machines are not affected by climate change much compared to large vending machines. They are always placed around managers (restaurants, etc.), and the service supply targets customers. There is less fear of internal contamination.

In this situation, in order to simply maintain a consistent appearance of the vending machine, while the refilling of the powder material by its compact device arrangement requires the removal of the raw material storage container, the enclosing of the internal device through the case is described above. Likewise, the use of the device causes great inconvenience.

Therefore, the present invention connects the consumables storage container 24 requiring refilling to the outside of the case from the inside of the apparatus for performing the automatic mixing discharge, so that the refilling of the consumables storage container 24 is easily performed.

The consumable storage container 24 includes a raw material storage container, a cup storage container, and an inlet 22 connected thereto. The consumable storage container 24 is mounted in the case 1, and a portion of the inlet 22 for refilling the consumable is exposed to the case 1.

Specifically, a portion of the inlet 22 is mounted to be exposed through the opening 20 as an upper portion of the consumable storage container. The upper portion is a portion above the closure cap 28 and is sufficient to be protruded to have a height that provides a space that can be gripped to remove the closure cap 28.

That is, the inlet 22 is made of a guide tube 26 and the closing cap 28, the guide tube 26 connects the opening 20 and the container body to form an input line from the outside.

In addition, the closing cap 28 opens or closes the opening 20 as a detachable lid, and the closing cap 28 may be equipped with an opening and closing lid 30.

In the illustrated inlet 22 of the raw material storage container 8 shows that the lid 30 is opened and closed on the closing cap 28, the inlet 22 of the cup storage container 9 is a closed cap 28. ) Only shows that it is finished.

On the other hand, the consumable storage container 24 is provided to be separated from the inlet 22 is to allow the consumable storage container 24 is detachably mounted to the vending machine.

That is, when the consumable storage container itself is mounted through the opening 20, the door is opened by an extended portion for penetrating the opening, the consumable storage container is pushed into the opening, and the rotating shaft of the screw feed hole described above is engaged. It is inconvenient to let.

This is because when the consumable storage container is extended to penetrate the opening, it interferes with the case in the lateral movement direction.

Therefore, by using the conventional consumables storage itself, except for the inlet 22 which serves as a lid from this, the charge to the portion to be exposed to the case to be extended, separated from the consumables from the outside of the case (1) The input of is to be performed.

On the other hand, the closing cap 28 in the inlet is an interference member for fixing the installation position to the opening when inserted into the opening, and serves to protect the contaminant penetration into the case through the storage base or the opening in parallel. .

The inlet 22 extending from the consumable storage container to the raw material storage container 8 does not need to extend over the storage main body and its cross-section, and only accommodates the external lighting to allow the inlet or pipe network to fill the powder raw material. It is enough to form only the size of the degree.

Here, the size enough to accommodate the external lighting is inconvenient to check the filling amount to the storage base when it is narrow enough to put only the powder raw material, the interior of the storage base can be confirmed by the external lighting to confirm this It means to secure the width of the degree.

In addition, this is to avoid interference with a ring-shaped support for supporting the water bottle when the water bottle (not shown) is mounted on the case as described above, and also to avoid interference with the water bottle mounted .

In this case, the storage base of the raw material storage container 8 is closed except for the portion corresponding to the inlet from the upper side, the guide tube 26 is inserted into the open portion is provided to be sealed.

The guide tube 26 extending from the consumable storage container to the raw material storage container may be provided integrally when a plurality of raw material storage containers are mounted as shown, or may be separately provided for each raw material storage container.

The one-piece type shows that the guide tube 26 is formed separately by using the sealing cap 28 to form an outer portion as shown in the drawing, and the lid 30 formed here is also formed separately. do.

In the case of separately provided, openings corresponding to each of the storage bases may be formed, and sealing caps may be formed separately for the openings.

On the other hand, the cup storage container 9 has a shape of the inlet 22 extending into the shape of the cup storage container itself, unlike the powder raw material, unlike the powder raw material.

In addition, since the cup storage container 9 is mounted inside the door 2, it is preferable that the pipe window 32 is formed in the door 2 or the case 1 to observe the filling amount of the cup. It is formed in a long slit shape according to the shape of the cup storage container 9 of the pipe network window (32).

According to the present invention, the operator simply opens the sealing cap or lid, and then refilling is simply performed by filling the consumables with a storage base that requires refilling.

This refilling is particularly simple in the raw material storage container 8, since the opening of the door, the separation of the guide cup, and the removal process of the raw material storage container are eliminated, as compared with the prior art.

In addition, since there is no removal of the raw material storage container, there is no fear of spilling the remaining powder material during removal, and there is no need to observe the coupling of the coupler when remounting.

On the other hand, when removing the consumables storage container for cleaning the main body of the storage container or the internal parts of the vending machine, lifting and removing the inlet 22 removes the interference between the consumables storage container extending through the case 2 and the case. Is released.

Next, opening the door and removing the storage base, a simple removal is performed, and the mounting is reversed.

As described above, according to the present invention, the consumable storage container is extended and mounted to be exposed to the outside of the case, and thus refilling of the powder raw material or the disposable cup is performed, so that the filling of the consumable is simple and ultimately, The merchandise is improved.

Claims (5)

An opening 20 formed in the upper part of the case 1 of the vending machine that accommodates the device for discharging the powdered beverage raw material together with water, and the consumables installed inside the case 1 and consumed through the vending machine are stored. A vending machine including a consumable storage container (24) mounted to be exposed to extend through the opening (20) to the outside of the case (1) through the opening (20). The guide tube 26 of claim 1, wherein the inlet port 22 penetrates through the opening 20 of the case 1 and is connected to an upper portion of the container body of the raw material storage container 8 or the cup storage container 9. Is formed, the vending machine characterized in that the sealing cap 28 is formed at the inlet of the guide pipe 26 to cover the opening 20 while covering the upper portion of the opening 20. 3. Vending machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the closing cap (28) is further provided with an openable lid (30). The vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the lid (30) is formed of a transparent window to observe the filling amount of the consumables. Vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the door (2) is formed with a slit-shaped network window (32) up and down to observe the filling amount of the cup filled in the cup magnetic container (9).

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