JP2018165970A - Drainage device in cup type beverage automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup type beverage automatic vending machine in which means for preventing occurrence and growth of bacteria in a drainage bucket 7 of the cup type beverage automatic vending machine is adopted.SOLUTION: Provided is a drainage device in a cup type beverage automatic vending machine, in which, in a cup type beverage automatic vending machine A, a drain port of a drainage bucket 7 provided in the cup type beverage automatic vending machine that prevents occurrence and growth of bacteria in the drainage bucket 7 even in the case of not being operated for a long term is provided with a drain trap 8, to which a drain pipe 9 is further connected, and this drain pipe 9 is laid even to the outside of the cup type beverage automatic vending machine, and this is connected to an existing drain ditch and drain pipe.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention is a drainage device in a cup-type beverage vending machine that cooks beverage ingredients in a machine and puts them in a container such as a cup and sells it. The present invention relates to a drainage device in a cup-type beverage vending machine which has an improved structure in which drainage is stored in a container such as a drainage bucket or a drainage tank, although there is no mechanism for external drainage.

In cup-type beverage vending machines that sell coffee, soft drinks, etc., the beverage is cooked and sold in the vending machine, so drainage is produced by cooking various beverages and washing cooking equipment. This drainage has a specification that a drainage container is provided inside the cup-type beverage vending machine and is stored in the drainage container, and there is a phenomenon that bacteria are generated in the drainage in the drainage container.
Usually, when replenishing raw materials, the wastewater in the drainage container is discarded to prevent the generation of bacteria. However, depending on the installation location of the vending machine, for example, the store is open only during a certain season, so if the store is closed for a long period of time or if the vending machine is extremely inactive, the vending machine is not operating very much. In some cases, it may not be possible to completely prevent the occurrence of bacteria in buildings that are closed due to long vacations.
At present, all the solutions to this problem are handled by service personnel.
There is no specific prior art for solving this problem. In other words, manufacturers and distributors of conventional cup-type beverage vending machines are required to be able to supply water with water supply equipment, that is, water supply directly connected specifications as necessary, but drainage equipment is not particularly specified, and it is simply used as a drainage container. Since it is a style to store water, it is said that drainage facilities are unnecessary. Therefore, there is no need for drainage at each place where cup-type beverage vending machines are installed, and it can be installed in any place where electricity and water can be provided. Electricity and water are everywhere, and it has always been installed where buyers are.
Conventionally, there is a cup-type beverage vending machine (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-96354 (refer to the claims, detailed description of the invention, and FIG. 1)

In the prior art, in order to treat the wastewater in a sanitary manner, the wastewater accumulated in the drainage container is discarded manually by an operator who manages and operates the cup-type beverage vending machine. If this work is neglected, there is a possibility that germs may be generated, and furthermore, the sales will be stopped due to the water drainage container being full, resulting in a sales stagnation loss.
In addition, even if there are few sales and there is no need to supply raw materials, cups and other commodities necessary for beverage sales, and supplementary materials, it is necessary to go around only to dispose of the wastewater in the drainage container. The burden of increases.
In addition, the current cup-type beverage vending machine depends on the environmental conditions such as ambient temperature, but if the number of beverages sold per day is more than a certain number of cups, it will stay in the piping inside the cup-type beverage vending machine. However, if the number of daily sales decreases and the water in the pipe does not move for a long time, the water will remain in the stagnant water. The environment in which the fungus grows is prepared, the water in the pipes rots, and the problem of nasty taste and odor occurs.
In order to avoid this problem, it is necessary to move water, replace it with fresh water, or dispose of old water so that the environment in which the water in the cup-type beverage vending machine rots is not prepared. is there.
The present invention can be easily adopted in an existing cup-type beverage vending machine. As a first embodiment, an external drainage kit is used instead of a drainage container (bucket, tank) in a cup-type beverage vending machine. In addition, it is a kit that incorporates an external drainage unit (a drainage unit with a water trap so that insects and sewage odors do not enter through the drainage pipe from the outside) so that drainage can flow out due to a drop. In addition, as a second example, with a pump-feed drainage kit, a drainage pump is attached to the drainage container (bucket, tank) in the cup-type beverage vending machine, and the installation location where the head cannot be removed, or a place far away It is a drainage unit when it is necessary to transfer wastewater.

1st invention of this invention is the drainage apparatus in the cup-type drink vending machine as described in Claim 1, and is as follows.
In a cup-type beverage vending machine, even if it is not operating for a long period of time, a drain trap is provided at the drain outlet of the drain bucket provided in the cup-type beverage vending machine to prevent the generation and growth of bacteria in the drain bucket. Further, a drain pipe is connected, the drain pipe is laid outside the cup-type beverage vending machine, and this is connected to the existing drain groove and drain pipe.

A second invention of the present invention is a drainage device in a cup-type beverage vending machine as described in claim 2, and is as follows.
Even if the cup-type beverage vending machine does not operate for a long period of time, the float switch for the drainage pump is installed in the drainage bucket provided in the cup-type beverage vending machine that prevents the generation and growth of bacteria in the drainage bucket. The drain pump is turned on and off by turning it on and off, and the drain in the drain bucket can be discharged. A drain pipe is connected to the drain port of the drain pump, and this drain pipe is outside the cup-type beverage vending machine. The check valve is installed in an appropriate part of the drainage pipe, and the tip of the drainage pipe is connected to the existing drainage groove and drainage pipe.
At this time, by providing a portion that moves flexibly in a part of the external piping, the connection with the fixed piping is facilitated.

Since the drainage device in the cup-type beverage vending machine according to the present invention has the configuration as described above, the following effects are achieved by changing the concept of the conventional cup-type beverage vending machine.
(1) Even if the cup-type beverage vending machine is not used for a long period of time, bacteria are prevented from being generated and propagated in the drainage container in the vending machine.
(2) In the cup-type beverage vending machine according to the present invention, the operator who manages and operates the cup-type beverage vending machine patrols only when it is necessary to supply raw materials necessary for beverage sales, products such as cups, and supplements. This eliminates the need to discard the drainage of the drainage container, and the operator's patrol is efficient.
(3) A drainage kit with a trap that drains the outside of the cup-type beverage vending machine can be easily introduced if the installation location can use the head.
In addition, by installing an existing fluid pressure pump, if it is necessary to pump the wastewater to a place where a drop cannot be made or to a remote location, the existing pump-type beverage vending machine can be used. Can be easily introduced.

It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows an example which discharges | emits the waste_water | drain of the cup-type drink vending machine of this invention through a pipe outside a machine, and sends it out to a drain groove and a drain pipe. It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows an example which discharges | emits the waste_water | drain in the cup-type drink vending machine of this invention through a drainage pump, and sends it out to a drainage groove and a drain pipe. It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows the prior art example of a cup type drink vending machine.

  In a cup-type beverage vending machine, even if it is not operating for a long period of time, a drain trap is provided at the drain outlet of the drain bucket provided in the cup-type beverage vending machine to prevent the generation and growth of bacteria in the drain bucket. It is a drainage device in a cup-type beverage vending machine that is provided and further connected to a drainage pipe, and this drainage pipe is laid outside the cup-type beverage vending machine, and is connected to the existing drainage groove and drainage pipe.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Drainage by allowing the drainage to be discharged so that there is no drainage exceeding the specified amount remaining in the drainage bucket 7 when the cup-type beverage vending machine A has not been operated for a long time. This is to prevent the bacteria in the bucket 7 from being generated.
For example, a conventional water filter, a reservoir, a water supply pump (not shown), a rinse valve 1, a stirrer 2, a drain receiver 3, an overflow detection float 5, an ice making machine 4, a hot water tank (not shown) as shown in FIG. In the general cup-type beverage vending machine A composed of the water tank 6 and the drain bucket 7, the drainage is discharged to perform the shower washing using the rinse valve 1 and the shower. There is a possibility that a large amount of bacteria will be generated.
Therefore, even in the existing cup-type beverage vending machine A, in order to prevent the generation of a large amount of bacteria without requiring a major remodeling, conventionally, the drainage of the cup-type beverage vending machine A has been In addition, it is common sense that operators who manage and operate cup-type beverage vending machines adopt a method of storing water by simply installing drainage containers (buckets, tanks, etc.) in the machine, and explanations in catalogs etc. It was said that it could be installed if the conditions for direct water supply system that could directly connect the power supply and tap water were prepared. However, drainage is generated by cooking various beverages and washing cooking equipment. This drainage has a specification that a drainage container is provided inside the cup-type beverage vending machine and is stored in the drainage container, and there is a phenomenon that bacteria are generated in the drainage in the drainage container. If this is not solved, there is a risk of hygiene problems (especially recently, it has been regarded as a problem in terms of compliance).
As shown in FIG. 1, the cup-type beverage vending machine A has a structure for supplying tap water into the machine or supplying water from a water supply tank (not shown) via a water supply pump (not shown). A drainage bucket 7 having a function of a drainage receiver 3 for storing drainage is provided. This is employed when the water supply is directly connected to the water supply or the water stored in the water supply tank is supplied by a water supply pump depending on the conditions of the place where the cup-type beverage vending machine A is installed.
For example, if the place where the cup-type beverage vending machine A is installed is a company, maintenance may not be possible on a long holiday, etc. Therefore, if the wastewater cannot be discarded from the drainage bucket 7, There arises a problem that the drainage bucket 7 to be stored overflows. In order to prevent this, the cup-type beverage vending machine as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided with a float switch or the like for detecting that the drainage stored in the drainage bucket 7 is full. Is detected, a control mechanism for immediately stopping the sales is provided to prevent the drainage in the drainage bucket 7 from overflowing. Even if it has such a function, generation | occurrence | production of a microbe cannot be prevented easily.
For this reason, the cup-type beverage vending machine can prevent the generation and proliferation of bacteria in the in-machine piping by adopting a direct drainage type (see FIG. 1). When the drain pump float switch 11 is turned ON or OFF, the drain pump 10 is operated to drain the drainage in the drainage bucket 7, pipe it outside the machine, and drain it through the drainage channel and drainage pipe. is there.
In addition, the connection with fixed piping can be made easy by providing the flexible joint 13 which moves flexibly in some exterior piping.
Needless to say, a check valve 12 is provided in order to prevent backflow of drainage in the pipe when the drainage pump 10 is stopped.
By comprising in this way, generation | occurrence | production of the microbe by the waste_water | drain in the waste_water | drain bucket 7 is prevented as much as possible.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cup-type beverage vending machine is provided with an overflow detection float 5 for detecting the fullness of water in the drainage tank 7, and when water is detected, the water is immediately supplied. It also has a function to stop the drainage and prevent the drainage from overflowing.

  It can be used not only in newly-established cup-type beverage vending machines but also in existing cup-type beverage vending machines.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 .... Rinse valve 2 .... Stirrer 3 .... Drain receiver 4 .... Ice maker 5 .... Overflow detection float 6 .... Water tank 7 .... Drain bucket, drain Tank 8 ... Drain trap 9 ... Drain pipe 10 ... Drain pump 11 ... Drain pump float switch 12 ... Check valve 13 ... Flexible joint A ... ..Cup-type beverage vending machines

Claims (2)

  In a cup-type beverage vending machine, even if it is not operating for a long period of time, a drain trap is provided at the drain outlet of the drain bucket provided in the cup-type beverage vending machine to prevent the generation and growth of bacteria in the drain bucket. In a cup-type beverage vending machine, characterized in that a drainage pipe is connected, this drainage pipe is laid outside the cup-type beverage vending machine, and this is connected to the existing drainage channel and drainage pipe. Drainage equipment.   Even if the cup-type beverage vending machine does not operate for a long period of time, the float switch for the drainage pump is installed in the drainage bucket provided in the cup-type beverage vending machine that prevents the generation and growth of bacteria in the drainage bucket. The drain pump is turned on and off by turning it on and off, and the drain in the drain bucket can be discharged. A drain pipe is connected to the drain port of the drain pump, and this drain pipe is outside the cup-type beverage vending machine. A drainage device in a cup-type beverage vending machine, wherein a check valve is installed at an appropriate part of the drainage pipe, and the tip of the drainage pipe is connected to an existing drainage groove and drainage pipe. .

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