Beverage booster with weighing and distance measuring functions

By integrating a weighing sensor and an ultrasonic ranging sensor into the beverage booster, the problem of not being able to monitor the quantity of beverages in real time in existing technologies has been solved, realizing automated replenishment management of the beverage booster and improving work efficiency.

CN223682256UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-19ZHONGSHAN YILAI ELECTRONICS
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202423051416.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-11
Publication Date
2025-12-19
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-11

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Existing beverage boosters cannot monitor the number of beverages on the shelves in real time, requiring staff to check them intermittently, increasing workload and reducing efficiency.

Method used

The system uses a combination of a weighing sensor and an ultrasonic ranging sensor with a main control circuit board to monitor the weight changes and location of the beverage in real time, and updates the quantity information of the beverage through a cloud server.

Benefits of technology

It enables real-time monitoring of beverage quantities, reducing the frequency of staff inspections and improving work efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a weighing distance measuring beverage booster which comprises a frame body, a rear shell, a base and a plurality of boosting guide rails, the rear shell is located on the rear side of the boosting guide rails, a weighing sensor is arranged at the bottom of the frame body, and a limiting piece is located at the end of the guide rail part. The rear shell is provided with distance measuring sensors corresponding to the boosting guide rails in number, the main control circuit board is connected with the distance measuring sensors and the weighing sensors, the light reflecting pieces face the distance measuring sensors and are used for reflecting signals sent by the distance measuring sensors, and the specific reduced number of beverages can be known through the weighing sensors at the bottom of the frame body. The distance measuring sensor sends ultrasonic waves to the reflector to reflect and receive signals so as to determine the sending distance, the main control circuit board obtains distance information to determine the specific remaining beverage, a worker timely replenishes the beverage according to the weight information of the main control circuit board and the distance information, the inspection time is shortened, and the working efficiency is improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of beverage booster, especially a kind of weighing range beverage booster. BACKGROUND

[0002] Beverage booster is placed in beverage booster by a plurality of canned beverages in row, multiple boosting guide rails are set according to different types of beverages, and beverages are pushed to front by pushing part for buyers to pick up, beverage booster can be used in display shelf or freezer, and beverage booster is pushed by spring mainspring combined with damper, to realize the function of automatic propulsion.

[0003] The existing beverage booster still uses traditional mechanical function, therefore, different beverages are placed in beverage booster, and users select corresponding taste of beverage according to their own preferences, some beverages are sold faster, and some beverages are sold slower, and supermarket or convenience store staff cannot know the number of beverages on shelf in first time after beverage is sold or close to being sold, and sometimes need to check at irregular intervals, to cause large workload of staff and low work efficiency. INVENTION CONTENTS

[0004] Therefore, the utility model aims at overcoming the defects of prior art, providing a kind of weighing range beverage booster, to solve the problems of supermarket or convenience store staff in prior art, which cannot know the number of beverages on shelf in first time after beverage is sold or close to being sold, and sometimes need to check at irregular intervals, to cause large workload of staff and low work efficiency.

[0005] The utility model aims at overcoming the defects of prior art, providing a kind of weighing range beverage booster, to solve the problems of supermarket or convenience store staff in prior art, which cannot know the number of beverages on shelf in first time after beverage is sold or close to being sold, and sometimes need to check at irregular intervals, to cause large workload of staff and low work efficiency.

[0006] The utility model aims at providing a kind of weighing range beverage booster, which comprises frame body, rear shell, base and a plurality of boosting guide rails, the plurality of boosting guide rails are arranged side by side and located on the frame body, the rear shell is located at the rear side of boosting guide rail, the bottom of frame body is provided with weighing sensor, the weighing sensor is installed on the base, the boosting guide rail comprises guide rail part, limit piece and pushing part, the guide rail part is provided with slot, the limit piece is located at the end of guide rail part, the pushing part is arranged on the slot of guide rail part and is pushed to the limit piece in the slot, the rear shell is provided with the corresponding number of range sensors of boosting guide rail, the rear shell is provided with main control circuit board, the main control circuit board is connected with range sensor and weighing sensor respectively, the pushing part is provided with reflecting sheet, and the reflecting sheet faces range sensor and is used to reflect the signal emitted by range sensor.

[0007] The range sensor is ultrasonic transmitter and ultrasonic receiver.

[0008] The rear shell is provided with a fixing plate, and the distance measuring sensor is fixed on the fixing plate.

[0009] The booster guide rail is provided with a guard rail.

[0010] The pushing part is provided with a pushing plate, and the pushing plate and the limiting sheet are in arc structures.

[0011] The main control circuit board comprises a first single-chip microcomputer and a second single-chip microcomputer, the first single-chip microcomputer is used for receiving the pressure signal of the weighing sensor, and the second single-chip microcomputer is used for receiving the distance signal of the distance measuring sensor.

[0012] The main control circuit board is provided with a signal sending device, and the signal sending device sends the pressure signal acquired by the first single-chip microcomputer and the distance signal of the second single-chip microcomputer to a server.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following effects:

[0014] 1) The utility model describes a kind of weighing distance measuring beverage booster, including frame body, rear shell, base and several booster guide rails, and several booster guide rails are arranged side by side, and located on frame body, the rear shell is located at the rear side position of booster guide rail, the bottom of the frame body is provided with weighing sensor, the weighing sensor is installed on base, the booster guide rail includes guide rail part, limiting sheet and pushing part, the guide rail part is provided with slot, the limiting sheet is located at the end position of guide rail part, the pushing part is set on the slot of guide rail part, and in the slot, it is pushed to the limiting sheet direction, the rear shell is provided with the corresponding number of distance measuring sensor of booster guide rail, the rear shell is provided with main control circuit board, the main control circuit board is connected with distance measuring sensor and weighing sensor respectively, the pushing part is provided with reflecting sheet, the reflecting sheet faces distance measuring sensor and is used to reflect the signal emitted by distance measuring sensor, the specific reduction quantity of beverage can be known by the weighing sensor of frame body bottom, the distance of sending is determined by distance measuring sensor sending ultrasonic wave to reflecting sheet and receiving signal, the information of distance is acquired by main control circuit board to determine specific beverage left, staff replenishes in time according to the weight information and distance information of main control circuit board, reduce the time of inspection, improve work efficiency.

[0015] 2) Other advantages of the utility model are described in detail in the embodiment part of the specification. DRAWINGS:

[0016] Figure 1 It is the perspective view of the weighing distance measuring beverage booster provided by the utility model embodiment;

[0017] Figure 2 is a perspective view of the weighing and distance measuring beverage booster provided by the embodiment of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 3 is an exploded view of the weighing and distance measuring beverage booster provided by the embodiment of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 4 is an exploded view of the rear shell provided by the embodiment of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 5 is a sectional view of the weighing and distance measuring beverage booster provided by the embodiment of the utility model. Specific implementation:

[0021] The utility model will be described further in detail below by specific embodiments and in conjunction with the drawings.

[0022] As Figures 1 to 5 shown, the embodiment provides a kind of weighing and distance measuring beverage booster, including frame body 1, rear shell 2, base 3 and several boost guide rails 4, several boost guide rails 4 are arranged side by side, and located on frame body 1, the rear shell 2 is located at the rear side position of boost guide rail 4, the bottom of the frame body 1 is provided with weighing sensor 5, the weighing sensor 5 is installed on base 3, the boost guide rail 4 includes guide rail part 41, limit sheet 42 and push part 43, the guide rail part 41 is provided with slot 411, the limit sheet 42 is located at the end position of guide rail part 41, the push part 43 is set on the slot 411 of guide rail part 41, and in slot 411, limit sheet 42 direction is pushed, the rear shell 2 is provided with the corresponding number of distance measuring inductor 6 of boost guide rail 4, the rear shell 2 is provided with main control circuit board 21, the main control circuit board 21 is connected with distance measuring inductor 6, weighing sensor 5 respectively, the push part 43 is provided with reflecting sheet 431, the reflecting sheet 431 is opposite distance measuring inductor 6 for reflecting the signal emitted by distance measuring inductor 6, the specific reduction quantity of beverage can be known by the weighing sensor 5 of the bottom of frame body 1, the distance of sending is determined by sending ultrasonic wave to reflecting sheet 431 and receiving signal by reflection, the information of distance is obtained by main control circuit board 21 to determine specific remaining beverage, staff replenishes in time according to the weight information and distance information of main control circuit board 21, reduce the time of inspection, improve work efficiency.

[0023] Further, the distance measuring inductor 6 is ultrasonic transmitter 61 and ultrasonic receiver 62, ultrasonic transmitter 61 sends ultrasonic wave, which is received by ultrasonic receiver 62 after being radiated by reflecting sheet 431, and the specific distance is determined according to the receiving time.

[0024] Further, the rear shell 2 is provided with a fixing plate 22, and the distance measuring sensor 6 is fixed on the fixing plate 22.

[0025] Further, the boost rail 4 is provided with a guardrail 44, which can allow the beverage to move on the boost rail 4 and avoid derailing.

[0026] Further, the push part 43 is provided with a push plate 432, and the push plate 432 and the limiting sheet 42 are in an arc structure, which is close to the shape of the beverage shell, so that the beverage is more stable.

[0027] Further, the main control circuit board 21 comprises a first single-chip microcomputer and a second single-chip microcomputer, the first single-chip microcomputer is used for receiving the pressure signal of the weighing sensor 5, and the second single-chip microcomputer is used for receiving the distance signal of the distance measuring sensor 6.

[0028] Further, the main control circuit board 21 is provided with a signal sending device, which sends the pressure signal obtained by the first single-chip microcomputer and the distance signal obtained by the second single-chip microcomputer to the server.

[0029] In the prior art, the staff of a supermarket or a convenience store cannot know the number of beverages on the shelf in the first time after or close to the purchase of the beverages, and sometimes needs to check at irregular times, which causes the problem of large workload and low work efficiency of the staff, therefore, the weighing and distance measuring beverage booster is provided, through the weighing sensor 5 at the bottom of the frame body 1, the specific reduced number of beverages can be known, through the distance measuring sensor 6, the ultrasonic wave is sent to the reflecting sheet 431 to reflect and receive the signal to determine the distance, the main control circuit board 21 obtains the distance information to determine the specific remaining beverages, and the staff replenishes the goods in time according to the weight information and the distance information of the main control circuit board 21, which reduces the checking time and improves the work efficiency.

[0030] Working principle: the main control circuit board 21 comprises a first single-chip microcomputer and a second single-chip microcomputer, the first single-chip microcomputer collects the pressure signal of the weighing sensor through high-precision 24-bit AD, the weight value obtained by the first single-chip microcomputer through the weighing algorithm operation of the collected pressure signal is sent to the cloud server through the signal sending device, the distance information obtained by the second single-chip microcomputer through the distance measuring sensor 6 is sent to the cloud server through the signal sending device, the distance measuring sensor is an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultrasonic receiver, through the high electric signal of the ultrasonic module, the ultrasonic transmitter sends 8 square waves of 40khz, and the duration of the high level is the time from the emission to the return of the ultrasonic wave to determine the tested distance.

[0031] The weight value obtained by the first single-chip microcomputer through operation of the weight signal collected by the AD chip is combined with the measured distance value, and the shelf number ID is transmitted to the router by the wifi module, so that the transmission to the cloud server is realized, when an object or beverage is taken away / increased, the second single-chip microcomputer of the main control circuit board 21 updates the distance value of the corresponding ultrasonic channel, and the first single-chip microcomputer of the main control circuit board 21 updates the weight data.

[0032] The difference between the previous data and the current data of the corresponding shelf id analyzed by the cloud server back end knows which column and which layer of the shelf corresponding to the first beverage booster has taken away or increased the number of beverage bottles, since the beverage categories placed in a single column on the booster are the same, the corresponding diameter is fixed, so the distance measured by the ultrasonic wave can be used to calculate the current number of beverage bottles in the column, and the weight of a single beverage bottle is also fixed, so a double-layer inspection mechanism can be used to ensure the accuracy of the number of beverages on the shelf.

[0033] The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present application, but the embodiments of the present application are not limited thereto, and any changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, simplifications made without departing from the spirit and principles of the present application are equivalent replacement methods, and are all included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A weighing and distance measuring beverage booster, comprising a frame body (1), a rear shell (2), a base (3) and a plurality of booster rails (4), the plurality of booster rails (4) are arranged side by side and located on the frame body (1), the rear shell (2) is located at the rear side of the booster rails (4), the bottom of the frame body (1) is provided with a weighing sensor (5), and the weighing sensor (5) is installed on the base (3), characterized in that: The boost guide rail (4) comprises a guide rail part (41), a limiting sheet (42) and a pushing part (43), the guide rail part (41) is provided with a slot (411), the limiting sheet (42) is located at the end position of the guide rail part (41), the pushing part (43) is arranged on the slot (411) of the guide rail part (41) and pushes in the direction of the limiting sheet (42) in the slot (411), the rear shell (2) is provided with a corresponding number of distance sensors (6) of the boost guide rail (4), the rear shell (2) is provided with a main control circuit board (21), the main control circuit board (21) is connected with the distance sensor (6) and the weighing sensor (5) respectively, the pushing part (43) is provided with a reflecting sheet (431), the reflecting sheet (431) faces the distance sensor (6) and reflects the signal emitted by the distance sensor (6).

2. A weigh and range beverage booster according to claim 1, wherein: The distance sensor (6) is an ultrasonic transmitter (61) and an ultrasonic receiver (62).

3. A weigh and range beverage booster according to claim 1, wherein: The rear shell (2) is provided with a fixing plate (22), and the distance sensor (6) is fixed on the fixing plate (22).

4. A weigh and range beverage booster according to claim 1, wherein: The boost guide rail (4) is provided with a guardrail (44).

5. A weigh and range beverage booster according to claim 1 wherein: The pushing part (43) is provided with a push plate (432), and the push plate (432) and the limiting sheet (42) are arc-shaped structures.

6. A weigh and range beverage booster according to claim 1 wherein: The main control circuit board (21) comprises a first single-chip microcomputer and a second single-chip microcomputer, the first single-chip microcomputer is used for receiving the pressure signal of the weighing sensor (5), and the second single-chip microcomputer is used for receiving the distance signal of the distance sensor (6).

7. A weigh and range beverage booster according to claim 6, wherein: The main control circuit board (21) is provided with a signal sending device, and the signal sending device sends the pressure signal acquired by the first single-chip microcomputer and the distance signal of the second single-chip microcomputer to a server.