JPH0877450A - vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] An opening is provided on the bottom plate of the vending machine, and a waste liquid tray is provided below it to allow powdered material falling objects and overflow water to pass through the opening of the bottom plate of the product storage unit to the waste liquid tray. (EN) Provided is a vending machine in which the inside of the machine can be easily cleaned by taking out and cleaning the waste liquid tray as it enters. [Structure] A powder raw material spilled when the powder raw material is charged into the canister 1, and a raw material chute 2 when the powder raw material is discharged.
The powder raw material and the overflow water scattered from the gravitational force fall by gravity and enter the waste liquid tray 15 through the opening of the bottom portion 16 of the product storage unit configured by assembling the rods in a lattice shape.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a vending machine for capturing and storing powder raw materials scattered in a machine and overflowed waste liquid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional vending machine. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 is a canister with a cursor for storing the powder raw material for each type of powder raw material, 2 is a chute for taking out the powder raw material, and 3 is for mixing the powder raw material with the diluent for diluting the powder raw material. Reference numeral 13 denotes a mixing ball, and 13 denotes a cup transporting section for transporting a cup containing a mixed beverage.

Reference numeral 5 is a water reservoir, 7 is a hot water tank, and 8
Is an ice maker, 9 is a cooling unit, 10 is a syrup sell-out device, 11 is a water tank, and 12 is a dam switch. FIG. 6 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG. 5, 4 is a syrup container, and 6 is a water pump. With the above configuration, when selling a beverage using a powdered raw material, a certain amount of the powdered raw material is cut out from the canister 1 with a cursor selected according to a command from a control device (not shown),
A control device (not shown) in the mixing ball 3 is guided to the mixing ball 3 via the chute 2.
It is mixed with the selected diluent according to the instructions from and poured into a cup. When the diluted liquid is hot water, it is supplied from the hot water tank 7, and when the diluted liquid is cold water, it is supplied from the water reservoir 5 into the mixing ball 3 via the water pump 6.

Further, when ice is required in accordance with a command from a control device (not shown), it is put into the cup directly from the ice making machine 8. When selling syrup beverages, fill the syrup tank with carbon dioxide gas from the carbon dioxide gas cylinder and put the syrup in the syrup tank in a discharge standby state by the gas pressure (the syrup solenoid valve according to a command from the control device (not shown)). Open (not shown) to feed cup.

Regarding the diluting liquid of the syrup beverage, when the diluting liquid is hot water, it is directly put into the cup from the hot water tank 7, and when the diluting liquid is cold water, it is directly put into the cup from the water reservoir 5 through the water pump 6. Supplied. When ice is required according to a command from a control device (not shown), the ice maker 8 directly puts the ice into the cup.

When there is water leakage for some reason and it accumulates at the bottom of the vending machine, the dam switch 12 detects it and sends a signal to a control device (not shown) to stop the water pump 6, It is used to close the water supply solenoid valve (not shown). If for some reason there is water leakage that collects at the bottom of the vending machine, artificially pull out the rubber bush (not shown) attached to the bottom plate of the vending machine and drain it.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the commodity storage unit in which the components are removed from FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a side view thereof. This Figure 7
Further, in FIG. 8, reference numeral 18 denotes a bottom plate of the vending machine which also serves as a bottom plate of the product storage portion, and 14 denotes a weir for preventing overflow water from a cooling water tank or the like from flowing out of the machine.

[0008]

In the above-mentioned constitution, the powder raw material spilled when the powder raw material is thrown into the canister,
When the powder raw material is carried out, the powder raw material scattered from the raw material chute drops and accumulates at the bottom of the vending machine. On the front of the bottom plate of the product storage section of the vending machine, a weir is installed to prevent overflow water from the cooling water tank etc. from flowing out of the machine, and a syrup container etc. is stored in the product storage section. Therefore, it is difficult to clean the inside of the vending machine, and there is a problem that cleaning takes time.

An object of the present invention is to provide an opening on a bottom plate of a vending machine and to provide a waste liquid tray below the opening so that falling powder material and overflow water can pass through the opening of the bottom plate of the product storage unit to the waste liquid tray. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending machine in which the inside of the machine can be easily cleaned by taking out and cleaning the waste liquid tray as it enters.

[0010]

The invention according to claim 1 is a vending machine provided with a beverage supply system using a powder material, a beverage supply system using a syrup tank, and a diluent supply system for diluting a beverage. The vending machine is provided with an opening in the bottom plate of the product storage unit in which the tank is mounted, and a waste liquid tray is provided to capture and store the waste liquid in the vending machine and the scattered powder raw material through the bottom plate.

According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided the vending machine according to the first aspect, in which the bottom of the product storage section is composed of members arranged in a grid pattern. According to a third aspect of the invention, in the vending machine according to the first aspect, the bottom plate of the product storage unit is a perforated plate.

[0012]

[Function] The powder raw material spilled when the powder raw material is put into the canister, the powder raw material and the overflow water scattered from the raw material chute when the powder raw material is carried out are dropped by gravity and fall into the product storage section of the vending machine. Enter the waste tray through the bottom plate with openings.

[0013]

1 is a front view of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. In FIGS. 1 and 2, members given the same reference numerals as those in the conventional example have substantially the same functions, and therefore description thereof will be omitted. Also, this figure 1
Also, since the configuration of the main part other than FIG. 2 is approximately the same as the conventional example, the description thereof will be omitted. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1
4 is a weir provided on the front surface of the product storage unit, 15 is a bottom of the product storage unit configured by assembling rods in a grid pattern,
Indicates a waste liquid tray that is stored in the lower part of the waste liquid tray so as to be drawn out.

With this structure, the powder raw material spilled when the powder raw material is charged into the canister, the powder raw material scattered from the raw material chute when the powder raw material is carried out, and the overflow water fall by gravity, and the rods are assembled in a grid pattern. It enters the waste liquid tray 16 through the bottom portion 15 of the configured product storage portion. FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part of another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a side view thereof. 3 and 4 are different from FIGS. 1 and 2 in that the bottom of the product storage portion is formed of a perforated plate 17. The shape of the holes in the perforated plate are round holes, square holes, plus holes,
Any of a minus type hole etc. may be used.

[0015]

According to the present invention, since the bottom portion of the product storage portion is constructed by assembling the bar material in a lattice shape, the powder raw material spilled when the powder raw material is thrown into the canister,
The powder raw material and overflow water scattered from the raw material chute at the time of carrying out the powder raw material fall by gravity and enter the waste liquid tray, so that there is an effect of facilitating cleaning inside the machine.

Further, the powder raw material adhering to the syrup container or the like is washed from the warm water tank with a hot water rinse with a nozzle which is flexibly piped, and the waste liquid can be flowed to a waste liquid tray for cleaning, so that the syrup container or the like can be easily cleaned. effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the main part of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional vending machine.

FIG. 6 is a view of a conventional vending machine taken along the line AA.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the rest of the conventional example in which the components of the product storage section are removed.

8 is a side view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Canister, 4 ... Syrup container, 14 ... Weir, 1
5 ... the bottom of the product storage unit constituted by assembling rods in a grid pattern, 16 ... waste liquid tray, 17 ... perforated plate.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine equipped with a beverage supply system using powdered raw materials, a beverage supply system using a syrup tank, and a diluent supply system for diluting a beverage. An opening is provided in a bottom plate of a product storage unit in which the syrup tank is mounted. An automatic vending machine, which is provided with a portion, and which is provided with a liquid waste tray for supplementing and storing the waste liquid in the vending machine and the scattered powder raw material through the bottom plate. 2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the bottom of the product storage section is formed of members arranged in a grid pattern. 3. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the bottom plate of the product storage section is a perforated plate.