JP2008187979A - Drink producing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drink producing apparatus shortening a time required for offering drink while suppressing undissolved material in the case of using powder for a drink raw material, and retaining quality, especially hardness. <P>SOLUTION: This drink producing apparatus 1 has a drink raw material supply part 3, a shaved ice supply part 4, a stirring part 5, and a control part 8 which controls the parts. The control part comprises performing a drink raw material supply process of supplying the powder of a drink raw material and hot water to a sale container 9 by the drink raw material supply part followed by stirring the powder of the drink raw material and hot water in the sale container by the stirring part, performing a powder melting process of supplying water to the sale container by a water supply part 47, and performing a shaved ice supply process of supplying shaved ice to the sale container by the shaved ice supply part followed by performing a drink stirring process of stirring a received material received in the sale container by the stirring part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage production apparatus that produces beverages such as soft drinks and alcoholic beverages in a container.

  As a conventional beverage production apparatus, syrup and ice are mixed in a tank to produce a sherbet-like beverage (in the following description, a soft drink containing ice and a beverage including a frozen beverage such as alcoholic beverages and shaved ice). A beverage production apparatus is known (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). Such a beverage is called a frozen beverage.

  The beverage production apparatus includes a cylindrical cooling cylinder in a tank to which syrup, water, carbon dioxide, etc. are supplied, and ice making is performed in the cooling cylinder while mixing dilution water and syrup in the tank, followed by stirring. By stirring with a blade, a sherbet-like frozen beverage having a predetermined hardness is produced.

  However, since the beverage production apparatus is for producing a predetermined frozen beverage by mixing syrup and dilution water in a tank, in order to produce a frozen beverage with a different syrup, the syrup in the tank, etc. There is a problem that it must be discarded once, and it is difficult to change the type of frozen beverage according to taste.

  Therefore, a beverage production apparatus for producing a sherbet-like frozen beverage with a predetermined hardness has been developed by putting ice scraps into a container containing syrup and stirring them (see, for example, Patent Document 2). The beverage manufacturing apparatus throws ice into the ice slicing unit, operates a propeller provided in the ice slicing unit, scrapes the ice with the ice slicing blade, and places the ice slicing into a container conveyed below the ice slicing unit. It is set as the structure which discharges.

Thereafter, the container containing the syrup and the ice slicing is transported to the stirring unit, and the syrup and the ice slicing in the container are mixed in the stirring unit to produce a sherbet-like frozen beverage with a predetermined hardness. The
JP 2000-163651 A JP 2004-298016 A

  However, in the beverage production apparatus as shown in Document 2 described above, a syrup that is a saccharide liquid is used as a beverage ingredient, and the syrup is stored separately from the apparatus at room temperature or the like. Particularly in summer, there is a problem that the temperature of the syrup increases and it is easily damaged. In addition, the temperature of the syrup influences the quality of the finished beverage at the time of mixing with ice shaving. For this reason, the syrup is considered to be stored in a refrigerator or the like separately installed. However, in this case, the syrup has to be taken out of the refrigerator every time the beverage is manufactured, and there is a problem that the operation becomes complicated.

  Therefore, it is conceivable to use a powder material that is easy to store instead of a sugar liquid as a beverage material. In this case, the powder raw material is dissolved in water or the like to form a liquid raw material (syrup) and then mixed with the shaved ice. However, when the powder raw material is simply dissolved with water, the time required for dissolution becomes longer, and there is a problem that the time required from the selection of the beverage to the provision of the beverage becomes longer.

  Moreover, even when the powder raw material is dissolved over time, if the powder becomes a lump and remains undissolved, icing is supplied and even after stirring, the lump is not eliminated and the finished beverage A lump of powder will be mixed in, resulting in uneven taste of the beverage. Therefore, the provided quality cannot be maintained.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the conventional technical problems, and even when powder is used as a beverage ingredient, it reduces the time required to provide a beverage while suppressing undissolved residue. And a beverage production apparatus capable of maintaining quality, particularly hardness.

  The beverage production apparatus of the present invention includes a beverage raw material supply unit that supplies beverage raw materials to a sales container, an ice cutting supply unit that supplies ice chips formed by shaving ice with a predetermined roughness to a sales container, and sales. The beverage ingredient supply part is provided with a stirring ingredient for mixing the received substance received in the container, a beverage ingredient supply part, an ice-cutting supply part, and a control part for controlling the agitation part. The raw material powder supply unit for supplying the water to the sales container and the hot water supply unit for supplying hot water for dissolving the beverage raw material powder, and the stirring unit has a water supply unit for supplying water into the sales container. The control unit performs the beverage raw material supply step of supplying the beverage raw material powder and hot water to the sales container by the beverage raw material supply unit, and then stirs the beverage raw material powder and hot water in the sales container by the stirring unit, and , Powder dissolution process to supply water to the sales container by the water supply unit And then, after executing the ice cutting supply step of supplying the ice to the sales container by the ice cutting supply unit, the beverage agitation step of stirring the receptor received inside the sales container by the stirring unit is executed. It is characterized by.

  A beverage production apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a beverage raw material supply unit that supplies beverage raw materials to a sales container, and an ice cutting supply unit that supplies ice chips formed by shaving ice with a predetermined roughness to the sales containers. And a stirring unit that mixes the receptive material received in the inside of the sales container, a beverage raw material supply unit, an ice cutting supply unit, and a control unit that controls the stirring unit. A raw material powder supply unit for supplying the raw material powder to the sales container, and a hot water supply unit for supplying hot water for dissolving the beverage raw material powder. After the beverage raw material supply process for supplying hot water to the sales container is performed, the powder melting process for stirring the beverage raw material powder and hot water in the sales container is performed by the stirring unit, and then the ice cutting is performed by the ice cutting supply unit. After executing the ice cutting supply process to supply to the sales container, For beverage ingredient cooling, a beverage agitation process is performed to agitate the receptive material received in the sales container, and a smaller amount of icing is supplied to the sales container by the icing supply part during the powder melting process. It is characterized by executing an ice-cutting process.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the beverage production apparatus according to any one of the above-mentioned inventions, wherein the agitator is rotated by entering the sales container and crushing the received material received in the sales container, and rotationally driving the cutter. And a control unit that controls a rotation speed of the motor in the powder melting step to be lower than a rotation speed in the ice cutting supply step.

  According to the beverage production apparatus of the present invention, a beverage raw material supply unit that supplies beverage raw materials to the sales containers, and an ice cutting supply unit that supplies ice scraps formed by shaving ice with a predetermined roughness to the sales containers, And a mixing unit for mixing the receiving material received in the inside of the sales container, a beverage raw material supply unit, an ice cutting supply unit, and a control unit for controlling the stirring unit. A water supply unit that supplies a raw material powder to the sales container and a hot water supply unit that supplies hot water for dissolving the beverage raw material powder, and the stirring unit supplies water to the sales container The control unit performs the beverage raw material supply step of supplying the beverage raw material powder and hot water to the sales container by the beverage raw material supply unit, and then stirs the beverage raw material powder and hot water in the sales container by the stirring unit. In addition, a powder solution for supplying water to the sales container by the water supply unit. Execute the process, and then execute the icing supply process to supply the icing to the sales container by the icing supply part, and then execute the beverage agitation process to agitate the received substance inside the sales container by the agitation part By doing so, it becomes possible to dissolve the powder of the beverage raw material with hot water. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the disadvantage that the quality of the finished beverage is deteriorated due to undissolved powder, and the time required for dissolving the powder can be shortened.

  Also, after the beverage raw material powder is dissolved by supplying hot water and further stirring by the stirring unit, the temperature of the water (beverage raw material) in which the powder of the beverage raw material is dissolved is further increased by supplying water by the water supply unit. It becomes possible to bring the temperature close to the ice temperature, and it is possible to avoid the disadvantage that the ice cutting supplied in the ice cutting supply process in the subsequent stage is melted more than necessary.

  As a result, even if powder is used as a beverage ingredient, it is possible to ensure the quality of the finished beverage, in particular the predetermined hardness, without causing the powder to melt, and to maintain the quality. Become.

  According to the beverage manufacturing apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, the beverage raw material supply unit that supplies the beverage raw material to the sales container and the ice slicing that supplies the ice slicing formed by shaving the ice with a predetermined roughness to the sales container The beverage raw material supply unit includes a supply unit, a stirring unit that mixes the received substance received in the sales container, a beverage raw material supply unit, an ice-cutting supply unit, and a control unit that controls the stirring unit. , A raw material powder supply unit for supplying beverage raw material powder to a sales container, and a hot water supply unit for supplying hot water for dissolving the beverage raw material powder. After the beverage raw material supply process for supplying powder and hot water to the sales container is performed, the powder melting process for stirring the powder and hot water of the beverage raw material in the sales container is performed by the stirring unit, and then the ice cutting supply unit Stir after performing the ice cutting supply process to supply ice to the sales container The beverage ingredients are cooled by supplying a smaller amount of icing to the sales container by the ice smashing supply unit during the powder melting process than the icing supply process during the powder melting process. By executing the slicing ice supply step, the beverage raw material powder can be dissolved by hot water. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the disadvantage that the quality of the finished beverage is deteriorated due to undissolved powder, and the time required for dissolving the powder can be shortened.

  In addition, after the beverage raw material powder is dissolved by supplying hot water, and further by stirring by the stirring unit, the powder of the beverage raw material is dissolved by supplying a smaller amount of icing than by the ice slicing supply unit. In addition, it is possible to bring the temperature of the water (beverage material) closer to the ice temperature, and it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the ice cutting supplied in the subsequent ice cutting supply step is melted more than necessary.

  As a result, even if powder is used as a beverage ingredient, it is possible to ensure the quality of the finished beverage, in particular the predetermined hardness, without causing the powder to melt, and to maintain the quality. Become.

  According to the invention of claim 3, in each of the above-mentioned inventions, the agitator is rotated by entering the sales container and rotating the cutter received in the sales container, and rotating the cutter. And a control unit that controls the rotation speed of the motor in the powder melting step to be lower than the rotation speed in the ice-cutting supply step, so that the beverage raw material powder (syrup) produced by melting the beverage raw material powder However, it is possible to prevent splashing around the upper inner wall of the sales container and the lid for sealing the sales container.

  This makes it possible to avoid the disadvantage that the beverage ingredients are reduced and the quality of the finished beverage is not uniform. In addition, it is possible to avoid the disadvantage that the upper part of the sales container becomes dirty and the appearance looks bad.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a beverage production apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention with the front door removed. FIG. 2 is a diagram of the beverage production apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 with the front door, side panel, and top panel removed. 3 is a side view of the beverage production apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 as viewed from the right side, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the beverage production apparatus 1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an AA view of the beverage production apparatus 1 of FIG. Sectional drawing and FIG. 6 have each shown BB sectional drawing of the drink manufacturing apparatus 1 of FIG.

  The beverage production apparatus 1 in the present embodiment is, for example, a syrup that is a liquid material installed in a restaurant or the like, or a syrup produced by dissolving a powdered beverage material with hot water or water and ice and stirring them. A sherbet-like beverage having a predetermined hardness is provided.

  In the housing part 2 constituting the main body of the beverage production apparatus 1, the beverage raw material supply part 3, the ice-cutting supply part 4, the stirring part 5, the container moving part 6, the washing part 7, and each of these devices And a drip tray 37 that receives water dripping from the ice cutting supply unit 4 and the cleaning unit 7 and liquid such as beverage spilled from the sales container 9. In the present embodiment, the housing unit 2 further includes an ice making unit 10 for automatically supplying ice to the ice cutting supply unit 4, and a beverage raw material powder supplied to the sales container 9 in the beverage raw material supply unit 3 ( Hereinafter, a hot water tank 11 for supplying hot water for dissolving the raw material powder) and further supplying hot water for cleaning in the cleaning section 7 is provided.

  The casing 2 is configured by surrounding the front and rear surfaces, both side surfaces, and the top surface with a front door, a back panel, a side panel, and a top panel, respectively. A sales container delivery port is formed to allow the sales container 9 to be delivered to the beverage ingredient supply position S of the tray portion 55. In addition, in each figure, in order to show arrangement | positioning, a structure, etc. of each apparatus in the housing | casing part 2, exterior panels, such as each front door, a back panel, a side panel, and a top panel, are abbreviate | omitting illustration.

  The sales container 9 is a container having an opening on at least the upper surface, and in this embodiment, a glass cup formed in a predetermined size is used in consideration of the appearance of the finished beverage. The sales container 9 is not limited to glass, but may be made of resin or paper.

  In the present embodiment, a beverage ingredient supply unit 3 is disposed on the front side of the casing unit 2, on the left side in FIG. In the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, raw material powder, hot water or / and water for dissolving the raw material powder, and ice are used as beverage raw materials. The said beverage raw material supply part 3 supplies the predetermined amount raw material powder and hot water to the sales container 9 among the said beverage raw materials. Below this beverage raw material supply part 3, it is set as the beverage raw material supply position S in which the sales container 9 is mounted so that details may be mentioned later.

  And the control panel 50 is arrange | positioned by the side of this drink raw material supply part 3 facing the front surface of the housing | casing part 2. As shown in FIG. The control panel 50 is provided with a plurality of operation buttons 51, a display 52 of a liquid crystal display, a power switch 53 for turning on / off the entire apparatus, and the like.

  In FIG. 1 in the present embodiment, an ice making unit 10 is disposed at the rear part on the left side of the housing unit 2. The ice making unit 10 is an auger type ice making unit that generates ice as a beverage ingredient, and the generated ice is once stored in the ice storage unit 32 and then according to the output from the control unit 8. It is sent to the ice-cutting supply unit 4 at the subsequent stage.

  Between the ice making unit 10 of the housing unit 2 and the beverage ingredient supply unit 3, an ice cutting supply unit 4, a stirring unit 5 and a hot water tank 11 are arranged. The ice cutting supply unit 4 forms ice cutting by cutting the ice generated by the ice making unit 10 with a predetermined roughness, and is provided in the vicinity of the ice making unit 10. Below this ice-cutting supply part 4, it is set as the ice-cutting supply position U of the sales container 9, as will be described in detail later.

  And the stirring part 5 is provided between this ice-cutting supply part 4 and the drink raw material supply part 3. FIG. The agitation unit 5 mixes and agitates the acceptor received in the sales container 9, that is, the raw material powder used as the raw material of the beverage, hot water and / or water for dissolving the raw material powder, The raw powder, syrup produced by hot water, etc. and ground ice are pulverized, mixed and stirred. The lower part of the stirring unit 5 is a stirring position T of the sales container 9 as will be described in detail later.

  As described above, the beverage ingredient supply unit 3, the ice-cutting supply unit 4 and the agitation unit 5 are provided at the front part of the casing unit 2, and a tray unit 55 is provided at the lower part of each device. A container moving unit 6 is provided. Here, the tray part 55 is provided on the upper part of the drip tray 37, and arrange | positions the sales container 9 so that a movement is possible. The container moving unit 6 is provided in the tray unit 55 and is mounted in the tray unit 55 by moving the sales container receiving table 56 on which the sales container 9 is mounted and the sales container receiving table 56 in the horizontal direction. The beverage raw material supply position S, the stirring position T, the horizontal moving part 57 that can move to the ice cutting supply position U, and the vertical moving part 58 that moves the sales container cradle 56 in the vertical direction at the stirring position T are provided. . The detailed configuration of the container moving unit 6 will be described later.

  The drip tray 37 is configured such that the waste liquid can be discharged through a waste liquid pipe (not shown).

  Here, the beverage raw material supply position S, the stirring position T, and the ice cutting supply position U in the present embodiment are set on a straight flow line in the tray portion 55 of the container moving unit 6, and the stirring position. T is set between the beverage ingredient supply position S and the ice cutting supply position U. The beverage ingredient supply position S is set at the front portion of the tray portion 55. Thereby, as described above, the sales container 9 can be placed and taken out at the beverage raw material supply position S from the sales container outlet formed at the lower part of the front door constituting the front surface of the housing portion 2. Therefore, in the beverage raw material supply position S, the container preparation position where the sales container 9 is prepared in the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 by the operator and the sales container 9 that receives the beverage manufactured by the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 are taken out by the operator. It will be combined with the beverage provision position.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the stirring position T and the ice cutting supply position U are set on the flow line that runs obliquely rearward with respect to the front surface of the housing unit 2 from the beverage raw material supply position S. In the present embodiment, since the beverage ingredient supply position S is set on the left side of the front part of the housing part in FIG. 1, the ice cutting supply position U is obliquely rearward from the front surface of the housing part 2, that is, The stirring position T is set between the straight line connecting the beverage raw material supply position S and the ice-cutting supply position U, which is set on the right side in FIG. And the drink raw material supply part 3, the stirring part 5, and the ice-cutting supply part 4 are arrange | positioned in the housing | casing part 2 corresponding to each upper direction of each position S, T, U.

  The said washing | cleaning part 7 wash | cleans the cutter 41 and the lid | cover 42 as a stirring member which comprises the stirring part 6, In this Example, the said flow line used as a dead space opposes by setting it as the said arrangement | positioning. It is arranged at the front corner of the housing 2, in FIG. 1, at the front right corner. The cleaning unit 7 has the cleaning hot water supply nozzle 20 (cleaning water supply unit) for supplying cleaning hot water as cleaning water when the stirring unit 5 is cleaned, and the cutter 41 and the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5 on the lower side during cleaning. And a cover driving section 49 for driving the cleaning cover 48 to a closed state covering the cutter 41 and the lid 42 and an open state spaced apart from the closed state. Therefore, the cleaning unit 7 is configured to advance / retreat from the corner portion to the stirring unit 5 by driving the cover driving unit 49.

  And the said hot water tank 11 is the position which is not interfered with arrangement | positioning of the said drink raw material supply part 3, the stirring part 5, and the ice-cutting supply part 4, and is the back of the drink raw material supply part 3 in a present Example, Comprising: Placed in front of.

  This hot water tank 11 is a tank capable of storing a predetermined volume of drinking water, and has a heater 49H (only shown in FIG. 36) and a temperature for heating and holding the stored drinking water at a predetermined temperature, for example, + 80 ° C. A sensor 49T (also shown only in FIG. 36) is provided. And the drinking water, such as a tap water, is supplied to the hot water tank 11 from the exterior through the water supply piping 22 in which the water supply electromagnetic valve 21 shown by FIG. 6 is interposed. The hot water tank 11 is connected with a hot water supply pipe 16 provided with a melting hot water supply electromagnetic valve 15 and a hot water supply pipe 18 provided with a cleaning hot water supply electromagnetic valve 17. And the hot water supply nozzle 19 which comprises the drink raw material supply part 3 is connected to the other end of one hot water supply piping 16, and the said washing | cleaning part 7 is comprised in the other end of the other hot water supply piping 18. A hot water supply nozzle 20 for cleaning is connected.

  Next, a detailed configuration of each device arranged in the housing unit 2 will be described.

  First, the configuration of the beverage ingredient supply unit 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the canister 13, FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view of the beverage ingredient supply unit 4 with the canister 13 removed, and FIG. 9 is a longitudinal side view of FIG.

  The beverage raw material supply unit 3 fills and stores a raw material powder as a beverage raw material, and the raw material powder provided corresponding to the canister 13 and discharged from the canister 13 is a beverage raw material supply position S. A raw material powder supply unit composed of a raw material chute 14 for appropriately guiding to the sales container 9 arranged in the container, and a melting hot water supply nozzle for supplying hot water for powder dissolution from the hot water tank 11 to the sales container 9 19 (dissolution water supply unit).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the canister 13 constituting the powder supply unit includes a powder filling port 13A that opens upward and a discharge port 13B that is formed on the lower side surface. The lid 13 </ b> C as shown in FIG. In the vicinity of the bottom surface of the canister 13, a raw material discharge unit is configured from the back to the discharge port 13 </ b> B (in this embodiment, since the discharge port 13 </ b> B is formed at the lower front surface of the canister 13, before and after the canister 13). The powder discharge mechanism 24 is extended. The raw material discharge unit includes a powder discharge mechanism 24 provided in the canister 13 and a canister motor 13M provided outside the canister 13 and rotating the powder discharge mechanism 24. The powder discharging mechanism 24 is provided with a rotating blade 24B spirally around the rotating shaft 24A, and the front end of the rotating shaft 24A is disposed facing the discharge port 13B. Accordingly, when the canister motor 13M is driven, the powder discharge mechanism 24 is driven to rotate about the rotation shaft 24A, and the raw material powder filled between the rotary blades 24B is sequentially sent to the discharge port 13B. The canister motor 13M is assumed to be driven and controlled by the control unit 8 described later in detail.

  The raw material chute 14 has an opening to which the discharge port 13B of the canister 13 is connected at the upper end, and is formed as a discharge port 14A having an open lower end, and has a tapered shape as it goes from the upper end to the lower end. And below the discharge port 14A of this raw material chute | shoot 14 is made into the drink raw material supply position S in which the sales container 9 is mounted.

  Here, the canister 13 is attached to the front portion of the housing 2 via an attachment member 60 having a substantially L-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. The front end portion of the mounting member 60 is formed with an engagement portion 61 having a substantially U-shaped cross section that is open upward from side to side. The material chute 14 is engaged with the front surface of the engagement portion 61. A suspension member 62 for stopping is attached. The suspension member 62 has a suspension lower surface 62 </ b> A that is bent forward so that the lower end forms a predetermined acute angle with respect to the attachment surface with the engaging portion 61.

  On the other hand, the raw material chute 14 is formed such that the upper end of the rear wall extends rearward, and the extended surface is a locking surface 14B formed to be inclined downward at a predetermined angle. . Thereby, the raw material chute 14 is attached by locking the locking surface 14 </ b> B to the hanging lower surface 62 </ b> A of the hanging member 62. In this state, the lower end of the raw material chute 14 is movable within a predetermined angle range.

  That is, in the state where the raw material chute 14 is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal surface of the mounting member 60 (the mounting surface of the canister 13), the sale in which the discharge port 14A of the raw material chute 14 is mounted at the beverage raw material supply position S. When the raw material charging position X for guiding the raw material powder from the canister 13 to the container 9 is reached and the discharge port 14A of the raw material chute 14 is retracted backward from the raw material charging position X, the discharge port 14A is in the beverage raw material supply position S. The standby position Y is saved from above the sales container 9 placed on the vehicle.

  Here, a powder receiving member 64 is attached around the discharge port 14 </ b> A of the raw material chute 14 so as to be positioned on the front surface of the housing 2. When the raw material chute 14 is set to the standby position Y, the powder receiving member 64 is positioned below the discharge port 14A of the raw material chute 14 and adheres to the inner wall of the raw material chute 14 from the discharge port 14A. It is a member which receives the raw material powder which falls by. A chute guide member 65 for smoothly guiding the discharge port 14A of the raw material chute 14 to the sales container 9 at the beverage raw material supply position S is provided on the front surface of the powder receiving member 64. The chute guide member 65 is fixed to the powder receiving member 64, and the powder receiving member 64 is detachably attached to the housing portion 2. Therefore, the raw material powder received in the powder receiving member 64 can be discarded by removing the powder receiving member 64.

  The raw material chute 14 is placed on the front surface of the housing 2 corresponding to the rear surface of the raw material chute 14 (in this embodiment, the rear surface may be other than this position), or the raw material charging position X or In addition, a chute drive unit 63 that drives and controls the standby position Y is provided. In the present embodiment, the chute drive unit 63 includes a solenoid 63A that is energized and controlled by the control unit 8, and an operation piece 63B that is driven by the solenoid 63A. The operation piece 63B is configured to push the raw material chute 14 forward by the action of the solenoid 63A and support it at the raw material charging position X, and to retract the raw material chute 14 backward due to its own weight. The drive is controlled to the standby position Y. In the present embodiment, the chute drive unit 63 is attached to the front surface of the housing unit 2, but in addition to this, for example, the chute drive unit 63 is attached to the attachment member 60 so as to be in a position corresponding to the back surface of the raw material chute 14. It may be done.

  In particular, in this embodiment, since the beverages that can be provided by the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 are two types, two types of raw material powders that are beverage materials are held. Therefore, two canisters 13 are arranged side by side on the left and right, each is filled with raw material powder, and raw material chutes 14 and 14 corresponding to each canister 13 are provided. The outlet 14A of each raw material chute 14 shall be provided in the position close | similar so that raw material powder can be supplied in the sales container 9 mounted in the same drink raw material supply position S. Further, it is assumed that a chute driving unit 63 is provided corresponding to each raw material chute 14 to drive and control the raw material chute 14 independently at the raw material charging position X and the standby position Y.

  Next, the configuration of the ice making unit 10 and the ice cutting supply unit 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. The ice making unit 10 includes a cooler (not shown) for generating ice from the ice making water. The compressor 26, the condenser 27, the expansion valve 160, and the dehydrator 161, which form a refrigeration cycle together with the cooler, are used as refrigerant pipes. Are connected in sequence to form a cooling device. Note that these cooling devices are also arranged in the housing 2 similarly to the ice making unit 10.

  Further, in order to supply ice making water (tap water) to the ice making unit 10, a water pipe is connected from the outside via a water supply pipe 163 provided with a water supply electromagnetic valve 162, and a systern 28 for storing the tap water is provided. Is provided. The water stored in the cistern 28 is introduced into the ice making unit 10 through the water supply pipe 29. The systern 28 is disposed behind the control panel 50 and above the slicer 35 and the stirring unit 5 of the ice-cutting supply unit 4 for the convenience of device arrangement in the housing unit 2.

  In the ice making unit 10, an auger (rotary blade) 31 is inserted concentrically and rotatably into a stainless steel cooling cylinder 30 whose inner surface is a smooth cylindrical inner surface, and a pipe shape is formed on the outer wall of the cooling cylinder 30. The cooler is closely wound in a spiral manner. The auger 31 is supported at its lower part by a lower bearing (not shown) and at its upper part by an upper bearing (not shown) constituting an ice compression path. Further, the ice pieces compressed by the upper bearing are led to a discharge port (not shown) formed in the upper portion and an ice storage unit 32 provided in the discharge port. The ice storage unit 32 has a predetermined volume, and an ice chute 33 having an ice discharge shutter 34 interposed is connected to a discharge port formed on a side surface.

  At the lower end of the ice chute 33, a slicer 35 constituting the ice cutting supply unit 4 is provided. The ice cutting supply unit 4 includes a slicer 35 that forms ice by cutting the ice generated by the auger type ice making unit 10 and supplied through the ice chute 33 with a predetermined roughness, and the slicer 35. An ice buffer 36 for temporarily holding the formed ice shavings and guiding the ice shavings to the sales container 9 is constituted.

  In this embodiment, the slicer 35 includes a main body 35A having an upper opening, a propeller (not shown) rotatably accommodated in the main body 35A, a driving motor 35M for a propeller (not shown) attached to the main body 35A, and a main body 35A. And an ice cutting blade (not shown) that projects the ice. The ice buffer 36 disposed below the slicer 35 is provided with an ice sensor (ice detection unit) 38 that optically detects the presence or absence of ice cutting. Note that the ice supply may be controlled by a timer without providing the ice sensor. The ice buffer 36 is provided with an ice shutter (not shown) that freely closes and opens the lower end opening. The ice shutter is controlled to be opened and closed by an ice shutter opening / closing motor 36M. And the lower part discharge | emission port 36A downward direction of this ice buffer 36 is made into the ice-cutting supply position U in which the sales container 9 is mounted.

  Next, a detailed configuration of the stirring unit 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12. 10 is a perspective view of the agitation unit 5, FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the agitation unit 5 in a state of agitating the receiver in the sales container 9, and FIG. 12 is a longitudinal side view of FIG. The agitating unit 5 is connected to the rotating shaft of a motor 40M disposed on the upper portion thereof, rotates, a driving shaft 40, a cutter 41 composed of a metal blade, a lid 42, and the lid 42 can be moved in the vertical direction. It has a supporting rod 44 (note that the rod 44 is shown in FIG. 13 and the like to be described later).

  The cutter 41 is fixed to the tip end of the drive shaft 40, and in the sales container 9, by rotating, the beverage ingredients are dissolved, pulverized, mixed, and stirred. In this case, the beverage material includes not only liquid but also solid matter such as ice, and the cutter 41 performs dissolution, pulverization, stirring, and mixing of these beverage materials.

  The cutter 41 is composed of two types of rotary blades 41A and 41B positioned up and down. The rotary blade 41B located on the lower side is attached to the tip of the drive shaft 40, and the rotary blade 41A is attached above the rotary blade 41B with a predetermined distance from the rotary blade 41B. A guard 67 is rotatably attached to the drive shaft 40 between the rotary blades 41A and 41B (that is, in the vicinity of the cutter 41). The cutter 41 is fixed to the tip of the drive shaft 40 with a fixing member 68 (illustrated in FIG. 12) with the guard 67 sandwiched therebetween.

  The guard 67 is made of hard synthetic resin and has a holding portion 67A surrounding the drive shaft 40 so as to be rotatable with respect to the drive shaft 40, and the drive shaft 40 outside the rotation range of the cutter 41. The outer edge 67B is configured so as to be positioned around the outer periphery, and a partition frame 67C that connects the holding portion 67A and the outer edge 67B. In this embodiment, each partition frame 67C is configured with a predetermined interval so as to divide the holding portion 67A and the outer edge 67B into four parts. Therefore, the movement of the receiving material such as ice cutting in the axial direction of the drive shaft 40 is allowed between the partition frames 67C.

  Here, the guard 67 is positioned between the rotary blade 41A and the rotary blade 41B of the cutter 41 fixed to the tip of the drive shaft 40 by the fixing member 68 and is rotatably attached to the drive shaft 40. Therefore, the vertical movement of the guard 67 is limited to the range of the interval between the rotary blade 41A and the rotary blade 41B of the cutter 41. Thereby, the vertical movement of the guard 67 is limited to a predetermined range.

  The lid 42 is provided coaxially with the drive shaft 40 and is attached so as to be movable in the axial direction, that is, up and down, and closes the upper surface opening of the sales container 9 placed below by its own weight. The lower side of the lid 42 is the stirring position T of the sales container 9. Further, the lid 42 is formed with a cylindrical portion 43 that is lifted while surrounding the drive shaft 40 with a predetermined interval around the drive shaft 40 and whose upper and lower ends are opened. The upper end opening of the cylindrical portion 43 is a guide portion 43A formed to expand outward, and the cleaning portion 7 to be described later is in a state where the lower surface of the lid 42 and the cutter 41 are closest to each other. The hot water for washing from the hot water nozzle 20 for washing that constitutes the structure is appropriately guided to the guide portion 43A. Further, the dilution water from the dilution water supply nozzle 47 shown only in FIG. 16 is appropriately guided to the guide portion 43A with the lower surface of the lid 42 and the cutter 41 being farthest apart.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a plurality of interval defining portions 43B are formed in the tubular portion 43, which are formed at the lower end of the tubular portion 43 so as to protrude toward the inside of the tubular portion. The interval defining portion 43B is formed in order to maintain the interval between the cylindrical portion 43 and the periphery of the drive shaft 40 at a predetermined value, and the interval defining portions 43B communicate with each other vertically. Washing hot water supplied from above can flow out downward.

  And the groove | channel 42A which accommodates the upper surface opening edge of the sales container 9 made into the stirring position T inside, and seals the inside of the sales container 9 is formed in the lower surface periphery of the lid | cover 42. FIG. Further, the inner surface that forms the groove 42A is a convex wall 42B that is located outside the cutter 41 and protrudes into the sales container 9. The convex wall 42B protrudes by a predetermined dimension into the sales container 9 in a state where the lid 42 closes the upper surface opening of the sales container 9, and thereby the inner wall surface around the opening of the sales container 9 is small. It is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the receiving material such as ice shaving adheres to the inner wall surface around the opening. When the cutter 41 is closest to the lid 42, the cutter 41 and the guard 67 are accommodated in the convex wall 42B.

  Next, the configuration of the cleaning unit 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 18. 13 is a view of the cleaning unit 7 and the stirring unit 5 as viewed from the outside (showing both an open state and a closed state), FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 13, and FIG. FIG. 16 is a longitudinal side view of FIG. 15, FIG. 17 is a view of the closed state of FIG. 13 viewed from the left, and FIG. 18 is a longitudinal side view of FIG.

  The cleaning unit 7 includes the cleaning hot water supply nozzle 20 (cleaning water supply unit) that supplies cleaning hot water as cleaning water when the stirring unit 5 is cleaned, and the cutter 41, the guard 67, and the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5 during cleaning. And a cover drive unit 49 that drives the cleaning cover 48 in a closed state that covers the cutter 41, the guard 67, and the lid 42 and an open state that is spaced apart from the closed state. Yes.

  In the present embodiment, the cleaning hot water supply nozzle 20 can supply cleaning hot water toward the upper end opening of the cylindrical portion 43 provided on the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5. It is assumed that the rod 44 and the like are fixed to the mounting bracket 45 to which the rod 44 and the like are fixed via the mounting member 46. In this embodiment, the mounting bracket 45 is provided with a diluting water supply nozzle 47 (shown only in FIG. 16) as a water supply portion located above the cleaning hot water supply nozzle 20. To do. The dilution water supply nozzle 47 is provided in the stirring unit 5 and dilutes drinking water such as tap water from the outside through a water supply pipe provided with a water supply electromagnetic valve 47V (only FIG. 36 is shown). It can be supplied as water.

  The cleaning cover 48 is a container member that opens upward and has a predetermined volume with the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5 closed. The upper surface opening of the cleaning cover 48 is formed to have a size capable of covering the lower surface opening edge of the lid 42. A drain outlet 48A is formed at, for example, approximately the center of the bottom surface of the cleaning cover 48 with the lid 42 closed. The dimensions of the drain port 48A are the hot water supply flow rate and flow rate from the hot water supply nozzle 20 for cleaning, the distance between the cylindrical portion 43 and the drive shaft 40, the volume of the cleaning cover 48, and the size of the cutter 41 during the cleaning operation. Considering the rotational speed and the like, while the cutter 41 is rotating, the cleaning hot water can stay in the cleaning cover 48 and the cutter 41 is stopped so that the cleaning hot water in the cleaning cover 48 can be quickly discharged. It is desirable that the dimensions be such that they can be discharged to the outside.

  The cover drive unit 49 is disposed in the vicinity of the stirring unit 5, in this embodiment, at the front corner of the housing unit 2 where the flow line of the sales container 9 formed by the container moving unit 6 faces as described above. The The cover driving unit 49 includes an arm 70 having one end connected to the cleaning cover 48 and the other end connected to the rotating shaft 73, and a motor 49M that rotationally drives the rotating shaft 73.

  The arm 70 drives the motor 49M according to the cleaning operation of the stirring unit 5 by the control unit 8 described later, and advances / retreats the cleaning cover 48 from the corner portion of the housing unit 2 to the stirring unit 5. At this time, the rotation drive of the motor 49M is controlled based on the detection of the micro switches 71A and 71B operated by the operation piece 72 provided at the other end of the arm 70. The micro switch 71A detects a state in which the stirring unit 5 is closed by the cleaning cover 48, and the micro switch 71B detects a state in which the cleaning cover 48 opens the stirring unit 5.

  As a result, in a state where the cleaning cover 48 attached to the arm 70 is retracted to the corner portion of the housing portion 2, the rotation shaft 73 is driven to rotate by driving the motor 49M by the control portion 8. Based on the above, the arm 70 is rotated toward the stirring unit 5 around the rotation shaft 73, whereby the cleaning cover 48 advances to the stirring unit 5 side. At this time, the operation piece 72 attached to the other end of the arm 70 comes into contact with the micro switch 71A and the drive of the motor 49M is stopped. In this state, the cleaning cover 48 is in a closed state in which the cutter 41, the guard 67, and the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5 are covered from below.

  Further, when the motor 49M is driven again by the control unit 8 from this closed state, the rotation shaft 73 is rotated in the reverse direction to the above, and based on this, the arm 70 is centered on the rotation shaft 73 and the housing portion 2 is rotated. The cleaning cover 48 is moved back into the corner. Also at this time, the operation of the motor 49M is stopped by the operation piece 72 attached to the other end of the arm 70 contacting the micro switch 71B. In this state, the cleaning cover 48 is in an open state separated from the cutter 41, the guard 67, and the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5.

  Next, the configuration of a shutter (partition shutter) 75 that is opened and closed based on the drive operation of the cover drive unit 49 will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 is a diagram showing a relationship between the cleaning unit 7 and the shutter 75 in a state where the shutter 75 is opened, FIG. 20 is a sectional view of FIG. 19 viewed from above, and FIG. 21 is a sectional view of FIG. 19 viewed from below. 22 is a sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG. 21, FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the relationship between the cleaning unit 7 and the shutter 75 in a state where the shutter 75 is closed, and FIG. 24 is a sectional view of FIG. 25 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 23 as viewed from below, and FIG. 26 is a cross-sectional view taken along line EE of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 19, a beverage raw material supply unit 3 disposed above the beverage raw material supply position S and a stirring unit 5 disposed above the stirring position T are provided at the front lower part of the housing unit 2. A partition wall 76 for partitioning is provided. The partition wall 76 is formed with a sales container inlet / outlet 77 for allowing the sales container receiving table 56 on which the sales container 9 is placed to move between the beverage raw material supply position S and the stirring position T. The sales container entrance / exit 77 is closed by a shutter 75 for partitioning the beverage ingredient supply position S and the stirring position T when the cleaning operation of the stirring unit 5 by the cleaning unit 7 is performed.

  This shutter 75 is attached to the stirring position T side of the partition wall 76 by a pivot member 78. The shutter 75 is rotatable about the cover drive unit 49 side of the cleaning unit 7 of the sales container entrance 77, and is sold by an elastic member (a spring member in the present embodiment, illustrated in FIG. 20) 79. The doorway 77 is urged in a direction to always open. Therefore, when the cleaning cover 48 of the cleaning unit 7 is opened and accommodated in the corner portion of the housing unit 2, the shutter 75 is moved by the elastic force of the elastic member 79. The sales container entrance / exit 77 is in an open state by being in contact with the arm 70 of the cover driving unit 49.

  Here, the arm 70 is in a position where it comes into contact with the opened shutter 75 (in this embodiment, the end of the arm 70 on the cleaning cover 48 side facing the shutter 75 side, see FIG. 25). It has a locking piece 70A formed to extend to the side. The locking piece 70A enters the holding member 80 attached to the partition wall 76 from an obliquely downward direction so that the locking piece 70A can be locked, so that the locking piece 70A is outside the surface facing the stirring position T of the closed shutter 75. It is formed so as to be inclined obliquely upward as it goes in the direction, and is tapered toward the tip (see FIG. 26).

  Here, the holding member 80 attached to the partition wall 76 has an opening at least at the lower end so that the locking piece 70A can be inserted therein, and the lower end opening edge on the stirring position T side is formed in the arm 70. A flange 80A formed so as to be inclined at substantially the same angle as the inclination angle of the locking piece 70A to be formed is formed.

  On the other hand, when the cover drive unit 49 of the cleaning unit 7 is driven in a direction to close the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5 with the sales container entrance 77 opened, the cleaning cover 48 is driven by the drive of the cover drive unit 49. Advancing to the agitation unit 5 side, the shutter 75 is pressed in a direction to close the sales container entrance 77 by the cleaning cover 48, the arm 70, and the like.

  When the cleaning cover 48 covers the cutter 41, the guard 67, and the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5 from below, the shutter 75 completely opens the sales container entrance 77 as shown in FIGS. Block. Here, the cleaning cover 48 is rotated from the substantially vertical state to the substantially horizontal state by being rotated about the rotation shaft 73. Similarly, the arm 70 that presses the shutter 75 is also rotated from a substantially vertical state to a substantially horizontal state. Accordingly, the locking piece 70 </ b> A formed on the arm 70 presses the shutter 75 in the direction to close the sales container entrance / exit 77, and finally the lower end opening of the holding member 80 attached to the partition wall 76. Enter inside. Note that the arm 49 is stopped when the agitating unit 5 is closed by the detection of the micro switch 71A, and the motor 49M stops and the rotation operation stops.

  As a result, when the cleaning cover 48 covers the cutter 41, the guard 67, and the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5 from the lower side, the shutter 75 automatically opens the sales container entrance / exit 77 without using other driving means. It will be closed. At this time, the locking piece 70A of the arm 70 that pressed the shutter 75 in the closing direction is locked to the holding member 80 attached to the partition wall 76 located above the sales container entrance 77. Even when the operator or the like mistakenly presses the shutter 75 in the direction to open the shutter 75 from the beverage supply position S side, the movement of the locking piece 70A in the direction is restricted by the flange 80A of the holding member 80. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid inconvenience that the operator inserts a finger into the stirring position T during the cleaning operation and is damaged by the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 or the like.

  Next, the configuration of the container moving unit 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. 27 is a perspective view of the container moving unit 6 in which the sales container cradle 56 is in the beverage raw material supply position S, FIG. 28 is a front view of the container moving unit 6 in which the sales container cradle 56 is in the beverage raw material supply position S, FIG. 28 is a plan view of FIG. 28, FIG. 30 is a sectional view taken along line FF in FIG. 28, FIG. 31 is a sectional view taken along line GG in FIG. FIG. 33 is a perspective view of the container moving unit 6 in which the sales container cradle 56 is at a high position of the stirring position T, FIG. 34 is a longitudinal side view of FIG. 33, and FIG. The perspective view of the container moving part 6 in the ice-cutting supply position U is shown.

  The container moving unit 6 includes a sales container receiving table 56 provided on the tray unit 55 for mounting the sales containers 9, the beverage raw material supply position S in which the sales container receiving table 56 is formed in the tray unit 55, and a stirring position. T, a horizontal moving part 57 for moving to the ice cutting supply position U, and a vertical moving part 58 for moving the sales container receiving base 56 in the vertical direction at the stirring position T. The horizontal moving unit 57 and the vertical moving unit 58 are configured to be mounted on the base 83. The horizontal movement part 57 is formed so that the sales container cradle 56 can be moved from the beverage raw material supply position S in the tray part 55 to the ice-cutting supply position U, and the vertical movement part 58 horizontally moves the sales container cradle 56. The movable portion 57 is formed so as to be movable from a low position where it can be moved in the horizontal direction to a predetermined high position.

  And in the surface located behind each position S, T, U in the housing part 2, in the tray part 55 and in the housing part 2 in which the horizontal movement part 57 and the vertical movement part 58 are disposed. A partition wall 82 (see FIG. 1) is provided along the flow line of the sales container 9. The partition wall 82 is formed with a guide groove 82A that allows the sales container cradle 56 to move.

  The horizontal moving unit 57 includes a self-propelled motor 57M that is provided on the motor holding plate 85 and generates a driving torque, a transmission gear unit 84 that includes a plurality of gear members that transmit the driving torque of the motor 57M, and a transmission gear unit 84. A drive gear 84A that rotates in a predetermined direction based on the drive torque transmitted via the slider, a slider 86 that forms a rack 86A that meshes with the drive gear 84A, and a support member 87 that is provided at a position facing the slider 86. During this time, the slider front plate 88 that supports the motor holding plate 85 in a reciprocating manner together with the motor 57M, the light shielding plate 85A provided on the motor holding plate 85, and the light shielding plate 85A provided on the slider 86 based on light shielding. And horizontal position sensors 86S, 86T, 86U for detecting the respective positions S, T, U of the motor holding plate 85. The sales container cradle 56 is detachably fixed to the motor holding plate 85 via a support bar 89. A net member 56 </ b> A is provided on the sales container 9 mounting surface of the sales container cradle 56. On the back surface of the slider 86, there are gears 97A, which are positioned on the outer end side of the ice cutting supply position U and mesh with the racks 93A and 193A of a pair of posts 93 and 193 of the vertical moving portion 58 described later. 97B is provided.

  The motor 57M is configured to rotate in a predetermined rotation direction by reversing the energization polarity according to the drive direction of the drive gear 84A.

  The horizontal position sensors 86S, 86T, 86U are constituted by light sensors in which a light emitting element and a light receiving element are arranged with a predetermined interval. When the light is shielded by the light shielding plate 85A, the horizontal position sensors 86S, 86T, 86U are turned off. Each position of the holding plate 85 is detected. It should be noted that other sensors such as a magnetic sensor can be used as long as the position of the motor holding plate 85 can be detected with a certain accuracy.

  The vertical moving unit 58 includes a motor 58M that generates driving torque, a pulse encoder 90 that generates pulses according to the amount of rotation of the motor 58M, and driving gears 97A and 97B provided at both ends of the motor 58A. The drive gears 97A and 97B include a transmission gear portion 92 composed of a plurality of gear members that transmit the driving torque of the motor 58M, and rotate in a predetermined direction based on the driving torque transmitted through the transmission gear portion 92. To do. Further, posts 93 and 193 formed with racks 93A and 193A that respectively mesh with the drive gears 97A and 97B are provided. In the vicinity of the posts 93, vertical position sensors 93B and 93C, which are optical sensors for detecting the vertical position, are provided. Provided. An attachment plate 94 is provided at the upper ends of the posts 93 and 193, and the attachment plate 94 and the base 83 are supported by a pair of guide rods 95 and a pair of posts 93 and 193 via a support member 87. The The motor 58M, the pulse encoder 90, the transmission gear portion 92, and the drive gears 97A and 97B are fixed to the slider 86 of the horizontal moving portion 57 by an attachment member 98.

  The motor 58M is configured to rotate in a predetermined rotation direction by reversing the energization polarity.

  The vertical position sensors 93 </ b> B and 93 </ b> C are configured by optical sensors in which a light emitting element and a light receiving element are arranged at a predetermined interval. When the light is shielded by a light shielding plate 96 provided in the transmission gear unit 92, When the state is reached, the vertical position of the sales container cradle 56 is detected. The vertical position sensor 93B is provided to stop the vertical moving unit 58 at the high position in the vertical direction of the post 93, and the vertical position sensor 93C is provided at the low position in the vertical direction of the post 93. Is provided to stop. This high position is a position where the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 and the bottom of the sales container 9 at the stirring position T do not contact with each other in a state where the sales container 9 is placed on the sales container receiving stand 56. It should be noted that other sensors such as a magnetic sensor can be used as long as the position of the transmission gear portion 92 can be detected with a certain accuracy.

  In the present embodiment, the horizontal container 57 moves the sales container cradle 56 to the beverage raw material supply position S, the stirring position T, and the ice cutting supply position U at substantially the same height as the low position. The sales container cradle 56 at the stirring position T can be moved to the high position and the low position by the movement of the vertical moving part 58, but the container moving part 6 is limited to such movement. In addition, when the position is moved by the horizontal moving unit 57, movement in an oblique direction including a vertical component is also included. Similarly, when the position is moved by the vertical movement unit 58, movement in an oblique direction including a horizontal component is also included.

  Next, a control circuit including the control unit 8 will be described with reference to a circuit block diagram showing a control circuit of the control unit 8 in FIG. The control circuit includes motors and valve devices that operate the above parts, sensors and switches that detect such operations, input of initial values and arbitrary set amounts for sales operations and cleaning operations, input of operation instructions, and display To store various data such as data necessary for the operation of each part, programs for executing sales operations and cleaning operations, sales data arbitrarily set by the operator, etc. The control unit 8 that controls the operation of the memory 99 and each unit and performs the time measuring operation is connected through the bus 100.

  Specifically, the control unit 8 includes data and programs stored in the memory 99, an ice sensor 38 that detects ice removal in the ice buffer 36 of the ice removal supply unit 4, and micro switches 71A and 71B of the stirring unit 5. Solving hot water supply solenoid valve for controlling the hot water supply to the hot water supply nozzle 19 of the beverage raw material supply unit 3 according to the outputs of the horizontal position sensors 86S, 86T, 86U, vertical position sensors 93B, 93C, etc. of the container moving unit 6 15, a canister motor 13 </ b> M of the powder discharge mechanism 24 constituting the raw material discharge unit, a solenoid 63 </ b> A constituting the chute drive unit 63, a compressor 26 of the ice making unit 10, a water supply electromagnetic valve 162 for controlling water supply to the systern 28, an auger Motor 31M for driving 31; ice discharging shutter 34 for ice cutting supply unit 4; motor 35M for driving propeller of slicer 35; ice buffer 6 opening / closing motor 36M, motor 40M for rotating the cutter 41 of the agitation unit 5, electromagnetic open / close valve 47V for controlling the supply of dilution water from the dilution water supply nozzle 47, and cleaning water supply nozzle 20 of the cleaning unit 7 to the cleaning hot water supply nozzle 20 The cleaning hot water supply electromagnetic valve 17 for controlling the hot water supply, the motor 49M of the cover driving unit 49, the motor 57M of the horizontal moving unit 57 of the container moving unit 6 and the motor 58M of the vertical moving unit 58 are controlled.

  Hereinafter, the operation | movement which manufactures a frozen drink with the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 of this Embodiment is demonstrated. In addition, the drink manufacturing apparatus 1 in a present Example is provided with two types of raw material powder, and manufactures the frozen drink using any one raw material powder by selection operation by an operator.

  First, as shown in FIG. 1, in the sales standby state, the sales container cradle 56 is in the beverage raw material supply position S. As described above, this beverage ingredient supply position S is a position at which the sales container 9 can be placed and taken out from the sales container delivery port formed at the lower part of the front door that constitutes the front surface of the housing portion 2, in other words. The container preparation position where the operator prepares the sales container 9 in the beverage production apparatus 1 or the beverage provision position where the operator takes out the sales container 9 that has received the beverage produced by the beverage production apparatus 1. At this time, it is output to the control part 8 that it exists in the drink raw material supply position S by the horizontal position sensor 86S.

  As described above, the ice making unit 10 manufactures a predetermined amount of ice pieces in advance and the ice storage unit 32 stores ice in the state where the sales container cradle 56 is in the standby position as described above. To do. The hot water tank 11 is energized and controlled by the heater 49H based on the output of the temperature sensor 49T, and a predetermined amount of hot water is maintained at a predetermined temperature, for example, + 80 ° C. Note that the control unit 8 is allowed to sell beverages on the condition that a predetermined amount of ice is stored in the ice storage unit 32 of the ice making unit 10 and that the hot water in the hot water tank 11 has reached a predetermined temperature. Operation of a selection button (not shown) that is in a possible state and indicates that the sale is suspended on the display 52 in the control panel 50 and instructs the beverage production when the condition is not met. Is invalid.

  After the sales stop state is released and the sales standby state is set, the operator places an empty sales container 9 on the sales container receiving base 56 and selects the selection button according to the type of beverage to be manufactured. Operate the button. Based on this, the control part 8 performs a drink raw material supply process by the input of the sales start signal based on operation of a selection button.

(Beverage ingredient supply process)
In the beverage raw material supply process, the control unit 8 first controls the energization of the solenoid 63A of the chute driving unit 63 that sets the standby position Y of the raw material chute 14 corresponding to the canister 13 filled with the raw material powder corresponding to the selected type. The discharge port 14A of the raw material chute 14 is set as a raw material charging position X for guiding the raw material powder from the canister 13 to the sales container 9 placed at the beverage raw material supply position S. At the same time or after a delay of a predetermined time, the control unit 8 drives the canister motor 13M of the powder discharge mechanism 24 of the canister 13 filled with the selected type of raw material powder for a predetermined time. The raw material powder is discharged from the discharge port 13B by an amount (predetermined amount) corresponding to one drink. The raw material powder discharged from the canister 13 is discharged from the discharge port 13B through the raw material chute 14 into the sales container 9 placed at the beverage raw material supply position S through the discharge port 14A formed at the lower end of the raw material chute 14. Is done.

  At this time, after the drive of the canister motor 13M is stopped, the control unit 8 controls energization of the solenoid 63A of the chute drive unit 63 after a predetermined delay time has elapsed, so that the discharge port 14A of the raw material chute 14 is retracted backward. And

  Thereby, in conjunction with the operation of the canister motor 13M, after the raw material powder in the raw material chute 14 is appropriately discharged to the sales container 9, the raw material chute 14 can be set to the standby position Y. Therefore, the raw material powder that adheres to the inner wall of the raw material chute 14 and has dropped due to the passage of time or due to the vibration of the equipment, or the raw material powder that has fallen due to the vibration of the equipment from the end of the canister 13 near the raw material chute 14 is always open. It is possible to avoid the inconvenience of irregular discharge from the discharge port 14A of the raw material chute 14 to the raw material charging position X.

  Therefore, as in this embodiment, in order to provide a plurality of types of beverages with a single beverage production apparatus 1, a plurality of canisters 13 filled with different raw material powders and a plurality of raw material chutes 14 corresponding to the canisters 13 are provided. Even in this case, only the intended powdery beverage ingredient can be discharged into the sales container 9.

  Thereby, it becomes possible to avoid the inconvenience that other types of powdery beverage ingredients are mixed in the sales container 9, and it is possible to provide an appropriate beverage.

  Further, the control unit 8 opens the melting hot water supply electromagnetic valve 15 for a predetermined time at the same time as or delays the supply operation of the raw material powder from the canister 13 constituting the powder supply unit, and the melting hot water supply nozzle 19, a predetermined amount of hot water for dissolving the raw material powder is supplied into the sales container 9 placed at the beverage raw material supply position S. In this embodiment, the hot water used for dissolving the raw material powder is supplied for the purpose of lowering the temperature with water for dilution in the latter stage, and is required for dissolving the raw material powder. A minimum amount of hot water is preferred. In addition, since the total amount of water required for dissolving the raw material powder is constant, when the raw material powder is dissolved only with hot water without adding dilution water, the amount of hot water when adding dilution water is larger than that. Increased by the amount of dilution water to be added. Above, a drink raw material supply process is complete | finished and the control part 8 transfers to a powder dissolution process.

(Powder dissolution process)
In the powder dissolving step, first, the control unit 8 moves the sales container 9 that has been placed at the beverage raw material supply position S by the container moving unit 6 to the stirring position T (from the state of FIG. 27 to the state of FIG. 32). Specifically, when the motor 57M of the horizontal moving unit 57 is driven, the drive gear 84A to which the sales container cradle 56 is attached moves the slider 86 in which the rack 86A to be engaged is formed to the beverage raw material supply position S. To the stirring position T direction. At this time, the control unit 8 stops detecting the horizontal position sensor 86S by the light shielding plate 85A due to the movement of the sales container cradle 56, and when the sales container cradle 56 reaches the stirring position T, The position sensor 86T is detected, and the driving of the motor 57M is stopped accordingly.

  Next, the control unit 8 causes the container moving unit 6 to move the sales container 9 from the low position to the high position (from the state of FIG. 32 to the state of FIG. 33). Specifically, by driving the motor 58M of the vertical moving portion 58, the drive gears 97A and 97B to which the sales container cradle 56 is attached are moved by the posts 93 and 193 on which the racks 93A and 193A to be engaged are formed. Ascending from the low position to the high position in the stirring position T. At this time, the control unit 8 stops the detection of the vertical position sensor 93C by the light shielding plate 96 due to the movement of the sales container cradle 56, and when the sales container cradle 56 reaches the high position of the stirring position T, the light shielding plate. The vertical position sensor 93B is detected by 96, and the driving of the motor 58M is stopped accordingly. At this time, since the sales container cradle 56 is movably attached to the guide rod 95 by the support member 87, the sales container cradle 56 is raised together by driving the drive gears 97A and 97B.

  As a result, the sales container 9 placed on the sales container cradle 56 is raised in the direction of the stirring unit 5 provided above the stirring position T of the tray unit 55, whereby the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 is moved to the sales container. 9 (see FIG. 12). The vertical position sensor 93 </ b> B that detects the high position is a position where the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 can enter the lower part of the sales container 9 so that the cutter 41 does not contact the bottom of the sales container 9. Without being touched, it stops at the lower part in the sales container 9.

  Further, since the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5 is positioned above the cutter 41 and is attached to the drive shaft 40 so as to be movable up and down, when the sales container cradle 56 is in a low position, it is caused by its own weight. Although it is located near the cutter 41 attached to the tip of the drive shaft 40, the lid 42 is applied to the upper end of the sales container 9 in the process in which the sales container receiving table 56 is raised to the high position by the container moving unit 6. Then, it is pushed up together with the sales container 9. Therefore, the upper surface opening of the sales container 9 is sealed by the weight of the lid 42.

  Thereafter, the control unit 8 drives the motor 40M of the stirring unit 5. The motor 40M rotates the cutter 41 at a low speed through the drive shaft 40 for a predetermined time. Thereby, the raw material powder in the sales container 9 melted by the hot water for melting supplied at the beverage raw material supply position S is further improved in dissolution efficiency by stirring by the rotation of the cutter 41. For this reason, since the raw material powder can be dissolved in hot water in a short time, the time required for dissolving the raw material powder can be shortened. Moreover, by dissolving the raw material powder by using hot water and stirring by the stirring unit 5, it is possible to avoid the raw material powder from remaining undissolved, and to eliminate the disadvantage that the quality of the finished beverage is lowered. Can do.

  Further, in this embodiment, by lowering the rotation speed of the motor 40M, the beverage raw material (syrup) produced by dissolving the raw material powder is covered with the upper inner wall of the sales container 9, the lid for sealing the sales container 9, etc. It is possible to prevent the splattering around. This makes it possible to avoid the disadvantage that the beverage ingredients are reduced and the quality of the finished beverage is not uniform. Moreover, it becomes possible to avoid the inconvenience that the upper part of the sales container 9 becomes dirty and looks bad.

  Thereafter, the control unit 8 stops the motor 40M, and in this state, the control unit 8 opens the electromagnetic on-off valve 47V for a predetermined time, and a predetermined amount of dilution water is supplied from the dilution water supply nozzle 47. Since the dilution supply nozzle 47 is configured to supply dilution water toward the guide portion 43A of the cylinder portion 43 formed on the lid 42 of the stirring portion 5, the supplied dilution water is supplied from the guide portion 43A. It passes through the cylindrical portion 43 and is discharged into the sales container 9 placed under the lid 42.

  In the sales container 9, the raw material powder is heated to a high temperature by being dissolved in hot water. However, as described above, by adding the dilution water, the water in which the beverage raw material powder is dissolved (the beverage It becomes possible to bring the temperature of the raw material) closer to the ice temperature, and it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the ice cutting supplied in the ice cutting supply process in the subsequent stage is melted more than necessary.

  Thereafter, the sales container 9 is moved from the high position to the low position by the container moving unit 6. Specifically, by driving the motor 58M of the vertical moving portion 58, the transmission gear portion 92 to which the sales container receiving base 56 is attached descends from the high position at the stirring position T toward the low position. At this time, the controller 8 detects that the vertical position sensor 93B is not detected by the light shielding plate 96 due to the movement of the sales container cradle 56, and when the sales container cradle 56 reaches the low position of the stirring position T, the light shielding plate The vertical position sensor 93C is detected by 96, and the driving of the motor 58M is stopped accordingly.

  As a result, the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 comes out of the sales container 9 placed on the sales container cradle 56, and the lid 42 is restricted from moving downward by the cutter 41. The top opening of the container 9 is opened.

  As a result, even if powder is used as a beverage ingredient, it is possible to ensure the quality of the finished beverage, in particular the predetermined hardness, without causing the powder to melt, and to maintain the quality. Become. With the above, the powder melting step is finished, and the control unit 8 shifts to the ice cutting supply step.

(Ice cutting supply process)
In this ice cutting supply process, the control unit 8 moves the sales container 9 that has been set to the stirring position T by the container moving unit 6 to the ice cutting supply position U (from the state of FIG. 32 to the state of FIG. 35). Specifically, when the motor 57M of the horizontal moving unit 57 is driven, the drive gear 84A to which the sales container cradle 56 is attached removes the slider 86 from which the rack 86A to be engaged is formed from the stirring position T. It moves toward the ice supply position U. At this time, the control unit 8 stops the detection of the horizontal position sensor 86T by the light shielding plate 85A due to the movement of the sales container cradle 56, and when the sales container cradle 56 reaches the ice cutting supply position U, the light shielding plate 85A. Accordingly, the horizontal position sensor 86U is detected, and the driving of the motor 57M is stopped accordingly.

  After the sales container cradle 56 is set to the ice cutting supply position U as described above, the control unit 8 executes ice supply to the sales container 9.

  At this time, it is assumed that the control unit 8 is executing ice cutting before entering the ice cutting supply process. In this embodiment, taking into account the time required for cutting a predetermined amount of ice, the ice dispensing shutter 34 is opened for a predetermined time at the start of the beverage ingredient supply process, and a predetermined amount of ice is stored from the ice storage unit 32 of the ice making unit 10. The piece is supplied to the slicer 35. Thereafter, the control unit 8 drives the motor 35M, rotates the propeller, presses the ice pieces received by the slicer 35 against the ice cutting blade with the propeller, and performs ice cutting. The ice cut by the slicer 35 is received by an ice buffer 36 provided at the lower part of the slicer 35. Then, based on the detection of the full ice of the ice sensor 38 provided in the ice buffer 36, the control unit 8 stops the motor 35M and puts it in a standby state for ice cutting. Not only the detection by the ice sensor 38, but also the ice cutting supply to the ice buffer 36 may be performed by a timer as described above.

  When the sales container cradle 56 is moved to the ice cutting supply position U by the control unit 8 in the ice cutting supply standby state, the control unit 8 switches the ice shutter opening / closing motor 36M of the ice buffer 36. The ice shutter is opened for a predetermined time. As a result, the ice cutting received in the ice buffer 36 falls into the sales container 9 placed at the ice cutting supply position U by its own weight. As a result, a predetermined amount of icing is supplied into the sales container 9, and the icing supply process is thus completed, and the control unit 8 proceeds to the beverage agitation process.

(Beverage stirring process)
In the beverage stirring step, first, the control unit 8 returns the sales container 9 that has been set to the ice cutting supply position U by the container moving unit 6 to the stirring position T (from the state of FIG. 35 to the state of FIG. 32). Specifically, in order to set the drive direction of the drive gear 84A of the horizontal moving unit 57 to the opposite direction to the above, the energization polarity is reversed to drive the motor 57M. As a result, the drive gear 84A to which the sales container cradle 56 is attached moves the slider 86, in which the rack 86A to be engaged, is formed, from the ice cutting supply position U toward the stirring position T. At this time, the controller 8 detects that the horizontal position sensor 86U by the light shielding plate 85A is not detected by the movement of the sales container receiving table 56, and when the sales container receiving table 56 reaches the stirring position T, The position sensor 86T is detected, and the driving of the motor 57M is stopped accordingly.

  After the sales container cradle 56 is set to the stirring position T as described above, the control unit 8 then moves the sales container 9 from the low position to the high position by the container moving unit 6 in the same manner as the powder dissolving step. While moving (from the state of FIG. 32 to the state of FIG. 33), the motor 40M is driven at a timing at which the cutter 41 contacts the accumulated ice.

  As a result, the sales container 9 placed on the sales container cradle 56 is raised in the direction of the stirring unit 5 provided above the stirring position T of the tray unit 55, so that the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 is sold. It enters into the shaved ice accumulated in the container 9 while stirring. The upper surface opening of the sales container 9 is closed by the weight of the lid 42 that is movable up and down. In such a case, the opening edge of the sales container 9 enters the groove 42A formed on the lower surface of the lid 42, whereby the sales container 9 can be sealed (see FIG. 12).

  At this time, in the sales container 9, scraped ice is accumulated from above the beverage ingredients, but the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 receives the drive shaft 40 in the axial direction as described above. Since the guard 67 that allows the movement of the object is provided, the accumulated ice cutting is divided in the sales container 9 by the partition frame 67C of the guard 67 (in the present embodiment, four divisions), while the cutter 41 Enters the lower part of the container so as not to contact the bottom of the sales container 9. Thereby, since the cutting ice accumulated in the sales container 9 can be divided to some extent while rotating the cutter 41, the stirring efficiency by the cutter 41 can be improved and the time required for stirring can be shortened. Is possible.

  The control unit 8 drives the motor 41M to rotate at a rotational speed higher than that of the powder melting step, that is, at a high speed for a predetermined time via the drive shaft 40. At this time, the control unit 8 has a predetermined high position and a height lower than the high position and higher than the low position by the vertical movement unit 58 of the container moving unit 6 together with the rotational drive of the motor 40M. The lid 42 may be moved up and down between a height that does not separate from the opening of the sales container 9.

  As a result, in the sales container 9, the shavings and the beverage raw material (syrup) are mixed while being crushed to produce a sherbet-shaped beverage having a predetermined hardness.

  At this time, the lid 42 that seals the upper surface opening of the sales container 9 is formed with a convex wall 42B that is located outside the cutter 41 and protrudes into the sales container 9, so that the upper part of the sales container 9 is It is possible to effectively suppress the adhering substance, that is, ice cutting or beverage from adhering to the inner wall.

  As a result, the shaved ice and the beverage that escapes from the stirring by the rotational drive of the cutter 41 remain on the upper inner wall of the sales container 9, thereby deteriorating the appearance of the beverage at the time of serving and the taste due to insufficient stirring of the beverage Can be improved.

  Therefore, it is possible to improve the stirring efficiency of receiving materials such as ice cutting and beverage ingredients (syrup) received in the sales container 9, and it is possible to provide an appropriate beverage.

  In addition, the cutter 41 in this embodiment is configured by a metal blade, but the hard synthetic resin guard 67 provided in the vicinity of the cutter 41 is rotatably attached to the drive shaft 40 and has an outer edge. Since 67B is located around the drive shaft 40 outside the rotation range of the cutter 41, the guard 67 can prevent the cutter 41 from directly contacting the sales container 9.

  Therefore, it becomes possible to prevent the inconvenience of damaging the inner wall of the sales container 9 due to the rotational drive of the cutter 41, and even if the sales container 9 is made of glass, the cutter 41 does not come into direct contact, so The provision can be realized.

  Thereafter, the control unit 8 stops the motor 40M, and then moves the sales container 9 from the high position to the low position by the container moving unit 6 (from the state of FIG. 33 to the state of FIG. 32). As a result, the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 comes out of the sales container 9 placed on the sales container cradle 56, and the lid 42 is restricted from moving downward by the cutter 41. The top opening of the container 9 is opened.

  Next, the control unit 8 returns the sales container 9 that has been set to the stirring position T by the horizontal moving unit 57 to the beverage raw material supply position S. And the control part 8 is filled with the raw material powder according to the said selected kind, with the canister motor 13M of the powder discharge | emission mechanism 24 stopped, with the sales container 9 being the drink raw material supply position S. The energization control is performed on the solenoid 63A of the chute drive unit 63 that sets the standby position Y of the raw material chute 14 corresponding to the canister 13 and the discharge port 14A of the raw material chute 14 is placed in the sales container 9 placed at the beverage raw material supply position S. After the raw material charging position X for guiding the raw material powder from 13 is reached, the solenoid 63A is energized again in a short time, and is set to the standby position Y where the discharge port 14A of the raw material chute 14 is retracted backward.

  Thus, only the material chute 14 is controlled by energizing only the solenoid 63A while the canister motor M is stopped in a state where the sales container 9 for receiving the manufactured beverage is returned to the beverage raw material supply position S. By driving, a small amount of raw material powder adhering to the inner wall of the raw material chute 14 can be intentionally dropped on the beverage received in the sales container 9, and a topping effect can be achieved.

  In this embodiment, the amount of the raw material powder dropped onto the beverage is small, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the raw material chute 14 is placed in the standby position by the energization control of the solenoid 63A of the chute driving unit 63. Y is driven to the raw material charging position X, and then the canister motor 13M is driven for a predetermined time for a time shorter than the driving time of the canister motor 13M in the beverage raw material supply process, and the beverage received in the sales container 9 is An arbitrary amount of powdered beverage ingredients may be dropped from above. This also makes it possible to improve the topping effect and taste and further diversify the menu.

  On the other hand, after moving the sales container 9 from the stirring position T to the beverage raw material supply position S by the container moving unit 6 (from the state of FIG. 32 to the state of FIG. 27 (FIG. 1)), the control unit 8 performs the cleaning process. Transition.

(Washing process)
In this cleaning process, the control unit 8 drives the motor 49M of the cover drive unit 49 of the cleaning unit 7 and moves the arm 70 of the cleaning unit 7 to the corner of the housing unit 2 based on the ON / OFF control of the micro switch 71A. The cleaning cover 48 stops with the cutter 41, the guard 67, and the lid 42 of the stirring unit 5 covered from below by the rotation of the arm 70 from the section toward the stirring section 5 (see FIG. 14). . At this time, the sales container entrance / exit 77 formed in the partition wall 76 as described above is closed by the shutter 75 by the rotation of the arm 70 (see FIG. 23).

  In this state, the stirring unit 5 is not in a state in which the lid 42 is pushed upward by the sales container 9, so the cleaning hot water supply nozzle 20 is used for cleaning at the upper end opening of the cylindrical portion 43 formed on the lid 42. The hot water can be supplied (see FIG. 18).

  Then, the control unit 8 drives the motor 40M of the stirring unit 5 for a predetermined time and simultaneously opens the cleaning hot water supply electromagnetic valve 17 for a predetermined time. Thereby, hot water of a predetermined flow rate is appropriately guided from the guide part 43A of the cylindrical part 43 into the cylindrical part 43 from the cleaning hot water supply nozzle 20, and between the lid 42 including the cylindrical part 43 and the cleaning cover 48. Supplied.

  Thereby, the drive shaft 40 located in the cylinder part 43 is first washed away by the hot water for washing supplied from above the guide part 43A.

  At this time, the motor 40M rotationally drives the cutter 41 at a high rotational speed via the drive shaft 40, so that the cleaning hot water received in the lid 42 and the cleaning cover 48 is subjected to centrifugal force by the lid 42. It stays in the inside and the cleaning cover 48. Thereby, the lower surface of the lid 42, the cutter 41, the guard 67, and the drive shaft 40 with which the hot water for washing that comes into contact is washed with the raw water beverage that is attached during the beverage production. Moreover, in a present Example, since a washing | cleaning process of cutter 41 grade | etc., Is performed immediately after drink manufacture, since a hot water is used as washing water, a high cleaning effect can be acquired.

  Moreover, the cylinder part 43 is the height which can surround the drive shaft 40 circumference | surroundings of the range which the drive shaft 40 touches the drink which is a receiver when the cutter 41 approachs into the sales container 9 in the said drink stirring process. Is formed. And since the space | interval of this cylinder part 43 and the drive shaft 40 periphery is maintained by the space | interval prescription | regulation part 43B formed in the cylinder part 43 as mentioned above, the hot water supply nozzle 20 for washing | cleaning By uniquely defining the hot water supply flow rate, the flow rate, the volume of the cleaning cover 48 and the lid 42, and the rotational speed of the cutter 41, it is possible to clean without overflowing the cleaning hot water from the upper end in the cylindrical portion 43. The hot water for washing retained in the cover 48 can be raised to the upper part of the cylinder portion 43. In addition, it is possible to prevent the drive shaft 40 from being shaken by the interval defining portion 43B, and it is possible to obtain a bearing effect.

  Thereby, in the beverage agitation step, the drive shaft 40 in a range where the beverage adheres can be appropriately washed with the washing water, and the agitation unit 5 can be kept hygienic. It is possible to provide a safe beverage.

  Then, the controller 8 drives the motor 40M and opens the cleaning hot water supply electromagnetic valve 17 for a predetermined time, and then stops the motor 40M and closes the cleaning hot water supply electromagnetic valve 17. As a result, when the centrifugal force by the cutter 41 and the supply of cleaning hot water are stopped, the cleaning hot water staying in the lid 42 and the cleaning cover 48 including the cylindrical portion 43 is formed on the bottom surface of the cleaning cover 48. The water is smoothly discharged downward from the drain port 48A.

  As a result, it is possible to avoid the disadvantage that the hot water for cleaning supplied into the cleaning cover 48 overflows to the outside and soils the surroundings.

  In this embodiment, in order to improve the cleaning effect of the stirring unit 5 by the cleaning unit 7, the motor 40M is driven again and the cleaning hot water supply electromagnetic valve 17 is opened again for a predetermined time, and then the motor 40M is stopped. Then, the cleaning hot water supply electromagnetic valve 17 is closed.

  Thus, after the first washing, the beverage adhering to the drive shaft 40, the lid 42 lower surface, the cutter 41, etc. is dissolved in the washing water and then discharged to the outside, and the beverage is washed by the second washing. It is possible to wash away the hot water adhering to the inner wall surface of the lid 42 with the new hot water for washing.

  In this way, by supplying / stopping the hot water for washing a plurality of times, it is possible to suppress the residue from adhering to the cutter 41 and the lid 42 surrounded by the washing cover 48, thereby further sanitary. Can be maintained.

  And the control part 8 complete | finishes a washing | cleaning process, maintaining the closed state which the cover 48 for washing | cleaning covered the cutter 41, the guard 67, and the lid | cover 42 of the stirring part 5 from the lower side.

  Therefore, unless an operation for instructing beverage production is performed, the inside of the casing unit 2 where the stirring unit 5 is provided and the beverage ingredient supply position S on which the operator places the sales container 9 are partitioned by the shutter 75. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience of accidentally inserting a finger or the like into the stirring unit 5 and causing injury. In addition, since the lower surface of the lid 42 and the cutter 41 etc. of the agitating unit 5 in direct contact with the beverage are closed by the cleaning cover 48, adhesion of dust and the like can be suppressed and kept hygienic. It becomes possible to do.

  In this way, in the sales standby state, since the agitation unit 5 is closed by the cleaning cover 48 and the sales container entrance 77 is closed by the shutter 75 after the previous beverage production is finished, When the selection button for instructing is operated, the control unit 8 activates the motor 49M of the cover driving unit 49 of the cleaning unit 7 of the cleaning unit 7 before the start of the beverage raw material supply process or during the beverage raw material supply process. Based on the ON / OFF control of the micro switch 71B, the arm 70 of the cleaning unit 7 is retracted from the closed state of the stirring unit 5 to the corner of the housing unit 2, and the cleaning cover 48 is attached to the sales container 9. It stops in the state accommodated in the corner part of the housing | casing part 2 which does not interfere with a movement. At this time, as described above, the shutter 75 is moved back together with the cleaning cover 48 to the corner portion of the housing 2 by the rotation of the arm 70 as described above, and the sales container entrance 77 formed in the partition wall 76 is opened. (See FIG. 19).

  As described above, in this embodiment, after the beverage production is completed, in the cleaning process for executing the cleaning of the lid 41 for sealing the cutter 41 and the sales container 9 used for mixing the receiver, a container for cleaning is used. The cutter 41 and the lid 42 are covered from the lower side by the cleaning cover 48 which is automatically closed by the cover driving unit 49 without being addressed, and the hot water for cleaning is directly supplied into the cleaning cover 48. It is possible to smoothly clean the cutter 41 and the lid 42 that touch the receptacle in the sales container 9.

  Therefore, the cutter 41, the lid 42, and the like that are directly touched by the beverage that is a receptor can be maintained in a sanitary manner, and a safe beverage can be provided. In addition, the cleaning cover 48 that is assigned to the lid 42 at the time of cleaning is retracted when the sales container 9 is moved by the container moving unit 6 or when the agitator 5 is stirring the receptor in the sales container 9. , Does not interfere with beverage production.

  As described above in detail, in the beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the sales container 9 placed on the sales container receiving tray 56 of the tray unit 55 is prepared by the container moving unit 6, and The beverage raw material supply position S for supplying the raw material powder and the melting hot water as the beverage raw material into the sales container 9 by the beverage raw material supply unit 3, and the acceptor received in the sales container 9 by the stirring unit 5 By supplying the stirring position T for stirring, and the ice-cutting supply position U for supplying ice-cutting into the sales container 9 by the ice-cutting supply unit 4, supply of beverage ingredients to the sales container 9 and receiving materials automatically It is possible to perform the agitation, supply of the shaved ice to the sales container 9, and further transport to the beverage raw material supply position S from which the sales container 9 is taken out.

  Thereby, since it becomes possible to manufacture a drink by making each drink raw material into automatic supply, it becomes possible to suppress the dispersion | variation in the quantity for every goods, and it becomes possible to provide a homogeneous drink. Moreover, since the beverage raw material is supplied into the sales container 9 at the beverage raw material supply position S by the beverage raw material supply unit 3 accommodated in the housing unit 2, quality and safety management can be appropriately performed. Therefore, it does not depend on manpower and is suitable in terms of hygiene.

  In particular, in this embodiment, as described in detail above, the container preparation position and the beverage supply position are integrated into the beverage raw material supply position S, and further, the beverage raw material supply position S, the stirring position T, and the ice cutting supply position U. Is set on a straight flow line in the tray portion 55, so that the apparatus itself can be made compact and the container moving portion 6 can be moved to each position of the sales container 9 Can be simplified. It becomes possible to shorten the movement time of the sales container 9 to each position.

  In addition, since the stirring position T is set between the beverage raw material supply position S and the ice slicing supply position U, in order to execute a series of beverage production operations as described above, from the beverage raw material supply to production and provision Can be realized by one reciprocating operation from the beverage raw material supply position S to the ice cutting supply position U. Therefore, useless movement operation can be eliminated, and a series of beverage production operations can be simplified and a required time can be shortened.

  In addition, the beverage production apparatus 1 in the present embodiment sets the beverage ingredient supply position S at the front part in the tray portion 55, and heads obliquely rearward from the beverage ingredient supply position S with respect to the front surface of the housing part 2. Because the stirring position T and the ice cutting supply position U are set on the flow line, and the beverage raw material supply unit 3, the stirring unit 5 and the ice cutting supply unit 4 are provided in the casing 2 corresponding to the upper part of each position. Thus, it is possible to reduce the width dimension while suppressing an increase in the depth dimension of the entire apparatus 1.

  Thereby, each apparatus of the drink raw material supply part 3, the stirring part 5, and the ice-cutting supply part 4 is accommodated in one housing | casing part 2, The operation position to the sales container 9 by each apparatus, ie, drink raw material supply position Even if S (container preparation position, beverage providing position), stirring position T, and ice-cutting supply position U are arranged in the same casing 2, the size of the entire apparatus 1 can be suppressed. Therefore, the area required for installation of the device can be reduced.

  Further, since the beverage raw material supply position S is set at the front part in the tray part 55, it becomes possible to take out the sales container 9 without any trouble.

  Furthermore, the cleaning unit 7 for cleaning the stirring unit 5 is provided in a corner portion of the casing unit 2 facing the flow line, and is configured to advance / retreat from the corner unit to the stirring unit 5. By providing the cleaning part 7 in the dead space generated in the body part 2, the space can be effectively used.

  Next, with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 38, the operation | movement which manufactures the frozen drink by the drink manufacturing apparatus 1 as another Example is demonstrated. In this embodiment, the beverage production apparatus 1 replaces the supply of diluting water used in the above embodiment with the purpose of lowering the temperature of the liquid raw material after dissolution of the raw material powder, and supplies ice cutting by the ice cutting supply unit 4. In order to execute, it is substantially the same as the above embodiment, and the dilution water supply nozzle 47 is not required.

  In such an embodiment, the same control is performed until the beverage raw material supply step, and after the powder melting step, the ice-cutting supply step is executed in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment. Is omitted. However, in such an embodiment, the hot water used to dissolve the raw material powder in the beverage raw material supply step is supplied with the cooling icing added in the latter stage, as in the above example. It is preferable that the minimum amount of hot water required for dissolution of the water.

(Powder dissolution process as another example)
In the powder dissolution step in this embodiment, as in the above embodiment, the control unit 8 moves the sales container 9 that has been placed at the beverage raw material supply position S by the container moving unit 6 to the stirring position T (state in FIG. 27). To the state of FIG. 32). Then, the sales container 9 is moved from the low position to the high position by the vertical moving part 58 of the container moving part 6 (from the state of FIG. 32 to the state of FIG. 33).

  As a result, the sales container 9 placed on the sales container cradle 56 is raised in the direction of the stirring unit 5 provided above the stirring position T of the tray unit 55, whereby the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 is moved to the sales container. 9 (see FIG. 12).

  Thereafter, the control unit 8 drives the motor 40M of the stirring unit 5. The motor 40M rotates the cutter 41 at a low speed through the drive shaft 40 for a predetermined time. Thereby, the raw material powder in the sales container 9 melted by the hot water for melting supplied at the beverage raw material supply position S is further improved in dissolution efficiency by stirring by the rotation of the cutter 41. For this reason, since the raw material powder can be dissolved in hot water in a short time, the time required for dissolving the raw material powder can be shortened. Moreover, by dissolving the raw material powder by using hot water and stirring by the stirring unit 5, it is possible to avoid the raw material powder from remaining undissolved, and to eliminate the disadvantage that the quality of the finished beverage is lowered. Can do. Also in this embodiment, the rotational speed of the motor 40M is set to a low speed.

  Thereafter, the control unit 8 stops the motor 40M, and then moves the sales container 9 from the high position to the low position by the container moving unit 6. As a result, the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 comes out of the sales container 9 placed on the sales container cradle 56, and the lid 42 is restricted from moving downward by the cutter 41. The top opening of the container 9 is opened.

  Then, the control part 8 moves the sales container 9 which was made into stirring position T by the container moving part 6 to the ice-cutting supply position U (from the state of FIG. 32 to the state of FIG. 35). After the sales container cradle 56 is set to the ice cutting supply position U, the control unit 8 executes ice supply for cooling to the sales container 9.

  At this time, as in the case of the ice cutting supply process in the above embodiment, since the ice cutting has already been supplied into the ice buffer 36 and is in the ice cutting supply standby state, the control unit 8 The ice shutter opening / closing motor 36M of the buffer 36 is driven to open the ice shutter for a shorter time than in the above-described ice-cutting supply process. As a result, a relatively small amount of ice cut in a part of the ice cut received in the ice buffer 36 falls into the sales container 9 placed at the ice cutting supply position U by its own weight. The sales container 9 is supplied with the amount of ice shave necessary to lower the temperature of hot water (beverage raw material) in which the raw material powder is dissolved. It should be noted that ice removal received in the ice buffer 36 is reduced by the operation, and the ice sensor 38 no longer detects full ice, so the control unit 8 opens the ice discharge shutter 34 again for a predetermined time, It is assumed that the ice pieces are supplied to the slicer 35, and the motor 35M is driven to rotate the propeller, and ice removal is executed until the ice sensor 38 detects full ice.

  After supplying the ice cutting for cooling, the control unit 8 returns the sales container 9 which has been set to the ice cutting supply position U by the container moving unit 6 to the stirring position T (from the state of FIG. 35 to the state of FIG. 32). Thereafter, similarly to the above, the sales container 9 is moved from the low position to the high position (from the state of FIG. 32 to the state of FIG. 33).

  As a result, the sales container 9 placed on the sales container cradle 56 is raised in the direction of the stirring unit 5 provided above the stirring position T of the tray unit 55, whereby the cutter 41 of the stirring unit 5 is moved to the sales container. 9, the upper surface opening of the sales container 9 is closed by the weight of the lid 42 that can be moved up and down.

  Thereafter, the control unit 8 drives the motor 40M of the stirring unit 5. The motor 40M rotates the cutter 41 through the drive shaft 40 at a low speed for a predetermined time as described above. As a result, the ice cutting for cooling and the beverage raw material (syrup) are mixed in the sales container 9, and the beverage raw material is lowered to a predetermined temperature.

  And, in the sales container 9, the raw material powder is heated to a high temperature by being melted with hot water, but as described above, the powder of the beverage raw material is dissolved by adding the ice cutting for cooling as described above. It becomes possible to bring the temperature of the water (beverage material) closer to the ice temperature, and it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the ice cutting supplied in the ice cutting supply process in the subsequent stage is melted more than necessary. In this case, it is not necessary to provide a means for supplying water for dilution, so that the number of parts can be reduced.

  As a result, even if powder is used as a beverage ingredient, it is possible to ensure the quality of the finished beverage, in particular the predetermined hardness, without causing the powder to melt, and to maintain the quality. Become. With the above, the powder melting step is completed, and the control unit 8 proceeds to the ice-cutting supply step in the same manner as in the above embodiment.

  In each of the above embodiments, in the stirring step, the container moving unit 6 moves the sales container 9 to the upper stirring unit 5 to perform the stirring operation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the stirring unit 5 May be lowered toward the sales container 9 at the stirring position T to perform the stirring operation.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the cleaning cover 48 of the cleaning unit 7 is configured to advance / retreat from the corner portion of the housing unit 2 to the stirring unit 5 by the cover driving unit 49, but is not limited thereto. The structure which can cover the stirring part 5 with the washing | cleaning cover 48 from the lower side, and is wash | cleaning the washing | cleaning cover 48 when beverage manufacturing operation, such as a stirring process, is performed. For example, it is good also as a structure which stores the washing | cleaning part 7 below the stirring position T, raises at the time of a washing | cleaning process, and performs a washing | cleaning process.

  In each of the above embodiments, the washing process is always performed after the beverage manufacturing operation is finished. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is performed by operating a washing button (not shown) provided on the front door. You may do it.

  In the above-described embodiment, the beverage manufacturing apparatus that executes ice slicing and mixing as a series of processing processes has been described. However, for example, only ice slicing or only processing of mixing can be executed independently. It is.

  In addition, in the drink manufacturing apparatus 1 mentioned above, liquors, such as a frozen cocktail, can also be manufactured as a drink other than a soft drink. In this case, the raw material powder may be a liquid raw material containing alcohol.

It is a front view of the state which removed the front door of the beverage manufacturing apparatus. It is a perspective view of the state which removed the exterior panel of the beverage manufacturing apparatus of FIG. It is the side view which looked at the drink manufacturing apparatus of FIG. 1 from the right side. It is a top view of the drink manufacturing apparatus of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of the drink manufacturing apparatus of FIG. It is BB sectional drawing of the drink manufacturing apparatus of FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a canister. It is a schematic perspective view of the drink raw material supply part of the state which removed the canister. It is a vertical side view of FIG. It is a perspective view of a stirring part. It is a perspective view of the stirring part in the state which is stirring the receiver in a sales container. It is a vertical side view of FIG. It is the figure (open state / closed state) which looked at the washing | cleaning part and the stirring part from the outside. It is CC sectional drawing (open state / closed state) of FIG. It is the figure (open state) which looked at FIG. 13 from the left. It is a vertical side view of FIG. It is the figure which looked at the closed state of FIG. 13 from the left. It is a vertical side view of FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the washing | cleaning part of a state in which the shutter was open | released, and a shutter. It is sectional drawing which looked at FIG. 19 from upper direction. It is sectional drawing which looked at FIG. 19 from the downward direction. It is DD sectional drawing of FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the washing | cleaning part of a state in which the shutter was closed, and a shutter. It is sectional drawing which looked at FIG. 23 from the upper direction. It is sectional drawing which looked at FIG. 23 from the downward direction. It is EE sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view of the container moving part in which a sales container cradle is in a beverage raw material supply position. It is a front view of the container moving part in which a sales container cradle is in a beverage raw material supply position. It is a top view of FIG. It is FF sectional drawing of FIG. It is GG sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view of the container moving part in which a sales container cradle is in the low position of a stirring position. It is a perspective view of the container moving part in which a sales container cradle is in the high position of a stirring position. It is a vertical side view of FIG. It is a perspective view of the container moving part in which a sales container cradle is in the ice cutting supply position. It is a circuit block diagram which shows the control circuit of a control part. It is a timing chart of control by a control part. It is a timing chart of the powder melt | dissolution process as another Example.

Explanation of symbols

S Beverage ingredient supply position (container preparation position, beverage provision position)
U ice cutting supply position 1 beverage production apparatus 2 housing part 3 beverage raw material supply part 4 ice cutting supply part 5 stirring part 6 container moving part 7 washing part 8 control part 9 sales container 10 ice making part 11 hot water tank 13 canister (raw material powder Supply department)
13M canister motor 14 Raw material chute (raw material powder supply part)
14A Discharge port 15 Dissolving hot water supply solenoid valve 17 Washing hot water supply solenoid valve 19 Dissolving hot water supply nozzle (dissolving water supply unit)
20 Cleaning hot water supply nozzle (cleaning water supply section)
24 Powder discharging mechanism 34 Ice discharging shutter 35 Slicer 36 Ice buffer 40 Drive shaft 40M Motor 41 Cutter (stirring member)
42 Lid 42B Convex wall 43 Cylinder part 43B Interval defining part 47 Dilution water supply nozzle (water supply part)
48 Cleaning cover 48A Discharge port 49 Cover drive unit 50 Control panel 55 Tray unit 56 Sales container pedestal 57 Horizontal movement unit 57M Motor 58 Vertical movement unit 58M Motor 63 Chute drive unit 63A Solenoid 64 Powder receiving member 67 Guard 70 Arm 71A, 71B Micro switch (Cover drive)
73 Rotating shaft 75 Shutter (compartment shutter)
77 Sales container entrance / exit 84 Transmission gear portion 84A Drive gear 85A, 96 Light shielding plate 86 Slider 86S, 86T, 86U Horizontal position sensor 93B, 93C Vertical position sensor

Claims (3)

A beverage ingredient supply unit for supplying beverage ingredients to a sales container;
An ice cutting supply unit for supplying ice cutting formed by cutting ice with a predetermined roughness to the sales container;
An agitation part for mixing the receiving material received inside the sales container;
The beverage ingredient supply unit, the ice-cutting supply unit, and a control unit for controlling the stirring unit,
The beverage raw material supply unit includes a raw material powder supply unit that supplies beverage raw material powder to the sales container, and a hot water supply unit that supplies hot water for dissolving the beverage raw material powder,
The stirring unit has a water supply unit for supplying water into the sales container,
The control unit performs the beverage raw material supply step of supplying the beverage raw material powder and hot water to the sales container by the beverage raw material supply unit, and then the stirring raw material powder and hot water in the sales container by the stirring unit. And a powder melting step of supplying water to the sales container by the water supply unit, and then performing an ice cutting supply step of supplying ice to the sales container by the ice cutting supply unit After that, the beverage production apparatus is characterized in that a beverage agitation step is performed in which the agitation unit agitates the receptor received inside the sales container. A beverage ingredient supply unit for supplying beverage ingredients to a sales container;
An ice cutting supply unit for supplying ice cutting formed by cutting ice with a predetermined roughness to the sales container;
An agitation part for mixing the receiving material received inside the sales container;
The beverage ingredient supply unit, the ice-cutting supply unit, and a control unit for controlling the stirring unit,
The beverage raw material supply unit has a raw material powder supply unit for supplying beverage raw material powder to the sales container, and a hot water supply unit for supplying hot water for dissolving the beverage raw material powder,
The control unit performs the beverage raw material supply step of supplying the beverage raw material powder and hot water to the sales container by the beverage raw material supply unit, and then the stirring raw material powder and hot water in the sales container by the stirring unit. A powder melting step of stirring the ice, and then performing an ice cutting supply step of supplying the ice to the sales container by the ice cutting supply unit, and then receiving the inside of the sales container by the stirring unit A beverage agitation supply step for cooling a beverage raw material that performs a beverage agitation step for agitating an object and supplies a smaller amount of ice to the sales container than the ice removal supply step by the ice removal supply unit during the powder dissolution step The beverage manufacturing apparatus characterized by performing. The agitation unit has a cutter that enters and rotates into the sales container and crushes the received material received in the sales container, and a motor that drives the cutter to rotate.
The beverage manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls a rotation speed of the motor in the powder melting step to be lower than a rotation speed in the ice-cutting supply step.

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