Title:
自動化された飲料システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4537575
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
In a cup storage and dispensing assembly for an automated beverage dispensing system, including,a rotatable turret (40) having a plurality of cup supply tubes (42) of a predetermined size mounted thereon for providing a mix of different sized cups (68) at a cup extraction station (66),a drive motor (254) for rotating the turret,and control means for controlling the drive motor so as to rotate the turret in either a clockwise or counter clockwise direction for minimizing the time for a cup supply tube containing a desired sized cup to be positioned at the cup extraction station, the improvement characterised by: the rotatable turret including a central mounting plate (216) including an arrangement of supply tube size attachment elements (220) having a specific pattern for each size of supply tube to be mounted thereon and wherein each size of supply tube includes complementary attachment elements (224) for attachment to said central mounting plate at a predefined location around the mounting plate.
Inventors:
Gourette, Douglas Peas
Giesel, Lawrence Bee
Waynog, Kenneth S.
Coffey, Jimmy El
Giesel, Lawrence Bee
Waynog, Kenneth S.
Coffey, Jimmy El
Application Number:
JP2000525334A
Publication Date:
September 01, 2010
Filing Date:
December 22, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Restaurant Technology Incorporated
International Classes:
B67D1/00; B65B43/44; B65B59/00; B65G1/133; B65G17/32; B65G47/06; B65G47/22; B65G59/10; B67D1/08; B67D3/00; G07F1/00; G07F13/10
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Foreign References:
| US3364959 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent business corporation Odashima patent office