TWM583590U - Fully automatic unmanned tea-making vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic unmanned tea drink vending machine includes a computer-controlled electronic ordering system at the front desk, and a cup can be placed at a storage cup, and a conveying track can receive the cup placed at the storage cup to drop onto the conveying track. The conveying track passes sequentially but the order can be adjusted as needed. A quantitative ice machine, a quantitative seasoning machine, a quantitative sugar machine, a plurality of batching machines are set above, and a mouth machine is set at the end. The tea extraction device is also equipped with a beverage management meal storage system. With the combination of the front desk and the backstage design, the beverage management meal storage system can be set as needed to prevent consumers from taking the wrong cup and avoid the goods in an open environment. Concerns about the safety of other people's pollution occur. When used, the effect of fully automated equipment is not required during operation. At the same time, it has the advantages of reducing the replenishment cycle of personnel and maintaining the flavor and hygiene of tea soup.

Description

Automatic unmanned tea vending machine

This creation is about a fully automatic unmanned tea vending machine used in the on-site brewed tea beverage industry, especially a fully automatic unmanned tea vending machine capable of selecting and sequentially preparing tea drinks according to various menus. The design that combines the front desk and the back desk, and the beverage management and meal storage system can be set as needed to prevent consumers from taking the wrong cup, avoiding concerns about the safety of other people's pollution in the open environment. When used, it will not be used during operation. It requires the effect of manpower and fully automated equipment, and at the same time has the advantages of reducing the personnel replenishment cycle, and insisting on the flavor and hygiene of tea soup.

At present, most of the traditional hand-cranked beverage shops in the market are mostly customized with the sweetness, hot and cold, or ingredient ratio of the beverage according to customer needs.

However, most of the hand-cranked beverage shops in the traditional traditional workshops currently lack the basic structure that is inconvenient to use. At the same time, because of the manual production of beverages, different producers often cause differences due to the addition of proportional errors and experience. There is a problem that the quality of the finished drink is not consistent. Furthermore, the manual beverage shop requires more manpower, which increases the labor cost but cannot be effectively solved.

Here, the patent investigation announcement number is "I619456" and the invention patent is entitled "Rotary hand-cranked beverage automatic preparation and packaging equipment". Its technical solution is mainly a conveying unit, a meal unit, a preparation unit, and a beverage cup. Unit, a storage unit, a seasoning unit, a stirring unit, and an automatic capping unit, wherein: the conveying unit has a loop-shaped track, which has a cup drop zone, a material supply zone, a seasoning Area, a mixing area, a packaging area, and a sales area; the ordering unit is located in the sales area of the conveyor unit, and the operation of a screen image is used to set the preparation of a hand-cranked beverage, and a central controller The programming operation flow of the beverage is performed by programmed control, including the preparation of the beverage type, quantity, taste, and sweetness; the preparation unit performs a cooking operation of a material through an automatic control device, and controls the cooking of the material at a fixed temperature and makes the The cooked materials are prepared in an accommodation tank; the beverage cup unit is located in the cup dropping area of the conveying unit, and has a cup rack and a plurality of castings. The beverage cup on the cup holder will be placed on the cup dropping area of the track when the preparation operation is started; the storage unit, which is located in the material supply area of the conveying unit, includes at least one receiving slot The connected storage tank and a control valve connected between the storage tank and the storage tank are controlled by the control valve to pump the materials in the storage tank to the storage tank for storage and reserve The beverage cups from the drop cup area are transported to the material supply area for injection of the material along the track; the seasoning unit, which is located in the seasoning area of the transport unit, has a plurality of seasoning buckets and an ice bucket, each The seasoning bucket is used for arranging a variety of seasonings. Drink cups from the material supply area are transported to the seasoning area along the track for injecting seasonings. Some seasoning buckets are filled with powdery seasonings. The seasoning bucket is filled with liquid seasoning, and the ice bucket is used for placing ice cubes. The powdery seasoning bucket is arranged next to the track center, and the liquid seasoning bucket is arranged next to the track center. The ice bucket is located at The powdery seasoning bucket and the Between the seasoning buckets; the stirring unit, which is located in the stirring area of the conveying unit, has a first stirring rod, a power group connected to the first stirring rod, and a second stirring rod, the first stirring rod Located between the powdery seasoning bucket and the ice bucket, the second stirring rod is located on the side of the last liquid seasoning bucket, and the beverage cup filled with seasoning is transferred to the stirring zone. At this time, the first A stirring rod will be inserted into the beverage cup, and the first stirring rod will be driven by the power group to fully stir the materials and the seasoning; the automatic capping unit is located in the packaging area of the conveying unit and has a mouth Machine, the beverage cup that has been stirred is transported to the packaging area, so that the beverage cup is capped by the sealing machine, and finally the beverage is transported to the sales area to complete the automatic preparation operation.

However, the invention patent entitled "Rotary hand-cranked beverage automatic preparation and packaging equipment" still has the following shortcomings.

First, the ordering method is mainly based on verbal confirmation by employees and consumers, so it will not only cause communication errors, but also fail to effectively reduce labor costs.

Second, the cup movement mode is limited to the orbit mode, and it is impossible to effectively use the three-dimensional space such as the robot arm extraction method.

Third, the material preparation method of the material preparation unit has no process planning, automatic tea extraction, tea preparation and monitoring feedback system without efficiency, and cannot effectively respond to various customized needs and face various unexpected changes.

Fourth, the invention patent does not have an effective food management and storage system. To make up for this, manpower must be increased.

Re-examining the relevant patent cases, such as bulletin number "M575132", bulletin number "I646899", bulletin number "M567605" and more than dozens of patents, can not effectively solve the above-mentioned problems. Therefore, it is really necessary to propose specific improvement programs and further provide the industry with more technical options, that is, the problems that must be resolved at present.

In view of the shortcomings caused by the above-mentioned conventional technology, this creation aims at the shortcomings of the conventional technology to develop a fully automatic unmanned tea drink vending machine. Its main purpose is to effectively avoid the shortcomings of the conventional traditional tea drink sales. It is practical; customized tea can be selected according to the needs of the orderer. The focus is on the combination of a computer-controlled automatic tea extraction, tea preparation and monitoring feedback system, as well as a beverage management meal storage system. To meet the needs of complete effects such as hygiene, labor cost savings, customization, etc.

The purpose of this article is to create a fully automatic unmanned tea drink vending machine. Another purpose is to customize the tea process with SOP standard operating procedures to effectively make the brewing process like a production line, and can easily maintain the consistency of the tea flavor. It can process multiple cups of tea at the same time, reducing the advantage of tea beverages that have to wait for brewing time.

In order to achieve the above and other purposes, this article creates a fully automatic unmanned tea vending machine suitable for the on-site brewed tea beverage industry, especially a fully automatic unmanned tea beverage capable of selecting and sequentially preparing tea beverages according to various menus. In the vending machine, there is an electronic ordering system controlled by a computer at the front desk. The electronic ordering system is also connected with a cup storage place to place a cup, and a conveying track is arranged below the cup storage place to receive the cup placed at the cup place. On the conveying track, the places where the conveying track passes are in order but the order can be adjusted as needed. A quantitative ice maker, a quantitative seasoning machine, a quantitative sugar machine, and a plurality of batching machines are set above; and the cups for which the batching is completed Move to the tea outlet through the conveying track, enter the selected tea beverage into the cup through the tea outlet, and then move to the sealing machine to seal the cup through the conveying track. After the cup is sealed and packaged, The sealed cup is extracted by a robotic arm onto a centrifugal mixer, and the tea, seasoning and sugar in the cup are stirred by the centrifugal rotation of the centrifugal mixer. 2. After the ingredients are evenly mixed, take the finished tea cups from the robotic arm to the drinking turntable that can hold multiple cups, and move the finished tea cups to the drinking cup outlet by the turning action of the drinking turntable; There is an automatic tea-extracting device. The automatic tea-extracting device is provided with a tea bag storage place, which can place various types of tea bags, and can be controlled by a computer to transfer the required kind of tea bags through a transport track connected to the tea bag placement place at one end to transfer tea. The bag is transported to the tea extraction tank connected at the other end of the conveying track, and the hot water is sent from the hot water heater to the tea extraction tank. After the different types of tea are extracted, they are sent to the corresponding insulation of the tea extraction tank connected through the transportation pipe. Inside the tea bucket, the tea bags in the tea extraction net are automatically discharged to the tea bag recovery area below the tea extraction tank. The plurality of insulated tea buckets are connected to the tea outlet at the front desk, which can pass the regulated tea drink through The tea outlet is filled into the cup; there is also a beverage management and storage system. After the beverage is transferred, the number is displayed and the number can be displayed. Before the consumer takes the beverage, he can read the face, brush the bar code, or enter the number. Meals are stored in the meal storage system.

The cup is transported to the quantitative ice machine via the conveying track, and the selected ice cube output volume is dropped into the cup through the quantitative ice machine output port.

After that, the cup is conveyed to the quantitative seasoning machine through the conveying track, and the selected seasoning amount is dropped into the cup through the quantitative seasoning machine output port.

After that, the cup is transported to the metering machine through the conveying track, and the selected sugar output is dropped into the cup through the metering machine output port.

The cup is then conveyed to a plurality of batching machines via a conveying track, and the plurality of batching machines can be equipped with different ingredients such as fairy grass, flour, juice, fresh milk, etc., when the cup is moved to the When the consumer selects the ingredients of the ingredients in the electronic ordering system, he will drop the ingredients ordered by the consumer into the cup through the output of the ingredient dispenser.

Then the cup is moved to the tea outlet through the conveying track, and the selected tea beverage is input into the cup through the tea outlet, and the cup is moved to the sealing and packaging at the sealing machine through the conveying track.

The sealed cup is then extracted by a robotic arm onto a centrifugal mixer. After the centrifugal rotation of the centrifugal mixer is used to stir the tea and seasonings, sugar content and ingredients in the cup, the tea beverage is finished The cups are taken by the robotic arm to a drinking turntable that can hold a plurality of cups, and the finished tea cups are moved to the drinking cup outlet by the rotating action of the drinking turntable.

In addition to the plurality of insulated tea buckets, which can be used as storage containers for tea drinks, an electronic scale is masked under the plurality of insulated tea buckets and communicated with the computer control. The electronic scale detects that the tea is insufficient in the memory, and when the tea soup stock is reduced to a certain amount, it will notify the computer control system to automatically start the tea extraction process to start replenishment. Drink the tea bags into the tea extraction tank to perform the tea extraction process, and then transfer the tea soup after the tea extraction to the corresponding insulated tea barrels to complete the process of replenishing tea, so once the tea soup is sold to the preset After a certain amount, the new tea soup will be automatically replenished, so that the tea soup can always be maintained for sale, and there will be no situation where the tea soup cannot be sold.

Therefore, this creation uses this fully automatic unmanned tea drink vending machine to provide a meal storage system that combines the front desk, the back office and the beverage management system. During the operation period, there is no need for manpower and fully automated equipment. Achieve automated tea preparation and tea preparation management, reduce personnel replenishment cycle, adhere to the flavor and hygiene of tea soup, and then effectively make the brewing process like a production line, can handle multiple cups at the same time, reduce waiting time for brewing, and the corresponding brewing time The cup container is a mixer, which is fused by high-speed centrifugal stirring to eliminate the odors caused by the shared stirring cup (stick) and the problems of cleanliness and hygiene, thus becoming an effective creator of the present invention.

The following is a specific example to illustrate the implementation of this creation. Those familiar with this technique can easily understand other advantages and effects of this creation from the content disclosed in this manual. This creation can also be implemented or applied through other different specific examples. The details in this specification can also be modified and changed based on different perspectives and applications without departing from the spirit of this creation.

First of all, your reviewing committee refers to the one shown in the first and second pictures, and the rest of the pictures, a fully automatic unmanned tea vending machine in this case, including:

An electronic ordering system 1 is provided at the front desk to receive the selection of tea types, the amount of ice cubes output by the quantitative ice machine, the amount of seasonings output by the quantitative seasoning machine, the amount of sugar output by the quantitative sugar machine, The plurality of ingredients are controlled by a computer. The electronic ordering system 1 is connected with a cup storage place 2 to place a cup 20, and a transport track 3 is arranged below the cup storage place 2 to receive the cup 20 placed at the cup storage place 2. On the conveying track 3, the places where the conveying track 3 passes are in order but the order can be adjusted as needed. A quantitative ice machine 30, a quantitative seasoning machine 31, a quantitative sugar machine 32, and a plurality of batching machines 33 are arranged above;

With the combination of the above-mentioned components, when in use, the cup 20 is transported to the quantitative ice maker 30 via the conveying track 3, and the selected ice output amount is dropped into the cup 20 through the output port of the quantitative ice maker 30 Then, the cup 20 is conveyed to the quantitative seasoning machine 31 via the conveying track 3, and the selected seasoning amount is dropped into the cup 20 through the output port of the quantitative seasoning machine 31, and the cup 20 is then conveyed through the conveying track 3 The sugar is delivered to the quantitative sugar machine 32, and the selected sugar output is dropped into the cup 20 by the output port of the quantitative sugar machine 32, and then the cup 20 is conveyed to a plurality of batching machines 33 through the conveying track 3, and the plurality of The batching machine 33 can be equipped with different ingredients such as fairy grass, flour, juice, fresh milk, etc. When the cup 20 is moved via the conveying track 3 to the batching machine 33 where the consumer selects the desired ingredients in the electronic ordering system At this time, the ingredients ordered by the consumer will be dropped into the cup 20 through the output port of the batching machine 33, and then the cup 20 will be moved to the tea outlet 46 through the conveying track 3, and the selected tea beverage type will be passed through the outlet. Tea spout 46 is input into cup 20, and The rear cup 20 is moved to the tea outlet 46 through the conveying track 3, and the selected tea beverage is input into the cup 20 through the tea outlet 46. The rear cup 20 is moved to the sealing machine 34 through the conveying track 3 and sealed. .

After the cup 20 is sealed by the sealing machine 34, the sealed cup 20 is extracted by the robot arm 36 onto the centrifugal mixer 37, and the tea in the cup 20 is stirred by the centrifugal rotation of the centrifugal mixer 37 After the beverage and seasoning, sugar content and ingredients are evenly mixed, the cup 20 for completing the tea drink is taken from the robotic arm 36 to the drinking turntable 38 that can hold a plurality of cups 20, and the tea drinking turntable 38 will complete the tea drink The cup 20 is moved to the cup opening 35 and the cup is out, so it has a guided process to achieve the method and advantages of elastic change;

There is an automatic tea-collecting device 4 in the background. The automatic tea-collecting device 4 is provided with a tea bag placement place 40, which can place various types of tea bags, and can be controlled by a computer to connect the desired kind of tea bags to the tea bag placement place 40 through one end. The conveying track 41 conveys tea bags to the tea-extracting tank 42 connected to the other end of the conveying track 41, and sends hot water from the hot water heater 47 to the tea-extracting tank 42. The tea extraction tank 42 is connected to the corresponding insulated tea bucket 45 through a conveying pipe 43. The tea bags in the tea extraction tank 42 are automatically discharged to a tea bag recovery area 44 below the tea extraction tank 42. The tea bucket 45 is connected to the tea outlet 46 at the front desk, and the adjusted tea can be injected into the cup 20 through the tea outlet 46;

Among them, the plurality of insulated tea buckets 45 can be used as storage containers for tea drinks, and the electronic scale 48 is masked under the plurality of insulated tea buckets 45 and communicated with the computer control. The electronic scale 48 under the insulated tea bucket 45 detects insufficient tea in the memory, and when the tea soup stock has decreased to a certain amount, it will notify the computer control system to automatically start the tea extraction process to start replenishment. Via the conveying track 41, provide tea bags that need to be replenished with tea to the tea extraction tank 42 for the tea extraction process, and then transfer the tea soup after the tea extraction is completed to the corresponding insulated tea barrels 45 through the conveying pipe 43 to complete the tea supplementation. The process of drinking, so once the tea soup is sold to a certain predetermined amount, it will automatically replenish the new tea soup, so that the tea soup can always be maintained for sale, and there will be no shortage of tea soup. The situation arises;

In addition to the automatic tea extraction conditions, in addition to detecting the weight of the tea barrel with an electronic scale, when the preset weight is reached, tea extraction will begin in advance for tea supplement, and the following methods can also be used:

First, it can be counted by a timer. When the tea extraction is completed, it will automatically start to count the preservation time. Before the expiration of the preservation time, the computer control will automatically pre-extract the tea to be supplemented with tea soup. Tea soup is drained into fresh tea soup.

Second, the counter can be counted to detect the number of cups sold. The capacity of the tea holding bucket 45 can provide the number of cups to be set. When the number of cups sold reaches a preset number, tea will be pre-prepared for tea supplement.

3. The capacity measuring device can detect the liquid level of the tea barrel. When it reaches the set low level, it will start to extract tea for tea supplement.

4. In addition to the automatic tea extraction mechanism, the operator can also trigger the tea extraction procedure by himself based on the site conditions.

At the same time, there is a meal management system 5 for drinking and drinking. After the drink is called, the number is displayed and the number is displayed. Before the consumer takes the beverage, he can read the face, brush the bar code or enter the number. In order to prevent consumers from taking the wrong cup and avoiding the safety of other people's pollution in the open environment, it also prevents the previous consumers from ordering and not taking the meal immediately, which affects the lower consumers to make drinks and waste meals. Advantage.

Then, please continue to ask your review committee to refer to the front picture as shown in the third picture. This article creates a fully automatic unmanned tea vending machine, which is mainly a method and device of this fully automated unmanned tea vending machine to provide a combination. Front desk, back office and beverage management meal storage system 5, during the operation period, there is no need for manpower and fully automated equipment. Not only does the back office have automatic tea extraction device 4 to achieve automatic tea extraction and preparation management, reduce staff replenishment cycle, and stick to tea soup. Flavor and hygiene, and then effectively make the mixing process like a production line, can handle multiple cups at the same time, reduce waiting time for mixing, and the corresponding container for mixing each cup is a mixer, which is fused by high-speed centrifugal mixing to remove common mixing Cups (sticks) cause the regret of odor and hygiene issues, and thus become effective creators of the present invention.

1‧‧‧ electronic ordering system

2‧‧‧ cup storage

20‧‧‧ cup

3‧‧‧ transport track

30‧‧‧Quantitative ice maker

31‧‧‧Quantitative seasoning machine

32‧‧‧Quantitative sugar machine

33‧‧‧Pleasant batching machine

34‧‧‧Sealing machine

35‧‧‧ Cup Out

36‧‧‧ Robot Arm

37‧‧‧ Centrifugal Agitator

38‧‧‧Drinking carousel

4‧‧‧Automatic tea extraction device

40‧‧‧ Tea Bag Place

41‧‧‧Conveyor track

42‧‧‧Tea Drawer

43‧‧‧ Conveying pipe

44‧‧‧Tea bag recycling area

45‧‧‧ Thermal Tea Bucket

46‧‧‧ tea outlet

47‧‧‧ hot water heater

48‧‧‧electronic scale

5‧‧‧ Drink management meal storage system

The first picture is the top view of the structure of this creation.

The second picture is a side view structure diagram of this creation.

The third picture is a schematic diagram of the workflow of this creation.

Claims (5)

A fully automatic unmanned tea drink vending machine includes: an electronic ordering system is arranged at the front desk to receive selections made by the orderer, is controlled by a computer, and a cup can be placed at a storage cup, and a conveying track can be placed at the storage cup The cup is dropped on the conveying track, and a quantitative ice machine, a quantitative seasoning machine, a quantitative sugar machine, a plurality of batching machines are set in order above the passing path of the conveying track, and a mouth machine is finally set;
After the cup is sealed and packaged, the sealed cup is extracted by a robotic arm onto a centrifugal mixer, and the tea and seasonings, sugar content and ingredients in the cup are evenly stirred by the centrifugal rotation of the centrifugal mixer. After that, the cups that have finished tea are taken from the robotic arm to the drink turntable that can hold multiple cups, and the cups that have finished tea are moved to the cup outlet by the turning action of the drink turntable;
There is an automatic tea extraction device in the background. The automatic tea extraction device is provided with a tea bag placement place, which can place various types of tea bags, and can be controlled by a computer to connect the desired kind of tea bags to the transportation track of the tea bag placement place through one end. Transfer the tea bags to the tea extraction tank connected to the other end of the conveying track, and send hot water from the hot water heater to the tea extraction tank. In the corresponding insulated tea bucket, the tea bags in the tea extraction tank are automatically discharged to the tea bag recovery area below the tea extraction tank. These plural insulated tea barrels are connected to the tea outlet at the front desk, which can be adjusted. Tea is injected into the cup through the tea outlet. The plurality of insulated tea buckets are masked with electronic scales and communicated with the computer control. When the electronic scales under the plurality of insulated tea buckets detect tea in the memory, Insufficient, when the stock of tea soup is reduced to a certain amount, it will notify the computer control system to automatically start the tea extraction process to start replenishment. The automatic unmanned tea vending machine as described in the patent application scope 1, wherein the plurality of insulated tea buckets can be counted by a timer, when the tea extraction is completed, the freshness time is automatically counted. The computer-controlled Lianxun will automatically extract tea for tea supplement in advance. After the preservation time is reached, the tea soup overdue will be discharged into the fresh tea soup. The automatic unmanned tea drink vending machine described in the patent application scope 1, wherein the plurality of insulated tea buckets can be counted by a counter to detect the number of sales cups, and the capacity of the tea drink insulation buckets can be set to provide the number of sales cups When the number of sales cups reaches the preset number, tea will be pre-prepared for tea supplement. The automatic unmanned tea drink vending machine described in the patent application scope 1, wherein the plurality of insulated tea barrels can have a capacity measuring device to detect the liquid level of the tea barrel, and when the preset low level is reached, tea extraction will be started in advance To be filled with tea soup. The fully automatic unmanned tea drink vending machine described in the scope of patent application 1, wherein the plurality of insulated tea buckets can also trigger the tea extraction process by the operator depending on the site conditions.