JPS62147591A - Material stocking mechanism for beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a raw material stocking mechanism for a beverage vending machine,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a raw material stocking mechanism for a beverage vending machine in which the storage volume of a plurality of raw material stockers is made smaller and the stocker itself is made into a cassette to facilitate replenishment of raw materials.

[Prior Art] In beverage vending machines currently in practical use, the capacity of the raw material stocker for stocking raw materials is limited by the volume of the vending machine itself, and as the amount of stocked raw materials increases, the types of raw materials stocked are limited. As the number of raw materials increases, the stock of each type of raw material decreases.
If you are unable to respond to the diversification of user tastes and are forced to do so, you will have to install several beverage vending machines in one place, or vending machines with larger housings. In addition, the installation cost increases and a large space is required for installation, and it is also necessary to request replenishment of raw materials for multiple beverage vending machines. The cleaning of the area around the machine and the disposal of cups after use were carried out differently by each sales company, and the beauty and hygiene could not be maintained, resulting in constant complaints.

Furthermore, beverage vending machines that are installed in companies and places where many people gather and are used extremely frequently may run out of raw materials within the time it takes to go around and replenish them, resulting in a situation where they are sold out. There are many cases where people say they can't drink it.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a conventional beverage vending machine including the factors of the conventional beverage vending machine including the factors described above, in which independent raw material stockers 18 to 1e are respectively attached with motors 28 to 2e; According to the purchaser's selection, a fixed amount of raw material is taken out to the mixing bowls 48 to 4C via the raw material shooters 3a to 3C, and hot water heated by the heater is supplied from the heater tank 5 to a constant B hose by opening and closing the hot water outlet valves 6a to 6C. The liquid is injected into any of the mixing balls 48 to 4C through 7a, mixed with the raw material, and poured from the cup supply mechanism 8 through the hose 7b into the cup b taken out from the cup holder onto the table 9.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, in addition to an increase in the number of times raw materials are refilled into a plurality of raw material stockers with small volumes, the work of transferring raw materials placed in another container or bag into the stocker becomes necessary. The drawback is that it is difficult to do this in a narrow housing, and there is a lot of wasted space.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention aims to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and in particular, by loading an independent and disposable raw material cassette into a cassette mounting frame and rotating this frame, the raw material delivery I. ! The present invention provides a raw material stocking mechanism which can be shared by each raw material cassette and which facilitates replenishment.

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the raw material stocking mechanism of the present invention is provided with an outlet having a shape in which a constant length and a small diameter portion are continuous at one end of the cassette body, and a A raw material cassette is provided with a screw member connected to a coupling member disposed on the outside of the other end of the main body via a rotating shaft, and a plurality of raw material cassettes can be loaded therein, and each of the cassettes can be removed as it rotates. A cassette loading drum formed so that the outlet can trace the same rotation locus, and a connecting member of each raw material cassette loaded in the drum are individually engaged, and a screw member is rotated with a rotating shaft to release the raw material in the raw material cassette. It is constructed with a driving mechanism that takes out the material from a constant foot outlet to the outside.

[Embodiments of the Invention] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a raw material cassette 10, which is one of the features of the raw material stock mechanism of the present invention, is made of synthetic resin and has a bottom portion 11 at one end by injection molding. At the other end of the large diameter cassette body 13, which has a small hole 12 in the center of the bottom, there is an outlet 14 having a shape in which a constant length and small diameter part are continuous.
The original Fla is placed in a container with a shape formed therein, and a coupling member 16 such as a clutch disk having teeth formed on the surface disposed on the outside of the bottom portion 11 and a spiral screw member 17 inserted into the outlet 14 are assembled. are attached to both ends of the rotating shaft 18 inserted through the small hole 12, and a seal part 19 is attached so as to cover the bottom part 11 with the coupling member 16 to close the small hole 12 and the outlet 14, respectively. and raw material a
It is manufactured at low cost because it can be thrown away without being reused once it runs out.

Cassette loading drum 2 installed inside a beverage vending machine
0, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, one end of the rotating shaft 21 is mounted in the center, and the raw material cassette 1 is mounted around it.
It consists of a bottom plate 23 provided with a cassette insertion hole 22 from which the extraction port 14 of 0 can protrude, and a cylindrical member 24 with a porous support plate 29 attached to the upper end, and a pair of ribs 25 are provided on the outer periphery of this cylindrical part 024. A plurality of disc-shaped trochanters 27 attached to a shaft 26 supported by a bearing member attached to a housing frame (not shown) are disposed between the pair of ribs to prevent vibration, and a housing frame (not shown) is installed. The drum 20 is rotated by a motor 28 with a deceleration brake attached to the other end of the rotating shaft 21, which is rotatably supported by the body frame. A plurality of raw material cassettes 1 loaded so as to protrude outward from the mounting holes 22
The ejection ports of each of the cassettes 0 are configured to trace the same trajectory.

As shown in FIG. 4, the drive rocker 30 disposed above the cassette loading drum 20 has a shaft through hole 31 in the center through which the rotary shaft 21 is inserted, and at least a radius of the rotary shaft 21 from the center of the hole. When loading six raw material cassettes, a small hole 32 is drilled at a position where a circular arc whose radius is the sum of the amount and the radius of the raw material cassette 10 is divided into six parts as shown in FIG. A micromotor 34 with a reduction gear is fixed to one side of a disk 33 having a size equal to the diameter of the drum 20, and the member 16 is attached to an output shaft 35 that protrudes from the small hole 32 to the other side.
A coupling member 36 such as a clutch disc with teeth formed on the surface is attached, and this disc 33 is lifted horizontally onto the drum 20 by a solenoid 37, and by this lifting, the raw material in the drum 20 is removed. In addition to making it easy to replace the cassette 10, it is usually integrated with the drum 20 with a locking metal fitting 38 and attached to the output shaft 35 of each micromotor 34.
The connecting members 36, each of which is a connector, mesh with the connecting members 16 of the raw material cassette 10, so that a micromotor selectively connected to a power source through a cord 39 can rotate.

In FIG. 3, 40 is a bend stage lf! At 4%,
41 is a net plate 44 for supplying hot water from a heat tank (not shown).
Hot water supply vibe injected into the pot 50 supplied above, 4
Reference numeral 2 denotes a chute arranged so that the moving locus of the outlet 14 of the raw material cassette 10 passes through the center of one opening, and the other end faces the tip 50; 43, the ice made by the ice maker is dispensed as needed; Ice shooter for supplying into the cup 50, 4
5 is a spillage tank.

[Operation of the Invention] The raw material stocking mechanism of the present invention is constructed as described above, and the operation of this mechanism will be explained below.

The raw material cassette 10 is filled with raw materials in advance at the factory, and the cassette loading drum 20 has a plunger 37 that is energized by operating a switch that is installed inside to open the front door of the vending machine. , disk 33 from which the locking fitting 38 has been removed.
rises horizontally, and the drum 20 opens. After that, it is inserted into the drum from the outlet 14 side through the porous support plate 29, and set by inserting the outlet 14 into the cassette insertion hole 22, and all six cassettes are placed in the predetermined positions for raw materials. Once set, the disk 33 is lowered by operating the switch and rides on the drum 20 so as to close the opening side of the drum 20, so that it is locked to the drum 20 with the locking metal fitting 38. At this time, the drum 20 is slightly rotated clockwise or counterclockwise so that the coupling member 16 of each cassette and the coupling member 36 attached to the micromotor 34 mesh with each other.

After that, the operating state is entered, and when the purchaser inputs the fee and operates the selection button, the motor 28 rotates and the raw material cassette 10 is rotated.
The outlet 14 of the chute 42 faces the opening end of the chute 42, and a 6-inch tip is placed in the tip 50 taken out onto the mesh plate 44 of the bending stage mechanism 40 from an automatic tip feeder (not shown).
First, one of the micro motors 34 rotates, and the cord that is the raw material a is passed from the raw material cassette 10 to the screw member 17.
is rotated to supply a constant amount of material from the outlet 14 through the chute 42 into the tap 50, and when this supply is finished, the motor 28 is rotated again to rotate the drum 20 according to the purchaser's selection. Supply sugar and milk in the same way. At the same time as this supply or a little later, hot water is injected into the cup 50 from the hot water supply nozzle 41, and a sugar-containing milk cup is completed.
provided to the purchaser. Incidentally, since the screw member 17 has a spiral shape several times, the raw material will not leak out if the rotation stops.

When the raw material runs out, as in the case described above, remove the locking metal fitting 38, energize the solenoid 28 to raise the disc 33, take out the empty raw material cassette from the drum 20, and remove the raw material from inside the drum 20. By replacing the cassette with a new cassette, it is possible to easily replenish the raw material without polluting the inside of the cassette.

The drum 20 is rotated by a rotary shaft 21 (although an example is shown in which the drum 20 is rotated by a motor 28, a pair of glue 12
An annular rack is installed between 5 and trochanter 27 to prevent lateral vibration.
One of them may be a pinion, and the output of the motor may be applied to the shaft of the pinion to rotate it.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention provides an outlet having a shape in which constant long and small diameter parts are continuous at one end of the cassette body, and a coupling disposed inside the outlet on the outside of the other end of the cassette body. A raw material cassette provided with a screw member connected to the member via a rotating shaft, capable of loading a plurality of raw material cassettes, and
a cassette loading drum formed so that the ejection ports of each of the cassettes can trace the same rotation locus as the cassettes rotate;
It is constructed with a driving mechanism that individually engages with the coupling member of each raw material cassette loaded in the drum, rotates a screw member with a rotating shaft, and takes out the raw material in the raw material cassette to the outside from a fixed maximum outlet. In addition to making it easy to replenish raw materials without smearing the inside of the vending machine housing, many types of raw materials can be stored in one container within the vending machine, and by enlarging one mouth of the chute, multiple raw materials can be refilled at the same time. It also has the advantage of being able to supply

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 4 (a) (mountain) all show an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 1 is a perspective view of a raw material cassette;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view thereof, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the raw material stocking mechanism with some mechanisms removed, and FIG. 4(a) is a sectional view of the driving mechanism when it is lifted from the cassette loading drum.
Figure 4+b) is a cross-sectional view of the state in which the raw material cassette is loaded;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional beverage vending machine. 10
...raw material cassette, 13...cassette body, 14.
... Output port, 16... Coupling member, 17... Screw member, 18... Rotating shaft, 20... Cassette loading drum, 3o... Driving mechanism, a... Raw material. Patent Applicant Apex Co., Ltd. Figure 1 Shino-Ho Bamboo

Claims (1)

[Claims] An ejection port having a continuous portion with a constant length and a small diameter is provided at one end of the cassette main body, and a screw member connected to a coupling member disposed outside the other end of the main body via a rotating shaft is provided within the ejection port. A raw material cassette, a cassette loading drum formed so that a plurality of raw material cassettes can be loaded therein and the ejection ports of each of the cassettes can trace the same rotation locus as the drum rotates, and each raw material loaded in the drum. A beverage characterized by having a driving mechanism that individually engages with the connecting members of the cassette, rotates the screw member with a rotating shaft, and takes out a certain amount of the raw material in the raw material cassette to the outside from the outlet. Vending machine raw material stock mechanism.