JPH11244147A - Beverage stock extract system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a system for extracting an undiluted beverage solution, which can automate from storage and management of a bag containing raw materials to removal of an undiluted beverage solution. SOLUTION: In an automatic warehouse 10, a plurality of types of raw material bags 1a to 1n are stored, stored and managed, and based on a release command, the relevant type raw material bags 1a to 1n are released to a bag opening machine 50. The raw materials 3a to 3n are conveyed and opened by the bag opener 50 to take out the raw materials 3a to 3n.
8 and then mixed in the extractor 70 to mix the beverage stock solution 8
9 is extracted, and the undiluted liquid 89 for drink is taken out by the take-out means 90. Thereby, the raw material bags 1a to 1n in the automatic warehouse 10 are stored, stored / managed, unloaded, the raw materials 3a to 3n are taken out by opening the bags in the bag opening machine 50, the extractor 70 extracts the undiluted beverage solution 89, and drinks The stock solution 89 can be automatically taken out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for extracting an undiluted beverage solution for use in producing drinking water comprising a mixture of various raw materials such as barley, green tea, barley and oolong tea.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a large number of types of raw material-containing bags are placed on a pallet for each type, and the pallets are carried into a warehouse by a forklift and stored flat. And when extracting the undiluted beverage solution,
A pallet on which a bag containing a desired type of raw material is placed is taken out of the warehouse by a forklift and carried out near the extractor. Next, the material-containing bag on the pallet is manually unloaded from the pallet, manually weighed, and then manually opened. Then
The raw material in the bag is manually transferred to the extractor, and in the extractor, a plurality of types of raw materials and a liquid are mixed to extract an undiluted beverage solution.

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional method, there is a possibility that manual work is inefficient and inefficient, and a heavy burden is imposed on a worker, and a work error may be caused.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a system for extracting an undiluted beverage solution, which can automate the process from storage and management of the bag containing the raw materials to removal of the extracted undiluted beverage solution. Things.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a system for extracting a stock solution for beverages according to the first aspect of the present invention stores and stores bags containing a plurality of types of raw materials in an automatic warehouse.・ Manage and release the bag with the raw material of the relevant type from the automatic warehouse and transport it to the bag opening machine based on the shipping instruction,
This bag-opening machine opens the bag containing the raw materials to take out the raw materials, and supplies a plurality of types of raw materials taken out by the bag-opening machine to the extractor,
After the liquid is supplied to the extractor, the liquid is mixed by the extractor to extract the beverage stock solution, and the beverage stock solution of the extractor is taken out by a take-out means.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in an automatic warehouse, storage, management, and unloading of raw material bags can be automatically performed, and raw materials can be taken out by opening the raw material bags in a bag opening machine, and Extraction of the undiluted beverage solution in the extractor and further removal of the undiluted beverage solution from the extractor can be automatically performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the system for extracting an undiluted solution for a beverage according to the first aspect of the present invention, the automatic warehouse stores and manages the bags containing the raw materials on a pallet basis for each type. The actual pallet unloaded from is transported to the transfer means, which transfers the necessary number of bags containing raw materials to the bag opening machine, and the actual pallets or empty pallets supporting the remaining bags containing raw materials are transferred. It is characterized by being returned to an automatic warehouse and stored.

Therefore, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the remaining raw material bags transferred to the bag opening machine can be restocked together with the pallets, and can be stored and managed in the automatic warehouse. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for extracting an undiluted solution for a beverage according to the first or second aspect, wherein a plurality of types of raw materials discharged by the bag opener are subjected to a separator and then extracted. It is characterized by being supplied to.

Therefore, according to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to separate and remove the pressure-feeding air and the like contained in the raw material.
Further, in the system for extracting a stock solution for beverages according to claim 4 of the present invention, in the configuration according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the liquid supplied by the extractor is hot water having a set range temperature. It is a characteristic.

[0010] Therefore, according to the invention of claim 4, it is possible to extract the undiluted beverage solution by mixing the raw material with hot water at a set range temperature.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 2, a plurality of types of raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n to be handled are formed by packing and closing different types of raw materials 3a to 3n in a paper bag 2. As shown in FIG. 2A, a large number of the raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n are placed on a transport pallet 5 for each type and transported, and the transport pallet 5 is used as a management pallet (an example of a pallet). ) 6. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 2B, the raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n are transported without using the transport pallet 5, and a large number of each type are directly placed on the management pallet 6.

As a result, a large number of the raw material bags 1a to 1n are placed on the management pallet 6 for each type, and are handled in units of the management pallet 6 for each type. Note that the management pallet 6 has, for example, an ID
A tag 7 is provided.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the bags 1a-1
An automatic warehouse 10 is provided for storing and managing n in units of the management pallet 6 for each type. The automatic warehouse 10 includes a plurality of shelves 12 each having a plurality of compartments 11 formed in a vertical direction and a lateral direction, and management between a target compartment storage 11 and a storage device 13 or a storage and retrieval device 14. Pallet 6
And the like.

The shelf 12 has fixed shelves at both ends and movable shelves in the middle, and has at least one passage 1
The moving shelf type in which 6 is formed is adopted. The crane type loading / unloading device 15 having a fork portion 15A that can freely move up and down and can move in and out in the left-right direction is configured to be able to travel freely in the passage 16 and to be able to move on and off the traverser 17 provided on the storage device 13 side. You. Traverser 1
Numeral 7 is configured to run freely so that the loading / unloading device 15 faces the newly formed passage 16.

The storage device 13 is of a conveyor type and is disposed, for example, on the first floor. An ID reader / writer 18 for reading and writing the ID tag 7 is provided at a predetermined position on a transport path 13A. Have been.
Further, a loading / unloading device 19 is provided in the storage device 13, and the actual transport pallet 5 is unloaded from the loading / unloading device 19 by a forklift or the like.

The loading / unloading device 14 is also of a conveyor type, and is disposed, for example, on the second floor.
4A are provided with ID readers / writers 20, respectively, and two re-entry routes 14B are also provided with ID readers / writers 20 respectively.
A D reader / writer 21 is provided.

The automatic warehouse 10 includes a controller 22 for controlling the conveyor of the storage device 13 and a storage and retrieval device 14.
, A controller 23 for controlling the automatic warehouse 10 and the like. In the automatic warehouse 10 having such a configuration, a plurality of types of raw material bags 1a to 1n are stored, stored and managed on a pallet basis for each type, and based on a shipping instruction, the relevant type raw material bags 1a to 1n are stored. From the automatic warehouse 10 in pallet units. An example of the automatic warehouse 10 is configured by the above 11 to 24 and the like.

The actual management pallet 6 discharged from the automatic warehouse 10 is transferred by the unloading conveyor 30 connected to the unloading path 14A of the loading and unloading device 14, as shown in FIGS. It is conveyed to the means 40, and is conveyed to the bag opening machine 50 via the transfer means 40.

The transfer means 40 is provided with three (single or plural) transfer means, and the actual management pallet 6 reaching the end of the unloading conveyor 30 is moved by the sorting cart 31 to the target transfer means. It is distributed to 40. Each transfer means 40 is provided with a transfer section conveyor 41 for receiving the actual management pallet 6 from the sorting cart 31.
A part of the transfer section conveyor 41 is formed in a divided conveyor section 42, and the divided conveyor section 42 is configured to be able to move up and down by a lift device 44 provided on the gantry 43 side.

Above the lift device 44, there is provided a suction device 46 supported on a support frame 45 provided on the gantry 43. The suction device 46 is configured so that the suction portion 47 can freely move up and down. A transfer means control panel 48 is provided at an appropriate position. An example of the transfer unit 40 is configured by the above 41 to 48 and the like.

A collection vehicle 32 is provided which can run between the outer ends of the transfer section conveyors 41, and the collection vehicle 32
Thus, a real or empty management pallet 6 is collected from the end of each transfer section conveyor 41. The collection cart 32 is configured to be freely connectable to a carry-in conveyor 33, and the carry-in conveyor 33 is connected to the re-entry route 14B of the unloading device 14.

On the side of the pedestal 43, on the side of the suction device 46, the delivery portion is reciprocated in the same horizontal direction as the transfer portion conveyor 41, so that the raw material lifted by the suction device 46 is moved. A bag cleaner 49 for receiving the bags 1a to 1n is provided.
9 cleans the bag surfaces of the raw material bags 1a to 1n. Further, the bag cleaner 49 is placed on the frame 43.
Is opened on the side of the raw material 3a.
To 3n is provided.

That is, the bag-opening machine 50 is constructed as shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, a box-shaped main body 51 supported on the gantry 43 side, and a bag-opening section conveyor 52 disposed in the main body 51 and transporting the raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n from the bag cleaner 49.
And the bags 1a-1 containing the raw materials from the bag opening section conveyor 52.
n, a lower cut body 54 acting on the lower side, and an upper cut body 5 acting on the upper side of the raw material bags 1a-1n on the movable floor plate 53.
6 and a cylindrical chute 57 positioned below the movable floor plate 54 constitute one example.

The movable floor plate 53 includes a bag opening section conveyor 52.
Are divided into a pair in the transport direction, and are provided so as to be vertically swingable with their free ends facing each other. The swinging movement is performed, for example, between an upper limit position (closed position) in which both movable floor plates 53 are horizontally positioned using a cylinder as a drive source, and an open position in which the movable floor plates 53 are swung downward and away from each other. Done.

The lower cut body 54 is disposed on each of the two movable floor plates 53 from below, and the movable floor plate 5
3 or the main body 51 so as to be vertically swingable. At this time, the swinging is performed using, for example, a cylinder as a drive source. When swinging upward, the cylinder is projected above the movable floor plate 53 through a slit 55 formed in the movable floor plate 53, and thus the raw material bags 1a to It is driven into 1n to open the bag.

The upper cut body 56 is disposed between the free ends of the two movable floor plates 53 from above, correspondingly from above, and is disposed so as to be movable up and down with respect to the main body 51. At this time, the ascending and descending movement is performed using, for example, a cylinder as a driving source, and when the cylinder is lowered, it is driven into the central portion of the raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n to open the cut bags.

An empty bag processing machine 58, an empty bag stock conveyor 59, a dust collector 60, a bag opener control panel 61 and the like are provided at appropriate places. The bag opening machine 50 by the above 51 to 61 and the like.
Is configured.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the raw material 3 from the cylindrical chute 57 is provided below the cylindrical chute 57.
Receiving hopper-shaped storage tank 6 for receiving a to 3n
The storage tank 64 is provided with a weighing device 65. And the raw materials 3a to 3 in the storage tank 64
3n is configured to be transported to the separator 69 by the transport means 66.

The transporting means 66 is of a pressure feeding type, and includes a pressure feeding pipe (pressure feeding hose) 67 for communicating a lower portion of the storage tank 64 with an upper portion of the separator 69, and an end of the pressure feeding pipe 67 on the storage tank 64 side. And an air supply device 68 for supplying compressed air to the air supply device. The separator 69 is configured to separate the pressure-feeding air from the raw materials 3a to 3n.

The raw materials 3a-3 passed through the separator 69
extractor 70 to which n is supplied and to which liquid is supplied
The extractor 70 is configured to mix the raw materials 3a to 3n and a liquid to extract a beverage undiluted solution 89.

That is, the main body of the extractor 70 has a tank part 71 having a lower opening and a lower lid part 72 which can open and close the lower opening.
It is composed of The lower lid 72 has a funnel shape, a filter 73 is provided on the upper surface thereof, and a take-out port 74 is formed in the lower center. The lower lid part 72 is connected to the tank part 71 side via a connecting pin or the like so as to freely open and close, and the opening and closing swing is performed by a cylinder device or the like. In addition, in order to maintain the closing movement posture of the lower lid part 72, an appropriate locking means is provided.

In the upper part of the tank 71, there is formed a communication part 77 which communicates with the lower part of the separator 69. The communication part 77 is provided with a solenoid valve 78 and the like. Further, a spray ball 79 is provided in an upper part in the tank 71.

The tank unit 71 is provided with an operating device 80 for performing stirring and liquid supply. That is, a pipe-shaped rotary shaft 81 is inserted in the upper part of the tank portion 71 in the vertical direction, and the rotary shaft 81 is supported rotatably and vertically by a machine frame 82 having a bearing device.
Is provided with a rotary drive device 83 and a lifting drive device 84.

At the lower end of the rotating shaft 81, a stirring body 85 extending in the horizontal direction is provided, and a little higher than the stirring body 85, a spray body 86 communicating with the rotating shaft 81 and extending in the horizontal direction is provided. Have been. And spray body 86
Has a number of spray nozzles. Further, a liquid supply pipe 87 is attached to the rotation shaft 81 outside the tank 71.
The liquid supply pipe 87 is supplied with hot water (an example of liquid) 88 having a set range temperature from a liquid supply source (not shown).

The operating device 80 is constructed by
One example is constructed, and the extractor 70
One example is configured. A take-out means 90 for taking out the undiluted liquid 89 for beverage extracted in the extractor 70 having the above configuration is provided. That is, the take-out means 90 includes a take-out pipe (take-out hose) 91 connected to the take-out port 74.
And an opening / closing valve 92 provided in the take-out pipe 91, and the end of the take-out pipe 91 reaches the mixing tank 93. Note that a cake receiver 95 is disposed below the tank 71.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described below. As shown in FIG. 3A, for example, the bags 1a to 1n containing the raw materials are transported to the extraction factory by the truck 100, and when the bags are unloaded from the truck 100, the same type of the pallets 5 for transport are used. It is stowed in a predetermined number or an unspecified number. And bags 1a-1 containing raw materials
The transport pallet 5 on which n is stacked is transported by, for example, a forklift, and is supplied to a loading / unloading device 19 in the automatic warehouse 10 as shown in FIGS. 1, 4, and 5. Next, the transport pallet 5 is loaded onto the loading / unloading device 1.
By the operation of 9, as shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 3B, the paper is stacked on the management pallet 6 stopped on the transport path 13A.

In this way, the actual management pallet 6 on which the raw material bags 1a to 1n are stacked via the transport pallet 5, as shown in FIGS. Thus, various data (material name code of raw material, supplier code, date, kg amount, number of bags, etc.) are written from the ID reader / writer 18 to the ID tag 7. At the same time, the write data is input to the control device 24.

Next, the actual management pallet 6 is transported to the end of the conveyor of the storage device 13 and received by the loading / unloading device 15 supported by the traverser 17 via the fork portion 15A. Before and after this, the storage command is issued from the control device 24, and accordingly, the shelf 12 is moved as necessary to move the target compartment storage unit 1
1, a passage 16 is formed and a traverser 17
Travels and faces the passage 16. Thereafter, the actual management pallet 6 is moved by a combination of the operation of the loading / unloading device 15 traveling in the passage 16, the operation of lifting and lowering the fork portion 15 </ b> A, and the operation of moving the fork portion 15 </ b> A. It is stored in the target compartment storage unit 11.

By such an operation, a plurality of actual management pallets 6 in which a plurality of types of material-containing bags 1a to 1n are stacked are loaded into the automatic warehouse 10, and stored and managed. Is done.

The actual management pallets 6 stored and managed in this way are delivered from the automatic warehouse 10 by issuing a delivery command from the control device 24. That is, based on the shipping instruction, the bags 1a to 1
The actual management pallet 6 on which n is placed is unloaded from the shelf 12 by the same operation of the loading / unloading device 15 as described above. At that time, the delivery from the automatic warehouse 10 is basically managed so as to be first-in first-out for the same product type.

The actual management pallet 6 which has been unloaded from the shelf 12 by the loading / unloading device 15 is transferred to one of the loading / unloading routes 14A of the loading / unloading device 14, and is conveyed on the delivery route 14A. And the actual management pallet 6
Various data written to the ID tag 7 which is stopped at the end of the exit route 14A is read by the ID reader / writer 20, and it is confirmed whether the exit is correct. If the retrieval is incorrect, the actual management pallet 6 is returned to the shelf 12 by using an appropriate means or the re-entry route 14B.

[0042] The pallet 6 for managing the actual fruit that has been correctly delivered
As shown in FIG. 3 (c), is transferred from the exit route 14A to the unloading conveyor 30, conveyed, and transferred to the sorting cart 31 in FIGS. Then, after the distribution cart 31 is run as required, the actual management pallet 6 is transferred to the transfer section conveyor 41 of the target transfer means 40.

Next, the actual management pallet 6 is conveyed by the transfer section conveyor 41 and stopped on the divided conveyor section 42. Then, the lift device 44 is moved up together with the divided conveyor section 42 by the operation of the lift device 44, and the rise is stopped when the uppermost surfaces of the raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n reach a predetermined level, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. Is done. Thereafter, the lifting and lowering movement of the suction unit 47 in the suction device 46 causes the suction unit 47 shown in FIG.
As shown in (d) and the imaginary line H in FIG. 6, one of the uppermost material-containing bags 1a to 1n is lifted, and as shown in the imaginary line R in FIG. The lifted material-containing bags 1 a to 1 n are transferred to the bag cleaner 49 by the section.

The raw material bags 1a to 1n on the actual management pallet 6 are similarly successively transferred to the bag cleaner 49, the timing of which is determined by the capacity of the bag opener 50 described later. , And is controlled by a transfer means control panel 48. In addition, the lift device 44
Is operated so that the uppermost surfaces of the raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n group reach a predetermined level, so that the operation of the adsorbing section 47 is constant and can always be suitably performed.

By the operation of the transfer means 40, the necessary number of bags 1a to 1n containing raw materials are transferred to the bag opening machine 50 side. The empty management pallet 6 to which all the raw material bags 1a to 1n have been transferred is lowered together with the divided conveyor section 42, and then conveyed to the end of the transfer section conveyor 41. Moved to

When the required number of raw material bags 1a to 1n cannot be obtained with one actual management pallet 6, a plurality of actual management pallets 6 are sequentially transferred to the transfer means 40 based on the overall control. Supplied to Note that the required number is determined based on measurement and measurement by the bag opening machine 50 described later.

One or a plurality of fruit management pallets 6
When the required number of raw material bags 1a to 1n are transferred from the
n may remain. The remaining raw material bags 1a to 1n
The actual management pallet 6 supporting the pallet is lowered together with the divided conveyor section 42 in the same manner as the empty management pallet 6 described above, and then conveyed to the end of the transfer section conveyor 41 to remove the collection trolley 32. It is moved to the carry-in conveyor 33 through the.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the actual or empty management pallet 6 transferred to the carry-in conveyor 33 is moved from the end of the carry-in conveyor 33 to the loading / unloading device 14 as shown in FIGS.
Is moved to one of the storage routes 14B. In the case of an empty management pallet 6, various data excluding basic data (such as a pallet number) written in the ID tag 7 is erased by the ID reader / writer 21. In the case of the actual management pallet 6, kg of various data
The amount, the number of bags, and the like are rewritten by the ID reader / writer 21.

Thereafter, the real or empty management pallet 6 is conveyed by a conveyor along the storage path 14B, and the storage path 1
Stop at the end of 4B. Then, the real or empty management pallet 6 is returned to the target compartment 11 on the shelf 12 and stored and managed by the same operation of the loading / unloading device 15 as described above. The empty transport pallets 5 returned to the automatic warehouse 10 are stacked at appropriate locations and means, and then are discharged from the automatic warehouse 10 through the unloading device 19 or via an appropriate route. You.

As described above, the raw material bags 1a to 1n transferred to the bag cleaner 49 are cleaned on the bag surface and then transferred to the bag opening section conveyor 52 of the bag opening machine 50, where Transported to At this time, in the bag opening machine 50, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 (e), both movable floor plates 53 are in the upper limit position (closed position) positioned horizontally, and the lower cut body 54 is in the both movable position. Each of the floor boards 53 is in a downward swinging posture corresponding to the lower side, and the upper cut body 56 is in a rising posture corresponding to the upper end between the free ends of the two movable floor plates 53 from above.

Therefore, the raw material bags 1a to 1n conveyed by the bag opening section conveyor 52 are received between the upper surfaces of the movable floor plates 53. In this state, first, the lower cut body 5
The fourth group is swung upward and protrudes above the movable floor plate 53 through a slit 55 formed in the movable floor plate 53. As a result, the lower cut body group 54 is driven into the raw material bags 1a to 1n from below as shown by the phantom line in FIG. The part is opened in a broken shape. Next, the upper cut body 56 is lowered to be driven into the central portions of the raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n as shown by the phantom line in FIG.
Thus, the central portions of the raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n are opened in a cut shape.

Before and after the cutting and opening of the upper cut body 56 is completed, the two movable floor plates 53 are swung downward and in a direction away from each other, and assume an open posture.
As shown by the solid line, the raw material-containing bags 1a to 1n are completely divided into two, and each of the raw materials 3a to 3n is locked with the lower cut body 54 with the divided opening facing downward. (Almost all) of the cylindrical chute 5
7 (dropped out). The raw materials 3a to 3n dropped to the cylindrical chute body 57 are stored in the storage tank 6
4 and is weighed by the weighing device 65.

The bag opening operation as described above is performed in parallel in a plurality of bag opening machines 50 with different types of raw materials. That is, for example, in one bag opening machine 50, the bag-opening operation of the material-containing bag 1a packed with the material 3a is performed,
Around this time, another bag opening machine 50 performs a bag opening operation of the material-containing bag 1b packed with the material 3b. Alternatively, in a plurality of bag opening machines 50, bag opening operations are performed in parallel with the same type of raw material. In addition, bag opening machine 50
Is controlled by the bag opening machine control panel 61 based on detection of a detection switch group or the like.

When the above-mentioned weighing reaches a predetermined value, for example, the plural kinds of raw materials 3a to 3n discharged by the bag opener 50 are obtained.
Is supplied to the extractor 70 by the transportation means 66. That is, in FIGS. 6 to 8, by opening a valve or the like at the lower part of the storage tank 64, the raw material 3 a in the storage tank 64 is opened.
.About.3n are dropped into the pressure feeding pipe 67, are pressure-fed in the pressure feeding pipe 67 by the pressure feeding air supplied by the air supply device 68, and are supplied to the separator 69. Note that the pressure feeding by the pressure feeding pipe 67 may be performed separately for each bag opening machine 50, or may be combined during the pressure feeding to promote the mixing during the pressure feeding.

As described above, the raw materials 3a to 3n supplied to the separator 69 are converted into the raw materials 3a to 3n by the separator 69.
From 3n, the pressure-feeding air is separated. 8, the raw materials 3a to 3n fed to the separator 69 are supplied to the extractor 70, and hot water 88 having a set range temperature is supplied to the extractor 70.

That is, when the solenoid valve 78 is opened, the raw materials 3 a to 3 n in the separator 69 are supplied to the tank 71 through the communication part 77. When the rotation drive device 83 and the elevation drive device 84 of the operation device 80 are operated, the rotation shaft 81 and the stirring body 85 are rotated and moved up and down, so that the raw materials 3 a to 3 n in the tank portion 71 are moved. Is agitated. Around this time, hot water 88 having a set range temperature flowing from the liquid supply pipe 87 to the rotating shaft 81 is jetted and supplied from the spray body 86 into the tank 71. The stirring in this state is sufficiently performed as desired, so that the raw material 3a
-3n and the liquid are mixed to extract the undiluted solution for beverage 89.

When the opening / closing valve 92 is opened in the state where the stirring is continued or the stirring is stopped, the undiluted beverage 89 in the tank 71 is filtered by the filter 73. It enters the lower lid 72 and flows out through the take-out pipe 91. That is, the undiluted liquid 89 for beverage in the tank portion 71 is taken out by the take-out means 90
Is taken out to the mixing tank 93. At this time, pressurized air is supplied from above into the tank portion 71, so that the undiluted beverage solution 89 is taken out in a squeezed shape.

After the removal, the cylinder device is operated, and as shown by the phantom line in FIG.
By opening and swinging 2, the residue of the raw materials 3 a to 3 n existing on the filter 73 or the like can be removed by an appropriate means, and the residue is collected in the residue 95.

The above-described series of operations are controlled by a general control unit, and each unit is controlled by the control unit 24 and the control panels 48 and 61 under the control of the control unit. Is possible.

In the automatic warehouse 10, the bag 1 containing raw materials is
When performing storage and management of a to 1n, for example, at an appropriate place, for example, the raw material bags 1a to 1n to be re-stocked are added to the management pallet 6 side where the raw material bags 1a to 1n are stacked in a small amount. You may.

In the above embodiment, the moving warehouse type automatic warehouse 10 is shown, but this may be a fixed rack type automatic warehouse. In the above-described embodiment, as the liquid supplied to the extractor 70, hot water 88 having a set range temperature is used, but depending on the type of the raw materials 3a to 3n, other than room temperature water, cooling water, and water. Various liquids are used, such as

In the above embodiment, the bag 1a containing the raw material is used.
Although the paper bag 2 is used as 1 to 1n, a resin bag or the like may be used when the bag opening operation in the bag opening machine 50 is suitably performed. Various types can be adopted as the bag opener 50.

[0063]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to automatically carry out storage, storage, management, and unloading of raw material bags in an automatic warehouse, and to open raw material bags in a bag opening machine. The removal of the raw material by the bag, the extraction of the beverage concentrate in the extractor, and the removal of the beverage concentrate from the extractor can be automatically performed. That is, the process from storage and management of the bag containing the raw materials to removal of the extracted undiluted beverage solution can be automated and streamlined, and the burden on the workers can be reduced, and work errors can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention,
The remaining raw material bags transferred to the bag opening machine can be re-stocked together with the pallets and stored and managed in an automatic warehouse. According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to separate and remove the pressure-feeding air and the like contained in the raw material, and to supply a suitable raw material to the extractor.

Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to extract a stock solution for beverages by mixing hot water at a set range temperature with raw materials.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention, and is a system explanatory diagram of a system for extracting an undiluted beverage solution.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of two forms of a pallet part in the beverage undiluted liquid extraction system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the beverage undiluted solution extraction system.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an automatic warehouse in the beverage undiluted liquid extraction system.

FIG. 5 is a side view of an automatic warehouse in the beverage undiluted liquid extraction system.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a transfer means and a bag opener in the beverage undiluted liquid extraction system.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a transfer means and a bag opener in the beverage undiluted liquid extraction system.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway front view of an extractor portion in the beverage undiluted liquid extraction system.

[Description of Signs] 1a to 1n Bag with raw material 2 Paper bag 3a to 3n Raw material 5 Pallet for transportation 6 Pallet for management (Pallet) 7 ID tag 10 Automatic warehouse 12 Shelf 13 Storage device 14 Entry / exit device 15 Access device 17 Traverser 18 ID Reader / writer 19 Loading / unloading device 20 ID reader / writer 21 ID reader / writer 24 Controller 31 Sorting trolley 32 Recovery trolley 40 Transferring means 44 Lifting device 46 Suction device 48 Transferring means control panel 49 Bag cleaner 50 Opening machine 53 Movable floor plate 54 Lower cut body 56 Upper cut body 61 Bag opener control panel 64 Storage tank 65 Metering device 66 Transport means 69 Separator 70 Extractor 71 Tank unit 73 Filter 80 Actuator 85 Stirrer 86 Sprayer 87 Liquid supply pipe 88 Hot water (liquid ) 89 Undiluted solution for beverage 90 Extraction means 93 Mixing tank

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroaki Morichi Asahi Beverage Co., Ltd. 1-23-1 Azumabashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Hideki Murakami 1-33 Minami Futami, Futami-cho, Akashi-shi, Hyogo Prefecture Beverage Co., Ltd. Akashi Factory (72) Inventor Takuya Gondo 2-3-3 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo Shiba Tokio Marine Building Daifuku Logistics System Division 2

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An automatic warehouse receives and stores and manages a plurality of types of material-containing bags, and based on an outgoing order, unloads the corresponding type of material-containing bags from the automatic warehouse and transports them to a bag opening machine.
This bag-opening machine opens the bag containing the raw materials to take out the raw materials, and supplies a plurality of types of raw materials taken out by the bag-opening machine to the extractor,
An extraction system for an undiluted beverage solution, comprising: supplying a liquid to the extractor; mixing the extractor with the extractor to extract the undiluted beverage solution; and extracting the undiluted beverage solution from the extractor by an extracting unit. 2. An automatic warehouse stores and manages bags containing raw materials on a pallet basis for each type, and the actual pallets discharged from the automatic warehouse are transported to a transfer means. 2. The undiluted beverage extract system according to claim 1, wherein the bags are transferred to a bag opening machine, and an actual pallet or an empty pallet supporting the remaining raw material bags is returned to an automatic warehouse. 3. The system for extracting an undiluted solution for beverages according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of raw materials discharged by the bag opener are supplied to an extractor after being passed through a separator. 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the liquid supplied by the extractor is hot water having a set range temperature.