TWI711573B - Automatic cup supply equipment for beverage cups - Google Patents

Abstract

An equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups. The equipment includes a base frame, a plurality of receiving components and a plurality of cup supply components. The base frame is used to assemble each of the receiving components and each of the cup supply components. The base frame has A cup-holding device, the receiving assembly has a bottom plate, a lifting device is arranged beside the bottom plate, and a receiving piece is installed on the lifting device. The cup supply component has a cup splitting part, and the cup splitting part and a The driving device is assembled, and a stroke detector is installed on one side of the driving device, and the stroke detector is electrically connected with the driving device, whereby the driving device is used to drive the cup splitting piece and the set The cups on the cup device are split to the receiving part one by one, and the receiving part is placed on the bottom plate to achieve the function of automatically supplying cups.

Description

Automatic cup supply equipment for beverage cups

The invention relates to a device for automatically supplying beverage cups. The method and equipment provide an automatic cup supply function for beverage cups using auxiliary automatic equipment.

Drinking tea has a long history in Asian countries. Tea has also become an indispensable drink in Asian life. Due to the evolution of the times and technological progress, the fast-paced and busy life makes most people not have enough time to relax. The brewing and drinking tea is replaced by a fast and convenient hand-cranked tea shop.

Due to the fast, convenient and selective advantages of hand-cranked tea shops, the market demand is large, and the demand for manpower is relatively increased. However, the unit price of most tea products is not high. Therefore, in terms of operating costs, the employment of manpower, It has always been that hand-cranked tea shops need a lot of effort to evaluate, and manual hand-cranked operations also have concerns about unstable quality.

Therefore, combining mechanical components and electronic components to provide an automated equipment for the automatic cup supply function of beverage cups can effectively replace manpower and reduce operating costs. This is the equipment solution for automatic beverage cup supply of the present invention.

In the method for automatically supplying beverage cups of the present invention, the steps of the method include: sensing the amount of cups, setting a cup setting detector on one side of a cup setting device filled with a large number of cups, and a cup with an upper convex step and a lower convex The cup splitting piece of the upper step, the inner side of the upper convex step has a splitting inclined guide surface, the lowermost The cup passes through the cup setting device and the rim of the cup is placed on the upper convex step. After the cup setting detector detects that the cup setting device has a cup, the next step must be started; the preparation for the acceptance is to place a receiving piece Ascend to the bottom of the cup splitter; split the cup, use a driving device to push the cup splitter outwards, so that the upper convex step gradually separates from the cup rim, so that the cup rim of the bottom cup falls off Drop onto the lower convex step, and then pull back the cup splitter inward, the lower convex step gradually separates from the cup rim inward, the split inclined guide surface can move into the cup rim of the bottom cup Between the rim of the cup adjacent to the top, let the bottom cup fall onto the receiving part, and the cup rim of the cup adjacent above will continue to become the bottom cup and be guided to the upper step ; Accept the supply cup, after the receiving member is lowered to a predetermined position, the cup on the receiving member is placed on a bottom plate for supply to complete the step of supplying the cup.

The equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups of the present invention includes a base frame, a plurality of receiving components and a plurality of cup supply components. The base frame has a first frame body and a second frame body. The second frame system Corresponding to the upper part of the first frame, a cup placing device is installed on the second frame, the bottom of the cup placing device is provided with a sleeve, and a plurality of the receiving components are evenly installed on the first frame , Each of the receiving components has a bottom plate, a receiving piece detector and a lifting device are arranged beside the bottom plate, a receiving piece is installed on the lifting device, and the receiving piece detector is electrically connected to the lifting device, A plurality of cup supply components are installed on the second frame corresponding to each of the receiving components, each of the cup supply components has a cup splitter, and the cup splitter has two symmetrical split arms , A first convex step and a second convex step whose height is lower than the first convex step are formed on the side surface corresponding to each of the split arms, and the inner side of the first convex step is set as a split On the inclined guide surface, a slider is installed on the outer side of each split arm, and each slider is embedded on a rail. Each rail is fixed on the bottom surface of the kit, and the cup splitting piece is A driving device is assembled, and a stroke detector is installed on one side of the driving device, and the stroke detector is electrically connected with the driving device.

More specifically, the receiving member is designed in a ring shape and is sleeved on the periphery of the bottom plate.

More specifically, a cup drop detector is installed on the bottom plate, and the cup drop detector is electrically connected to the lifting device.

More specifically, a cup drop detector is installed on the bottom plate, and the cup drop detector is connected to a mechanical arm.

More specifically, a guide rod is installed on the side of the lifting device, the receiving member is installed on the guide rod and the lifting device, a lifting stabilizer is sleeved on the guide rod, and the guide rod A guide rod detector is provided beside it, and the guide rod detector is electrically connected to the lifting device.

More specifically, the driving device has a driving arm pivotally connected to the cup splitter, a driving rotor block pivotally connected to the driving arm, and a motor pivotally connected to the driving rotor block, and the The motor is assembled under the kit.

More specifically, the driving device is assembled under the kit.

More specifically, a cup detector is installed on the lower side of the cup splitter.

1: base frame

11: The first frame

12: Second frame

13: Cup holding device

131: Kit

2: Undertake components

21: bottom plate

22: Cup drop detector

23: Socket detector

24: Lifting device

25: guide rod

26: Acceptance

27: Lifting stabilizer

28: Guide rod detector

3: For cup components

31: Cup split pieces

311: Split Arm

312: First convex order

313: second convex order

314: Split inclined guide surface

32: Slider

33: Rail

34: drive device

341: Drive arm

342: drive turn block

343: Motor

35: Stroke detector

36: cup detector

4: cup

41: Cup Edge

42: cup body

5: Robotic arm

[Figure 1] is a perspective view of the overall structure of the automatic cup feeding equipment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] is a schematic plan view of the structure of the receiving component of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention.

[Figure 3] is a perspective view of the structure of the receiving assembly of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention.

[Figure 4] is a perspective view of the structure of the cup supply assembly of the automatic cup supply equipment of the present invention.

[Figure 5] is a schematic plan view of the structure of the cup supply assembly of the automatic cup supply device of the present invention.

[Figure 6] is a schematic plan view of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention for detecting cups.

[Figure 7] is a schematic plan view of the lifting assembly of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention.

[Figure 8] is a schematic plan view of the preparation for the implementation of the automatic cup feeding equipment of the present invention.

[Figure 9] is a schematic plan view of the automatic cup supply device of the present invention before the automatic cup supply is implemented.

[Figure 10] is a perspective view of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention before the automatic cup feeding.

[Figure 11] is a schematic plan view of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention.

[Figure 12] is a perspective schematic view of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention.

[Figure 13] is a schematic plan view of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention.

[Figure 14] is a schematic diagram of the split plan of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention.

[Figure 15] is a perspective schematic view of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention.

[Figure 16] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the combined mechanical arm of the automatic cup feeding device of the present invention.

The other technical content, features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment with reference to the drawings.

In the method for automatically supplying beverage cups of the present invention, the steps of the method include: sensing the amount of cups, setting a cup setting detector on one side of a cup setting device filled with a large number of cups, and a cup with an upper convex step and a lower convex The upper convex step has a splitting inclined guide surface on the inner side of the upper convex step, the bottom cup passes through the cup setting device and the cup rim is placed on the upper convex step, and the cup setting detector is on the After the induction confirms that the cup-holding device has a cup, the next step must be started; the preparation for acceptance is to raise a receiving part below the cup splitting part; to split the cup, use a driving device to first move the cup splitting part toward Push outward to make the upper convex step gradually separate from the cup rim, so that the cup rim of the bottom cup falls onto the lower convex step. Then, the cup splitter is pulled back inward, and the lower convex step Then gradually separate from the rim of the cup inward, and the split inclined guide surface can be moved between the rim of the cup at the bottom and the rim of the adjacent cup above, so that the bottom cup When the cup falls on the receiving part, the cup rim of the upper adjacent cup will continue to become the lowermost cup and be guided to the upper convex step; to accept the supply cup, after the receiving part drops to a predetermined position, the The cup on the receiving part is placed on a bottom plate for supply to complete the step of supplying the cup.

The device for automatically supplying beverage cups of the present invention, please refer to Figure 1, which is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the device for automatically supplying beverage cups of the present invention. As shown in the figure, it includes at least a base frame 1, a plurality of receiving components 2 And a plurality of cup supply assemblies 3; wherein, the base frame 1 has a first frame body 11 and a second frame body 12, the second frame body 12 is corresponding to the first frame body 11 above, in the first There is a cup-holding device 13 installed on the two racks 12, and the bottom of the cup-holding device 13 is provided with a kit 131; among them, please refer to Figures 2 to 3, the receiving assembly 2 is provided with a plurality of evenly installed The first frame 11, please refer to Figures 1 to 3, has a bottom plate 21, the bottom plate 21 is equipped with a cup drop detector 22, the bottom plate 21 is provided with a socket detector 23, and The bottom of the bottom plate 21 is provided with a lifting device 24, the lifting device 24 is equipped with a guide rod 25 on the side, the lifting device 24 and the guide rod 25 are equipped with a receiving member 26, in this embodiment, the receiving member 26 It is designed in the shape of a ring and is sleeved on the periphery of the bottom plate 21. A lifting stabilizer 27 is sleeved on the guide rod 25, and a guide rod detector 28 is provided beside the guide rod 25. The detector 22, the socket detector 23, and the guide rod detector 28 are respectively and electrically connected to the lifting device 24; wherein, the supply cup assembly 3 is provided with a plurality of corresponding to each of the receiving assembly 2 is mounted on the second frame body 12, please refer to Figures 1, 4~5, there is a cup splitter 31, the cup splitter 31 has two symmetrical split arms 311, each A first convex step 312 and a second convex step 313 whose height is lower than the first convex step 312 are formed on the side corresponding to the split arm 311 from the outside to the inside. The side surface is also set as a splitting inclined guide surface 314. Each splitting arm 311 is provided with a slider 32 on the outside, and each slider 32 is embedded on a rail 33, and each rail 33 is secured. Is arranged on the bottom surface of the kit 131, and the cup splitting piece 31 is assembled with a driving device 34, and the driving device 34 can be assembled under the kit 131, the driving device 34 has a corresponding cup splitting piece 31 Pivotally connected driving arm 341, a driving rotating block 342 pivotally connected to the driving arm 341, and a motor 343 pivoting to the driving rotating block 342, and the motor 343 can be assembled under the sleeve 131, and A stroke detector 35 is installed on one side of the driving device 34, and a cup setting detector 36 is installed on the side corresponding to the bottom of the cup splitting part 31, the stroke detector 35 and the cup setting The detector 36 is electrically connected with the driving device 34 respectively.

The equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups of the present invention provides the function of automatic beverage cup supply. The following is a description of the implementation of the supply. Please refer to Figures 1, 6~10. Under normal circumstances, the cup setting device 13 A large number of cups 4 are filled inside. The bottom rim 41 of the cup 4 is placed on the first convex step 312 of the cup splitter 31, and the cup body 42 of the cup 4 hangs on the cup to split. Below the piece 31, the remaining cups 4 are sequentially stacked upwards in the cup holding device 13 through the set 131 (in order to avoid too complicated the drawing, only two cups 4 are shown in the figure). The cup drop detector 22 senses whether there is a cup 4 on the bottom plate 21, and the cup setting detector 36 detects whether there is the cup body 42 under the cup splitter 31, and confirms that the bottom plate 21 is at the same time When there is no cup 4 and the cup body 42 is under the cup splitting part 31, the lifting device 24 has to be activated to raise the receiving part 26. When the receiving part 26 is raised, the guide rod 25 will pass the lifting The stabilizer 27 rises together. When the guide rod 25 continues to rise so that the end of the guide rod 25 is out of the detection of the guide rod detector 28, it means that the receiving part 26 has risen to a predetermined height. The lifting device 24 stops, allowing the receiving member 26 to stop at a predetermined height position, and at the same time, the cup supply assembly 3 is activated. Please refer to Figures 11-13. First, the driving device 34 splits the cup 31 and the slider 32 is pushed outward on the rail 33, and since each of the cups 4 is framed in the sleeve 131, After the cup splitter 31 is pushed outward, the first convex step 312 gradually separates outward from the cup rim 41, so that the cup rim 41 of the lowermost cup 4 falls onto the second convex step 313. The splitting inclined guide surface 314 is located between the cup rim 41 of the lowermost cup 4 and the cup rim 41 of the adjacent cup 4 above. Please refer to Figures 14-15. Then, the driving device 34 splits the cup. The member 31 is pulled back inward. Similarly, since each cup 4 is framed in the sleeve 131, after the cup splitting member 31 is pulled back inward, the second convex step 313 gradually separates from the cup inward. The rim 41, the split inclined guide surface 314 can be moved between the rim 41 of the lowermost cup 4 and the rim 41 of the adjacent cup 4 above, allowing the lowermost cup 4 to fall onto the receiving member 26 , The cup rim 41 of the upper adjacent cup 4 will continue to become the lowermost cup 4 and be guided to the first convex step 312, please refer to Figure 15, and finally the lifting device 24 drives the receiving member 26 Lowering, after the receiving member detector 23 senses that the receiving member 26 drops to a predetermined position, the cup 4 on the receiving member 26 falls on the bottom plate 21, and then the function of supplying the cup is completed. The above-mentioned cup splitter 31 uses the stroke detector 35 to detect the stroke length of the movement, and further controls the driving device 34 to stop the cup splitter 31 moving to a predetermined position.

For the automatic cup supply equipment for beverage cups of the present invention, please refer to Figures 2 and 16. After the cup supply is completed, the cup 4 can be taken manually or automatically, mainly by using the cup drop detector 22 to sense Whether there is a cup 4 on the bottom plate 21, and confirming that there is a cup 4, the user can be displayed to inform the user to take the cup for the beverage brewing operation, or the cup drop detector 22 can be connected to a robot arm 5, When it is confirmed that there is a cup 4, the cup drop detector 22 can provide a signal to the robotic arm 5 so that the robotic arm can automatically clamp the cup 4 for beverage brewing operations.

For the equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups of the present invention, please refer to Figures 12 and 14. In this embodiment, the driving device 34 turns on the motor 343 to rotate, and further drives the driving rotary block 342 to rotate, and the driving arm 341 is driven by the rotation of the driving block 342, and further pulls or pushes the cup splitter 31 Move inward or outward.

When compared with other conventional technologies, the device for automatically supplying beverage cups provided by the present invention has the advantage that the splitting inclined guide surface on the cup splitting piece can accurately align the plurality of stacked cups one by one It can be separated and matched with the sensor of electronic components such as cup drop detector, socket detector and cup detector to provide an efficient unmanned automatic cup supply function, which can improve the service efficiency of hand-cranked tea shops.

The above-mentioned embodiments disclosed are only part of the preferred embodiment selection of the present invention, but they are not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone familiar with this technical field with ordinary knowledge, understands the aforementioned technical features and embodiments of the present invention, Equal changes or modifications made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention are still within the scope of the present invention, and the patent protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to those defined by the claims attached to this specification.

1: base frame

11: The first frame

12: Second frame

13: Cup holding device

131: Kit

2: Undertake components

21: bottom plate

22: Cup drop detector

23: Socket detector

24: Lifting device

25: Acceptance

26: guide rod

28: Guide rod detector

4: cup

Claims (8)

A device for automatically supplying beverage cups includes: a base frame with a first frame body and a second frame body, the second frame system corresponding to the upper part of the first frame body, and the second frame body On the upper side, there is a cup setting device, the bottom of the cup setting device is provided with a kit; a plurality of receiving components are installed on the first frame evenly, and each of the receiving components has a bottom plate, and there is a set beside the bottom plate. There is a receiving piece detector and a lifting device, the lifting device is equipped with a receiving piece, and the receiving piece detector is electrically connected to the lifting device; a plurality of cup feeding components correspond to the installation of each of the receiving components On the second frame, each of the cup supply components has a cup splitting piece, the cup splitting piece has two symmetrical splitting arms, and the corresponding side of each splitting arm is from outside to inside A first convex step and a second convex step whose height is lower than the first convex step are formed. The inner side of the first convex step is set as a splitting inclined guide surface, and the outer side of each splitting arm is respectively provided with a sliding Each of the sliders is embedded in a rail, each of the rails is fixed on the bottom surface of the kit, and the cup splitter is assembled with a driving device, and one side of the driving device is installed The stroke detector is electrically connected to the driving device. The equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups according to claim 1, wherein the receiving member is designed in a ring shape and is sleeved on the periphery of the bottom plate. The equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups according to claim 1, wherein a cup drop detector is installed on the bottom plate, and the cup drop detector is electrically connected to the lifting device. The equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups according to claim 3, wherein the cup drop detector is connected to a mechanical arm. The equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups according to claim 1, wherein a guide rod is installed on the side of the lifting device, and the receiving member is installed on the guide rod and the lifting device, and on the guide rod Set one liter The lowering stabilizer, and a guide rod detector is arranged beside the guide rod, and the guide rod detector is electrically connected with the lifting device. The equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups according to claim 1, wherein the driving device has a driving arm pivotally connected to the cup splitting member, a driving rotating block pivotally connected to the driving arm, and an and The driving rotating block is pivotally connected to a motor, and the motor is assembled under the kit. The equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups according to claim 1, wherein the driving device is assembled under the kit. The equipment for automatically supplying beverage cups according to claim 1, wherein a cup setting detector is installed at the lower side of the cup splitting member, and the cup setting detector is electrically connected with the driving device.

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