EPTSoda Fountain Dispenser Technology - Page 2
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Horrde
Canada302 Posts
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Trap
United States395 Posts
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UisTehSux
United States693 Posts
We just manually poor it if it's really busy to avoid any chances of spills. There is Value, Small, Medium, Large, and extra large. Below all of these buttons is a button that functions similar to the lever in the front lobby's fountain. Hold it down and the soda is dispensed. The drive thru dispensers ( at Arby's atleast) don't have levers. But have a large well to poor drinks, like if you got the wrong one. Also we have to scoop up the ice ourselves into the cup. Also, I don't recommend getting drinks at fast food joints anyways: http://www.disinfo.com/2010/01/nearly-half-of-fast-food-soda-fountains-contain-bacteria-that-grew-in-feces/ | ||
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
On December 03 2010 00:13 UisTehSux wrote: I work at Arby's, and on the drive thru fountain there are different buttons for different sizes. I think ours is outdated though and with Small through medium it's hit and miss as sometimes they are not full enough or overflow, different for each nozzle oddly. XL is always on the spot for some reason. We just manually poor it if it's really busy to avoid any chances of spills. There is Value, Small, Medium, Large, and extra large. Below all of these buttons is a button that functions similar to the lever in the front lobby's fountain. Hold it down and the soda is dispensed. The drive thru dispensers ( at Arby's atleast) don't have levers. But have a large well to poor drinks, like if you got the wrong one. Also we have to scoop up the ice ourselves into the cup. Also, I don't recommend getting drinks at fast food joints anyways: http://www.disinfo.com/2010/01/nearly-half-of-fast-food-soda-fountains-contain-bacteria-that-grew-in-feces/ lmao... then why doesn't every get sick all the time from drinking coke at those machines? This type of bacteria is everywhere, and not the kind you should be worrying about. As for the filling machine, I'd bet a healthy chunk that its an overflow sensor of the type that has been described. | ||
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CrownRoyal
Vatican City State1872 Posts
They work by having a rotating bottom that the cups sit in. The register tells the machine what drinks to make, and it makes them automatically. Everything from small with no ice to extra large. It doesn't lean against the lever... that's ignorant. The rotating bottom moves the cup to where it needs to be in unison with the fountain dispenser and displaces the perfect amount of liquid based on what you ordered at the register. hope that helps, | ||
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CrownRoyal
Vatican City State1872 Posts
it seems like I usually see the people push buttons for my drink so maybe mcdonalds decided it was -ev and the technology wasn't sound enough to run completely hands free | ||
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Versita
Canada1032 Posts
On December 03 2010 02:04 CrownRoyal wrote: Mcdonalds got these when they got their "McCafe"'s I was travelling the USA doing all of the McCafe upgrade stuff for mcdonalds everywhere... man that was a cool job. Anyways, that experience in my life could be a completely new blog so I'll just explain how the machine works (I did install a few of them) They work by having a rotating bottom that the cups sit in. The register tells the machine what drinks to make, and it makes them automatically. Everything from small with no ice to extra large. It doesn't lean against the lever... that's ignorant. The rotating bottom moves the cup to where it needs to be in unison with the fountain dispenser and displaces the perfect amount of liquid based on what you ordered at the register. hope that helps, I've actually never seen a dispenser like that, but I rarely go to McDonald's and live in Canada. Also, I'm pretty sure I've seen a machine like the one described in the OP. I'm also fairly certain that the dispenser described in the OP (if micronesia and I are thinking of the same device) doesn't receive any information from the register as to what the customer ordered, so I don't think that the dispenser uses another mechanism to detect when the cup is full. | ||
micronesia
United States24745 Posts
On December 03 2010 02:04 CrownRoyal wrote: It doesn't lean against the lever... that's ignorant. Umm... it does on the machines that I've seen lol Obviously not the same as the ones you are talking about... | ||
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Razt
United States97 Posts
On December 03 2010 02:04 CrownRoyal wrote: Mcdonalds got these when they got their "McCafe"'s I was travelling the USA doing all of the McCafe upgrade stuff for mcdonalds everywhere... man that was a cool job. Anyways, that experience in my life could be a completely new blog so I'll just explain how the machine works (I did install a few of them) They work by having a rotating bottom that the cups sit in. The register tells the machine what drinks to make, and it makes them automatically. Everything from small with no ice to extra large. It doesn't lean against the lever... that's ignorant. The rotating bottom moves the cup to where it needs to be in unison with the fountain dispenser and displaces the perfect amount of liquid based on what you ordered at the register. hope that helps, Worked at mcdonalds for little over a year and these are the machines i've seen. Every drink other than the teas and coffee was automatically dispensed (including ice) to what the order info was. So i'll i had to do was put lids on the drinks and make sure i put them in the order on the screen to tell them apart. | ||
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NeoLearner
Belgium1847 Posts
On December 02 2010 22:39 Horrde wrote: To your last line, no, it doesn't. It shows that your a student in the field. 1st year perhaps. Don't worry, the prestige you feel of potentially being one right now will be shortlived after spending anything over 1 year in the workplace after you graduate. Trust me Got my Master's degree in 2007 , 3.5 years of experience designing automotive electronics. In the workplace, as you say. So I guess I will have to Trust you on that one. When does this imaginary "wall" pop up? Sincere apologies for not having relevant soda fountain experience. I was just brain storming and thinking about possible ways to implement something. | ||
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