JP5090959B2 - Tea machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tea dispenser that dispenses beverages.

  Conventionally, a tea dispenser that mainly pours tea and other beverages is attached to the tea dispenser main body containing a tea dispenser that pours beverages into the pouring part and to the front of the tea dispenser main body so as to be openable and closable. The door body is equipped.

  The door body is formed with a spout portion facing the pouring portion of the tea supply device on the lower side, a plurality of selection buttons for selecting beverages on the upper side from this spout, and corresponding to these selection buttons A label for displaying the beverage type is detachably disposed. The door design was fixed for each tea machine model.

In some vending machines, a product sample display section, a selection button, and an outlet are provided on a door body, and an advertisement section for placing a poster is also provided. The advertisement section is provided with a transparent cover that can be opened and closed, and the poster can be exchanged by opening the cover (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-8-171670 (second page, FIG. 1)

  Some vending machines can replace posters in the advertising department, but tea machines are often installed in offices and are smaller and have a smaller door area than vending machines. As a result, there is no advertising department like a vending machine.

  The design of the tea machine was fixed for each tea machine model, so there was a design requirement according to the installation location, but such a design request could not be met.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the tea machine which can change the design of a door body.

The tea machine according to claim 1 is attached to the tea machine main body that houses a tea supply device that pours a beverage into the pouring part, and to the tea machine main body so as to be openable and closable. A door body provided with a spout section facing the pouring section of the apparatus, and an opening provided in a large area above the spout section, and a transparent panel covering the opening of the door body A fixing plate attached to the door body on the back side of the transparent panel, a sheet detachably disposed between the transparent panel and the fixing plate, and attached to the fixing plate, the sheet and the A plurality of selection buttons for beverage selection, which are arranged so as to be operable from the front side of the transparent panel through the transparent panel, and are detachably attached to positions in the vicinity of the selection buttons on the fixed plate, and display the beverage type With a plurality of labels That.

According to the tea dispenser according to claim 1, an opening is provided in a large area on the upper side from the spout part of the door body, and the transparent panel covering the opening is attached to the door body on the back side of the transparent panel. By placing the seat detachably between the fixed plate, the design of most areas on the upper side of the door body can be changed by exchanging the designed seat. The label is placed in the inner area of the design display, so you can expect an unprecedented design effect .

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 3 show a first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the tea machine 11 includes a tea machine body 12 and a door body 13 attached to the front surface of the tea machine body 12 so as to be openable and closable. The tea supply apparatus 14 which pours drinks, such as tea, is accommodated. The tea supply device 14 is mixed by a hot water supply unit for supplying hot water, a cold water supply unit for supplying cold water, a raw material supply unit for storing and supplying raw materials, a mixing unit for mixing hot water or cold water and raw materials, and this mixing unit. It has a dispensing section 15 for dispensing beverages.

  As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the door body 13 is formed with a horizontally long spout portion 18 that opens toward the pouring portion 15 of the tea supply device 14 on the lower side, and is located above the spout portion 18. It is formed in a frame shape in which an opening 19 is formed in most of the region on the side (region more than half of the surface area above the spout portion 18 of the door body 13). On one side of the back side of the door body 13, a hinge 20 for attaching the door body 13 to the tea machine main body 12 is attached.

  A transparent panel 24 such as an acrylic plate is disposed on the back surface of the door body 13 via a packing 23 disposed along the peripheral edge of the opening 19, and a sheet 25 is disposed on the back side of the transparent panel 24. Thus, the fixed plate 26 is disposed, and the packing 23, the transparent panel 24, and the sheet 25 are sandwiched between the door body 13 and the fixed plate 26. In this state, the peripheral edge of the fixing plate 26 is fastened and fixed to the back surface of the door body 13 by a plurality of screws 27.

  The fixed plate 26 includes a plurality of selection button units 30, a plurality of labels 31 for displaying product types, a plurality of label pressers 32 for attaching the labels 31 to the fixed plate 26, and an indicator lamp unit 33 for displaying a power source and a water shutoff state. It is attached. The selection button unit 30 attached to the fixed plate 26 includes a selection button unit 30 for selecting beverages arranged in the vertical direction for hot beverages and cold beverages for each beverage type, and selection for adjusting the beverage strength There is a button unit 30. Each label 31 is arranged near the upper side of the selection button unit 30 for each beverage type.

  The fixing plate 26 has a plurality of mounting holes 34 to which each selection button unit 30 is attached, a label 31 and a plurality of window holes 35 to which a label presser 32 is detachably attached to the edge, and an indicator lamp unit 33. An attachment portion 36 to be attached is formed.

  The selection button unit 30 includes a selection button 30a to be pressed on the front side, and the selection button 30a passes through the hole 25a provided in the sheet 25 and the hole 24a provided in the transparent panel 24 and is transparent. Projecting to the front side of the panel 24, operation from the front side of the transparent panel 24 is possible.

  The label 31 is made of, for example, paper or film, and a character or a pattern for displaying a beverage type is displayed on the front surface. The label presser 32 is detachably attached to the edge of the window hole 35 in a state in which the label 31 disposed facing the window hole 35 is pressed.

  On the back side of the fixed plate 26, electrical wiring of a plurality of selection button units 30 and indicator lamp units 33 is provided.

  Further, a selection button unit 30 for pouring hot water and cold water respectively is attached to the front surface of the door body 13, and these selection button units 30 are also electrically wired together on the back side of the fixed plate 26. Yes.

  Further, a cover 39 is disposed on the back side of the door body 13 so as to cover the fixing plate 26 and the wiring, and the cover 39 is attached to the fixing plate 26 with a decorative screw 40.

  The sheet 25 is made of, for example, paper or film, and has a design such as a pattern or a photograph on the front. This design is applied by large rod printing using a plate, small rod printing by an ink jet printer or the like. The seat 25 is provided with a hole 25a through which each selection button 30a passes corresponding to the position of each selection button 30a, and further, corresponding to the position of each label 31 and the position of the indicator light unit 33, A hole or a transparent part is formed so that each label 31 and the indicator lamp unit 33 can be viewed from the front side.

  The seat 25 can be exchanged by removing the cover 39 and the fixing plate 26 from the door body 13.

  Therefore, the design of the door body 13 can be changed according to the installation location of the tea machine 11 and the season. For example, in the case where a plurality of tea machines 11 are installed in the same building, if the seats 25 having different designs are used, the design variations can be expanded by rotating them.

As the design of the seat 25, for example, a company name, a photograph, a logo of a sports team, etc. may be used, or a sentence for use as a bulletin board may be used.
As described above, the opening 19 is provided in the most region above the spout 18 of the door body 13, and the transparent panel 24 covering the opening 19 and the back side of the transparent panel 24 are attached to the door body 13. By disposing the seat 25 so as to be detachable between the fixing plate 26, the design of the most area on the upper side of the door body 13 can be changed by exchanging the designed seat 25.

  Further, the selection button 30a and the label 31 are arranged in the inner area of the design display, so that an unprecedented design effect can be expected.

Also, shows the related art in FIG. 4, on the rear side of the door 13 may be attached to the display panel 51 to cover the opening 19. As the display panel 51, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, a plasma display panel, an organic EL display panel, or the like is used, and image display or video display is enabled by data input.

  A touch panel 52 is provided on the front side of the display panel 51. Accordingly, the selection button display area for each beverage type is displayed on the display panel 51 and can be selected on the touch panel 52.

  As described above, the opening 19 is provided in the most area above the spout 18 of the door body 13, and the display panel 51 is attached to the door body 13 so as to cover the opening 19. By inputting data, it is possible to freely change the design of the most area on the upper side of the door body 13.

  In addition, by using the touch panel 52, it is possible to select a beverage type in the inner area of the design display, and an unprecedented design effect can be expected.

It is a perspective view of the decomposition | disassembly state of the door body of the tea machine which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view of a door body same as the above. It is a perspective view of a tea machine same as the above. It is a perspective view of the decomposition | disassembly state of the door body of the tea machine which shows a related technique .

11 Tea machine
12 Tea machine body
13 Door
14 Tea supply equipment
15 Extraction section
18 Outlet
19 opening
24 Transparent panel
25 seats
26 Fixed plate
30a select button
31 labels

Claims (1)

A tea machine body for storing a tea supply device for pouring a beverage into the dispensing part;
It is attached to the tea machine body so as to be openable and closable, and a lower part is provided with a spout part facing the pouring part of the tea supply device, and is open to a large area on the upper side from the spout part. A door body provided with a section;
A transparent panel covering the opening of the door body;
A fixing plate attached to the door body on the back side of the transparent panel;
A sheet detachably disposed between the transparent panel and the fixed plate;
A plurality of selection buttons for beverage selection, which are attached to the fixed plate and are arranged to be operable from the front side of the transparent panel through the sheet and the transparent panel;
A tea dispenser comprising: a plurality of labels that are detachably attached to positions in the vicinity of the selection buttons of the fixed plate, and that display beverage types .

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