Disk conveying device of meal vending machine
By designing a fully automated tray delivery device, which utilizes transmission and push rod components to achieve efficient tray delivery, the problem of low efficiency in manual tray delivery in existing technologies is solved, thereby improving the working efficiency and equipment stability of food vending machines.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202423250561.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-27
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-25
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-27
AI Technical Summary
The existing automatic food vending machines require manual operation for their tray delivery devices, resulting in low tray delivery efficiency, which affects food serving efficiency, occupies space, and increases the operating costs of the canteen and the labor intensity of staff.
A tray delivery device was designed, comprising a tray, transmission component I, transmission component II, and push rod assembly. It achieves fully automated delivery of trays from the top plate opening to the rice and vegetable serving openings through lateral and longitudinal transmission. The device utilizes a stepper motor and synchronous belt drive, combined with a ball screw and rodless cylinder, to ensure stable tray delivery.
It achieves fully automated tray delivery, improves work efficiency, reduces waiting time for staff, reduces labor intensity and space occupation, and enhances the stability and service life of the equipment.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model belongs to food meal selling equipment technical field, more specifically, the utility model relates to a dish automatic vending machine's dish feeding device. BACKGROUND
[0002] At present, in the canteen of enterprise, institution, factory and school, most of them adopt manual meal serving, and meal serving personnel packs meals into meal tray according to required amount, which not only has very high labor cost, and because meal serving is a high repetitive labor, meal serving amount is grasped and distinguished by experience and subjective feeling of meal serving personnel, therefore, the accuracy of meal serving amount is not high, and too much meal serving will cause food waste, and too little meal serving will cause dining personnel to increase dining time; meanwhile, with the continuous acceleration of life rhythm, the efficiency of meal serving is also required, meal serving personnel need to repeat and quickly deal with a large amount of meal serving work, the labor intensity is big, and setting meal selling window in the canteen needs to occupy a certain area of site, also causes the increase of canteen operation.
[0003] The existing dish automatic vending machine's dish feeding device generally needs manual placing of dish into the meal tray inlet of the machine, and then the dish is conveyed to the meal serving opening by the dish conveying device in the machine, which leads to low conveying efficiency of the meal tray. For example, the patent No. CN202122525149.X discloses a meal serving system of dish automatic vending machine, in which the meal tray needs to be manually fed into the meal tray inlet, and then conveyed to the meal serving opening by the dish conveying device in the machine, which leads to low conveying efficiency of the meal tray and low efficiency of meal serving. SUMMARY
[0004] An object of the present utility model is to solve at least the above problems and / or defects, and to provide at least the advantages to be explained later.
[0005] In order to achieve these objects and other advantages according to the present utility model, a dish automatic vending machine's dish feeding device is provided, which comprises a supporting plate for receiving the meal tray, and further comprises:
[0006] A transmission assembly I is arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate, which conveys the meal tray from the upper dish opening to the meal serving opening by horizontal transmission;
[0007] A transmission assembly II is arranged at the bottom of the transmission assembly I, which conveys the meal tray from the meal serving opening to the position of the meal serving opening by vertical transmission;
[0008] A push rod assembly is arranged at the top of the supporting plate, which pushes the meal tray from the supporting plate to the meal serving opening.
[0009] Preferably, the transmission assembly comprises:
[0010] The support box is arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate, and the lower surface of the inside of the support box is provided with a sliding rail I; the support box is arranged on the rack through a transmission assembly II at the bottom;
[0011] The two end tensioning wheels are arranged in the inside of the support box, one of the tensioning wheels is in transmission connection with the output shaft of the stepping motor I, and the tensioning wheels are in transmission connection through a synchronous belt;
[0012] The special-shaped connecting piece is arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate, and the bottom of the special-shaped connecting piece is provided with a sliding block I;
[0013] The special-shaped connecting piece is arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate, and the bottom of the special-shaped connecting piece is provided with a sliding block I;
[0014] Preferably, the transmission assembly II comprises a support arranged at the bottom of the transmission assembly I, and the support is connected with the external rack through a pair of longitudinal driving components arranged below the support.
[0015] Preferably, the transmission assembly II comprises a support arranged at the bottom of the transmission assembly I, and the support is connected with the external rack through a pair of longitudinal driving components arranged below the support.
[0016] Preferably, the longitudinal driving component comprises a support plate arranged on the external rack, a ball screw is arranged on the support plate, and one end of the ball screw is in transmission connection with the output end of the stepping motor II;
[0017] The ball nut on the ball screw is fixedly connected with the support.
[0018] Preferably, the push rod assembly comprises:
[0019] A plurality of sliding rails II are arranged on the upper surface of the supporting plate, sliding blocks II are arranged in the sliding rails II, and the sliding blocks II are connected through connecting strips;
[0020] A rodless air cylinder is arranged on the upper surface of the supporting plate;
[0021] The moving end of the rodless air cylinder is connected with one of the sliding blocks II through a connecting piece I, and the sliding blocks II are provided with connecting pieces II abutting against the dinner plates.
[0022] Preferably, the rear end of the water collecting box I is provided with a plurality of nylon wheels abutting against the lower surface of the supporting plate.
[0023] The utility model at least includes the following advantages: through the cooperation of the transmission assembly I, the transmission assembly II and the push rod assembly, the dinner plate realizes full automation from the upper plate opening to the rice serving opening and the dish serving opening, manual plate sending is not needed, work efficiency is improved, and personnel waiting for a long time is avoided.
[0024] Other advantages, objects, and features of the present utility model will be partly illustrated in the following description, and will be understood by those skilled in the art through research and practice of the present utility model. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0025] Figure 1 It is the overall structure schematic diagram of the present utility model;
[0026] Figure 2 It is the structure schematic diagram of the push rod assembly of the present utility model;
[0027] Figure 3 It is the structure schematic diagram of transmission assembly I of the present utility model;
[0028] Figure 4 It is the structure schematic diagram of transmission assembly II of the present utility model;
[0029] Figure 5 It is the connection schematic diagram of the supporting plate and the special-shaped connecting piece of the present utility model;
[0030] Figure 6 It is the structure schematic diagram of the supporting box of the present utility model;
[0031] Figure 7 It is the sectional view of the side view of the present utility model.
[0032] Marked in the figure: 1, supporting plate, 11, special-shaped connecting piece, 111, sliding block I, 1111, guide wheel, 112, connecting part, 12, pressing strip, 2, dinner plate, 3, transmission assembly I, 31, supporting box, 311, upper box body, 312, lower box body, 32, stepping motor I, 33, tensioning wheel, 34, synchronous belt, 35, sliding rail I, 36, nylon wheel, 4, transmission assembly II, 41, support, 42, supporting plate, 43, ball screw, 431, ball nut, 44, stepping motor II, 5, push rod assembly, 51, sliding rail II, 52, sliding block II, 53, connecting strip, 54, rodless cylinder, 55, connecting piece I, 56, connecting piece II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0033] The present utility model will be further described in detail in combination with the drawings, so that those skilled in the art can implement according to the description.
[0034] It should be understood that the terms such as "have", "contain" and "include" used in this paper do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements or combinations thereof.
[0035] It should be noted that in the description of the utility model, the orientation or position relationship indicated by the terms is based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the utility model. In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.
[0036] In the description of the utility model, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "provided with", "sleeved / connected", "connected" and the like should be understood broadly, for example, "connected" can be fixedly connected, can be detachably connected, or integrally connected, can be mechanically connected, can be electrically connected, can be directly connected, can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or can be the communication between two elements. For ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.
[0037] In addition, in the utility model, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the first feature is "on" or "under" the second feature. The first and second features can be in direct contact, or the first and second features can be indirectly contacted through an intermediate medium. Moreover, the first feature "above", "above" and "above" the second feature can be directly above or obliquely above the first feature, or only indicate that the horizontal height of the first feature is higher than that of the second feature. The first feature "below", "below" and "below" the second feature can be directly below or obliquely below the first feature, or only indicate that the horizontal height of the first feature is less than that of the second feature.
[0038] Figure 1 The utility model discloses a kind of plate feeding devices of automatic food vending machine, including the supporting plate 1 for receiving tray 2, further include: setting in the bottom of supporting plate 1, to be transported to the rice bowl by horizontal transmission with tray 2 from upper disc mouth to the rice bowl mouth transmission assembly I 3;Setting in the bottom of transmission assembly I 3, to be transported by longitudinal transmission with tray 2 from the rice bowl mouth to the dish mouth position of the dish mouth transmission assembly II 4;Setting in the top of supporting plate 1, for pushing rod assembly 5 for pushing tray 2 from supporting plate 1 to the dish mouth.
[0039] Working principle:
[0040] In use of the utility model, the tray feeding device is installed on the external rack as a whole, first, the supporting plate 1 is moved to the tray inlet horizontally through the transmission assembly I 3 on the tray feeding assembly, the tray 2 is placed on the supporting plate 1 from the tray inlet, and the tray 2 is conveyed from the tray inlet to the lower side of the rice serving opening through the transmission assembly I 3, after the tray 2 is served with rice, because the supporting plate 1 has a certain distance with the rice serving opening in the spatial position, the transmission assembly II 4 arranged at the bottom of the transmission assembly I 3 conveys the tray 2 from the rice serving opening to the position of the rice serving opening, after the supporting plate 1 is conveyed to the predetermined position of the rice serving opening, the push rod assembly 5 at the top of the supporting plate 1 pushes the tray 2 from the supporting plate 1 to the rice serving opening. The tray feeding device realizes full automation from the tray inlet to the rice serving opening and the rice serving opening through the cooperation of the transmission assembly I 3, the transmission assembly II 4 and the push rod assembly 5, manual tray feeding is not needed, the working efficiency is improved, and personnel waiting for a long time is avoided.
[0041] In the above scheme, the transmission assembly comprises:
[0042] The supporting box 31 arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate 1 is constructed by an upper box body 311 and a lower box body 312, and the lower surface in the supporting box 31 is provided with a slide rail I 35; the slide rail I 35 is arranged on the upper surface of the lower box body 312, and the supporting box 31 is arranged on the rack through the transmission assembly II 4 at the bottom;
[0043] The two end tensioning wheels 33 arranged in the supporting box 31 are in transmission connection with the output shaft of the stepping motor I 32 through a synchronous belt 34;
[0044] The special-shaped connecting piece 11 arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate 1 forms a cavity structure for the rotation of the synchronous belt 34 between the special-shaped connecting piece 11 and the lower surface of the supporting plate 1, the synchronous belt 34 is arranged on the two sides of the cavity respectively, and the special-shaped connecting piece 11 is provided with a slide block I 111 at the bottom;
[0045] The special-shaped connecting piece 11 is provided with a connecting part 112 at the top, which is engaged with the synchronous belt 34, and the connecting part 112 is staggered with the sliding block I 111 in space position, and the sliding block I 111 is in sliding connection with the sliding rail I 35. The special-shaped connecting piece 11 is symmetrically provided with recessed parts for sliding along the edges of the two sides of the upper box body 311 of the supporting box 31, and the sliding block I 111 is located between the two recessed parts of the special-shaped connecting piece 11. By adopting this technical method, the synchronous belt 34 on the two end tensioning wheels 33 is driven to rotate by the stepping motor I 32 in the supporting box 31, the synchronous belt 34 is engaged with the connecting part 112 on the special-shaped connecting piece 11, the special-shaped connecting piece 11 is driven to move by the synchronous belt 34, the supporting plate 1 is moved in the transverse direction by the special-shaped connecting piece 11, different pulse signals are input to the stepping motor I 32, the stepping motor I 32 realizes forward and reverse rotation, the supporting plate 1 can move back and forth in the transverse direction, the sliding block I 111 of the special-shaped connecting piece 11 is in sliding connection with the sliding rail I 35 in the supporting box 31, and a plurality of guide wheels 1111 are arranged on the bottom of the sliding block I 111. The shape of the two sides of the sliding rail I 35 matches the shape of the guide wheel 1111, and the cooperation of the guide wheel 1111 and the sliding rail I 35 ensures the stability of the movement of the supporting plate 1 in the transverse direction.
[0046] In the above scheme, the pressing strip 12 is arranged on the special-shaped connecting piece 11, the extension part of the pressing strip is located above the connecting part, and the lower surface of the extension part of the pressing strip abuts against the lower surface of the synchronous belt. By adopting this technical method, the space position of the synchronous belt 34 is limited by the pressing strip 12, a stable connection is formed between the synchronous belt 34 and the connecting part 112, the vibration and noise during operation are reduced, and the performance and service life of the whole equipment are improved.
[0047] In the above scheme, the transmission assembly II 4 comprises a support 41 arranged at the bottom of the transmission assembly I 3, and the support 41 is connected with the external rack through a pair of longitudinal driving components arranged below the support 41. By adopting this technical method, the pair of longitudinal driving components are connected with the external rack, the longitudinal driving components are connected with the bottom of the transmission assembly I 3 through the support 41, and the transmission assembly I 3 realizes the longitudinal movement in space through the longitudinal driving components.
[0048] In the above scheme, the longitudinal driving component comprises a support plate 42 arranged on the external rack, a ball screw 43 arranged on the support plate 42, and one end of the ball screw 43 in transmission connection with the output end of the stepping motor II 44.
[0049] The ball screw 43 is arranged on the support plate 42, and one end of the ball screw 43 is in transmission connection with the output end of the stepping motor II 44, so as to receive the rotating power of the motor. The ball nut 431 is fixedly connected with the support 41, and the accurate control and stable transmission of the support 41 are realized through cooperation with the ball screw 43. When the stepping motor II 44 receives power, the ball screw 43 starts to rotate, and the ball nut 431 on the ball screw 43 rolls on the screw rod to transmit power to the support 41. The support 41 moves along the ball screw 43, and the support 41 drives the transmission assembly I 3 to move longitudinally in the spatial position, and the self-locking function of the ball screw 43 ensures that the position of the support 41 remains unchanged in the power-off or stop state, thereby enhancing the stability and reliability of the equipment.
[0050] In the above scheme, the push rod assembly 5 comprises:
[0051] A plurality of slide rails II 51 are arranged on the upper surface of the supporting plate 1, and the slide rails II 51 are internally slidably provided with slide blocks II 52, and the slide blocks II 52 are connected through connecting strips 53;
[0052] A rodless cylinder 54 is arranged on the upper surface of the supporting plate 1;
[0053] The moving end of the rodless cylinder 54 is connected with one of the slide blocks II 52 through a connecting piece I 55, and the slide blocks II 52 are provided with connecting pieces II 56 abutting against the tray 2. By adopting the technical method, the push rod assembly 5 comprises the slide rails II 51, the slide blocks II 52, the connecting strips 53, the rodless cylinder 54, and the connecting pieces I 55 and II 56. These components work cooperatively to realize the stable pushing and accurate positioning of the tray 2.
[0054] When the rodless cylinder 54 receives a signal, the moving end of the rodless cylinder 54 drives one of the slide blocks II 52 connected therewith to slide in the slide rail II 51 through the connecting piece I 55. Since the slide blocks II 52 are connected through the connecting strips 53, the linkage mechanism enables the plurality of slide blocks II 52 to move simultaneously, thereby pushing the entire tray 2 to move forward along the slide rail II 51.
[0055] The connecting pieces II 56 are arranged on each of the slide blocks II 52 and abut against the tray 2, thereby ensuring the stability and accuracy of the tray 2 during the pushing process. In addition, the moving speed and stroke of the rodless cylinder 54 can be accurately controlled through external signals to meet different requirements and the requirements of the tray 2 transmission.
[0056] In the above scheme, the rear end of the support box 31 is provided with a plurality of nylon wheels 36 abutting against the lower surface of the tray 1. With this technical method, the wheels are in close abutment with the lower surface of the tray 1. The nylon wheels 36 have good wear resistance and pressure resistance, and can withstand the weight and friction of the tray 1 during transverse conveying, ensuring the smooth running of the tray 1. At the same time, the design of the nylon wheels 36 also takes into account the rotation flexibility and low noise, so that the tray 1 is more smooth and quiet during conveying, improving the overall use experience.
[0057] Although the embodiments of the present application have been disclosed as above, they are not limited to the application listed in the specification and the embodiments, and can be fully applied to various fields suitable for the present application. For those skilled in the art, other modifications can be easily realized, and therefore the present application is not limited to specific details and the figures shown and described herein.
Claims
1. A tray delivery device for a food vending machine, comprising a tray receiving table, characterized in that, Also include: The transmission assembly I is arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate, and the meal tray is transported from the upper disc port to the rice bowl port through the horizontal transmission; The transmission assembly II is arranged at the bottom of the transmission assembly I, and the meal tray is transported from the rice bowl port to the dish port through the vertical transmission; The push rod assembly is arranged at the top of the supporting plate, and the meal tray is pushed from the supporting plate to the dish port.
2. The tray delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein The transmission assembly I includes: The support box is arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate, and the lower surface of the support box is provided with a slide rail I; the support box is arranged on the rack through the transmission assembly II at the bottom; The two ends of the support box are provided with tensioning wheels, one of which is in transmission connection with the output shaft of the stepping motor I, and the tensioning wheels are in transmission connection through the synchronous belt; The special-shaped connecting piece is arranged at the bottom of the supporting plate, and the special-shaped connecting piece is provided with a slide block I at the bottom; The special-shaped connecting piece is provided with a connecting part in mesh with the synchronous belt, the connecting part and the slide block I are staggered in space, and the slide block I is in sliding connection with the slide rail I.
3. The tray delivery device of the food automatic vending machine according to claim 2, wherein The special-shaped connecting piece is provided with a pressing strip, and the extension of the pressing strip is located above the connecting part, and the lower surface of the extension of the pressing strip is in abutment with the lower surface of the synchronous belt.
4. The tray delivery apparatus of claim 2 wherein, The transmission assembly II includes: a bracket arranged at the bottom of the transmission assembly I, and the bracket is connected with the external rack through the longitudinal driving components arranged below the bracket.
5. The tray delivery apparatus of claim 4 wherein, The longitudinal driving components include: a support plate arranged on the external rack, and the support plate is provided with a ball screw, and one end of the ball screw is in transmission connection with the output end of the stepping motor II; The ball nut on the ball screw is fixedly connected with the bracket.
6. The tray delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein The push rod assembly includes: A plurality of slide rails II are arranged on the upper surface of the supporting plate, and the slide rails II are provided with slide blocks II inside, and the slide blocks II are connected through connecting strips; A rodless air cylinder is arranged on the upper surface of the supporting plate; The moving end of the rodless air cylinder is connected with one of the slide blocks II through the connecting piece I, and the slide blocks II are provided with connecting pieces II in abutment with the meal tray.
7. The tray delivery apparatus of claim 2 wherein, The rear end of the support box is provided with a plurality of nylon wheels in abutment with the lower surface of the supporting plate.
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Meal distribution system of meal vending machine
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