Beverage rack structure with lifting function and beverage cabinet

Abstract

The utility model discloses a beverage shelf structure and beverage cabinet with automatic lifting function relates to beverage cabinet technical field. Beverage shelf structure includes the thing platform, lifting mechanism, spacing component, and the thing platform is equipped with a plurality of beverage layers along the height direction, and the beverage layer includes a plurality of bottles of beverage, and the lifting mechanism is used for driving the thing platform ascending movement, and the spacing component is a plurality of blocking pieces arranged on the lifting movement path of the thing platform, and the blocking piece is used for blocking the thing platform, and when the layer number of beverage layer is invariable, is driven by the lifting mechanism and is lifted and moves. A kind of beverage shelf structure with automatic lifting function of the utility model, by setting spacing component, so that: only when the beverage on the thing platform is reduced according to layer number, the thing platform will ascend and move action, and the beverage on the thing platform will correspond to rise to facilitate access, to avoid the influence that the beverage of uppermost layer is accessed and sold.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of beverage cabinet technology, and in particular to a beverage rack structure and beverage cabinet with lifting function. Background Technology

[0002] Existing technology discloses an automatic beverage lift cabinet, comprising: a cabinet body, a refrigeration component, a shelf, and a balancer. A refrigeration chamber is formed inside the cabinet body; the refrigeration component is installed inside the cabinet body and cools the refrigeration chamber; the shelf is movably disposed within the refrigeration chamber; the balancer is connected to the shelf; the balancer causes the shelf to descend within the cabinet body when the load increases and to rise within the cabinet body when the load decreases. This invention, by setting up a balancer, allows the shelf to rise and fall according to its load, ensuring that beverages on the shelf are close to the top of the refrigeration chamber for easy user access. This invention uses a balancer to achieve force balance; its structure is simple, stable, and can be reused repeatedly for a long time. An auxiliary lifting structure is provided on the shelf to make the lifting and lowering of the shelf more stable and smooth.

[0003] However, this automatic beverage lift still has the following defects:

[0004] When the number of drinks taken is less than the total number of drinks on the top shelf, the number of drinks on the shelf will decrease (the load on the shelf will decrease), the extension length of the balancer's telescopic rope will shorten, and the shelf will rise and move.

[0005] Meanwhile, when the cabinet door is at the top of the lift cabinet and the user opens the door to take out a beverage, the remaining beverage on the top shelf will move upwards and protrude above the cabinet door, causing the operation of closing the cabinet door again to be blocked by the remaining beverage on the top shelf, making it inconvenient to close the cabinet door.

[0006] When the cabinet door is located on the side of the lifting cabinet, the remaining beverages on the top shelf will move upwards and come into contact with the top of the lifting cabinet under the tension of the balancer's telescopic rope, making it inconvenient to take out the beverages. Furthermore, if the beverage container is too soft, the beverage container will be severely deformed or even broken by the squeezing and pressing of the shelf and the lifting cabinet, affecting the sale of the beverages. Utility Model Content

[0007] This utility model provides a beverage rack structure and beverage cabinet with lifting function. By setting a limiting component, the platform will only move upward when the number of beverages on the platform decreases according to the number of layers, and the beverages on the platform will rise accordingly for easy access, so as to avoid affecting the access and sale of the beverages on the top layer, thereby solving the above-mentioned technical problem.

[0008] The technical solution of this utility model to solve the above problems is: to provide a beverage rack structure and beverage cabinet with lifting function. The beverage rack structure includes a carrying platform, a lifting mechanism, and a limiting component. The carrying platform is provided with multiple beverage layers along the height direction. Each beverage layer includes several bottles of beverage. The lifting mechanism is used to drive the carrying platform to move upward. The limiting component consists of several blocking members set on the lifting movement path of the carrying platform. The blocking members are used to prevent the carrying platform from being driven to move upward by the lifting mechanism when the number of beverage layers remains unchanged.

[0009] Furthermore, the lifting mechanism includes at least one lifting member that is connected at one end to the loading platform and fixed at the uppermost end of the lifting movement path of the loading platform, and is in an elastically stretched state. The lifting member uses its tension in the elastically stretched state to pull the loading platform upward.

[0010] Furthermore, there are multiple lifting components, which are arranged around the loading platform and are all fixedly connected to the bottom center of the loading platform.

[0011] Furthermore, the lifting component is a spring bar.

[0012] Furthermore, each of the beverage layers has the same weight, and the blocking member is an elastic blocking member. When the blocking member deforms to the point that it can no longer block the loading platform, the magnitude of the external force it receives is exactly the weight of one of the beverage layers.

[0013] Furthermore, the multiple beverage layers have the same height, and the distance between any two adjacent blocking members is less than or equal to the height of one beverage layer.

[0014] Furthermore, the beverage rack structure also includes a guide mechanism for guiding the vertical lifting and movement of the loading platform. The guide mechanism includes a vertically arranged guide rail and a sliding sleeve that is slidably sleeved on the guide rail and fixedly disposed on the side of the loading platform.

[0015] Furthermore, the inner wall of the sliding sleeve is also provided with rolling elements to facilitate the sliding of the sliding sleeve on the guide rail.

[0016] Furthermore, several of the aforementioned blocking elements are disposed on the guide rail.

[0017] Furthermore, the rolling element is a ball or a roller.

[0018] This utility model also provides a beverage cabinet, wherein at least one of the above-mentioned beverage rack structures is provided inside the beverage cabinet.

[0019] The beneficial effects of this utility model are:

[0020] 1. Under the limiting effect of the limiting components, the loading platform will only rise layer by layer; when the cabinet door is located on the side of the beverage cabinet, it can effectively prevent the top beverage bottle from being clamped and limited by the loading platform and the top cabinet wall of the beverage cabinet, thus avoiding the problem of difficulty in taking out the beverage bottle.

[0021] When the cabinet door is located at the top of the beverage cabinet, the platform will not rise as long as the beverages in the topmost beverage layer have not been completely taken out, thanks to the limiting component. This prevents the beverages from rising and obstructing the closing of the cabinet door.

[0022] 2. Multiple lifting components are arranged around the loading platform, and all of the lifting components are fixedly connected to the bottom center of the loading platform. This allows the loading platform to rise and move smoothly under the guidance of the guiding mechanism, which greatly reduces the probability of beverages falling off the loading platform when it rises. Attached Figure Description

[0023] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present invention. In these drawings, similar reference numerals are used to denote similar elements. The drawings described below are some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. Other drawings will be readily available to those skilled in the art based on these drawings without any inventive effort.

[0024] Figure 1 This is a front view of the overall structure of the beverage rack in this embodiment;

[0025] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the working principle of the guiding mechanism in this embodiment (a cross-sectional view of the guiding mechanism).

[0026] Figure 3 for Figure 2 A magnified view of a portion of the image;

[0027] 1-Carrying platform, 2-Lifting component, 3-Blocking component, 4-Beverage layer, 5-Guiding mechanism, 51-Guide rail, 52-Sliding sleeve, 53-Rolling component. Detailed Implementation

[0028] The directional terms such as up, down, left, right, front, back, front, back, top, and bottom mentioned or possibly used in this specification are defined relative to the construction shown in the accompanying drawings. The terms "inner" and "outer" refer to directions toward or away from the geometric center of a specific component, respectively. These are relative concepts and may therefore vary depending on their location and usage. Therefore, these or other directional terms should not be interpreted as restrictive.

[0029] Please see Figures 1 to 3 A beverage rack structure with lifting function according to a specific embodiment of this utility model mainly includes a carrying platform 1, a lifting mechanism, and a limiting component. The carrying platform 1 is horizontally movably arranged in the beverage cabinet, and three beverage layers 4 are stacked on the carrying platform 1, with the three beverage layers 4 having equal weight. The lifting mechanism is configured to be fixedly connected at the upper end to the top inner wall of the beverage cabinet and fixedly connected at the lower end to the lifting member 2 with the carrying platform 1. The lifting member 2 is always in an elastic tension state when used to lift the carrying platform 1, so as to ensure that when the total weight of the beverages on the carrying platform 1 is lower than the current elastic tension of the lifting member 2, the carrying platform 1 will be pulled up by the lifting member 2. The limiting component includes three vertically arranged blocking members 3, all of which are arranged on the lifting movement path of the carrying platform 1.

[0030] In response, when the platform 1 is filled with three beverage layers 4, the platform 1 is initially blocked and limited by the bottommost blocking member 3. As beverages are removed from the platform 1 to gradually reduce the weight of the beverages on the platform 1, until all the beverages in the current topmost beverage layer 4 of the platform 1 are removed, the platform 1 will be blocked and limited by the bottommost blocking member 3 and will not be pulled up by the lifting mechanism. When all the beverages in the current topmost beverage layer 4 of the platform 1 are removed, the blocking member 3 will no longer block the platform 1, so that the platform 1 can be lifted and moved by the lifting mechanism as the number of beverage layers 4 on it decreases.

[0031] In some embodiments, in order to ensure that the blocking member 3 can function normally when the number of beverage layers 4 on the platform 1 remains constant, and lose its blocking function when the number of beverage layers 4 on the platform 1 decreases, the blocking member 3 is configured as an elastic blocking member. The blocking member 3 is made of elastic rubber. After the blocking member 3 is squeezed and deformed to a certain extent by the platform 1, it will no longer be able to block the platform 1 from moving. The blocking member 3 can also elastically return to its original shape after the platform 1 leaves, so as to be reused multiple times. The external force required for the blocking member 3 to deform to the point that it can no longer block the platform 1 is exactly equivalent to the weight of one beverage layer 4.

[0032] In this embodiment, when the platform 1 is blocked by the bottommost blocking member 3, those skilled in the art can select a lifting member 2 with a specific elastic coefficient so that when all the beverages in the topmost beverage layer 4 of the platform 1 are removed, the pulling force generated by the lifting member 2 at the length when the platform 1 is blocked by the bottommost blocking member 3 is exactly equal to the sum of the weights of the three beverage layers 4. That is, the sum of the pulling force of the lifting member 2 and the weight of the remaining two beverage layers 4 on the platform 1 is an upward lifting force with a magnitude equal to the weight of one beverage layer 4. Thus, the lifting member 2 can pull the platform 1 upward to push the bottommost blocking member 3 and deform the bottommost blocking member 3 to the point that it can no longer block the platform 1 from rising, thereby causing the platform 1 to rise and move.

[0033] Afterwards, once the platform 1 passes the bottommost blocking member 3, the length of the lifting member 2 will shorten, and the pulling force of the lifting member 2 will decrease accordingly. After the platform 1 is pulled by the lifting member 2 to the height position blocked by the middle blocking member 3, it will no longer be able to deform the middle blocking member 3 and continue to rise. At this time, the pulling force of the lifting member 2 at the length when the platform 1 is blocked by the middle blocking member 3 is the sum of the weights of the two beverage layers 4. Until all the beverages in the middle beverage layer 4 are taken out, the sum of the pulling force of the lifting member 2 and the weight of the only remaining beverage layer 4 on the platform 1 is exactly an upward lifting force with the same magnitude as the weight of one beverage layer 4, so that the middle blocking member 3 can deform to the point that it can no longer block the platform 1, thereby causing the bottommost beverage layer 4 to rise to the top of the beverage cabinet.

[0034] In this embodiment, there are only three beverage layers 4. When the bottom beverage layer 4 is lifted and moved to the top of the beverage cabinet and the carrying platform 1 is blocked by the top blocking member 3, the pulling force of the lifting member 2 will always be less than the sum of the weights of the two beverage layers 4, so that the carrying platform 1 can remain blocked by the top blocking member 3, so as to facilitate the use of beverages.

[0035] It should be noted that in this embodiment, to facilitate the installation of the blocking members 3, all beverages on a platform 1 are of the same size and weight, ensuring that the three beverage layers 4 have the same weight and the same height. This allows the distance between any two adjacent blocking members 3 to be equal to the height of one beverage layer 4. Furthermore, in applications where it is not necessary to lift the beverages to a position very close to the top of the beverage cabinet, the distance between any two adjacent blocking members 3 can be set to a value less than the height of one beverage layer 4. This ensures that even after the beverage layer 4 on the platform 1 is lifted into position, there is still a significant gap between it and the top of the beverage cabinet, facilitating beverage retrieval.

[0036] In other embodiments, the distance between the blocking member 3 and the blocking member 3 above it can also be set to: the height of the beverage layer 4 at the top of the platform 1 when the blocking member 3 is blocking the platform 1; the magnitude of the external force on the blocking member 3 when it deforms to the point that it can no longer block the platform 1 can also be set to: the gravity of the beverage layer 4 at the top of the platform 1 when the blocking member 3 is blocking the platform 1.

[0037] In some embodiments, the lifting member 2 is a spring bar, so that within a certain length range, the tension of the lifting member 2 can increase linearly with the increase of the length of the lifting member 2, so as to meet the above-mentioned usage requirements.

[0038] In some embodiments, to facilitate lifting the platform 1 and the beverages thereon, the platform 1 is configured as a rectangular plate, with rollers provided at the four diagonal positions of the platform 1. Four lifting members 2 are respectively wound around the four rollers of the platform 1 and extend from the bottom of the rollers and are fixed to the center of the platform 1. In this regard, the four lifting members 2 can form a simple "net" at the bottom of the platform 1 to further improve the stability of the upward movement of the platform 1.

[0039] In some embodiments, to facilitate the setting of limiting components and further improve the stability of the upward movement of the loading platform 1, a guiding mechanism 5 is also provided between the side wall of the beverage cabinet and the loading platform 1. The guiding mechanism 5 includes a guide rail 51 vertically set at the side wall of the beverage cabinet and leaving a gap with the side wall, and a sliding sleeve 52 slidably sleeved on the guide rail 51. The guide rail 51 is a circular rail, and the sliding sleeve 52 is a circular ring. The inner diameter of the sliding sleeve 52 is larger than that of the guide rail 51. The inner wall of the sliding sleeve 52 is also provided with rolling elements 53 that roll in contact with the guide rail 51. Two rolling elements 53 are provided on each side of the guide rail 51. These four rolling elements 53 are also used to limit the sliding sleeve 52, so as to reduce the sliding resistance of the sliding sleeve 52 and prevent the sliding sleeve 52 from swaying left and right relative to the guide rail 51.

[0040] In some embodiments, the rolling element 53 is a ball embedded in the inner wall of the sliding sleeve 52 and capable of rolling within the hole; in other embodiments, the rolling element 53 may also be configured as a roller radially disposed within the sliding sleeve 52 and rotatably connected at both ends to the inner wall of the sliding sleeve 52, and the circumferential surface of the roller is further configured as an inwardly concave arc surface that fits against the outer circumferential surface of the guide rail 51.

[0041] In addition, in some embodiments, a plurality of blocking elements 3 are disposed on the guide rail 51.

[0042] In addition, this embodiment also includes a beverage cabinet, which has at least one beverage rack structure as described in the above embodiment.

[0043] Anything not mentioned above applies to existing technologies.

[0044] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this utility model, and are not intended to limit it. Although this utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made to some of the technical features; and these modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this utility model.

Claims

1. A beverage rack structure with a lifting function, characterized in that, The beverage rack structure includes a carrying platform (1), a lifting mechanism, and a limiting component. The carrying platform (1) has multiple beverage layers (4) along the height direction. Each beverage layer (4) contains several bottles of beverage, and each beverage layer (4) has the same weight. The lifting mechanism is used to drive the carrying platform (1) to move upward. The limiting component consists of several blocking members (3) set on the lifting and moving path of the carrying platform (1). The blocking members (3) are elastic blocking members. When the blocking member (3) deforms to the point that it can no longer block the carrying platform (1), the magnitude of the external force it receives is exactly the weight of one beverage layer (4).

2. The beverage rack structure as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The lifting mechanism includes at least one lifting member (2) that is connected at one end to the carrying platform (1) and fixed at the uppermost end of the lifting movement path of the carrying platform (1) and is in an elastically stretched state. The lifting member (2) uses its tension in the elastically stretched state to pull the carrying platform (1) upward.

3. The beverage rack structure as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The lifting member (2) is provided in multiple ways. The multiple lifting members (2) are arranged around the loading platform (1) and are all fixedly connected to the bottom center position of the loading platform (1).

4. The beverage rack structure as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The lifting component (2) is a spring pull bar.

5. The beverage rack structure as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The beverage layers (4) have the same height, and the distance between any two adjacent blocking members (3) is less than or equal to the height of one beverage layer (4).

6. The beverage rack structure as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The beverage rack structure also includes a guide mechanism (5) for guiding the vertical lifting and movement of the loading platform (1). The guide mechanism (5) includes a vertically arranged guide rail (51) and a sliding sleeve (52) that is slidably sleeved on the guide rail (51) and fixedly arranged on the side of the loading platform (1).

7. The beverage rack structure as described in claim 6, characterized in that, The inner wall of the sliding sleeve (52) is also provided with a rolling element (53) to facilitate the sliding of the sliding sleeve (52) on the guide rail (51).

8. The beverage rack structure as described in claim 7, characterized in that, The rolling element (53) is a ball or a roller.

9. The beverage rack structure as described in claim 6, characterized in that, Several of the aforementioned blocking elements (3) are disposed on the guide rail (51).

10. A beverage cabinet, characterized in that, The beverage cabinet is provided with at least one beverage rack structure as described in any one of claims 1-9.

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