TW202218596A - Beverage supply system wherein various beverages can be adjusted automatically and accurately through the design of the sugar water pumping mechanism, the tea pumping mechanism and the control device so that the various beverages prepared successively can have the predetermined taste and quality - Google Patents

Abstract

A beverage supply system includes a sugar water pumping mechanism, a tea pumping mechanism and a control device, wherein the sugar water pumping mechanism and the tea pumping mechanism are installed on a rack. The control device includes a tea recipe setting module and a blending control module. The tea recipe setting module has a plurality of sugar water options and tea product options that can be selected for operation. The blending control module controls the sugar water pumping mechanism according to the sugar water options set by the operated tea recipe setting module, and controls all corresponding tea pumping mechanisms according to the operated and set tea product options. Through the design of the sugar water pumping mechanism, the tea pumping mechanism and the control device, it can be used to automatically and accurately prepare various beverages so that the prepared beverages have the predetermined taste and quality, thereby completely improving the unstable quality of tea that was previously prepared artificially based on experience. The beverage supply system is suitable for connecting and assembling a sugar water bucket containing sugar water and a plurality of tea buckets containing tea for mixing and brewing sugar water and tea. The sugar water pumping mechanism includes a sugar water output head installed on the rack, a sugar water pipe connected to the sugar water bucket, and a first pump body installed between the sugar water pipe and the sugar water output head. The first pump body can be driven to pump the sugar water in the sugar water bucket to the sugar water output head for output through the sugar water pipe. Each tea pumping mechanism includes a tea output head installed on the rack, a tea pipe connected to one of the tea buckets, and a second pump body installed between the tea pipe and the tea output head. The second pump body can be driven to pump the tea in the corresponding tea bucket to the tea output head for output through the tea pipe.

Description

Beverage supply system

The present invention relates to a water supply system, in particular to a beverage supply system.

Because Taiwan is located in the subtropical region where the Tropic of Cancer passes, the weather is hot in summer, and drinking cold drinks to cool off in summer is a part of daily life, so there are many tea shops selling all kinds of hand-cranked cold drinks on the streets. Every tea shop sells drinks with the characteristics of the shop to attract customers, and many people are accustomed to choose to drink drinks from a specific store or brand.

At present, when brewing drinks, the clerk of each tea shop usually mixes the required sugar water, ice cubes and various teas according to the brewing experience passed down by other clerks. , ice cubes and tea, there will be human errors in the process of taking each brewing material, so that the quality of the brewed drinks is not easy to control.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a beverage delivery system that ameliorates at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art.

Therefore, the beverage supply system of the present invention is suitable for connecting and connecting a sugar water bucket containing sugar water and a plurality of tea water buckets containing tea water, so as to mix and brew sugar water and tea water. The beverage supply system includes a rack, a sugar pumping mechanism and a plurality of tea pumping mechanisms installed on the rack, and a control device.

The sugar water pumping mechanism includes a sugar water output head mounted on the rack, a sugar water pipe connected to the sugar water bucket, and a first pump body installed between the sugar water pipe and the sugar water output head. The first pump body can be driven to pump the sugar water in the sugar water bucket to the sugar water output head through the sugar water pipe for output. Each tea water pumping mechanism includes a tea water output head mounted on the frame, a tea water pipe connected to one of the tea water buckets, and a second pump body installed between the tea water pipe and the tea water output head , the second pump body can be driven to pump the tea water in the corresponding tea bucket to the tea water output head through the tea water pipe for output.

The control device is a signal connection between the first pump body and the second pump bodies, including a tea recipe setting module and a dispensing control module, the tea recipe setting module has a plurality of syrups that can be selected for operation options and tea options, the blending control module will control the action of the first pump body according to the sugar water option set by the tea recipe setting module, and control all the corresponding tea options according to the tea option set by the operation Action of the second pump body.

The effect of the present invention is: through the design of the sugar water pumping mechanism, the tea water pumping mechanism and the control device, it can be used to automatically and accurately prepare various beverages, so that the various beverages prepared successively can have a predetermined taste and quality, and can Completely improve the unstable quality of tea prepared by artificial experience.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , an embodiment of the beverage supply system 200 of the present invention is suitable for being connected to a sugar bucket 801 and a plurality of tea buckets 802 for automatic brewing of beverages. The sugar water bucket 801 has an upward opening and contains sugar water inside, and each tea water bucket 802 contains tea water made from predetermined tea leaves. The beverage supply system 200 includes a rack 3 , a sugar pumping mechanism 4 , a plurality of tea pumping mechanisms 5 , a heating device 7 , and a control device 6 .

The rack 3 has a rack body 31 and a funnel 32 mounted on the rack body 31. The rack body 31 has an accommodating space 310 for placing the sugar bucket 801 inside, and has an exposed tea drink In the preparation section 311 , the funnel 32 has a water outlet 320 exposed in the tea preparation section 311 downward. The heating device 7 is installed in the rack 3 and located in the accommodating space 310 , and can be used to heat the sugar water bucket 801 , thereby heating the sugar water contained in the sugar water bucket 801 .

The sugar water pumping mechanism 4 includes a cover body 41 for covering the opening of the sugar water bucket 801 , a cover body 41 installed on the rack body 31 and protruding downward to expose the top side of the tea preparation section 311 and located beside the funnel 32 A sugar water output head 42 on the side, a sugar water pipe 43 extending through the cover 41 to be inserted into the sugar water bucket 801, a first pump connected between the sugar water pipe 43 and the sugar water output head 42 body 44, and a water level sensor 45 mounted on the cover body 41 and inserted into the sugar water bucket 801 to sense the sugar water level. The first pump body 44 can be controlled and activated to pump the sugar water in the sugar water bucket 801 through the sugar water pipe 43 , and send the pumped sugar water to the sugar water output head 42 for output. The water level sensor 45 generates a low water level signal when the measured sugar water level is lower than a predetermined value. The water level sensor 45 may be a floating ball water level sensor, a photoelectric water level sensor or other types of water level sensors. Since there are many types and it is not the focus of the improvement of the present invention, it will not be described in detail. In addition, During implementation, in another embodiment of the present invention, the water level sensor 45 can also be reconfigured on the inner wall of the sugar bucket 801 .

Referring to FIG. 3 , each tea water pumping mechanism 5 includes a tea water output head 51 mounted on the rack 3 and located above the funnel 32 , a tea water pipe 52 connected to one of the tea water buckets 802 , and a tea water pipe 52 connected to one of the tea water buckets 802 . The second pump body 53 between the tea water pipe 52 and the tea water output head 51, and a water level sensor 54 arranged in the corresponding tea water bucket 802 to sense the tea water level. The second pump body 53 can be controlled and activated to pump the tea water in the tea water bucket 802 through the tea water pipe 52 , and deliver the pumped tea water to the tea water output head 51 , and then pour it into the funnel 32 . Each water level sensor 54 installed in each tea bucket 802 can also generate a low water level signal when the measured tea water level is lower than a predetermined height. Since there are many types of water level sensors 54, they will not be described in detail.

1 , 3 and 4 , the control device 6 includes a tea recipe setting module 61 embedded in the rack 3 , a cup sensor 62 mounted on the rack 3 , two for A temperature sensor 63 outside the sugar bucket 801 and the heating device 7, a temperature control module 64 disposed on the rack 3 and signally connecting the temperature sensors 63 and the heating device 7, and a temperature sensor 64 are respectively provided. The deployment control module 65 outside the rack 3 . The temperature sensors 63 can be used to sense the temperature of the sugar bucket 801 and the heating device 7 respectively.

The tea recipe setting module 61 has an operable user interface 610 , and has a plurality of sugar water options 611 , a plurality of tea options 612 , a plurality of ice options, which are set on the user interface 610 and can be selected and operated Amount option 613 and a plurality of ingredient options 614, the user interface 610 is a touch screen type, the sugar water options 611, the tea options 612, the ice amount options 613 and the ingredient options 614 are displayed The virtual buttons on the user interface 610 are not limited in implementation. The sugar water options 611 , the tea options 612 , the ice volume options 613 and the ingredient options 61 can also be physical buttons.

The sugar water options 611 are used to select and set the amount of sugar water to be used, such as but not limited to "no sugar", "1 part sugar"..."normal sugar" and the like. The tea options 612 are used for selection and setting, such as but not limited to the tea items to be prepared, the preparation capacity, etc. The tea items such as but not limited to "green tea", "black tea", "oolong tea" and "black tea" "Dragon Green Tea", etc., so the tea drink item may be a single type of tea component, or a type prepared by mixing two or more types of tea. The preparation capacity is, for example, but not limited to, "extra large cup", "large cup", "small cup" and the like. The ice volume options 613 are used to select and set the required ice cube volume, such as but not limited to selecting and setting “de-ice”, “less ice” and “normal ice volume”. The ingredient options 614 are used to select and set additional ingredients to be added, such as but not limited to "add pearls", "add coconut nuts" and "add taro balls".

In this embodiment, the cup body sensor 62 is a micro-switch type, and has a push rod member 621 that can be pushed and pivoted and exposed in the tea preparation section 311 . It is triggered to generate a trigger signal when it is pushed back. However, during implementation, in other embodiments of the present invention, the cup body sensor 62 can also be changed to be exposed at the bottom of the tea preparation section 311 . In addition, the cup body sensor 62 can also be changed to be able to The pressure sensor type that senses the weight of the cup body 900 to generate the trigger signal, or an optical object detector that can sense whether the cup body 900 is placed in the tea brewing section 311 through optical sensing technology. Since there are many types of cup body sensors 62 that can be used to sense whether the cup body 900 is placed in the tea preparation area 311 , the implementation is not limited to the above-mentioned aspects.

The temperature control module 64 is operable to set a heating temperature value, and controls the operation of the heating device 7 according to the set heating temperature value and the temperature measured by the temperature sensors 63, so that the tea bucket The measured temperature of 801 approaches the heating temperature value. Since the temperature control module 64 has many technologies for controlling the heating device 7 and is not the focus of the improvement of the present invention, it will not be described in detail.

The dispensing control module 65 is for signal connection of the first pump body 44 , the water level sensor 45 , the water level sensors 54 , the second pump bodies 53 and the tea recipe setting module 61 . There are a plurality of blending quantity parameters corresponding to the syrup options 611 , the tea options 612 , the ice volume options 613 , and the ingredient options 614 respectively. Wherein, the content of the dispensing quantity parameter corresponding to each sugar water option 611 has a first operating time corresponding to the first pump body 44 .

The content of the dispensing quantity parameter corresponding to each tea item 612 will be determined by the quantity of tea types and various tea preparation volumes that need to be used when the corresponding tea item is prepared, as well as the selected ice volume option 613 and ingredient options. 614 and change. When the corresponding tea item is prepared from a single type of tea, the corresponding content of the dispensing quantity parameter will have a second operation time corresponding to the second pump body 53 corresponding to the tea, the second operation time The length of time set will be related to the corresponding brewing capacity. When the corresponding tea drink item is prepared from a variety of teas, the corresponding dispensing quantity parameter content will have a plurality of second operation times corresponding to the second pump bodies 53 corresponding to the teas, corresponding to each The length of time during which the second operation time of a second pump body 53 is set varies according to the required amount of tea. In addition, since ice cubes and ingredients will occupy the predetermined capacity of the cup body 900, and the ingredients may contain sugar, when an ice amount option 613 or an ingredient option 614 is selected, each ice amount option 613 or ingredient option 614 corresponds to the corresponding The content of the blending amount parameter will be used to adjust the first operation time of the selected sugar water option 611 and the second operation time of the selected tea product option 612 .

For example, when the selected tea product option 612 is green tea, the content of the dispensing quantity parameter corresponding to the tea product option 612 will have a No. 1 corresponding to the second pump body 53 for pumping green tea. 2. Operation time, the second operation time will be different according to the amount of the brewing capacity corresponding to the tea product option 612. For example, the second operation time of the extra large cup capacity may be 8 seconds, and the second operation time of the small cup capacity may be 4 seconds. When the selected tea item is mixed tea, such as oolong green tea, the content of the dispensing quantity parameter corresponding to the tea item 612 will have a value corresponding to the second pump body 53 for pumping oolong tea and another second operation time corresponding to the second pump body 53 for pumping green tea, and the second operation time will be different due to the different proportions of the two teas.

When the ice volume option 613 or the ingredient option 614 is selected, if the normal ice volume is changed to the multi-ice volume, the content of the corresponding preparation volume parameter will have a setting for reducing the aforementioned second operation time, for example, reducing it by 2 seconds , if the amount of ice is changed from normal ice to less ice, the content of the corresponding parameter of the allocation amount will have a setting for increasing the second operation time, such as adding 2 seconds. Similarly, when the ingredient option 614 corresponds to an ingredient with honey treatment, the content of the corresponding ingredient quantity parameter has a setting for reducing the aforementioned first operation time. With this design, the quality and taste of the brewed tea set can be stabilized.

The blending control module 65 will be triggered by the trigger signal, and the sugar water option 611 , the tea product option 612 , the ice volume option 613 and the ingredient option 614 are selected and set according to the tea recipe setting module 61 are compared The corresponding dispensing quantity parameters are obtained, and the first pump body 44 is controlled to operate for the first operating time according to the dispensing quantity parameter corresponding to the sugar water option 611 to pump a predetermined volume of sugar water. At the same time, the blending control module 65 will be based on the second operation time in the blending quantity parameter corresponding to the tea product option 612 , the blending quantity parameter of the ice quantity option 613 and the blending of the ingredient option 614 quantity parameter to control the operation of the corresponding second pump body 53 to pump a predetermined volume of tea, or control the corresponding second operation time of all the second pump bodies 53 to operate respectively according to the dispensing quantity parameter, The second pump bodies 53 are made to pump the tea water with a predetermined volume respectively.

The dispensing control module 65 controls the sugar water pumped by the first pump body 44 to be discharged downward from the sugar water output head 42 and injected into the cup body 900 . The tea water pumped by the second pump body 53 or the second The tea water pumped by the pump body 53 will be respectively poured down into the funnel 32 through the corresponding tea water output heads 51, and then discharged downward from the funnel 32 and injected into the cup body 900 to be mixed with the sugar water to prepare the tea water. required tea. In addition, the dispensing control module 65 will be triggered by any of the aforementioned low water level signals to generate a reminder message, and the reminder message may be a light signal, a sound, a voice, and/or an image.

1, 2, and 4, when the beverage supply system 200 of the present invention is in use, the tea drinker can operate the tea recipe setting module 61 to select the desired sugar water option 611, tea product option 612, and ice volume option 613. and ingredient option 614 , and then put the cup body 900 for tea into the tea preparation section 311 and touch the cup body sensor 62 . The blending control module 65 is triggered by the trigger signal, and automatically compares the corresponding blending quantity parameters according to the set sugar water option 611 and the tea product option 612, and controls the blending quantity parameters respectively according to the blending quantity parameters. The first pump body 44 pumps a predetermined volume of sugar water, and controls each corresponding second pump body 53 to pump a predetermined volume of corresponding tea water. The sugar water output head 42 will inject the pumped sugar water into the cup body 900 , the funnel 32 will mix all the pumped tea water and pour it down into the cup body 900 to complete the tea preparation, which is quite convenient.

During implementation, in another embodiment of the present invention, the sugar bucket 801 can also be arranged outside the rack 3 , and is not limited to being arranged in the rack 3 . The tea recipe setting module 61 is not limited to being arranged in the rack 3 , and can also be independently arranged outside the rack 3 and integrated with the dispensing control module 65 .

In addition, it must be noted that, in this embodiment, the first operation time corresponding to the operation of the first pump body 44 is controlled, and the second operation time corresponding to the operation of each second pump body 53 is controlled. , to pump the predetermined volume of sugar water and tea water, but during implementation, in other embodiments of the present invention, the sensor can also be used to measure and determine whether the pumped volume of sugar water and tea water is equal to the predetermined volume. To control the operation of the first pump body 44 and the second pump bodies 53 , it can also be used to precisely control the volume of sugar water and tea volume pumped. Since there are many ways to control the first pump body 44 and the second pump bodies 53 to pump sugar water and tea water of predetermined volume respectively, the implementation is not limited to the above-mentioned aspects.

To sum up, through the design of the sugar water pumping mechanism 4, the tea water pumping mechanism 5 and the control device 6, various beverages can be prepared automatically and accurately, so that various beverages prepared successively can have a predetermined taste and quality. , which can completely improve the unstable quality of tea prepared by artificial experience. It can be further matched with the design of arranging the funnel 32 under the tea water output heads 51, so that the various tea waters that are pumped and gradually output can be fully mixed in the funnel 32 in advance and then injected into the cup body 900, which is helpful for In order to improve the mixing and modulation effect of various teas, the traditional action of shaking the cup body 900 by hand to mix the teas can be omitted. Therefore, the beverage supply system 200 of the present invention is indeed a very innovative and practical creation, and can indeed achieve the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the application for patent of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. within the scope of the invention patent.

200: Beverage supply system 3: Rack 31: Frame body 310: accommodating space 311: Tea preparation interval 32: Funnel 320: water outlet 4: Sugar water pumping mechanism 41: Cover 42: Sugar water output head 43: Sugar Water Pipe 44: The first pump body 45: Water level sensor 5: Tea pump pumping mechanism 51: Tea output head 52: Tea pipe 53: Second pump body 54: Water level sensor 6: Control device 61: Tea recipe setting module 610: User Interface 611: Sugar Water Option 612: Tea options 613: Ice volume option 614: Ingredients Options 62:Cup sensor 621: Push rod pieces 63: Temperature sensor 64: Temperature control module 65: Deploy control module 7: Heating device 801: Sugar Bucket 802: Tea Bucket 900: cup body

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the beverage supply system of the present invention when used with multiple tea buckets; Fig. 2 is the front sectional view of this embodiment; Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view of this embodiment; and FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of this embodiment.

200: Beverage supply system

3: Rack

31: Frame body

311: Tea preparation interval

32: Funnel

42: Sugar water output head

5: Tea pump pumping mechanism

52: Tea pipe

53: Second pump body

6: Control device

61: Tea recipe setting module

610: User Interface

621: Push rod pieces

65: Deploy control module

802: Tea Bucket

900: cup body

Claims (10)

A beverage supply system is suitable for being connected to a sugar water bucket containing sugar water and a plurality of tea water buckets containing tea water, so as to mix and brew the sugar water and tea water, and comprises: A rack: A sugar water pumping mechanism, including a sugar water output head mounted on the rack, a sugar water pipe connected to the sugar water bucket, and a first pump body installed between the sugar water pipe and the sugar water output head, The first pump body can be driven to pump the sugar water in the sugar water bucket to the sugar water output head through the sugar water pipe for output; A plurality of tea water pumping mechanisms, each tea water pumping mechanism includes a tea water output head mounted on the rack, a tea water pipe connected to one of the tea water buckets, and a tea water pipe installed on the tea water pipe and the tea water output. a second pump body between the heads, the second pump body can be driven to pump the tea water in the corresponding tea bucket to the tea water output head through the tea water pipe; and A control device, the signal is connected to the first pump body and the second pump body, including a tea recipe setting module, and a dispensing control module, the tea recipe setting module has a plurality of optional operation. Sugar water option and tea product option, the blending control module will control the action of the first pump body according to the sugar water option set by the tea recipe setting module, and control the corresponding tea product option according to the tea product option set by the operation. Actuation of all second pump bodies. The beverage supply system according to claim 1, wherein the blending control module is built with a plurality of blending quantity parameters corresponding to the sugar water options and the tea options, and the setting module is configured according to the tea recipe. Operationally set the sugar water option and the tea product option to compare the corresponding dispensing volume parameters, and control the first pump body and all the corresponding second pump bodies to pump respectively according to the compared dispensing volume parameters. Predetermined amount of sugar and tea. The beverage supply system of claim 2, wherein the dispensing quantity parameter corresponding to each sugar water option has a first operating time corresponding to the first pump body, and the dispensing quantity parameter corresponding to each tea product option has a corresponding A second operation time of each second pump body, the adjustment control module will control the first operation time corresponding to the operation of the first pump body according to the set sugar water option, and will according to the set tea The product option controls the second operation time corresponding to the operation of each second pump body. The beverage supply system according to claim 2 or 3 is also suitable for setting a cup body, wherein the control device further comprises a cup body which is installed on the rack and generates a trigger signal when the cup body is sensed A sensor, the preparation control module is triggered by the trigger signal, and the sugar water option and the tea product option are set according to the tea recipe setting module to control the operation of the first pump body and the second pump body. The beverage supply system of claim 4, wherein the cup body sensor is a micro switch, a pressure sensor, or an optical object detector. The beverage supply system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the tea recipe setting module is installed on the rack. The beverage supply system according to claim 1, wherein the rack can be used for erecting the sugar water bucket, and the beverage supply system further comprises a heating device for heating the sugar water in the sugar water bucket. The beverage supply system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the control device is further connected to the heating device by a signal, and further comprises two temperature sensors for measuring the temperatures of the sugar bucket and the heating device respectively, and a The signal is connected to these temperature sensors and can be used to operate a temperature control module that sets a heating temperature value. The temperature control module will control the heating device to heat the sugar bucket according to the temperature measured by the temperature sensors, so that the sugar water bucket is heated. The temperature measured by the temperature sensor corresponding to the sugar bucket approaches the heating temperature value. The beverage supply system according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the sugar water bucket has an opening facing upward, wherein the sugar water pumping mechanism further comprises an opening for covering the sugar water bucket, and through which the sugar water pipe is arranged And insert the lid that extends into the sugar bucket. The beverage supply system according to claim 1, wherein the rack comprises a rack body on which the sugar water output head and the tea water output heads are arranged, and a rack body disposed on the rack body and used to receive the tea water output heads for output The tea funnel has a water outlet for discharging the received tea water downward.

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