BEVERAGE SUPPLY DEVICE

• Main Authors: NISHIKAWA YOHEI, TOKUNAGA YUUKI, MOCHIDA YUKIHIDE, NINOMIYA YUUKI, NAGAYOSHI KENYA, NAGASHIMA RYUICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 14.11.2019
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; CHECKING-DEVICES; COFFEE MILLS; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; LIQUID HANDLING; OPENING, CLOSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

To allow an imaging part to perform imaging excellently.SOLUTION: The beverage supply device, which supplies a beverage produced in a beverage production part 11 to a container C arranged in a beverage supply part 22, comprises image information acquisition means (25 and 30) that make an imaging part 25 to image the container C and acquires image information about the container C. The imaging part 25 is arranged at a position lower than height level of an opening C1 on an upper surface of the container C. Further, preferably, the device comprises a cover mechanism 28 that covers an imaging surface 25a of the imaging part 25 in a normal state, while exposes the imaging surface 25a when the image information acquisition means acquires the image information about the container C.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】撮像部による撮像を良好に行うこと。【解決手段】飲料供給部２２に配置された容器Ｃに対して、飲料生成部１１で生成した飲料を供給する飲料供給装置であって、容器Ｃを撮像部２５で撮像して容器Ｃの画像情報を取得する画像情報取得手段（２５，３０）を備え、撮像部２５は、容器Ｃの上面開口Ｃ１の高さレベルよりも低い個所に設置されている。また、常態においては撮像部２５の撮像面２５ａを被覆する一方、画像情報取得手段が容器Ｃの画像情報を取得する場合に、撮像面２５ａを露出させるカバー機構２８を備えることが好ましい。【選択図】図２