KR200337132Y1 - Device for automatically supplying tea bag - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a tea bag automatic supply apparatus for supplying a tea bag containing a beverage material such as green tea but supplying a tea bag with a handle separated. The tea bag supplying device of the present invention accommodates a plurality of tea bags in an aligned state, and separates the handle from the tea bag supplied from the tea bag receiving unit and supplies the tea bags one by one, and the handle and the tea bag are connected only by the connecting string. And a handle separating unit to be connected. And, the handle separating unit is a pair of separation guide for separating the handle from the tea bag by entering between the tea bag and the handle with the connecting string between, and is formed eccentrically spaced apart from the vertical center axis of the tea bag to separate the handle Includes a guide groove formed between the pair of separation guides so that the connecting string can pass through.

Description

Tea Bag Automatic Supplying Device {Device for automatically supplying tea bag}

The present invention relates to a device for supplying a tea bag (Tea bag) for receiving a beverage raw material such as green tea that must be filtered out of the beverage before drinking with the handle separated.

In general, vending machines for beverage sales can be broadly classified as being supplied in a cup and being supplied in a separate container such as a can.

The vending machine using a paper cup of the vending machine as described above is to supply the powder or liquid beverage raw material in the ejected state to the cup so that consumers can drink.

However, in the case of the traditional tea, such as green tea is not the powder of the beverage, the consumer must filter the beverage before drinking, recently, as shown in Figure 1 filter bag 110 containing a beverage such as green tea leaves and Using a tea bag (tea bag) of the form including a handle 120 detachably bonded to one side of the filter bag 110, and a connecting strap 140 for connecting the filter bag 110 and the handle 120 Therefore, the development of a vending machine that can sell traditional cars is required.

However, in order to provide a vending machine for dispensing a drink using a tea bag as described above, when dispensing the tea bag 100 into a cup while the handle 120 and the filter bag 110 are separated during the sale of the drink. There is a need for the development of technologies that can kill.

The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to provide a tea bag automatic supply device capable of supplying a tea bag after separating a handle from a filter bag.

1 is a front view showing a typical tea bag,

2 is a perspective view schematically showing a tea bag automatic feeding device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 3 is a side view showing an operating state of the automatic tea bag supply device of FIG.

Figure 4 is a front view showing an operating state of the automatic tea bag supply device of FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: tea bag 110: filter bag

120: handle 140: connecting strap

300: tea bag automatic supply device 310: tea bag supply unit

311 cartridge 315 base plate

317: outlet 319: stepping motor

320: transfer path 321: transfer guide

330: mooring unit 331: opening and closing member

333: link member 350: separation unit

351: separation guide 352: guide groove

353: rotating shaft 355: rotating motor

357: first cam member 358: pressure lever

359: first spring 335: second cam member

337: second spring

Tea bag automatic supply device according to the present invention for achieving the above object, for supplying the tea bag to a predetermined container by separating the handle attached to the state connected to the outside of the tea bag (Tea bag) filled with beverage ingredients As a tea bag accommodating unit for accommodating a plurality of tea bags in an aligned state and supplying the tea bags one by one; And a handle separating unit separating the handle from the tea bag supplied from the tea bag receiving unit so that the handle and the tea bag are connected only by the connecting string, wherein the handle separating unit includes the connecting string between the handles. A pair of separation guides that enter and separate between the tea bag and the handle to separate the handle from the tea bag, and are eccentrically spaced apart from a vertical center axis of the tea bag by connecting the tea bag and the handle. It characterized in that it comprises a guide groove formed between the pair of separation guides so that the connecting strap can pass through when the handle is separated.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the handle separating unit includes a rotating motor, the rotating shaft connecting the pair of separation guide and the rotating motor.

And, the handle separating unit, it is preferable to further include a pressing means for pressing the periphery of the handle of the tea bag in conjunction with the pair of separation guide.

Here, the pressing means, the first cam member installed on the rotating shaft, the cam follower to cooperate with the first cam member, the pressing lever for pressing the circumference of the handle of the tea bag, and to return the pressure lever to the original It is preferable to include the first elastic member to elastically bias.

On the other hand, between the tea bag receiving unit and the handle separating unit, an opening and closing member for setting the tea bag in a predetermined posture, and the tea bag with the handle separated by moving the opening and closing member in conjunction with the handle separating unit It is preferable that a tea bag taking-out means for selectively taking out is provided.

Here, the tea bag extracting means is a second cam member provided on the pivot shaft, a cam follower member which is cam-followed to interlock with the second cam member, and moves the opening and closing member forward, and the stage is returned to its original position. It is preferable to include the 2nd elastic body elastically biased so that.

On the other hand, the tea bag receiving unit, the tea bag is accommodated one by one and a plurality of receiving slots of the upper and lower open receiving slots formed radially; A base plate installed at a lower portion of the cartridge to cover lower ends of the plurality of storage slots, and having a discharge opening through which a lower end of one of the plurality of storage slots is opened; And a stepping motor for rotating any one of the cartridge and the base plate such that any one selected from the plurality of storage slots faces the discharge port.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

2 shows an automatic tea bag supplying device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to this, the automatic tea bag supplying device 300 includes a tea bag receiving unit 310 and a tea bag separating unit 350. For reference, reference numeral 391 is a housing supporting the separation unit 350.

The tea bag accommodating unit 310 accommodates a plurality of tea bags 100 (refer to FIG. 4) and discharges the tea bags 100 unit by unit in response to an emission signal input from the outside. To this end, the tea bag receiving unit 310 includes a cartridge 311, a base plate 315, and a stepping motor 319.

The cartridge 311 includes a plurality of receiving slots 313 formed radially, and is formed in a cylindrical shape. Each of the storage slots 313 is open at the upper and lower ends. Each of the storage slots 313 is preferably formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape whose width and width are somewhat larger than those of the tea bag 100 to facilitate the loading or dispensing of the tea bag 100.

The base plate 315 is installed to cover the lower end of the cartridge 311, and a portion of the base plate 315 except the discharge hole 317 formed through one side thereof closes the lower ends of the plurality of storage slots 313. The discharge port 317 preferably has a larger width and width than the width and width of the storage slot 313 so as not to disturb the discharge of the tea bag 100.

The stepping motor 319 rotates the cartridge 311 or the base plate 315 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2, so that any one of the receiving slots 313 faces the outlet 317. The stepping motor 319 in this embodiment is adapted to rotate the cartridge 311. On the other hand, reference numeral 318 is a first sensor for determining whether or not the rotation of the cartridge 311 is made correctly. In the present embodiment, a micro switch that outputs a discrimination signal by contact with a plurality of grooves 314 formed at equal intervals along the lower circumference of the cartridge 311 is used as the first sensor 318.

In order to guide the tea bag discharged from the tea bag receiving unit 310 configured as described above to the target place, the tea bag automatic supply device 300 according to the present embodiment further includes a conveying path 320. In the case of a tea bag supply device 300 to be used in a vending machine (not shown), the target paper becomes an upper portion of the cup 10 dispensed from the cup dispensing device (not shown). In this case, the cartridge 311 is preferably installed on the upper portion of the cup 10, and thus, the transport path 320 is discharged through the discharge port 317 and the tea bag 100 falling down is the cup 10 It is preferably formed by a transfer guide 321 to guide the top of the.

As described above, the mooring unit 330 is further installed in the transport guide 321 forming the transport path 320. The mooring unit 330 is for mooring the tea bag 100 falling along the transport guide 321 for a predetermined time so that the tea bag is set in a predetermined posture, and the filter bag 110 and the handle of the tea bag 100 ( The separation of 120 is to be easily made by the separation unit 350 to be described later. As shown in Fig. 3, the mooring unit in the present embodiment includes an opening and closing member 331 and a tea bag ejecting means. The opening and closing member 331 is slidably installed in the through hole 322 formed through a predetermined portion of the transfer guide 321. The dispensing means moves the opening / closing member 331 to open the transfer path 320 to enable the extraction of the tea bag moored by the opening / closing member 331, and includes a cam follower member and a second cam member. 335 and a second elastic member 337. The cam follower member is to move the opening and closing member 331 in conjunction with the second cam member 335, in this embodiment is composed of a plurality of link members 333 hinged to each other. The plurality of link members 333 are sequentially connected from the opening and closing member 331, and the ends thereof contact the second cam member 335 formed on the rotation shaft 353 of the separation guide 351. Accordingly, when the rotation shaft 353 is rotated so that the separation guide 351 rotates, the opening and closing member 331 is moved by the interaction between the second cam member 335 and the link member 333, and the transfer path 320. The first position capable of supporting the lower end of the tea bag 100 by blocking the second position and the second position of opening the transport path 320 are reciprocated in the same direction as the arrow C of FIG. 3. That is, the opening and closing member 331 is to be linked to the separation unit 350 to be described later. The second elastic member 337 is for elastically pressing the link member 333 or the opening and closing member 331 so that the opening and closing member 331 is disposed in the second position. The second elastic member 337 may be configured to press the link member 333 or the opening and closing member 331 so that the opening and closing member 331 is disposed in the first position, if necessary, in this case, Of course, the shape change of the second cam member 335 is required to correspond to the configuration change of the second elastic member 337 as described above. On the other hand, reference numeral 339 is a second sensor for outputting a determination signal as to whether the tea bag 100 is properly moored by the mooring unit 330. Since the second sensor 339 may be configured using various types of sensors such as an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, a micro sensor, and the like, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

The separating unit 350 (see FIG. 2) is for separating the handle 120 of the tea bag 100 discharged into the cup 10 from the filter bag 110. To this end, the separation unit 350 includes a pair of separation guides 351 rotatably installed at a position adjacent to the transfer guide 321. The separation guides 351 are rotated in the direction of arrow B of FIGS. 2 and 3 by a rotation motor 355 connected to the rotation shaft 353, and during the rotation, the filter bag supported by the opening and closing member 331. An end 351a (see FIG. 4) in contact with 110 is formed in a shape that can be moved toward the top of the filter bag 110 along the arrow D direction of FIG. 4. That is, the end 351a is inserted between the filter bag 110 and the handle 120, and then moves to the junction portion 130 (see FIG. 4) for joining the handle 120 and the filter bag 110 to the above. It is formed in a shape capable of separating the junction 130 and the filter bag 110. Here, the connecting string 140 connecting the handle 120 and the filter bag 110 is escaped by the guide groove 352 formed between the separation guide 351. As shown in FIG. 4, the guide groove 352 is a filter bag for connecting the lower end of the filter bag 110 and the junction 130 of the handle 120 along the traveling direction of the end of the separation guide 351. It is arranged to be spaced apart along the transverse direction of the filter bag 110 from the vertical center axis X of (110). In this case, the guide surface 351b formed in a curved surface to guide the connection string 140 in contact with the end 351a of the separation guide 351 to the guide groove 352 when the separation guide 351 is rotated, the separation guide 351 It is more preferably formed in). According to this, the end of the separation guide 351 can be in contact with the entire bonding portion 130, it is possible to be accurately separated the handle 120.

In the above description, the present invention is limited to the case where the separation guide 351 is rotated while the tea bag 100 is stopped. However, the configuration of the separation guide 351 related to the guide groove 352 described above is limited to this case. It is not. Although not shown, even when the handle 120 is separated from the filter bag 110 while the tea bag is moved while the separation guide is stopped, the guide groove 352 is formed eccentrically from the center of the separation guide to the separation guide. Of course, the separation of the handle 120 can be made accurately.

On the other hand, the separation unit 350 in the present embodiment further includes a pressure unit. The pressing unit is for facilitating the separation of the handle 120 by the contact of the separation guide 351 and the filter bag 110, just before the separation guide 351 and the filter bag 110, the handle It is for temporarily pressing the upper part of the filter bag 110 (the left and right ends of the filter bag in the drawing) around the 120. To this end, the pressing unit, as shown in Figure 3, comprises a pressing lever 358, the first cam member 357, and the first elastic member 359.

The pressure lever 358 is rotatably installed in a pair to be symmetrical with each other in a position adjacent to the conveying path (320). In the present embodiment, it is rotatably installed between the separation guide 351 and the conveying path 320. For reference, in FIG. 3, only one of the pair of pressure levers 358 installed on one side of the housing 391 is shown in solid lines in order to avoid the complicated drawing.

The first cam member 357 rotates the pressure lever 358 to selectively contact the pressure lever 358 and the filter bag 110. In this embodiment, the rotation shaft 353 of the separation guide 351 is provided. ) Is installed on.

The first elastic member 359 is to elastically pressurize the pressure unit in a direction approaching the filter bag 110 or in a direction away from the filter bag 110, in this embodiment the direction away from the filter bag 110 Pressurize elastically.

Hereinafter, the operation of the vending machine having the tea bag supply device 300 configured as described above is as follows.

First, when a discharge signal is input by a consumer's operation, the stepping motor 319 rotates to allow the lower end of any one of the storage slots 313 and the discharge port 317 to face each other. In this embodiment, the detection as to whether the above-described driving is made correctly is made by the interaction of the first sensor 318 and the groove 314. When it is confirmed that the stepping motor 319 is properly rotated by the first sensor 318, the rotation motor 355 is driven such that the rotation shaft 353 is rotated by a predetermined amount so that the transfer path 320 opens and closes the member 331. Blocked by

When the outlet 317 and the storage slot 313 face each other by the rotation of the stepping motor 319, the tea bag 100 stored in the storage slot 313 falls through the outlet 317. The falling tea bag 100 is guided downward by the transfer guide 321, and is stopped for a predetermined time by the opening and closing member 331. The mooring of the tea bag 100 as described above is confirmed by the second sensor 339, in conjunction with this, the pressure lever 358 is rotated to press the filter bag 110 of the tea bag 100 is pressed.

As described above, when the upper portion of the filter bag 110 is pressed, the separation guide 351 is then rotated. The handle 120 is separated from the filter bag 110 by the rotation of the separation guide 351. When the handle 120 is separated in this way, the opening and closing member 331 opens the transfer path 320 by the rotation of the second cam member 335, and the tea bag 100 falls back toward the cup 10. . Meanwhile, the handle 120 separated from the filter bag 110 is guided separately from the filter bag 110 by the handle guide 325. The handle guide 325 guides the handle 120 to the outside of the cup 10 when the filter bag 110 falls inside the cup 10, and guides the separation guide 351. 352 includes a guide groove 327 (see FIG. 2) having the same structure. On the other hand, the cup 10 is discharged from the cup dispensing apparatus not shown. Since the cup dispensing apparatus has a technical configuration that can be easily configured in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

As described above, when the drop of the tea bag 100 is completed, hot or cold water is supplied to the cup 10 through the water supply pipe 20, and when the water supply is completed, the consumer can drink the beverage.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to discharge the tea bag with the filter bag and the handle is separated, it is possible to automatically supply the traditional tea using the tea bag.

In the above, while the invention has been shown and described with respect to preferred embodiments for illustrating the principles of the invention, the invention is not limited to the configuration and operation as shown and described as such. Rather, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, such appropriate changes and modifications and equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

In the tea bag supply device for supplying a tea bag to a predetermined container by separating the handle attached to the outer surface of the tea bag (loaded with a beverage material) connected by a connecting strap, A tea bag accommodation unit for accommodating a plurality of tea bags in an aligned state and supplying the tea bags one by one; And And a handle separating unit separating the handle from the tea bag supplied from the tea bag receiving unit so that the handle and the tea bag are connected only by the connecting strap. The handle separating unit, A pair of separation guides separated by separating the handle from the tea bag by entering the gap between the tea bag and the handle with the connecting string interposed therebetween; The teabag is formed to be eccentrically spaced apart from the vertical center axis of the teabag by a predetermined distance, and comprises a guide groove formed between the pair of separation guides so that the connection string can pass when the handle is separated. Feeder. The method of claim 1, wherein the handle separating unit, Tea bag supply apparatus comprising a rotary motor, a rotating shaft connecting the pair of separation guide and the rotary motor. The method of claim 2, wherein the handle separating unit, Tea bag supply device characterized in that it further comprises a pressing means for pressing the periphery of the handle of the tea bag in conjunction with the pair of separation guide. The method of claim 3, wherein the pressing means, A first cam member installed on the pivot shaft, a cam lever driven to interlock with the first cam member to press the handle of the tea bag, and a first elastic member elastically biased to return the pressure lever to its original shape. Tea bag supply apparatus comprising a. According to claim 2, Between the tea bag receiving unit and the handle separating unit, And an opening / closing member for setting the tea bag in a predetermined posture, and a tea bag taking-out means for selectively taking out the tea bag from which the handle is separated by moving the opening / closing member in association with the handle separating unit. Tea bag feeder. The method of claim 5, wherein the tea bag extracting means, A second cam member provided on the pivot shaft, a cam follower member interlocked with the second cam member, the cam follower member installed to advance and retract the opening and closing member, and a second elastic body elastically biased to return the stage to its original position. Tea bag supply apparatus comprising a. According to claim 1, wherein the tea bag receiving unit, A cartridge in which the tea bags are stored one by one and a plurality of receiving slots of which upper and lower sides are opened are radially formed; A base plate installed at a lower portion of the cartridge to cover lower ends of the plurality of storage slots, and having a discharge opening through which a lower end of one of the plurality of storage slots is opened; And And a stepping motor for rotating any one of the cartridge and the base plate such that any one selected from the plurality of storage slots faces the discharge port.