Liquid material box and beverage machine

Abstract

The utility model discloses a liquid material box and drink machine relates to catering equipment technical field, including body and imbibition subassembly, body is used for holding drink and other liquid, the upper surface of body is provided with the supplementary feed opening that is used for supplementary feed into the body, imbibition subassembly includes flow guide pipe and check valve, flow guide pipe is arranged on the lateral wall of body, and the check valve is arranged on the lateral wall of body. The liquid suction end of the flow guide pipe is arranged in the body, the liquid outlet end of the flow guide pipe is located outside the body and used for being connected with external liquid suction equipment, and the check valve is arranged at the liquid outlet end of the flow guide pipe. According to the liquid material box, the material supplementing opening and the flow guide pipe are arranged on the different side walls of the body respectively, in the material feeding or supplementing process, manual operation can only be conducted at the material supplementing opening to conduct material feeding or supplementing, the flow guide pipe does not need to be disassembled, the convenience of material feeding and supplementing operation can be improved, and the working efficiency is improved. And by arranging the check valve, the situation that liquid drops drop in the separation and reconnection process of the material box and external liquid suction equipment is avoided, and sanitation and safety of food are guaranteed.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of catering equipment, and more specifically to a liquid material box and a beverage machine. Background Art

[0002] With the booming beverage market, there is a growing demand for fast, efficient and easy-to-maintain ready-made beverage dispensing machines. Such dispensing machines are mainly used to dispense various liquid beverages, including tea, juice, milk, syrup and coffee. With the increasing variety of liquid beverages, the beverage industry has begun to widely introduce ready-made beverage dispensing machines.

[0003] However, there are some problems with the material box of the current beverage dispensing machine. The material box usually needs to be taken out of the dispensing machine for refilling and changing materials. In this process, the corresponding pipes on the material box need to be removed, which will cause great inconvenience when refilling frequently and is not conducive to food safety. In addition, the traditional material box design requires liquid to be extracted from the top of the material box, and the pipette needs to go from the top of the material box to the bottom of the material box. Therefore, the pipette and the pipette joint need to be removed during the refilling and loading process, which undoubtedly increases the complexity of the material changing and refilling operations.

[0004] Therefore, how to improve the convenience of material box loading and refilling operations has become a technical problem that needs to be urgently solved by technical personnel in this field. Utility Model Content

[0005] In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a liquid material box to improve the convenience of loading and replenishing operations of the material box.

[0006] Another object of the present invention is to provide a beverage machine including the above-mentioned liquid material box.

[0007] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:

[0008] A liquid material box, comprising:

[0009] A body, wherein the upper surface of the body is provided with a feeding opening for feeding;

[0010] The liquid suction component includes a guide tube and a check valve, wherein the guide tube is arranged on the side wall of the main body, and the liquid suction end of the guide tube is arranged in the main body, and the liquid outlet end is located outside the main body, the check valve is arranged at the liquid outlet end of the guide tube, and the guide tube is connected to an external liquid suction device through the check valve.

[0011] Optionally, in the above-mentioned liquid material box, the guide tube includes a first tube segment and a second tube segment, the first tube segment is passed through the side wall of the main body, one end of the first tube segment located inside the main body is connected to the second tube segment, and the end located outside the main body serves as the liquid outlet end of the guide tube, the check valve is arranged on the first tube segment, and the second tube segment extends in the direction of the lower surface of the main body to serve as the liquid suction end of the guide tube.

[0012] Optionally, in the above-mentioned liquid material box, the liquid suction port of the second pipe segment is used to abut against the lower surface of the main body, and the liquid suction port of the second pipe segment is circumferentially provided with a plurality of avoidance gaps for liquid to flow in.

[0013] Optionally, in the above-mentioned liquid material box, the lower surface of the main body has a drainage surface inclined toward the direction where the second pipe segment is located.

[0014] Optionally, in the above-mentioned liquid material box, along the drainage direction, the size of the drainage surface gradually decreases toward the second pipe section.

[0015] Optionally, in the above-mentioned liquid material box, a liquid collecting groove is provided on the lower surface of the main body, the liquid collecting groove is used for the liquid suction port of the second pipe section to be embedded, and the drainage surface is used for draining into the liquid collecting groove.

[0016] Optionally, in the above-mentioned liquid material box, the liquid pipetting assembly further comprises a locking joint, and the locking joint is used to lock the check valve to the side wall of the body.

[0017] Optionally, in the above-mentioned liquid material box, the body comprises:

[0018] A material box bottom shell, wherein the flow guide pipe is arranged on a side wall of the material box bottom shell;

[0019] The material box upper cover is detachably arranged on the material box bottom shell, and the material filling opening is arranged on the material box upper cover;

[0020] A feeding cover is detachably arranged on the feeding opening.

[0021] A beverage machine comprises a machine body and the above-mentioned liquid material box, wherein the liquid material box is used to be placed on the machine body.

[0022] Optionally, in the above beverage machine, one or more layers of brackets are provided on the machine body, and the liquid material box is used to be placed on the brackets.

[0023] Optionally, in the above beverage machine, a slide rail is provided on the bracket, and a slide protrusion for slidingly cooperating with the slide rail is provided at the bottom of the body;

[0024] The bracket is provided with a limiting member, and the sliding protrusion is also used to abut and cooperate with the limiting member to limit the extreme position of the sliding of the liquid material box.

[0025] The liquid material box provided by the utility model comprises a body and a liquid suction component, the body is used to hold liquids such as drinks, a feeding opening for filling material into the body is arranged on the upper surface of the body, the liquid suction component comprises a guide tube and a check valve, the guide tube is arranged on the side wall of the body, and the liquid suction end of the guide tube is arranged in the body, and the liquid outlet end is located outside the body and is used to be connected with an external liquid suction device to realize the extraction of the liquid held in the body, and the check valve is arranged at the liquid outlet end of the guide tube to ensure that the liquid can only flow in one direction from the liquid suction end to the liquid outlet end of the guide tube to avoid the situation of liquid backflow.

[0026] Compared with the prior art, the liquid material box provided by the utility model respectively arranges the feeding opening and the guide tube on different side walls of the main body. During the feeding or feeding process, manual operation can be performed only at the feeding opening without disassembling the guide tube, thereby improving the convenience of feeding and feeding operations. The setting of the check valve avoids the occurrence of liquid dripping during the separation and reconnection of the material box and the external liquid suction equipment, thereby ensuring the hygiene and safety of food.

[0027] The beverage machine disclosed in the utility model comprises the above-mentioned liquid material box and a machine body, wherein the liquid material box is used to be placed on the machine body. Due to the above-mentioned liquid material box, the beverage machine also has the above-mentioned beneficial effects. Other structures refer to the prior art and are not described here in detail. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] 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 of the utility model. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0029] Figure 1 The overall structure of the liquid material box disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model is shown in FIG. Figure 1 ;

[0030] Figure 2 An exploded view of a liquid material box disclosed in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0031] Figure 3 The cross section of the liquid material box disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model Figure 1 ;

[0032] Figure 4 The cross section of the liquid material box disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model Figure 2 ;

[0033] Figure 5 The overall structure of the liquid material box disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model is shown in FIG. Figure 2 ;

[0034] Figure 6 The overall structure of the liquid material box disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model is shown in FIG. Figure 3 ;

[0035] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic diagram of a locking joint disclosed in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0036] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the first check valve disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0037] Fig. 9 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a second check valve disclosed in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0038] Fig.10 It is a structural schematic diagram of the flow guide pipe disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0039] Fig.11 This is a schematic diagram of the cooperation between the liquid material box and the bracket disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0040] Fig.12 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the bracket disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model.

[0041] Among them, 100 is a material filling cover, 200 is a material box upper cover, 300 is a material box bottom shell, 310 is a handle, 320 is a first protrusion, 330 is a second protrusion, 340 is a liquid collecting tank, 350 is a lock, 400 is a locking joint, 410 is a bayonet, 420 is a screwing part, 500 is a check valve, 510 is a straight-opening check valve, 520 is a cross-opening check valve, 600 is a guide tube, 610 is an avoidance gap, 620 is a positioning part, 630 is a sealing ring groove, 700 is a bracket, 710 is a slide rail, 720 is a limit piece, and 800 is a docking joint. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0042] The core of the utility model is to disclose a liquid material box to improve the convenience of material loading and replenishing operations of the material box.

[0043] Another core of the utility model is to disclose a beverage machine including the above-mentioned liquid material box.

[0044] The following is an explanation of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the embodiments shown below do not limit the contents of the utility model described in the claims. In addition, the entire contents of the structures represented by the following embodiments are not limited to those necessary as solutions of the utility model described in the claims. It should be noted that, for ease of description, only the parts related to the utility model are shown in the accompanying drawings. In the absence of conflict, the embodiments in the utility model and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

[0045] Combination Figure 1-Figure 12 The liquid material box (hereinafter referred to as the material box) disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model includes a body and a liquid suction component. The body is used to hold liquids such as drinks. A feeding opening for filling the body is arranged on the upper surface of the body. The liquid suction component includes a guide tube 600 and a check valve 500. The guide tube 600 is arranged on the side wall of the body, and the suction end of the guide tube 600 is arranged in the body, and the liquid outlet end is located outside the body, which is used to be connected with an external liquid suction device to realize the extraction of the liquid held in the body. The check valve 500 is arranged at the liquid outlet end of the guide tube 600 to ensure that the liquid can only flow in one direction from the suction end of the guide tube 600 to the liquid outlet end to avoid the backflow of the liquid.

[0046] Compared with the prior art, the material box disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model respectively arranges the feeding opening and the guide tube 600 on different side walls of the main body. During the feeding or feeding process, manual operation can be performed only at the feeding opening without disassembling the guide tube 600, thereby improving the convenience of feeding and feeding operations. In addition, the setting of the check valve 500 avoids the occurrence of liquid dripping during the separation and reconnection of the material box and the external liquid suction device, thereby ensuring the hygiene and safety of food.

[0047] The check valve 500 may be a silicone valve or other one-way valve. The silicone valve can facilitate the sealing connection between the guide tube 600 and the external liquid suction device. Specifically, the thickness of the silicone sheet of the silicone valve is controlled between 2 mm and 5 mm. Figure 8 and Fig. 9 The straight-opening check valve 510 and the cross-opening check valve 520 are shown respectively, and a cut is left on the silicone sheet of the silicone valve. The cut can be specifically in the shape of a straight line or a cross, so that the docking joint 800 of the external liquid suction device can pass through and be sealed and connected.

[0048] Specifically, combined Figure 3 , Figure 4 and Fig.10The flow guide tube 600 includes a first pipe section and a second pipe section. The first pipe section is disposed through the side wall of the body. One end of the first pipe section located inside the body is connected to the second pipe section. One end of the first pipe section located outside the body is connected to an external liquid suction device as the liquid outlet of the flow guide tube 600 and is provided with a check valve 500. The second pipe section extends in the direction of the lower surface of the body to serve as the liquid suction end of the flow guide tube 600. The axes of the first pipe section and the second pipe section are usually at an angle of 90°, and the first pipe section is arranged perpendicular to the side wall of the body. The first pipe section and the second pipe section can be an integrated structure and are prepared by integrated molding.

[0049] In order to avoid leakage at the connection between the first pipe section and the main body, Fig.10 A sealing ring groove 630 is provided on the outer wall of the first pipe section, and the sealing ring groove 630 is used to place a sealing ring. When the first pipe section is installed on the side wall of the main body, the sealing ring in the sealing ring groove 630 can fit with the side wall of the main body to avoid leakage.

[0050] Furthermore, a positioning portion 620 is provided on the outer wall of the first pipe section for forming an abutment positioning with the side wall of the body to achieve the positioning installation of the guide tube 600 and the body. The positioning portion 620 can specifically be a positioning block, a positioning ring, a positioning step or other structures.

[0051] Combination Figure 3 and Figure 4 A mounting seat for embedding and installing the flow guide pipe 600 and the check valve 500 is integrally formed on the outer side wall of the main body, so as to facilitate the positioning and assembly of the flow guide pipe 600 and the check valve 500.

[0052] In order to fix the check valve 500 to the body, the liquid pipetting assembly further includes a locking joint 400, which can lock and install the check valve 500 on the side wall of the body.

[0053] In one embodiment, in combination Figure 7 A bayonet 410 is provided on the inner wall of the locking joint 400, a mounting seat is provided on the outer side wall of the body, and a lock buckle 350 is provided on the outer wall of the mounting seat. After the check valve 500 is installed in the mounting seat, the locking joint 400 is installed on the mounting seat. After rotating the locking joint 400 by a certain angle, the bayonet 410 cooperates with the lock buckle 350 of the mounting seat to ensure the sealing and locking of the check valve 500 and the material box.

[0054] Combination Figure 7 In order to facilitate manual operation of the locking joint 400 for rotation, a screwing portion 420 is symmetrically arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the locking joint 400 , and the screwing portion 420 can be a screwing handle integrally formed on the locking joint 400 .

[0055] In order to ensure the absorption effect of the liquid in the main body, the suction port of the second pipe section is used to abut against the lower surface of the main body, and a plurality of avoidance gaps 610 are circumferentially arranged at the end of the suction port of the second pipe section for allowing the liquid to flow into the second pipe section. The opening of the avoidance gaps 610 can facilitate the liquid to enter the guide tube 600, thereby ensuring the smoothness of the liquid extraction process.

[0056] The main body is usually box-shaped as a whole. In order to avoid liquid residue in the body, a drainage surface inclined in the direction of the second pipe section can be set on the lower surface of the main body, so that the liquid can flow along the drainage surface to the position of the second pipe section under the action of gravity, thereby facilitating the guide tube 600 to absorb the liquid.

[0057] Furthermore, since the cross-sectional size of the guide tube 600 is smaller than the size of the lower surface of the main body, in order to ensure that the liquid can converge to the second pipe section, the size of the drainage surface is set to gradually decrease toward the second pipe section along the drainage direction.

[0058] As a further optimization scheme, a liquid collecting groove 340 is provided on the lower surface of the main body, and the liquid suction port of the second pipe section is embedded in and abutted against the liquid collecting groove 340. The drainage surface is used to drain the liquid to the liquid collecting groove 340, so that the guide pipe 600 can absorb the liquid cleanly.

[0059] In one embodiment, the main body includes a material box bottom shell 300, a material box upper cover 200 and a material filling cover 100, the guide tube 600 is arranged on the side wall of the material box bottom shell 300, the material box upper cover 200 is detachably arranged on the material box bottom shell 300, and is used to close the material box bottom shell 300 and facilitate the cleaning of the material box bottom shell 300, the material filling opening is arranged on the material box upper cover 200, and the material filling cover 100 is detachably arranged on the material filling opening, and is used to close the material filling opening.

[0060] The beverage machine disclosed in the embodiment of the utility model comprises the above-mentioned liquid material box and a machine body, and the liquid material box is used to be placed on the machine body. Due to the above-mentioned liquid material box, the beverage machine also has the above-mentioned beneficial effects. Other structures refer to the prior art and are not described here.

[0061] Combination Fig.11 and Fig.12 According to actual conditions, one or more material boxes can be arranged on a machine body. Correspondingly, in order to facilitate the placement of the material boxes, a bracket 700 can be arranged on the machine body. One or more material boxes can be placed on a bracket 700, and different material boxes can be stacked or placed in parallel.

[0062] In order to facilitate the extraction of the material box on the bracket 700, a slide rail 710 can be provided on the bracket 700, and a sliding portion for slidingly cooperating with the slide rail 710 is correspondingly provided at the bottom of the main body. For example, when the bracket has a planar structure for placing the material box, the slide rail 710 can be a slide groove, and the sliding portion can be a roller, and the material box can roll and move in the slide groove through the roller; or, the slide rail 710 is formed with a slide groove, and the sliding portion is a sliding protrusion, which can slide in the slide groove, so that the material box can slide on the bracket 700 by pushing and pulling.

[0063] Combination Fig.12 When the bracket 700 is a frame-like structure, the two support rods on the bracket 700 can be used as the above-mentioned set of slide rails 710 to cooperate with a material box. The two sets of sliding protrusions symmetrically arranged at the bottom of the body are respectively fitted with the sides of the two support rods that are far away from or close to each other, and slide and cooperate, which can effectively prevent the material box from derailing and tipping over. This method of directly pulling the material box during the feeding process facilitates manual movement of the feeding opening to a convenient position for feeding and then operating. In addition, during the feeding process, if the material box is separated from the interface (joint 800) for docking and extracting materials, the setting of the check valve 500 can ensure that the liquid in the material box does not drip, thereby ensuring the hygiene and safety of the food.

[0064] In order to prevent the material box from sliding too far on the bracket 700 and causing it to fall off the bracket 700, a limit member 720 for limiting the sliding limit position of the material box can be provided on the bracket 700. For example, the limit member 720 can be a limit block provided at the end of the above-mentioned slide groove, or an intercepting rod provided at the ends of the above-mentioned two support rods. It can be understood that the setting of the limit member 720 does not affect the material box being lifted from above and moved out of the bracket 700.

[0065] In order to facilitate the pulling and moving of the material box, a handle 310 is further provided on the side wall of the main body. The handle 310 can be provided in the form of a handle groove, a specific handle, etc.

[0066] It is understandable that the feed filling opening and the liquid suction end of the flow guide tube 600 are usually located at opposite ends of the body, so the handle 310 can be set on the end of the body close to the feed filling opening to facilitate manual operation.

[0067] Furthermore, the sliding protrusion is also used to abut and cooperate with the limiting member 720 to limit the extreme position of the sliding of the material box. Figure 5 and Fig.11 The sliding protrusion includes a first protrusion 320 and a second protrusion 330. The first protrusion 320 and the second protrusion 330 are arranged at the bottom of the material box bottom shell 300 along the pulling direction of the material box (the extension direction of the support rod), and are used to respectively abut and cooperate with the limiting member 720 and limit the initial position of the material box on the bracket 700, and the extreme position of the material box being pulled out from the bracket 700.

[0068] When the material box needs to be refilled or loaded, the first protrusion 320 is manually operated to lift the end of the material box close to the filling opening, drag it outward and then put it down, so that the first protrusion 320 can be disengaged from the limiting cooperation with the limiting member 720 from above, so that the material box can be pulled outward, and the second protrusion 330 can cooperate with the limiting member 720 to limit the extreme position of the material box to be pulled outward, thereby preventing the material box from being pulled off. When the filling or loading operation is completed, the material box is manually pushed back, and the first protrusion 320 can be pushed into the slide groove again and cooperate with the limiting member 720 by lifting and pushing the material box.

[0069] The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables professionals and technicians in the field to implement or use the utility model. Various modifications to these embodiments will be obvious to professionals and technicians in the field, and the general principles defined herein can be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the utility model. The specific technical means in some embodiments can be combined in part or in whole into another embodiment without being explicitly excluded by another embodiment. Therefore, the utility model will not be limited to the embodiments shown in this article, but will conform to the widest range consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A liquid material box, characterized in that: include: A body, wherein the upper surface of the body is provided with a feeding opening for feeding; A liquid suction component comprises a flow guide tube (600) and a check valve (500), wherein the flow guide tube (600) is arranged on the side wall of the body, and the liquid suction end of the flow guide tube (600) is arranged in the body, and the liquid outlet end is located outside the body, the check valve (500) is arranged at the liquid outlet end of the flow guide tube (600), and the flow guide tube (600) is connected to an external liquid suction device through the check valve (500).

2. The liquid material box according to claim 1, characterized in that: The flow guide pipe (600) comprises a first pipe section and a second pipe section, the first pipe section being arranged through the side wall of the body, one end of the first pipe section located inside the body being connected to the second pipe section, and the other end of the first pipe section located outside the body serving as a liquid outlet end of the flow guide pipe (600), the check valve (500) being arranged on the first pipe section, and the second pipe section extending in the direction of the lower surface of the body serving as a liquid suction end of the flow guide pipe (600).

3. The liquid material box according to claim 2, characterized in that: The liquid suction port of the second pipe section is used to abut against the lower surface of the body, and a plurality of avoidance notches (610) for liquid to flow into are arranged circumferentially around the liquid suction port of the second pipe section.

4. The liquid material box according to claim 3, characterized in that: The lower surface of the main body has a drainage surface inclined toward the direction where the second pipe section is located.

5. The liquid material box according to claim 4, characterized in that: Along the drainage direction, the size of the drainage surface gradually decreases toward the second pipe section.

6. The liquid material box according to claim 4, characterized in that: A liquid collecting groove (340) is provided on the lower surface of the body, the liquid collecting groove (340) is used for the liquid suction port of the second pipe section to be embedded, and the drainage surface is used for draining into the liquid collecting groove (340).

7. The liquid material box according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The liquid suction component further comprises a locking joint (400), wherein the locking joint (400) is used to lock the check valve (500) onto the side wall of the body.

8. The liquid material box according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The body comprises: A material box bottom shell (300), wherein the flow guide pipe (600) is arranged on a side wall of the material box bottom shell (300); A material box upper cover (200) is detachably arranged on the material box bottom shell (300), and the material supply opening is arranged on the material box upper cover (200); A material filling cover (100) is detachably arranged on the material filling opening.

9. A beverage machine, characterized in that: It comprises a machine body and a liquid material box as described in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the liquid material box is used to be placed on the machine body.

10. The beverage machine according to claim 9, characterized in that: One or more layers of brackets (700) are provided on the machine body, and the liquid material box is used to be placed on the brackets (700).

11. The beverage machine according to claim 10, characterized in that: The bracket (700) is provided with a slide rail (710), and the bottom of the body is provided with a slide protrusion for slidingly cooperating with the slide rail (710); The bracket (700) is provided with a limiting member (720), and the sliding protrusion is also used to abut and cooperate with the limiting member (720) to limit the extreme position of the sliding of the liquid material box.

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