KR20160103363A - Beverage dispensing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a beverage dispensing apparatus specifying a kind of undiluted solution to reduce the workload to a worker and preventing erroneous settings. The beverage supply apparatus (10) comprises: undiluted solution supply circuits (14a to 14f) supplying undiluted solution; and a dilution water supply circuit (16) supplying dilution water for diluting the undiluted solution. The beverage supply apparatus (10) supplies beverage obtained by diluting the undiluted solution supplied from the undiluted solution supply circuits (14a to 14f) with dilution water supplied from the dilution water supply circuit (16). The beverage supply apparatus (10) comprises: a flow sensor (30b) measuring a flow amount of undiluted solution; a temperature sensor (30a) measuring the temperature of undiluted solution; and a control device (20) specifies a kind of undiluted solution from the relation between the flow amount of the undiluted solution, measured by the flow sensor (30b), and the temperature of the undiluted solution, measured by the temperature sensor (30a).

Description

[0001] BEVERAGE DISPENSING APPARATUS [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage supply apparatus for supplying a beverage, such as syrup, diluted with diluted water such as water or carbonated water.

A beverage dispenser or a cup-type automatic vending machine which sells soft drinks such as juice is widely used as a beverage supply apparatus for diluting a stock solution such as syrup with dilution water and selling the beverage dispenser (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Usually, in a beverage dispenser for selling soft drinks, syrup is used as a raw liquid and water or carbonated water is used as diluting water. Unlike the circuit for supplying diluted water (the diluted water supply circuit) which can be commonly used for each syrup, since the syrup supplying circuit (the undiluted solution supplying circuit) is required for the kinds of drinks to be sold, In a device for selling a beverage, four original liquid supply circuits are mounted. Therefore, in the beverage dispenser, for example, syrups 1 to 4 circuits are distinguished conveniently for each of the undiluted solution supply circuits. When the beverage dispenser is actually installed and started to be used, one syrup circuit is, for example, And is used by connecting the respective undiluted liquid tanks to the piping of each of the undiluted liquid supply circuits.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-237896

Normally, on the side of the beverage supply device as described above, it can not be discriminated which kind of syrupy stock tank is connected to which undiluted solution supply circuit. Therefore, in the beverage supply device of the conventional configuration described in Patent Document 1, the worker manually inputs and sets what type of undiluted solution tank is connected to which undiluted solution supply circuit. For example, it is necessary to set the syrup 1 circuit to be used for supplying the orange stock solution by a human hand, and this setting operation must be performed for all kinds of stock solutions. Therefore, there is a possibility that a problem may arise in the quality of the product to be sold if there is a burden on the setting operation at the time of installation of the apparatus or maintenance, and there is an erroneous setting (erroneous setting). In addition, in recent years, the kinds of syrups sold in one beverage supply apparatus tend to increase, and problems such as an increase in burden of work during installation and problems in erroneous setting become more conspicuous.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a beverage supply apparatus which can reduce the burden on the operator and prevent erroneous setting by specifying the kind of the undiluted solution on the apparatus side.

The beverage supply device according to the present invention includes a raw-liquid supply circuit for supplying a raw-fluid and a dilution-water supply circuit for supplying dilution water for diluting the raw-fluid, wherein the raw- A flow rate sensor for measuring a flow rate of the stock solution; a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the stock solution; a flow rate sensor for detecting a flow rate of the stock solution measured by the flow sensor, And a control means for specifying the type of the stock solution from the relationship between the temperature of the stock solution measured by the temperature sensor.

According to this configuration, by measuring the temperature and the flow rate of the stock solution and obtaining the relationship, the kind of the stock solution connected to the stock solution supply circuit can be easily specified on the apparatus side. Therefore, it is not necessary for the operator to manually input the kind of undiluted solution connected to the undiluted solution supply circuit as in the conventional apparatus, and the burden on the operator is greatly reduced, the input setting time is shortened, .

The temperature sensor may be provided in the undiluted solution supply circuit to measure the temperature of the undiluted solution flowing through the undiluted solution supply circuit.

And a cooling water tank for cooling the stock solution flowing through the stock solution supply circuit with cooling water. The temperature sensor may be provided in the cooling water tank to measure the temperature of the cooling water.

And a storage unit for storing a dilution setting for each kind of the undiluted solution used in the beverage supplied from the drink supply apparatus, wherein the control unit calls the dilution setting corresponding to the type of the specific undiluted solution from the storage unit to set And the supply of the beverage may be performed based on the set dilution setting. Then, since the dilution setting of the individual stock solution according to the kind of the stock solution connected to the stock solution supply circuit is also easily set on the apparatus side, it is not necessary for the operator to manually perform the dilution setting according to the stock solution type connected to the stock solution supply circuit , The work load and the working time can be further reduced.

The dilution setting may be any one or both of a dilution ratio of the diluted water and the stock solution, and a carbonate strength of the beverage in the case of using carbonated water as the dilution water.

And the display means for displaying the dilution setting corresponding to the kind of the undiluted solution set by the control means together with the type of the undiluted solution can be easily confirmed by the operator on the side of specifying the undiluted solution type and the dilution setting therefor.

According to the present invention, the kind of the stock solution connected to the undiluted solution supply circuit can be easily specified on the apparatus side. Therefore, the work load of the operator is greatly reduced, the time required for input setting is shortened, and erroneous setting by manual operation can be prevented.

1 is a configuration diagram of a beverage supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the control system of the beverage supply device shown in Fig. 1. Fig.
3 is a graph showing the relationship between the temperature and the viscosity for each kind of the stock solution.
4 is a graph showing a correlation between the flow rate and the viscosity for each kind of the undiluted solution.
5 is a graph showing the correlation between the temperature and the flow rate for each kind of the stock solution.
6 is a diagram showing an example of display of the specified undiluted solution type and the set dilution condition.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a drink supply apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a beverage supply apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The beverage supply device 10 according to the present embodiment is a beverage dispenser that sells beverages such as juice or coffee in which a stock solution such as syrup is diluted by diluting water. The present invention may be applied to an apparatus other than the beverage dispenser, for example, a cup-shaped vending machine.

1, the beverage supply device 10 includes a plurality of (six in this embodiment) raw liquid supply circuits 14a to 14f for supplying a raw liquid to the cup 12, A dilution water supply circuit 16 for supplying diluted water to the cup 12, a cooling device 18 interposed between the raw liquid supply circuits 14a to 14f and the dilution water supply circuit 16, (Control means) 20 for controlling the operation of the vehicle.

The beverage supply device 10 is configured to supply one or more kinds of stock solutions supplied from one or more of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f and dilution water supplied from the dilution water supply circuit 16 to the cup 12 ), It is possible to sell various kinds of soft drinks such as juice and coffee. Syrups such as orange syrup, melon syrup, etc. for various juices are used as the raw liquid. Water or carbonated water is used for dilution water.

The undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f are provided with a pipe 26 connected to the undiluted solution tank 22 in which the undiluted solution is stored in the connection port at the upstream end and to which the undiluted solution nozzle 24 is connected at the downstream end, A cooling coil 28 and a valve device 30 installed therein.

Each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f normally functions to supply different kinds of undiluted solutions. That is, in the beverage supply device 10, six kinds of undiluted solutions are used for sales, And the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f are mounted in parallel. Since these source liquid supply circuits 14a to 14f have the same configuration except that the stock tank 22 in which the source liquid different in storage type is stored is connected to the piping 26, only one source liquid supply circuit 14a And the illustration of the other undiluted solution supply circuits 14b to 14f is omitted. It goes without saying that the number of mountings of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f can be appropriately changed.

The stock tank 22 stores a predetermined stock solution (concentrate) such as orange syrup or melon syrup therein. As described above, six kinds of undiluted solutions are used in the beverage supply device 10 according to the present embodiment. Therefore, six kinds of undiluted solution tanks 22 are prepared depending on the difference of their content, 14a to 14f, respectively.

The undiluted solution nozzle 24 is a discharge port for discharging the undiluted solution flowing through the piping 26 from the undiluted solution tank 22 through the cooling coil 28 and the valve device 30 into the cup 12.

The cooling coil 28 is a cooling device for cooling the raw liquid flowing in the pipe 26 and is formed by a helical pipe and is submerged in the cooling water in the cooling water tank 32 of the cooling device 18.

The valve device 30 is a valve having a thermometer and a flowmeter having a temperature sensor 30a, a flow sensor 30b and an electromagnetic valve 30c as an integrated structure, (Not shown). The temperature sensor 30a detects the temperature of the undiluted solution and the flow rate sensor 30b detects the flow rate of the undiluted solution. The solenoid valve 30c opens and closes under the control of the control device 20 and performs ejection control of the undiluted solution from the undiluted solution nozzle 24 to the cup 12. [ Each of the temperature sensor 30a, the flow rate sensor 30b and the electromagnetic valve 30c may be a separate structure.

The dilution water supply circuit 16 includes a pipe 36 connected to a connection port at an upstream end through a water tank and connected to a dilution water nozzle 34 at a downstream end thereof and a cooling coil 38 and a valve device 40.

The dilution water supply circuit 16 serves to supply diluted water. In Fig. 1, only a circuit for supplying water is illustrated, and a circuit for supplying carbonated water is not shown. The circuit for supplying the carbonated water includes, for example, a circuit similar to that of the dilution water supply circuit 16 shown in Fig. 1, in which a carbon dioxide gas bomb and carbonated water produced by mixing carbon dioxide gas from the carbon dioxide gas bomb with water to produce carbonated water (Car- bonator) is provided, and is provided in parallel with the diluting water supply circuit 16. Further, a carbonic acid gas cylinder and a carbonated water producing device may be provided in the middle of the diluted water supply circuit 16, and the diluted water supply circuit 16 may be configured to use water and carbonated water in common.

The dilution water nozzle 34 is a discharge port for discharging the diluted water flowing through the piping 36 from the water tank through the cooling coil 38 and the valve device 40 into the cup 12.

The cooling coil 38 is a cooler for cooling the dilution water flowing in the pipe 36 and is formed by a spiral pipe and is submerged in the cooling water in the cooling water tank 32 of the cooling device 18.

The valve device 40 is a valve having a flowmeter in which the flow sensor 40a and the solenoid valve 40b are integrated and is connected to the pipe 36 between the cooling coil 38 and the dilution water nozzle 34 . The flow rate sensor 40a detects the flow rate of the dilution water. The solenoid valve 40b opens and closes under the control of the control device 20 and performs discharge control of diluted water from the diluting water nozzle 34 to the cup 12. [ Each of the flow sensor 40a and the solenoid valve 40b may have a separate structure.

The cooling device 18 is a device for cooling the stock solution flowing through the raw solution supply circuits 14a to 14f and the dilution water flowing through the dilution water supply circuit 16. [ The cooling device 18 includes a cooling water tank 32 in which cooling water is stored and a stirring device 42 that stirs cooling water in the cooling water tank 32.

In the cooling water tank 32, a cooler (evaporator) of a refrigeration cycle apparatus (not shown) is immersed. When the refrigeration cycle apparatus is operated, an ice bank (ice lump) 44 is generated around the refrigerant circulation path by the evaporation heat of the refrigerant flowing in the cooler, whereby the cooling water is maintained at a predetermined temperature (for example, around 0 ° C). In the cooling water tank 32, a temperature sensor 46 for measuring the temperature of the cooling water is also provided. The cooling water tank 32 is shared by the cooling coil 28 of all the raw liquid supply circuits 14a to 14f and the cooling coil 38 of the dilution water supply circuit 16. [

The stirring device 42 is for efficiently cooling the stock solution or the dilution water by keeping the temperature of the cooling water uniform by properly stirring the cooling water in the cooling water tank 32. [ The stirring device 42 includes a stirring motor 42a that is driven and controlled by the control device 20 and a stirring blade 42b that is rotationally driven by the stirring motor 42a.

2 is a block diagram showing the control system of the beverage supply device 10 shown in Fig.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the beverage supply device 10 includes a control device 20 that performs overall drive control of the beverage supply device 10. 2, the control device 20 has a sales control unit 20a, a undiluted solution type specifying unit 20b, a dilution condition setting unit 20c, and a storage unit 20d. The control device 20 is connected to an input device (input means) 50 including a keyboard or a numeric key button and a display device (display means) 52 such as a liquid crystal display.

When the sales control unit 20a receives the sales signal 54 as a commodity selection signal from a drink selection button (not shown), the solenoid valve 30c and the dilution water supply circuit 16 to control the manufacture and sale of beverages.

The undiluted solution type specifying portion 20b is used to store the undiluted solution type of the undiluted solution tank 22 connected to each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f during installation or maintenance of the beverage supply device 10 Number). The details of the undiluted solution type specifying section 20b are such that the relationship between the temperature of the undiluted solution measured by the temperature sensor 30a and the flow rate of the undiluted solution measured by the flow rate sensor 30b is stored in advance in the storage section 20d And comparing the data with the correlation data between the temperature and the flow rate for each kind of the undiluted solution, the kind of the undiluted solution in the undiluted solution tank 22 connected to each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f is specified.

The dilution condition setting unit 20c sets the dilution condition setting unit 20c in accordance with the specified operation of the undiluted solution type in the undiluted solution type specifying unit 20b at the time of installation or maintenance of the drink supply apparatus 10, ), The dilution condition is set for each kind. Specifically, when the undiluted solution type of each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f is specified in the undiluted solution type specifying section 20b, the dilution condition setting section 20c sets the dilution condition setting section 20c for each kind of the undiluted solution previously stored in the storage section 20d The dilution setting, for example, the dilution ratio of the undiluted solution and the carbonic acid strength of the beverage to be produced are called and set as the dilution condition of the undiluted solution supplied from each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f. The dilution ratio indicates the dilution ratio of the stock solution (syrup) and diluted water (water or carbonated water) for each kind of the stock solution. For example, when a predetermined stock solution is used, a dilution ratio of 5 to be. The carbonic acid strength refers to the strength of the carbonic acid of the beverage (carbonated beverage) to be produced per raw solution. The carbonic acid strength means a high mixing ratio of carbonated water such as, for example, strong carbonic acid, Respectively.

As described above, the memory unit 20d is a memory that stores correlation data of temperature and flow rate for each kind of the undiluted solution and dilution setting for each kind of undiluted solution, The undiluted conditions of the undiluted solutions of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f and the kinds of the undiluted solutions set in the dilution condition setting section 20c are also stored.

Here, an example of a method of specifying a stock solution type by the undiluted solution type specifying section 20b will be described with reference to Figs. 3 to 5. Fig.

FIG. 3 is a graph showing the correlation between temperature and viscosity for each kind of raw liquid, and FIG. 4 is a graph showing a correlation between flow rate and viscosity for each kind of raw liquid. 5 is a graph showing the correlation between the temperature and the flow rate for each kind of the raw liquid. In Figs. 3 to 5, for example, the correlation with respect to the three kinds of stock solutions A, B, and C is described.

As shown in Fig. 3, there is usually a correlation between the temperature (占 폚) and the viscosity (Pa 占 퐏) of the undiluted solution, and this relationship differs depending on the kind of the undiluted solution. Generally, since the undiluted solution contains sugar, the viscosity tends to be high at low temperature and low at high temperature. Also, regarding the flow rate (ml / s) of the undiluted solution, there is a correlation between the flow rate and the viscosity as shown in Fig. 4 when the flowing piping circuit is specified, .

As described above, since there is a correlation between the temperature and the viscosity, and between the flow rate and the viscosity for each kind of the undiluted solution, as shown in Fig. 5, correlation can be found for each kind also between the temperature and the flow rate of the undiluted solution . Therefore, the data of the correlation between the temperature and the flow rate as shown in Fig. 5 are acquired in advance by experiments or the like for each of the respective kinds of the stock solutions to be used at least in the beverage supply device 10, The relationship data is stored in the storage unit 20d. Thereby, the undiluted solution type specifying section 20b stores the relationship between the temperature and flow rate of the undiluted solution measured by the temperature sensor 30a and the flow rate sensor 30b as correlation data for each type of undiluted solution stored in the storage section 20d The kind of the stock solution can be specified. On the other hand, the correlation data of the temperature and the flow rate for each kind of stock solution stored in the storage section 20d may be, for example, mathematical formula data or table data in addition to the graph as shown in Fig.

Next, a specific operation of the undiluted solution type in the beverage supply device 10 configured as described above and an example of a dilution condition setting operation according to the specific undiluted solution type will be described.

For example, when the beverage supply device 10 is newly installed in the place where the beverage supply device 10 is to be used, a water pipe is connected to the dilution water supply circuit 16 through a water tank, and six raw liquid supply circuits 14a to 14f are supplied with different kinds of raw liquids Liquid tank 22 containing the liquid. At this time, in the beverage supply device 10, fluctuations often occur for each device connected to each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f, particularly, the flow rate sensor 30b for each product, .

This flow rate adjustment is performed by measuring the amount of the raw liquid discharged from the undiluted liquid nozzle 24 for a predetermined time and comparing the measured value with the measured value by the flow rate sensor 30b. For example, when the flow rate sensor 30b is set to output one pulse per 1 ml of the undiluted solution, when the 50-pulse output from the flow rate sensor 30b is present, 50 ml of the undiluted solution must be discharged, Ml, it is found that the flow rate per one pulse is lowered by 0.1 ml. Therefore, the value (correction value) for this error is input and set from the input device 50 to the control device 20, and the calculation formula of the flow rate based on the output value from the flow rate sensor 30b is corrected. Thereby, it is possible to increase the flow measurement accuracy in each flow rate sensor 30b and suppress fluctuation of the flow rate.

In the beverage supply device 10 according to the present embodiment, at the time of this flow rate adjustment, the control device 20 calculates the high-precision flow rate of the undiluted solution using the above-described correction value, The temperature of the stock solution is measured and acquired. Thus, the undiluted solution type specifying section 20b specifies the type of the undiluted solution by comparing the correlation between the measured flow rate and temperature with the correlation data for each type of undiluted solution stored in the storage section 20d, The kind is stored in the storage section 20d in association with the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f. For example, a stock solution having a flow rate of 10 ml / s at a temperature of 5 캜 is designated as orange syrup. On the other hand, when the measured value of the flow rate sensor 30b at the time of the flow rate adjustment is an appropriate value and the input of the correction value is not required, the measured value of the flow rate sensor 30b may be used as it is to specify the undiluted solution type.

At this time, for example, the temperature of the stock solution may be measured at a plurality of points, and the flow rate at that time may also be measured at each temperature, and the correlation between the temperature of the stock solution and the flow rate may be measured at a plurality of points. Then, a more accurate correlation between the temperature and the viscosity can be obtained, and the undiluted solution type can be more accurately specified. The data acquisition at the plurality of points is performed, for example, at a temperature change from immediately after the start of cooling of the cooling water by the cooling device 18 to stabilization at a desired cooling temperature, Can be easily carried out at the same time.

After the above-described specification of the undiluted solution type is completed, the dilution condition setting section 20c sets the dilution condition. The dilution condition setting unit 20c calls the dilution ratio and the carbonate strength dilution setting from the storage unit 20d according to the stock solution type specified for each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f, Are stored in the storage section 20d in association with the supply circuits 14a to 14f. For example, supposing that the raw liquid supply circuits 14a to 14f are respectively called syrups 1 to 6, when the raw liquid type connected to the syrup 1 (raw liquid supply circuit 14a) is orange, the dilution ratio (raw liquid: diluted water) Is 1: 5, its carbonic acid strength is strong carbonic acid, and the result is displayed on the display device 52 as shown in Fig. Thereby, the worker can easily confirm the type of the undiluted solution actually connected to each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f and the dilution setting thereof. At this time, when the kind of the undiluted solution displayed on the display device 52 is different due to the similarity of the characteristics of the undiluted solution, for example, the operator may directly correct the type of undiluted solution by the input device 50 . On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 6, in the present embodiment, a handy type setting input device 56 in which the input device 50 and the display device 52 are integrated is used.

Therefore, in the beverage supply device 10, the undiluted solution type of each of the undiluted solution supplying circuits 14a to 14f specified in the undiluted solution type specifying portion 20b and the dilution condition set in the dilution condition setting portion 20c are supplied to the controller 20 ), It is possible to reduce the number of operations directly inputted by the operator at the time of the installation work as much as possible. Then, by using the set undiluted solution type and dilution conditions, the sales control section 20a manufactures and sells beverages based on the respective sales signals 54, so that the selected beverages can be accurately manufactured under predetermined dilution conditions, have.

Since the above-described flow rate adjustment is also performed at the time of flavor change such as changing the type of undiluted solution in addition to the installation, it is possible to mechanically set the specification of the undiluted solution type and the dilution condition as described above have. However, there is a case in which the flow rate adjustment for confirmation is carried out even at the time of regular maintenance without change of the undiluted solution, but there is no change of the undiluted solution at the time of adjusting the flow rate at this time. Thus, the setting operation of the specific operation and the dilution condition of the undiluted solution type is started not only in the control mode to be performed at the time of the flow rate adjustment but also as the individual control mode (undiluted solution setting mode) started by the operation of the input device 50 . It goes without saying that the operation of specifying the undiluted solution type by the undiluted solution type specifying section 20b and the operation of setting the dilution conditions by the dilution condition setting section 20c may be performed in addition to the flow rate adjustment described above.

In the specific operation of the undiluted solution type by the undiluted solution type specifying portion 20b, a value directly measured by the temperature sensor 30a provided in each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f is used as the undiluted solution temperature Respectively. Even when the specific operation of the undiluted solution type is performed using the measured value of the cooling water temperature measured by the temperature sensor 46 provided in the cooling water tank 32 instead of the measured value by the temperature sensor 30a good. This is because the cooling water temperature in the cooling water tank 32 is substantially equal to the raw liquid temperature measured by the temperature sensor 30a. This makes it possible to omit the temperature sensor 30a to reduce the cost and to specify the kind of the undiluted solution by effectively using the temperature sensor 46 in the normally installed cooling water tank 32. [

As described above, according to the beverage supply device 10 of the present embodiment, the flow rate sensor 30b for measuring the flow rate of the undiluted solution, the temperature sensor 30a (46) for measuring the temperature of the undiluted solution, 30b) and the temperature of the stock solution measured by the temperature sensor 30a (46), the control device 20 for specifying the kind of the stock solution. Therefore, in the beverage supply device 10, it is possible to easily specify, on the apparatus side, which kind of undiluted solution tank 22 is connected to which of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f. As a result, it is not necessary for the operator to manually input the kind of undiluted solution connected to each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f as in the case of the conventional apparatus, and the workload of the operator is greatly reduced and the input setting time is shortened It is also possible to prevent erroneous setting by manual operation.

The control unit 20 also includes a storage unit 20d storing at least a dilution setting for each kind of stock solution used in the beverage supplied from the beverage supply device 10. The control unit 20 sets a dilution setting corresponding to the specific type of the undiluted solution From the storage unit 20d, and supplies the beverage based on the set dilution setting. Thus, the dilution setting of the individual stock solutions according to the kinds of the stock solutions connected to the respective stock solution supply circuits 14a to 14f is also easily set on the apparatus side. Therefore, for each of the undiluted solution supply circuits 14a to 14f, it is not necessary for the operator to manually set the dilution setting according to the undiluted solution type, and the burden of the operation and the working time can be further reduced. In this case, the dilution setting may include either or both of the dilution water and the dilution ratio of the undiluted solution, and the carbonation strength of the beverage when carbonated water is used as dilution water.

The beverage supply device 10 includes the display device 52 for displaying the dilution setting corresponding to the kind of the undiluted solution set by the control device 20 together with the type of the undiluted solution. The operator can easily confirm the setting of the specific and dilution conditions.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be freely changed within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

10: Beverage dispenser 12: Cup
14a to 14f: undiluted solution supply circuit 16:
18: cooling device 20: control device
20a: sales control unit 20b: undiluted solution type specifying unit
20c: Dilution condition setting unit 20d:
22: undiluted solution tank 24: undiluted solution nozzle
26, 36: piping 28, 38: cooling coil
30, 40: valve device 30a, 46: temperature sensor
30b, 40a: Flow rate sensors 30c, 40b:
32: cooling water tank 42: stirring device
50: input device 52: display device

Claims (6)

And a dilution water supply circuit for supplying dilution water for diluting the stock solution, wherein the diluted water supplied from the dilution water supply circuit is diluted with dilution water supplied from the dilution water supply circuit A beverage supply apparatus for supplying a beverage,
A flow sensor for measuring a flow rate of the stock solution,
A temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the stock solution,
From the relationship between the flow rate of the stock solution measured by the flow rate sensor and the temperature of the stock solution measured by the temperature sensor,
Wherein the beverage supply device comprises: The beverage supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the temperature sensor is provided in the undiluted solution supply circuit, and measures the temperature of the undiluted solution flowing through the undiluted solution supply circuit. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a cooling water tank for cooling the stock solution flowing through the stock solution supply circuit with cooling water,
Wherein the temperature sensor is installed in the cooling water tank and measures the temperature of the cooling water. The beverage supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a storage section that stores a dilution setting for each kind of stock solution used in a drink supplied from at least the beverage supply device,
Wherein the control means calls and sets a dilution setting corresponding to the specific kind of the undiluted liquid from the storage unit and supplies the drink based on the set dilution setting. 5. The beverage supply system according to claim 4, wherein the dilution setting includes one or both of a dilution ratio of the diluted water and the stock solution, and a carbonate strength of the beverage in the case of using carbonated water as the dilution water Device. The beverage supply apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising display means for displaying a dilution setting corresponding to the kind of undiluted solution set by said control means together with the type of the undiluted solution.

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