Suspension type independent fruit automatic conveying device
By using a suspended, independent automatic fruit conveying device, which utilizes a transmission chain and guide trough structure to achieve individual conveying and flipping of fruit, the problem of mold growth and visual inspection difficulties caused by fruit stacking in unmanned retail machines is solved, thus improving food safety and display effect.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421232783.1
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-05-31
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-07
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-05-31
AI Technical Summary
In existing unmanned retail machines, fruit piled up together is prone to mold growth, and precise delivery is not possible, posing food safety risks and difficulties in visual inspection.
Design a suspended, independent automatic fruit conveying device. Utilize a transmission chain to drive the fruit-placement bowl to rotate and flip, ensuring that the fruit is conveyed individually on a separate carrier. A combination of straight and curved guide troughs is used to achieve directional flipping and display of the fruit.
It enables independent transportation of fruits, preventing mold growth, improving food safety, facilitating manual inspection and space utilization, and providing a good display effect.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of unmanned retail, and in particular to a suspended independent automatic fruit conveying device. Background Art
[0002] Unmanned retail refers to a retail format in which consumers can select, purchase and pay for all shopping activities by themselves without salespersons, cashiers or other store staff. With the development of technology and the increase in labor costs, the application of unmanned retail terminals has become more and more widespread.
[0003] In the existing unmanned retail field, fruits are stacked together in unmanned retail machines, and the fruits are in contact with each other, which can easily cause large areas of fruits to become moldy, posing a food safety hazard. At the same time, since the fruits are stacked together, the manual visual inspection effect is poor, and missed inspections are obvious. In addition, it is impossible to accurately complete the independent transmission of each fruit, and multiple fruits may be transported. In order to overcome the above shortcomings, the utility model proposes a hanging independent fruit automatic conveying device. Utility Model Content
[0004] In order to independently transport fruits and reduce the mildew caused by fruit stacking, the utility model proposes a hanging type independent fruit automatic transport device, comprising:
[0005] An installation platform, wherein installation covers are symmetrically fixedly connected on both sides of the installation platform, a sprocket shaft is fixedly connected to the bottom of the installation platform on one side, a fixed block fixedly connected to the top of the sprocket shaft is fixedly connected, a first sprocket is rotatably connected to the bottom of the sprocket shaft, a transmission motor is fixedly connected to the bottom of the transmission motor, a transmission chain is installed between the first sprocket and the second sprocket, a plurality of installation blocks are fixedly connected to the bottom of the transmission chain, and a fruit placing mechanism is fixedly connected to the front side of the installation block;
[0006] A straight guide groove is provided at the bottom of the mounting platform, the straight guide groove is connected to the mounting platform by screws, a curved guide groove is fixedly connected to one side of the straight guide groove, movable grooves are provided on the outsides of the straight guide groove and the curved guide groove, a mounting groove is provided on the front side of the curved guide groove, a mounting frame is fixedly connected inside the mounting groove, and a limit switch is fixedly connected to the top of the mounting frame;
[0007] The fruit placement mechanism includes a first connecting piece fixedly connected to the mounting block, a second connecting piece hingedly connected to the outer side of the first connecting piece, a fruit placement bowl fixedly connected to the outer side of the second connecting piece, a guide column fixedly connected to the inner side of the second connecting piece, a pulley fixedly connected to one side of the guide column, and the pulley is slidably connected to the movable groove.
[0008] Furthermore, the interior of the curved guide groove is fixedly connected to the mounting platform.
[0009] Furthermore, a plurality of mounting holes are provided on the outer edge of the top of the mounting platform.
[0010] Furthermore, the transmission motor is a reduction motor.
[0011] Furthermore, the mounting platform is made of aluminum alloy.
[0012] Furthermore, the straight surface guide groove and the curved surface guide groove are installed below the transmission chain.
[0013] Furthermore, a dust cover is installed on the outside of the transmission chain, and the dust cover is fixedly connected to the mounting platform.
[0014] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the utility model are:
[0015] 1. By setting a straight surface guide groove, the fruit placing bowl can always keep the front side facing upward to transport the fruit. When approaching the curved surface guide groove, the fruit placing bowl will start to rotate under the action of the first connecting piece, the second connecting piece and the guide column, and complete a 180° flip at the bottom of the curved surface guide groove, facing downward, and the fruit in the fruit placing bowl falls. When continuing to pass through the curved surface guide groove, the fruit placing bowl will continue to flip and finally present a front side facing upward state. The utility model has a simple and convenient structure, and the falling of a single fruit can be arbitrarily controlled. Moreover, each fruit has an independent fruit placing bowl as a carrier, and they do not contact each other, thereby ensuring food safety;
[0016] 2. By setting a number of mounting holes on the top outer edge of the mounting platform, the fruit conveying device can be hung up, making full use of the top space of the unmanned retail equipment, and having a good display effect, which is convenient for manual inspection, and the fruit placement bowl can be removed and cleaned separately, which is simple and convenient to use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments recorded in the utility model. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.
[0018] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
[0019] Figure 2 is Figure 1 Based on the schematic diagram of the top view structure of the utility model,
[0020] Figure 3 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
[0021] Figure 4 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the fruit placing mechanism in the utility model.
[0022] Figure 5 The three-dimensional structure diagram of the straight surface guide groove and the curved surface guide groove in the utility model is shown in the figure, and the accompanying drawings are marked as follows:
[0023] The first sprocket 1, the mounting cover 2, the sprocket shaft 3, the mounting platform 4, the dust cover 5, the transmission chain 6, the mounting block 7, the mounting frame 8, the transmission motor 9, the second sprocket 10, the limit switch 11, the curved guide groove 12, the fruit placement mechanism 13, the straight guide groove 14, the fixing block 15, the mounting hole 16, the first connecting piece 17, the pulley 18, the guide column 19, the second connecting piece 20, and the fruit placement bowl 21. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solution of the utility model, the utility model is described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The description in this part is only exemplary and explanatory and should not have any limiting effect on the protection scope of the utility model.
[0025] It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters denote similar items in the following drawings, and therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, further definition and explanation thereof is not required in subsequent drawings.
[0026] It should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inside", "outside", etc. indicate positions or positional relationships based on the positions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, or the positions or positional relationships in which the utility model product is usually placed when in use. They are only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific position, be constructed and operated in a specific position, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the utility model. In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. are only used to distinguish the description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.
[0027] In addition, the terms "horizontal", "vertical", "overhanging" and the like do not mean that the components are required to be absolutely horizontal or overhanging, but can be slightly tilted. For example, "horizontal" only means that its direction is more horizontal than "vertical", and does not mean that the structure must be completely horizontal, but can be slightly tilted.
[0028] In the description of the present invention, it is also necessary to explain that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "set", "install", "connect", and "connect" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.
[0029] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5 The utility model provides a suspended independent automatic fruit conveying device, comprising a mounting platform 4 and a straight guide groove 14, wherein:
[0030] like Figure 1 to Figure 2 , the mounting platform 4 is symmetrically and fixedly connected with the mounting cover 2 on both sides. Preferably, a plurality of mounting holes 16 are opened on the outer edge of the top of the mounting platform 4, so that the fruit conveying device can be hung up, making full use of the top space of the unmanned retail equipment, and having a better display effect. The mounting platform 4 is made of aluminum alloy. The specific strength of aluminum alloy is close to that of high alloy steel, and the specific stiffness exceeds that of steel. It has good casting performance and plastic processing performance, good electrical and thermal conductivity, good corrosion resistance and weldability, and can be used as a structural material (similarly, the material of the mounting platform can also be replaced by stainless steel, metal iron, etc., which does not affect the implementation of this embodiment). The bottom of the mounting platform 4 on one side is fixedly connected with a sprocket shaft 3, and the top of the sprocket shaft 3 is fixedly connected with a sprocket shaft fixed to the mounting platform 4 The fixing block 15 connected thereto, the bottom of the sprocket shaft 3 is rotatably connected to the first sprocket 1, and the top of the mounting platform 4 on the other side is fixedly connected to a transmission motor 9, which is a reduction motor. The advantages of using a reduction motor are simplified design and space saving, and the reduction motor has small vibration, low noise, and high energy saving. The bottom of the transmission motor 9 is fixedly connected to a second sprocket 10, and a transmission chain 6 is installed between the first sprocket 1 and the second sprocket 10. Compared with belt drive and gear drive, the chain drive mode has higher transmission efficiency, and will not slip or jump teeth, making the transmission efficiency more stable and reliable, and the chain drive has a large load capacity. The bottom of the transmission chain 6 is fixedly connected to a plurality of mounting blocks 7, and the front side of the mounting block 7 is fixedly connected to a fruit placement mechanism 13;
[0031] like Figures 3 to 5, the straight guide groove 14 is connected to the mounting platform 4 by screws, one side of the straight guide groove 14 is fixedly connected with the curved guide groove 12, preferably, the inside of the curved guide groove 12 is fixedly connected with the mounting platform 4, ensuring the stability of the installation of the curved guide groove 12, the straight guide groove 14 and the curved guide groove 12 are installed below the transmission chain 6, the straight guide groove 14 and the curved guide groove 12 are both provided with movable grooves on the outside, the curved guide groove 12 is provided with a mounting groove on the front side, the mounting frame 8 is fixedly connected to the inside of the mounting groove, and the limit switch 11 is fixedly connected to the top of the mounting frame 8, the fruit placement mechanism 13 includes a first connecting piece 17 fixedly connected to the mounting block 7, the outside of the first connecting piece 17 is hingedly connected to the second connecting piece 20, the outside of the second connecting piece 20 is fixedly connected to the fruit placement bowl 21, the inside of the second connecting piece 20 is fixedly connected to the guide column 19, and one side of the guide column 19 is fixedly connected to the pulley 18, and the pulley 18 is slidably connected to the movable groove;
[0032] In order to prevent the transmission chain 6 from being contaminated by dust, a dust cover 5 is installed on the outer side of the transmission chain 6 , and the dust cover 5 is fixedly connected to the installation platform 4 .
[0033] Working principle: the device is hung in the top space of the unmanned retail equipment, and the fruits to be sold are placed on the top of the fruit placement bowl 21. When the transmission motor 9 is started, the transmission motor 9 will drive the second sprocket 10 to rotate, and the second sprocket 10 will drive the transmission chain 6 and the first sprocket 1 to move. The transmission chain 6 will drive the fruit placement mechanism 13 to move during the movement. By setting the straight guide groove 14, the fruit placement bowl 21 can always maintain a positive upward state to transport the fruit. When approaching the curved guide groove 12, the fruit placement bowl 21 will start to rotate under the action of the first connecting piece 17, the second connecting piece 20 and the guide column 19, and complete a 180° flip at the bottom of the curved guide groove 12. The fruit in the fruit placement bowl 21 falls down, and when continuing to pass through the curved guide groove 12, the fruit placement bowl 21 will continue to flip and finally present a positive upward state. The utility model has a simple and convenient structure, and can arbitrarily control the fall of a single fruit, and each fruit has an independent fruit placement bowl 21 as a carrier, which does not contact each other, thereby ensuring food safety.
[0034] The above contents are further detailed descriptions of the present invention in combination with specific preferred implementations, and the specific implementation of the present invention cannot be considered to be limited to these descriptions. For ordinary technicians in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, several simple deductions or substitutions can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention, which should be regarded as falling within the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A suspended independent automatic fruit conveying device, characterized in that: include: A mounting platform (4), wherein mounting covers (2) are symmetrically fixedly connected to both sides of the mounting platform (4); a sprocket shaft (3) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the mounting platform (4) on one side; a fixing block (15) fixedly connected to the mounting platform (4) is fixedly connected to the top of the sprocket shaft (3); a first sprocket (1) is rotatably connected to the bottom of the sprocket shaft (3); a transmission motor (9) is fixedly connected to the top of the mounting platform (4) on the other side; a second sprocket (10) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the transmission motor (9); a transmission chain (6) is installed between the first sprocket (1) and the second sprocket (10); a plurality of mounting blocks (7) are fixedly connected to the bottom of the transmission chain (6); and a fruit placing mechanism (13) is fixedly connected to the front side of the mounting block (7); A straight guide groove (14) is provided at the bottom of the installation platform (4), the straight guide groove (14) is connected to the installation platform (4) by screws, one side of the straight guide groove (14) is fixedly connected to the curved guide groove (12), the outer sides of the straight guide groove (14) and the curved guide groove (12) are both provided with movable grooves, the front side of the curved guide groove (12) is provided with a mounting groove, the interior of the mounting groove is fixedly connected to a mounting frame (8), and the top of the mounting frame (8) is fixedly connected to a limit switch (11); The fruit placement mechanism (13) comprises a first connecting piece (17) fixedly connected to the mounting block (7); a second connecting piece (20) is hingedly connected to the outside of the first connecting piece (17); a fruit placement bowl (21) is fixedly connected to the outside of the second connecting piece (20); a guide column (19) is fixedly connected to the inside of the second connecting piece (20); a pulley (18) is fixedly connected to one side of the guide column (19); and the pulley (18) is slidably connected to the movable groove.
2. The hanging type independent automatic fruit conveying device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The interior of the curved guide groove (12) is fixedly connected to the installation platform (4).
3. The hanging independent automatic fruit conveying device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: A plurality of mounting holes (16) are provided on the outer edge of the top of the mounting platform (4).
4. The hanging independent automatic fruit conveying device according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The transmission motor (9) is a reduction motor.
5. The hanging independent automatic fruit conveying device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The mounting platform (4) is made of aluminum alloy.
6. The hanging type independent automatic fruit conveying device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The straight surface guide groove (14) and the curved surface guide groove (12) are installed below the transmission chain (6).
7. The hanging independent automatic fruit conveying device according to claim 2 is characterized in that: A dust cover (5) is installed on the outside of the transmission chain (6), and the dust cover (5) is fixedly connected to the installation platform (4).