CN110537840B

CN110537840B - Beverage machine and beverage configuration method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN110537840B
Application number: CN201910892322.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 董嘉玥
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-09-20
Filing date: 2019-09-20
Publication date: 2024-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-20
Also published as: CN110537840A

Abstract

The invention discloses a beverage machine and a beverage configuration method thereof, wherein the beverage machine comprises: a housing; the beverage preparation unit is arranged in the shell and used for preparing beverages, and the beverage preparation unit is provided with a material inlet and a beverage outlet; the material warehouse unit is provided with a plurality of warehouses for storing different materials, a plurality of warehouses are respectively provided with a warehouse outlet which can be opened and closed, and the warehouse outlet is connected with the material inlet and/or the drink outlet. According to the beverage machine provided by the invention, as the plurality of storage bins are arranged, different storage bins are selected according to the requirements of users, the outlets of the corresponding storage bins are opened, feeding is performed to the beverage configuration unit, and a plurality of materials are configured in the beverage configuration unit and then flow out through the beverage outlets to form the beverage. Through the arrangement, the configuration of various beverages can be realized, and the requirements of users are met.

Description

Beverage machine and beverage configuration method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of beverage equipment, in particular to a beverage machine and a beverage configuration method thereof.

Background

Entering the "industry 4.0" era, personalized customization of services has become a trend. 2018 international chain restaurant facility equipment exhibition presents a new attempt for the restaurant industry in a full industry chain service integration mode of project + technical solution. On the chinese food and beverage innovation meeting (2018 winter peak), many service providers from the food and beverage industry chain also bring about upstream market perception.

The world peak of the two catering industries gives us the following clear insight:

1. In the next few years, deep internetworking in the catering industry is continuing. With increasing human costs, competition for restaurant profit points will focus on the competition for "tools".

2. The massive fragmented data are only useful for restaurants after being integrated and carded. Helping the restaurant boss make decisions that are beneficial to brand marketing and operation.

3. Along with the younger of dominant consumer groups in recent years, the catering industry also presents a younger trend, and the innovation of drinks presents an explosive growth trend.

4. In recent years, the variety and taste of the beverage are diversified and the composite taste is also becoming diversified while the sales amount of the beverage is rapidly increased.

5. The more traditional products, the younger the brand operation thinking should be.

6. With the popularity of vending devices, the acceptance of vending devices by the public has increased.

Therefore, following market guidance, the new technical scheme is utilized to meet the demands of users, and the refreshing of the catering industry is the most fundamental starting point of the project.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a beverage machine to meet the user's needs. The invention also provides a beverage preparation method of the beverage machine.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

A beverage machine, comprising:

A housing;

The beverage preparation unit is arranged in the shell and used for preparing beverages, and the beverage preparation unit is provided with a material inlet and a beverage outlet;

the material warehouse unit is provided with a plurality of warehouses for storing different materials, a plurality of warehouses are respectively provided with a warehouse outlet which can be opened and closed, and the warehouse outlet is connected with the material inlet and/or the drink outlet.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, the beverage machine further includes:

The cleaning and disinfecting unit comprises one or more of an ultraviolet disinfecting device, an ultrasonic disinfecting device and an ozone disinfecting device;

and/or a mobile payment unit comprising an electronic money charging system and a money item comparison system;

and/or a remote communication unit for sending the related information of the drink machine;

And/or the data processing unit comprises a terminal data processing system and a server data processing system, wherein the terminal data processing system can carry out logic judgment of beverage configuration according to user selection, display price, provide a preparation guide, record consumption selection of customers, drive the beverage configuration unit to carry out beverage preparation, detect the quantity of materials and residual materials and detect the running state of each part of the beverage machine; the server data processing system can receive remote data and send out control instructions, and the data uploading of the multiple terminals is summarized and calculated, and fault analysis and early warning are performed.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, at least one bin of the plurality of bins is an ice making unit for storing and outputting ice cubes, and the ice making unit comprises an ice maker for making ice cubes, an ice cube storage box for storing ice cubes and an ice delivering machine for delivering ice cubes;

The output end of the ice conveying machine is connected with the beverage configuration unit.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, the ice conveyor includes:

the big end of the ice block collecting hopper is upward and connected with the output end of the ice maker and the output end of the ice block storage box, and the small end of the ice block collecting hopper is downward and provided with a leak;

The ice conveying pipe is arranged at the small end of the ice collecting hopper and can be used for arranging ice cubes output by the loopholes;

A pushing shovel for pushing the ice cubes output by the ice conveying pipe;

The connecting rod assembly is connected with the pushing shovel and used for pushing the pushing shovel to move.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, the connecting rod assembly includes:

A housing having an ice delivery platform thereon aligned with an output end of the ice delivery tube, the pushing blade pushing the ice along the ice delivery platform;

Rotating a gear disposed within the housing;

the rotating column is arranged at the non-circle center of the gear;

One end of the connecting rod is connected with the pushing shovel, and the other end of the connecting rod is in running fit with the rotating column.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, the ice conveying pipe is provided with a guide plate for guiding the direction of the ice output by the ice conveying platform.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, the ice conveyor further comprises a stirring structure;

the stirring structure includes:

a stirring part extending into the ice block collecting hopper from the large end of the ice block collecting hopper; the driving device is used for driving the stirring component to rotate; and a connecting rod structure for connecting the output end of the driving device and the stirring component.

Optionally, the beverage machine comprises a quick heating device for heating the beverage.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, at least one of the plurality of bins is a conveying mechanism for outputting materials contained in the material bags;

The conveying mechanism comprises:

A bracket;

the driving wheel is rotatably arranged on the bracket and can drive the material bag;

The bag breaking device is arranged on the support and used for tearing open the material bag, and the bag breaking device is arranged corresponding to the material inlet of the drink configuration unit.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, at least one of the plurality of bins is a liquid storage device for storing liquid;

The liquid storage device includes:

A material bucket for storing the liquid;

And a liquid pump for pumping liquid in the material barrel, wherein an outlet of the liquid pump is correspondingly arranged with an outlet of the drink machine and/or a material inlet of the drink configuration unit.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, multiple sides of the shell are respectively provided with mutually independent beverage outlets.

Optionally, in the beverage machine, the beverage selection control templates are arranged on multiple sides of the shell in a one-to-one correspondence with the beverage outlets.

The invention also provides a beverage preparation method of the beverage machine, which is applied to the beverage machine according to any one of the above steps, and comprises the following steps:

1) Selecting the type of the finished beverage or selecting the matching beverage of the material components by a user;

2) Opening a corresponding storage bin outlet of the storage bin to enable materials in the storage bin to flow out and form drinks;

3) The beverage is contained in a container.

Optionally, in the beverage preparation method of the beverage machine, in the step 1), after the user selects the material component proportion to match the beverage, it is judged whether the matching is reasonable;

when the matching is reasonable, entering step 2);

when the matching is unreasonable, a prompt is sent.

Optionally, in the beverage preparation method of the beverage machine, the step 1) and the step 2) further include: and selecting a payment mode and paying.

Optionally, the beverage configuration method of the beverage machine further includes the steps of: consumption data is recorded, processed and filtered, and collocation data of consumer preferences is deduced.

According to the technical scheme, the beverage machine provided by the invention is provided with the plurality of storage bins, different storage bins are selected according to the requirements of users, the outlets of the corresponding storage bins are opened, the beverage configuration unit is fed with materials, and various materials are configured in the beverage configuration unit and then flow out through the beverage outlets to form the beverage. Through the arrangement, the configuration of various beverages can be realized, and the requirements of users are met.

The invention also provides a beverage configuration method using the beverage machine, and the beverage configuration method has the same technical effects as the beverage machine.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a conveying mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of an ice making unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of an ice making unit provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a beverage machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The invention discloses a drink machine which is used for meeting the demands of users. The invention also provides a beverage preparation method of the beverage machine.

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

Referring to fig. 1-4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a beverage machine, including: a housing; the beverage preparation unit is arranged in the shell and used for preparing beverages, and is provided with a material inlet and a beverage outlet; the material warehouse unit is provided with a plurality of warehouses for storing different materials, and the warehouses are provided with warehouse outlets which can be opened and closed and are connected with the material inlet and/or the beverage outlet.

According to the drink machine provided by the embodiment of the invention, as the plurality of storage bins are arranged, different storage bins are selected according to the requirements of a user, the outlets of the corresponding storage bins are opened, feeding is performed to the drink configuration unit, and a plurality of materials are configured in the drink configuration unit and then flow out through the drink outlets to form drinks. Through the arrangement, the configuration of various beverages can be realized, and the requirements of users are met.

Wherein, can also set up the display device of the material storage state to in time supply to the material in the storage bin. Wherein, the materials in the plurality of storage bins can be liquid, fixed or even gas, etc.

In this embodiment, the bin outlet is provided with a control valve capable of controlling the bin outlet to be opened and closed. The beverage machine controls the control valves on the bin outlets of the plurality of bins according to the beverage type selected by the user.

For automation reasons, a touch display screen is also provided to facilitate the user's selection of the beverage type by the touch display screen.

Further, the drink machine in the embodiment can provide a drink cup, so that the drink machine is further convenient for users to use. The beverage machine can use a chain conveyor belt to convey the cup body, and the cup body stays at the position corresponding to the beverage outlet, and the quantity of materials (beverage) input is controlled through a miniature pressure point type load sensor.

Flow calculations may also be employed. Namely, the total amount of the beverage in the beverage cup can be obtained by detecting and obtaining the flow of the beverage flowing out from the beverage outlet to the beverage cup and combining the flowing-out time.

The beverage preparation unit may be configured to be independent of the beverage cup, i.e. to deliver the prepared beverage in liquid form from the beverage outlet and into the beverage cup. In this kind of structure, the drink export designs as liquid material mouth, mainly used water, syrup, honey etc. liquid material's input.

The beverage preparation unit comprises a beverage cup, and the beverage outlet outputs a prepared whole cup of beverage (comprising the beverage cup and the beverage contained in the beverage cup). In this kind of structure, still include liquid material mouth and powder material mouth in the drink configuration unit, liquid material mouth is to drink cup output liquid, and powder material mouth is to drink cup output powder or solid particle (for example put in raw materials such as ice-cube, milk tea pearl). And stirring the materials in the drink cup after the output is finished or in the output process. Or sealing the beverage cup after the output is finished, and shaking the beverage cup uniformly by a user after the beverage cup is taken out from the cup taking opening. Namely, the beverage preparation unit is provided with a beverage cup throwing opening, a beverage cup sealing device and a cup taking opening.

In this embodiment, the beverage machine further includes: the mobile payment system comprises a cleaning and sterilizing unit, a mobile payment unit, a remote communication unit and a data processing unit, wherein the cleaning and sterilizing unit comprises one or more of an ultraviolet sterilizing device, an ultrasonic sterilizing device and an ozone sterilizing device; the mobile payment unit is an electronic money charging system; of course, a banknote charging system may be provided; the remote communication unit is used for sending relevant information of the drink machine; the data processing unit comprises a terminal data processing system, a server data processing system and a cup overflow comparing unit, wherein the terminal data processing system can carry out logic judgment of beverage configuration according to user selection, display price, provide a preparation guide, record consumption selection of a customer, drive the beverage configuration unit to prepare beverages, detect materials and quantity of residual materials and detect the running state of each part of the beverage machine; the server data processing system can receive remote data and send out control instructions, and the data uploading of the multi-terminal is summarized and calculated, and fault analysis and early warning are performed.

If the mobile payment unit is a banknote charging system, the data processing unit is also provided with a currency goods comparison system so as to compare the denomination of the banknote with the value of goods (drinks selected by users) and facilitate subsequent operations of reminding users of paying money, finding money and the like.

Through the arrangement, the convenience degree of the whole drink machine in the use, maintenance and repair process can be effectively improved. It is also possible to provide only any one unit, any two units or any three units of the cleaning and disinfecting unit, the mobile payment unit, the remote communication unit and the data processing unit. The actual arrangement is dependent on the requirements.

The cleaning and sterilizing unit may include one or more of ultraviolet sterilization, ultrasonic sterilization and ozone sterilization.

The ultraviolet disinfection lamp is added in the beverage machine aiming at disinfection of the liquid part, and after the beverage machine stops working, harmful substances such as bacteria and viruses in the liquid part in the raw materials can be eliminated by opening the ultraviolet lamp. And ultraviolet sterilization is a physical method that does not introduce impurities into the liquid nor produce odor or change the taste of the liquid. Wherein, the material conveying pipe inside the drink machine is composed of a plurality of pipelines. In order to facilitate cleaning and disinfection, two adjacent pipelines are connected through a plug-in structure. I.e., one end of one pipe is inserted into one end of the other pipe with a win-or-lose fit. The separation of the two pipelines is facilitated, and the scale treatment of the pipelines is also facilitated. Wherein, the pipeline for conveying the material with larger viscosity is inconvenient to clean; disposable tubing may be applied, in turn avoiding washing of the tubing. Aiming at solid substances such as scale which appear in an inner pipeline and the like in the using process of the drink machine, an ultrasonic disinfection method is adopted. Meanwhile, the ultrasonic wave also has the function of disinfecting the liquid, and the ultrasonic wave disinfection does not change the color, the fragrance and the taste of the liquid and does not destroy the components of the liquid. The ultrasonic cavitation can improve the agglomeration of bacteria, so that the bacterial virulence is lost or the bacteria die.

Ozone is used as gas, so that the whole sterilization space can be quickly filled, and no dead angle exists in sterilization. And ozone is poor in stability, so that no toxic residues exist. The ozone disinfection solves the secondary pollution problem generated by the disinfectant disinfection method, and simultaneously omits the secondary cleaning after the disinfection is finished. The ozone can be thoroughly disinfected in all directions aiming at solid raw materials stored in the drink machine, so that the cleanness and sanitation of the materials and the machine are ensured.

The mobile payment unit is an electronic money charging system and a money item comparing system. The electronic money charging system adopts a third party payment form, and completes the electronic payment function through docking with a payment treasury, a WeChat and other platforms. The money and goods comparison system is mainly responsible for comparing and selecting the interval between the money data and the price of the purchased drink. A real currency charging system can also be arranged, and the real currency charging system is mainly responsible for checking whether the coin is correct.

The remote communication unit is generally composed of a machine terminal system, a communication network, a server, a monitoring center and the like. The terminal of the drink machine is provided with an intelligent sensing module composed of a plurality of sensors with different functions, the information such as the component state and commodity sales of the terminal of the drink machine is collected, and meanwhile, the longitude and latitude information of the position of the drink machine is obtained through a GPS module.

The terminal of the drink machine transmits the data to the 4G module through the serial port, and the 4G module transmits the data to the communication gateway which is specially used for receiving and processing the transmission data after encoding the data in a certain format. After verifying the validity of the data, the communication gateway analyzes the coded data and stores the analyzed data in a background database, and at the moment, the communication gateway can reply to a terminal of the drink machine to send a confirmation signal after successfully processing the data, so that the communication gateway can correctly accept the data transmission.

Meanwhile, the drink machine stores the information data sent this time into a local database, and marks the data sending state of the drink machine, so that the drink machine can be used as a data backup for manually obtaining the recorded data under the condition of no network connection. If the data is not successfully transmitted, the machine terminal system retransmits the data record in a certain time interval. The monitoring center can inquire related data of the drink machine, monitor commodity sales information, state information and the like of the drink machine terminals in various places in real time, view various historical data of the drink machine terminals, view various state information of the drink machine terminals in the operation process in time, comprehensively know historical operation states of the drink machine terminals, and a manager can count and analyze operation data such as sales through a statistics analysis function to realize related functions of operation management of the drink machine.

The data processing unit is divided into a terminal data processing system and a server data processing system. The terminal data processing system mainly completes the following functions: (1) The consumers select raw materials to prepare drinks, and the terminal data processing system needs to logically judge according to the types and the amounts of the various raw materials used to distinguish the rationality of the formula. If the consumer may make 10 lemons and 1 gram of water is counterintuitive, the data processing system may need to prompt the consumer in time. (2) The terminal data processing system can also display the price in time. (3) Can provide formulation guidelines to consumers, and even finished formulas, for selection by consumers. (4) being able to record the consumer selections for each customer. (5) actuating the beverage dispensing system. (6) detecting the amount of the used materials and the residual materials. And (7) detecting the running state of each part of the drink machine. The server data processing system mainly completes the following functions: (1) receiving remote data and issuing control instructions. And (2) summarizing and calculating the data uploaded by the multiple terminals. And (3) fault analysis and early warning.

In this embodiment, the liquid delivery lines are all preferably disposable plug lines. The sanitary safety coefficient is improved similar to a medical infusion system. For the feeding port of the powdery and granular materials, the powdery and granular materials can directly fall into the cup without arranging a pipeline. Of course, it is also possible to convey powdery and granular materials through pipes.

When various material pipelines are cleaned, especially the pipeline for conveying viscous materials, an easily-cleaned plug-in pipeline can be adopted; disposable tubing may also be used, i.e., disposable after a single application. The pipeline structure design which can be inserted and pulled out or spliced is adopted, so that the pipeline structure is easy to disassemble and assemble, and equipment maintenance and cleaning are facilitated. Preferably, the drink outlet of the drink machine adopts a transparent pluggable structure. Further, the outer walls of the plurality of bins and the drink machine can be arranged to be transparent, so that consumers can intuitively see the internal state, and the drink machine is used with ease.

In order to facilitate the provision of cold beverages, at least one of the plurality of bins is an ice making unit for storing and outputting ice cubes, the ice making unit including an ice maker for making ice cubes, an ice cube storage bin for storing ice cubes, and an ice delivery machine for delivering ice cubes; the output end of the ice conveying machine is connected with the beverage configuration unit.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the ice conveyor includes: an ice collection hopper 207, an ice delivery tube 202, an ice pushing shovel 204, and a linkage assembly. The ice collection hopper 207 is upwardly directed and connected to the output of the ice maker and the output of the ice storage bin, and is downwardly directed at its small end and has a leak. The ice conveying pipe 202 is arranged at the small end of the ice collecting hopper 207 and can arrange ice cubes output by a leak; the pushing shovel 204 of the ice cubes is used for pushing the ice conveying pipe 202 to output; the linkage assembly is coupled to the pusher shovel 204 for pushing the pusher shovel 204 into motion.

Further, the link assembly includes: a housing 201 having an ice delivery platform 20101 thereon aligned with the output end of the ice delivery tube 202, the pushing blade 204 pushing ice along the ice delivery platform 20101; a gear 203 rotatably provided in the housing 201; a non-center rotation column 205 disposed on the gear 203; and one end of the connecting rod 206 is connected with the pushing shovel 204, and the other end of the connecting rod 206 is in rotating fit with the rotating column 205. The operation of outputting the ice cubes is achieved by the rotation of the driving gear 203. Wherein the rotation of the gear 203 may be driven by a motor, thereby facilitating the ice-discharging operation. The external handle manual driving can also be arranged so as to increase the use fun of the drink machine.

Further, the ice conveying pipe 202 has thereon a guide plate 208 guiding the direction of the ice outputted by the ice conveying platform 20101. As shown in fig. 2, the guide plate 208 in this embodiment is an L-shaped plate, and the central folded corner thereof has a rounded corner structure. By the arrangement, the horizontal movement of the ice cubes is guided to vertical movement, and thus falls into the beverage. Further, the ice conveying platform 20101 is provided with an inclined surface corresponding to the guide plate 208, so that ice can slide down along the inclined surface. The guide plate 208 may be a plane or an arc plate curved away from the ice delivery platform 20101. By arranging the guide plate 208 as an arc plate, a guiding effect is further achieved, and the situation that ice cubes are separated from two sides of the guide plate 208 is avoided.

To prevent ice from sticking after falling into the ice collection hopper 207, the ice conveyor also includes a stirring structure; the stirring structure includes: a stirring member 2010 extending from the large end of the ice collection hopper 207 into the ice collection hopper 207; a driving device 2012 for driving the stirring member 2010 to rotate; a linkage 209 connects the output of the drive 2012 with the stirring member 2010. The stirring member 2010 may be a paddle or brush to avoid ice adhesion.

In this embodiment, the stirring structure further includes a screening wheel 2011 that rotates coaxially and synchronously with the stirring member 2010.

Further, the beverage machine provided in this embodiment further includes a quick heating device for heating the beverage. Wherein the instant heating device may be used to heat a liquid inside the beverage dispensing unit. Or can be arranged at the outlet of the beverage and output after heating.

As shown in fig. 4, at least one of the plurality of bins is a conveying mechanism for outputting the material held in the bag; the conveying mechanism comprises: a bracket 101; a driving wheel which is rotatably arranged on the bracket 101 and can drive the material bag; the bag breaking device is arranged on the bracket 101 and used for tearing open the material bag, and the bag breaking device is arranged corresponding to the material inlet of the drink configuration unit. Through the arrangement, the materials in the material bag are conveniently output. Wherein the material in the material bag can be concentrated fruit juice or condensed milk, fruit dices or small granule ingredients, etc. Small granule ingredients such as pearl, granulated sugar or sago. Wherein the material bag is preferably a Leli bag.

The bag breaking device can be a bag breaking device for linearly cutting the material bag, the cutting part of the bag breaking device is fixed, and the driving wheel transmits and drives the material bag to move relative to the cutting part of the bag breaking device, so that a linear cutting opening is formed in the material bag.

The cutting part of the bag breaking device can also move along the linear direction, the linear movement direction of the cutting part is not parallel to the conveying direction of the material bag (preferably, the linear movement direction of the cutting part is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the material bag), so that a corrugated cutting opening is formed in the material bag, the cleanliness of the material in the material bag in dropping is improved, and the material residue in the material belt is avoided.

In order to facilitate the direct output of the ready-to-dispense beverage, at least one of the plurality of cartridges is a liquid storage device for storing liquid; the liquid storage device includes: a material bucket for storing liquid; and the outlet of the liquid pump is correspondingly arranged with the outlet of the drink machine and/or the material inlet of the drink configuration unit. The liquid stored in the material barrel can be beverage which can be directly drunk by customers or concentrated liquid which needs to be diluted.

For convenient use, the multiple sides of the shell are respectively provided with mutually independent beverage outlets. As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, three sides of the housing of the beverage machine are provided with beverage outlets that are independent of each other, that is, a user may select a beverage outlet on a proper side according to the amount of people's flow. Preferably, the cleaning and disinfecting unit, the mobile payment unit, the remote communication unit and the data processing unit may be separately and independently disposed on three sides of the housing. For example, separate windows 5 and control panels 6 are provided.

Further, the beverage selection control templates which are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the beverage outlets are arranged on the plurality of sides of the shell. That is, the beverage machine can meet the requirement of simultaneous use by a plurality of users.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a beverage configuration method of the beverage machine, which is applied to any beverage machine, and comprises the following steps:

s1: selecting the type of the finished beverage or selecting the matching beverage of the material components by a user;

S2: opening a storage bin outlet of the corresponding storage bin to enable materials in the storage bin to flow out and form drinks;

s3: the beverage is contained in a container.

Because the beverage machine has the technical effects, the beverage configuration method using the beverage machine has the same technical effects, and the description is not repeated here.

Further, in step S1, after the user selects the material component proportion to match the beverage, it is determined whether the matching is reasonable; when the matching is reasonable, entering a step S2; when the matching is unreasonable, a prompt is sent.

When the matching is unreasonable, only a prompt can be sent out, but the production is not refused; or refusing to make after sending out the prompt. Through the arrangement, the service can be provided for the user more conveniently. The unreasonable collocation can be unreasonable collocation, unreasonable cold and hot collocation or unreasonable dosage of the components selected by the user.

In order to improve the automation degree and the service effect, the steps S1 and S2 further include: and selecting a payment mode and paying. Through the setting, payment can be performed according to the selection result of the user. And the price of all beverage types can be unified.

The beverage configuration method provided in this embodiment further includes the steps of: consumption data is recorded, processed and filtered, and collocation data of consumer preferences is deduced. And the beverage which is favored by the public is conveniently researched according to the data result by recording big data. Wherein the data can be transmitted to a communication gateway or a cloud platform or the like through a remote communication unit.

In step S1, advice or knowledge of the proportions of the material components may also be provided according to customer preferences, so as to facilitate customer selection.

In the present specification, each embodiment is described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment is mainly described in a different point from other embodiments, and identical and similar parts between the embodiments are all enough to refer to each other.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A beverage machine, comprising:

A housing;

The material storage unit is provided with a plurality of storages for storing different materials, a plurality of storages are provided with storage outlets which can be opened and closed, and the storage outlets are connected with the material inlet and/or the drink outlet;

At least one of the plurality of bins is an ice making unit for storing and outputting ice cubes, the ice making unit including an ice maker for making ice cubes, an ice cube storage bin for storing ice cubes, and an ice delivery machine for delivering ice cubes;

The output end of the ice conveying machine is connected with the beverage configuration unit;

the ice conveyor comprises:

The big end of the ice block collecting hopper (207) faces upwards and is connected with the output end of the ice maker and the output end of the ice block storage box, and the small end of the ice block collecting hopper faces downwards and has a leak;

The ice conveying pipe (202) is arranged at the small end of the ice collecting hopper (207) and can be used for arranging ice cubes output by the loopholes;

A pushing shovel (204) for pushing ice cubes output by the ice conveying pipe (202);

The connecting rod assembly is connected with the pushing shovel (204) and used for pushing the pushing shovel (204) to move;

the connecting rod assembly includes:

-a housing (201) having thereon an ice delivery platform (20101) aligned with the output end of the ice delivery tube (202), the pushing blade (204) pushing the ice along the ice delivery platform (20101);

a gear (203) rotatably provided in the housing (201);

A non-center rotation column (205) provided on the gear (203);

a connecting rod (206) with one end connected with the pushing shovel (204), and the other end of the connecting rod (206) is in running fit with the rotating column (205);

The ice conveying pipe (202) is provided with a guide plate (208) for guiding the direction of ice cubes output by the ice cube conveying platform (20101).

2. The beverage machine of claim 1, further comprising:

And/or a mobile payment unit, which is an electronic money charging system;

and/or the data processing unit comprises a terminal data processing system, a server data processing system and a cup overflow comparing unit, wherein the terminal data processing system can logically judge and display price according to the selection of a user to perform beverage configuration, provide a preparation guide, record consumption selection of a customer, drive the beverage configuration unit to perform beverage preparation, detect the quantity of materials and residual materials and detect the running state of each part of the beverage machine; the server data processing system can receive remote data and send out control instructions, and the summarizing and calculating functions of multi-terminal uploading data and fault analysis and early warning; the cup overflow comparing unit is used for judging.

3. The beverage machine of claim 1 wherein said ice delivery machine further comprises a stirring structure;

the stirring structure includes:

a stirring member (2010) extending from a large end of the ice collection hopper (207) into the ice collection hopper (207); a drive device (2012) for driving the stirring member (2010) to rotate; and a link structure (209) connecting the output end of the drive device (2012) and the stirring member (2010).

4. The beverage machine of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of bins is a conveyor mechanism for outputting material contained in a bag;

The conveying mechanism comprises:

A bracket (101);

the driving wheel is rotatably arranged on the bracket (101) and can drive the material bag;

The bag breaking device is arranged on the bracket (101) and used for tearing open the material bag, and the bag breaking device is arranged corresponding to the material inlet of the drink configuration unit.

5. The beverage machine of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of cartridges is a liquid storage device for storing liquid;

The liquid storage device includes:

A material bucket for storing the liquid;

6. A beverage preparation method of a beverage machine, characterized in that a beverage machine according to any one of claims 1-5 is applied, comprising the steps of:

3) The beverage is contained in a container.

7. The beverage preparation method of a beverage machine according to claim 6, wherein in the step 1), after the user selects the beverage prepared by matching the material components, it is determined whether the matching is reasonable;

when the matching is reasonable, entering step 2); when the matching is unreasonable, a prompt is sent.

8. The beverage dispensing method of a beverage machine of claim 6, further comprising the step of: consumption data is recorded, processed and filtered, and collocation data of consumer preferences is deduced.