| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for selling tea drink having a fixed concentration while appropriately controlling the time of discarding used tea leaves. <P>SOLUTION: The tea drink vending device comprises a raw material tank 21 for storing tea leaves, a hot water tank 11 for storing hot water, a tea straining net 31, and a drive mechanism 32 for varying the state of the tea straining net 31 so as to be in the state capable of supplying the hot water or the state capable of discarding the used tea leaves. The tea drink vending device is provided with: a measurement part for measuring the supply amount of the hot water after supplying the tea leaves; a time counting part for counting the lapse of time after supplying the tea leaves; a first detection part for detecting the first time at which the measurement amount in the measurement part reaches a prescribed amount; a second detection part for detecting the second time at which the counted time by the time counting part reaches the prescribed time; and a control part for controlling the drive mechanism 32 so as to discard the tea leaves when reaching the time which is the earlier one of the first time and the second time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
