Chopstick discharging structure of hot dry noodle vending machine
By designing a stabilizing component and a blocking component to work together, the problem of the cumbersome chopstick dispensing structure in hot dry noodles vending machines was solved, enabling chopsticks to fall accurately and stably into the hot dry noodles bowl, thus improving the user experience.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-09
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-24
AI Technical Summary
The existing hot dry noodles vending machine has a rather cumbersome chopstick dispensing mechanism, which affects the customer experience.
Design a chopstick delivery structure that includes a stabilizing component, a pushing component, and a blocking component. Utilize proximity switches, electromagnets, and photoelectric switches to work together to ensure that the chopsticks fall accurately into the bowl of hot dry noodles and prevent multiple chopsticks from falling at the same time.
It improves the stability and efficiency of dispensing chopsticks, enhances the user experience, and simplifies the usage steps.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to hot dry noodles vending machine technical field, concretely is a kind of chopsticks structure of hot dry noodles vending machine. BACKGROUND
[0002] Hot dry noodles as the unique food of Wuhan, are deeply loved by the majority of people, hot dry noodles vending machine provides noodles, bowl, various condiments, also need to provide chopsticks, with the continuous development of science and technology, people's life rhythm is accelerating, hot dry noodles vending machine market is also expanding.
[0003] And common automatic vending machine (not limited to hot dry noodles) chopsticks on the market are relatively cumbersome, and can affect customer experience, the automatic vending machine on the market generally sets an automatic chopsticks dispenser near noodle outlet, or directly places a cage of chopsticks, which needs additional operation by the user, so that the customer has more dining steps, and the customer experience is affected. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT
[0004] In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a chopsticks structure of hot dry noodles vending machine, which has the advantages of convenient chopsticks output and good customer experience, and solves the problem of customer experience affected by additional operation for taking chopsticks.
[0005] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a chopsticks structure of hot dry noodles vending machine, which comprises a stable assembly, the stable assembly is composed of a right side plate, a left side plate, a placing plate and a relay plate, a push chopsticks assembly for stably pushing chopsticks is arranged between the right side plate and the left side plate, a blocking assembly for controlling the number of chopsticks is arranged on the front side of the stable assembly, an inclined plate is fixed between the right side plate and the left side plate and located behind the blocking assembly, a proximity switch is fixed on the right side plate, a blocking plate is fixed between the right side plate and the left side plate, and the blocking plate is located between the blocking assembly and the inclined plate.
[0006] The push chopsticks assembly comprises a bottom plate fixed on one side opposite to the right side plate and the left side plate, the bottom plate is inclined, a linear module is fixed at the back of the bottom plate, a push plate is fixed at the output end of the linear module, and two top plates are fixed at the back of the push plate.
[0007] Further, one side opposite to the right side plate and the left side plate is fixed with the placing plate, and one side opposite to the right side plate and the left side plate and located in front of the placing plate is fixed with the relay plate.
[0008] Further, the placing plate is bent, two anti-blocking holes are formed in the bottom of the placing plate, and the two anti-blocking holes are matched with the top plates respectively.
[0009] Further, the top of the push plate is provided with a let slot, the relay plate extends into the let slot and is movably connected with the let slot, and the blocking plate is attached to the front side of the push plate.
[0010] Further, the blocking assembly comprises a supporting plate fixed to the back side of the right side plate and the left side plate, the inner right wall of the supporting plate is fixed with an electromagnet, a rotating rod is rotatably connected between the left and right side walls of the inner cavity of the supporting plate through a bearing, the front side of the rotating rod is fixed with a baffle, the top of the rotating rod is fixed with a connecting rod attached to the output end of the electromagnet, and the bottom of the supporting plate is fixed with a photoelectric switch.
[0011] Further, the inner bottom wall of the supporting plate is provided with a sensing hole, and the photoelectric switch faces the sensing hole.
[0012] Further, a plurality of communication holes are formed in the baffle, and the plurality of communication holes are arranged in a uniform distribution.
[0013] Further, the top of the push plate is provided with a let slot, the relay plate extends into the let slot and is movably connected with the let slot, and the blocking plate is attached to the front side of the push plate.
[0014] Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme has the following beneficial effects:
[0015] The chopstick dropping structure of the hot dry noodles vending machine, when the push bowl structure in the vending machine pushes the hot dry noodles bowl to the front of the blocking assembly, the proximity switch senses the hot dry noodles bowl, and the blocking assembly is opened to ensure that the chopsticks fall into the hot dry noodles bowl. When the chopstick at the front of the blocking assembly falls out, other chopsticks in the blocking assembly move downward due to gravity, and the photoelectric switch senses the chopsticks, so that the blocking assembly is closed to prevent multiple chopsticks from falling at the same time. The push chopstick assembly can also supplement the chopsticks in the blocking assembly in time. When the customer takes the hot dry noodles, the chopsticks have already appeared in the hot dry noodles bowl, and the user experience is improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0016] Fig. 1 It is a structural schematic view of the utility model;
[0017] Fig. 2 It is a left view of the push chopstick assembly of the utility model;
[0018] Fig. 3 It is a rear view of the structure of the utility model.
[0019] In the figure: 1 stable assembly, 101 right side plate, 102 left side plate, 103 placing plate, 104 relay plate, 2 push chopsticks assembly, 201 bottom plate, 202 linear module, 203 push plate, 204 top plate, 3 blocking assembly, 301 supporting plate, 302 electromagnet, 303 rotating rod, 304 blocking plate, 305 connecting rod, 306 photoelectric switch, 4 inclined plate, 5 proximity switch, 6 blocking plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0020] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
[0021] Please refer to Figs. 1 to 3 The push chopsticks structure of the hot dry noodles vending machine in the embodiment comprises a stable assembly 1, the stable assembly 1 is composed of a right side plate 101, a left side plate 102, a placing plate 103 and a relay plate 104, a push chopsticks assembly 2 for stably pushing chopsticks is arranged between the right side plate 101 and the left side plate 102, a blocking assembly 3 for controlling the number of pushed chopsticks is arranged at the front side of the stable assembly 1, an inclined plate 4 is fixed between the right side plate 101 and the left side plate 102 and behind the blocking assembly 3, the inclined plate 4 is used for blocking chopsticks, when the push chopsticks assembly 2 pushes the chopsticks into the blocking assembly 3, the push chopsticks assembly 2 also pushes the chopsticks in the placing plate 103, so as to avoid the blockage of the chopsticks, a proximity switch 5 is fixed on the right side plate 101, a blocking plate 6 is fixed between the right side plate 101 and the left side plate 102, and the blocking plate 6 is located between the blocking assembly 3 and the inclined plate 4.
[0022] Further, the side opposite to the right side plate 101 and the left side plate 102 is fixed with the placing plate 103, the placing plate 103 is used for placing a large number of chopsticks, and cooperates with the inclined plate 4 to form a space for stably placing chopsticks, and the side opposite to the right side plate 101 and the left side plate 102 and located in front of the placing plate 103 is fixed with the relay plate 104.
[0023] In addition, the push chopsticks assembly 2 comprises a bottom plate 201 fixed on the side opposite to the right side plate 101 and the left side plate 102, the bottom plate 201 can provide good and stable support force for the push chopsticks assembly 2 as a whole, the bottom plate 201 is inclined, a linear module 202 is fixed at the rear of the bottom plate 201, the linear module 202 provides power for the movement of a push plate 203 and two top plates 204, the output end of the linear module 202 is fixed with the push plate 203, and the rear of the push plate 203 is fixed with the two top plates 204.
[0024] It can be known that the placement plate 103 is bent, the bent placement plate 103 can avoid the chopsticks from falling out of the stable assembly 1, and help the chopsticks to reach the push plate 203 under the action of gravity, the bottom of the placement plate 103 is provided with two anti-blocking holes, the two anti-blocking holes are matched with the top plate 204 respectively, the top plate 204 can move into the placement plate 103 through the anti-blocking hole, so as to realize the pushing of the chopsticks in the placement plate 103, avoid the chopsticks in the placement plate 103 from being blocked, the top of the push plate 203 is provided with a gap slot, the relay plate 104 extends into the gap slot and is movably connected with the gap slot, the blocking plate 6 is attached to the front side of the push plate 203, the top of the push plate 203 and the front and back sides of the gap slot are in a front high and rear low shape, and the top of the relay plate 104 is in an inclined shape.
[0025] In the embodiment, first, the chopsticks will move to the top of the push plate 203 due to the action of gravity, as the push plate 203 moves upward, the chopsticks will move from the relatively lower position to the relay plate 104, when the push plate 203 moves to the lowest point, the chopsticks can move from the relay plate 104 to the higher position of the push plate 203, and when the push plate 203 moves upward, the chopsticks can be smoothly pushed into the blocking assembly 3.
[0026] Please refer to Figs. 1 to 3 , in order to improve the stability of the chopsticks, the blocking assembly 3 in the embodiment includes a supporting plate 301 fixed to the side opposite to the right side plate 101 and the left side plate 102, the supporting plate 301 can provide support force for the whole blocking assembly 3, and can place more chopsticks, the supporting plate 301 is inclined downward, the inner right wall of the supporting plate 301 is fixed with an electromagnet 302, the left and right side walls of the inner cavity of the supporting plate 301 are rotatably connected with a rotating rod 303 through a bearing, the connecting rod 305 is composed of a swing rod, a moving rod and a hinge shaft, the swing rod is fixed to the top of the rotating rod 303, the moving rod is attracted to the output end of the electromagnet 302, a long hole is formed in the swing rod, the inner side of the moving rod is fixed with the hinge shaft, and the hinge shaft penetrates through the long hole, so that the front and back direction force output by the electromagnet 302 is converted into the power for the rotating of the rotating rod 303, the front side of the rotating rod 303 is fixed with a baffle 304, the top of the rotating rod 303 is fixed with the connecting rod 305 which is attached to the output end of the electromagnet 302, the bottom of the supporting plate 301 is fixed with a photoelectric switch 306, the photoelectric switch 306 is used for sensing whether the chopsticks move or not, the inner bottom wall of the supporting plate 301 is provided with a sensing hole, the photoelectric switch 306 is opposite to the sensing hole, a plurality of communication holes are formed in the baffle 304, and the plurality of communication holes are arranged in a uniform manner.
[0027] In the embodiment, a linear motor or a cylinder can be used to replace the electromagnet 302, or a motor plus a crank connecting rod structure can be used to realize linear motion, the whole structure is relatively simple, the movement space of the chopsticks is large, and the cleaning dead angle can be reduced.
[0028] It can be understood that the device cooperates the linear module 202 and the blocking assembly 3 to realize progressive conveying of the chopsticks, improve the stability of the chopsticks, and improve the efficiency and success rate of the chopstick dropping, and effectively improve the use experience of the user.
[0029] The electric elements in the text are electrically connected with the controller and the power supply, the control mode of the utility model is controlled by the controller, the control circuit of the controller can be realized by simple programming of the person skilled in the art, the power supply also belongs to the common knowledge in the art, and the utility model is mainly used for protecting the mechanical device, so the control mode and the circuit connection of the utility model are not explained in detail.
[0030] The working principle of the above embodiment is as follows:
[0031] When the hot and dry noodles are conveyed to the position directly below the blocking assembly 3, the proximity switch 5 will identify, and then the output end of the electromagnet 302 will pull the connecting rod 305 backward, so as to drive the rotating rod 303 to rotate, at this time, the baffle 304 will be opened, and the chopsticks will fall into the bowl due to the gravity, at this time, due to the falling of the frontmost chopsticks, the other chopsticks in the supporting plate 301 will slide downward due to the gravity, at this time, the photoelectric switch 306 will be sensed, so as to drive the output end of the electromagnet 302 to move forward, and the power is transmitted to the rotating rod 303 through the connecting rod 305, so as to further drive the baffle 304 to close, so as to avoid too many chopsticks from falling, and at the same time, the linear module 202 will be started, and the chopsticks will be pushed into the supporting plate 301 through the push plate 203.
[0032] It should be noted that in this text, relational terms such as first and second and the like are used merely to distinguish one entity or action from another, without necessarily requiring or implying any such actual relationship or order between or among the entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "comprises a" does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes the element.
[0033] Although the embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, replacements and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirits of the utility model.
Claims
1. A chopstick dispensing structure for a hot dry noodles vending machine, comprising a stabilizing component (1), characterized in that: The stabilizing component (1) consists of a right side plate (101), a left side plate (102), a placement plate (103), and a relay plate (104). A chopstick pushing component (2) for stably pushing chopsticks is provided between the right side plate (101) and the left side plate (102). A blocking component (3) for controlling the number of chopsticks is provided on the front side of the stabilizing component (1). An inclined plate (4) is fixed between the right side plate (101) and the left side plate (102) and behind the blocking component (3). A proximity switch (5) is fixed on the right side plate (101). A blocking plate (6) is fixed between the right side plate (101) and the left side plate (102). The blocking plate (6) is located between the blocking component (3) and the inclined plate (4). The push chopstick assembly (2) includes a base plate (201) fixed to one side opposite to the right side plate (101) and the left side plate (102). The base plate (201) is inclined. A linear module (202) is fixed behind the base plate (201). A push plate (203) is fixed at the output end of the linear module (202). Two top plates (204) are fixed behind the push plate (203).
2. The chopstick dispensing structure of a hot dry noodles vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The right side plate (101) and the left side plate (102) are fixed to the placement plate (103) on opposite sides, and the right side plate (101) and the left side plate (102) are fixed to the relay plate (104) on opposite sides and in front of the placement plate (103).
3. The chopstick dispensing structure of a hot dry noodles vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The placement plate (103) is bent, and two anti-clogging holes are provided at the bottom of the placement plate (103), and the two anti-clogging holes are respectively adapted to the top plate (204).
4. The chopstick dispensing structure of a hot dry noodles vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top of the push plate (203) is provided with a clearance groove, the relay plate (104) extends into the clearance groove and is movably connected to the clearance groove, and the blocking plate (6) is attached to the front side of the push plate (203).
5. The chopstick dispensing structure of a hot dry noodles vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The blocking assembly (3) includes a support plate (301) fixed to the opposite side of the right side plate (101) and the left side plate (102). An electromagnet (302) is fixed to the inner right wall of the support plate (301). A rotating rod (303) is rotatably connected between the left and right side walls of the inner cavity of the support plate (301) through a bearing. A baffle (304) is fixed to the front side of the rotating rod (303). A connecting rod (305) that fits against the output end of the electromagnet (302) is fixed to the top of the rotating rod (303). A photoelectric switch (306) is fixed to the bottom of the support plate (301).
6. The chopstick dispensing structure of a hot dry noodles vending machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The inner bottom wall of the tray (301) is provided with a sensing hole, and the photoelectric switch (306) is directly opposite the sensing hole.
7. The chopstick dispensing structure of a hot dry noodles vending machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The baffle (304) has multiple connecting holes, which are evenly distributed.
8. The chopstick dispensing structure of a hot dry noodles vending machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: The top of the push plate (203) and the front and rear sides of the relief groove are in a high-low shape, and the top of the relay plate (104) is inclined.