A meal box storage structure of a food vending machine

Abstract

The utility model relates to a meal box storage structure of food vending machine, including the support frame and the support frame on setting a plurality of longitudinal vertical baffle, form the storage passageway of storing meal box between adjacent vertical baffle, the storage passageway is equipped with the conveyor belt for holding the meal box of storing in the storage passageway, the conveyor belt is discharged to the delivery end of storage passageway. The utility model aims at providing a meal box storage structure of food vending machine that can output meal box, solves the problem of the large plane space of equipment occupation caused by the mechanical hand of the existing storage passageway to take meal box.

Description

Technical Field

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

[0002] To improve dining convenience, the applicant designed a food vending machine with publication number CN112716256A and the name "A Steamed Food Machine". The vending machine includes storage channels for storing meal boxes, typically with multiple boxes arranged in a row within each channel. Existing storage channels require a robotic arm to reach in and retrieve the meal boxes, necessitating a large vertical space for the robotic arm to operate, resulting in a large overall footprint for the equipment. Utility Model Content

[0003] The present invention aims to provide a food vending machine with a food box storage structure that can automatically dispense food boxes, thus solving the problem of large space occupation caused by the need for a robotic arm to retrieve food boxes in existing storage channels.

[0004] The above technical problems are solved by the following technical solution: a food vending machine's food container storage structure, including a support frame and several longitudinal vertical partitions disposed on the support frame, with adjacent vertical partitions forming a storage channel for storing food containers. The storage channel is characterized by having a conveyor belt for supporting the food containers stored within it, and the conveyor belt transporting the food containers towards the unloading end of the storage channel. In use, the food containers are output from the storage channel via the conveyor belt, which is equivalent to using a robotic arm to input the food containers into the storage channel, saving longitudinal space and making the food vending machine more compact and space-saving.

[0005] Preferably, the longitudinal partition has several ventilation holes that extend laterally through it. This allows for good ventilation when the food container is used in a refrigerated space, enabling it to cool down sufficiently.

[0006] Preferably, there are two conveyor belts, which are distributed laterally. This ensures that the food containers can still be conveyed even if one belt fails, reducing the likelihood of conveying failure due to belt malfunction.

[0007] Preferably, the conveyor belt includes a main drive shaft, a driven drive shaft, a drive motor for supporting the annular flat belt, and a drive motor for driving the main drive shaft to rotate. Both the main drive shaft and the driven drive shaft pass through the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft drives the driven drive shaft via the annular flat belt. The annular flat belt has ventilation holes extending through its thickness. This design allows for good ventilation when used in a refrigerated space, enabling the food container to begin cooling sufficiently.

[0008] Preferably, the conveyor belt includes a belt bracket, a main drive shaft, a driven drive shaft, an annular flat belt, and a drive motor for rotating the main drive shaft. Both the main drive shaft and the driven drive shaft pass through the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft drives the driven drive shaft via the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft and the driven drive shaft are rotatably connected to both ends of the support frame. The belt bracket passes through the annular flat belt and supports the flat conveyor belt. The conveyor belt can directly form the bottom wall of the storage channel to carry goods without collapsing.

[0009] Preferably, the drive motor is located at the end of the storage channel furthest from the unloading end. This layout is reasonable.

[0010] Preferably, the belt bracket has a notch at one end of the storage channel's unloading end, and connecting grooves are provided on the two transverse walls of the notch. These connecting grooves penetrate the end face of the belt bracket at the storage channel's unloading end. The drive shaft has shaft ends at both ends, with each shaft end correspondingly inserted into one of the connecting grooves on the two transverse walls of the notch. This design facilitates disassembly of the drive shaft and subsequent maintenance.

[0011] Preferably, the drive shaft is rotatably connected to the shaft head. This reduces wear.

[0012] Preferably, the support frame includes two longitudinally distributed crossbeams. The upper surface of each crossbeam has a bolt connection groove extending laterally. Connecting strips cover the crossbeams, and each connecting strip has several bolt through holes aligned with the bolt connection grooves. The conveyor belt includes a belt bracket, a main drive shaft, a driven drive shaft, an annular flat belt, and a drive motor for rotating the main drive shaft. Both the main drive shaft and the driven drive shaft pass through the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft drives the driven drive shaft via the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft and the driven drive shaft are rotatably connected to... At both ends of the support frame, the belt support bracket passes through the annular flat belt and supports the flat conveyor belt. The lower end of the vertical partition plate is provided with a connecting seat plate. The connecting seat plate has several bolt holes for connecting seat plate sections. Vertical partition plate connecting bolts pass through these connecting seat plate bolt holes and connecting strip bolt holes in sequence, and are then connected in the bolt connection groove to fix the vertical partition plate to the crossbeam. The belt support bracket has several belt frame bolt holes. Conveyor belt connecting bolts pass through these belt frame bolt holes and connecting strip bolt holes in sequence, and are then connected in the bolt connection groove to fix the belt frame to the crossbeam. The fixing of each component is reliable and convenient.

[0013] Preferably, both the vertical partition connecting bolts and the conveyor belt connecting bolts are self-tapping screws, and both are threaded into the bolt connection grooves. This facilitates easy fixing. The utility model has the following advantages: it can automatically output lunch boxes. Attached Figure Description

[0014] Figure 1 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the present invention;

[0015] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A magnified view of a portion of point A;

[0016] Figure 3 for Figure 2 A partially enlarged schematic diagram of point B. In the diagram: 1. Support frame; 2. Longitudinal vertical partition; 3. Storage channel; 4. Lunch box; 5. Conveyor belt; 6. Feeding end of conveyor belt towards storage channel; 23. Crossbeam; 7. Longitudinal beam; 8. Bolt connection groove; 9. Connecting strip; 10. Bolt through hole in connecting strip; 11. Vent hole in partition; 12. Connecting seat plate; 13. Bolt through hole in connecting seat plate; 14. Belt bracket; 15. Drive shaft; 16. Annular flat belt; 17. Drive motor; 18. Vent hole in flat belt; 19. Bolt through hole in belt bracket; 20. Connecting groove; 21. End face of belt bracket at the feeding end of storage channel; 22. Shaft head. Detailed Implementation

[0017] 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.

[0018] See Figures 1 to 3 A food vending machine's food container storage structure includes a support frame 1 and several longitudinal vertical partitions 2 disposed on the support frame, with adjacent vertical partitions forming a storage channel 3 for storing food containers. A conveyor belt 5 is provided within the storage channel to support the food containers 4 stored therein. The conveyor belt transports the food containers 4 towards the unloading end 6 of the storage channel. There are two conveyor belts, which are distributed laterally.

[0019] When in use, the food containers are output from the storage channel via a conveyor belt. This is equivalent to using a robotic arm to input the food containers into the storage channel, which saves vertical space and makes the food vending machine more compact and space-saving.

[0020] The support frame includes two longitudinally distributed crossbeams 23 and several longitudinal beams 7 connecting the crossbeams. The upper surface of each crossbeam has a bolt groove 8 extending laterally. Connecting strips 9 cover the crossbeams, and each connecting strip has several bolt holes 10 aligned with the bolt groove. Several vent holes 11 extend laterally through the longitudinal partition plate. A connecting seat plate 12 is located at the lower end of each partition plate, and it has several bolt holes 13. Vertical partition plate connecting bolts (not shown in any of the figures) pass sequentially through the bolt holes in the connecting seat plate and the connecting strip, and are then connected in the bolt groove to fix the vertical partition plate to the crossbeams. The vertical partition plate connecting bolts are self-tapping screws, threaded into the bolt groove. The conveyor belt includes a belt bracket 14, a main drive shaft, a driven drive shaft 15, an annular flat belt 16, and a drive motor 17 that drives the main drive shaft. Both the main drive shaft and the driven drive shaft pass through the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft drives the driven drive shaft via the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft and the driven drive shaft are rotatably connected to both ends of the support frame. The belt bracket passes through the annular flat belt and supports the flat conveyor belt. The annular flat belt has ventilation holes 18 that extend through the belt along its thickness. The drive motor is located at the end of the storage channel furthest from the unloading end. The belt bracket has several belt frame bolt holes 19. Conveyor belt connecting bolts (not shown in any of the figures) pass through the belt frame bolt holes and the connecting strip bolt holes in sequence and are then connected in bolt connection grooves to fix the belt frame to the crossbeam. The conveyor belt connecting bolts are self-tapping screws, and all conveyor belt connecting bolts are threaded into the bolt connection grooves. The belt bracket has a notch at one end of the storage channel's unloading end. Connecting grooves 20 are provided on the two transverse walls of the notch, passing through the end face 21 of the belt bracket at the unloading end of the storage channel. Shaft heads 22 are provided at both ends of the drive shaft, and the two shaft heads are correspondingly inserted into the connecting grooves on the two transverse walls of the notch. The drive shaft is rotatably connected to the shaft heads.

[0021] 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.

[0022] 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 storage structure for a food vending machine, comprising a support frame and a plurality of longitudinal vertical partitions disposed on the support frame, wherein adjacent vertical partitions form storage channels for storing food containers, characterized in that, The storage channel is equipped with a conveyor belt for supporting the lunch boxes stored in the storage channel. The conveyor belt transports the lunch boxes towards the unloading end of the storage channel. The longitudinal vertical partition has several ventilation holes that run horizontally through the longitudinal vertical partition. There are two conveyor belts, which are distributed horizontally.

2. The food container storage structure of a food vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, The conveyor belt includes a main drive shaft, a driven shaft, a support ring-shaped flat belt, and a drive motor that drives the main drive shaft to rotate. Both the main drive shaft and the driven shaft are installed inside the ring-shaped flat belt. The main drive shaft drives the driven shaft through the ring-shaped flat belt. The ring-shaped flat belt is provided with ventilation holes in the flat belt section that penetrate the ring-shaped flat belt along the thickness direction of the ring-shaped flat belt.

3. The food container storage structure of a food vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The conveyor belt includes a belt bracket, a main drive shaft, a driven shaft, an annular flat belt, and a drive motor that drives the main drive shaft to rotate. Both the main drive shaft and the driven shaft are threaded through the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft drives the driven shaft through the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft and the driven shaft are rotatably connected to both ends of the support bracket. The belt bracket is threaded through the annular flat belt and supports the flat conveyor belt.

4. The food container storage structure of a food vending machine according to claim 3, characterized in that, The drive motor is located at the end of the storage channel away from the feeding end.

5. The food container storage structure of a food vending machine according to claim 4, characterized in that, The belt bracket has a notch at one end of the storage channel unloading end, and connecting grooves are provided on the two horizontal walls of the notch. The connecting grooves pass through the end face of the belt bracket at the storage channel unloading end. The drive shaft has shaft heads at both ends, and the two shaft heads are correspondingly inserted into the connecting grooves on the two horizontal walls of the notch.

6. The food container storage structure of a food vending machine according to claim 5, characterized in that, The drive shaft is rotatably connected to the shaft head.

7. The food container storage structure of a food vending machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, The support frame includes two longitudinally distributed crossbeams. The upper surface of each crossbeam has a bolt groove extending laterally. Connecting strips cover the crossbeams, and each connecting strip has several bolt holes aligned with the bolt grooves. The conveyor belt includes a belt bracket, a main drive shaft, a driven drive shaft, an annular flat belt, and a drive motor that drives the main drive shaft. Both the main drive shaft and the driven drive shaft pass through the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft drives the driven drive shaft via the annular flat belt. The main drive shaft and the driven drive shaft are rotatably connected to the conveyor belt. At both ends of the support frame, the belt support bracket passes through the annular flat belt and supports the flat conveyor belt. The lower end of the vertical partition plate is provided with a connecting seat plate. The connecting seat plate is provided with several connecting seat plate bolt holes. The vertical partition plate connecting bolts pass through the connecting seat plate bolt holes and the connecting plate bolt holes in sequence and are connected in the bolt connecting groove to fix the vertical partition plate to the crossbeam. The belt support bracket is provided with several belt frame bolt holes. The conveyor belt connecting bolts pass through the belt frame bolt holes and the connecting plate bolt holes in sequence and are connected in the bolt connecting groove to fix the belt frame to the crossbeam.

8. The food container storage structure of a food vending machine according to claim 7, characterized in that, Both the vertical partition connecting bolts and the conveyor belt connecting bolts are self-tapping screws, and both are threaded into the bolt connection grooves.

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