Appeal Number: 2006-3321
Application Number: 09/843,381
introducing means. Hot water is also supplied to the extractor from a
hot water supply means. [This reconstitutes optional components.]
The automatic coffee vending machine further comprises money
detecting means for generating a vending signal at a time when an
amount of money as deposited by a purchaser is equal to or above a
predeterminaed [sic] price, and selection key means for selecting
desirable one or more coffee variations contained in the plurality of
chambers. Electric control means is actuated by the vending signal
from the money detection means and control the coffee extracting
means, the coffee discharging means and the hot water supply means
so as to serve a straight coffee of the desired one variety or a blended
coffee of the desired more than one varieties as selected by the
selection key means.
In the plurality of chambers, ground coffee powders or coffee beans
may be stored. In storing coffee beans, the machine further comprises
a coffee mill means for grinding beans discharged by the discharging
means. The coffee mill means also operates under control of the
electric control means.
According to this invention, the vending machine further comprises a
sugar container, a cream container and cream and sugar discharging
means. Cream and sugar discharging means operate under control of
the electric control means to supply cream and sugar to coffee
extracted by the coffee extracting means.
In an aspect of this invention, the automatic coffee vending machine
comprises coffee concentration key means for selecting a desirable
coffee concentration level, sugar amount key means for selecting a
desirable sugar amount and cream amount key means for selecting a
desirable cream amount. Memory means stores data of various cream
amounts, various sugar amounts, different supply amounts of coffee
material, and supply amount ratios of the different coffee varieties
contained in the chambers [sic]. The electric control means reads out
the data and controls the coffee material discharging means, the cream
discharge means and the sugar discharge means to serve a coffee with
a concentration, sugar amount and cream amount as selected by the
coffee concentration key means, the cream amount key means and the
sugar amount key means.
(emphasis added).
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