Automatic Heating Vending Machine with Rotating Disc Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automatic vending machines can only offer cold or hot foods, limiting user choices and requiring users to heat hot foods themselves, which is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
An automatic heating vending machine with a storage space, storage mechanism, fetching mechanism, gripping arm mechanism, rotating disc mechanism, and heating mechanism that allows for direct heating of foods, enabling users to select and heat foods automatically.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional automatic vending machines are used, then the machine structure is simple, but the food heating function is unavailable and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the storage mechanism and heating mechanism into a single integrated system. The storage mechanism includes storage cavities that can be positioned into heating cavities, allowing the same structural components to serve dual purposes of storage and heating, thereby improving convenience without proportionally increasing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The vending machine is designed with multi-functional components where the storage mechanism can serve both as storage space and as the heated object. The storage cavities can be directly placed into heating cavities for heating, making the storage containers multi-functional and reducing the need for separate heating devices
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional vending machines offering only cold or pre-heated food are used, then the device complexity is low, but the food variety and user choices are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The heating mechanism is designed to heat multiple types of food containers simultaneously. The heating cavities can accommodate different storage cavities containing various food items, allowing the machine to provide diverse food options while using a unified heating structure
Solution Approach 2:
The storage mechanism is divided into multiple independent storage cavities that can be individually positioned into heating cavities. This segmentation allows different food items to be stored and heated independently, increasing food variety options while maintaining modular structural complexity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The machine provides users with the convenience of heating their chosen foods directly, expanding food options and eliminating the need for self-heating, thus enhancing user experience.
Implementation Method 1
the heating mechanism is disposed above the rotating disc mechanism. After the food has been placed on the rotating disc mechanism, the rotating disc mechanism undergoes horizontal movement and vertical movement to allow the food to be admitted to the heating mechanism and heated
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AI summary
An automatic heating vending machine including a storage space, a storage mechanism, a fetching mechanism, a gripping arm mechanism, a rotating disc mechanism and a heating mechanism are disclosed. The storage mechanism is installed in the storage space to store food. The fetching mechanism is installed in the storage space and disposed under the storage mechanism to catch the food. The gripping arm mechanism grips the food on the fetching mechanism. The rotating disc mechanism is disposed on one side of the gripping arm mechanism. The gripping arm mechanism grips the food and then places the food on the rotating disc mechanism. The heating mechanism is disposed above the rotating disc mechanism. After the food has been placed on the rotating disc mechanism, the rotating disc mechanism undergoes horizontal movement and vertical movement, allowing the food to be admitted to the heating mechanism and heated.