Water receiving mechanism and cold beverage machine

Abstract

The utility model discloses a water receiving mechanism and cold drink machine, this water receiving mechanism is used for cold drink machine, and the cold drink machine includes the machine case, the water receiving mechanism includes the water collection area of setting in the machine case top, the machine case top still is equipped with the material cylinder, and the water collection area is located the below of material cylinder, and the water collection area at least one side open setting, be equipped with the water collection box on the water collection area, and the water collection box is used to collect the material that falls from the material cylinder. Adopt the utility model can collect the material that falls from the material cylinder to reduce the cleaning procedure, and can be convenient for user observation water collection condition, clean up work at any time, improve user's use comfort degree.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of cold drink machine technology, and in particular to a water receiving mechanism and a cold drink machine. Background Technology

[0002] In the hot summer, people enjoy drinking iced beverages, and current beverage machines that can make smoothies can meet this demand. A typical beverage machine includes a casing containing a cooling circulation system, a drive unit, and a stirring drum. The cooling circulation system includes a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator. The evaporator is located inside the stirring drum, which contains a stirring paddle fitted onto the evaporator. The drive unit rotates the stirring paddle. A discharge nozzle is located on the front side wall of the stirring drum. A water receiving device is located directly below the discharge nozzle on the front side wall of the casing, used to collect excess material flowing from the discharge nozzle.

[0003] However, during ice-making, the aforementioned water-receiving mechanism and the cold drink machine experience condensation on the outer wall of the stirring drum due to the low temperature inside. This condensation drips into the machine casing, easily leading to bacterial growth, increasing cleaning procedures, and reducing user comfort. Furthermore, users cannot observe the water accumulation inside the machine casing and cannot clean it regularly. Utility Model Content

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by this utility model is to provide a water receiving mechanism and a cold drink machine that can collect materials falling from the material cylinder, thereby reducing cleaning procedures and allowing users to easily observe the water collection situation and perform cleaning work at any time, thus improving user comfort.

[0005] To solve the above-mentioned technical problems, this utility model provides a water receiving mechanism for a cold drink machine. The cold drink machine includes a casing, and the water receiving mechanism includes a water collection area disposed on the top of the casing. The top of the casing is also provided with a material cylinder. The water collection area is located below the material cylinder, and the water collection area is open on at least one side. A water collection box is provided on the water collection area, and the water collection box is used to collect the material that falls from the material cylinder.

[0006] As an improvement to the above solution, the top of the chassis is provided with a support base, the support base is provided with a drive base and the water collection area, the drive base is located on one side of the water collection area, and the material cylinder is detachably installed on the drive base; one end of the support base is provided with at least one positioning groove, or one end of the support base and the drive base enclose each other to form at least one positioning groove; the end of the water collection box near the drive base is provided with a positioning protrusion corresponding to each positioning groove, and the positioning protrusion is inserted into the positioning groove.

[0007] As an improvement to the above solution, the top of the chassis is provided with a support base, the support base is provided with a drive base and the water collection area, the drive base is located on one side of the water collection area, and the material cylinder is detachably installed on the drive base; one end of the support base is provided with at least one snap-fit ​​groove, or one end of the support base and the drive base are enclosed to form at least one snap-fit ​​groove; the end of the water collection box near the drive base is provided with a snap-fit ​​part corresponding to each snap-fit ​​groove, and the snap-fit ​​part is engaged with the snap-fit ​​groove.

[0008] As an improvement to the above solution, the end of the water collection box away from the drive seat is provided with at least one limiting rib, and the limiting rib abuts against the front side wall of the chassis.

[0009] As an improvement to the above solution, the limiting ribs are respectively set at the two corners of the end of the water collection box away from the drive seat, and the limiting ribs are adapted to and abut against the outer walls of the two corners of the front end of the chassis.

[0010] As an improvement to the above solution, one end of the support base and the drive base form a receiving groove, and the side plate of the water collection box near the drive base is embedded in the receiving groove.

[0011] As an improvement to the above solution, an observation gap is left between the water collection box and the material cylinder, and the observation gap is located at least on one side of the water collection box.

[0012] As an improvement to the above solution, the front end of the positioning protrusion is provided with a sliding transition portion, the width of which decreases sequentially from the inside to the outside.

[0013] As an improvement to the above solution, the width of the groove of the water collection box is greater than or equal to the width of the material cylinder, or the width of the groove of the water collection box is greater than or equal to the width of the bottom of the material cylinder.

[0014] This utility model provides a cold drink machine, including a casing, on which the aforementioned water receiving mechanism is provided, and a driving device is provided in the drive seat on the casing. A material cylinder is provided at one end of the drive seat, and the driving device is used to drive the stirring paddle in the material cylinder to rotate; an evaporator is provided in the material cylinder, and the stirring paddle is sleeved on the evaporator; a cooling device is provided in the casing, and the cooling device is connected to the evaporator to provide cooling capacity to the evaporator.

[0015] The beneficial effects of implementing this utility model are as follows:

[0016] This invention features a water collection box located below the material cylinder to collect materials falling from the cylinder, such as condensate and residual solid-liquid mixtures or liquids from cylinder disassembly. This prevents fallen materials from contaminating other parts of the machine casing, reduces cleaning procedures, and improves user comfort. Furthermore, the water collection box, located in an open area, allows users to monitor the water collection status at any time, enabling timely cleaning and preventing material overflow that could cause contamination or even bacterial growth, thus ensuring hygienic equipment use. Attached Figure Description

[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the installation structure of the water receiving mechanism of this utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of a partial installation structure of the water receiving mechanism of this utility model. Figure 1 ;

[0019] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of a partial installation structure of the water receiving mechanism of this utility model. Figure 2 ;

[0020] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of a partial installation structure of the water receiving mechanism of this utility model. Figure 3 ;

[0021] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the water collection box of this utility model;

[0022] Figure 6 This is a structural schematic diagram of the support base and drive box of this utility model;

[0023] Figure 7 This is a structural schematic diagram of the support base of this utility model. Detailed Implementation

[0024] To make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of this utility model clearer, the utility model will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0025] like Figures 1 to 4As shown in the figure, a specific embodiment of this utility model provides a water receiving mechanism for a cold drink machine. The cold drink machine includes a casing 3, and the water receiving mechanism includes a water collection area 2 disposed on the top of the casing 3. A material cylinder 4 is also disposed on the top of the casing 3. The water collection area 2 is located below the material cylinder, and at least one side of the water collection area 2 is open. A water collection box 211 is provided on the water collection area 2. The water collection box 211 is used to collect materials that fall from the material cylinder 4, such as condensate and residual solid-liquid mixtures or liquids from disassembly of the material cylinder 4. This prevents fallen materials from contaminating other parts of the casing 3, reduces cleaning procedures, and improves user comfort. Simultaneously, the water collection box 21, located in an open area, allows the user to observe the water collection status at any time, enabling timely cleaning of the water collection box 21 and preventing overflow and contamination, or even bacterial growth, thus ensuring hygienic use of the equipment.

[0026] Furthermore, an observation gap 5 is provided between the water collection box 21 and the material cylinder 4. The observation gap 5 is located at least on one side of the water collection box 21. The observation gap 5 allows the user to observe the water collection status of the water collection box 21, thereby cleaning the water collection box 21 at any time and ensuring the hygiene of the equipment.

[0027] Specifically, such as Figures 2 to 7 As shown, the top of the chassis 3 is provided with a support base 1, and the support base 1 is provided with a drive base 6 and the water collection area 2. The drive base 6 is located on one side of the water collection area 2. The material cylinder 4 is detachably installed on the drive base 6 so that the user can thoroughly clean the material cylinder 4 after material preparation, thereby facilitating the next material preparation operation.

[0028] At least one positioning groove 7 is formed between one end of the support base 1 and the drive base 6. The end of the water collection box 21 near the drive base 6 is provided with a positioning protrusion 22 that corresponds one-to-one with the positioning groove 7. The positioning protrusion 22 is inserted into the positioning groove 7 to position and fix the water collection box 21, thereby fixing the water collection box 21 relative to the support base 1.

[0029] When the material cylinder 4 is in the material processing state, condensation forms on its outer wall due to the low internal temperature. The condensation at the top flows down the outer wall to the bottom of the cylinder 4, while the condensation at the bottom gradually falls into the water collection box 21 below, thus achieving the condensation collection function. This method effectively prevents the outflowing material from contaminating other parts of the casing 3, reduces cleaning procedures, and improves user comfort.

[0030] When the water collection box 21 has too much capacity, it can be removed from the water collection area 2 for cleaning. Then, the water collection box 21 can be reinserted or snapped into the designated slot 7. The whole process is easy to disassemble and install, highly practical, and can improve the user experience.

[0031] When the material cylinder 4 needs to be disassembled after work, the residual ice or liquid flowing out of the material cylinder 4 will fall into the water collection box 21 below, ensuring that all the material flowing out during disassembly falls into the water collection box 21, thus improving the material collection function.

[0032] In another embodiment, the positioning groove 7 can also be directly set on one end of the support base 1, so that the positioning protrusion 22 on the water collection box 21 can be inserted into the positioning groove 7 to achieve the positioning and fixing function of the water collection box 21.

[0033] The positioning protrusion 22 has a sliding transition portion 25 at its front end. The width of the sliding transition portion 25 decreases from the inside to the outside. The sliding transition portion 25 can quickly slide into the positioning groove 7, which plays a preliminary positioning role for the water collection box 21. When the positioning protrusion 22 is fully inserted into the positioning groove 7, it plays a positioning and fixing role for the water collection box 21.

[0034] Preferably, in other embodiments, one end of the support base 1 may be provided with at least one snap-fit ​​groove, or one end of the support base 1 and the drive base 6 may be surrounded to form at least one snap-fit ​​groove; the end of the water collection box 21 near the drive base 6 is provided with a snap-fit ​​part corresponding to each snap-fit ​​groove, and the snap-fit ​​part is engaged with the snap-fit ​​groove, thereby also achieving the positioning and fixing function of the water collection box 21.

[0035] Preferably, such as Figure 1 As shown, the observation gaps 5 are located on both sides of the water collection box 21, so that when the user places the box against a wall or close to the side wall of other objects in a space-limited environment, the user can observe the water collection status of the water collection box 21 from the observation gap 5 on the other side, so as to clean the water collection box 21 at any time, avoid the overflow of materials in the water collection box 21 and cause pollution, or even the growth of bacteria, and thus ensure the hygiene of the equipment.

[0036] Furthermore, such as Figure 2 , 3 As shown in Figure 5, at least one limiting rib 23 is provided at the end of the water collection box 21 away from the drive seat 6. The limiting rib 23 abuts against the front side wall of the chassis 3 to limit the water collection box 21 and prevent unnecessary damage caused by excessive force during installation.

[0037] Preferably, the limiting ribs 23 are respectively located at the two corners of the end of the water collection box 21 away from the drive seat 6, that is, the limiting ribs 23 are corner limiting ribs 23. The limiting ribs 23 are adapted to and abut against the outer walls of the two corners at the front end of the chassis 3, so as to simultaneously limit the water collection box 21 in the left and right directions and the front direction, prevent the water collection box 21 from shaking, and improve the installation stability of the water collection box 21.

[0038] like Figures 3 to 7 As shown, a receiving groove 8 is formed between one end of the support base 1 and the drive base 6. The side plate 24 of the water collection box 21 near the drive base 6 is embedded in the receiving groove 8, so that the orthographic projection of the connection between the drive base 6 and the material cylinder 4 is located in the groove of the water collection box 21. This ensures that during the process of disassembling the material cylinder 4 from the drive base 6, the residual material falling from the material cylinder 4 will fall stably into the water collection box 21, avoiding contamination of other parts of the chassis 3 and improving the material collection effect.

[0039] Furthermore, to prevent condensate formed on both outer walls of the barrel 4 from falling from the bottom of the barrel 4 outside the area of ​​the water collection box 21, i.e., falling to other locations on the chassis 3, thus requiring additional cleaning procedures. Figure 2 As shown, the feed cylinder 4 is elliptical in shape, and the width of the groove in the water collection box 21 is greater than or equal to the width of the bottom of the feed cylinder 4. This ensures that condensate falling from either side of the bottom of the feed cylinder 4 can stably fall into the water collection box 21, facilitating the collection of condensate, eliminating unnecessary cleaning steps, and improving user comfort. In other embodiments, the width of the groove in the water collection box 21 can also be greater than or equal to the width of the entire feed cylinder 4 to ensure that materials falling from feed cylinders 4 of different shapes can stably fall into the water collection box 21, thus achieving the same material collection function.

[0040] Furthermore, this utility model also provides a cold drink machine, including a casing with the aforementioned water receiving mechanism. A drive unit is located within a drive seat on the casing, and a material cylinder is located at one end of the drive seat. The drive unit drives a stirring paddle in the material cylinder to rotate. An evaporator is located inside the material cylinder, and the stirring paddle is fitted onto the evaporator. A cooling device is located inside the casing and connected to the evaporator to provide cooling capacity, enabling the evaporator to perform ice-making operations on the raw materials in the material cylinder. Since the aforementioned water receiving mechanism has the above-mentioned technical effects, the cold drink machine including this water receiving mechanism should also have the above-mentioned technical effects, which will not be elaborated further here.

[0041] In summary, this utility model, by installing a water collection box below the material cylinder, can collect materials falling from the cylinder, such as condensate and residual solid-liquid mixtures or liquids from cylinder disassembly. This prevents fallen materials from contaminating other parts of the machine casing, reduces cleaning procedures, and improves user comfort. Furthermore, the water collection box, located in an open area, allows users to easily monitor the water collection status and clean it promptly, preventing overflow and contamination, and even bacterial growth, thus ensuring hygienic equipment use. Secondly, this utility model has a simple structure and low cost.

[0042] The above description is the preferred embodiment of this utility model. It should be noted that for those skilled in the art, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principle of this utility model, and these improvements and modifications are also considered to be within the protection scope of this utility model.

Claims

1. A water receiving mechanism for a cold drink machine, the cold drink machine including a casing, characterized in that, The water receiving mechanism includes a water collection area disposed on the top of the chassis, and a material cylinder is also provided on the top of the chassis. The water collection area is located below the material cylinder, and at least one side of the water collection area is open. A water collection box is provided in the water collection area, which is used to collect the material that falls from the material cylinder.

2. The water receiving mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The top of the chassis is provided with a support base, and the support base is provided with a drive base and the water collection area. The drive base is located on one side of the water collection area, and the material cylinder is detachably installed on the drive base. One end of the support base is provided with at least one positioning groove, or one end of the support base and the drive base are enclosed to form at least one positioning groove; The water collection box is provided with a positioning protrusion at one end near the drive seat, which corresponds to the positioning groove. The positioning protrusion is inserted into the positioning groove.

3. The water receiving mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The top of the chassis is provided with a support base, and the support base is provided with a drive base and the water collection area. The drive base is located on one side of the water collection area, and the material cylinder is detachably installed on the drive base. One end of the support base is provided with at least one snap-fit ​​groove, or one end of the support base and the drive base are surrounded to form at least one snap-fit ​​groove; The water collection box has a buckle part at one end near the drive seat that corresponds to the buckle slot, and the buckle part is engaged with the buckle slot.

4. The water receiving mechanism as described in any one of claims 2 to 3, characterized in that, The water collection box is provided with at least one limiting rib at the end away from the drive seat, and the limiting rib abuts against the front side wall of the chassis.

5. The water receiving mechanism as described in claim 4, characterized in that, The limiting ribs are respectively located at the two corners of the end of the water collection box away from the drive seat, and the limiting ribs are adapted to and abut against the outer walls of the two corners at the front end of the chassis.

6. The water receiving mechanism as described in any one of claims 2 to 3, characterized in that, One end of the support base and the drive base form a receiving groove, and the side plate of the water collection box near the drive base is embedded in the receiving groove.

7. The water receiving mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that, An observation gap is provided between the water collection box and the material cylinder, and the observation gap is located at least on one side of the water collection box.

8. The water receiving mechanism as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The front end of the positioning protrusion is provided with a sliding transition portion, the width of which decreases sequentially from the inside to the outside.

9. The water receiving mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The width of the groove of the water collection box is greater than or equal to the width of the material cylinder, or the width of the groove of the water collection box is greater than or equal to the width of the bottom of the material cylinder.

10. A cold drink machine, characterized in that, The device includes a chassis, which is provided with a water receiving mechanism as described in any one of claims 1 to 9. A drive unit is provided in the drive seat on the chassis, and a material cylinder is provided at one end of the drive seat. The drive unit is used to drive the stirring paddle in the material cylinder to rotate. An evaporator is installed inside the feed cylinder, and the stirring paddle is fitted onto the evaporator; The chassis is equipped with a cooling device, which is connected to the evaporator and is used to provide cooling capacity to the evaporator.

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