Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above disadvantages of the prior art, the present invention provides a popcorn maker, which aims to solve the problems of the prior art that the popcorn maker has low popcorn processing efficiency and long waiting time for users.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a popcorn maker comprises a rack, wherein a popcorn pot used for processing raw materials into popcorn finished products, a raw material feeding mechanism used for adding raw materials into the popcorn pot, an automatic discharging mechanism used for subpackaging the processed popcorn and a cup discharging mechanism used for transferring the popcorn after being filled into cups to a cup discharging opening of the popcorn maker are arranged on the rack, a preheating assembly is arranged on the popcorn pot, the popcorn pot is arranged below the raw material feeding mechanism, the automatic discharging mechanism is arranged on one side of the popcorn pot, and the cup discharging mechanism is arranged at a discharging opening of the automatic discharging mechanism; preheat the subassembly and preheat the puffed rice pot, raw materials feed mechanism adds the puffed rice raw materials to the puffed rice pot in, the puffed rice pot shifts the puffed rice finished product to automatic discharging mechanism, automatic discharging mechanism shifts the play rim of a cup of puffed rice finished product ration dress cup back and by going out cup mechanism to the puffed rice machine.
The automatic discharging mechanism comprises a storage bin for storing the popcorn, a pushing device for pushing the popcorn in the storage bin to be discharged and a quantitative cup filling device for filling the popped popcorn to be discharged, an opening is formed in the storage bin, the quantitative cup filling device is positioned on one side of the opening of the storage bin, and a cup body for containing the popcorn is arranged on one side of the quantitative cup filling device; when the popcorn is filled into the cup, the material pushing device pushes the popcorn in the storage bin, and the popcorn is discharged into the quantitative cup filling device through the opening, and the quantitative cup filling device transfers the popcorn after quantification into the cup body for containing the popcorn.
The quantitative cup filling device comprises a measuring cup, a connecting assembly and a first driving piece, wherein the output end of the first driving piece is connected with one end of the connecting assembly, the other end of the connecting assembly is connected with the measuring cup, the first driving piece drives the measuring cup to move through the connecting assembly, and popcorn in the measuring cup is transferred to a cup body filled with the popcorn.
The cup discharging mechanism comprises a first support frame, a cup feeding device and a drawing device, the cup feeding device is arranged above the first support frame, the drawing device is arranged on one side of the first support frame, and a plurality of cup sleeves used for placing cup bodies are arranged on the cup feeding device; when the popcorn is discharged, the cup body is rotated to one side of the drawing device by the cup feeding device, and the cup body is drawn to the cup outlet of the popcorn by the drawing device.
The drawing device comprises a second driving piece, a first transmission assembly and an adsorption assembly, the second driving piece is arranged on one side of the first transmission assembly through a supporting piece, and the adsorption assembly is arranged on the supporting piece.
The cup feeding device comprises a rotating assembly and a sliding assembly, the rotating assembly is arranged on the rotating assembly through a turntable, and the cup sleeve is arranged on the sliding assembly.
The raw materials feed mechanism includes the second support frame, is used for the storage vat of storage puffed rice raw materials and is used for promoting the feeding mechanism of puffed rice raw materials, the storage vat sets up on the second support frame, feeding mechanism sets up in the side of second support frame, the side of storage vat is provided with the discharge gate, the discharge gate sets up with the axle center with feeding mechanism.
Raw materials feed mechanism still includes oil supply unit, oil supply unit includes oil drum, bung, heating element and stirring subassembly, the bung closes with the opening part lid of oil drum, heating element installs the bottom at the oil drum, the stirring subassembly sets up on the bung.
The popcorn machine further comprises a cup separating device, the cup separating device comprises a third driving piece, a second transmission component, a separating head and a sensing component, the sensing component is arranged on one side of the second transmission component, the third driving piece is arranged on the other side of the sensing component, and the separating head is fixed on the second transmission component.
The popcorn machine further comprises a lampblack removing device, the lampblack removing device comprises a first filtering module and a second filtering module, the first filtering module is connected with the popcorn pot, and the second filtering module is connected with the first filtering module in series through a pipeline.
Compared with the prior art, the popcorn machine provided by the invention comprises a rack, wherein a popcorn pot for processing raw materials into popcorn finished products, a raw material feeding mechanism for adding raw materials into the popcorn pot, an automatic discharging mechanism for subpackaging the processed popcorn and a cup discharging mechanism for transferring the popcorn after being filled into cups to a cup outlet of the popcorn machine are arranged on the rack, a preheating assembly is arranged on the popcorn pot, the popcorn pot is arranged below the raw material feeding mechanism, the automatic discharging mechanism is arranged on one side of the popcorn pot, and the cup discharging mechanism is arranged at a discharge hole of the automatic discharging mechanism; preheat the subassembly and preheat the puffed rice pot, raw materials feed mechanism adds the puffed rice raw materials to the puffed rice pot in, the puffed rice pot shifts the puffed rice finished product to automatic discharging mechanism, automatic discharging mechanism shifts the play rim of a cup of puffed rice finished product ration dress cup back and by going out cup mechanism to the puffed rice machine. According to the invention, the popcorn pot is preheated by the preheating assembly, the processing efficiency of the popcorn is improved, the automated processing and conveying of the popcorn are realized by the popcorn pot, the raw material feeding mechanism, the automatic discharging mechanism and the cup discharging mechanism, the finished popcorn products are transferred to the cup discharging opening of the popcorn machine, the taking by a user is facilitated, and the waiting time of the user is reduced.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and effects of the present invention clearer and clearer, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "on," "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.
It should be noted that the terms of orientation such as left, right, up and down in the embodiments of the present invention are only relative to each other or are referred to the normal use state of the product, and should not be considered as limiting.
The invention provides a popcorn maker, please refer to fig. 1-15, which comprises a rack 100, wherein a popcorn pot 1 for processing raw materials into popcorn finished products, a raw material feeding mechanism 5 for adding raw materials into the popcorn pot 1, an automatic discharging mechanism 2 for subpackaging the processed popcorn and a cup discharging mechanism 3 for transferring the popcorn after being filled into cups to a cup outlet of the popcorn maker are arranged on the rack 100, a preheating assembly is arranged on the popcorn pot 1, the popcorn pot 1 is arranged below the raw material feeding mechanism 5, the automatic discharging mechanism 2 is arranged at one side of the popcorn pot 1, and the cup discharging mechanism 3 is arranged at a discharge outlet of the automatic discharging mechanism 2; preheat subassembly and preheat puffed rice pot 1, raw materials feed mechanism 5 adds the puffed rice raw materials to the puffed rice pot 1 in, the puffed rice pot 1 shifts the puffed rice finished product to automatic discharging mechanism 2, automatic discharging mechanism 2 is with behind the quantitative dress cup of puffed rice finished product and shift to the play rim of a cup of puffed rice machine by a play cup mechanism 3. According to the invention, the popcorn pot 1 is preheated by the preheating assembly, the processing efficiency of the popcorn is improved, the automated processing and conveying of the popcorn are realized by the popcorn pot 1, the raw material feeding mechanism 5, the automatic discharging mechanism 2 and the cup discharging mechanism 3, the finished popcorn products are transferred to the cup discharging opening of the popcorn machine, the taking by a user is facilitated, and the waiting time of the user is reduced.
Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the automatic discharging mechanism 2 includes a storage bin 21 for storing popcorn, a pushing device 22 for pushing the popcorn in the storage bin 21 to discharge, and a quantitative cupping device 23 for cupping the popped popcorn, the storage bin 21 is provided with an opening, the quantitative cupping device 23 is located at one side of the opening of the storage bin 21, and one side of the quantitative cupping device 23 is provided with a cup 200 for containing the popcorn; when the popcorn is cupped, the pushing device 22 pushes the popcorn in the storage bin 21 and discharges the popcorn through the opening into the quantitative cupping device 23, and the quantitative cupping device 23 transfers the metered popcorn into the cup 200 for containing the popcorn. Through automatic discharging mechanism 2 has reduced user's latency, when having avoided the ejection of compact simultaneously, the popcorn is crowded garrulous, has improved user's use and has experienced.
The storage bin 21 can be set to be barrel-shaped, the opening of the storage bin 21 is arranged on the bottom surface of the storage bin 21, the quantitative cup filling device 23 is arranged below the storage bin 21, the pushing device 22 can be arranged in the storage bin 21, and popcorn is pushed and discharged to the quantitative cup filling device 23 from the opening of the storage bin 21 through the pushing device 22. The storage bin 21 can be arranged to be a hollow semi-cylindrical shape with an opening at one end or a cylindrical shape with an opening on the side wall, the other end of the storage bin 21 is not limited, the quantitative cup filling device 23 is arranged at the opening of the storage bin 21, the pushing device 22 is arranged at the other end of the discharging bin, and the pushing device 22 moves along the inner wall of the storage bin 21 to push the popcorn to the quantitative cup filling device 23.
The quantitative cup loading device 23 comprises a measuring cup 231, a connecting assembly 232 and a first driving member 233, wherein an output end of the first driving member 233 is connected with one end of the connecting assembly 232, the other end of the connecting assembly 232 is connected with the measuring cup 231, the first driving member 233 drives the measuring cup 231 to move through the connecting assembly 232, and the popcorn in the measuring cup 231 is transferred to the cup body 200 containing the popcorn. The first driving member 233 is a motor, both ends of the measuring cup 231 are open, the lower end of the measuring cup 231 is fixed on the measuring cup slide track 2311, a baffle 2312 for preventing popcorn from falling is arranged on the measuring cup slide track 2311, when the popcorn is loaded, the measuring cup 231 and the measuring cup slide track 2311 move along the arrangement direction of the baffle 2312, and after the measuring cup 231 is separated from the baffle 2312 for shielding, the popcorn in the measuring cup 231 falls into the cup body 200 for containing the popcorn.
The upper end and the lower end of the measuring cup 231 are both open, the baffle 2312 is used for blocking the popcorn in the measuring cup 231 when the popcorn is transferred from the storage bin 21 to the measuring cup 231, the baffle 2312 is arranged on the two measuring cup slide ways 2311, and the measuring cup 231 is fixedly connected with the measuring cup slide ways 2311. When the popcorn enters the measuring cup 231 from the storage bin 21, the lower opening of the measuring cup 231 is blocked by the baffle 2312 to prevent the popcorn from falling off, after the quantitative popcorn enters the measuring cup 231, the first driving member 233 drives the measuring cup 231 to move by the connecting member 232, the measuring cup 231 and the measuring cup slide 2311 move along the setting direction of the baffle 2312 (i.e., the direction in which the cup 200 for containing the popcorn is set), and when the lower port of the measuring cup 231 is vertically aligned with the cup 200 for containing the popcorn, the popcorn in the measuring cup 231 completely falls into the cup 200 because of no blocking of the baffle 2312. The baffle 2312 is in an L shape, on one hand, the baffle 2312 plays a role in guiding, so that the measuring cup 231 can return to the initial position along the baffle 2312 after the popcorn is transferred to the cup body 200, and meanwhile, the bent part of the baffle 2312 plays a role in limiting, so that the measuring cup 231 can be aligned with the opening of the storage bin 21 when returning to the initial position. The initial position refers to the position of the measuring cup 231 when the popcorn in the storage bin 21 is transferred to the measuring cup 231.
The connecting assembly 232 includes an eccentric shaft 2321, a rotating shaft plate 2322 and a first transmission member 2323, an output end of the driving member is connected with the rotating shaft plate 2322 through the eccentric shaft 2321, one end of the first transmission member 2323 is connected with the rotating shaft plate 2322, and the other end of the first transmission member 2323 is connected with the measuring cup 231.
The first transmission member 2323 includes a first joint bearing 2324 and a second joint bearing 2325, the first joint bearing 2324 and the second joint bearing 2325 are fixedly connected through a connecting rod 2326, an inner ring of the first joint bearing 2324 is connected with the rotating shaft plate 2322, and an inner ring of the second joint bearing 2325 is connected with the measuring cup 231. Two knuckle bearings and a connecting rod 2326 are adopted as the first transmission member 2323, the first transmission member 2323 is driven to swing through the rotating shaft sheet 2322, the installation is simple, the structure is compact, and the problem that the ball screw is adopted to drive the measuring cup 231 to linearly move, so that the occupied space is large is solved. In addition, the knuckle bearing has the characteristics of self-lubricating and no pollution of lubricating dirt, does not need to be lubricated by a lubricant in the using process, and simultaneously avoids the pollution of popcorn.
The side of the measuring cup 231 is provided with a guide rod 241 for guiding the movement direction of the measuring cup 231, the guide rod 241 is provided with a slide block 243, the measuring cup 213 is arranged on the slide block 243 through a connecting plate 242, and the first driving member 233 drives the measuring cup 231 to reciprocate along the guide rod 241 through the connecting component 232. The automatic discharging mechanism 2 further comprises a filling device 25 for filling the opening of the storage bin 21, wherein the filling device 25 is arranged on the connecting plate 242. The filling device 25 includes a top plate 251, four elastic members 252 and four supporting seats 253, the supporting seats 253 are fixedly connected to the connecting plate 242, the elastic members 252 are springs, and the number of the elastic members 252 is four, and the two ends of the elastic members 252 are uniformly distributed in the supporting seats 253 and elastically contact with the top plate 251 and the supporting seats 253. An annular chamfer (not labeled in the figure) is arranged on the top plate 251. The provision of the annular chamfer provides a more natural smoothing of the movement of the top plate 251 of the filling device 25 into and out of the opening of the silo 21. The quantitative cup filling device 23 and the filling device 25 are fixed below the storage bin 21 through a supporting side plate 262.
The two guide rods 241 are respectively located at two sides of the measuring cup 231, two sliders 243 are arranged on each guide rod 241, and the connecting plate 242 is slidably arranged on the guide rods 241 through the sliders 243, so that on one hand, the measuring cup 231 is supported while the moving direction of the measuring cup 231 is guided, and on the other hand, the measuring cup 231 and the filling device 25 are in a synchronous motion state. When the measuring cup 231 moves along the guide rod 241 to a position right above the cup body 200 for containing the popcorn, the filling device 25 moves to the opening of the storage bin 21, the elastic member 252 is in a stretched state to jack up the top plate 251 under the elastic force of the elastic member 252, and the top plate 251 fills the opening of the storage bin 21, so that the popcorn in the measuring cup 231 is prevented from falling out of the opening during the transfer of the popcorn in the measuring cup 231 to the cup body 200 for containing the popcorn; when the measuring cup 231231 is returned to the opening of the storage bin 21 along the guide bar 241, the upper port of the measuring cup is aligned with the opening of the storage bin 21, and the pushing device 22 pushes the popcorn in the storage bin 21 and into the measuring cup 231 through the opening. A first photoelectric switch 261 for detecting the position of the filling device 25 is arranged below the filling device 25, and the first photoelectric switch 261 is fixed on the supporting side plate 262. When the measuring cup 231 moves to above the cup body 200 for containing the popcorn, the filling device 25 fills the opening of the storage bin 21, and the first photoelectric switch 261 does not detect the position of the filling device 25; when the measuring cup 231 moves below the opening of the storage bin 21 and the upper opening of the measuring cup 231 is aligned with the opening of the storage bin 21, the filling device 25 moves above the first photoelectric switch 261, and it can be determined that the filling device 25 returns to the initial position.
The supporting seat 253 is provided with a limit screw 2531 for limiting the position of the top plate 251, and the upper end of the top plate 251 is provided with a countersunk hole (not marked in the figure) for matching with the limit screw 2531. The top plate 251 is limited through a limiting screw 2531, so that the top plate 251 is prevented from being popped out of the supporting seat 253; the arrangement of the counter bore enables the upper surface of the limit screw 2531 and the upper surface of the top plate 251 to be in the same horizontal plane when the opening is filled, so that the limit screw 2531 is prevented from influencing the normal pushing of the popcorn by the pushing device 22 when the filling device 25 fills the opening of the storage bin 21.
The supporting seat 253 is provided with a projection 2532 for preventing the elastic member 252 from sliding, the lower end surface of the top plate 251 is provided with a limiting hole (not shown), the limiting hole is a blind hole, the elastic member 252 is sleeved on the projection 2532, and the upper end of the elastic member 252 is clamped in the limiting hole. The elastic member 252 is limited by the projection 2532 and the limiting hole, so that the elastic member 252 is in a fixed position during the stretching and compressing processes, and the influence of the left-right sliding of the elastic member 252 on the normal movement of the top plate 251 is avoided.
The material pushing device 22 comprises a material pushing motor 221, a guide sleeve 222 and a scraper component 223, wherein the output end of the material pushing motor 221 is connected with one end of the guide sleeve 222 through a coupler, and the scraper component 223 is located in the storage bin 21 and is connected with the other end of the guide sleeve 222.
The pushing motor 221 is disposed on a motor base (not labeled in the drawings), a guide sleeve bearing (not shown in the drawings) and a bearing sleeve 2221 are sequentially sleeved outside the guide sleeve 222, and the upper end of the bearing sleeve 2221 is fixed on the motor base in a screwed manner. The scraper assembly 223 comprises a horizontal cross ridge 2231 and a plurality of scraping blades 2232 uniformly arranged on the horizontal cross ridge 2231, the distance between the scraping blades 2232 can be adjusted according to the requirement of a user, the horizontal cross ridge 2231 is fixed at the upper end of the guide sleeve 222 through a screw, and the pusher motor 221 drives the scraper assembly 223 to rotate and stir in the storage bin 21 through the guide sleeve 222.
The storage bin 21 is further provided with a filtering hole (not labeled in the figure) for screening corn kernels which are not completely popped into popcorn, and a recycling bin (not shown in the figure) for accommodating the corn kernels can be arranged below the filtering hole.
The cup discharging mechanism 3 comprises a first support frame 31, a cup feeding device 32 and a drawing device 33, the cup feeding device 32 is arranged above the first support frame 31, the drawing device 33 is arranged on one side of the first support frame 31, and a plurality of cup sleeves 34 for placing the cup bodies 200 are arranged on the cup feeding device 32; when the popcorn is discharged, the cup sending device 32 rotates the cup body 200 to one side of the drawing device 33, and the drawing device 33 draws the cup body 200 to the outlet of the popcorn.
The drawing device 33 includes a second driving member 331, a first transmission component 332 and an absorption component 333, the second driving member 331 is disposed on one side of the first transmission component 332 through a supporting member 334, and the absorption component 333 is disposed on the supporting member 334. The adsorption component 333 comprises an adsorption piece 3331 and an L-shaped support plate 3332, the adsorption piece 3331 can be an electromagnet, the adsorption piece 3331 is fixed on the L-shaped support plate 3332, the adsorption surface of the adsorption piece 3331 faces the transmission direction of the first transmission component 332, the second driving piece 331 is a motor, the motor is arranged on the support member 334 through a motor base (not shown in the figure), the adsorption component 333 is arranged on the support member 334 through the motor base and the L-shaped support plate 3332 in sequence, reinforcing ribs (not marked in the figure) are arranged on the L-shaped support plate 3332, and the situation that the normal cup discharge of the popcorn finished product is affected due to the fact that the L-shaped support plate 3332 is bent due to insufficient strength when the adsorption component 333 pulls the cup body 200 to the cup discharge opening through the adsorption cup feeding device 32 is avoided.
The first transmission assembly 332 comprises a gear 3321 and a rack 3322, the gear 3321 is disposed at the output end of the second driving member 331, and the gear 3321 is engaged with the rack 3322. The second driving member 331 drives the gear 3321 to engage with the rack 3322, so as to drive the supporting member 334 and the suction component 333 disposed on the supporting member 334 to move, and after the suction component 333 is sucked by the cup feeding device 32, the cup 200 is drawn to the cup outlet.
The side of first drive assembly 332 is provided with spacing sensor 335, be provided with on the absorption subassembly 333 with spacing sensor 335 complex extension (not mark in the figure), the extension is an extension board the side of first drive assembly 332 is provided with two spacing sensors 335, limits the displacement distance of absorption subassembly 333 through two spacing sensors 335, avoids absorption subassembly 333 to damage because of the too big cup feeding device 32 or the pull device 33 that causes of displacement interval. The limit sensor can be an infrared sensor or a photoelectric sensor.
The side of first drive assembly 332 still is provided with guiding axle 336, guiding axle 336 has two, is located drive assembly's both sides respectively for adsorption component 333 is more steady in the motion process, makes things convenient for adsorption component 333 to accurately adsorb cup feeding device 32 and accurately pull cup 200 to go out the rim of a cup (the user can directly take the position that is equipped with popcorn cup 200).
Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the cup feeding device 32 includes a rotating component 321 and a sliding component 322, the rotating component 321 is disposed on the rotating component 321 through 323, and the cup holder 34 is disposed on the sliding component 322. The sliding assembly 322 comprises a sliding rail 3221, the sliding rail 3221 is fixed to the turntable 323, a sliding plate 3222 is slidably disposed on the sliding rail 3221, and a traction plate 3223 for driving the sliding plate 3222 to slide is disposed at a lower end of the sliding plate 3222. When the cup is taken out, the adsorption component 333 adsorbs the traction plate 3223, and the traction plate 3223 drives the sliding plate 3222 to slide along the sliding rail 3221 to the cup outlet.
The rotating assembly 321 includes a turntable motor 3211, a transmission gear 3212 and a turntable bearing 3213, the turntable bearing 3213 is disposed on the first support frame 31, the transmission gear 3212 is disposed at an output end of the turntable motor 3211, and the transmission gear 3212 is engaged with the turntable bearing 3213. The turntable bearing 3213 is fixed to the turntable 323, and gear teeth engaged with the transmission gear 3212 are disposed on an inner ring of the turntable bearing 3213.
The rotating disc 323 is provided with a positioning member 3231, the side of the first supporting frame 31 is provided with a second view switch 311 for sensing the positioning member 3231, the second view switch 311 is arranged opposite to the drawing device 33, one second view switch 311 is provided, three positioning members 3231 are provided, the positioning member 3231 is arranged between two cup holders 34, each cup holder 34 corresponds to one positioning member 3231, and the cup holders 34 are arranged opposite to the positioning member 3231. When the positioning element 3231 senses the second view switch 311, the pulling plate 3223 faces the adsorbing element 3331 of the adsorbing element 333, so that the adsorbing element 333 adsorbs the pulling plate 3223 conveniently.
Referring to fig. 7, the popcorn maker further includes a cup divider 4, wherein the cup divider 4 includes a third driving member 41, a second transmission assembly, a separating head 43, and a sensing assembly (not labeled in the figure), the sensing assembly is disposed on one side of the second transmission assembly, the third driving member 41 is disposed on the other side of the sensing assembly, and the separating head 43 is fixed on the second transmission assembly.
Divide cup device 4 to set up on frame 100 through support pillar 45, and be located the top of a cup mechanism 3, third driving piece 41 is driving motor, second transmission assembly includes separation head drive gear 421, separation gear 422 and ring gear 423, separation head drive gear 421 couples with third driving piece 41's output, and is located third driving piece 41's below, separation head drive gear 421 and separation gear 422 mesh with ring gear 423, separation gear 422 and separation head 43 are coaxial fixed, the side spiral of separation head 43 is provided with separation section 431, separation section 431's thickness is by the lower gradual diminishing of going up. The second transmission assembly is arranged between the gear rack 46 and the gear rack upper cover 47, the top column 45 sequentially penetrates through the gear rack 46 and the gear rack upper cover 47 to fix the cup separating device 4 on the rack 100, and the third driving piece 41 is fixed below the gear rack 46. Sensing assembly is including response piece 48 and inductive switch 49, separation head drive gear 421 top still is fixed with response piece 48, response piece 48 is the L type, the top of response piece 48 is provided with inductive switch 49, divide cup device 4 to separate a cup 200, separation head drive gear 421 rotates the round, response piece 48 is once through inductive switch 49's recess, through inductive switch 49 and inductive switch 48 mutually support, avoid dividing cup device 4 to go up cup 200 quantity inadequately, influence the normal work of puffed rice machine.
Referring to fig. 8-11, the raw material feeding mechanism 5 includes a second supporting frame 51, a storage bin 52 for storing raw materials of popcorn, and a feeding mechanism (not labeled in the figures) for pushing the raw materials of popcorn, the storage bin 52 is disposed on the second supporting frame 51, the feeding mechanism is disposed on a side of the second supporting frame 51, a discharge hole is disposed on a side of the storage bin 52, and the discharge hole and the feeding mechanism are coaxially disposed. Through feeding mechanism can be quick, effectual carry the puffed rice raw materials in the storage vat 52 to the puffed rice pot 1 in, avoided traditional manual work to add the problem that raw materials efficiency is lower and adopt flood dragon pole autoloading card material easily.
The feeding mechanism comprises a fourth driving part 531, a second transmission part 532 and a feeding part 533, wherein one end of the second transmission part 532 is connected with the output end of the fourth driving part 531, and the other end of the second transmission part 532 is connected with the feeding part 533. The fourth driving member 531 is a driving motor, the second transmission member 532 is a transmission shaft, and an output end of the fourth driving member 531 may be connected to one end of the second transmission member 532 in a gear transmission or pulley transmission manner.
The second transmission piece 532 is provided with a transmission head 5321, and the transmission head 5321 is connected with the feeding piece 533 through an intermediate piece 534. The intermediate member 534 is a shaft with an open end, the open end of the intermediate member 534 is provided with a first gear 5341, and the transmission head 5321 is provided with a second gear 5322 engaged with the first gear 5341. The other end of the second transmission member 532 is provided with a transmission head 5321, the second transmission member 532 is a cylinder, the side of the second transmission member 532 is provided with a longitudinal section, one end of the transmission head 5321 is open, a mounting hole (not shown in the figure) matched with the second transmission member 532 is formed in the transmission head 5321, and the other end of the second transmission member 532 is installed in the mounting hole and fixed with the transmission head 5321 in a welding, screwing or clamping manner. The first gear teeth 5341 are arranged on the inner wall of the opening end of the intermediate piece 534, the second gear teeth 5322 are arranged on the outer wall of the transmission head 5321, and the end part of the transmission head 5321 is provided with a chamfer convenient for assembling the transmission head 5321 and the intermediate piece 534; the first gear teeth 5341 and the second gear teeth 5322 have the same number of teeth.
The intermediate member 534 is provided with a fixing hole 5342 for fixing the feeding member 533. The feeding piece 533 is a spring, the range of the wire diameter of the spring is 3-5mm, the range of the screw pitch of the spring is 10-30mm, and the range of the outer diameter of the spring is 15-30 mm. The fixing hole 5342 is a waist-shaped hole, one end of the feeding end is polymeric and fixed in the fixing hole 5342, and the other end of the feeding member 533 is loose.
The middle part of the storage bucket 52 is funnel-shaped, and the bottom of the storage bucket 52 is provided with an arc-shaped part for accommodating the feeding member 533. The middle part of storage vat 52 is hopper-shaped for the raw materials in the storage vat 52 still gathers under the effect of gravity when seeing off, thereby ensures the continuation and the stability that the raw materials was carried. The concrete structure of arc portion is hollow halfcylinder, and the appearance of arc portion and the shape laminating of pay-off piece 533 make the raw materials can gather on the pay-off route of pay-off piece 533 under the effect of gravity on the one hand, and on the other hand avoids raw materials and pay-off piece 533 to block, improves the smooth and easy nature that pay-off piece 533 supplied with raw materials.
The discharge hole of the storage barrel 52 is provided with a 90-degree elbow 525, one end of the elbow 525 and the discharge hole (not shown in the figure) are coaxially arranged, and the other end of the elbow 525 is inclined downwards. The discharge port is a hollow cylinder extending from the storage barrel 52, one end of the elbow 525 is sleeved with the discharge port, the assembly is simple, and the sealing performance is strong; through 90 elbow 525 changes the direction of the ejection of compact, the other end of elbow 525 is connected with the discharging pipe (not shown in the figure) of being connected with puffed rice pot 1 for the raw materials through elbow 525 can move to in puffed rice pot 1 under the effect of gravity, simple structure, low cost.
Storage vat 52 includes staving 521 and top cap 522, the opening part lid of top cap 522 and barrel closes, be provided with seal groove 523 on the top cap 522, seal groove 523 is U type seal groove 523, the inner wall of seal groove 523 is hugged closely with the inner wall and the outer wall of staving 521 respectively, avoids influencing the taste that the puffed rice mechanism made the puffed rice because of the raw materials in the storage vat 52 wets. The side edge of the top cover 522 is further provided with an uncovering part (not labeled in the figure) which is convenient for uncovering, the uncovering part is arc-shaped, and an operator can slightly push the top cover 522 upwards by fingers to uncover the top cover 522 from the barrel 521, so that the operation is convenient.
The side of storage vat 52 is provided with the handle 524 of buckling that is used for snatching storage vat 52, the handle 524 of buckling is towards one side bending of storage vat 52, and the storage vat 52 of being convenient for to take on the one hand carries out the interpolation of raw materials or the clearance of storage vat 52, and on the other hand, the handle 524 of buckling makes the stability that the storage vat 52 was taken to operating personnel better, saves strength.
Referring to fig. 12 to 14, the raw material feeding mechanism 5 further includes an oil supply device 6, the oil supply device 6 includes an oil drum 61, a drum cover 62, a heating assembly 63 and a stirring assembly 64, the drum cover 62 covers an opening of the oil drum 61, the heating assembly 63 is installed at the bottom of the oil drum 61, and the stirring assembly 64 is disposed on the drum cover 62. Specifically, the stirring assembly 64 is disposed at the center of the barrel cover 62, so that oil can be stirred more sufficiently. Two first handles 621 are arranged on the barrel cover 62, and the two first handles 621 are respectively positioned at two sides of the stirring assembly 64, so that an operator can cover the barrel cover 62 and the oil drum 61 or take the barrel cover 62 down from the oil drum 61 conveniently. Two second handles 611 are arranged on the side wall of the oil drum 61, the end parts of the second handles 611 are welded on the side wall of the oil drum 61, and a grabbing part (not marked in the figure) extends towards the side, far away from the oil drum 61, of the second handles 611. The oil supply device 6 is connected with the popcorn pot 1 through an oil pump and an oil pipe. Heating element 63 stirs the oil in oil drum 61 through stirring subassembly 64 when to the oil heating in the oil drum 61, makes the oil can be quick, the intensive heating on the one hand, and long time that waits when reducing user's preparation puffed rice is simultaneously avoided the oil feed in-process to plug up oil pipe 67 or oil-well pump because of the oil solidifies, and on the other hand avoids the oil layering to make the puffed rice taste of making inconsistent, the problem that user experience reduced.
Oil supply unit 6 still includes third support frame 65, heating element 63 sets up under third support frame 65, oil drum 61 leads to double-bolt clamp 66 to be fixed in on third support frame 65. The heating assembly 63 comprises a heater 631 and a heater fixing plate 632, the heater 631 can adopt an electromagnetic device, four supporting legs (not marked in the figure) are uniformly arranged at the bottom of the heater 631, the supporting legs are hollow cylinders provided with internal thread holes, and the heater fixing plate 632 is fixedly connected with the supporting legs in a threaded manner. The heater fixing plate 632 extends towards two sides to form fixing lugs (not labeled in the figures), and the fixing lugs are fixedly connected with the third supporting frame 65. The third supporting frame 65 is further provided with a plurality of heat dissipation holes 651 for dissipating heat of the heater 631, wherein the heat dissipation holes 651 are waist-shaped and are arrayed on two opposite side walls of the third supporting frame 65, so that air circulation is smoother, and heat generated by the heater is taken away in time.
Twin bolt clamp 66 has two semi-rings to constitute, and extends at every semi-ring both ends has the stationary blade (not mark in the picture), twin bolt clamp 66's side extends has the curb plate 661 fixed with third support frame 65, twin bolt clamp 66 is perpendicular with curb plate 661, be provided with waist shape hole on the curb plate 661, waist shape hole is whole to be the arc, curb plate 661 is fixed in third support frame 65 through waist shape hole on, the setting in waist shape hole makes things convenient for the installation of curb plate 661 to fix and carry out oil drum regulation, simple structure, easy dismounting, low cost.
The double-bolt clamp 66 is fastened by matching a hand-screwed bolt 662 with a nut (not marked in the figure), and the end part of the hand-screwed bolt 662 is provided with a plum blossom handle 6621 which is convenient for hand screwing. The hand-screwed bolt 662 is further provided with a limiting column 6622 which facilitates the matching of the hand-screwed bolt 662 and the nut. When the hand-screwed bolt 662 is matched and fastened with the nut, the hand-screwed bolt 662 can extend into the through hole of the double-bolt hoop 66 from one side, and the nut and the hand-screwed bolt 662 are screwed from the other side until the limiting column 6622 on the hand-screwed bolt 662 contacts with the fixing piece of the double-bolt hoop 66, so that the double-bolt hoop 66 is fixed with the oil drum 61. Just outside, there is certain distance between plum blossom handle 6621 and the stationary blade in the setting of spacing post 6622, when avoiding not setting up spacing post 6622, hand screwed bolt 662 and nut twist and close excessively, and the stationary blade is hugged closely to plum blossom handle 6621, and then unpack twin bolt clamp 66 and oil drum 61 in-process apart, twist the inconvenient problem of hand screwed bolt 662.
The stirring assembly 64 comprises a stirring motor 641, a connecting member 642 and a stirring rod 643, wherein one end of the connecting member 642 is connected with the output shaft of the stirring motor 641, and the other end of the connecting motor is connected with the stirring rod 643. The connection member 642 has a hollow structure, the output shaft of the stirring motor 641 and the stirring rod 643 have a cylindrical shape, and the side surfaces of the output shaft and the stirring rod 643 have a longitudinal section. The upper end of the connecting element 642 is connected with the output shaft of the stirring motor 641 and is fastened by a screw, and the lower end of the connecting element 642 is connected with the stirring rod 643 and is fastened by a screw; the output shaft of the stirring motor 641 and the stirring rod 643 adopt cylinders with longitudinal sections, so that the limiting effect is achieved, the connection between the output shaft of the stirring motor 641 and the stirring rod 643 and the connecting piece 642 is more stable, and the problem that the output shaft of the stirring motor 641, the stirring rod 643 and the connecting piece 642 rotate relatively in the stirring process to influence the service life of parts is avoided.
An oil pumping pipe 67 is arranged on the side edge of the stirring component 64, the oil pumping pipe 67 is fixed on the barrel cover 62 through an oil pipe sleeve (not marked in the figure), one end of the oil pumping pipe 67 is connected with the oil inlet end of the oil well pump, and the other end of the oil pumping pipe 67 is inserted into the oil barrel 61. The side of the stirring component 64 is also provided with a temperature measuring part 68 for detecting the temperature of the oil material, and the temperature measuring part 68 can adopt a thermocouple or a thermal resistor type temperature sensor. The end of the stirring rod 643 is provided with a stirring blade 6431, the stirring blade 6431 is provided with an assembling hole for assembling the stirring rod 643, and the stirring blade 6431 is arc-shaped, so that on one hand, the stirring blade 6431 is prevented from colliding with the temperature measuring part 68 and the oil pumping pipe 67 in the stirring process, on the other hand, the stirring force of the oil is increased, and the stirring effect is improved.
Referring to fig. 1 again, the popcorn maker further includes a lampblack removal device, the lampblack removal device includes a first filtering module 71 and a second filtering module 72, the first filtering module 71 is connected with the popcorn pot 1, and the second filtering module 72 is connected with the first filtering module 71 in series through a pipe. Be provided with the filter screen in the first filter module 71, second filter module 72 is ionization formula oil smoke clarifier, adsorbs the oil smoke through high-voltage electric field, and the above-mentioned principle that removes the oil smoke is prior art, and this application is not repeated here.
Referring to fig. 1-15, the popcorn pot 1 includes a pot body 11, a support frame 12 and a pot cover 13, the pot body 11 is a double-layer structure, the preheating assembly is disposed on the pot body 11, the preheating assembly performs normal heating of the popcorn after completing the preheating function, the pot cover 13 is fixed below the middle guard plate 8, the pot cover 13 is provided with a raw material inlet, an oil inlet and an oil smoke outlet, the raw material inlet is connected with a 90-degree elbow 525 of the discharge port through a discharge pipe, the oil smoke outlet is connected with a first filtering module 71, the oil inlet is connected with an oil supply device 6 through an oil pump, and the middle part of the pot cover 13 is further provided with a stirring device 14; the pot turning motor is arranged on the supporting frame 12 and connected with the side edge of the pot body 11 through a connecting shaft, and the pot body 11 is hinged to the supporting frame 12. The concrete structure and the theory of operation of puffed rice pot 1 are prior art, and this application is not repeated here.
The popcorn machine further comprises a constant temperature module (not shown in the figure), the popcorn pot 1, the raw material feeding mechanism 5 and the constant temperature module are arranged on a middle guard plate 8, the lower end of the middle guard plate 8 is connected with the upper end of the automatic discharging mechanism 2, the middle guard plate 8 is sealed with the storage bin 21, the middle guard plate 8 is provided with an observation port (not marked in the figure), and the observation port is sealed by transparent glass; specifically, on backplate 8 during popcorn pot 1 is fixed in through carriage 12, raw materials feed mechanism 5 is fixed in on backplate 8 through second support frame 51, on backplate 8 during the constant temperature module snap-on, and be located the side of carriage 12, the upper surface of well backplate 8 is provided with and is used for through the thermal constant temperature hole of constant temperature module transmission, through the constant temperature module keeps warm to the popcorn in the storage silo 21, avoids influencing the taste of popcorn. The principle that constant temperature module keeps warm to puffed rice belongs to prior art this application and does not do here and describe repeatedly.
In summary, the invention provides a popcorn maker, which comprises a rack, wherein a popcorn pot for processing raw materials into popcorn finished products, a raw material feeding mechanism for adding raw materials into the popcorn pot, an automatic discharging mechanism for subpackaging the processed popcorn and a cup discharging mechanism for transferring the popcorn after being filled into cups to a cup outlet of the popcorn maker are arranged on the rack, a preheating assembly is arranged on the popcorn pot, the popcorn pot is arranged below the raw material feeding mechanism, the automatic discharging mechanism is arranged on one side of the popcorn pot, and the cup discharging mechanism is arranged at a discharge outlet of the automatic discharging mechanism; preheat the subassembly and preheat the puffed rice pot, raw materials feed mechanism adds the puffed rice raw materials to the puffed rice pot in, the puffed rice pot shifts the puffed rice finished product to automatic discharging mechanism, automatic discharging mechanism shifts the play rim of a cup of puffed rice finished product ration dress cup back and by going out cup mechanism to the puffed rice machine. According to the invention, the popcorn pot is preheated by the preheating assembly, the processing efficiency of the popcorn is improved, the automated processing and conveying of the popcorn are realized by the popcorn pot, the raw material feeding mechanism, the automatic discharging mechanism and the cup discharging mechanism, the finished popcorn products are transferred to the cup discharging opening of the popcorn machine, the taking by a user is facilitated, and the waiting time of the user is reduced.
It should be understood that equivalents and modifications of the technical solution and inventive concept thereof may occur to those skilled in the art, and all such modifications and alterations should fall within the scope of the appended claims.