Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1997-10-20
1999-07-27
Terrell, William E.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
36447901, 36447906, 222644, 222641, 2221291, 222 63, G06F 1700, G06F 700, G04C 112, G04C 2300
Patent
active
059301465
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a drink dispenser that supplies a specified amount of a drink when a drink sale button is pressed.
PRIOR ART
In known drink dispensers, when a remaining amount of money with respect to an input amount of money is larger than a sale price for a single drink, a sale of a second drink can be reserved by pressing another drink sale button.
Control of the dispenser, however, is normally provided in such a way that an order for a second drink can not be accepted during a sale of a drink even if the drink sale button is pressed to reserve a sale of a second drink except for requesting a change to be returned.
This control is provided to prevent a drink from being supplied before a container for a drink has been prepared if the same type of a drink is continuously supplied. If different types of drinks are to be supplied, this control is provided because the ability to supply resources, such as a diluted solution or carbonated water, is limited.
The conventional drink dispensers have the following problems.
As described above, since a second drink can not be sold before a sale of a first drink has been completed, a user who receives the drinks must wait at the dispenser and no other operation can be performed during this period of time, resulting in a degradation of a working efficiency.
It is an object of this invention to enable another sale to be reserved even during the sale of the first drink, thereby ensuring the sale of multiple drinks.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
This invention provides a drink dispenser for supplying a specified amount of a drink when a drink sale button is pressed, which includes memory means for storing a request for a sale of a drink; and counting means for counting a specified period of time after an end of a sale of a drink, wherein in case the drink sale button is pressed, when a drink is being sold, the request for a drink sale is stored in the memory means, and after a specified period of time has been counted by the counting means, a drink sale is started based on the stored request for the sale of the drink. This allows a sale to be reserved even during a sale of a drink, and still allows the apparatus to be ready to discharge a second drink, thereby ensuring the sale of drinks.
In addition, this invention provides a drink dispenser for supplying a specified amount of a drink when a drink sale button is pressed, which includes memory means for storing a request for a sale of a drink, wherein in case a drink sale button is pressed, when more than a specified number of multiple drinks are being sold, the request for the sale of the drink is stored in the memory means, and when the number of drinks to be sold becomes smaller than the specified number of the sale, the sale of the drink is started based on the memorized request for the sale of the drink. This allows a sale to be reserved even during the sale of a drink, and still ensures the sale of the drinks while maintaining a constraint on a plurality of sales for the dispenser.
Thus, this invention eliminates the need for a user to wait until the current sale has been finished in order to obtain a sale of a second drink, thereby improving the operability of the dispenser and the working efficiency to such an extent that a different operation can be performed during the conventional wait time.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view of a drink dispenser;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an operation based on a first invention; and
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an operation based on a second invention.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
This invention is described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of this invention.
Reference numeral 1 designates a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus, 2 is ROM for storing a control program of the CPU 1, and 3 is RAM for storing various data.
In addition, the CPU 1
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Fuji Electric Co., Ltd
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Terrell William E.
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