WO1996006541A1 - Maquina autonoma automatica exprimidora y expendedora de zumo de citricos - Google Patents
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- WO1996006541A1 WO1996006541A1 PCT/ES1994/000083 ES9400083W WO9606541A1 WO 1996006541 A1 WO1996006541 A1 WO 1996006541A1 ES 9400083 W ES9400083 W ES 9400083W WO 9606541 A1 WO9606541 A1 WO 9606541A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs
- G07F13/06—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof
- G07F13/065—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs with selective dispensing of different fluids or materials or mixtures thereof for drink preparation
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23N—MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS
- A23N1/00—Machines or apparatus for extracting juice
- A23N1/003—Machines or apparatus for extracting juice especially for citrus fruits
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs
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- the present invention seeks to present a citrus juicer system framed in a public use dispensing machine.
- vending machines of these products appeared, which contained the product to be served in interior stores of the machine which through of an electronic selection system combined, for example in the case of coffee machines, the mixing ratios appropriate to the selection, between the liquid coffee and the milk contained in their stores, also happened in the juice vending machines, in the which the juice of several fruits was stored already squeezed, in respective stores or containers, expelling the liquid to a glass, after its selection.
- Figure 1 corresponds to a block diagram containing the constituent mechanisms of the machine of the invention.
- Figure 2 corresponds to a flow chart referring to the sequential operation of the machine of the invention.
- Figure 3 corresponds to a flow chart of the internal cleaning process of the machine.
- Figure 4 corresponds to a cross section of the citrus store.
- Figure 5 corresponds to a front view of the dispensing device of the machine object of the invention.
- Figure 6 corresponds to a side view of the dispensing device of the machine object of the invention.
- Figure 7 corresponds to a semi-sectional plan view of the juicer device framed in the machine object of the invention.
- Figure 8 corresponds to a semi-sectional front view of the juicer device framed in the machine object of the invention.
- Figure 9 corresponds to a front view of the inside of the housing that covers the devices of the machine object of the invention, having placed them in their permanent location.
- the machine consists of a series of assembled blocks that, through the introduction of money for their service, having placed citrus units in their corresponding interior warehouses, can obtain from it a glass of citrus juice
- the block identified as (1) will be the money introduction mechanism, which (1) has the possibility of using the machine of the invention either by introducing coins through the device da) or by introducing the card of User credit through the device (1b).
- the admission of coins or credit card will be supervised by the electronic controller (3), like the rest of the devices to be controlled, which will consist of a PC-type computer which we will describe later.
- Said electronic controller (3) will also control the electrical power equipment which will feed the various devices contained in the system.
- the blocks described so far determine the controlling part of the system, and then describe the physical action blocks that directly intervene in the result of the machine.
- first block (4) citrus container which consists of a stainless steel frame (41) with finished surface treatment and plasticized finish that supports an alternating framework of 48 pipes (42) made of PVC of a preferred diameter of 90 millimeters with a preferred approximate length of 640 millimeters, as can be seen in Figure 4.
- the tubes are fixed together with contact glue (43) that will prevent any relative displacement between them.
- the block (5) or citrus dispenser has been arranged in the machine, of which there is a more detailed development of its composition in Figures 5 and 6, which is two reinforced PVC bands whose preferred measures are 800 millimeters by 500 millimeters separated from each other 90 millimeters, which are attached to a toothed belt that is moved by a geared motor or a continuous or stepper motor in a translation movement between the two longitudinal sides of the unit storage (4). Between the two bands there is a rotor with six cavities where the citrus fruits will be housed one by one as these cavities are faced with the citrus storage tubes (42). In this way, the citrus contained in the tubes (42) of the warehouse (4) will be distributed, one by one to the block (6) or juicer.
- the juicer device (6) consists of a citrus travel tube from the dispenser (5) to the top of the said juicer (6) consisting of a tube of smaller diameter than the first, moving inside two pistons and blades Citrus cut.
- the system has been provided with a cleaning device (8) of the juicer (6), which, through a hole made in the juicer system, injects water under pressure for periodic cleaning of the compression chamber, being the autonomous cleaning cycle and dependent on the use of the juicer (6).
- a cleaning device (8) of the juicer (6) which, through a hole made in the juicer system, injects water under pressure for periodic cleaning of the compression chamber, being the autonomous cleaning cycle and dependent on the use of the juicer (6).
- the cleaning cycle begins, water will be pumped, cleaning the chamber, pipes and pump where the juice circulates, going to a three-way valve near the juice outlet of the machine, which will divert the flow to a discharge tank.
- the juice goes into a hopper. Once completed, it is pumped into a vessel located in the machine and accessible from the outside.
- the juice passes to the receiving hopper of the juice pumping unit (7) which will deliver the juice through the juice container (10b) of a cold store (10) to a glass located outside the machine, using for said action, aspiration and delivery tubes of the product, a peristaltic pump and a three-way solenoid valve, being assisted externally by an air compressor (9) for the aspiration and discharge of the liquid.
- the cold storage chamber (10) will also contain two containers more arranged to assimilate citrus debris (10a) on the one hand and on the other hand, ag ⁇ a (10c).
- the system delivers glasses and sugar in sachets stored respectively in (11) and (13) which are expelled through the dispensing blocks (12) and (14) respectively.
- the ejection means in both dispensers will be based on a pusher mechanism consisting of a gearmotor-rack assembly or by means of a pneumatic micro cylinder.
- the system drives that will be controlled from the electronic part will be the air compressor, the refrigerator cabinet, the cabinet lighting, the crushing piston solenoid valves, the citrus pick-up motors in the dispenser, the cleaning pump of the juicer and its ducts, the solenoid valve that will distinguish the cleaning cycle from the normal operating cycle, the sugar dispenser, the cup dispenser, the magnetic card reader, the coin receiver, a selection display of selections or errors, a modem or data terminal attached to the magnetic card reader, a machine liquid exit detector and a vessel positioning sensor.
- the electronic control part will be based on an industrial PC-type computer, which will consist of an industrial microprocessor of 31 Megahertz speed equipped with a volatile memory of 512 kilobytes of capacity, with a virtual disk with double ROM program and RAM with battery, a Real-time clock with battery, two RS-232 serial channels, two parallel channels, two cards with eight opto-isolated digital inputs and eight digital outputs and a watch-dog circuit to reset the system in the event of a serious failure.
- the software with which it has been provided in the electronic control plans to distinguish two parallel processes, these being external or physical, such as the normal juice extraction cycle and the internal cleaning cycle of the machine.
- the normal cycle is defined according to the flow chart in Figure 2.
- the cycle will begin with the introduction of both coins (101) and magnetic card (102), followed by a validation (103) by the electronic system.
- the vessel dispensing mechanism (104) will be activated which will activate the vessel position sensor (105) which will allow the sugar bag and spoon dispensing mechanism (106) to be operated.
- Parallel to said drives (104), (105) and (106), the motor that will move the axis of the six-hole drum of the citrus dispenser (107) will be driven, the passage (108) of the citrus being detected, and introduced the citrus in the juicer (109).
- step (108) the sensor does not interpret citrus passage
- the cylinder will be reactivated, allowing to rotate 120 degrees, if the response is still negative, the action will be repeated again. If there were still no affirmative sign of citrus passage, a new engine would be driven (110) that will allow a new advance of the bowl or drum assembly to a position where the citrus warehouse had stocks that loaded the said drum or bowl of the dispenser.
- the actuator signal of the pusher (111) will be given, to subsequently give the citrus cut and squeeze signal (112).
- the liquid obtained will be pumped (113), finally coming out by the outside exit and falling into the glass (114).
- step (112) Parallel to step (112), the reverse steps will be produced in the mechanisms of the juicer to prepare said device for the next squeezing, by retracting the retaining plunger (115), the citrus remains falling into its container (116) and placing the plungers in its starting position (117). Since the squeezing of three citrus fruits is expected to be equivalent to the capacity of a glass, step (118) will repeat the sequence from step (107), ending (118) the cycle before the third repetition. (119).
- the system After a certain time elapsed without squeezing or after a certain number of squeezing cycles, the system will automatically activate a cleaning cycle that is shown in figure 3.
- the initialization occurs before a signal (201) coming from of the electronic control, from which the three-way valve will be switched and water will be transferred from the water container (202) by insufflating it to the water pump (203), which will pass it to the injectors located in the juicer ( 204), simultaneously opening the pistons and producing the passage of water through the pump and juice pipes (205), finally going to stop a container of water and citrus remains (206), stopping the pump (207) and the three-way valve being switched back to the initial state.
- the dispensing device (5) appears which will select each of the tubes (42) of the citrus shell or store.
- the band (50) of rotary PVC is observed as a tensioned blind through cylinders (55) that facilitate mobility.
- This rotating band (50) is responsible for selecting the fall of citrus fruits one by one through some alternative holes (51) provided in your plain, thus selecting one of the three tubes (42) that exist in each line of the citrus store (4).
- a rotary cylinder (52) is provided, provided with holes (56), which will move through guides (53) provided along the supports (54) located at both sides, getting the citrus fall from the warehouse to the juicer block by coincidence of the holes (56) and (51).
- the arrangement of the dispensing device is recognized in front of the selection of citrus tubes (42), this being of matrix form, that is, a row endowed with citrus is selected and then a column is selected.
- This feature allows you to know at all times the number of citrus fruits that have been consumed, knowing the movements that both the rotary belt motors (50) perform from one position to another, and knowing the movements that the motor in charge of moving the cylinder performs (52), being both (50) and (52) the citrus dispensing means.
- a plunger (64) has been arranged whose front aspect is such that, as it extends through the chamber (61) in front of the blades (62), these are introduced by notches (65), so that it overcomes the obstacle posed by the blades (62) and by pushing the plunger can cut the orange.
- the plunger (71) will retract, opening behind its trail a hole (73) at the base through which the waste will be removed by pushing the plunger (64), dropping this waste to a subsequent waste hopper, previously defined.
- Figure 9 is provided.
- the prismatic exterior appearance of the machine of the invention is observed, in which the Upper area is occupied by the cold room (10) equipped with a refrigerator compressor (10d). Attached to them is the air compressor (9) intended for the aspiration and discharge of liquid mainly.
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Priority Applications (5)
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AU75378/94A AU7537894A (en) | 1994-09-01 | 1994-09-01 | Self-contained automatic citric juice extracting and dispensing machine |
EP94925489A EP0728422A1 (en) | 1994-09-01 | 1994-09-01 | Self-contained automatic citric juice extracting and dispensing machine |
JP8508502A JPH09506265A (ja) | 1994-09-01 | 1994-09-01 | 自納式柑橘類ジュース自動絞り販売機 |
US08/605,220 US5671663A (en) | 1994-09-01 | 1994-09-01 | Self-contained automatic citric juice extracting and dispensing |
PCT/ES1994/000083 WO1996006541A1 (es) | 1994-09-01 | 1994-09-01 | Maquina autonoma automatica exprimidora y expendedora de zumo de citricos |
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