JPS636906B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a beverage vending machine, and more specifically, to a beverage vending machine that is capable of providing beverages that match the tastes of purchasers to more people with a smaller installation area. This invention relates to a material stocking mechanism for a beverage vending machine that has a material stocker that has been devised.

[Prior Art] As described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 18179-1987, a material stocking mechanism for a beverage vending machine is as follows.
Four material storage cans are arranged at equal intervals, and a mixing device consisting of a funnel-shaped shooter and a mixing ball connected to a boiling water transfer pipe overlapped is arranged in the center of each storage can. A discharge port for delivering the material to the mixing device is projected so as to face the opening of the shooter, and a screwdriver driven by a motor is disposed inside the discharge port and in the storage can on the opposite side of the discharge port. The material supply mechanism equipped with the Yukon conveyor is also similar to that described in Utility Model Application Publication No. 55-16056, in which multiple raw material containers are arranged in series and a screw conveyor is installed between the raw material discharge port and the inside of the container. established,
There is known a configuration in which a motor provided on the opposite side of the discharge port rotates the conveyor and sends the raw material from the discharge port through the shooter and into the mixing bowl.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the configuration of the conventional material storage mechanism described above, since a storage container is provided independently for each material, the number of times the storage container is attached and detached to replenish the material is limited. It is troublesome, there is no flexibility in the arrangement of the mixer balls because the material discharge positions from the container are close to each other, and the container itself is small so it is not possible to store a large amount of one type of material. be.

The purpose of this invention is to allow the lid of the material stocker to be attached and removed only once when replenishing materials, to provide flexibility in the arrangement of mixer balls, and to enable multiple materials to be taken out without mixing together when taking out materials. A material stocking mechanism is provided.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The object of the present invention is to provide a material stocker which has a removable partition plate and has an annular stock space capable of accommodating a plurality of materials individually, and a stock space of this material stocker. A discharge pipe formed outside the stocker and a material feeding mechanism are provided in the stock space, and a driving mechanism is attached to and detached from one end of each material feeding mechanism gathered inside the material stocker of this material feeding mechanism via a bevel gear. By arranging a shutter outside the stocker for each discharge pipe, mixing of materials can be prevented, and a plurality of materials can be refilled by removing one lid of the material stocker. achieved.

[Operation] This material stocking mechanism rotates the driving mechanism provided for each material feeding mechanism individually depending on the material selected, and supplies the material from the material stocking space to the material feeding mechanism through the discharge port through the shutter. When the material is discharged in a fixed quantity and the material is insufficient, the material stocker is lifted and removed from the driving mechanism, and once the material has been refilled into each material space, the material delivery mechanism and the driving mechanism are connected again via bevel gears provided at both ends. By doing so, it is possible to replenish various types of materials by removing one lid of the material stocker.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the material stocking mechanism of the present invention has four partitions between an octagonal inner plate 12 and a circular outer plate 13 of a cylindrical case with an open top. The plate 14 is connected to the both side plates and the bottom plate 15.
Inside the stocker 10, which is attached to the inner plate 12 and the outer plate 13 to form four stock spaces 16, there are four drive shafts 19 each having a screw blade 18 for agitation and delivery attached between the inner plate 12 and the outer plate 13. A material feeding mechanism B is attached radially, a bevel gear 20 is attached to the other end of each shaft, and a driving mechanism C such as four motors 21 arranged on the inner plate 12 part.
The drive shaft 19 meshes with a bevel gear 22 attached to the output shaft of the drive shaft 19, and can rotate a drive shaft 19 perpendicular to the output shaft. A shutter 24 is removably attached to each discharge pipe 23 attached to the outer plate 13. In the figure, reference numeral 25 is a lid of the stocker 10, and an inclined guide plate 15A for sliding the material onto the screw blade 18 is provided on the upper part of the bottom plate 15.

The material stocker mechanism of the present invention is constructed as described above, and when replenishing materials, the stocker 10 is removed from the support member (not shown) motor 21 and shooter 24 that support the vending machine. When the material is removed from the vending machine, the lid body 25 is opened, and the plurality of stock spaces 16, 16 in the stocker 10 are filled with different materials. When the motor 21 is rotated, the discharge pipe 2 is rotated by the rotation of the screw blade 18.
3, the material is fed to the shooter 24.

The powder material from the stocker mechanism 10 is sent to the shooter 2.
4 and into a mixing bowl (not shown), where it is made into a drink by adding hot water (or cold water), in the same manner as in the well-known beverage vending machine shown in FIG.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention employs means for solving the above problems, so that replenishment of multiple types of materials can be performed by removing one lid of the material stocker, thereby reducing the replenishment work. It is easy to use, and since many kinds of materials are individually taken out from one material stocker through their respective shooters, it is possible to take out the individual materials without mixing them together.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a configuration diagram of a conventional beverage vending machine, Figure 2
4 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of the stock mechanism, and FIG. 3 is an external view of the stock mechanism.
The figure is a cross-sectional view of the mechanism, and FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view. 10...Stotsuka, 12...Inner plate, 13...
Outer plate, 14... Partition plate, 15... Bottom plate, 16...
...Stock space, 18...Screw blade, 19...Drive shaft, 20, 22...Bevel gear, 21...Motor, 23...Discharge pipe, 24...Shooter, 25...
... Lid body, B... Material feeding mechanism, C... Driving mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A material stocker 10 having an annular stock space 16 capable of individually accommodating a plurality of types of materials with removable partition plates 14, a discharge pipe 23 formed outside the stocker for each space, and the space. a material feeding mechanism B provided inside the annular stocker; a driving mechanism C coupled individually to one end of each of the material feeding mechanisms assembled inside the annular stocker via bevel gears 20 and 22; A material stocking mechanism for a beverage vending machine, comprising a shooter 24 disposed along the outside of the stocker, and capable of replenishing a plurality of materials by removing one stocker.