JPS6077293A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an automatic vending machine that sells beverages such as coffee in cups.

In this type of vending machine selling glazes, for example, when selling coffee in cups, it is common to add sugar and cream as auxiliary ingredients to the coffee liquid obtained by injecting hot water into the main ingredient, coffee. It is. By the way, conventionally, there are devices that use a function switch to adjust the amount of JLR for sugar and cream, but the adjustment is standard and involves simply increasing or decreasing the amount of sugar or cream, and other factors such as coffee ingredients can be adjusted. There is no relation to the type of In particular, for coffee, tea, and other beverages/liquids, there are many customers who prefer 4) or prefer subtle differences in taste. However, with conventional root tools, it was not possible to adjust the taste to suit the taste of the customer.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine that allows subtle differences in taste to be produced through adjustment, and thus can sell beverages under optimal conditions to customers.

That is, in the present invention, a proportionality constant is determined according to the type of main raw material, and this proportionality constant is adjusted to the release operation time of the auxiliary raw material to be mixed with the main raw material. It is a vending machine that determines the amount of auxiliary raw materials released.

Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Figure 1 is an external view, where 1 is an advertising signboard, 2.2... is a selection switch, 3.3... is a phygital display, 8 is a money return lever, 9 is a coin slot, and 10 is a Coin return slot 11 is a beverage sales slot. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the internal storage items, 12, 13, 14 shows the main raw material canister, 12 shows the A coffee raw material canister.
13 is a B coffee raw material canister, and 114 is a C coffee raw material canister. 15 and 16 are auxiliary raw material canisters, 15 is a sugar canister, and 116 is a cream canister. Each of the raw material canisters 12,
Each of 13 and 14 is provided with a raw material discharge motor, and the coffee raw material is supplied to the brewer 18 via the chute 17 by the operation of the raw material discharge motor. Also, the sugar and cream canisters - 15 and 16
A raw material discharge motor is also provided, and sugar and cream are supplied to the mixer 20 via the chute 19 by the operation of this raw material discharge motor. 21 is a hot water tank with a built-in heater, and the moon? As a result of the operation of the pump 22, hot water is poured into the coffee raw material 11 feed section of the puller 18 through the tube 23. The brewer 18 is provided with a roll-shaped <-/# filter, and the coffee raw material liquid is extracted by this paper filter.

Then, this coffee raw material liquid is stored in the stock chamber 24.
It is designed to be temporarily stored.

The coffee raw material liquid stored in the stock chamber 24 is supplied to the mixer 2o all at once at the timing when sugar and cream are supplied to the mixer 20. A cup station 25 is provided below the mixer 20 and above the sales outlet 11, and a cup discharged from a cup holder (not shown) is set therein. Reference numeral 26 denotes a drainage bucket, and the coffee liquid leaking into the outlet 11 is collected in this bucket 26. A drain float 27 is provided in the packet 26, and when the float 27 rises to position 1 where a certain amount of liquid has accumulated, a drain switch 28 is operated to detect the cup state.

A paper filter winding roller 29 winds up the paper filter used by the brewer 18. When another paper filter is wound up by a winding roller 29, coffee grounds are collected into a grounds bucket 3 through a chute 30.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration, and 41 is a CPU
(Central processing unit). The CPU 41 is a ROM
(Read-only memory) 42 is controlled by I L ,
Program data in its ROM 42.

Based on RAM (Runtime Access °Memory)
43 and I10 ports. 45 is the CPt1
41 is a clock oscillator that generates a clock signal that determines the standard of operating speed.

Said I10, j? - A coin mechanism 46 and a digital switch 47 for specifying the address of the number setting memory.
, a valve drive circuit 49 that drives the hot water solenoid valve 48 provided in the hot water tank 21, a motor Lanzoro that drives the raw material discharge motors 50 to 52, the cream discharge motor 53, and the sugar discharge motor 54, and a display section consisting of a digital display 7. A display section drive circuit 61 for driving the cup holder 60, a cup release solenoid 62 for releasing the hold section of the cup holder, etc. are connected to each other.

The RAM 43 is provided with a hot water timer area 63, a coffee timer area 64, a cream timer area 65, a sugar timer area 66, etc. as shown in FIG. The digital switch 47 is connected to the hot water h as shown in FIG.
(Each digital switch 401 for standard fP, setting, hot water volume increase setting, hot water volume decrease setting, /(7,?, 403, A=-hi?
jH Takeshi・Sada, B coffee raw material setting, C coffee raw material setting 7" iso switches 404, 405, 406, sugar standard setting, sugar increase setting, sugar reduction setting each iso switch 407.40B, 409, sugar Each iso switch 41o1411.472.413.414 for scale proportional setting, temperature range proportional setting, A coffee raw material proportional setting, B coffee raw material proportional setting, C coffee raw material proportional setting, cream standard setting, cream increase setting, cream decrease setting Each isoswitch 415.416.4] 7, Digiswitch 418.419.420.421 for cream scale proportional setting, hot water reduction proportional setting, A coffee raw material proportional setting, B coffee raw material proportional setting, C coffee raw material proportional setting
．． 422.

Next, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the memory contents of the ROM 42, including 22 Y addresses corresponding to 22 isoswitches 401 to 422, and 10 X addresses obtained by switching each digital switch. It has an operation time setting memory 71 and a proportionality constant setting memory 72 which can be selectively specified and outputted by the following. In other words, memory 71.
72 X address ld Sokiya r iji switch 40
The setting of θ~9 of 1~422 is designated as L, and the Y address is the previous self switch 401~
403 is Y address 14-16, γ inno switch 40
4 to 422 correspond to Y addresses 00 to 13, respectively,
It forms a memory area.

Next, program control in the vending machine configured as described above will be explained according to the flowchart of FIG. 7. First, when the power is turned on and the machine is in a standby state, the on-sale lamp 4 is turned on to display the on-sale status.
And it waits for the input of a coin signal from the coin mechanism 46. When the coin signal is input, the system waits for the input of the function signal from the function switch 3 and the input of the selection signal from the selection switch 2. If a function signal is input, it is stored in the RAM 43. Furthermore, if selection 1B has human power, it will control the coin mechanism 46, output a process light indication signal, and perform sequential control using the ROM 42. That is, the coin mechanism 46 is caused to perform a change return process, etc., and the process display run f is displayed while preparation is in progress.
5 displays the sales processing process and performs control based on the program in ROM 42. In sequential control, first, it is determined whether the sugar content is standard, increased, or decreased. If the sugar is standard, that is, if only the °° selection switch 2# is operated, the sugar standard setting digital switch 401 transfers data specifying the X address and the X address of the operation time setting memory 7 to the RAM 43. Store in. For example, if the digital switch 407 is set to "4", this switch 40
Since 7 corresponds to the X address "03", the designation data of the X address "04" and the X address "03" are stored. In addition, in the case of increasing the amount, it is determined that the sugar level has been selected with the function switch 3, and the sugar increase setting digital switch 408 is used to specify the The data is stored in the RAM 43. Similarly, when losing weight,
The operation time setting memory 71's X address "04" and Y7 address "05" are set by the sugar reduction setting digital switch 409.
” is stored in the RAM 43.

Next, it is determined whether the coffee raw material is A, B, or C. For A coffee, the X address “θ4” and the
For B coffee, the data specifying the X address "θ4" and the
If it is C coffee, it is stored in X address [04],
The designation of the address "OB" is stored in the RAM 43. At the end of this sugar state determination, the RAM 4
Each X address stored in 3, the operating time data and proportional constant data corresponding to the specified address of the
The operating time setting memory 71 and the proportional constant setting memory 72 of M42 are read out, multiplication is performed, the final operating time of the sugar discharge motor 68 is determined, and the result is stored in the RAM 4.
Store in 3.

When this sugar state determination process is completed, it is then determined whether the cream is standard, increased, or reduced.

If cream is the standard and tl is the operation of only the selection switch, the cream standard setting digital switch 415 specifies the X address of the operating time setting memory 71 and the
Store in. For example, if the digital switch 415 is set to "4", this switch 415 is set to "OC" of the X address.
Therefore, the specified data of the X address "04" and the X address "OC" are stored. - If the amount is increased, it is determined that cream amount increase has been selected with the function switch 3, and the cream amount increase setting digital switch 416 sets the X address "θ4" of the operation time setting memory 63;
Data specifying Y address rODJ is stored in RAM 43. Similarly, when reducing the amount of cream, data specifying the X address "o4" and the X address "OE" of the operation time setting memory 63 are stored in the RAM 43 by the cream reduction setting digital switch 417.

Next, it is determined whether the coffee raw material is ASB or C. If it is A coffee, the X address "04" and the
For B coffee, X in the proportional constant setting memory 72 is stored in the RAM 43 using the B coffee raw material proportional setting digital switch 421 for cream.
The data specifying address "04" and Specified data of X address "13" is stored in RAM
43. Then, at the end of this cream state determination, each X address stored in the RAM 43 and the corresponding operating time data and proportional constant data by the specified address of the X address are stored in the operating time setting memo IJ7 of the ROM 42.
1 and proportional constant setting memory 72 and performs a multiplication operation to obtain the final value f at the time of operation of the ream release motor 62.
RJ and store the result in RAM 43.

According to the operating times of the sugar discharge motor 68 and the cream discharge motor controller determined in this way, desired amounts of sugar and cream are supplied from the sugar canister 15 and the cream canister 16 to the mixer 2θ via the chute 19 through subsequent sequential processing. That will happen.

In this sequential process, coffee raw materials are discharged from the coffee raw material canister and hot water is discharged from the hot water tank 2. Temporarily, during preparation, the process display lamp 5 stops displaying the sales processing progress.

In this way, the amount of sugar and the amount of cream to be mixed into the coffee raw material liquid extracted from the brewer 18 are determined depending on the type of coffee raw material and the amount of hot water.
' Note that the above example describes a coffee beverage liquid, but
The same applies to beverages other than coffee.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, an operating time setting memory and a proportional constant setting memory are provided in the ROM, and the X addresses of these memories are made to correspond one-to-one with each insulator switch, and the Since the X address is specified by a value between ``0'' and ``9'', the proportional constant can be read out by specifying 71°res with the digital switch depending on the type of wood used as the main raw material, and the standard operating time can be calculated. By combining them, the content of ij, which is an auxiliary raw material for glazes, can be adjusted. Therefore, it is possible to provide a vending machine that allows a customer to bring out subtle flavors by changing the amount of auxiliary raw materials to be mixed with the main raw material liquid according to his or her preference.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 7 are shown to explain an embodiment of the vending machine according to the present invention, and Figure 1 is an external view of the vending machine, and Figure 2 is an internal storage diagram of the vending machine. Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the vending machine, Figure 4 is a configuration diagram of the RAM shown in Figure 3, Figure 5 is an example layout of a 7''4 switch, Figure 6 indicates a memory map of time setting memory and proportional constant memory in ROM 2...Selection switch, 3...Function switch, 12-14...Main raw material canister-115, 16-
...Auxiliary feed canister-118...Brewer, 2
0... Mixer, 21... Hot water tank, 22... Pump, 23... Pipe, 24... Stock chamber, 25... Cup station, 26... Drainage pack, 27... Drain float, 28... Drain switch, 29... Winding #) p-ra, 30... Chute,
3...Cast bucket, 41...CPU (central processing unit), 42...ROM, 4B...RAM, 4
4... Bow 10 boats, 45... Clock oscillator, 46
... Coin mechanism, 47... Digiswitch, 48.
... Hot water magnetic valve, 49... Valve drive circuit, 50-52.
... Raw material discharge motor, 53... Cream discharge motor,
54... Sugar release motor, 55-59... Motor drive circuit, 63... Hot water timer area, 64... Coffee timer area, 65... Cream timer area, 6
6... Sugar timer area, 7... Operation time setting memory, 72... Proportionality constant setting memo IJ, 401-4
22... Digiswitch @ Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] Multiple selection switches for inserting money into the coin mechanism and selecting the quality of the beverage liquid to be sold, and multiple function switches for selecting the increase or decrease of auxiliary raw materials to be mixed with the main raw material liquid according to your preference. In response, hot water is poured from the hot water tank onto the main material discharged from a selected one of the main material canisters to create a main material solution, and the main material liquid is then poured into a plurality of auxiliary material canisters. A vending machine that sells beverage liquid by mixing auxiliary raw materials discharged from a selected one of said raw material canisters and said auxiliary raw material canisters; An operation time setting memory in which a plurality of addresses are set for the operation time of the discharge means for each raw material in a memory area determined according to the type of main raw material and each of the function switches, and the type of the raw material is selected. A proportional constant setting memory set corresponding to each operation time of the memory area set respectively in the setting memory area of the previous time, and corresponding to each memory area of the operation time setting memory and each memory area of the proportional constant setting memory. A plurality of f'4 switches for specifying the address of the corresponding memory area, a selection switch for selecting the type of main raw material, and f,1 switches corresponding to the selection operation of the f- and U-function switches. a calculation means that specifies the address of the corresponding memory area of the proportional constant setting memory and the operating time setting memory, reads out the proportional constant data and the operating time of 7Q Miyakoshuharasha, and performs a multiplication operation; A vending machine characterized by comprising: control means for controlling the operation of a corresponding auxiliary raw material discharge means based on the calculated value obtained by the calculation means.