Modularized food cooking and vending machine

Abstract

The utility model relates to a modular food cooking vending machine which comprises a food storage cabinet and a food cooking cabinet, the food storage cabinet comprises a storage cabinet body, a meal box storage structure and a storage cabinet part meal box transfer structure, the meal box storage structure and the storage cabinet part meal box transfer structure are located in the storage cabinet body, and the storage cabinet body is provided with a storage cabinet part meal box outlet. The food cooking cabinet comprises a cooking cabinet body, a cooking unit located in the cooking cabinet body and a food output unit for outputting cooked food, meal box inlets and outlets are formed in the two sides of the cooking cabinet body, and a meal box conveying belt for receiving meal boxes conveyed from the meal box outlets of the storage cabinet part is arranged in the cooking cabinet body; the lunch box conveying belt connects the two lunch box inlets and outlets together, and the lunch box taking structure is used for transferring lunch boxes on the lunch box conveying belt to the food cooking unit; the meal box outlet of the storage cabinet part is in butt joint with the meal box inlet and outlet of the food cooking cabinet. The vending machine has the capacity of expanding cooking capacity according to needs, and the problem that an existing vending machine cannot be expanded is solved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to food cooking processing article, especially a modular food cooking and selling machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] There are many heating methods for cooking food containers, such as electric heating, microwave heating, gas heating and steam heating. When the existing food is cooked by steam heating, the food container and soup are placed in the container after being cooked, and are placed in the heating space (the heating space also serves as the output chamber). A steam inlet hole is provided on the wall of the heating space, so that steam is input into the heating space through the steam inlet hole to heat the entire heating space to cook the food container. In order to meet the needs of selling instant food, the skilled person in the art tries to design a food cooking and selling machine that stores raw food containers and cooks raw food containers. There are many ways to store and output food in the food vending machine: one is to open the door panel on the door hole and then manually input into the vending machine to take it out. When the space for storing meal boxes inside the vending machine is a tunnel structure, the hand cannot be inserted. At this time, a supporting plate is provided, which is extended out of the door hole by related mechanism after the door panel is opened to extend the meal box out of the vending machine. A vending machine with this structure is disclosed in Chinese patent No. CN202322403674. The existing vending machine stores and cooks in the same cabinet, which cannot expand the cooking capacity according to needs. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model aims at providing a modular food cooking and selling machine that can expand the cooking capacity according to needs, solving the problem that the existing vending machine cannot expand the capacity.

[0004] The above technical problem is solved by the following technical scheme: a modular food cooking and selling machine, characterized by comprising a food storage cabinet for storing meal boxes containing food to be cooked, the food storage cabinet comprising a cabinet body and a meal box storage structure and a cabinet meal box transfer structure in the cabinet body, a cabinet meal box outlet being arranged on the side wall of the cabinet body on the side of the food cooking cabinet, and the cabinet meal box transfer structure being used to output the meal boxes on the meal box storage structure through the cabinet meal box outlet; a food cooking cabinet comprising a cabinet body and a cooking unit and a food output unit for outputting cooked food in the cabinet body, meal box inlets and outlets being arranged on both sides of the cabinet body along the distribution direction of the food cooking cabinet and the cabinet body, a meal box conveying belt being arranged in the cabinet body to receive the meal boxes conveyed through the cabinet meal box outlet, the meal box conveying belt connecting the two meal box inlets and outlets together, and a meal box transfer structure being used to transfer the meal boxes on the meal box conveying belt to the food cooking unit; and the cabinet meal box outlet and the meal box inlets and outlets of the food cooking cabinet being connected together. The corresponding number of food cooking cabinets can be selected according to the need and connected together to cook food.

[0005] Preferably, the food cooking cabinet has at least two, the meal box inlets and outlets of all the food cooking cabinets are connected together in sequence, the cabinet body has two, the food cooking cabinet is located between the two cabinet bodies, the cabinet meal box outlet of one food storage cabinet is connected to the meal box inlet of the food cooking cabinet located on one side edge and away from the other cabinet body, and the cabinet meal box outlet of the other food storage cabinet is connected to the meal box inlet of the food cooking cabinet located on the other side edge and away from the one cabinet body.

[0006] As preferred, the meal box storage structure comprises a plurality of vertically distributed vertical partition frame groups arranged in the storage cabinet body, the vertical partition frames in the same vertical partition frame group are distributed along the horizontal direction, the meal box storage channels are formed between the adjacent vertical partition frames in the same vertical partition frame group, and the vertical channels are formed between the vertical partition frame groups and one of the front and rear sidewalls of the storage cabinet body. The meal box transfer structure of the storage cabinet comprises a meal box output table located in the vertical channel, a left-right translation structure for driving the meal box output table to move along the horizontal direction, a lifting structure for driving the left-right translation structure to move up and down, and a meal box conveying belt located in the meal box storage channel and conveying meal boxes towards the direction of the vertical channel. The meal box conveying belt constitutes a bracket for supporting meal boxes. In use, the meal boxes are arranged on the meal box conveying belt in a row along the front and rear directions. When the meal boxes on the bracket are to be taken away, the lifting mechanism and the left-right translation structure drive the meal box output table to be flush with the bracket, and then the meal box conveying belt conveys a corresponding number of meal boxes to the meal box output table (usually one meal box at a time). The lifting structure drives the left-right translation structure to descend so that the meal box output table descends to be aligned with the meal box outlet of the storage cabinet, and the left-right translation structure drives the meal box output table to be docked with the meal box outlet of the storage cabinet and outputs the meal boxes from the storage cabinet body through the meal box outlet of the storage cabinet. The storage cabinet capable of outputting meal boxes is improved.

[0007] As preferred, the meal box output table comprises a base frame, a plurality of support rollers rotatably connected to the base frame, a push frame for pushing the meal boxes on the support rollers along the horizontal direction, and a push frame translation structure for driving the push frame to move along the horizontal direction. The support rollers are distributed along the front and rear directions, and the support rollers extend along the horizontal direction. In use, the meal boxes on the support rollers are pushed away from the meal box output table by the push frame.

[0008] As preferred, the push frame comprises a push plate located above the support rollers and a connecting leg arranged at the lower end of the push plate. Gaps are formed between the adjacent support rollers, and the connecting leg extends below the support rollers through the gaps and is connected to the push frame translation structure. The layout is compact and good in compactness.

[0009] As preferred, the connecting leg has two connecting legs, and the two connecting legs each extend below the support rollers through one of the gaps and are connected to the push frame translation structure. The connecting strength between the push plate and the push frame translation structure can be ensured when the gaps are small.

[0010] As preferred, the push frame translation structure comprises left-right guide rods connected to the base frame at both ends, left-right lead screws rotatably connected to the base frame, and a push frame translation motor for driving the left-right lead screws to rotate. The left-right guide rods are arranged on the connecting legs, and the left-right lead screws are threadedly connected to the connecting legs. The rotation of the lead screws is driven by the push frame translation motor to realize the translation of the push frame.

[0011] As preferred, a push frame translation motor part synchronous pulley is connected to the power output shaft of the push frame translation motor, a left and right direction screw rod is connected to a push frame part synchronous pulley, and the push frame translation motor part synchronous pulley and the push frame part synchronous pulley are connected together through a push frame part synchronous belt. The accuracy during driving is good.

[0012] As preferred, the left and right translation structure comprises a left and right direction bracket, a left synchronous pulley arranged at the left end of the bracket, a right synchronous pulley arranged at the right end of the bracket, a left and right translation structure part driving motor, and a left and right translation structure part synchronous belt connecting the left synchronous pulley and the right synchronous pulley together, the meal box output table is slidably connected to the left and right direction bracket, and one side of the meal box output table is fixed to the left and right translation structure part synchronous belt. The accuracy during left and right translation is good.

[0013] As preferred, the lifting structure comprises a left and right direction upper rotating shaft, a left and right direction lower rotating shaft, a lifting motor, two upper synchronous pulleys arranged at the two ends of the left and right direction upper rotating shaft, two lower synchronous pulleys arranged at the two ends of the left and right direction lower rotating shaft, and two lifting synchronous belts one by one corresponding to connect the two upper synchronous pulleys and the two lower synchronous pulleys together, and the lifting motor is used to drive one of the left and right direction upper rotating shaft and the left and right direction lower rotating shaft to rotate. The accuracy and stability during driving are good.

[0014] As preferred, the lifting motor is located at the lower end of the cabinet body of the storage cabinet, and the lifting motor is connected to the left and right direction lower rotating shaft to drive the left and right direction lower rotating shaft to rotate. The stability is good.

[0015] As preferred, a plurality of horizontal partition plates are further included, the vertical partition frame is a plate structure, the number of the horizontal partition plates is the same as the number of the vertical partition frame groups, the horizontal partition plates are one by one correspondingly connected to the lower ends of the vertical partition frame groups, the meal box storage channel is blocked at the lower end by the horizontal partition plates to form a meal box storage groove, and the meal box conveying belt is located in the meal box storage groove.

[0016] The utility model has the advantages that meal boxes can be stored and output, and expansion can be realized according to needs. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic view of the embodiment one of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic view of the food storage cabinet, and only one meal box conveying belt is drawn in the meal box storage groove, and only one group of upper and lower ends of the vertical partition plate group is drawn;

[0019] Figure 3 It is Figure 2 It is a partial enlarged schematic view of A in the figure;

[0020] Figure 4 is a front view schematic diagram of a food storage cabinet;

[0021] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the second embodiment of the present application.

[0022] In the figure: the storage cabinet body 1, vertical isolation frame 2, horizontal partition 3, meal box storage groove 4, meal box conveying belt 27, meal box 5, storage cabinet part meal box outlet 6, meal box output table 7, bottom frame 8, supporting roller 9, push frame 10, push plate 11, connecting foot 12, left and right direction guide rod 13, left and right direction screw rod 14, push frame translation motor part synchronous pulley 15, push frame part synchronous pulley 16, push frame part synchronous belt 17, left and right direction bracket 18, left synchronous pulley 19, left and right translation structure part synchronous belt 20, left and right direction upper rotating shaft 21, left and right direction lower rotating shaft 22, lifting motor 23, upper synchronous pulley 24, lower synchronous pulley 25, lifting synchronous belt 26, push frame translation motor 28, food storage cabinet 29, food cooking cabinet 30, cooking cabinet body 31, meal box import and export 32, meal box conveying belt 33. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0024] Embodiment one, see Figures 1 to 4 A modular food cooking and selling machine, comprising a food storage cabinet 29 and a food cooking cabinet 30. The food storage cabinet is used for storing meal boxes containing food to be cooked, and comprises a storage cabinet body 1 and a meal box storage structure and a storage cabinet part meal box transfer structure located in the cabinet body. The side wall of the storage cabinet body on the side facing the food cooking cabinet is provided with a storage cabinet part meal box outlet 6. The storage cabinet part meal box transfer structure is used for outputting the meal boxes on the meal box storage structure through the storage cabinet part meal box outlet. The food cooking cabinet comprises a cooking cabinet body 31 and a cooking unit and a food output unit for outputting cooked food located in the cooking cabinet body. The cooking cabinet body is provided with meal box import and export 32 on both sides along the distribution direction of the food cooking cabinet and the storage cabinet body. The cooking cabinet body is provided with a meal box conveying belt 33 for receiving the meal boxes conveyed through the storage cabinet part meal box outlet. The meal box conveying belt connects the two meal box import and export together. A meal box structure is used for transferring the meal boxes on the meal box conveying belt to the food cooking unit. The storage cabinet part meal box outlet and the meal box import and export of the food cooking cabinet are connected together. The food cooking cabinet has three. The meal box import and export of all the food cooking cabinets are connected together in turn.

[0025] The meal box storage structure comprises a plurality of vertical partition frame groups distributed in the up-down direction in the cabinet body of the storage cabinet, the vertical partition frames 2 in the same vertical partition frame group are distributed in the left-right direction, and a meal box storage channel is formed between adjacent vertical partition frames in the same vertical partition frame group. The vertical partition frame is a plate structure, and the lower end of the vertical partition frame group is connected with a horizontal partition plate 3. The meal box storage channel is blocked at the lower end by the horizontal partition plate to form a meal box storage groove 4, and a meal box conveying belt 27 is arranged in the meal box storage groove. The meal box conveying belt constitutes a bracket for supporting the meal box, that is, the meal box 5 is stored by being placed on the meal box conveying belt. A vertical passage is formed between one side of the vertical partition frame group and the front and rear side walls of the cabinet body of the storage cabinet. The meal box transfer structure of the storage cabinet part comprises a meal box output table 7 in the vertical passage, a left-right translation structure for driving the meal box output table to move in the left-right direction, and a lifting structure for driving the left-right translation structure to move up and down. In use, the meal boxes are arranged on the meal box conveying belt in the form of a row in the front-rear direction, and when the meal box on the bracket is to be taken away, the lifting mechanism and the left-right translation structure drive the meal box output table to be flush with the bracket, and then the meal box conveying belt conveys a corresponding number of meal boxes to the meal box output table (usually one meal box at a time), the lifting structure drives the left-right translation structure to descend so that the meal box output table descends to be aligned with the meal box outlet of the storage cabinet part, and the left-right translation structure drives the meal box output table to be butt-jointed to the meal box outlet of the storage cabinet part and to output the meal box through the meal box outlet of the storage cabinet part.

[0026] The meal box output platform comprises a base frame 8, a plurality of supporting rollers 9 rotatably connected to the base frame, a pushing frame 10 for pushing the meal boxes on the supporting rollers in the left-right direction, and a pushing frame translation structure for driving the pushing frame to move in the left-right direction. The supporting rollers are distributed in the front-back direction and extend in the left-right direction. In use, the meal boxes on the supporting rollers are pushed away from the meal box output platform by the pushing frame. The pushing frame comprises a pushing plate 11 located above the supporting rollers and two connecting feet 12 arranged at the lower end of the pushing plate. Adjacent supporting rollers are separated by a gap, and the two connecting feet each extend through a gap to below the supporting rollers and are connected together with the pushing frame translation structure. The pushing frame translation structure comprises left-right guide rods 13 connected to the base frame at both ends, left-right lead screws 14 rotatably connected to the base frame, and a pushing frame translation motor 28 for driving the left-right lead screws to rotate. The left-right guide rods are arranged on the connecting feet, and the left-right lead screws are threadedly connected to the connecting feet. The power output shaft of the pushing frame translation motor is connected with a pushing frame translation motor part synchronous pulley 15, and the left-right lead screws are connected with a pushing frame part synchronous pulley 16. The pushing frame translation motor part synchronous pulley and the pushing frame part synchronous pulley are connected together by a pushing frame part synchronous belt 17. The left-right translation structure comprises a left-right bracket 18, a left synchronous pulley 19 arranged at the left end of the bracket, a right synchronous pulley arranged at the right end of the bracket, a left-right translation structure part driving motor, and a left-right translation structure part synchronous belt 20 connecting the left synchronous pulley and the right synchronous pulley together. The base frame is slidingly connected to the left-right bracket, and the base frame is fixed to one side of the left-right translation structure part synchronous belt. The lifting structure comprises left-right upper shafts 21, left-right lower shafts 22, a lifting motor 23, two upper synchronous pulleys 24 arranged at both ends of the left-right upper shafts, two lower synchronous pulleys 25 arranged at both ends of the left-right lower shafts, and two lifting synchronous belts 26 one-to-one corresponding to the two upper synchronous pulleys and the two lower synchronous pulleys. The lifting motor is located at the lower end of the storage cabinet body, and the lifting motor is connected to the left-right lower shafts to drive the left-right lower shafts to rotate. The left-right upper shafts are composed of two disconnected shaft heads.

[0027] In the second embodiment, the difference from the first embodiment is that:

[0028] Referring to Figure 5 , the storage cabinet body has two, and the food preparation cabinet is located between the two storage cabinet bodies. The meal box outlet of the storage cabinet part of one food storage cabinet is connected to the meal box inlet and outlet of the food preparation cabinet located at the edge of the side away from the other storage cabinet body, and the meal box outlet of the storage cabinet part of the other food storage cabinet is connected to the meal box inlet and outlet of the food preparation cabinet located at the edge of the other side away from the one storage cabinet body.

[0029] It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting; it is not intended to exclude myriad other embodiments of the present application that other inventors can develop based on the same general inventive concepts embodied by the described embodiments. That is, although the present application is described in terms of particular embodiments and implementations, it is to be understood that the terminology used is for the purpose of descriptive clarity and that it is intended to be limited only by the words recited in the appended claims. The scope of the present application shall be limited only by the claims.

[0030] While the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described with respect to particular embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Therefore, the scope of the application should not be limited by the embodiments, but should be defined only in accordance with the following claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A modular food preparation and vending machine, characterized by, The application relates to a food storage cabinet for storing meal boxes containing food to be cooked, the food storage cabinet comprising a cabinet body and a meal box storage structure and a meal box transfer structure in the cabinet body, a meal box outlet is arranged on the side wall of the cabinet body on the side of the food storage cabinet which is connected to the food cooking cabinet, the meal box transfer structure is used for outputting the meal boxes on the meal box storage structure through the meal box outlet of the food storage cabinet, a food cooking cabinet comprises a cabinet body and a cooking unit and a food output unit for outputting cooked food in the cabinet body, meal box inlets and outlets are arranged on the two sides of the cabinet body along the distribution direction of the food cooking cabinet and the cabinet body, a meal box conveying belt is arranged in the cabinet body and is used for receiving the meal boxes conveyed through the meal box outlet of the food storage cabinet, the meal box conveying belt connects the two meal box inlets and outlets together, a meal box taking structure is used for transferring the meal boxes on the meal box conveying belt to the food cooking unit, and the meal box outlet of the food storage cabinet is connected to the meal box inlet and outlet of the food cooking cabinet.

2. A modular food preparation and vending machine according to claim 1, wherein, The food cooking cabinet comprises at least two food cooking cabinets, the meal box inlets and outlets of all the food cooking cabinets are connected together in sequence, the cabinet body comprises two cabinet bodies, the food cooking cabinets are arranged between the two cabinet bodies, the meal box outlet of one food storage cabinet is connected to the meal box inlet and outlet of the food cooking cabinet which is located on one side edge and is away from the other cabinet body, and the meal box outlet of the other food storage cabinet is connected to the meal box inlet and outlet of the food cooking cabinet which is located on the other side edge and is away from the cabinet body.

3. The modular food preparation and vending machine of claim 1, wherein, The meal box storage structure comprises a plurality of vertical isolation frame groups arranged in the cabinet body along the up-down direction, the vertical isolation frames in the same vertical isolation frame group are arranged along the left-right direction, the adjacent vertical isolation frames in the same vertical isolation frame group form meal box storage channels, a vertical channel is formed between the vertical isolation frame group and one side wall of the front and back side walls of the cabinet body, the meal box transfer structure comprises a meal box output table in the vertical channel, a left-right translation structure for driving the meal box output table to move along the left-right direction, a lifting structure for driving the left-right translation structure to move along the up-down direction and a meal box conveying belt in the meal box storage channel and used for conveying the meal boxes towards the vertical channel, and the meal box conveying belt forms a bracket for supporting the meal boxes.

4. A modular food product cooking and vending machine as defined in claim 3 wherein, The meal box output table comprises a base frame, a plurality of supporting rollers rotatably connected to the base frame, a pushing frame for pushing the meal boxes on the supporting rollers along the left-right direction and a pushing frame translation structure for driving the pushing frame to move along the left-right direction, the supporting rollers are arranged along the front-back direction, and the supporting rollers extend along the left-right direction.

5. A modular food product cooking and vending machine as defined in claim 4 wherein, The pushing frame comprises a pushing plate located above the supporting rollers and a connecting leg arranged at the lower end of the pushing plate, gaps are formed between the adjacent supporting rollers, and the connecting leg extends into the lower part of the supporting rollers through the gaps and is connected to the pushing frame translation structure.

6. A modular food product cooking and vending machine as defined in claim 5 wherein, The push frame translation structure comprises left and right guide rods connected at both ends to the base frame, left and right lead screws rotatably connected to the base frame, and a push frame translation motor for driving the left and right lead screws to rotate, the left and right guide rods being arranged through the connecting feet, and the left and right lead screws being threadedly connected to the connecting feet.

7. A modular food product cooking and vending machine according to claim 6, wherein, The power output shaft of the push frame translation motor is connected with a push frame translation motor part synchronous pulley, the left and right lead screws are connected with a push frame part synchronous pulley, and the push frame translation motor part synchronous pulley and the push frame part synchronous pulley are connected together through a push frame part synchronous belt.

8. A modular food product cooking and vending machine as claimed in claim 3 or 4 or 5 wherein, The left and right translation structure comprises a left and right bracket, a left synchronous pulley arranged at the left end of the bracket, a right synchronous pulley arranged at the right end of the bracket, a left and right translation structure part driving motor, and a left and right translation structure part synchronous belt connecting the left synchronous pulley and the right synchronous pulley together, the meal box output table being slidably connected to the left and right bracket, and one side of the meal box output table being fixed together with the left and right translation structure part synchronous belt.

9. A modular food product cooking and vending machine as claimed in claim 3 or 4 or 5 wherein, The lifting structure comprises left and right upper rotating shafts, left and right lower rotating shafts, a lifting motor, two upper synchronous pulleys arranged at both ends of the left and right upper rotating shafts, two lower synchronous pulleys arranged at both ends of the left and right lower rotating shafts, and two lifting synchronous belts one-to-one corresponding to and connecting the two upper synchronous pulleys and the two lower synchronous pulleys together, the lifting motor being used for driving one of the left and right upper rotating shafts and the left and right lower rotating shafts to rotate.

10. A modular food product cooking and vending machine as claimed in claim 3 or 4 or 5 wherein, A plurality of horizontal partition plates are further included, the vertical partition frame is a plate structure, the number of the horizontal partition plates is the same as the number of the vertical partition frame groups, the horizontal partition plates are one-to-one correspondingly connected to the lower ends of the vertical partition frame groups, the meal box storage channel is blocked at the lower end by the horizontal partition plates to form a meal box storage groove, and the meal box conveying belt is located in the meal box storage groove.

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