CN108742151B - Powder-brewing capsule feeding structure and instant-brewing beverage vending machine - Google Patents

Powder-brewing capsule feeding structure and instant-brewing beverage vending machine Download PDF

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CN108742151B
CN108742151B CN201810568445.8A CN201810568445A CN108742151B CN 108742151 B CN108742151 B CN 108742151B CN 201810568445 A CN201810568445 A CN 201810568445A CN 108742151 B CN108742151 B CN 108742151B
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叶超平
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Abstract

The invention discloses a powder-brewing capsule feeding structure and an instant drink vending machine, wherein the powder-brewing capsule feeding structure comprises: capsule storage device and rotary device, capsule storage device includes: the inner capsule holds a section of thick bamboo and an outer capsule and holds a section of thick bamboo, rotary device includes: an inner layer locating plate and an inner layer sensor which are matched with the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinder, and an outer layer locating plate and an outer layer sensor which are matched with the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinder. According to the powder-brewing capsule feeding structure provided by the invention, the powder-brewing capsules can be stored by the capsule storage device, and then the capsule storage device is driven and positioned by the rotating device to feed at the fixed position, so that the instant-brewing beverage vending machine can take materials by a robot or other structures and directly utilize the powder-brewing capsules to brew beverages without coffee grinding, the beverage manufacturing speed is improved, and the powder-brewing capsules can be suitable for any powder-brewing products which can be manufactured into capsule structures, and the variety of the manufactured beverages is enriched.

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Powder-brewing capsule feeding structure and instant-brewing beverage vending machine
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of beverage vending machines, in particular to a powder brewing capsule feeding structure and an instant beverage vending machine.
Background
Traditional drink vending machine such as coffee vending machine dashes through manual control adds and dashes powder and infuses and sell, needs the seller to rent the shop, hires the manual work, and the cost is higher, and the powder amount that dashes that the manual infusion used at every turn is different, leads to the taste that infuses out at every turn slightly to be different.
After the powder of the capsule structure is produced, the problem of taste difference of the brewed products caused by different powder adding amounts of each time of manual powder adding is solved, but the problems of high cost caused by using shops and manual work still exist.
The invention patent application with the application publication number of CN107705443A discloses a control method of a robot freshly ground coffee vending machine, which comprises the steps of firstly making different freshly ground coffee by using a freshly ground coffee making mechanism, and then taking, placing and carrying a vessel by using a six-axis robot to vend the coffee, wherein the freshly ground coffee takes longer time, is unfavorable for quick vending, and has lower use convenience.
It can be seen that the prior art is still in need of improvement and development.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the shortcomings of the prior art, the invention aims to provide a powder brewing capsule feeding structure and an instant brewing beverage vending machine, and aims to solve the problem that the instant coffee grinding time is long in the prior art.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a powder brewing capsule feed structure for an instant drink vending machine, comprising: capsule storage device and rotary device, capsule storage device includes: a plurality of containment drum sets, each containment drum set comprising at least one inner capsule containment drum and at least one outer capsule containment drum; the rotating device includes: the first rotary driving source is connected with a first rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft is used for driving the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinder and the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinder to rotate, the lower end of the first rotating shaft is connected with an inner layer positioning plate and an outer layer positioning plate, a plurality of inner layer positioning teeth are formed on the outer edge of the inner layer positioning plate, the number of the inner layer positioning teeth is the same as that of the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinder, and one side of the inner layer positioning plate is provided with an inner layer sensor used for sending a stall signal to the first rotary driving source after the inner layer positioning teeth are detected; the outer edge of the outer locating plate is provided with a plurality of outer locating teeth, the number of the outer locating teeth is the same as that of the outer capsule accommodating cylinders, and one side of the outer locating plate is provided with an outer sensor used for sending a stall signal to the first rotary driving source after the outer locating teeth are detected.
Compared with the prior art, the powder-making capsule feeding structure provided by the invention adopts the capsule storage device and the rotating device, and the capsule storage device comprises: the inner capsule holds a section of thick bamboo and an outer capsule and holds a section of thick bamboo, rotary device includes: an inner layer locating plate and an inner layer sensor which are matched with the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinder, and an outer layer locating plate and an outer layer sensor which are matched with the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinder. The powder-brewing capsules can be stored by the capsule storage device, and then the rotary device is utilized to drive and position the capsule storage device to feed at the fixed position, so that the instant-brewing beverage vending machine can take materials through a robot or other structures, and then the instant-brewing beverage vending machine can directly use the powder-brewing capsules to brew beverages without coffee grinding, thereby improving the making speed of the beverages.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the instant drink vending machine of the present invention with the front housing removed and the other housing removed from the vending machine at a first view angle.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the instant drink vending machine of the preferred embodiment of the present invention with the housing other than the front housing removed from the vending machine at a second view.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a preferred embodiment of the capsule storage device of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the upper positioning plate in the preferred embodiment of the capsule storage device of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the lower end positioning plate in the preferred embodiment of the capsule storage device of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the positional relationship between the capsule blanking device and the capsule carry device and the assembling fixing plate in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a rotating device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a capsule blanking apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a capsule carry device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a capsule loading device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of an elastic link mechanism in a preferred embodiment of the capsule loading device of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing the connection relationship among the movable guide plate, the guide protrusion and the movable connecting rod in the preferred embodiment of the capsule feeding device.
FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a structure of a carrier mechanism before puncturing in a preferred embodiment of a capsule puncturing device according to the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the puncturing mechanism in a preferred embodiment of the capsule puncturing device of the present invention.
Fig. 15 is a schematic view showing the structure of a cup storage device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 16 is a schematic structural view of a cup blanking device in the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 17 is a schematic view of the structure of the cup-dropping wheel in the preferred embodiment of the cup dropping device of the present invention.
Fig. 18 is a schematic view showing a structure of a cup transferring apparatus according to a first view of the present invention.
Fig. 19 is a schematic view of a cup transferring device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention after hiding a beverage discharge box.
Detailed Description
The invention provides a powder-brewing capsule feeding structure and an instant drink vending machine, which are used for making the purposes, the technical scheme and the effects of the invention clearer and more definite, and the invention is further described in detail below by referring to the accompanying drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
The invention provides an instant drink vending machine, which comprises: capsule storage device 100, rotary device 200, capsule blanking device 300, capsule carry device 400 (hereinafter, abbreviated as carry device 400), capsule loading device 500 (hereinafter, abbreviated as loading device 500), cup storage device 600, cup blanking device 700, cup transfer device 800, capsule piercing device 900 (hereinafter, abbreviated as piercing device 900) and water injection device 1000.
In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the vending machine for beverage products is only structurally improved, and the present invention adopts the prior art for the devices such as receiving the user purchase instruction, receiving the user payment and sending the action instruction after the user payment, and will not be described in detail herein.
It should be appreciated that the timing of the actions of some of the devices in the present invention may have various options, such as: the capsule blanking device 300 can directly supplement the powder-making capsules through the carry device 400 and the feeding device 500 after the coffee selling is finished each time, and the action time is first; the powder-making capsule can be supplemented by the carry device 400 and the feeding device 500 after receiving a new coffee selling instruction, which is the action time two; the powder brewing capsules can be supplemented through the carry device 400 and the feeding device 500 in the selling process of selling a plurality of instant beverages at a time, and the action time is three, and whether the instant beverage vending machine has the function depends on whether the instant beverage vending machine can receive the request of a user for buying a plurality of beverages at a time, and in general, the instant beverage vending machine existing in the prior art has the function. It should be noted that the operation timings of the rotating apparatus 200 listed above are not mutually conflicting, wherein the first operation timing and the second operation timing may both coexist with the third operation timing, and the first operation timing and the second operation timing do not generally coexist.
In addition, other devices similar to the above examples exist for selecting action time, the present invention is not listed here, and for those skilled in the art, based on the structure of the instant drink vending machine provided by the present invention, the adjustment of action time of one or several devices can be achieved without creative labor, therefore, the present invention is hereinafter described in detail for explaining the working principle of the instant drink vending machine, and the method steps in the listed embodiments are only used for explaining the present invention, but not for limiting the present invention.
As shown in fig. 3, in a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the capsule storage device 100 comprises: a plurality of inner capsule receiving cylinders 110, a plurality of outer capsule receiving cylinders 120, an upper end positioning plate 130, and a lower end positioning plate 140. As shown in fig. 4, the upper end positioning plate is provided with a plurality of first inner layer positioning holes 131 and a plurality of first outer layer positioning holes 132; as shown in fig. 5, the lower end positioning plate is provided with a plurality of second inner layer positioning holes 141 and a plurality of second outer layer positioning holes 142.
The inner capsule receiving cylinders 110 are disposed through the first inner positioning holes 131 and the second inner positioning holes 141 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the outer capsule receiving cylinders 120 are disposed through the first outer positioning holes 132 and the second outer positioning holes 142 in a one-to-one correspondence manner. The upper end positioning plate 130 and the lower end positioning plate 140 are preferably circular, the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinders 120 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential directions of the two plates, and the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinders 110 are also arranged at intervals, except that the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinders 110 are positioned close to the center positions of the two plates, and the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinders 120 are positioned close to the outer edges of the two plates.
Each inner capsule accommodating cylinder 110 and each outer capsule accommodating cylinder 120 can be stacked with a plurality of powder-punching capsules J, when the powder-punching capsules J are used, after the inner capsule accommodating cylinder 110 or the outer capsule accommodating cylinder 120 is used, the powder-punching capsules J in the next inner capsule accommodating cylinder 110 or the outer capsule accommodating cylinder 120 can be used; the rotation of the capsule storage device 100 may be performed immediately after each of the inner capsule housing cylinders 110 or the outer capsule housing cylinders 120 is used.
The number ratio of the inner layer capsule containing cylinders 110 to the outer layer capsule containing cylinders 120 is preferably 1:2, and one inner layer capsule containing cylinder 110 and two outer layer capsule containing cylinders 120 can form a containing cylinder group, wherein the containing cylinder group is arranged in a V shape, that is, in a certain containing cylinder group, the spacing between the content capsule containing cylinder and the two outer layer capsule containing cylinders 120 is the same. This arrangement ensures that one capsule receiving cartridge exists for each rotation of the capsule storage device 100 through a certain angle, for example, when 7 inner capsule receiving cartridges 110 are provided and 14 outer capsule receiving cartridges 120 are provided, one capsule receiving cartridge exists for each rotation through 17.14 °; meanwhile, when the capsule blanking device 300 dials the powder-making capsule J, the inner capsule accommodating cylinder 110 and the outer capsule accommodating cylinder 120 do not affect each other.
The inner capsule accommodating cylinder 110 and the outer capsule accommodating cylinder 120 can store different powder-making capsules, and can also store the same powder-making capsules; the inner capsule accommodating cylinders 110 can store different powder-making capsules or the same powder-making capsule; similarly, different powder brewing capsules may be stored between the plurality of outer capsule receiving cartridges 120, or the same powder brewing capsule may be stored. Such as: the inner capsule receiving cylinder 110 is used for storing capsule coffee, and the outer capsule receiving cylinder 120 is used for storing capsule instant orange juice powder, or other modes can be easily understood, so long as the instant orange juice powder can be brewed and sold, whether the instant orange juice powder is powdery or not, the raw materials can be stored in the capsule, and the instant orange juice powder can be placed in the inner capsule receiving cylinder 110 or the outer capsule receiving cylinder 120; such as: tea leaves, other liquid materials, etc. may be used. The water injection device 1000 can also inject hot water or ice water, and can selectively provide hot water, hot water and ice water (i.e. the water injection device 1000 has the function of providing multiple water at the same time), which can be realized by the instant drink vending machine provided by the invention.
The rotating means 200 is provided below the capsule storage device 100, as shown in fig. 7, and includes: the assembly fixing plate 210, the first rotary driving source 220, the first belt pulley 230, the first driving belt 240, the second belt pulley 250 and the first rotating shaft 260 are sequentially connected, the upper end of the first rotating shaft 260 is fixedly connected with the lower end locating plate 140, the lower end is fixedly connected with an inner layer locating plate 270 and an outer layer locating plate 280, the outer edge of the inner layer locating plate 270 is divided into inner layer locating teeth by a plurality of open slots which are arranged at intervals, the number of the divided inner layer locating teeth is the same as that of the inner layer capsule containing cylinders 110, and the positions of each saw tooth correspond to one inner layer capsule containing cylinder 110; the outer edge of the outer capsule accommodating cylinder 120 is also divided into outer positioning teeth by a plurality of open slots arranged at intervals, the number of the divided outer positioning teeth is the same as that of the outer capsule accommodating cylinders 120, and the positions of each saw tooth correspond to one outer capsule accommodating cylinder 120.
An inner sensor is provided at one side of the inner positioning sheet 270 for determining that the inner capsule receiving cylinder 110 corresponding to the saw tooth has reached a designated position when the saw tooth is detected, and then transmitting a stall signal to the first rotary driving source 220 to cause the inner capsule receiving cylinder 110 to stay at the designated position. The inner layer sensor can select to use a photoelectric sensor.
An outer sensor is provided at one side of the outer positioning sheet 280 for determining that the outer capsule receiving cylinder 120 corresponding to the saw tooth has reached a designated position when the saw tooth is detected, and then transmitting a stall signal to the first rotary driving source 220 to cause the outer capsule receiving cylinder 120 to stay at the designated position. The outer layer sensor can selectively use a photoelectric sensor.
When the capsule storage device 100 is required to rotate, the first rotary driving source 220 drives the lower end positioning plate 140, the inner layer positioning plate 270 and the outer layer positioning plate 280 to rotate through the first pulley 230, the first driving belt 240, the second pulley 250 and the first rotating shaft 260, and the lower end positioning plate 140 drives the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinder 110, the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinder 120 and the upper end positioning plate 140 to rotate, and after the inner layer sensor or the outer layer sensor sends a stopping signal to the first rotary driving source 220, the rotation of the capsule storage device 100 is stopped. It should be noted that, the first pulley 230, the first belt 240 and the second pulley 250 are not the only transmission modes, and other transmission modes such as gear transmission can also complete the motion transmission between the first rotary driving source 220 and the first rotating shaft 260; it should be understood that the first pulley 230, the first belt 240 and the second pulley 250 may be replaced with any components that can realize the transmission of the rotational motion, and thus, the first pulley 230, the first belt 240 and the second pulley 250 may be collectively referred to as a first rotational motion transmission component.
As shown in fig. 8, the capsule blanking apparatus 300 includes: the second rotary driving source 310, the third belt pulley 320, the second driving belt 330, the fourth belt pulley 340, the second rotating shaft 350 and the poking rod 360 are sequentially connected, the second rotary driving source 310 is fixed on the lower end face of the assembly fixing plate 210, and after the powder-filled capsules J in the capsule storage device 100 reach a designated position, the second rotary driving source 310 drives the poking rod 360 to rotate through the third belt pulley 320, the second driving belt 330, the fourth belt pulley 340 and the second rotating shaft 350, so that the poking rod 360 pokes the powder-filled capsules J of the lower end positioning plate 140, and the poked powder-filled capsules J drop to the carry device 400. It should be understood that, as long as the components capable of implementing the transmission of the rotary motion can replace the third pulley 320, the second transmission belt 330 and the fourth pulley 340, the third pulley 320, the second transmission belt 330 and the fourth pulley 340 can be collectively referred to as a second rotary motion transmission component, and the following similar structures, such as the third rotary motion transmission component to the nth rotary motion transmission component, are not described in detail, where N is a positive integer greater than 3.
As shown in fig. 9, the carry device 400 includes: carry loading plate 410, carry slat 420, carry slider 430, carry guide shaft 440, carry fixing plate 450, fifth pulley 460, third belt 470, sixth pulley 480, and third rotary drive source 490. The carry loading plate 410 is fixedly connected to the lower end surface of the positioning plate and is located at one side of the second rotating shaft 350, and a carry loading slot for loading the dropped powder-punching capsules J is formed in the middle of the upper end of the carry loading plate, and preferably the carry loading slot can accommodate a plurality of powder-punching capsules J; the assembly fixing plate 210 is provided with a positioning material dropping groove 211 in the fit carrying groove, as shown in fig. 6; after the second rotating shaft 350 toggles the powder-punching capsule J that has reached the specified position, the powder-punching capsule J passes through the positioning material-dropping groove 211 and drops into the carry carrying groove.
The third rotary driving source 490, the sixth pulley 480, the third driving belt 470 and the fifth pulley 460 are sequentially connected, and preferably, the third rotary driving source 490 is fixed at the outside of the carry fixing plate 450, and the sixth pulley 480 and the fifth pulley 460 are rotatably connected at the inside of the carry fixing plate 450. The carry lath 420 is provided with a plurality of carry laths, the first end of the carry lath 420 is connected with the third driving belt 470, the lower end of the carry lath 420 is movably connected to the carry guiding shaft 440, and the second end of the carry lath is used for pushing the powder-punching capsule J in the carry carrying groove to move along the carry guiding shaft 440 under the driving of the third driving belt 470. The first ends of the carry bar 420 are respectively connected to the upper and lower sides of the third driving belt 470. Further, the carry ribbon 420 is set to be M, and the carry carrying groove can accommodate the powder capsule J to be N, so m=n-1.
After the powder-filled capsules J at the end of the carry carrying groove facing away from the mounting plate 210 are taken away for brewing and vending, the third rotary driving source 490 drives the third driving belt 470 to rotate through the sixth belt pulley 480 and the fifth belt pulley 460, and the third driving belt 470 moves all carry slats 420 along the carry guiding shaft 440 in a direction facing away from the mounting plate 210, so that the carry slats 420 push the powder-filled capsules J to move for filling the powder-filled capsules J.
In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, a position sensor is fixed on the outer side of the carry carrying plate, and the position sensor is disposed away from the assembly fixing plate 210, and is configured to send a stall signal to the third rotary driving source 490 after detecting that the filling of the powder-making capsule J is completed.
As shown in fig. 10, the feeding device 500 includes: a fourth rotation driving source 510, a third rotation shaft 520, a guide cam 530, a moving guide plate 540, a moving connection rod 550, and a pinch grip 560; an elastic link mechanism 570 is arranged between the movable connecting rod 550 and the pinch grip 560. The fourth rotation driving source 510 is fixed on the beverage discharging box 040, the position of the beverage discharging box 040 is shown in fig. 2, (other places can be provided with a fixing device for fixing the fourth rotation driving source 510 and enabling the clamping device 560 to clamp and take the powder-making capsule J for feeding), the third rotation shaft 520 is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the fourth rotation driving source 510, the guide cam 530 is fixed above the fourth rotation driving source 510, and a special-shaped supporting plate and a rectangular plate are preferably arranged between the guide cam 530 and the fourth rotation driving source 510, and each corner of the special-shaped supporting plate is right-angled and is in an inverted omega shape. The guide cam 530 may be fixedly connected to a rectangular plate (other shapes may be used, and are not limited to the specific examples, and may be integrally formed.
The movable guide plate 540 is fixedly connected with the third rotating shaft 520, and a guide protrusion 580 is provided on the lower end surface thereof, as shown in fig. 12, the guide protrusion 580 is provided with a guide groove 581 in an inverted convex shape, the guide groove 581 is a lower open groove, the upper and lower ends of the movable connecting rod 550 are respectively provided with a rotating wheel, and the two rotating wheels are connected together through a connecting rotating shaft 553. As shown in fig. 11, when the fourth rotation driving source 510 drives the third rotation shaft 520 to rotate, the moving guide plate 540 and the moving connecting rod 550 rotate therewith, and the lower rotating wheel 552 rotates along the surface of the guide cam 530, the upper rotating wheel 551 moves in the guide groove 581, and the pinch grip 560 moves along with the movement of the upper rotating wheel 551 under the driving of the elastic link mechanism 570.
As shown in fig. 11, the elastic link mechanism 570 preferably includes: the first link 571, the second link 572, the first spring fixing shaft 573, the second spring fixing shaft 574, a spring (not shown), the third link 575, the fourth link 576, and the connection rotation lever 577, and the upper end of the connection rotation lever 577 is rotatably connected to the movement guide plate 540. The first end of the first connecting rod 571 and the first end of the second connecting rod 572 are rotatably connected with the movable connecting rod 550, the axes of the first spring fixing rotating shaft 573 and the second spring fixing rotating shaft 574 are parallel to the axis of the movable connecting rod 550, the second end of the first connecting rod 571 and the first end of the third connecting rod 575 are rotatably connected with the first spring fixing rotating shaft 573, the second end of the second connecting rod 572 and the first end of the fourth connecting rod 576 are rotatably connected with the second spring fixing rotating shaft 574, and the two ends of the spring are respectively connected with the first spring fixing rotating shaft 573 and the second spring fixing rotating shaft 574; the axis of the connecting rotating rod 577 is parallel to the axis of the movable connecting rod 550, and the second end of the third connecting rod 575 and the second end of the fourth connecting rod 576 are rotatably connected to the connecting rotating rod 577. The pinch grip 560 includes: the first clamping portion with a semicircular shape and the second clamping portion with a semicircular shape are preferably formed integrally with the third connecting rod 575, and the second clamping portion is formed integrally with the fourth connecting rod 576.
In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the guide protrusion 580, the guide groove 581, the movable connecting rod 550, the elastic connecting rod mechanism 570 and the pinch grip 560 are provided with two; the two clamping grippers 560 are a first clamping gripper and a second clamping gripper respectively, and assuming that the first feeding of the powder-filled capsule J on the carry bearing plate is completed by the first clamping gripper, the second feeding is completed by the second clamping gripper, and when the second clamping gripper grips the powder-filled capsule J, the first clamping gripper feeds the powder-filled capsule J to the puncturing device 900, and when the first clamping gripper grips the powder-filled capsule J, the second clamping gripper feeds the powder-filled capsule J to the puncturing device 900; that is, the two gripping catches 560 are alternately gripping and loading. For this purpose, the shape of the guide cam 530 is required to satisfy: when either one of the first pinch grip and the second pinch grip is rotated to be close to the carry bearing plate, the powder capsule J may be gripped from the carry bearing plate, and the other one of the first pinch grip and the second pinch grip may place the powder capsule J that has been gripped to the puncturing device 900.
The structure of the water injection device 1000 is not particularly limited in the present invention, the water can be boiled and injected into the drinking cup B transferred to the designated position after receiving the water injection command. Preferably, the water storage bucket 010 is placed in the vending machine case for the instant drink, as shown in fig. 1, the water storage bucket is placed at the bottom wall of the case, and after receiving a water injection instruction, the water injection device 1000 extracts water in the water storage bucket, heats the water and then flows out into the drink cup B.
The lancing device 900 is positioned below the water injection device 1000, as shown in FIG. 1, and includes: as shown in fig. 13, the pre-piercing carrying mechanism 910 and the lancing mechanism 920, the pre-piercing carrying mechanism 910 includes: the fifth rotary drive source 911, the fourth rotary shaft 912, the first driven shaft 913, the second driven shaft 914, the head end fixing plate 915, the tail end fixing plate 916, the first driven plate 917, the second driven plate 918, the capsule housing block 919, and the mechanism connecting plate (the mechanism connecting plate is hidden for clarity of illustration of the internal structure). The cross section of the mechanism connecting plate is n-shaped, the front end, the rear end and the lower end of the mechanism connecting plate are open, the mechanism connecting plate is connected to the wall of the shell of the instant drink vending machine through a tail end fixing plate 916, and a rotating cavity is formed in the middle of the mechanism connecting plate; and the head end fixing plate 915 is used for fixedly connecting the fifth rotary driving source 911 to the housing wall through the mechanism connecting plate and the tail end fixing plate 916. That is, the main functions of the head end fixing plate 915, the mechanism connecting plate and the tail end fixing plate 916 are to fixedly connect the pre-piercing supporting mechanism 910 to the housing wall, and it should be understood that the structure of the fifth rotary driving source 911 can be used as an alternative structure of the preferred embodiment of the present invention even if the three plates are not provided or the three plates are modified.
Preferably, the output shaft of the fifth rotation driving source 911 is connected to the fourth rotation shaft 912 through a rotation shaft sleeve, the fourth rotation shaft 912 is disposed through the first end fixing plate 915, and a rotation bearing is disposed between the fourth rotation shaft 912 and the first end fixing plate 915. The tail end of the fourth shaft 912 is rotatably connected to the tail end fixing plate 916, and the middle part is fixedly connected to the first driven plate 917 and the second driven plate 918. The first driven shaft 913 and the second driven shaft 914 are disposed on two sides of the fourth rotating shaft 912, respectively, and are fixedly connected to the first driven plate 917 and the second driven plate 918. The middle of the capsule accommodating block 919 is provided with a capsule accommodating groove 919a, the capsule accommodating groove 919a is an open groove, and the shape and size of the capsule accommodating groove 919a are adapted to the powder-pouring capsule J, the capsule accommodating groove 919a is communicated with a powder-pouring opening, and the powder-pouring opening is used as a beverage cup B which is transferred below the powder-pouring opening after the powder-pouring capsule J is pierced.
When the gripper 560 grips the powder-filled capsule J and rotates toward the capsule housing block 919, the fifth rotary driving source 911 drives the capsule housing block 919 to rotate downward through the fourth rotary shaft 912, the first driven plate 917 and the second driven plate 918, so as to leave a space for the gripper 560 and the powder-filled capsule J carried by the gripper to avoid collision; after the powder-punching capsule J is placed in the capsule receiving groove 919a by the gripper 560, the fifth rotary driving source 911 will drive the capsule receiving block 919 to reset so as to be pierced by the piercing mechanism 920.
As shown in fig. 14, the lancing mechanism 920 includes: a sixth rotary drive source 921, a fifth rotary shaft 922, a motion transfer plate 923, a puncture press plate 924, a bi-directional opening housing 925, a longitudinally moving rail 926, and a linear motor 927. The bi-directional opening housing 925 is a rectangular housing, and the front end and the left side of the rectangular housing are opened.
The sixth rotary driving source 921 is fixed on the upper end surface of the bi-directional opening casing 925, and the output shaft thereof is disposed downward, the fifth rotary shaft 922 is connected below the sixth rotary driving source 921 and penetrates through the bi-directional opening casing 925, the motion transmission plate 923 is fixedly connected with the fifth rotary shaft 922 through a connecting shaft sleeve and is located in the bi-directional opening casing 925, and meanwhile, the motion transmission plate 923 is fixedly connected with the linear motor 927 and can move up and down along with the linear motor 927. The piercing press 924 is fixedly connected to the lower end surface of the motion transmission plate 923 extending out of the front end opening of the bi-directional opening casing 925, and is used for piercing the powder-punching capsule J placed in the capsule receiving groove 919 a.
After the powder-filled capsule J is placed in the capsule receiving groove 919a, the sixth rotary driving source 921 drives the piercing platen 924 to rotate rightward and stay above the capsule receiving block 919; then the linear motor 927 drives the puncturing pressing plate 924 to move downwards to puncture the powder punching capsule J; after the powder punching capsule J is pierced, the sixth rotary driving source 921 drives the piercing press plate 924 to rotate leftwards, so that a space is reserved for feeding the next powder punching capsule J so as to avoid collision; secondly, a space is reserved for the water injection device 1000 to penetrate through the shell body after the powder injection capsule J is punctured and the powder injection falling port is injected with water.
In the invention, the instant drink vending machine can be a coffee vending machine or other drink vending machines, and the powder brewing capsule J can be capsule coffee or a powder brewing storage capsule with other drink granules built in a capsule coffee structure. The capsule structure (pierceable) for storing the powder is already known in the art, and the invention is not repeated here.
As shown in fig. 15, the cup storage device 600 includes: the first cup storage cylinder 610, the second cup storage cylinder 620, the bearing rotary seat 630, the sixth rotating shaft (not labeled) and the seventh rotating drive source 650, preferably, two or more transmission gears 660 are disposed between the seventh rotating drive source 650 and the sixth rotating shaft (other rotation transmission mechanisms may be used, which is not limited in the present invention). When the beverage cups stored in the first cup storage cylinder 610 are used up, the seventh rotary driving source 650 drives the bearing rotary seat 630 and the first cup storage cylinder 610 and the second cup storage cylinder 620 thereon to rotate through the transmission gear and the sixth rotary shaft, and uses the beverage cups in the second cup storage cylinder 620 instead. Of course, the beverage cups in the first cup storage cylinder 610 and the second cup storage cylinder 620 may be alternatively used. The cup storage barrels can be arranged in one mode, and compared with the arrangement structure of the two cup storage barrels, the storage quantity of the beverage cups is small, and the beverage cups need to be replenished frequently.
The first cup storage cylinder 610 and the second cup storage cylinder 620 have parallel axes, both adopt a hollow structure with upper and lower openings, the hollow core in the middle is used for storing the beverage cup B, the upper opening is used for supplementing the beverage cup B to the cup storage cylinder, and the lower opening is used for allowing the beverage cup B to pass through when falling down; the bearing rotating seat 630 is adapted to the opening at the lower end of the first cup storage cylinder 610 and the opening at the lower end of the second cup storage cylinder 620, and is provided with a first cup dropping opening and a second cup dropping opening respectively.
As shown in fig. 16, the cup blanking device 700 includes: an eighth rotary driving source 710, a plurality of external gears 720, an internal gear 730, a plurality of cup-dropping rotary members 740, and an internal gear retainer 750. The internal transmission gear 730 is fixed in the internal gear fixing ring 750, and the outer side surface of the internal transmission gear 730 is tightly attached to the inner side surface of the internal gear fixing ring 750. The plurality of external gears 720 are sequentially arranged from the side of the eighth rotary drive source 710 and are engaged one by one, preferably one external gear 720 farthest from the eighth rotary drive source 710 is engaged with the internal gear 730, and transmits the rotary motion to the internal gear 730 when the output shaft of the eighth rotary drive source 710 rotates.
The eighth rotary driving source 710 drives the internal transmission gear 730 through the external transmission gear 720, as shown in fig. 17, a plurality of meshing transmission teeth 741 are disposed at the lower end of the cup-falling rotary member 740 for meshing the internal transmission gear 730; the upper end is provided with a cylinder 744, the lower edge of the outer side of the cylinder is extended with a semicircular blanking sliding table 742, the height of the blanking sliding table 742 gradually decreases from the first end to the second end, so that the beverage cup B can gradually move downwards along the blanking sliding table 742 until the beverage cup B is separated from the cup-falling rotary member 740; the first end of the blanking slide 742 extends away from the second end to form a pushing block 743.
After the beverage cup B falls between the plurality of cup-falling rotating members 740, the internal transmission gear 730 rotates under the driving of the eighth rotary driving source 710 and the plurality of external transmission gears 720, and drives the plurality of cup-falling rotating members 740 to rotate, so that the beverage cup B descends along with the rotation of the blanking sliding table until the beverage cup B is separated from the blanking sliding table.
The cup transferring device 800 is located below the cup dropping device 700, as shown in fig. 18 and 19, and includes: beverage discharge bin 810, drive source mounting box 820, ninth rotary drive source 830, seventh pulley 840, fourth drive belt 850, eighth pulley (not labeled), mobile adaptor plate 860, apertured slide block 870, guide post 880, and beverage carrying grip 890.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the driving source fixing box 820 is fixed on an end surface of the beverage discharging box 810 facing away from the front shell of the instant beverage vending machine, the ninth rotary driving source 830 is fixed on an end surface of the driving source fixing box 820 facing away from the beverage discharging box 810, the seventh belt pulley 840, the fourth driving belt 850, the eighth belt pulley, the moving adapter plate 860, the perforated sliding block 870 and the guide posts 880 are disposed in the driving source fixing box 820, the seventh belt pulley 840 is connected with an output shaft of the ninth rotary driving source 830, the eighth belt pulley is connected with the seventh belt pulley 840 through the fourth driving belt 850, the moving adapter plate 860 is fixedly connected with the fourth driving belt 850, the perforated sliding blocks 870 are provided with four, and the four perforated sliding blocks 870 are all fixed on an upper end surface or a lower end surface of the moving plate 860, the guide posts 880 are provided with two perforated sliding blocks 870, the beverage carrying gripper 890 is disposed inside the beverage discharging box 810 and is fixedly connected with the perforated sliding block 870 or the moving plate 860; the beverage discharge tank 810 is provided with a lateral movement groove so that the beverage carrying grip 890 can be moved laterally with the rotation of the ninth rotary drive source 830. It should be understood that the foregoing examples are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention, for example, the number of the hole sliding blocks 870 may be 1, 2, or 6, etc., the number of the guide posts 880 may be 1 or 3, etc., and the moving carrying gripper may not be in a gripper shape, or may be in a ring shape or a cup shape; many alternatives are possible and are not illustrated here.
Before the beverage cup B falls from the cup falling device 700, the beverage carrying gripper 890 is located below the cup falling device 700, so that the beverage cup B can just fall on the beverage carrying gripper 890, and the ninth rotary driving source 830 drives the beverage carrying gripper 890 to move transversely through the seventh belt pulley 840, the fourth belt pulley 850, the eighth belt pulley, the movable adapter plate 860, the perforated sliding block 870 and the guide post 880 until the beverage carrying gripper 890 reaches the position right below the powder pouring opening.
In the present invention, the rotary drive sources (the first rotary drive source 220 to the ninth rotary drive source 830) may employ a rotary motor or a rotary cylinder, and preferably a rotary motor.
In addition, in a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the bottom surface of the bottom plate of the vending machine for beverage products is connected with a plurality of wheels 030, as shown in fig. 1, and the number, structure, etc. of the wheels 030 are already the prior art, which is not repeated in the present invention. It should be understood that the arrangement, structure and number of the wheels 030 may be selectively set by those skilled in the art according to the actual situation, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
In addition, preferably, the vending machine for freshly brewed beverages provided by the invention is further provided with a waste capsule containing box 020 on the upper end surface of the bottom plate of the casing, as shown in fig. 1, the clamping gripper 560 is driven by the elastic link mechanism 570 to rotate along the guide cam 530 to finally stay at a position which is the position with the largest or larger distance between the two lower rotating wheels 552, and is preferably located at the point a and the point b respectively; the waste capsule holding box 020 is positioned below the clamping grip 560 at this time; so that the clip 560 can discard the waste capsule into the waste capsule housing box 020 after passively rotating for a certain angle after the beverage is brewed and sold.
The invention also provides a powder-punching capsule feeding structure, and the specific structure and the using method thereof are as described above.
It is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the examples described above, but is capable of modification and variation in light of the above teachings by those skilled in the art, and that all such modifications and variations are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

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1. A powder brewing capsule feed structure for a machine is sold to drink that dashes now, its characterized in that includes: capsule storage device and rotary device, capsule storage device includes: a plurality of containment drum sets, each containment drum set comprising at least one inner capsule containment drum and at least one outer capsule containment drum; the rotating device includes: the first rotary driving source is connected with a first rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft is used for driving the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinder and the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinder to rotate, the lower end of the first rotating shaft is connected with an inner layer positioning plate and an outer layer positioning plate, a plurality of inner layer positioning teeth are formed on the outer edge of the inner layer positioning plate, the number of the inner layer positioning teeth is the same as that of the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinder, and one side of the inner layer positioning plate is provided with an inner layer sensor used for sending a stall signal to the first rotary driving source after the inner layer positioning teeth are detected; the outer edge of the outer layer locating plate is provided with a plurality of outer layer locating teeth, the number of the outer layer locating teeth is the same as that of the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinders, and one side of the outer layer locating plate is provided with an outer layer sensor for sending a stall signal to the first rotary driving source after the outer layer locating teeth are detected;
the capsule storage device further includes: the upper end positioning plate is provided with a first inner layer positioning hole matched with the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinder and a first outer layer positioning hole matched with the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinder, and the first rotating shaft is connected with the upper end positioning plate;
the capsule storage device further includes: the lower end positioning plate is provided with a second inner layer positioning hole matched with the inner layer capsule accommodating cylinder and a second outer layer positioning hole matched with the outer layer capsule accommodating cylinder, and the first rotating shaft is connected with the lower end positioning plate;
the rotating device further includes: the first rotary driving source is fixed on the lower end face of the assembly fixing plate, the capsule storage device is positioned above the assembly fixing plate, and the first rotary shaft penetrates through the assembly fixing plate;
the powder-punching capsule feeding structure further comprises a capsule blanking device, wherein the capsule blanking device comprises a second rotary driving source, a third belt pulley, a second driving belt, a fourth belt pulley, a second rotating shaft and a poking rod which are sequentially connected, the second rotary driving source is fixed on the lower end face of the assembly fixing plate, so that after the powder-punching capsule in the capsule storage device reaches a specified position, the second rotary driving source drives the poking rod to rotate through the third belt pulley, the second driving belt, the fourth belt pulley and the second rotating shaft, and the poking rod pokes the powder-punching capsule of the lower end locating plate, so that the poked powder-punching capsule falls to a carry device.
2. The powder capsule supply structure of claim 1, wherein each containment cartridge set comprises: the inner layer capsule containing cylinder and the two outer layer capsule containing cylinders are connected through the axis of the inner layer capsule containing cylinder and the axis of the two outer layer capsule containing cylinders to form a V shape.
3. The powder capsule feeding structure of claim 1, wherein a rotational bearing is disposed between the first shaft and the mounting plate.
4. A powder capsule feeding structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein a square locking block is provided between the rotating bearing and the mounting plate.
5. The powder capsule feeding structure of claim 1, wherein a first rotary motion transfer assembly is disposed between the first rotary drive source and the first rotary shaft.
6. The powder capsule supply structure of claim 5, wherein the first rotary motion transfer assembly comprises: the first belt pulley is connected with a first rotary driving source, the first belt pulley is connected with a first driving belt, the first driving belt is connected with a second belt pulley, and the second belt pulley is fixedly connected with the first rotating shaft.
7. A ready-to-brew beverage vending machine comprising a powder capsule supply structure according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
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