Lunch box transferring structure of food cooking vending machine

Abstract

The utility model relates to a lunch box transferring structure of a food cooking vending machine. The lunch box transferring structure comprises a transverse partition plate with a lunch box input hole, two food cooking structures located on the transverse partition plate and distributed in the left-right direction, and an objective table located below the transverse partition plate and used for transferring a lunch box to the lunch box input hole. The food cooking device further comprises a meal box shifting structure for transferring meal boxes conveyed from the meal box input hole to the food cooking structure. The meal box transferring structure of the food cooking vending machine is good in reliability when the meal box is transferred to the heating mechanism, and the problems that an existing device is large in occupied height space and poor in reliability when the meal box is lifted through a mechanical arm to be transferred are solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to food cooking and processing supplies, and more particularly to a food container transfer structure for a food preparation and vending machine. Background Technology

[0002] To improve dining convenience, the applicant designed a food vending machine with publication number CN112716256A and the title "A Steamed Food Machine". Existing food vending machines transfer food containers from the food input port to the heating station using a robotic arm. This not only occupies a lot of vertical space (reducing the equipment's storage capacity) but also results in food containers falling off, leading to poor safety and reliability. Utility Model Content

[0003] The present invention aims to provide a reliable food container transfer structure for a food preparation and vending machine when transferring food containers to the heating mechanism, which solves the problems of existing equipment that uses a robotic arm to lift food containers for transfer, resulting in large space occupation and poor reliability.

[0004] The above technical problems are solved by the following technical solution: a food container transfer structure for a food preparation vending machine, comprising a horizontal partition with a food container input hole, two food preparation structures distributed along the left-right direction on the horizontal partition, and a platform below the horizontal partition for transferring food containers to the food container input hole. The characteristic feature is that it further includes a food container shifting structure for transferring food containers transported from the food container input hole to the food preparation structures. The food container shifting structure includes a longitudinal lever and a lever translation structure for driving the longitudinal lever to move left and right. The longitudinal lever is located between the two food preparation structures, and the longitudinal lever and the two food preparation structures are aligned in a straight line. When the lunchbox is turned to the right, the vertical lever first stops on the left side of the lunchbox input hole. After the lunchbox exits from the input hole, it is located on the right side of the lever. Then, the lever translation structure drives the lunchbox to move to the right. Similarly, when the lunchbox is turned to the left, the vertical lever first stops on the right side of the lunchbox input hole. After the lunchbox exits from the input hole, it is located on the left side of the lever. Then, the lever translation structure drives the lunchbox to the left. When both heating structures are cooking food at the same time, the lever only needs to move to the left once and then to the right. There is no need to reset the lever. This allows the design of a single lunchbox moving structure for dual heating structures to reduce the movement required for the lunchbox moving structure due to reset. In other words, one lunchbox turning action is the reset action for the next action.

[0005] Preferably, the food preparation structure has a food output chamber at the front, and the food container input port is located between the two food output chambers. The platform includes a frame and several support rollers rotatably connected to the steps to support the food containers. The support rollers extend in the left-right direction. The platform also includes pulleys at the ends of the support rollers, a belt connecting the pulleys together, and a belt drive motor for driving the belt. This reduces the waiting time for the platform to unload food.

[0006] Preferably, the front side of the platform is provided with a baffle to prevent the lunchboxes from falling off the platform. This improves the reliability of lunchbox transfer.

[0007] Preferably, the device also includes two guide rods arranged in a V-shape above the partition. The narrower end of the two guide rods is located above the food container input hole, and the wider end is located between the two food cooking structures. This allows for convenient and reliable transfer of the food container.

[0008] Preferably, when the support rollers convey the lunchbox to its limit position between the guide rods, the center of the lunchbox is located between the two guide rods. This improves the reliability of transferring the lunchbox.

[0009] Preferably, the guide rod has an outwardly bent elbow at one end of the guide rod located at the lunchbox inlet. This allows the lunchbox to be easily and reliably inserted between the two guide rods even when the spacing between the guide rods is small.

[0010] Preferably, the longitudinal lever has bends on both sides of the end facing the lunchbox input hole, and the other end is connected to the lever translation structure. This provides reliability when adjusting the lunchbox.

[0011] The utility model has the following advantages: two heating structures heat and cook food, which can cook two portions of food at the same time; when transferring the food container, there is no need for a robotic arm to lift and transfer it, which not only saves the height space of the equipment but also has good reliability. Attached Figure Description

[0012] Figure 1 This is a partial schematic diagram of the present invention;

[0013] Figure 2 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the present invention.

[0014] In the diagram: 4. Lunch box; 24. Cabinet; 25. Horizontal partition; 27. Platform; 26. Platform sliding structure; 28. Lunch box input hole; 29. ​​Food cooking structure; 30. Lunch box longitudinal sliding structure; 31. Lunch box displacement structure; 32. Food output chamber; 33. Horizontal push rod; 34. Horizontal push rod sliding structure; 35. Longitudinal lever; 36. Lever sliding structure; 37. Frame; 38. Support roller; 39. Pulley; 40. Baffle; 41. Guide rod; 42. Guide rod bend; 43. Lever bend; 44. Electric furnace; 45. Steam heating structure. Detailed Implementation

[0015] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0016] See Figure 1 and Figure 2 A food container transfer structure for a food preparation vending machine includes a cabinet 24. The cabinet is separated into a food storage space and a food preparation space above the storage space by a horizontal partition 25. One end of the food storage space has several support racks 1 distributed vertically, and the other end has a food container transfer space. The food container transfer space includes a platform 27, a platform translation structure 26 that drives the platform to move left and right, and a platform lifting structure that drives the platform translation structure to rise and fall. A food container input hole 28 is located in the middle of the horizontal partition. The food preparation space includes two food preparation structures 29 located on the left and right sides of the food container input hole, two food container longitudinal transfer structures 30, and a food container shifting structure 31 that transfers food containers from the input hole to the food preparation structures. A food output chamber 32 is located in front of the food preparation structures. The food output chamber has an output door at the front and an input door at the rear. The two food container longitudinal transfer structures are used to transfer food containers located at the two food preparation structures one-to-one to the two food output chambers. The lunchbox longitudinal movement structure includes a transverse push rod 33 located above the electric stove and a transverse push rod translation structure 34 that drives the transverse push rod to move back and forth.

[0017] The lunchbox shifting structure includes a longitudinal lever 35 and a lever translation structure 36 that drives the longitudinal lever to move left and right. The longitudinal lever is located between the two food cooking structures, and the longitudinal lever, the two food cooking structures, and the longitudinal lever are aligned in a straight line. When the lunchbox is shifted to the right, the longitudinal lever first stops on the left side of the lunchbox input hole. After the lunchbox exits from the lunchbox input hole, it is located on the right side of the lever, and then the lever translation structure drives the lunchbox to move to the right. Similarly, when the lunchbox is shifted to the left, the longitudinal lever first stops on the right side of the lunchbox input hole. After the lunchbox exits from the lunchbox input hole, it is located on the left side of the lever, and then the lever translation structure drives the lunchbox to move to the left. When both heating structures cook food simultaneously, the lever only needs to move left once and then right once, without the need for lever reset. The lunchbox input hole is located between the two food output chambers. The lunchbox transfer space is located at the front of the food storage space. The platform includes a frame 37 and several support rollers 38 rotatably connected to the steps to support the lunchboxes. The support rollers extend in the left-right direction. The platform also includes pulleys 39 at the ends of the support rollers, a belt connecting the pulleys, and a belt drive motor that drives the belt to rotate. When the lunchbox is transferred to the platform, the belt drive motor drives the support rollers to rotate forward. When the platform lifts the lunchbox through the lunchbox inlet into the food cooking space, the belt drive motor drives the support rollers to rotate backward, thus transferring the lunchbox to one side of the longitudinal lever. A baffle 40 is provided on the front side of the platform to prevent the lunchbox from falling off the platform. It also includes two guide rods 41 arranged in a V-shape above the partition. The narrower end of the two guide rods is located above the lunchbox inlet, and the wider end is located between the two food cooking structures. When the support rollers transport the lunchbox to its limit position between the guide rods, the center of the lunchbox is located between the two guide rods. The guide rod has an outwardly bent guide rod elbow 42 at one end located at the food container input hole. The longitudinal lever has lever elbows 43 on both sides of the end facing the food container input hole, and the other end is connected to the lever translation structure. The food cooking structure includes an electric furnace 44 and a steam heating structure 45. The electric furnace serves as a support platform for the food container when the steam heating structure heats the food. The steam heating structure is an existing structure.

[0018] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Furthermore, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes said element.

[0019] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A food container transfer structure for a food preparation vending machine, comprising a horizontal partition with a food container input hole, two food preparation structures distributed along a left-right direction on the horizontal partition, and a platform located below the horizontal partition for transferring food containers to the food container input hole, characterized in that, It also includes a lunchbox shifting structure that transfers lunchboxes from the lunchbox input hole to the food cooking structure. The lunchbox shifting structure includes a longitudinal lever and a lever translation structure that drives the longitudinal lever to move left and right. The longitudinal lever is located between the two food cooking structures, and the longitudinal lever and the two food cooking structures are in a straight line. A food output chamber is provided in front of the food cooking structure. The lunchbox input hole is located between the two food output chambers. The platform includes a frame and several support rollers rotatably connected to the steps to support the lunchboxes. The support rollers extend in the left and right direction. The platform also includes pulleys at the ends of the support rollers, a belt connecting the pulleys together, and a belt drive motor that drives the belt to rotate.

2. The food container transfer structure of a food preparation vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The front of the platform is equipped with a baffle to prevent the lunchbox from falling off the platform.

3. The food container transfer structure of a food preparation vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, It also includes two guide rods arranged in a figure-eight shape above the partition. The narrower end of the two guide rods is located above the food container input hole, and the wider end is located between the two food cooking structures.

4. The food container transfer structure of a food preparation vending machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, When the support rollers convey the lunchbox to its limit position between the guide rods, the center of the lunchbox is located between the two guide rods.

5. The food container transfer structure of a food preparation vending machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, The guide rod has an outwardly bent elbow at one end of the guide rod located at the lunch box input hole.

6. The food container transfer structure of a food preparation vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The longitudinal lever has bends on both sides of the end facing the lunchbox input hole, and the other end is connected to the lever translation structure.

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