Automatic cleaning device

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic cleaning device which comprises a coffee machine body internally provided with an automatic cleaning loop, a water tank and a cleaning pill feeding assembly, the water tank is detachably installed at the top of the coffee machine body, the upper end of one side of the water tank is communicated with a water adding opening, and the water adding opening is communicated with a clear water outlet through a water pipe; the cleaning pill feeding assembly is detachably installed at the top of the coffee machine body, the water tank abuts against one side of the cleaning pill feeding assembly, and the cleaning pill feeding assembly is controlled by a control terminal in the coffee machine body; according to the coffee machine, the water tank and the cleaning pill feeding assembly are detachably installed on the top of the coffee machine body, later overhaul and maintenance are facilitated, the cleaning pill feeding assembly is connected with the control terminal in the coffee machine body, and therefore the functions of automatically feeding cleaning pills and automatically cleaning the whole machine are achieved; and a function of manually putting cleaning pills is also reserved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of coffee machines, in particular to an automatic cleaning device. Background Art

[0002] The self-service coffee machines commonly used in the market currently require deep cleaning of each beverage production unit with chemicals every day, otherwise it is easy for the pipes to scale and allow bacteria to grow, so maintenance personnel are required to perform a deep cleaning of the machine every day.

[0003] However, when cleaning the coffee machine, the cleaning pills are manually put in, which is inconvenient; the medicine box, water tank, and control module are all fixed in the coffee machine, which is not easy to disassemble and repair.

[0004] For this reason we propose a kind of automatic cleaning device. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of the utility model is to provide an automatic cleaning device, so as to solve or at least alleviate one or more of the above-mentioned problems and other problems existing in the prior art.

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the main technical solutions adopted by the utility model include:

[0007] An automatic cleaning device, comprising:

[0008] A coffee machine body with an automatic cleaning circuit inside;

[0009] A water tank for mixing clean water and cleaning pills and then conveying them to the cleaning circuit inside the coffee machine body, the water tank being detachably mounted on the top of the coffee machine body, a water inlet being connected to an upper end of one side of the water tank, and the water inlet being connected to a clean water outlet through a water pipe;

[0010] A cleaning pill delivery component for controllably delivering cleaning pills into the water tank, wherein the cleaning pill delivery component is detachably mounted on the top of the coffee machine body, and the water tank abuts against one side of the cleaning pill delivery component;

[0011] The cleaning pill delivery assembly is controlled by a control terminal in the coffee machine body.

[0012] In an automatic cleaning device according to the utility model, a clamping hole is provided on the top of the coffee machine body, and a first clamping buckle is formed on the bottom of the water tank, and the first clamping buckle can be clamped in the clamping hole.

[0013] In an automatic cleaning device according to the utility model, the cleaning pill delivery assembly includes a control box and a medicine storage box, the medicine storage box is detachably mounted on the top of the control box through a disassembly part, a partition is formed inside the medicine storage box, the partition divides the inside of the medicine storage box into an automatic delivery area and a manual delivery area, an upper automatic medicine drop hole is provided at the bottom of the automatic delivery area, and an upper manual medicine drop hole is provided at the bottom of the manual delivery area, a medicine guiding channel is provided at one end of the control box, the bottom of the upper manual medicine drop hole is connected to the medicine guiding channel, and the medicine guiding channel is connected to the medicine inlet on the water tank, the bottom of the medicine storage box is rotatably connected to a rotating disk for moving the cleaning pills dropped from the upper automatic medicine drop hole to the medicine guiding channel, the rotating disk is provided with a medicine receiving hole, and the control box is provided with a driving mechanism for driving the rotating disk to rotate.

[0014] In an automatic cleaning device according to the utility model, it also includes a base plate, which is fixedly mounted on the bottom of the medicine storage box by screws, and the rotating disk is rotatably arranged in a space surrounded by the top of the base plate and the bottom of the medicine storage box, and a lower automatic medicine drop hole and a lower manual medicine drop hole are opened on the base plate, the lower automatic medicine drop hole is connected with the upper automatic medicine drop hole, and the lower manual medicine drop hole is connected with the upper manual medicine drop hole.

[0015] In an automatic cleaning device according to the utility model, the driving mechanism includes a motor, the motor is fixedly installed inside the control box, a rotating rod is rotatably installed on the top of the base plate, a driving gear is fixedly connected to the bottom of the rotating rod, a gear ring is fixedly sleeved on the rotating disk, the gear ring is meshed with the driving gear, and the output shaft of the motor is transmission-connected to the driving gear through a transmission member.

[0016] In an automatic cleaning device according to the utility model, the transmission member includes a bevel gear, the output shaft of the motor extends out of the top of the control box, the bevel gear is fixedly sleeved on the output shaft of the motor, a tooth groove is provided at the bottom of the driving gear, and an assembly hole is provided on the bottom plate for the bevel gear to extend into the tooth groove, and the gear teeth of the bevel gear can be stuck in the tooth groove.

[0017] In an automatic cleaning device according to the utility model, the upper end of the rotating rod rotates and extends into the interior of the automatic delivery area, and the top of the rotating rod is fixedly connected with a swing rod.

[0018] In an automatic cleaning device according to the utility model, the disassembly and assembly parts include an assembly block and a threaded hole, the assembly block is fixedly connected to the bottom of the medicine storage box, the threaded hole is opened at the upper end of one side of the control box, and the assembly block is fixedly connected to the control box by screws cooperating with the threaded hole.

[0019] In an automatic cleaning device according to the utility model, the bottom of the control box is formed with a clamping head, and the top of the coffee machine body is provided with a clamping slot, and the clamping head can be clamped into the clamping slot.

[0020] In an automatic cleaning device according to the utility model, it also includes a cover plate, the top of the medicine storage box and the top of the water tank are both opened, and the cover plate covers the top of the water tank and the medicine storage box.

[0021] The utility model has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0022] The utility model facilitates later inspection and maintenance by detachably mounting the water tank, the control box and the medicine storage box on the top of the coffee machine body;

[0023] By connecting the driving mechanism to the control terminal in the coffee machine body and cooperating with the medicine storage box, the function of automatically feeding the cleaning pills and automatically cleaning the whole machine is realized, and the function of manually feeding the cleaning pills is also reserved;

[0024] A large amount of cleaning pills can be stored in the automatic delivery area by means of the medicine storage box, thereby reducing the storage frequency of the cleaning pills. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present application and constitute a part of the present application. The illustrative embodiments of the present application and their descriptions are used to explain the present application and do not constitute an improper limitation on the present application. In the drawings:

[0026] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the connection structure of the water tank, cover plate, control box and medicine storage box of the utility model;

[0028] Figure 3 This is one of the structural schematic diagrams of the partial explosion of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 4 It is a schematic cross-sectional structure diagram of the medicine storage box of the utility model;

[0030] Figure 5 This is the second schematic diagram of the structure of the partial explosion of the utility model;

[0031] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the connection structure between the medicine storage box and the control box of the utility model;

[0032] Figure 7 It is a cross-sectional structural diagram of the medicine storage box and the control box of the utility model;

[0033] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the driving gear of the utility model;

[0034] Fig. 9 The figure is a schematic diagram of an automatic cleaning circuit inside a conventional coffee machine body.

[0035] Description of Figure Numbers:

[0036] 1. Coffee machine body; 101. Water pipe; 2. Water tank; 201. First buckle; 202. Water inlet;

[0037] 3. Control box; 301. Clamp; 302. Threaded hole; 303. Drug guiding channel;

[0038] 4. Medicine storage box; 401. Assembly block; 402. Partition plate; 4021. Automatic delivery area; 40211. Upper automatic medicine drop hole; 4022. Manual delivery area; 40221. Upper manual medicine drop hole; 403. Bottom plate; 4031. Assembly hole; 4032. Lower automatic medicine drop hole; 4033. Lower manual medicine drop hole;

[0039] 5. Cover plate; 6. Cleaning pills; 7. Motor; 8. Driving gear; 801. Tooth groove; 9. Rotating rod; 10. Conical gear; 11. Rotating disk; 1101. Medicine receiving hole; 1102. Gear ring; 12. Rocker arm. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0040] The following will describe the implementation methods of the present application in detail with the help of accompanying drawings and examples, so that the implementation process of how the present application uses technical means to solve technical problems and achieve technical effects can be fully understood and implemented accordingly.

[0041] Please refer to Figures 1 to 9 As shown, in the embodiment of the utility model,

[0042] An automatic cleaning device, comprising a coffee machine body 1, a water tank 2 and a cleaning pill delivery assembly;

[0043] In this embodiment, the coffee machine body 1 adopts a coffee machine with an automatic cleaning circuit inside in the prior art.

[0044] In this embodiment, the water tank 2 is used to mix clean water and cleaning pills 6 and then transport them to the internal cleaning circuit of the coffee machine body 1, that is, the water outlet of the water tank 2 is connected to the water inlet of the internal cleaning circuit of the coffee machine body 1; the upper end of one side of the water tank 2 is connected to a water inlet 202, and the water inlet 202 is connected to the clean water outlet through a water pipe 101.

[0045] In this embodiment, the cleaning pill delivery assembly for controllably dropping the cleaning pills 6 into the water tank 2 is detachably mounted on the top of the coffee machine body 1, and the cleaning pill delivery assembly includes a control box 3 and a pill storage box 4, and the pill storage box 4 is detachably mounted on the top of the control box 3 through a disassembly component;

[0046] In order to facilitate the disassembly and assembly of the water tank 2, the control box 3 and the medicine storage box 4, the bottom of the water tank 2 is formed with a first buckle 201, the top of the coffee machine body 1 is provided with a buckle hole, the first buckle 201 can be snapped into the inside of the buckle hole, the disassembly and assembly parts include an assembly block 401 and a threaded hole 302, the assembly block 401 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the medicine storage box 4, the threaded hole 302 is provided at the upper end of one side of the control box 3, the assembly block 401 is fixedly connected to the control box 3 by screws and the threaded hole 302, the bottom of the control box 3 is formed with a clamp head 301, the top of the coffee machine body 1 is provided with a clamping slot, the clamp head 301 can be snapped into the clamping slot;

[0047] During installation, first fix the medicine storage box 4 on the control box 3 with screws, horizontally insert the clamping head 301 at the bottom of the control box 3 into the clamping slot, and then vertically insert the water tank 2 into the top of the coffee machine body 1, so that the first clamping buckle 201 is clamped into the clamping hole. At this time, the water tank 2 restricts the horizontal direction of the control box 3 to prevent the clamping head 301 from falling off from the clamping slot. During disassembly, first pull the water tank 2 vertically upwards to pull the first clamping buckle 201 out of the clamping hole, and then push the control box 3 horizontally to pull the clamping head 301 out of the clamping slot. The disassembly of the control box 3 is now completed.

[0048] In this embodiment, the interior of the medicine storage box 4 is formed with a partition 402, and the partition 402 divides the interior of the medicine storage box 4 into an automatic delivery area 4021 and a manual delivery area 4022. The bottom of the automatic delivery area 4021 is provided with an upper automatic medicine drop hole 40211, and the bottom of the manual delivery area 4022 is provided with an upper manual medicine drop hole 40221. One end of the control box 3 is provided with a medicine guide channel 303, and the bottom of the upper manual medicine drop hole 40221 is connected to the medicine guide channel 303, and the medicine guide channel 303 is connected to the medicine inlet on the water tank 2. The bottom of the medicine storage box 4 is rotatably connected with a medicine for The cleaning pills 6 dropped from the upper automatic medicine drop hole 40211 are moved to the rotating disk 11 in the medicine guiding channel 303, and a medicine receiving hole 1101 is provided on the rotating disk 11. In this embodiment, a bottom plate 403 is provided at the bottom of the medicine storage box 4, and the bottom plate 403 is fixedly mounted on the bottom of the medicine storage box 4 by screws. The rotating disk 11 is rotatably arranged in a space surrounded by the top of the bottom plate 403 and the bottom of the medicine storage box 4. A lower automatic medicine drop hole 4032 and a lower manual medicine drop hole 4033 are provided on the bottom plate 403. The lower automatic medicine drop hole 4032 is connected to the upper automatic medicine drop hole 40211, and the lower manual medicine drop hole 4033 is connected to the upper automatic medicine drop hole 40211. The medicine drop hole 4033 is connected with the upper manual medicine drop hole 40221. The control box 3 is provided with a driving mechanism for driving the rotating disk 11 to rotate. The driving mechanism includes a motor 7, which is fixedly installed inside the control box 3. A rotating rod 9 is rotatably installed on the top of the bottom plate 403. The bottom of the rotating rod 9 is fixedly connected with a driving gear 8. A gear ring 1102 is fixedly sleeved on the rotating disk 11. The gear ring 1102 is meshed with the driving gear 8. The output shaft of the motor 7 is connected to the driving gear 8 through a transmission member. The transmission member includes a bevel gear 10. The output shaft of the motor 7 extends out of the control box 3. The top of the coffee machine body 1 is provided with a bevel gear 10, which is fixedly sleeved on the output shaft of the motor 7. A tooth groove 801 is provided at the bottom of the driving gear 8. An assembly hole 4031 is provided on the bottom plate 403, through which the bevel gear 10 extends into the tooth groove 801. The gear teeth of the bevel gear 10 can be inserted into the tooth groove 801. The motor 7 is controlled by the control terminal in the coffee machine body 1. In order to avoid the phenomenon that the cleaning operation starts before the cleaning pills 6 enter the water tank 2, a material detection sensor is provided at the medicine inlet of the water tank 2, and the material detection sensor is electrically connected to the control terminal in the coffee machine body 1.

[0049] By adopting the above technical solution, when cleaning is required, the operator operates the control terminal in the coffee machine body 1 and clicks the automatic delivery button. At this time, the rotating shaft of the motor 7 drives the driving gear 8 to rotate through the bevel gear 10. Since the driving gear 8 is meshed with the gear ring 1102, the rotating disk 11 is driven to rotate, and then the medicine receiving hole 1101 is rotated to the bottom of the upper automatic medicine dropping hole 40211, and then the cleaning pills 6 located in the automatic delivery area 4021 fall into the medicine receiving hole 1101. Continue to rotate, rotate the cleaning pills 6 in the medicine receiving hole 1101 to the top of the medicine guiding channel 303, and then the cleaning pills 6 fall into the medicine guiding channel 303 under gravity, and the cleaning pills 6 in the medicine guiding channel 303 enter the medicine inlet of the water tank 2 along the medicine guiding channel 303. After the material detection switch detects that the cleaning pills 6 enter the water tank 2, the clean water valve is started, and the clean water enters the water tank 2 through the water pipe 101 and mixes with the cleaning pills 6. Then the control terminal starts the plunger pump, and the plunger pump will suck the dissolved liquid in the water tank 2, such as Fig. 9 As shown, the arrow direction is the flow direction of the cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid passes through the flow meter, plunger pump, boiler, drain valve, manual drain valve, safety valve, two-position three-way valve, brewer, and agitator water outlet. Among them, the solution at the water outlet will flow into the water receiving tray and then into the waste water bucket. The remaining components have overload protection and can flow directly into the waste water bucket. After the solution is emptied, clean water will be injected into the water tank 2 again. At this time, the cleaning pills 6 are no longer put into the water tank 2, and the rinsing is completed twice according to the above flow cycle. The cleaning process is completed. This process does not require manual pill feeding, and the cleaning process is fully automated.

[0050] In this embodiment, the cleaning pills 6 can also be manually put in. The operator operates the control terminal in the coffee machine body 1, clicks the manual delivery button, and puts the cleaning pills 6 into the manual delivery area 4022. The cleaning pills 6 will directly enter the water tank 2 through the drug guide channel 303. After the material detection switch detects that the cleaning pills 6 have entered the water tank 2, the clean water valve is started, and the clean water enters the water tank 2 through the water pipe 101 to mix with the cleaning pills 6. Then the control terminal starts the plunger pump, and the plunger pump will absorb the dissolved liquid in the water tank 2. The arrow direction is the flow direction of the cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid passes through the flow meter, plunger pump, boiler, drain valve, manual drain valve, safety valve, two-position three-way valve, brewer, and agitator water outlet. Among them, the solution at the water outlet will flow into the water receiving tray and then into the waste water bucket. The remaining components have overload protection and can flow directly into the waste water bucket. After the solution is emptied, clean water will be injected into the water tank 2 again, and the above flow cycle is repeated twice to complete the rinsing. The cleaning process is completed.

[0051] Specifically, the upper end of the rotating rod 9 rotates and extends into the interior of the automatic delivery area 4021. The top of the rotating rod 9 is fixedly connected with a rocker arm 12. Through the arrangement of the rocker arm 12, the motor 7 can drive the rotating disk 11 to rotate while driving the rocker arm 12 to rotate. The rotating rocker arm 12 will disturb the cleaning pills 6 in the automatic delivery area 4021, so that the cleaning pills 6 can smoothly fall into the upper automatic pill dropping hole 40211.

[0052] Specifically, it also includes a cover plate 5. The top of the medicine storage box 4 and the top of the water tank 2 are both opened. The cover plate 5 covers the top of the water tank 2 and the medicine storage box 4. The set cover plate 5 makes it easy to clean the inside of the water tank 2 and the medicine storage box 4 after removing the cover plate 5.

[0053] The above description shows and describes several preferred embodiments of the utility model, but as before, it should be understood that the utility model is not limited to the form disclosed herein, and should not be regarded as excluding other embodiments, but can be used in various other combinations, modifications and environments, and can be modified within the scope of the utility model concept of this article through the above teachings or the technology or knowledge of the relevant field. The changes and modifications made by those skilled in the art do not deviate from the spirit and scope of the utility model, and should be within the scope of protection of the claims attached to the utility model.

Claims

1. An automatic cleaning device, characterized in that: include: A coffee machine body (1) having an automatic cleaning circuit inside; a water tank (2) for mixing clean water and cleaning pills (6) and then conveying the mixed clean water to a cleaning circuit inside the coffee machine body (1); the water tank (2) is detachably mounted on the top of the coffee machine body (1); a water inlet (202) is connected to an upper end of one side of the water tank (2); the water inlet (202) is connected to a clean water outlet via a water pipe (101); A cleaning pill delivery component for controllably delivering cleaning pills (6) into the water tank (2), wherein the cleaning pill delivery component is detachably mounted on the top of the coffee machine body (1), and the water tank (2) abuts against one side of the cleaning pill delivery component; The cleaning pill delivery component is controlled by a control terminal in the coffee machine body (1).

2. An automatic cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A latch hole is provided on the top of the coffee machine body (1), and a first latch (201) is formed on the bottom of the water tank (2), wherein the first latch (201) can be latched inside the latch hole.

3. An automatic cleaning device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The cleaning pill delivery assembly comprises a control box (3) and a medicine storage box (4); the medicine storage box (4) is detachably mounted on the top of the control box (3) via a disassembly component; a partition (402) is formed inside the medicine storage box (4); the partition (402) divides the inside of the medicine storage box (4) into an automatic delivery area (4021) and a manual delivery area (4022); an upper automatic medicine drop hole (40211) is provided at the bottom of the automatic delivery area (4021); an upper manual medicine drop hole (40221) is provided at the bottom of the manual delivery area (4022); the control box (3) A medicine guiding channel (303) is provided at one end of the medicine storage box (4), the bottom of the upper manual medicine dropping hole (40221) is connected to the medicine guiding channel (303), and the medicine guiding channel (303) is connected to the medicine inlet on the water tank (2). The bottom of the medicine storage box (4) is rotatably connected to a rotating disk (11) for moving the cleaning pills (6) dropped from the upper automatic medicine dropping hole (40211) to the medicine guiding channel (303), and a medicine receiving hole (1101) is provided on the rotating disk (11). The control box (3) is provided with a driving mechanism for driving the rotating disk (11) to rotate.

4. An automatic cleaning device according to claim 3, characterized in that: It also includes a bottom plate (403), which is fixedly mounted on the bottom of the medicine storage box (4) by screws, and the rotating disk (11) is rotatably arranged in a space surrounded by the top of the bottom plate (403) and the bottom of the medicine storage box (4). A lower automatic medicine drop hole (4032) and a lower manual medicine drop hole (4033) are opened on the bottom plate (403), and the lower automatic medicine drop hole (4032) is connected to the upper automatic medicine drop hole (40211), and the lower manual medicine drop hole (4033) is connected to the upper manual medicine drop hole (40221).

5. An automatic cleaning device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The driving mechanism comprises a motor (7), the motor (7) is fixedly mounted inside the control box (3), a rotating rod (9) is rotatably mounted on the top of the bottom plate (403), a driving gear (8) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the rotating rod (9), a gear ring (1102) is fixedly sleeved on the rotating disk (11), the gear ring (1102) is meshed with the driving gear (8), and an output shaft of the motor (7) is transmission-connected to the driving gear (8) via a transmission member.

6. An automatic cleaning device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The transmission member comprises a bevel gear (10), the output shaft of the motor (7) extends out of the top of the control box (3), the bevel gear (10) is fixedly sleeved on the output shaft of the motor (7), a tooth groove (801) is provided at the bottom of the driving gear (8), and an assembly hole (4031) is provided on the bottom plate (403) through which the bevel gear (10) extends into the tooth groove (801), and the gear teeth of the bevel gear (10) can be inserted into the tooth groove (801).

7. An automatic cleaning device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The upper end of the rotating rod (9) rotates and extends into the interior of the automatic delivery area (4021), and the top of the rotating rod (9) is fixedly connected to a swing rod (12).

8. An automatic cleaning device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The disassembly and assembly part comprises an assembly block (401) and a threaded hole (302); the assembly block (401) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the medicine storage box (4); the threaded hole (302) is opened at an upper end of one side of the control box (3); the assembly block (401) is fixedly connected to the control box (3) by screws in conjunction with the threaded hole (302).

9. An automatic cleaning device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The bottom of the control box (3) is formed with a clamping head (301), and the top of the coffee machine body (1) is provided with a clamping slot, and the clamping head (301) can be clamped into the clamping slot.

10. The automatic cleaning device according to claim 3, characterized in that: It also comprises a cover plate (5), the top of the medicine storage box (4) and the top of the water tank (2) are both opened, and the cover plate (5) covers the top of the water tank (2) and the medicine storage box (4).

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