WO2000025643A1 - Distributeur de boissons - Google Patents

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WO2000025643A1
WO2000025643A1 PCT/SE1999/001918 SE9901918W WO0025643A1 WO 2000025643 A1 WO2000025643 A1 WO 2000025643A1 SE 9901918 W SE9901918 W SE 9901918W WO 0025643 A1 WO0025643 A1 WO 0025643A1
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rotating plate
disposed
house
dosing
beverage dispenser
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Evert Eklind
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Jede Ab
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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
    • G07F13/02—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs by volume
    • G07F13/025—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs by volume wherein the volume is determined during delivery
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/40—Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea
    • A47J31/404—Powder dosing devices

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  • the present invention relates to a beverage dispenser of the type described in detail in the preamble of claim 1.
  • Known dispensers in this field suffer from various inconveniences .
  • it may be impossible or difficult e.g. be very complicated and/or take up a lot of space and/or be costly, to obtain a variable beverage composition, e.g. a relatively strong but only slightly sweetened cup of coffee with or without a cream substitute and to accomplish a quick and simple replacement of cartridges with beverage ingredients respectively.
  • a variable beverage composition e.g. a relatively strong but only slightly sweetened cup of coffee with or without a cream substitute and to accomplish a quick and simple replacement of cartridges with beverage ingredients respectively.
  • the reliability, the sanitation and the life of the already known dispensers are problematic.
  • the object of the present invention it to improve the beverage dispensers already known in this field, in order to avoid the above-mentioned inconveniences to the greatest possible extent. Also, the object of the invention is to in additional respects develop the state of the art in this field.
  • Fig 1 an exploded view of a beverage dispenser according to the invention, without its front side, which has been removed for better lucidity
  • Fig 2 the beverage dispenser according to Fig 1 in a similar exploded view, provided with its front side but without the interior components shown in Fig 1 ;
  • Fig 3 a rotating plate, which is a component of the dispenser according to Fig 1 and is seen in a perspective view from above; and Fig 4 the rotating plate according to Fig 3, seen in a perspective view from below.
  • the beverage dispenser according to the present invention is in its entirety designated 1. It has a house, which comprises a front side 2, side walls 3, a back side 4, a top side 5, and a bottom side 6.
  • the various sides can, if it is desirable, be made in arbitrary combinations in one piece of e.g. a plastic material and/or metal sheet.
  • Side walls 3, top side 5 and bottom side 6 can e.g. according to Fig 1 be made as a homogenous unit, to which the front side and the back side can be fastened e.g. by screwing.
  • the interior of the dispenser comprises from below and upwards first of all a lower U-shaped drip tray 7 for liquid and above this a similar upper tray 8 for powder or granulate waste.
  • Tray 7 is supported by bottom side 6 and tray 8 is supported by an upwardly directed edge 9, which surrounds tray 7.
  • Tray 8 comprises an e.g. latticed bar-like surface 10 to place cups or the like on (not shown), which cups can be inserted through an opening 11 in front side 2.
  • the two trays 7, 8 surround with their legs and their web a shape-complementarily enclosed base plate 12, which can be fastened by screws 14 in holes 13 in bottom side 6.
  • This plate has a substantial thickness, because its sides 15 are downwardly bent.
  • space is available for e.g. nuts, screws and the like but also for a driving pulley 16, disposed in a horizontal plane and having a relatively large diameter, which pulley is driven via e.g. a belt 17 by means of a drive gear 17 having a relatively small diameter.
  • Driving pulley 16 is disposed immediately behind front side 2, whereas drive gear 18 is disposed immediately behind back side 4. Due to said diameter relation an advantageous gear ratio and a satisfactory use of the tractive power is obtained.
  • base plate 12 On top of base plate 12 there is an additional structure 19 at a short distance behind front side 2, which is relatively high, i.e. about 15 cm, and which is somewhat displaced inwards but follows the outline of the base plate within this area, the edges facing the front side having been replaced with bevels 20, which are used also at 21 and 22 of base plate and trays 7 and 8 respectively.
  • bevels result in an expedient design and an improved stability of the parts mentioned.
  • a driving motor 23 for drive gear 18 is centrally disposed on the rear part of the base plate, whereas a from driving pulley 16 upwardly directed spindle 24 is centrally disposed within said additional structure, which spindle transfers the rotation of the pulley to a rotating plate 25, disposed on top of said additional structure, various bushings 26, bearing cages 27, supporting disks 28 and a knob (mounting button) 29 being selected as supplementary equipment, if needed.
  • a dosing motor 31, actuatable by a micro switch 30, is eccentrically disposed in the additional structure and drives on top of said additional structure a crank shaft 32, crank 33 of which is designed to from below mesh with a shuttle 34, which belongs to a dosing mechanism 35, which is disposed at the lower end of a package (not shown), which contains e.g. coffee granules or powder, chocolate, tea or the like and which is inserted into an opening 36.
  • openings 36 which are arranged in a star-like fashion around hub 37 of the rotating plate and inside the periphery of the rotating plate, which periphery comprises an upwardly directed bead 38 all around, which terminates downwards and outwards with a flange 39 with recesses 40, e.g. open downwards and laterally, at least one of which being designed in a certain special way in order to make the exact position of the rotating plate detectable by means of not shown electronic and/or mechanical sensor elements.
  • spoke-like beads 41 can extend radially between the hub and the flange, which beads are formed e.g. by pressing the sheet material of the rotating plate upwards. In this way a reinforcement and a stiffening of the rotating plate is obtained.
  • Openings 36 have a rectangular shape and contain a dosing mechanism 35 with a tight fit, only the lower part of which being shown in the drawings.
  • This lower part is fastened in the opening in a suitable way, e.g. by means of flanges and bearing edges, which makes it easy to quickly and simply replace an empty package with a new one , said lower part being able to remain in the opening and only the upper part of the dosing mechanism being replaced jointly with the accompanying package or a complete replacement including the lower part being possible, depending on the desires of the customer, the sanitary requirements, the nature of the ingredients, etc.
  • Each dosing mechanism 35 comprises a downwardly directed spout 43, which extends close to flange 39 from a funnel-like upper part 42 and is designed to, when a respective package has been chosen, end up above a cup, into which the ingredients are to be dispensed.
  • Shuttle 34 comprises two transverse carrier walls 44, at least one of which, i.e. the inner one, being disposed roughly concentrically, i.e. along a circular arc around hub 37.
  • the outer wall may be straight or tangential in relation to a circle, which is tangential to it, with the hub as a center.
  • Carrier walls 44 form between them a guide gap 45, with which crank 33 is designed to mesh.
  • the shuttles of all the dosing devices have carrier walls and guide gaps, disposed along the same circular movement path, which means, that the rotating plate always positions the carrier walls of a shuttle on each side of crank 33, only one dosing motor being required for an optional number of dosing mechanisms.
  • a straight design of outer wall 44 facilitates the steering of the crank into the gap.
  • a mounting plate 46 in the house is designed for a lock 47 as well as a support for a hose (not shown) from a container (not shown) for e.g. hot water.
  • a control panel 48 can be fastened in or to the front side, which panel has various buttons 49 for choosing the desired beverage and ingredients added to it.
  • Behind the front side there are various mounting and covering plates 50, 51, 52 designed for e.g. a printed circuit card 53 and wiring 54.
  • the entire front side 2 including panel 48 suitably is fastened to the house by means of a hinge 56.
  • Such a beverage dispenser functions in the following way :
  • a cup or the like is placed in opening 11 of the dispenser on surface 10 and the desired beverage with added ingredients, e.g. sugar and cream substitute is chosen via buttons 49.
  • the dispenser is designed as a vending machine, there is within the area with an opening 57 in front side 2 a payment mechanism having a slot for coins or tokens, known per se. In the case shown the dispenser is not designed for paid beverages and opening 57 is covered by plate 52.
  • Signals fed into the dispenser via the buttons are transduced via printed circuit card 53 to driving motor 23, which via drive gear 18 and drive belt 17 rotate driving pulley 16 and consequently also via spindle 24 rotating plate 25 to first of all the appropriate positions for a desired package with its dosing mechanism 35 above the cup on cup surface 10.
  • the positions of the separate package are detected during the rotation of the rotating plate by said sensors or the like by means of one or several recesses 40. In this way the driving motor will be stopped in the intended dispensing position.
  • Dosing motor 31 is then started and it rotates crank 33 a selected number of times, which is controlled by means of micro switch 30, the projecting arm 58 of which being influenced by crank shaft 32 during each completed turn.
  • shuttle 34 is moved to and fro the selected number of times and each time a certain amount of the contents of the package is dispensed via spout 43, centrally disposed above the cup, and then into the cup or the like.
  • crank 33 moves along the appropriate guide gap 45 and moves the shuttle via carrier walls 44 to and fro.
  • crank 33 stops in the middle of guide gap 45 and the position of the shuttle in relation to dosing mechanism 35 is one of the end positions, which is common for all the dosing mechanisms.
  • the rotating plate suitably returns to a certain selected starting position or it returns in connection with the starting of the next cycle.
  • the rotating plate can be disassembled quickly and in a simple way for e.g. cleaning and filling with new packages respectively.
  • a filling suitably is carried out on the rotating plate, when it is mounted on the dispenser house and only must be rotated into the desired replacement position.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un distributeur de boissons (1) comprenant un boîtier (2-6) lequel renferme des boîtes sélectionnables au choix et contenant des ingrédients destinés à préparer des boissons. Les ingrédients sont distribués dans des tasses par des mécanismes de dosage (35) dotés de navettes (34) conçues pour faire un mouvement de va-et-vient et simultanément doser une certaine quantité d'ingrédients. Selon l'invention, les mécanismes de dosage (35) et les boîtes correspondantes sont disposés en étoile, respectivement sur ou dans un plateau (25), entraîné en rotation par un moteur. Chaque navette (34) est pourvue de deux parois support (44) sensiblement transversales, définissant entre elles un espace de guidage (45), dans lequel est insérée une manivelle (33) d'un arbre à vilebrequin (32) appartenant à un moteur de dosage (31). Dans toutes les navettes (34), au moins une paroi support (44) et les espaces de guidage (45) suivent respectivement les voies circulaires qui sont concentriques par rapport au moyeu (37) du plateau rotatif (25).
PCT/SE1999/001918 1998-11-04 1999-10-25 Distributeur de boissons WO2000025643A1 (fr)

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AU15146/00A AU1514600A (en) 1998-11-04 1999-10-25 Beverage dispenser

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SE9803769A SE512300C2 (sv) 1998-11-04 1998-11-04 Dryckesautomat
SE9803769-0 1998-11-04

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004107940A3 (fr) * 2003-06-06 2005-03-31 Cafebabe Ltd Ameliorations apportees et relatives a la preparation alimentaire
ITMI20120784A1 (it) * 2012-05-08 2013-11-09 Fas International Spa Erogatore di dosi di polveri per distributori automatici per la preparazione di bevande.
ITMI20121080A1 (it) * 2012-06-20 2013-12-21 Fas International Spa Dispositivo per la preparazione di bevande per distributori automatici.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0270141A1 (fr) * 1986-10-31 1988-06-08 Lucio Grossi Automate à café compact en particulier à usage domestique
US4829889A (en) * 1987-05-30 1989-05-16 Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd. Dispenser
EP0886249A1 (fr) * 1997-06-17 1998-12-23 Premark International Holdings B.V. Dispositif pour doser et préparer des boissons instantanées pour distributeurs semi-automatiques ou automatiques

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0270141A1 (fr) * 1986-10-31 1988-06-08 Lucio Grossi Automate à café compact en particulier à usage domestique
US4829889A (en) * 1987-05-30 1989-05-16 Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd. Dispenser
EP0886249A1 (fr) * 1997-06-17 1998-12-23 Premark International Holdings B.V. Dispositif pour doser et préparer des boissons instantanées pour distributeurs semi-automatiques ou automatiques

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004107940A3 (fr) * 2003-06-06 2005-03-31 Cafebabe Ltd Ameliorations apportees et relatives a la preparation alimentaire
ITMI20120784A1 (it) * 2012-05-08 2013-11-09 Fas International Spa Erogatore di dosi di polveri per distributori automatici per la preparazione di bevande.
EP2661998A1 (fr) * 2012-05-08 2013-11-13 F.A.S. International S.p.A. Doseur de poudres pour distributeur de boissons
ITMI20121080A1 (it) * 2012-06-20 2013-12-21 Fas International Spa Dispositivo per la preparazione di bevande per distributori automatici.
EP2676581A1 (fr) * 2012-06-20 2013-12-25 F.A.S. International S.p.A. Dispositif de préparation de boissons pour distributeurs automatiques

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