WO2020125811A1

WO2020125811A1 - Heating-type vending machine

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Publication number: WO2020125811A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/072273
Authority: WO
Inventors: 黄屹峰; 韩雪峰; 黄健斌; 刘坤; 程顺意; 黄春
Original assignee: 尤洛卡(广东)精准信息工程技术研究院有限公司
Priority date: 2018-12-17
Filing date: 2020-01-15
Publication date: 2020-06-25
Also published as: JP7190578B2; JP2022514752A; CN109345711A

Abstract

A heating-type vending machine (1000), comprising a food material supply device (1100), a food material heating device (1200), and a food product dispensing device (1300), said three devices being sequentially arranged from top to bottom to form a structure in which the weight of the material itself causes same to fall and to be outputted. The food material supply device (1100) is adapted to store food material by type and to discharge same accordingly. The food material heating device (1200) is adapted to heat food material discharged by the food material supply device (1100) and to produce a food product. The food product dispensing device (1300) is adapted to dispense the food product. The heating-type vending machine (1000) has a simple and straightforward layout. The invention allows for a simplified mechanical structure and shortens the path along which the food material is conveyed, thus reducing wait time and the amount of space occupied and improving the ability of said machine to be used on a continuous basis.

Description

Automatic heating vending machine

Cross-reference of related applications

This application requires the priority of the Chinese patent application with the application number 201811542015.5 and the name "automatic heating vending machine" submitted to the Chinese Patent Office on December 17, 2018, the entire content of which is incorporated by reference in this application.

Technical field

This application belongs to the technical field of vending machines, specifically, it is an automatic heating vending machine.

Background technique

With the rapid development of modern business, great changes have taken place in consumption patterns. The traditional retail industry requires manual settlement, which is very inefficient and often causes queue congestion, which is difficult to adapt to the development trend of modern commerce.

In order to adapt to the new business development trend, vending machines came into being and showed vitality. Existing vending machine application scenarios are relatively single, and their product types are mostly limited to packaged goods at normal temperature, such as bottled beverages and candy snacks, etc., and involve less food types that require on-site heating.

A few vending machines involving the heating of foodstuffs, in order to achieve the purpose of heating and selling, it is necessary to adopt a complicated mechanical motion mechanism to realize the continuous transportation of foodstuffs in different stations. The complicated mechanical structure, on the one hand, causes the food material to be transported for a long time, and the user needs to wait for a long time and the experience is not good; on the other hand, the complex coordination of control and transmission makes the manufacturing difficulty and failure rate greatly increase; the third aspect, causes volume Expansion reduces the space utilization rate, and the amount of food ingredients that can be stored is greatly limited and is not conducive to continuous use. The above-mentioned drawbacks are still difficult to solve.

Summary of the invention

In order to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art, the present application provides an automatic heating vending machine, which has a simple and direct layout structure, simplifies the mechanical structure and compresses the food material conveying path, reduces the waiting time and space occupation, and improves the continuous use capacity.

The purpose of this application is achieved through the following technical solutions:

An automatic heating vending machine includes a food material supply device, a food material heating device and a food delivery device, which are arranged in order from top to bottom to form a self-weight driven blanking structure. The food material supply device is configured to realize the classified storage of food materials Corresponding to the delivery, the food material heating device is configured to heat the food material delivered by the food material supply device into food, and the food delivery device is configured to realize the delivery of the food.

As an improvement of the above technical solution, the food material supply device includes a plurality of storage silo lanes and a feeding mechanism provided on the storage silo lane, the storage silo lane is configured to store food ingredients in categories, and the feeding mechanism is configured to realize the Release feed.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the food material supply device includes a refrigerated box body, the storage silo and the feeding mechanism are provided in the refrigerated box, and the refrigerated box has a position below the storage silo Ingredients output.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the food material output end has a funnel structure, and an angle between the side wall and the horizontal plane of the funnel structure has an acute angle; and/or the receiving portion of the food material output end has an elastic buffer layer.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the food heating device includes a heating container, the heating container is kept penetrating in the vertical direction to connect the food supply device and the food delivery device, and both ends of the heating container are opened They are respectively opened and closed by the first opening and closing door and the second opening and closing door.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the food heating device includes a container base and a heating container, the heating container is open at both ends in the vertical direction, and the heating container is slidably held on the container base to achieve input Movement switching between position, heating position and output position.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the heating container includes:

An annular cavity, axially arranged vertically and slidably held on the container seat;

The first isolation door is installed outside one end of the annular cavity, and is configured to stop between the food material supply device and the food material heating device at a non-input position, and from the food material supply device and The food material heating devices are separated.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the heating container further includes a second isolation door hinged to the inside of one end of the annular cavity;

The second isolation door is opened by its own weight and/or the food drive at the output position to realize the communication between the annular cavity and the food delivery device, and is closed to the annular cavity at the non-output position Between the food delivery devices.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the input end of the food delivery device and the container seat are horizontally separated on both sides of the output end of the food material supply device, and the container seat has the output end held with the food material supply device The opposite bottom wall of the material.

As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the food shipping device includes a shipping warehouse and an opening/closing warehouse door, the shipping warehouse has an access window, and the opening/closing warehouse door can be opened and closed on the access object On the window.

The beneficial effects of this application are:

Adopt the layout structure of food material supply device, food material heating device and food delivery device arranged in order from top to bottom, using the self-weight to realize automatic transportation of food materials between each device, without complicated mechanical motion mechanism, simplify the mechanical structure and reduce its space Occupy, increase the storage space of food materials to increase the storage capacity and the shortest self-weight conveying path and compress the food material conveying path, reduce the time of the conveying process and reduce the waiting time, and improve the continuous use capacity.

In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and understandable, preferred embodiments are described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are described in detail below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

In order to more clearly explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required in the embodiments. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of the present application, so they are not It should be regarded as a limitation on the scope. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without paying any creative labor, other related drawings can be obtained based on these drawings.

1 is an overall schematic diagram of an automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 1 of the present application;

2 is a schematic isometric view of the output end of the automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 1 of the present application;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view at position M of the food material output end of the automatic heating vending machine in FIG. 2;

4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a food delivery device of an automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 1 of the present application;

5 is a partial isometric view of a self-weight driven blanking structure of an automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 2 of the present application;

6 is a first partial isometric view of a first structure of a self-weight driven blanking structure of an automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 3 of the present application;

7 is a second partial isometric view of the first structure of the self-driven driving blanking structure of the automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 3 of the present application;

8 is a partial cross-sectional schematic diagram of the first structure of the self-weight driving type blanking structure of the automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 3 of the present application;

9 is a first partial isometric view of a second structure of a self-weight driven blanking structure of an automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 3 of the present application;

10 is a second partial isometric view of a second structure of a self-weight driven blanking structure of an automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 3 of the present application;

11 is a third partial isometric view of the second structure of the self-weight driven blanking structure of the automatic heating vending machine provided in Example 3 of the present application.

Symbol description of main components:

1000-automatic heating vending machine, 1100-food material supply device, 1110-storage bin, 1120-feeding mechanism, 1130-refrigerated cabinet, 1131-food material output end, 1131a-substrate layer, 1131b-elastic buffer layer, 1131c-smooth Surface layer, 1200-food heating device, 1210-heating container, 1211-ring cavity, 1212-first isolation door, 1213-second isolation door, 1220-container base, 1221-bottom wall, 1300-food shipment Device, 1310-shipment warehouse, 1311-food input terminal, 1312-takeout window, 1320-opening and closing warehouse door, 1330-limiting part, 1400-first opening and closing door, 1500-second opening and closing door, 1600 -Install the hood.

detailed description

In order to facilitate understanding of the present application, the automatic heating vending machine will be described more fully below with reference to related drawings. The drawing shows a preferred embodiment of the automatic heating vending machine. However, the automatic heating vending machine can be implemented in many different forms, and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, the purpose of providing these embodiments is to make the disclosure of the automatic heating vending machine more thorough and comprehensive.

It should be noted that when an element is said to be "fixed" to another element, it can be directly on the other element or there can also be a centered element. When an element is considered to be "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected to another element or there may be a center element at the same time. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on" another element, there are no intervening elements present. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "left" and "right" and similar expressions used herein are for illustrative purposes only.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the technical field of the present application. The terminology used in the description of the automatic heating vending machine herein is for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the present application. The term "and/or" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

Example 1

Referring to FIG. 1, this embodiment discloses an automatic heating vending machine 1000. The automatic heating vending machine 1000 includes a food supply device 1100, a food heating device 1200, and a food delivery device 1300. It has a simple and direct layout structure, simplifying the mechanical structure And compress the food material conveying path, reduce waiting time and space occupation, and improve the continuous use capacity.

Wherein, the food material supply device 1100 is configured to realize the classified storage and corresponding delivery of the food materials, and to provide the food materials required by the food material heating device 1200; ; The food delivery device 1300 is configured to realize the delivery of food, so that the user can take the material.

Among them, the food material supply device 1100, the food material heating device 1200, and the food delivery device 1300 are sequentially arranged from top to bottom and have a self-weight-driven blanking structure. The so-called self-weight-driven blanking structure means that between the three, the food/food is driven by its own gravity to realize the blanking conveyance. It has the characteristics of self-driving, no need to set up a complicated conveying mechanism, and greatly simplifies the mechanical structure.

Exemplarily, the food material supply device 1100 includes a plurality of storage silo lanes 1110 and a feeding mechanism 1120 provided on the storage silo lanes 1110.

Among them, a plurality of storage silo lanes 1110 are arranged in an array, and are configured to store food ingredients in categories for the user to choose accordingly. Food ingredients are determined according to actual needs, such as solid foods such as bread or liquid beverages such as coffee and milk tea.

Wherein, the feeding mechanism 1120 is configured to realize the release and feeding of food ingredients. After receiving the user's order, the feeding mechanism 1120 releases the food materials in the corresponding storage silo 1110, makes it separate from the storage silo 1110, and falls to the food heating device 1200 under its own weight.

The functioning mode of the feeding mechanism 1120 is determined according to the actual application environment. For example, the storage silo 1110 has a discharge opening at one end in the horizontal direction, and the feeding mechanism 1120 pushes the food to disengage from the discharge opening. The form includes a rotary spring, a linear motor, a screw mechanism, a telescopic cylinder, an electric push rod, and Various linear drive mechanisms such as tension and compression springs and transmission mechanisms such as belts and chains; for another example, the bottom of the storage silo 1110 has a discharge opening, and the feeding mechanism 1120 movably realizes the opening and closing control of the discharge opening, which includes a sliding door And revolving door and other switch types.

Exemplarily, the food material supply device 1100 includes a refrigerated cabinet 1130 configured to provide a refrigerated environment to keep food fresh for a long time. Among them, the storage silo 1110 and the feeding mechanism 1120 are installed in the refrigerator 1130. The refrigerator box 1130 has a food material output end 1131 located below the storage silo 1110, and is configured to realize a self-weight driven blanking structure.

Among them, the food material output end 1131 can be implemented with different structures. Exemplarily, the food material output end 1131 has a funnel structure to realize the receiving and guiding of the food materials falling from the storage silo 1110. It can be understood that the funnel structure has a structure that gradually shrinks along the conveying direction, and can be realized by a round table, a prism table, or other forms. Wherein, the side wall of the funnel structure has an acute angle between the horizontal plane and the horizontal plane. Exemplarily, the included angle of the acute angle is not less than 5°, so as to achieve better bearing guidance.

Please refer to FIGS. 2 to 3. Exemplarily, the receiving portion of the food output end 1131 has a multi-layer structure, including a substrate layer 1131a, an elastic buffer layer 1131b and a smooth surface layer 1131c stacked in this order from bottom to top. The elastic buffer layer 1131b is made of an elastic material, has elasticity and functions as a buffer, and provides buffer protection for the food materials received. The smooth surface layer 1131c smoothes the surface of the material receiving part, reduces the damping effect, accelerates the downward transport of food ingredients, and improves the transport efficiency.

As mentioned above, the food heating device 1200 receives the food and heats it to produce fresh hot food that can be eaten. The food heating device 1200 can be heated in different ways, including microwave heating, electric heating, and light wave heating. After the heating is completed, the food is released from the food material heating device 1200 and continues to fall to the food delivery device 1300 under its own weight.

As previously mentioned, the food delivery device 1300 is configured to provide the final food to the user. Please refer to FIG. 4. Exemplarily, the food delivery device 1300 includes a delivery warehouse 1310 and an opening and closing warehouse door 1320. Among them, the shipping warehouse 1310 has an extraction window 1312, and the opening and closing warehouse door 1320 is installed on the extraction window 1312 to be openable and closable. When the user opens the closed warehouse door 1320, the food can be taken out from the delivery warehouse 1310 through the retrieval window 1312.

Among them, the opening and closing warehouse door 1320 can be installed on the object window 1312 through a sliding structure or a rotating structure. Exemplarily, the shipping warehouse 1310 is provided with a limited position portion 1330 configured to limit the movement stroke of the opening and closing warehouse door 1320 to prevent the opening and closing warehouse door 1320 from overshooting and causing theft or injury. There are many ways to implement the limiter 1330, including types such as stop pins and limit flanges.

Exemplarily, the shipping bin 1310 has a food input port 1311 configured to input food. The food input port 1311 can be installed at an upper end of the shipping bin 1310 so as to directly receive the food released by the food material heating device 1200.

Exemplarily, the automatic heating vending machine 1000 further includes an installation hood 1600 configured to install the food material supply device 1100, the food material heating device 1200, and the food delivery device 1300 to form a complete and beautiful appearance casing. Exemplarily, the installation hood 1600 also has a visible panel made of a transparent material, so that the user can select food materials accordingly.

Example 2

Based on Embodiment 1, this embodiment discloses a self-weight driving type blanking structure of the automatic heating vending machine 1000.

Please refer to FIG. 5. Exemplarily, the food heating device 1200 includes a heating container 1210 configured to receive food. It can be understood that a heater is provided on the heating container 1210 and configured to achieve heating of the food material in the heating container 1210.

Among them, the heating container 1210 is kept penetrating in the vertical direction, and the food material supply device 1100 and the food delivery device 1300 are connected at both ends. In other words, both ends of the heating container 1210 are opened and the openings at both ends are opened and closed by the first opening and closing door 1400 and the second opening and closing door 1500, respectively.

That is, the first opening and closing door 1400 is disposed at the upper opening of the heating container 1210, and is connected to the food output end 1131 of the food supply device 1100; the second opening and closing door 1500 is disposed at the lower opening of the heating container 1210 and is The food input terminal 1311 of the shipping device is relatively connected. It can be understood that the opening at both ends of the heating container 1210 only means that the two ports are divided up and down, and there is no limitation on whether the axial overlaps.

Exemplarily, the openings at both ends of the heating container 1210 have an overlapping relationship in the axial direction. At this time, the first opening/closing door 1400 and the second opening/closing door 1500 are kept opposite, and are surrounded by the heating container 1210 to form an openable and closable storage cavity. When the first opening/closing door 1400 is opened and the second opening/closing door 1500 is closed, the ingredients are self-heated and the upper end of the heating container 1210 opens into the receiving cavity; when both the first opening/closing door 1400 and the second opening/closing door 1500 are closed At this time, the food is heated in the receiving cavity; when the first opening and closing door 1400 is closed and the second opening and closing door 1500 is opened, the food is detached from the receiving cavity under its own weight and enters the food delivery device 1300.

The first opening/closing door 1400 and the second opening/closing door 1500 may have a single-door or multiple-door structure, which is selected according to actual needs. The first opening/closing door 1400 and the second opening/closing door 1500 can be implemented in various ways, and only the first opening/closing door 1400 is taken as an example for description.

For example, the first opening and closing door 1400 has a sliding opening and closing structure, which is slidably held between the upper end opening of the heating container 1210 and the food output end 1131, and slides to achieve the latter between the on and off states Switch.

As another example, the first opening and closing door 1400 has a rotary opening and closing structure, which is hinged to the upper opening of the heating container 1210 or the food output end 1131, and rotates to realize the switching between the on and off states of the latter two.

Example 3

Please refer to FIGS. 6 to 11. Exemplarily, the food heating device 1200 includes a container base 1220 and a heating container 1210. The heating container 1210 is open at both ends in the vertical direction so as to accommodate food materials and allow food materials to pass through. It can be understood that the opening at both ends of the heating container 1210 only means that the two ports are divided up and down, and there is no restriction on whether they are coaxial. It can be understood that a heater is provided on the heating container 1210 or the container seat 1220, and is configured to achieve heating of the food material in the heating container 1210.

The heating container 1210 is slidably held on the container seat 1220, so as to realize the movement switching between the input position, the heating position and the output position. In the input position, the upper opening of the heating container 1210 maintains communication with the food output end 1131, so that the food enters the heating container 1210 under the driving of its own weight; in the heating position, the heating container 1210 and the container seat 1220 form a closed cavity, so that the food is Among them, heating is accepted; at the output position, the lower end opening of the heating container 1210 communicates with the food input terminal 1311 of the food delivery device 1300, so that the food enters the food delivery device 1300 under its own weight.

Exemplarily, the heating container 1210 includes an annular cavity 1211 and a first isolation door 1212. Wherein, the annular cavity 1211 is vertically arranged in the axial direction, and both ends of the axial direction are kept open. At the same time, the annular cavity 1211 is slidably held on the container base 1220 to realize the movement switching between the input position, the heating position and the output position.

The first isolation door 1212 is installed outside one end of the annular cavity 1211, and moves synchronously with the annular cavity 1211, and is configured to stop between the food supply device 1100 and the food heating device 1200 at a non-input position. At the input position, the first isolation door 1212 is detached from the food material supply device 1100 and the food material heating device 1200 to maintain communication between the latter two, so as to realize the self-falling transportation of food materials. There are many ways to switch the heating container 1210, which can be implemented by various types. The following are just a few examples.

Please refer to FIGS. 6 to 8. Exemplarily, in one of the structures, the heating container 1210 further includes a second isolation door 1213. The second isolation door 1213 is hinged inside one end of the annular cavity 1211, and is opened by its own weight and/or food drive at the output position to achieve communication between the annular cavity 1211 and the food delivery device 1300. In the non-output position, the second isolation door 1213 is restricted by the limiting member disposed below, and cannot be opened but is closed between the annular cavity 1211 and the food delivery device 1300 to prevent the food from accidentally falling out. Exemplarily, the stopper can be used as the upper end of the food delivery device 1300.

Please refer to FIG. 9 to FIG. 11. Exemplarily, in another structure, the input end of the food delivery device 1300 and the container holder 1220 are horizontally separated from the output end of the food material supply device 1100 (food material output end 1131). On both sides. Exemplarily, the output end 1131 of the food material and the input end of the food delivery device 1300 are kept open, and the container base 1220 has a receiving bottom wall 1221 opposite the output end of the food material supply device 1100.

Correspondingly, the annular cavity 1211 slidably passes through the food material output end 1131, the input end of the food delivery device 1300, and the container holder 1220, that is, the input position, the output position, and the heating position. It can be understood that, since the receiving bottom wall 1221 is provided on the container base 1220, there is relative sliding between the annular cavity 1211 and the receiving bottom wall 1221, and the food on the receiving bottom wall 1221 is driven by the side wall of the annular cavity 1211 Move back and forth. Accordingly, the food material enters the inside of the container holder 1220 to be heated or dropped from the input end of the food delivery device 1300.

In all examples shown and described herein, any specific value should be interpreted as merely exemplary, not as a limitation, and therefore, other examples of exemplary embodiments may have different values.

It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters indicate similar items in the following drawings, therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, there is no need to further define and explain it in subsequent drawings.

The above-mentioned embodiments have only expressed several implementation manners of the present application, and their descriptions are more specific and detailed, but they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present application. It should be noted that, for a person of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, a number of modifications and improvements can be made, which all fall within the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

An automatic heating vending machine is characterized by comprising a food material supply device, a food material heating device and a food delivery device, the three are arranged in order from top to bottom to form a self-weight driven blanking structure, and the food material supply device is configured to realize Classified storage and corresponding delivery of food materials, the food material heating device is configured to heat the food materials delivered by the food material supply device into food, and the food delivery device is configured to realize the delivery of the food.
The automatic heating vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the food material supply device includes a plurality of storage silo lanes and a feeding mechanism provided on the storage silo lane, the storage silo lanes are configured to store foods in categories, The feeding mechanism is configured to realize the release and feeding of food ingredients.
The automatic heating vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the food material supply device includes a refrigerated box, the storage silo and the feeding mechanism are provided in the refrigerated box, the refrigerated box has The food material output end located under the storage silo.
The automatic heating vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the food material output end has a funnel structure, and the side wall of the funnel structure has an acute angle between the side wall and the horizontal plane; and/or the food material output end bearing The material part has an elastic buffer layer.
The automatic heating vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the foodstuff heating device includes a heating container, and the heating container is vertically connected to connect the foodstuff supply device and the food delivery device, The openings at both ends of the heating container are respectively opened and closed by the movement of the first opening and closing door and the second opening and closing door.
The automatic heating vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the food heating device includes a container holder and a heating container, the heating container is open at both ends in the vertical direction, and the heating container is slidably held by the The movement switch between the input position, the heating position and the output position is realized on the container seat.
The automatic heating vending machine according to claim 6, wherein the heating container comprises:

An annular cavity, axially arranged vertically and slidably held on the container seat;

The first isolation door is installed outside one end of the annular cavity, and is configured to stop between the food material supply device and the food material heating device at a non-input position, and from the food material supply device and The food material heating devices are separated.
The automatic heating vending machine according to claim 7, wherein the heating container further comprises a second isolation door hinged to the inside of one end of the annular cavity;

The second isolation door is opened by its own weight and/or the food drive at the output position to realize the communication between the annular cavity and the food delivery device, and is closed to the annular cavity and the annular cavity at the non-output position Between the food delivery devices.
The automatic heating vending machine according to claim 7, characterized in that the input end of the food delivery device and the container seat are horizontally separated on both sides of the output end of the food material supply device, and the container seat has The material receiving bottom wall opposite to the output end of the food material supply device is maintained.
The automatic heating vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the food shipping device includes a shipping warehouse and an opening and closing warehouse door, the shipping warehouse has a retrieval window, and the opening and closing warehouse door can be opened Closedly installed on the object window.