TWI696433B - Vending machine for making tea - Google Patents

Abstract

The present vending machine for making tea drinks includes: a body, a plurality of tea storages, a water tank, a mixing structure, and a cup body placement part. Different tea leaves are stored in each of the tea storages, and the cup placement part is in communication with the mixing structure and is located below the mixing structure, and the cup placement part is used for placing a cup to facilitate the cup Place the mixed tea that flows out from the bottom of the mixing structure. After the consumer selects the desired beverage, the water and the selected tea leaves will be sent into the mixing structure for mixing, and the mixed tea beverage will be sent to the cup body of the cup body placement part and moved to the shipment Mouth, for consumers to get freshly brewed tea.

Description

Vending machine for making tea

This creation belongs to the field of vending machines, especially a vending machine that can make tea according to the requirements of users.

According to the press, today's industry and commerce are developed, technology is changing with each passing day, and efficiency is emphasized in all things. In order to make it easier for consumers to purchase some products, various vending machines are installed on the street. For example, some early industrialized products are provided Unmanned automated sales of canned drinks, packaged food, cigarettes, and newspapers. Modern vending machines tend to provide real-time on-site product production, such as freshly brewed coffee or various soups.

However, the current vending machines have not yet appeared in the form of tea beverages, most of them are only selling single tea bags or bottled teas that have been brewed and shipped, and are not sold directly by brewing tea leaves. Tea. In addition, the tea beverages sold by such traditional vending machines may cause the user to feel poor taste when drinking, or the beverage may deteriorate due to transportation, which may cause the user to feel poorly evaluated after drinking.

In view of this, the inventor feels that he has not perfected and exhausted his mental painstaking research, and based on his accumulated experience in the industry for many years, he further provides a vending machine for making tea, which can improve the above-mentioned conventional technology Missing.

Therefore, one of the purposes of this creation is to provide a vending machine for freshly brewed tea, so that consumers can drink freshly brewed tea with better taste and no deterioration.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present vending machine for brewing tea drinks includes: a body with a delivery port and a control panel on its surface; a plurality of tea storages, which are located in the body, each A tea storage container stores different tea leaves; a water tank, which is installed in the body; and a hybrid structure, which is installed in the body and communicates with the tea storage and the water tank, respectively, to Water and tea leaves are fully mixed in the mixing structure; a filtering structure is located at the bottom of the mixing structure for filtering and mixing tea; a cup placement portion is in communication with the mixing structure and is located in the mixing structure Below, the cup body placing part is provided for placing a cup body so that the cup body accommodates the mixed tea drink flowing out from the bottom of the mixing structure; and a processing module, which is provided in the body and separately connected with the The control panel, the tea storage, the water tank, the mixing structure and the cup placement portion are electrically connected; wherein, when the control panel is touched, the processing module controls one of the tea storage and the water tank , Sending tea leaves and water into the mixing structure for mixing, and sending the mixed tea to the cup body of the cup body placement portion, and when all the liquid in the mixing structure flows into the cup body, the The processing module controls a conveying member to move the cup to the outlet for supplying fresh tea.

In some embodiments, the body further has a heated and pressurized chamber that communicates with the tea storages and the mixing structure, and the heated and pressurized chamber is located between the tea storages and the mixing structure In the meantime, when any of the tea storages receives a signal to send tea to the mixing structure, it will first send the tea to the heated and pressurized chamber for high temperature and high pressure extraction process, and then send the extracted tea essence Mix in the mixed structure to increase the mixing efficiency, and the taste is better after mixing.

In some embodiments, there is a grinding chamber in the body, which is in communication with the tea storage and the mixing structure, and the grinding chamber is located between the tea storage and the mixing structure, when When any of the tea storages receives a signal to send tea to the mixing structure, it will first send the tea to the grinding chamber to grind the tea to powder, and then send the powdered tea to the mixing structure for mixing. And preferably, the grinding chamber grinds tea to a powder size of micron level, and the grinding chamber has a vibrating device, which is used to vibrate the grinding chamber to evenly distribute the tea leaves after grinding The grinding chamber, and the inner wall surface of the grinding chamber is provided with a set of laser light interrupters according to the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions, and the processing module has a grinding process control unit, the laser light is interrupted The grinding system is electrically connected to the grinding process control unit. When the light blocking rate of the laser interrupters in any two axis directions is more than 75%, the grinding process control unit recognizes that the tea has been ground to the micron level Powder, the grinding process control unit will send a signal to the grinding chamber to stop the grinding process, and send the ground micron tea powder to the mixing structure for mixing to increase the mixing efficiency, and the taste is better after mixing .

In some embodiments, the grinding chamber has a pressing device, which is used to squeeze the ground tea leaves during the grinding process, and the inner wall surface of the grinding chamber is based on the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis A set of laser light interrupters are provided in each direction, and the processing module has a grinding process control unit. The laser light interrupters are electrically connected to the grinding process control unit. When the light blocking rate of the light interrupter is above 75%, the grinding process control unit recognizes that the tea has been ground to a micron level powder, and the grinding process control unit transmits a signal to the grinding chamber to stop the grinding process. The ground micron tea powder is sent to the mixing structure for mixing, and the powder is slightly compressed through the extrusion process. If the light blocking rate is still less than 75%, the powder particles are still large and need to continue grinding. Furthermore, the efficiency of mixing is increased, and the taste after mixing is better.

Preferably, the body is provided with a shielding structure at the outlet, the shielding structure closes the outlet, and the processing module is telecommunications connected to the shielding structure, when the cup is sent to the shipment At the time of mouth, the processing module sends a signal to the shielding structure to drive the shielding structure to open to prevent dust and other substances from entering the vending machine from the outlet.

Preferably, the conveying member is a robot arm or a conveying belt, so as to convey the cup body.

Preferably, the body is provided with a closed structure. When all the liquid in the mixed structure flows into the cup body, the processing module controls the conveying member to move the cup body to the closed structure for installation. The manufacturing process of the cup lid, and then move the cup body with the cup lid installed to the outlet to increase the sealing of the cup body.

Preferably, the body has an ice-making chamber, which communicates with the cup body placement part and the water tank, respectively, and the water tank sends water to the ice-making chamber for ice-making, when ice is added on the control panel After the option is clicked, the ice making room will first send the ice cubes to the cup body of the cup placement part, and the tea in the mixing structure will flow into the cup body to increase the amount of ice and cold drinks. select.

Preferably, the body surface is provided with a display screen, and the body is further provided with a plurality of cameras, the cameras and the display screen are electrically connected to each other, and the lenses of the cameras are respectively aligned with the tea storage Device, the mixing structure, the cup placement part and the outlet, and the wall surfaces of the tea storage container and the mixing structure are transparent, when the control panel is touched and ready to make tea, these The camera will start shooting and display the captured images on the display screen for consumers to watch the production process.

Preferably, the mixing structure has a stirring element. When the tea leaves and water enter the mixing structure, the stirring element will start to fully mix the tea leaves and water, so that the freshly brewed tea drink can have a similar Hand-flavored flavor and taste.

In this way, this creation can brew different types of tea on the spot through different types of tea stored in the body, so that consumers can directly drink tea with better taste and no deterioration. In addition, through high temperature and high pressure extraction or grinding the tea leaves to micron powder, the taste of the brewed tea drink is better, and it is easier for the body to absorb the essence of the tea leaf, further improving the drinking quality of the current tea drink.

In order for your reviewing committee to clearly understand the content of the present invention, please refer to the following description and drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 for the appearance and internal schematic diagrams of the first embodiment of this creation. As shown in the figure, the vending machine 1 of the present brewed tea drink includes: a body 11, a plurality of tea storages 12, a water tank 13, a mixing structure 14, a filtering structure 141, a cup placement part 15. A processing module 16 and a conveying member 17.

The surface of the body 11 has a delivery port 111 and a control panel 112, and the tea storage 12, the water tank 13, the mixing structure 14, the filtering structure 141, the cup placement portion 15, the processing module Both 16 and the conveying member 17 are provided in the body 11. Each tea storage 12 stores different tea leaves, and the mixing structure 14 communicates with the tea storage 12 and the water tank 13 respectively. In addition, the filtering structure 141 is located at the bottom of the mixing structure 14 to separate the tea leaves from the mixed tea. The cup placement portion 15 communicates with the mixing structure 14 and is located below the mixing structure 14 for placing a cup Body 2 so that when the cup body 2 is placed in the cup body placement portion 15, it can accommodate the mixed tea drink flowing out of the bottom of the mixing structure 14. In addition, the processing module 16 is disposed in the body 11 and communicates with the control panel 112, the tea storage 12, the water tank 13, the mixing structure 14, the cup placement portion 15 and the conveying member 17 respectively connection.

In this embodiment, the body 11 further has a heating and pressurizing chamber 18, which communicates with the tea storages 12 and the mixing structure 14, and the heating and pressurizing chamber 18 is located in the tea storages 12 and the hybrid structure 14, and the body 11 is provided with a shielding structure 20 at the outlet 111, the shielding structure 20 closes the outlet 111, and the processing module 16 is connected to the telecommunications保护结构20。 Shielding structure 20. Moreover, the mixing structure 14 has a stirring element 142 therein, and the stirring element 142 has a plurality of blades 1421, and the blades 1421 are stacked and arranged at intervals.

In use, the consumer clicks the control panel 112 on the body 11 to order food, and when the beverage button on the control panel 112 is clicked, for example, the consumer clicks the button of Jinxuan tea, the The processing module 16 will send a signal to the tea storage 12 containing the Jinxuan tea, and the tea storage 12 will send the fixed weight Jinxuan tea into the heating and pressurizing chamber 18, which is At 18, the high-temperature and high-pressure extraction of Jinxuan tea will be carried out to extract the essence of Jinxuan tea. After the extraction process is completed, the heating and pressurizing chamber 18 will send the essence extracted from Jinxuan tea to the mixing structure 14, and at the same time, the processing module 16 will send a signal to the water tank 13, so that the water tank 13 An appropriate amount of water is injected into the mixing structure 14 to start mixing the water and tea essence. And when the tea leaves and water enter the mixing structure 14, the processing module 16 will drive the stirring member 142 to start up and down, in order to fully mix the tea essence and water in a similar hand-cranking method to make the mixed tea drink With a hand-flavored flavor. During the mixing process, the processing module 16 drives the cup storage 24 to move the cup 2 to the conveying member 17, and the conveying member 17 moves the cup 2 and places it in the cup placement portion 15, Then, after filtering out possible impurities and the like through the filtering structure 141, the mixed tea will be filled into the cup body 2 on the cup body placement portion 15, and when the liquid in the mixing structure 14 is all After flowing into the cup 2, the processing module 16 controls the conveying member 17 to move the cup 2 to the outlet 111. The conveying member 17 can be a robot arm or a conveyor belt. Take the conveyor belt as an example. Moreover, in this embodiment, the body 11 is provided with a shielding structure 20 at the outlet 111, the shielding structure 20 closes the outlet 111, and the processing module 16 is connected to the shielding structure by telecommunications 20. When the cup 2 is sent to the outlet 111, the processing module 16 sends a signal to the shielding structure 20 to drive the shielding structure 20 to open, and the consumer can take the freshly brewed tea, And through the shielding structure 20, before consumers take tea, external dust and other substances will not enter the body 11 from the outlet 111, which affects the brewing process.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is an internal schematic diagram of the second embodiment of this creation. As shown in the figure, compared to the first embodiment, in this embodiment, a grinding chamber 19 is used in the body 11 to replace the heating and pressurizing chamber 18, and the grinding chamber 19 is stored with the tea leaves 12 and the mixing structure 14 communicate with each other, and the grinding chamber 19 is located between the tea storage container 12 and the mixing structure 14, and the inner wall surface of the grinding chamber 19 is based on the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions A set of laser light interrupters 191 is provided, and the processing module 16 has a grinding process control unit 161, the laser light interrupters 191 are electrically connected to the grinding process control unit 161, and the grinding chamber 19 also has a A vibrating device (not shown in the figure) is used to vibrate the grinding chamber so that the ground tea leaves can be evenly distributed in the grinding chamber. The remaining components are the same as those in the first embodiment and will not be repeated here.

The difference from the manufacturing process of the first embodiment is that when any of the tea storages 12 receives a signal to send tea to the mixing structure 14, it will first send the tea to the grinding chamber 19 to grind the tea Once in powder form, the powdered tea leaves are sent to the mixing structure 14 for mixing. Moreover, here, the grinding chamber 19 grinds the tea leaves to a powder size of micron level. When the light blocking rate of the laser interrupters 191 in any two axis directions exceeds 75%, the grinding progress control unit 161 It is recognized that the tea leaves have been ground to micron-level powder, and the grinding process control unit 161 transmits a signal to the grinding chamber 191 to stop the grinding process, and sends the ground micron tea powder to the mixing structure 14 for mixing. After grinding the tea into powder, in addition to making the contact area larger to improve the brewing efficiency, it can also have the effect of making the human body better absorb the nutrients therein, and achieve the effect of accomplishing everything at one stroke. Moreover, through the installation of the vibrating device, after the tea powder in the grinding chamber 19 is vibrated evenly, the accuracy of the laser light interrupter 191 in determining the light blocking rate will be higher, and then the tea brewed out It tastes more. Among them, the vibration frequency is about 2500 to 3000 times per minute, and the preferred frequency is 2800 times per minute to ensure that the powder can be evenly distributed in the grinding chamber 19 due to vibration.

In other embodiments, the grinding chamber 19 changes the vibration device to a pressing device (not shown in the figure), which is used to squeeze the ground tea leaves during the grinding process, which is slightly compressed If the light blocking rate of the powder after the detection of the laser interrupter 191 is still lower than 75%, it means that there is still a certain gap between the tea powder and the micron level, and it needs to continue grinding to further ensure that the powder used for mixing All have reached the micron level, making the taste of the tea brewed better.

Please refer to FIG. 4 again, which is a block diagram of the third embodiment of this creation. As shown in the figure, compared to the second embodiment, in this embodiment, the body 11 is provided with a closed structure 21, an ice making chamber 22, a display screen 113, and a plurality of cameras 23, the closed structure 21, the The ice making chamber 22 and the imaging devices 23 are arranged in the body 11, and the display screen 113 is arranged on the surface of the body 11. In addition, the ice making chamber 22 is in communication with the cup placement portion 15 and the water tank 13 respectively, and the imaging members 23 and the display screen 113 are electrically connected to each other, and the lenses of the imaging members 23 are respectively aligned with the The tea storage container 12, the mixing structure 14, the cup placement portion 15 and the outlet 111, and the walls of the tea storage container 12 and the mixing structure 14 are transparent.

The manufacturing process of this embodiment is roughly the same as the second embodiment, the difference is that: first, after all the liquid in the mixing structure 14 flows into the cup 2, the processing module 16 controls the delivery The piece 17 first moves the cup body 2 to the closed structure 21 for the process of installing the cup lid, and then moves the cup body 2 with the cup lid installed to the outlet 111, so that if the consumer buys a hot drink There will be no rapid cooling of freshly brewed tea because there is no lid.

Second, if the consumer clicks the ice adding button on the control panel 112, during the mixing process, the water tank 13 sends part of the water to the ice making chamber 22 for ice making. After the ice making is completed, the processing mode Group 16 first sends a signal to the ice making chamber 22 to send the prepared ice cubes to the cup body of the cup placement part 15, and then sends a signal to the mixing structure 14 to make tea in the mixing structure 14 It starts to flow into the cup body 2, so that consumers can drink freshly brewed tea with ice cubes, and can also avoid the situation that the addition of ice cubes after the tea is filled will cause the tea to splash out.

Third, when the consumer clicks on the control panel 112 to make the vending machine 1 ready to make freshly brewed tea, the cameras 23 will start shooting for the production part of each process and display the captured images synchronously on On the display screen 113, so that while consumers are waiting for the tea to be made, they can pass the synchronously captured images to kill the waiting time, so that consumers will not be bored, and they can also know that the tea is indeed brewed on site.

In other embodiments, the body 11 further has at least one auxiliary material chamber (not shown in the figure), which is in communication with the cup body placement portion 15 and contains auxiliary materials such as pearls, so that consumers can choose tea Add additional ingredients to the drink to further increase the taste and product diversity of the freshly brewed tea drink.

In other embodiments, the body 11 also has a waste storage tank (not shown in the figure), which is in communication with the mixing structure 14 and the filtering structure 141, when the filtering structure 141 separates the tea leaves from the tea drink After that, the tea leaves that have been brewed will be sent to the waste storage tank, so that the next consumer can brew other teas without being affected. This solves the shortcomings that the tea leaves cannot be removed after brewing. Each bubble tea is the freshest and most delicious tea. Moreover, the consumer can also click the button to remove the first bubble tea on the control panel 112, so that the first bubble tea is sent into the waste storage tank first, which can meet the needs of some consumers.

In summary, through this structure, this creation can enable vending machines to provide freshly brewed tea, so that consumers can drink freshly brewed tea with better taste and no deterioration.

However, the above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the creation and implementation; therefore, all changes and modifications made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be covered in Within the patent scope of the invention.

1 Automated vending machine for making tea 11 Main body 111 Outlet 112 Control panel 113 Display screen 12 Tea tank 13 Water tank 14 Mixing structure 141 Filter structure 142 Mixer 142 Control unit 17 Conveyor 18 Heating and pressurizing chamber 19 Grinding chamber 191 Laser light interrupter 20 Shading structure 21 Enclosing structure 22 Ice making room 23 Camera 24 Cup body Cup storage device 2 Cup storage device

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the first embodiment of the creation. Figure 2 is an internal schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the creation. Figure 3 is an internal schematic diagram of the second embodiment of the creation. Fig. 4 is a block diagram of a third embodiment of this creation.

1 Automated vending machine for making tea 11 Main body 111 Outlet 12 Tea storage tank 13 Water tank 14 Mixing structure 141 Filtering structure 142 Stirring element 1421 Cup 15 Leaf Cup body storage 2 Cup body

Claims (9)

An automatic vending machine for making tea drinks includes: a body with a delivery port and a control panel on its surface; a plurality of tea storages, which are arranged in the body, each of the tea storages Different tea leaves are stored; a water tank, which is set in the body for storing drinking water; a mixed structure, which is set in the body and communicates with the tea storages and the water tank respectively to connect the water Fully mixed with tea leaves in the mixing structure; a filtering structure, which is located at the bottom of the mixing structure for filtering and mixing tea; a cup placement portion, which is in communication with the mixing structure and located below the mixing structure , The cup body placing part is provided for placing a cup body, so that the cup body accommodates the mixed tea drink flowing out from the bottom of the mixing structure; and a processing module, which is set in the body and separately controlled by the body The panel, the tea storage, the water tank, the mixing structure and the cup placement portion are electrically connected; wherein, when the control panel is touched, the processing module controls one of the tea storage and the water tank, The tea leaves and water are sent into the mixing structure for mixing, and the mixed tea is sent to the cup body of the cup placement portion, and when all the liquid in the mixing structure flows into the cup body, the treatment The module controls a conveying member to move the cup to the outlet for picking up, wherein the body further has a heating and pressurizing chamber which communicates with the tea storages and the mixing structure And the heating and pressurizing chamber is located between the tea storages and the mixing structure. When any of the tea storages receives a signal to send tea to the mixing structure, the tea After the leaves are sent to the heating and pressurizing chamber for high-temperature and high-pressure extraction, the extracted tea leaves essence is sent to the mixing structure for mixing. The vending machine as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the body further has a grinding chamber which communicates with the tea storages and the mixing structure, and the grinding chamber is located in the tea storage Between the container and the mixing structure, when any of the tea storages receives a signal to send tea to the mixing structure, it will first send the tea to the grinding chamber to grind the tea to a powder, and then the powdered tea Send to the mixing structure for mixing. A vending machine as described in item 2 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the grinding chamber grinds tea to a micron-level powder size, and the grinding chamber has a vibrating device for vibrating the grinding chamber, The ground tea leaves can be evenly distributed in the grinding chamber, and the inner wall surface of the grinding chamber is provided with a set of laser light interrupters according to the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions, and the processing module has a grinding process The control unit, the laser light interrupters are electrically connected to the grinding process control unit, and when the light blocking rate of the laser light interrupters in any two axis directions is more than 75%, the grinding process control unit It is recognized that the tea leaves have been ground to micron-level powder, and the grinding process control unit will transmit a signal to the grinding chamber to stop the grinding process, and send the ground micron tea powder to the mixing structure for mixing. A vending machine as described in item 2 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the grinding chamber grinds tea to a micron-sized powder size, and the grinding chamber has a pressing device for squeezing during the grinding process Press the ground tea leaves, and the inner wall surface of the grinding chamber is provided with a set of laser light interrupters according to the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions, and the processing module has a grinding process control unit, the laser light The interrupter is electrically connected to the grinding process control unit. When the light blocking rate of the laser interrupters in any two axis directions is more than 75%, the grinding process control unit recognizes that the tea has been ground to Micron Grade powder, the grinding process control unit will send a signal to the grinding chamber to stop the grinding process, and send the ground micron tea powder to the mixing structure for mixing. The vending machine as described in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the body is provided with a shielding structure at the outlet, the shielding structure closes the outlet and the processing The module is electrically connected to the shielding structure. When the cup is sent to the outlet, the processing module sends a signal to the shielding structure to drive the shielding structure to open. The automatic vending machine as described in item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein the body is provided with a closed structure, and when all the liquid in the mixing structure flows into the cup body, the processing module controls the conveying member to The cup body is first moved to the closed structure for the process of installing the cup lid, and then the cup body with the cup lid installed is moved to the outlet. An automatic vending machine as described in item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the body has an ice-making chamber, which is respectively connected to the cup body placement portion and the water tank, and the water tank sends water to the ice-making chamber For ice making, when the ice adding option on the control panel is clicked, the ice making room will first send the ice cubes made to the cup body of the cup body placement part, and the tea in the mixed structure will be Flow into the cup. The automatic vending machine as described in item 7 of the patent application scope, wherein a display screen is provided on the surface of the body, and a plurality of cameras are further provided in the body, and the cameras and the display screen are connected to each other by telecommunications. The lens of the camera is aimed at the tea storage container, the mixed structure, the cup placement part and the outlet respectively, and the wall surfaces of the tea storage container and the mixed structure are transparent when the control panel is When preparing to make tea by touch, the cameras will start shooting and display the captured images on the display screen for viewing the production process. The vending machine as described in item 8 of the patent application scope, wherein the mixing structure has a stirring member, and when the tea leaves and water enter the mixing structure, the stirring member will start to move to fully mix the tea leaves and water mixing.

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