JP3296152B2 - Beverage quantitative sales equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fixed quantity beverage sales apparatus for selling a fixed quantity of beverage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional beverage dispensing apparatus, the amount of discharged beverage for each beverage selling button is set as follows. That is, at the time of setting, a predetermined amount of beverage corresponding to each beverage sale button is actually discharged, and the opening time of the beverage discharge valve at that time is measured by a timer and stored in the storage device. When a drink selling button is pressed at the time of sale, the beverage discharge valve opens for the time stored at the time of setting the button, and a predetermined amount of beverage is discharged.

[0003]

However, the conventional beverage dispenser has the following problems. Beverage quantitative sales equipment,
A plurality of beverage sales buttons are provided so as to be able to handle a plurality of types of beverages and discharge amounts. In order to set the beverage discharge amount corresponding to each of the beverage sale buttons, as described above, it was necessary to discharge the beverage for each of the beverage sale buttons and store the discharge time.

[0004] For this reason, when the same amount of beverage is to be discharged to a plurality of beverage sales buttons, it is necessary to perform a discharging operation for each beverage sales button. There was a problem of letting it. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a fixed quantity beverage dispensing device which can easily set a beverage amount when setting the same amount of beverage sold for a plurality of beverage sale buttons.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a beverage selling button for selling beverages, and a setting mode for setting a beverage selling amount corresponding to each beverage selling button. Mode setting button to switch to
Sales amount storage means for storing the sales amount of each beverage as the opening time of the beverage discharge valve, and when the beverage sales button is pressed at the time of selling the beverage, the valve opening time corresponding to the beverage sales button is stored in the sales amount storage. A batch setting mode for switching to a batch setting mode for setting the same amount of sales for a plurality of beverage sales buttons in a beverage dispensing and dispensing apparatus which reads out from the means and opens the beverage discharge valve during the valve opening time. Switching means, copy source designating means for designating a beverage selling button for a copy source beverage, copy destination designating means for designating a beverage selling button for a copy destination beverage, and a beverage designated by the copy destination designating means in the batch setting mode. A system in which sales volume data corresponding to a sales button is rewritten to sales volume data corresponding to a beverage sales button specified by the copy source specifying means. And a control unit.

[0006] Further, a beverage selling button for selling a beverage, a mode setting button for switching to a setting mode for setting a beverage selling amount corresponding to each beverage selling button, and an opening of a beverage discharge valve for distributing the amount of each beverage. Sales amount storage means for storing as a time, when a drink sales button is pressed at the time of beverage sales, a valve opening time corresponding to the beverage sales button is read from the sales amount storage means, and the beverage is stored during the valve opening time. In the beverage dispensing device in which the discharge valve is opened, a batch setting mode switching means for switching to a batch setting mode for setting the same amount of sale for a plurality of beverage sale buttons, and a beverage sale button for a copy source beverage And the sales volume data corresponding to the beverage sales button specified by the copy source specifying means in the batch setting mode. And it constitutes a control unit for rewriting the.

Here, in the above, the batch setting mode switching means may switch to the batch setting mode when detecting that the mode setting button has been continuously operated for a predetermined time or more. The switching function may be used as a single batch setting mode setting button. With this configuration, in the batch setting mode, the control unit converts the sales amount data corresponding to the beverage sales button specified by the copy destination specifying unit into the sales amount data corresponding to the beverage sales button specified by the copy source specifying unit. rewrite. Thereby, when setting to sell the same amount of beverage to a plurality of beverage sale buttons, it is not necessary to perform the setting operation for each beverage sale button. It is useless.

The batch setting mode switching means switches to the batch setting mode when it is detected that the mode setting button has been operated for a predetermined time or more. As a result, the mode setting button can be used as the batch setting mode switching means, and the setting operation is facilitated. Further, the batch setting mode switching means is a batch setting mode setting button. Thus, the setting operation is reliably and easily performed.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (1) Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of Embodiment 1. 1 is a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus, 2 is a ROM for storing a control program, and 3 is an R for storing a predetermined sales amount for the beverage as the opening time of the beverage discharge valves 13 and 14, respectively.
AM and 4 are input / output units for the following devices.

Reference numerals 5 and 7 denote beverage selling buttons respectively corresponding to the beverage. The stop / add buttons 6 and 8 correspond to the drinks, respectively. When the button is pressed during the discharge of the beverage in the setting mode, the discharge of the beverage is stopped. Reference numeral 9 denotes a mode setting button for setting the sales amount corresponding to the beverage sales buttons 5 and 7 and for switching to a setting mode.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a register for registering in the RAM 3 the total time during which the beverage is actually discharged by operating the buttons 5 to 8, that is, the total opening time of the beverage discharge valve 13 or 14 in the setting mode as the sales amount of each beverage. This is a memory button. Reference numerals 11 and 12 are sales relays, which drive beverage discharge valves 13 and 14 via relay contacts X1 and X2, respectively.

The CPU 1 also includes timers T11, T11 for counting the sales time corresponding to the drink sales buttons 5, 7, for measuring the valve opening time (sales amount) stored in the RAM 3.
21 and timers T12 and T22 for counting actual sales time, which measure the actual total opening time of the beverage discharge valves 13 and 14, respectively. The operation of the device configured as described above is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In addition, the flowchart of FIG. 2 shows the operation at the time of setting the normal beverage discharge amount,
The flowchart of FIG. 3 shows the operation of the first embodiment.

First, in step S1, switching to the setting mode is awaited. When the mode setting button 9 is pressed (branch Y), each sales amount for the beverage sales buttons 5, 7, that is, for the beverage discharge valves 13, 14, The mode is switched to the setting mode for setting the opening time, and the process proceeds to step S2. Next, when a beverage selling button, for example, a beverage selling button 5 for a beverage is pressed, the process proceeds to step S3, the timer T11 for counting the selling time starts counting, the beverage discharge valve 13 is opened, and the beverage is started to be sold. The time counting timer T12 starts counting time.

Here, it is assumed that the beverage sales volume initially set for the beverage sales button 5 is 150 ml, and the opening time of the corresponding beverage discharge valve is 5 seconds. Then, step S
In step S4, whether the stop / addition button 6 has been pressed or
At 5, it is determined whether the timer T11 has counted up the valve opening time of 5 seconds. By the time 5 seconds have passed,
For example, when the prescribed amount is sold to the cup by discharging the beverage for 4 seconds, the stop / addition button 6 is pressed at that point, and the process proceeds from step S4 to step S6. In step S6, at the same time as the beverage sales are stopped, the timer T12 stops counting time. Then, in this case, when the storage button 10 is turned on, steps S10 to S10 are performed.
The program proceeds to step S11, and the time data of the timer T12 is stored in the RAM 3 as the sales time (sales amount).

On the other hand, if the prescribed amount is not sold in the cup even if the beverage is discharged for the prescribed sales time of 5 seconds, the timer T11 counts up in step S5, and proceeds from step S5 to step S6. In step S6,
At the same time as beverage sales are stopped, the timer T12 stops counting time. Thereafter, when the stop / addition button 6 is turned on to add the beverage, the process proceeds from step S7 to step S8, and the timer T12 restarts counting the time of the beverage sale. After confirming that the prescribed amount of the beverage has been sold in the cup after one second by this beverage sale, the stop / addition button 6 is turned off, and the process proceeds from step S7 to step S9, where the beverage sale is stopped and the timer is stopped. T12
Also stops. Thereafter, if the storage button 10 is turned on, the process proceeds from step S10 to step S11, and the time data of the timer T12, that is, the total of the time data of 5 seconds from step S6 and the time data of 1 second from steps S7 to S9 is calculated. The time of 6 seconds is stored in the RAM 3 as the beverage sales time.

The above is the steps for setting the normal beverage discharge amount. Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 by taking as an example the case where the sales amount of the beverage set as described above is copied and set as the sales amount of the beverage. First, in step S31 of FIG. 3, when the mode setting button 9 is pressed for a predetermined time, for example, three seconds or more, the mode is switched to the collective setting mode for copy setting of the beverage sales amount, and the process proceeds to step S32.

In step S32, the operation waits for the depression of the drink selling button.
Is pressed (branch Y), the beverage is selected as the copy source beverage, and the process proceeds to step S33. In step S33, the selling time (6 seconds in the above example) corresponding to the pressed beverage selling button 5 is read from the RAM 3, copied to the storage area of the timer T12, and the process proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, the operation waits for the depression of the beverage selling button.
Is pressed (branch Y), the beverage is selected as the copy destination beverage, and the process proceeds to step S35. In step S35, the beverage sales time (6 seconds) copied in the storage area of the timer T12 in the previous step S33 is copied to the storage area of the beverage sales time timer T22, and the process proceeds to step S36.

In step S36, the operation waits for depression of the storage button 10. When the storage button 10 is pressed (branch Y), the process proceeds to step S37, where the timers T12 and T2 are set.
The data (6 seconds) in the storage area No. 2 is copied to the RAM 3 and registered. By the above operation, the sales time of the beverage stored in the RAM 3 becomes the same as the sales time of the beverage (6 seconds in the above example). Therefore, when the beverage selling button 7 corresponding to the beverage is pressed at the time of selling the beverage, the same amount of the beverage as the beverage is sold.

In the above embodiment, the operation when there are two beverage sale buttons has been described, but the same applies to three or more beverage sale buttons. For example, in the above embodiment, in order to add a beverage and make the sales volume of both the beverage and the beverage the same as the beverage, the beverage sales button 7 corresponding to the beverage is pressed in step S34, and the beverage Subsequently, when the user presses the drink selling button (not shown), the drink and the drink are selected as the copy destination drinks. next,
In step S35, the data of the storage area of the beverage timer T12 is stored in the beverage and beverage timers T22 and T32.
(Not shown). Then, when the storage button 10 is pressed in step S36, the data of the timers T12, T22, and T32 are registered in the RAM 3. Therefore, by the above operation, even when the number of the beverage sales buttons is three, the sales volume of the beverage and the beverage is set to the same sales volume as the beverage.

Further, by repeating the above operation, the same setting can be made when there are a plurality of types of beverages to be copied. In the above embodiment, the sales amount (sales time) of the copy source is temporarily copied to the storage area of the timer, and then registered in the RAM 3 when the storage button 10 is pressed. This is because the original data in the RAM 3 is retained until the storage button 10 is pressed, for example, when the copy source beverage pressed in step S32 or the copy destination beverage pressed in step S34 is to be canceled. It is to keep. However, in order to simplify the processing procedure, the sales amount data in the RAM 3 may be directly rewritten when the copy source and copy destination beverage sales buttons are designated. (2) Second Embodiment FIG. 4 is a configuration block diagram showing a second embodiment.

In this configuration, a batch setting mode setting button 15 is added to the configuration of the first embodiment (FIG. 1). That is, when the beverage sales amount data is copied for another beverage, the mode setting button 9
Is detected and switched by pressing for more than 3 seconds.
In the invention 2, switching is performed by pressing the batch setting mode setting button 15. Other configurations are the same as those of the first aspect.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the main operation of the second embodiment. The flowchart of the second embodiment is obtained by replacing step S31 of the flowchart of the first embodiment (FIG. 3) with step S61. That is, as described above, in step S61, the press of the batch setting mode setting button 15 is awaited. Other operations are the same as in the first embodiment.

By the operations of the first and second embodiments described above, the same amount of sales can be made to correspond to a plurality of beverage sales buttons without performing a setting operation for each beverage sales button.

[0025]

According to the present invention, in the batch setting mode, the sales volume data of the designated copy destination is rewritten to the sales volume data of the copy source, so that the same volume of beverage sales is provided to a plurality of beverage sales buttons. When setting the amount, it is not necessary to perform the setting operation for each beverage selling button. For this reason,
The setting operation becomes easy, and the waste of the beverage is reduced.

If the mode setting button is switched to the batch setting mode when it is detected that the mode setting button has been operated for a predetermined time or more, the mode setting button can be used as batch setting mode switching means. Furthermore, if a setting button for the collective setting mode function alone is provided as the collective setting mode switching means, the setting operation is reliable and easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a fixed-quantity beverage sales apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation based on the first embodiment in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of a normal beverage fixed quantity selling device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a fixed-quantity beverage selling apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation based on the second embodiment in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... RAM, 4 ... Input / output part,
5, 7: beverage sales button, 6, 8: stop / add button, 9: mode setting button, 10: storage button, 11,
12: Sales relay, 13, 14: Beverage discharge valve, 15
… Batch setting mode setting button.

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A beverage sales button for selling a beverage, a mode setting button for switching to a setting mode for setting a beverage sales amount corresponding to each beverage sales button, and a beverage discharge valve for opening a beverage discharge valve. Sales amount storage means for storing as a time, when a drink sales button is pressed at the time of beverage sales, a valve opening time corresponding to the beverage sales button is read from the sales amount storage means, and the beverage is stored during the valve opening time. In the beverage dispensing device in which the discharge valve is opened, a batch setting mode switching means for switching to a batch setting mode for setting the same amount of sale for a plurality of beverage sale buttons, and a beverage sale button for a copy source beverage. Source designation means for specifying the beverage, copy destination designation means for specifying the beverage sales button for the destination beverage, and copy destination designation in the batch setting mode And a control unit for rewriting the sales amount data corresponding to the beverage sales button specified by the means to the sales amount data corresponding to the beverage sales button specified by the copy source specifying means. . 2. A beverage sales button for selling a beverage, a mode setting button for switching to a setting mode for setting a beverage sales amount corresponding to each beverage sales button, and opening a beverage discharge valve for each beverage sales volume. Sales amount storage means for storing as a time, when a drink sales button is pressed at the time of beverage sales, a valve opening time corresponding to the beverage sales button is read from the sales amount storage means, and the beverage is stored during the valve opening time. In the beverage dispensing device in which the discharge valve is opened, a batch setting mode switching means for switching to a batch setting mode for setting the same amount of sale for a plurality of beverage sale buttons, and a beverage sale button for a copy source beverage. To the sales volume data corresponding to the beverage sales button specified by the copy source specification means in the batch setting mode. Beverage amount sale device characterized by comprising a control unit for changing come. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the batch setting mode switching means detects that the mode setting button has been operated for a predetermined time or more.
A fixed quantity beverage sales apparatus characterized by switching to a batch setting mode. 4. A fixed quantity beverage selling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the batch setting mode switching means is a batch setting mode setting button.