摘要 |
H:/ejl/Intenvoven/NRPortbl/DCC/EJL/73459871doe-20/02/2017 Title: System for automated detection in beverage dispensing machines Abstract Means are provided for the support of the automated process of supplying beverages. More particularly, the detection of the presence and the contents of exchangeable supply packs (9) in beverage dispensing machines is automated. A pack-in-place detection is provided by emitting light and measuring the presence of the emitted light on one light detector (7, 75), the system determines the absence or the correct/incorrect placement of the supply pack. A product availability detection is provided by detecting the intensity of light coming through a transparent element in the supply pack by another light detector (5; 65, 69), the system identifies the degree of product presence in the supply pack. |