Manipulator goods taking device of intelligent meal selling machine

By designing an intelligent food vending machine robot pickup device in a vending machine, using multi-track and motor-driven grabbing mechanism, the problem that the vending machine cannot sell foods that need to be heated is solved, and the rapid and safe transfer of foods is achieved. Heating improves meal sales efficiency.

CN222482773UActive Publication Date: 2025-02-14JINAN SANSHI DIGITAL TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202421189138.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-05-29
Publication Date
2025-02-14
Estimated Expiration
2034-05-29

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Technical Problem

Existing vending machines cannot effectively sell foods that need to be heated, mainly because the food is easily broken when it falls, the lack of refrigeration capacity will cause deterioration, and it needs to be heated before it can be eaten.

Method used

Design an intelligent food vending machine robot pickup device, including horizontal tracks, vertical tracks and grab rails, combining translation motors, vertical tracks, grab motors and jaw motors to achieve multi-directional movement and grabbing, which can be quickly And safely remove the meal from the cargo route and transfer it to the heating component.

Benefits of technology

It realizes the rapid and safe transfer of meals in the automatic meal vending machine, and can quickly and flexibly send meals into heating parts, improving meal sales efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a manipulator goods taking device of an intelligent meal selling machine, which is arranged in the intelligent meal selling machine and comprises a horizontal track. A horizontal sliding seat capable of sliding along the horizontal rail is arranged on the horizontal rail, and the horizontal sliding seat is powered by an arranged translation motor to slide; a vertical rail is arranged above the horizontal sliding seat; a vertical sliding seat capable of sliding along the vertical rail is arranged on the vertical rail, and the vertical sliding seat is powered by an arranged vertical moving motor to slide; a grabbing rail is further arranged on the vertical sliding seat; a grabbing motor is arranged on the lower portion of the grabbing rail. The grabbing motor drives a rotating guide rod arranged on the grabbing track to rotate through an arranged transmission belt. A grabbing sliding seat is arranged on the grabbing rail, and the grabbing sliding seat is driven by the rotation of the rotary guide rod to move along the grabbing rail; a rotating motor is arranged on the grabbing sliding seat; a clamping jaw motor is arranged above the rotating motor; the clamping jaw motor controls the clamping jaw arranged at the front end of the clamping jaw motor, and food products are rapidly and safely transferred in the automatic food selling machine.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the field of meal vending machine equipment, and in particular relates to an intelligent meal vending machine manipulator picking device. Background Art

[0002] At present, the use of vending machines is very common. That is, after automatic payment, the goods fall from the aisle and then are picked up from the bottom pickup port. However, vending machines can only sell "cold food" at present, and cannot automatically vend meals that need to be heated. First, if the meals fall from the vending machine, the packaging is easily broken. Second, the meals are easy to deteriorate due to the lack of refrigeration capacity of the vending machine. Third, even if the meals can be taken out intact and within the shelf life, they still need to be heated before they can be eaten. Therefore, how to achieve fast and safe transportation and fast heating of meals in the vending machine has become the key to the design of the vending machine. Utility Model Content

[0003] The utility model provides an intelligent meal vending machine manipulator picking device, the use of which can solve the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art and achieve the effect of quickly and safely transferring meals inside the automatic meal vending machine.

[0004] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: a robot picking device for an intelligent food vending machine, the picking device is arranged inside the intelligent food vending machine, and includes a horizontal track; a horizontal slide that can slide along the horizontal track is arranged on the horizontal track, and the horizontal slide is powered by a set translation motor to slide; a vertical track is arranged above the horizontal slide; a vertical slide that can slide along the vertical track is arranged on the vertical track, and the vertical slide is powered by a set vertical movement motor to slide; a grabbing track is also arranged on the vertical slide; a grabbing motor is arranged at the lower part of the grabbing track; the grabbing motor drives the rotating guide rod arranged on the grabbing track to rotate through the transmission belt; a grabbing slide is arranged on the grabbing track, and the grabbing slide is driven to move along the grabbing track by the rotation of the rotating guide rod; a rotating motor is arranged on the grabbing slide; a clamping motor is arranged on the upper part of the rotating motor; the clamping motor controls the opening and closing of the clamping jaws arranged at its front end to realize the clamping operation.

[0005] Preferably, an upper slide groove is provided on the upper part of the vertical track; the upper slide groove can contact and slide relatively with the track provided on the upper part of the food vending machine, thereby ensuring the stability of the movement of the vertical track.

[0006] Preferably, a transmission rod is further provided between the horizontal track and the track provided on the upper part of the food vending machine.

[0007] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0008] 1. By setting up horizontal tracks, vertical tracks and grabbing tracks, and cooperating with rotating motors, the picking device can realize multi-directional movement and grabbing, which is convenient for picking up food in the vending machine and transferring it to the heating component for heating;

[0009] 2. The pickup device itself has a simple structure and ingenious design, occupies a small space, and the overall shape of the pickup device is suitable for use in a meal vending machine;

[0010] 3. The pickup device can realize the fast and flexible grabbing and delivery of food, improving the meal vending efficiency of the meal vending machine;

[0011] Other features and advantages of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or related technologies, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or related technical descriptions will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only embodiments of the present disclosure. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on the provided drawings without paying creative work.

[0013] Figure 1 This is a first stereoscopic diagram of the cargo picking device of the utility model;

[0014] Figure 2 This is a second stereoscopic view of the cargo picking device of the utility model;

[0015] Figure 3 This is the front view of the cargo picking device of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 4 This is a side view of the cargo picking device of the utility model;

[0017] In the figure: 1, horizontal track, 2, horizontal slide, 3, translation motor, 4, vertical track, 5, vertical slide, 6, vertical motor, 7, grab track, 8, grab motor, 9, transmission belt, 10, rotating guide rod, 11, grab slide, 12, rotating motor, 13, clamping jaw motor, 14, clamping jaw, 15, upper slide, 16, transmission rod. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is actually only illustrative and is by no means a limitation on the utility model and its application or use. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0019] Unless otherwise specifically stated, the relative arrangement, numerical expressions and numerical values ​​of the parts and steps described in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the utility model. At the same time, it should be understood that, for ease of description, the sizes of the various parts shown in the accompanying drawings are not drawn according to the actual proportional relationship. The technology, methods and equipment known to ordinary technicians in the relevant field may not be discussed in detail, but in appropriate cases, the technology, methods and equipment should be regarded as a part of the authorization specification. In all examples shown and discussed here, any specific value should be interpreted as merely exemplary, rather than as a limitation. Therefore, other examples of exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters represent similar items in the following drawings, so once a certain item is defined in one drawing, it does not need to be further discussed in subsequent drawings.

[0020] For ease of description, spatially relative terms such as "above", "above", "on the upper surface of", "above", etc. may be used here to describe the spatial positional relationship between a device or feature and other devices or features as shown in the figure. It should be understood that spatially relative terms are intended to include different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation described in the figure. For example, if the device in the accompanying drawings is inverted, the device described as "above other devices or structures" or "above other devices or structures" will be positioned as "below other devices or structures" or "below other devices or structures". Thus, the exemplary term "above" can include both "above" and "below". The device can also be positioned in other different ways (rotated 90 degrees or in other orientations), and the spatially relative descriptions used here are interpreted accordingly.

[0021] See also Figure 1-4The utility model provides a technical solution: a robot picking device for an intelligent food vending machine, the picking device is arranged inside the intelligent food vending machine, and includes a horizontal track 1; a horizontal slide 2 that can slide along the horizontal track 1 is arranged, and the horizontal slide 2 is powered by a set translation motor 3 to slide; a vertical track 4 is arranged above the horizontal slide 2; a vertical slide 5 that can slide along the vertical track 4 is arranged, and the vertical slide 5 is powered by a set vertical movement motor 6 to slide; the vertical slide 5 is also provided with There is a grabbing track 7; a grabbing motor 8 is arranged at the lower part of the grabbing track 7; the grabbing motor 8 drives the rotating guide rod 10 arranged on the grabbing track 7 to rotate through the arranged transmission belt 9; a grabbing slide 11 is arranged on the grabbing track 7, and the grabbing slide 11 is driven to move along the grabbing track 7 through the rotation of the rotating guide rod 10; a rotating motor 12 is arranged on the grabbing slide 11; a clamping motor 13 is arranged on the upper part of the rotating motor 12; the clamping motor 13 controls the opening and closing of the clamping jaw 14 arranged at its front end to realize the clamping operation.

[0022] The upper part of the vertical track 4 is provided with an upper slide 15, which can contact and slide relatively with the track provided on the upper part of the meal vending machine, thereby ensuring the stability of the movement of the vertical track 4. A transmission rod 16 is also provided between the horizontal track 1 and the track provided on the upper part of the meal vending machine.

[0023] Working principle: The intelligent meal vending machine manipulator picking device disclosed in the utility model is installed at the front of the meal vending machine and placed in front of the cargo channel where the meals are stored. When the picking command is issued, the horizontal slide 2 drives the vertical track 4 to move horizontally along the horizontal track 1, so that the grabbing track 7 reaches the horizontal position of the meal to be picked up, and at the same time the vertical slide 5 moves along the vertical track 4, driving the grabbing track 7 to reach the vertical position of the meal to be picked up, and at this time the clamping claw 14 is located directly in front of the meal to be picked up. The grabbing motor 8 rotates, and drives the rotating guide rod 10 to rotate through the transmission belt 9. The rotating guide rod 10 is set to an external thread structure, which cooperates with the internal thread structure of the grabbing slide 11. When the rotating guide rod 10 rotates, the grabbing slide 11 can be moved on the grabbing track 7, and the clamping claw 14 is extended forward. At this time, the clamping claw motor 13 is started to grab the food, and then the grabbing motor 8 is started in reverse to make the clamping claw take the food from the cargo aisle, and then the rotating motor 12 rotates so that the direction of the food is parallel to the horizontal track 1, and then the horizontal slide 2 and the vertical slide 5 move at the same time, so that the clamping claw 14 is aligned with the heating component of the vending machine located on the side, and then the vertical track 4 continues to move to the right, and the food is placed in the heating component, and the clamping claw 14 is released to complete the entire process of picking up the food and sending it into the heating component.

[0024] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An intelligent food vending machine robot picking device, characterized in that: The picking device is arranged inside the intelligent food vending machine, and comprises a horizontal track (1); a horizontal slide (2) which can slide along the horizontal track (1) is arranged on the horizontal track (1), and the horizontal slide (2) is powered by a provided translation motor (3) to slide; a vertical track (4) is arranged above the horizontal slide (2); a vertical slide (5) which can slide along the vertical track (4) is arranged on the vertical track (4), and the vertical slide (5) is powered by a provided vertical movement motor (6) to slide; a grabbing track (7) is also arranged on the vertical slide (5); a lower part of the grabbing track (7) is provided A grabbing motor (8) is provided; the grabbing motor (8) drives a rotating guide rod (10) arranged on a grabbing track (7) to rotate via a transmission belt (9); a grabbing slide (11) is provided on the grabbing track (7), and the grabbing slide (11) is driven to move along the grabbing track (7) by the rotation of the rotating guide rod (10); a rotating motor (12) is provided on the grabbing slide (11); a clamping motor (13) is provided on the upper part of the rotating motor (12); the clamping motor (13) controls the opening and closing of a clamping jaw (14) arranged at its front end to realize a clamping operation.

2. According to claim 1, the intelligent food vending machine manipulator picking device is characterized in that: An upper slide groove (15) is arranged on the upper part of the vertical track (4); the upper slide groove (15) can contact and slide relatively with a track arranged on the upper part of the food vending machine, thereby ensuring the stability of the movement of the vertical track (4).

3. The intelligent food vending machine robot picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A transmission rod (16) is also provided between the horizontal track (1) and a track provided on the upper part of the food vending machine.