CN111402491B

CN111402491B - Automatic vending machine and automatic microwave cooking method

Info

Publication number: CN111402491B
Application number: CN202010204242.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘洪泉; 殷芳宏; 宋景宁; 周旺; 万海涛
Original assignee: Shenzhen Xiehou Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Xiehou Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-21
Filing date: 2020-03-21
Publication date: 2022-01-04
Anticipated expiration: 2040-03-21
Also published as: CN111402491A

Abstract

The application relates to the fields related to food making and automatic selling, in particular to an automatic vending machine and an automatic microwave cooking method; the vending machine comprises a grabbing device, a storage bin, a cooking device, a meal serving platform and a control system, wherein the grabbing device, the storage bin, the cooking device and the meal serving platform are arranged on the rack, and the control system is used for receiving instruction information and controlling all parts of the vending machine to work cooperatively according to the instruction information; the cooking device comprises a microwave oven and a shaking device, the shaking device is provided with the meal box fence, the meal box fence is arranged in a microwave heating cavity of the microwave oven and is used for placing meal boxes, and the grabbing device is used for grabbing meal boxes with food ingredients in a stock bin in advance and transferring the meal boxes into the meal box fence in the heating cavity; therefore, in the process that the microwave oven heats the meal boxes in the meal box columns, the meal boxes in the meal box columns are shaken by the shaking devices to enable the food materials in the meal boxes to be uniformly heated; and then need not open the microwave oven and can rock the edible material in the cutlery box evenly, improve cooking efficiency, avoid the user to wait for longer time.

Description

Automatic vending machine and automatic microwave cooking method

Technical Field

The application relates to the fields related to automatic food making and automatic food selling, in particular to an automatic vending machine and an automatic microwave cooking method.

Background

The self-service vending equipment can be placed in places with large people flow, such as office buildings, stations, shopping malls and the like, more convenient service is provided for people to purchase commodities, and labor cost is greatly reduced compared with a traditional vending mode.

The self-service vending equipment gradually develops from supplying common commodities and cold foods to supplying hot foods, but most of the conventional vending equipment for supplying hot foods only heats cooked foods again or keeps the hot foods warm continuously, more energy consumption is caused no matter the cooked foods are heated again or the hot foods are kept warm continuously, the quality of the foods is reduced, and consumers cannot eat fresh ready-made dishes.

In a related scheme, a microwave oven is arranged in the self-service vending machine, and the food materials in the heat-resistant meal box are subjected to microwave heating to prepare fresh cooked food. In order to heat the food materials in the food box uniformly, the microwave oven needs to be started after the food materials are heated to a certain degree, and the food box is grabbed by other mechanisms, shaken uniformly and then put into the microwave oven to be heated continuously. Thus, the cooking efficiency of the dishes is inevitably affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The application mainly aims to provide an automatic vending machine and an automatic microwave dish frying method, and aims to solve the problem that a current consumer cannot eat fresh and ready-made dishes through automatic vending equipment.

In order to achieve the purpose, the application provides an automatic vending machine which comprises a rack, a grabbing device, a storage bin, a cooking device, a meal serving platform and a control system;

the gripping device, the bin, the cooking device and the meal serving platform are all arranged on the rack;

the grabbing device is used for transferring the lunch boxes in the bin to a cooking device and transferring the cooked lunch boxes to the meal delivery platform;

the cooking device comprises a microwave oven and a shaking device, wherein the shaking device is provided with a food box fence for placing a food box, the food box fence is positioned in a microwave heating cavity of the microwave oven, and the shaking device shakes the food box fence to shake food materials in the food box.

Furthermore, the gripping device comprises a mounting seat, a rotary driving mechanism, a vertical beam, a lifting driving mechanism, a lifting arm, a translation driving mechanism and a mechanical claw;

the vertical beam is rotatably arranged on the mounting seat through one end of the vertical beam around an axis, and the length direction of the vertical beam is the same as the extending direction of the axis; the rotary driving mechanism is used for driving the vertical beam to rotate around the axis;

the lifting arm is movably arranged on the vertical beam along the length direction of the vertical beam through one end of the lifting arm, and the lifting arm is driven by the lifting driving mechanism to move along the vertical beam;

the mechanical claw is movably arranged on the lifting arm along the length direction of the lifting arm, and the translation driving mechanism drives the mechanical claw to move along the lifting arm;

the mechanical claw can move to any position in a cylindrical space under the driving of the translation driving mechanism, the lifting driving mechanism and the rotation driving mechanism, and can grab or place goods.

Further, be equipped with the layer board in the feed bin, be fixed with the meal box frame on the layer board, the meal box frame encloses into and there is the opening at the top by keeping off the wall, the opening is used for putting into or taking out the cutlery box, can pile up from top to bottom in the meal box frame and place a plurality of cutlery boxes, it is equipped with dodges to keep off the wall the mouth of dodging that the lifing arm reciprocated.

Furthermore, the layer board has a plurality ofly, every set up at least one on the layer board the meal box frame, keep off the wall and be by erectting to be fixed in a plurality of plates on the layer board form, wherein the gap between two adjacent plates forms avoid the mouth.

Further, the shaking device comprises the lunch box fence, a rotating shaft, a rotary driving device and an anti-falling track; the rotating shaft is transversely arranged, and the lunch box fence is fixed on the rotating shaft; the rotation driving device is arranged outside the microwave heating cavity and can drive the rotating shaft to rotate; the lunch box fence is of a basket-shaped structure provided with an opening, and the opening is used for placing or taking out the lunch box; the anti-falling track is positioned in the microwave heating cavity and comprises an upper track and a lower track; the upper rail and the lower rail are both arc-shaped and are respectively fixed on the upper cover and the main body of the microwave oven; after the upper cover of the microwave oven is buckled on the microwave oven main body, the upper track and the lower track are butted into the circular closed anti-falling track, and the central axis of the circular closed anti-falling track is superposed with the axial lead of the rotating shaft; the lunch box rail is positioned in the circular closed anti-falling track to prevent the lunch box from falling off from the lunch box rail.

Furthermore, the lunch box column comprises a bottom column, a plurality of side columns and a fixed seat; the bottom rail is circular and is provided with a plurality of hollow parts; each side rail is in an arc plate shape with a plurality of hollow parts; the side rails are fixed at the edge of the bottom rail and form a placing space for placing the lunch boxes with the bottom rail; the bottom rail is fixed on the fixed seat; the fixing seat is fixed on the rotating shaft.

Further, the microwave oven comprises a microwave oven main body, a microwave oven upper cover and a lifting mechanism; the lifting mechanism can drive the upper cover of the microwave oven to ascend so as to open the microwave heating cavity and can drive the upper cover of the microwave oven to descend so as to close the microwave heating cavity.

Further, the microwave oven comprises a microwave oven main body, a microwave oven upper cover and a turnover driving device; the upper cover of the microwave oven is hinged with the main body of the microwave oven; the turnover driving device is used for driving the microwave oven upper cover to turn over around the joint of the microwave oven upper cover and the microwave oven main body so as to open or close the microwave heating cavity.

Further, the cooking device is positioned above the storage bin, and the cooking devices are multiple; the meal delivery platform is positioned above the storage bin and is close to the meal delivery port.

The application also provides a method for automatic microwave cooking by using the vending machine, which comprises the following steps:

the gripping device grips the cutlery box from the bin and transfers the cutlery box to the cooking device;

the cooking device heats the meal box and shakes the meal box in the heating process;

the grabbing device transfers the cooked lunch box to the meal delivery platform.

The vending machine comprises a rack, a grabbing device, a storage bin, a cooking device, a meal outlet platform and a control system, wherein the cooking device comprises a microwave oven and a shaking device, the shaking device is provided with the meal box fence, the meal box fence is arranged in a microwave heating cavity of the microwave oven, the meal box fence is used for placing meal boxes, meal boxes with food ingredients placed in the storage bin in advance are grabbed by the grabbing device and transferred to the meal box fence in the heating cavity; therefore, in the process that the microwave oven heats the meal boxes in the meal box columns, the meal boxes in the meal box columns are shaken by the shaking devices to enable the food materials in the meal boxes to be uniformly heated; and then need not open the microwave oven and can rock the edible material in the cutlery box evenly, improve cooking efficiency, avoid the user to wait for longer time.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a main view of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a grasping apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic internal perspective view of the vending machine with the rack removed according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the cooking device with the lunch box inserted therein according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a cooking device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of another embodiment of the present application after a lunch box is placed in the cooking device;

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a connection structure between the dining box rail, the rotating shaft and the rotation driving device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the steps of an automatic microwave cooking method according to an embodiment of the present application.

The reference numbers are as follows:

1. a frame;

2. a gripping device; 21. a mounting seat; 22. a rotation driving mechanism; 23. erecting a beam; 24. a lifting drive mechanism; 25. a lifting arm; 26. a translation drive mechanism; 27. a gripper; 28. a base;

3. a storage bin; 31. a support plate; 32. a lunch box frame; 321. a retaining wall;

4. a cooking device; 41. a microwave oven; 411. a microwave oven main body; 4111. a magnetron; 412. an upper cover of the microwave oven; 413. a microwave heating chamber; 42. a shaking device; 421. a lunch box fence; 4211. opening the mouth; 4212. a bottom rail; 4213. a side rail; 4214. a fixed seat; 422. a rotating shaft; 423. a rotation driving device; 424. an anti-drop track; 4241. an upper rail; 4242. a lower rail; 43. a temperature control device; 431. a heat radiation fan; 432. an air guide pipe; 4321. an air outlet; 44. a lifting mechanism; 441. a column; 442. a lifting guide rail; 443. a slider; 444. a lift drive; 4441. a synchronous belt; 4442. a synchronizing wheel; 4443. a drive motor; 445. a cantilever beam; 45. a turnover driving device; 451. a push rod; 452. a cylinder body;

5. a meal delivery platform;

6. a meal box.

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objectives of the present application will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated in a particular manner, and are not to be considered limiting of the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Referring to fig. 1, the present application provides a vending machine including a rack 1, a gripping device 2, a bin 3, a cooking device 4, a serving platform 5, and a control system. Wherein, grabbing device 2, feed bin 3, cooking device 4 and meal delivery platform 5 all locate frame 1. The control system is used for receiving the instruction information and controlling all parts of the vending machine to work cooperatively according to the instruction information.

Referring to fig. 2, the gripping device 2 is used for transferring the lunch box 6 in the bin 3 to the cooking device 4, and transferring the cooked lunch box 6 to the meal outlet platform 5 for the consumer to take. The gripping device 2 comprises a mounting base 21, a rotation driving mechanism 22, a vertical beam 23, a lifting driving mechanism 24, a lifting arm 25, a translation driving mechanism 26 and a mechanical claw 27.

The vertical beam 23 is rotatably attached to the mount 21 by one end thereof about an axis, and the longitudinal direction of the vertical beam 23 is the same as the extending direction of the axis. For example, the geometric center line of the vertical beam 23 may be selected as an axis, and the vertical beam 23 may be rotated about its geometric center line. The other end of the vertical beam 23 is rotatably mounted on a base 28 about an axis to improve the structural stability of the vertical beam 23.

The rotary drive mechanism 22 is used to drive the vertical beam 23 to rotate about the axis. Specifically, the rotary drive mechanism 22 includes a motor, a belt, a pulley, and a rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is rotatably mounted on the mounting base 21, one end of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the vertical beam 23, and the axis line of the rotating shaft is used as the axis. The belt wheel is fixedly arranged at the other end of the rotating shaft, the motor is fixed on the mounting seat 21, the small belt wheel is arranged on the output shaft of the motor, and the belt is sleeved on the small belt wheel and the belt wheel. Therefore, the motor drives the belt wheel to rotate, and the belt wheel drives the vertical beam 23 to rotate around the axis through the rotating shaft.

In specific implementations, the rotation driving mechanism 22 can also use other driving mechanisms with the same function to drive the vertical beam 23 to rotate.

A lifting guide rail is fixedly arranged on the vertical beam 23, a sliding block capable of sliding up and down along the lifting guide rail is arranged on the lifting guide rail, and a lifting arm 25 is fixed on the sliding block through one end of the lifting arm.

The lift drive mechanism 24 includes a motor, a timing belt, and two timing pulleys. Two synchronous pulleys are respectively and rotationally arranged on the upper part and the lower part of the vertical beam 23, the synchronous belts are sleeved on the two synchronous pulleys, and one side of each synchronous belt is fixed on the sliding block. The motor is fixed on the vertical beam 23 and is in transmission connection with the synchronous belt pulley, and then the motor can drive the synchronous belt pulley to rotate. The synchronous belt wheel rotates to drive the synchronous belt to rotate, the synchronous belt drives the sliding block fixed on one side of the synchronous belt to slide up and down along the lifting guide rail, and then the lifting arm 25 is driven to move up and down along the vertical beam 23.

The lifting arm 25 is fixedly provided with a translation guide rail along the length direction thereof, and the translation guide rail is provided with a slide block which can horizontally move along the translation guide rail. The horizontal movement is only intended to illustrate a relative concept of the working principle of the solution, and in practical implementation, errors are allowed, even if applied in completely different directions according to the structural principle. The gripper 27 is disposed on the slide block, and then the slide block is driven by the translation driving mechanism 26 to move along the translation guide rail, so as to drive the gripper 27 to move along the lifting arm 25.

The translation driving mechanism 26 may be implemented by the same principle scheme as the above-mentioned lifting driving mechanism 24, or may be implemented by a functional mechanism such as a rack-and-pinion mechanism driven by a motor or a lead screw-nut mechanism driven by a motor.

Through the above structure scheme, the gripper 27 can move to any position in a cylindrical space under the direct or indirect drive of the translation driving mechanism 26, the lifting driving mechanism 24 and the rotation driving mechanism 22, and can grab or place goods. It will be appreciated that the gripper 27 cannot reach the geometric centre line of the vertical beam 23 and that the cylindrical space referred to herein is not necessarily a solid cylindrical space.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the silo 3 may be an accommodation space near the bottom inside the frame 1. The supporting plate 31 for placing the lunch box 6 is arranged inside the bin 3, the lunch box frame 32 is fixed on the supporting plate 31, and the lunch box 6 is placed in the lunch box frame 32. Specifically, the lunch box frame 32 is surrounded by the blocking wall 321 and has an opening at the top, and the lunch box 6 is put in or taken out from the opening. A plurality of lunch boxes 6 can be stacked up and down in the lunch box frame 32, and the blocking wall 321 is provided with an avoiding opening for avoiding the up-and-down movement of the lifting arm 25. Therefore, the lifting arm 25 can move up and down through the avoiding opening to lift the mechanical claw 27 to different heights, so as to be suitable for grabbing lunch boxes 6 with different heights in the lunch box frame 32.

In this embodiment, the blocking wall 321 is formed by a plurality of plate members vertically fixed on the supporting plate 31, wherein a gap between two adjacent plate members forms an avoiding opening. Wherein, the width of the avoiding opening is smaller than the diameter of the lunch box 6 so as to avoid losing the limit function of the lunch box 6. Each plate member may be in particular an arc-shaped plate adapted to the edge of the cutlery box 6.

The supporting plate 31 can be provided in a plurality, and one or more box frames 32 are provided on each supporting plate 31. Therefore, the meal boxes 6 for making different dishes are placed in the meal box frames 32 on different support plates 31, and the meal boxes 6 can be conveniently classified and grabbed.

Referring to fig. 4, the cooking device 4 is used for heating and cooking the lunch box 6 gripped by the gripping device 2, and specifically includes a microwave oven 41, a shaking device 42 and a temperature control device 43.

The microwave oven 41 includes a microwave oven main body 411 and a microwave oven cover 412, and the microwave oven cover 412 is openably fastened to the microwave oven main body 411, so as to form a microwave heating cavity 413 inside the microwave oven 41. The microwave oven main body 411 is provided with a magnetron 4111, and the magnetron 4111 is used for generating microwave in the microwave heating cavity 413, so as to heat the food in the microwave heating cavity 413 by microwave energy. The microwave oven main body 411 and the microwave oven upper cover 412 may have a cubic shape to be fitted to each other, thereby making the microwave oven 41 a cubic shape. The microwave heating chamber 413 is mainly located in the microwave oven main body 411, and the microwave oven upper cover 412 corresponds to a door for opening the microwave heating chamber 413. The microwave heating chamber 413 is opened when the upper cover 412 of the microwave oven is opened, and the microwave heating chamber 413 is closed when the upper cover 412 of the microwave oven is fastened. In an embodiment, a special mechanism may be provided to move the upper lid 412 of the microwave oven relative to the main body 411 of the microwave oven, so as to open or close the microwave heating cavity 413 for placing the lunch box 6.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in an embodiment, the cooking apparatus 4 further includes a lifting mechanism 44, and the lifting mechanism 44 drives the upper cover 412 of the microwave oven to ascend or descend relative to the main body 411 of the microwave oven, so as to open or close the microwave heating cavity 413.

Specifically, the elevating mechanism 44 includes a vertical post 441 fixed to one side of the microwave oven main body 411, an elevating guide 442 fixed to the vertical post 441, a slider 443 movable up and down along the elevating guide 442, and an elevating driving device 444 capable of driving the slider 443 to move up and down. The specific manner of fixing the pillar 441 to the side of the microwave oven main body 411 may be directly fixing to the side of the microwave oven main body 411, or fixing the pillar 441 to the side of the microwave oven main body 411 by fixing to another member.

The vertically movable rail 442 is fixed to the column 441 in a vertical direction, and a slider 443 is provided on the vertically movable rail 442 so as to be movable vertically along the vertically movable rail 442. The slider 443 is fixedly connected to the upper microwave oven cover 412, and the slider 443 may be fixedly connected to the cantilever 445, and the upper microwave oven cover 412 is fixed to the lower surface of the cantilever 445. The lifting driving device 444 drives the sliding block 443 to move up and down along the lifting guide 442, so as to drive the microwave oven upper cover 412 to open or close the microwave heating cavity 413.

The lifting driving device 444 comprises an endless synchronous belt 4441, two synchronous wheels 4442 rotatably arranged on the upright post 441, and a driving motor 4443 for driving the synchronous wheels 4442 to rotate. The synchronous belt 4441 is sleeved on the two synchronous wheels 4442 in a matching manner, one side of the synchronous belt 4441 is fixedly connected with the sliding block 443, and the driving motor 4443 drives the synchronous wheel 4442 to rotate, so that the sliding block 443 is driven to move up and down through the synchronous belt 4441.

The lifting drive 444 may also be in the form of a rack and pinion mechanism or a lead screw nut mechanism driven by a drive motor.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, in one embodiment, the cooking device 4 further includes a turnover driving device 45. The upper microwave oven cover 412 is hinged to the main microwave oven body 411. The turnover driving device 45 is used for driving the microwave oven upper cover 412 to turn over around the hinged position of the microwave oven upper cover and the microwave oven main body 411, and further opening or closing the microwave heating cavity 413.

The turnover driving device 45 may be an electric cylinder, a push rod 451 of the electric cylinder is hinged to the upper lid 412 of the microwave oven, and a cylinder 452 of the electric cylinder is hinged to other fixed components. Thus, when the push rod 451 is extended, the upper lid 412 of the microwave oven is driven to turn upwards and outwards around the hinge joint with the main body 411 of the microwave oven, so as to open the microwave heating cavity 413. When the push rod 451 retracts, the upper lid 412 of the microwave oven is driven to rotate downward and inward around the hinge point with the main body 411 of the microwave oven, so as to close the microwave heating cavity 413. In this embodiment, the electric cylinder is located at a side of the microwave oven main body 411 far away from the temperature control device 43.

The turnover driving device 45 may also be another mechanism with the same function that can drive the microwave oven upper cover 412 to turn over around the hinge joint with the microwave oven main body 411.

Referring to fig. 6 and 8, the shaking means 42 includes a lunch box rail 421, a rotation shaft 422, a rotation driving means 423, and a falling off prevention rail 424. The dining box column 421 is a basket-shaped structure, i.e. the top has an opening 4211, and the periphery and bottom have corresponding retaining walls 321 and bottom capable of stopping the leakage of articles with a certain volume. The open 4211 of the box column 421 is used for putting in or taking out the lunch box 6. The dining box rail 421 is fixed to the rotating shaft 422 through the bottom thereof and is located in the microwave heating cavity 413. The spindle 422 is disposed transversely and at least a portion thereof is located within the microwave heating chamber 413. The rotation driving device 423 may be a motor, which is disposed outside the microwave heating cavity 413 and drives the rotating shaft 422 to rotate.

In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 422 is rotatably disposed through the main body 411 of the microwave oven, and the rotation driving device 423 for driving the rotating shaft 422 to rotate is disposed at a side of the main body 411 of the microwave oven close to the temperature control device 43.

The falling off prevention rail 424 is located in the microwave heating chamber 413, and includes an upper rail 4241 and a lower rail 4242. The upper rail 4241 and the lower rail 4242 are both arc-shaped, the upper rail 4241 is fixed to the upper cover 412 of the microwave oven, and the lower rail 4242 is fixed in the microwave oven main body 411. After the upper cover 412 is fastened to the main body 411, the upper rail 4241 and the lower rail 4242 are connected to each other in an abutting manner to form the circular closed falling-off preventing rail 424. The circular closed anti-falling rail 424 is in an upright state, the axis thereof coincides with the axis of the rotating shaft 422, and the direction of the opening 4211 of the lunch box column 421 is perpendicular to the axis of the rotating shaft 422. The lunch box rail 421 is in the circular closed anti-falling rail 424, when the lunch box rail 421 rotates or swings along with the rotating shaft 422, the top of the lunch box 6 in the lunch box rail 421 can contact the inner side of the anti-falling rail 424, the lunch box 6 is always limited in the lunch box rail 421 through the inner side of the anti-falling rail 424, and the lunch box 6 is prevented from falling from the lunch box rail 421.

Wherein, the dining box rail 421 comprises a bottom rail 4212, a plurality of side rails 4213 and a fixed seat 4214. The bottom rail 4212 is circular plate-shaped and is provided with a plurality of hollow parts. Each side rail 4213 is arc-shaped plate and is also provided with a plurality of hollow parts. The side rails 4213 are fixed at the edge of the bottom rail 4212, the side rails 4213 and the bottom rail 4212 enclose a placing space for placing the lunch box 6, and the size of the gap between two adjacent side rails 4213 can ensure that the lunch box 6 cannot fall out of the gap. The bottom rail 4212 is fixed on the fixing seat 4214 through a fastening piece, and the fixing seat 4214 is fixed on the rotating shaft 422, so that the lunch box rail 421 is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 422.

In this embodiment, there are two side rails 4213 of the lunch box rail 421, and the two side rails 4213 are symmetrically arranged.

In some embodiments, the dining box column 421 may not be provided with the fixing seat 4214, and the bottom column 4212 of the dining box column 421 is directly fixed on the rotating shaft 422 by welding or the like, so that the fixed connection between the dining box column 421 and the rotating shaft 422 can be realized.

With continued reference to fig. 7, the temperature control device 43 includes a heat dissipation fan 431 and an air duct 432. The radiator fan 431 is provided in the air guide duct 432, and the cooling air generated by the radiator fan 431 flows through the inside of the air guide duct 432. The air guide duct 432 guides the cooling air to flow through the heat radiating fins of the magnetron 4111 of the microwave oven main body 411, thereby radiating heat from the magnetron 4111. The outlet 4321 of the duct 432 faces away from the main body 411.

In this embodiment, two magnetrons 4111 are disposed on the microwave oven main body 411 to increase the power of the microwave oven 41, and two temperature control devices 43 are disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the magnetrons 4111. The temperature control devices 43 and the magnetron 4111 are fixed to one side of the microwave oven main body 411 where the rotation driving device 423 is provided, and the rotation driving device 423 is located between the two temperature control devices 43.

In one embodiment, the temperature control device further comprises a first temperature control switch and a second temperature control switch, and the first temperature control switch and the second temperature control switch are both arranged on the outer wall of the magnetron. Therefore, whether the first temperature control switch and the second temperature control switch act or not is determined by the heat conducted by the outer wall of the magnetron.

The first temperature control switch is a normally closed switch, and the first temperature control switch can be connected in series with a power supply circuit of the magnetron. The first temperature control switch is used for cutting off a power supply circuit of the magnetron when the temperature of the magnetron reaches or exceeds a first temperature.

For example: the preset first temperature is 120 ℃, and when the first temperature control switch monitors that the temperature of the magnetron reaches or exceeds 120 ℃, the first temperature control switch cuts off a power supply circuit of the magnetron, so that the magnetron is prevented from being burnt out due to continuous work and temperature rise.

The second temperature control switch is a normally open switch, and the second temperature control switch can be connected in series with a power supply circuit of the cooling fan. The second temperature control switch is used for conducting a power supply circuit of the cooling fan when the temperature of the magnetron reaches or exceeds a second temperature.

For example: the preset second temperature is 40 ℃, when the second temperature control switch monitors that the temperature of the magnetron reaches or exceeds 40 ℃, the second temperature control switch switches on a power supply circuit of the heat dissipation fan, and therefore the heat dissipation fan is started to dissipate heat for the magnetron.

It will be understood that the temperature control device 43 is provided only for operating the relevant components of the microwave oven within a preferred temperature range, and that even if the temperature control device 43 is removed, other components of the cooking device 4 can still cooperate with each other to perform the corresponding operation.

In an implementation, the cooking device 4 may be disposed above the bin 3. Cooking device 4 specifically can set up two to can heat the edible material in two cutlery boxes 6 simultaneously, improve the efficiency of culinary art. Two cooking devices 4 can be arranged in the left and right sides of grabbing device 2 respectively specifically, make equipment inner structure space compact and be convenient for grabbing device 2 to place and take out cutlery box 6. The meal delivery platform 5 is positioned above the bin 3 and is opposite to and close to a meal delivery port of the vending machine, so that a consumer can conveniently take the meal delivery platform.

With reference to fig. 9, the present application also provides a method for automatic microwave cooking using the vending machine described in the above embodiment, comprising the steps of:

step S1, the grabbing device 2 grabs the lunch box 6 from the bin 3 and transfers the lunch box 6 to the cooking device 4;

step S2, the cooking device 4 heats the lunch box 6 and shakes the lunch box 6 during the heating process;

in step S3, the gripping device 2 transfers the cooked meal box 6 to the meal delivery platform 5.

As described in the above step S1, under the control of the control system, the grasping apparatus 2 grasps the lunch box 6 from the lunch box frame 32 on the pallet 31 in the magazine 3. The lunch box 6 is filled with food materials for making food in advance. Specifically, after receiving the order from the user, the control system controls the rotation driving mechanism 22, the lifting driving mechanism 24 and the translation driving mechanism 26 to cooperatively work according to the dish specified in the order information, so as to move the mechanical claw 27 to a position above one of the box frames 32 in the storage bin 3, where the food material lunch box 6 corresponding to the dish is placed, and then to descend to a position of the uppermost one of the box frames 32 to grab the lunch box 6.

After the gripper 27 grabs a meal box 6 corresponding to the dish, the control system controls the grabbing device 2 to transfer the meal box 6 to the meal box column 421 in the microwave heating chamber 413 of the cooking device 4. In a state that the upper lid 412 of the microwave oven is opened, the opening 4211 of the grill 421 of the meal box in the microwave heating chamber 413 faces upward. Then, the microwave heating chamber 413 is closed by the cover 412 under the driving of the lifting mechanism 44 or the turnover driving device 45. At this point, the process of transferring the cutlery box 6 from the bin 3 to the cooking device 4 is completed.

As described in step S2, the magnetron 4111 is activated to begin cooking the food in the lunch box 6 in the microwave heating cavity 413. In the cooking process, the rotation driving device 423 and the rotating shaft 422 drive the meal box column 421 and the meal box 6 in the meal box column 421 to rotate or swing back and forth around the axis of the rotating shaft 422, so that the food material in the meal box 6 is mixed and shaken, and the food material in the meal box 6 is heated uniformly.

The shaking motion of the shaking device 42 to the lunch box 6 can be time-sharing and different degrees, for example, the lunch box 6 can be shaken after being heated to different time periods according to the manufacturing process of different dishes, and the duration and intensity of each shaking can be different. In-process to cutlery box 6 rocks, can not stop the heating to not only improve cooking efficiency, can make the edible material in the cutlery box 6 be heated more evenly moreover.

As described in step S3, after the cooking device 4 finishes cooking the dishes in the lunch box 6, the microwave oven top 412 is opened. The gripping device 2 takes the cooked meal box 6 out of the meal box column 421 in the microwave heating chamber 413 and transfers the meal box to the meal taking platform 5 for the consumer to take.

In a specific implementation, before the step S1 of grabbing the lunch box 6 from the bin 3 and transferring the lunch box 6 to the cooking device 4 by the grabbing device 2, the method may further include:

step S01, putting the raw materials for making the dish into the lunch box 6 according to the dish formula;

step S02, the lunch box 6 with the raw materials for making dishes put into it is put into the bin 3.

As mentioned in the step S01, the raw materials for making the dish, including the food material and the seasoning, are put into the lunch box 6 according to the specific dish recipe. For example: the raw materials corresponding to the fried green vegetables comprise green vegetable cut sections, edible oil, salt, seasonings and the like, and the raw materials are put into the lunch box 6 in the step.

In this step, different food materials can be placed in different lunch boxes 6, and then different lunch boxes 6 correspond to different dishes, so as to satisfy consumption diversity.

As described in the above step S02, the lunch box 6 with the raw materials for making dishes put therein is put into the bin 3 for the consumer to choose to buy. The feed bin 3 can be provided with a corresponding refrigerating system, and a lower fresh-keeping temperature can be set in the feed bin 3 under the environment with higher temperature, so that the food raw materials in the lunch box 6 can be kept fresh.

In the specific structural scheme of the vending machine in the above embodiment, in this step, the lunch boxes 6 corresponding to different dishes should be placed in the preset lunch box frames 32 on the different support plates 31 corresponding to different dishes, so as to correspond to the dish positions pre-recorded in the control system.

step S03, the control system obtains order information, which is generated by the operation of the consumer;

step S04, the control system generates a first instruction according to the order information, where the first instruction includes a position of the lunch box corresponding to the order information.

As described in step S03, the consumer sends order information including the selected dishes to the control system through the operation panel of the vending machine, the mobile phone client, or the like. In this step, the control system acquires order information generated by the customer's operation. For example: according to a menu listed on the vending machine, the Xiaoming selects the green pepper fried eggs on the operation panel, pays and places an order, generates order information, and in the following steps, the control system sends an action instruction to the execution mechanism according to the order information. Or, the xiao ming selects the desired dishes according to the mobile phone client and the types of the dishes displayed in the client, pays for placing an order, and then the mobile phone client sends order information to a background server forming the control system through a wireless signal.

As described in step S04, the control system generates a first command according to the order information, where the first command is a command for controlling the device executing mechanism to execute a relevant action, and the first command includes a position of the lunch box corresponding to the order information. For example: the dish that order information includes is egg is fried to the green pepper, then includes the position information of the cutlery box 6 that contains corresponding raw materials in the feed bin 3 in the first instruction, like left side top layer board 31, and then, grabbing device 2 snatchs one of them cutlery box 6 of remaining in certain meal box frame 32 on the top layer board 31 on the left side and shifts to cooking device 4 according to this first instruction and the remaining condition of cutlery box 6 on this layer board 31 according to predetermined the rule of snatching. Wherein the remaining condition of the cutlery box 6 is recorded in the control system. When the same dish food material raw materials are placed in the plurality of box frames 32, the preset rule may be selected from a plurality of modes, such as from left to right or from front to back, according to the arrangement mode of the box frames 32.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present application and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by the contents of the specification and the drawings of the present application, or which are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are intended to be included within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. The vending machine is characterized by comprising a rack, a gripping device, a storage bin, a cooking device, a meal serving platform and a control system;

the cooking device comprises a microwave oven and a shaking device, the shaking device is provided with a lunch box fence for placing a lunch box, the lunch box fence is positioned in a microwave heating cavity of the microwave oven, and the shaking device shakes the lunch box fence to shake food materials in the lunch box;

the shaking device comprises a rotating shaft and an anti-falling track;

the rotating shaft can rotate along the axial lead of the rotating shaft and is used for installing the lunch box fence so that the lunch box fence rotates along with the rotation of the rotating shaft;

the anti-falling track is positioned in the microwave heating cavity and is in an annular closed state during working;

the lunch box fence is of a basket-shaped structure provided with an opening, and the opening is used for placing or taking out the lunch box; the lunch box rail is positioned in the circular closed anti-falling track to prevent the lunch box from falling off from the lunch box rail.

2. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein the gripping device comprises a mount, a rotary drive mechanism, a vertical beam, a lift drive mechanism, a lift arm, a translational drive mechanism, and a gripper;

3. The automatic vending machine according to claim 2, wherein a support plate is arranged in the bin, a box frame is fixed on the support plate, the box frame is enclosed by a blocking wall, an opening is formed in the top of the box frame, the opening is used for putting in or taking out the meal boxes, a plurality of meal boxes can be stacked up and down in the box frame, and the blocking wall is provided with an avoiding opening for avoiding the lifting arm to move up and down.

4. The vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the pallet is plural, at least one of the box frames is provided on each of the pallets, the blocking wall is formed by plural plate members that are vertically fixed to the pallet, and a gap between two adjacent plate members forms the avoiding opening.

5. A vending machine according to claim 1 wherein said rocking means further comprises said cutlery box bar and rotary drive means; the rotating shaft is transversely arranged, and the lunch box fence is fixed on the rotating shaft; the rotation driving device is arranged outside the microwave heating cavity and can drive the rotating shaft to rotate; the anti-falling track comprises an upper track and a lower track; the upper rail and the lower rail are both arc-shaped and are respectively fixed on the upper cover and the main body of the microwave oven; after the upper cover of the microwave oven is buckled with the microwave oven main body, the upper track and the lower track are butted into a circular closed anti-falling track, and the central axis of the circular closed anti-falling track coincides with the axial lead of the rotating shaft.

6. The vending machine of claim 5, wherein the cutlery box bar comprises a bottom bar, a plurality of side bars, and a retaining base; the bottom rail is circular and is provided with a plurality of hollow parts; each side rail is in an arc plate shape with a plurality of hollow parts; the side rails are fixed at the edge of the bottom rail and form a placing space for placing the lunch boxes with the bottom rail; the bottom rail is fixed on the fixed seat; the fixing seat is fixed on the rotating shaft.

7. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the microwave oven includes a microwave oven main body, a microwave oven upper cover, and a lifting mechanism; the lifting mechanism can drive the upper cover of the microwave oven to ascend so as to open the microwave heating cavity and can drive the upper cover of the microwave oven to descend so as to close the microwave heating cavity.

8. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the microwave oven includes a microwave oven main body, a microwave oven upper cover, and a flip drive device; the upper cover of the microwave oven is hinged with the main body of the microwave oven; the turnover driving device is used for driving the microwave oven upper cover to turn over around the joint of the microwave oven upper cover and the microwave oven main body so as to open or close the microwave heating cavity.

9. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein the cooking device is located above the bin, the cooking device being plural; the meal delivery platform is positioned above the storage bin and is close to the meal delivery port.

10. An automatic microwave cooking method, characterized in that the vending machine of any one of claims 1 to 9 can be used, comprising: