CN111476947A

CN111476947A - Unmanned machine of selling of ice cream

Info

Publication number: CN111476947A
Application number: CN202010316345.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴啟菡; 郭世均; 陈昊; 佘启鸿; 张恪海
Original assignee: Guangdong Zhiyuan Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Zhiyuan Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-21
Filing date: 2020-04-21
Publication date: 2020-07-31

Abstract

The invention relates to an ice cream vending machine, which comprises: the storage device comprises a refrigeration cabinet and a temporary storage mechanism arranged in the refrigeration cabinet, and the temporary storage mechanism is used for temporarily storing and delivering the capsule ice cream; a carrying device; the conveying device is used for receiving the capsule ice cream sent out from the temporary storage mechanism and transferring the capsule ice cream to the ice cream processing device, and the ice cream processing device is used for making the received capsule ice cream into an ice cream finished product; the storage device, the carrying device and the ice cream processing device are respectively electrically connected with the electric control device. Compared with the traditional ice cream making machine, the milk cream making machine does not need to be unsealed and poured, so that the middle secondary pollution caused by the contact of the milk cream with personnel and air is avoided, the residual milk cream is not required to be cleaned regularly and the ice cream making machine is not required to be cleaned, the labor intensity of workers can be greatly reduced, and the labor cost is reduced.

Description

Unmanned machine of selling of ice cream

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending equipment, in particular to an ice cream vending machine without a person.

Background

With the development of the robot technology, in the face of the problem that the labor cost is gradually increased, unmanned selling is bound to become the development direction of most industries, particularly the retail industry. For the sale of ice cream, for example, there are many types of ice cream vending machines available on the market, whose general operating principle is: the ice cream maker makes milk into ice cream, then the mechanical arm picks the paper cup to accept the ice cream, then the paper cup is transferred to the lower part of the fruit crusher to accept fruit pulp, then the paper cup is transferred to the lower part of the fruit crusher to pour jam, and finally the paper cup is placed at a food taking port for customers to take and eat.

The common feature of these ice cream vending machines is that the ice creams are all made on site by an ice cream maker, the raw material of which is milk, which causes the following problems: the milk pulp is poured into an ice cream making machine after being unsealed, and the milk pulp is in contact with operators and air in the process, so that secondary pollution is easy to occur; the rest milk slurry needs to be replaced at intervals, the operation is complex, and the labor cost is high; in addition, the ice cream making machine also needs to be cleaned regularly, and the problem of food sanitation and safety is easily caused by poor cleaning effect.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on this, it is necessary to provide an unmanned machine of selling of ice cream, aims at solving prior art and has secondary pollution, with high costs and have the problem of food potential safety hazard easily.

The technical scheme is as follows:

an ice cream vending machine comprising:

an electric control device;

the storage device is electrically connected with the electric control device and comprises a refrigerating cabinet and a temporary storage mechanism arranged in the refrigerating cabinet, and the temporary storage mechanism is used for temporarily storing and delivering the capsule ice cream;

the conveying device is electrically connected with the electric control device;

the ice cream processing device is electrically connected with the electric control device and used for making ice cream raw materials into ice cream finished products, and the carrying device can carry the capsule ice cream which is sent out from the temporary storage mechanism and transfer the capsule ice cream to the ice cream processing device.

The unmanned machine of selling of ice cream of above-mentioned scheme is used for realizing the automatic operation of selling of ice cream product, and can guarantee the ice cream health, provides brand-new purchase and experiences. In particular, the product sold by the ice cream vending machine is specifically a capsule ice cream which is composed of a capsule coating and an ice cream raw material pre-filled in the capsule coating. The capsule ice cream can be an ice cream product which is manufactured in advance by a manufacturer and has independent packaging characteristics after being packaged, can be directly conveyed to an ice cream vending machine for use, and is temporarily stored in a temporary storage mechanism in a refrigerating cabinet, so that the capsule ice cream can be well stored; after the commodity was purchased to customer, electrically controlled device obtained after the information and to each device output corresponding instruction, during the capsule ice cream just can see off and shifted to ice cream processing apparatus by handling device from temporary storage mechanism, ice cream processing apparatus extruded the discharge in with the ice cream raw materials from the capsule coating, formed the ice cream finished product after being the container splendid attire, made things convenient for customer to acquire edible. Compared with the traditional ice cream making machine, the milk cream making machine does not need to be unsealed and poured, so that the middle secondary pollution caused by the contact of the milk cream with personnel and air is avoided, the residual milk cream is not required to be cleaned regularly and the ice cream making machine is not required to be cleaned, the labor intensity of workers can be greatly reduced, and the labor cost is reduced.

The technical solution of the present application is further described below:

in one of them embodiment, temporary storage mechanism includes the goods way and sets up shipment subassembly in the goods way, the goods way is equipped with the transfer export, storage device still including set up in the stock stop of transfer exit and set up in the transport mechanism in the place ahead of transfer export, the stock stop is used for opening or closing the transfer export, transport mechanism is used for will following the transfer export is seen off the capsule ice cream conveying to picking up the station.

In one embodiment, the number of the cargo channels is at least two, the cargo channels are arranged side by side along the horizontal direction or the vertical direction, each cargo channel is respectively used for temporarily storing the capsule ice cream with different or not identical taste, each cargo channel is provided with the transfer outlet, and each transfer outlet is provided with one stock stop mechanism; the temporary storage mechanism is at least two, and each temporary storage mechanism is arranged side by side at intervals along the horizontal direction or the vertical direction.

In one embodiment, the cargo channel comprises a first cargo channel plate and a second cargo channel plate which are arranged at intervals and form a temporary storage cargo channel, the cargo discharging assembly comprises a plurality of material rollers which are arranged side by side along the extending direction of the temporary storage cargo channel, and the height of a roller shaft of the material roller far away from the transfer outlet in any two adjacent material rollers is larger than that of the roller shaft of the material roller near the transfer outlet; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the goods channel comprises a first goods channel plate and a second goods channel plate which are provided with temporary storage goods channels at intervals, the goods discharging assembly comprises a plurality of material rollers which are arranged side by side along the extending direction of the temporary storage goods channels, and a pushing piece which is arranged at one end of the goods channel far away from the transfer outlet;

in any two adjacent material rollers, the height of the roller shaft of the material roller far away from the transfer outlet is smaller than or equal to the height of the roller shaft of the material roller close to the transfer outlet.

In one embodiment, the material blocking mechanism comprises a first driving part and a blocking part connected with the first driving part, and the blocking part is used for opening or closing the transit outlet.

In one embodiment, the conveying mechanism comprises a mounting frame, a second driving element arranged on the mounting frame, a conveying wheel set movably arranged on the mounting frame and connected with the second driving element, and a conveying element sleeved on the conveying wheel set.

In one embodiment, the storage device further comprises a shifting mechanism connected with the conveying mechanism and used for driving the conveying mechanism to receive the capsule ice cream sent out by the temporary storage mechanism at different positions; or the number of the conveying mechanisms is at least two and is matched with the number of the temporary storage mechanisms, and the conveying mechanisms correspond to the temporary storage mechanisms one to one.

In one embodiment, the storage device further comprises a transfer slide, the transfer slide is provided with at least two material receiving ports, the material receiving ports are matched with the conveying mechanisms in number and are correspondingly connected with the conveying mechanisms one by one, and the material outlet of the transfer slide is opposite to the picking station.

In one embodiment, the ice cream processing device comprises a mounting seat provided with a pressing station, a third driving piece arranged on the mounting seat, a tray connected with the third driving piece and capable of reaching or being far away from the pressing station, a fourth driving piece arranged on the mounting seat, and a pressing head connected with the fourth driving piece and capable of being close to or being far away from the pressing station.

In one embodiment, the mounting seat comprises a support plate provided with the pressing station, the support plate is further provided with a blanking port, the ice cream processing device further comprises a guide rail arranged on the support plate, and a sliding bearing arranged on the guide rail in a sliding manner and connected with the tray, the tray is provided with a pressing groove used for bearing the capsule ice cream, and the pressing groove can be longitudinally communicated with the blanking port.

In one embodiment, the ice cream vending machine further comprises a base and a cup supplying device arranged on the base, the cup supplying device is electrically connected with the electric control device, and the storage device, the conveying device and the ice cream processing device are respectively arranged at preset positions on the base; the carrying device is used for taking cups from the cup feeding device and receiving the ice cream pressed by the ice cream processing device.

In one embodiment, the ice cream vending machine further comprises a solid material pouring device arranged on the base, and the solid material pouring device is used for pouring solid materials on the ice cream.

In one embodiment, the ice cream vending machine further comprises a slurry pouring device arranged on the base, and the slurry pouring device is used for pouring slurry onto the ice cream.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention.

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an ice cream vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the memory device of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is an assembly structure diagram of the temporary storage mechanism, the material stop mechanism and the conveying mechanism in fig. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the ice cream processing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of the structure of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 6;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the solid material pouring device in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention.

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, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an ice cream vending machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is specifically an automatic vending machine for vending capsule ice cream. The capsule type ice cream is an ice cream product with independent packaging characteristics and ice cream is pre-packaged in a capsule coating, has the advantages of diversified product forms, interestingness and the like compared with the traditional ice cream product which is single in type, old in expression form and lack of interestingness, meets basic appetite of people, brings beautiful enjoyment to people and has stronger market competitiveness.

The materials and shapes of the capsule coating of the encapsulated ice cream 20 can vary widely. The material may be, but is not limited to, food grade plastic, silica gel, paper, etc. The capsule coating is designed with a break opening, so that when the capsule ice cream 20 is pressed, the break opening can be opened to discharge the ice cream raw material wrapped inside for customers to eat.

Specifically in this embodiment, the ice cream vending machine includes: the machine base 50, the electric control device, the storage device 10, the carrying device 30, the ice cream processing device 40, the cup supplying device 60, the solid material pouring device 70, the slurry pouring device 80, the meal delivery device and the like. Wherein, the electric control device, the storage device 10, the carrying device 30, the ice cream processing device 40, the cup supplying device 60, the solid material pouring device 70 and the slurry pouring device 80 are respectively arranged at the preset positions of the machine base 50. The electric control device is respectively electrically connected with the storage device 10, the carrying device 30, the ice cream processing device 40, the cup supplying device 60, the solid material pouring device 70, the slurry pouring device 80 and the meal delivery device.

The stand 50 includes a base, and a rear fender, a front panel and a ceiling mounted on top of the rear fender and the front panel, respectively, mounted on the base. The base 50 as a whole takes the form of a rectangular cube structure; of course, in other embodiments, the housing 50 may have other shapes and configurations, such as a cylinder, an egg shape, etc. The base is hollow inside and can be used for hiding and installing the electric control device so as to ensure the simple and attractive appearance of the whole machine.

The front panel is preferably made of a transparent material, such as transparent acrylic or glass. So that the customer can view the whole making process of the ice cream and the purchasing experience and interest are improved. In addition, a meal taking port is further formed in the front panel, so that a customer can conveniently take meals. However, it should be noted that the height of the meal taking opening should be sufficient for most of the tall people. In addition, in order to improve the anti-theft and sanitary capabilities, a meal taking door mechanism is installed at the meal taking port, and the meal taking door mechanism closes the meal taking port in a conventional state; only after the ice cream product purchased by the customer is sent to the meal taking opening, the meal taking door mechanism can open the meal taking door.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the ceiling and the top surface of the base are separated into a working chamber, and the carrying device 30, the storage device 10, the ice cream processing device 40, etc. are all installed in the working chamber.

The storage device 10 comprises a refrigerator cabinet 11 and a temporary storage mechanism 12 arranged in the refrigerator cabinet 11, wherein the temporary storage mechanism 12 is used for temporarily storing and delivering the capsule ice cream 20. The refrigerator cabinet 11 is used for storing the capsule ice cream 20 to ensure the taste and sanitation.

The conveying device 30 is used for receiving the capsule ice cream 20 sent out from the temporary storage mechanism 12 and transferring the capsule ice cream 20 to the ice cream processing device 40, and the ice cream processing device 40 comprises a pressing mechanism and some auxiliary mechanisms, wherein the pressing mechanism can extrude and discharge the ice cream raw material in the received capsule ice cream 20 from the capsule coating. However, it should be noted that the ice cream processing device 40 may also adopt other structural components and working principles in the prior art, which are not described in detail herein. The conveying device 30 is also used for taking cups from the cup feeding device 60 and receiving the ice cream raw material pressed by the ice cream processing device 40. Alternatively, the handling device 30 may be a mechanical device, such as but not limited to a robot or the like, capable of grasping and releasing the article and performing the function of transferring the article.

The solid material pouring device 70 is used to pour solid material onto the ice cream contained in the cup. The slurry dispensing device 80 is used to dispense slurry onto the ice cream.

The ice cream material enclosed in the capsule coating is typically milk-flavored, but may be any of a variety of flavors, such as, but not limited to, mango, passion fruit, vanilla, strawberry, matcha, ice coconut, and the like. Therefore, the storage device 10 can simultaneously store a plurality of capsule ice cream products with different tastes, and the purchasing requirements of people with different tastes can be met. The solid material sprinkling device 70 may sprinkle solid materials, which may be, but not limited to, crushed dried fruits, fruit particles, crushed chocolate, crushed biscuits, etc. The slurry sprinkling device 80 can sprinkle slurry, which can be, but is not limited to, jam, chocolate paste, syrup, etc., of various tastes.

To sum up, the selling process of the ice cream vending machine of the embodiment is as follows: 1. ordering by a customer; 2. the storage means 10 pushes the capsule ice cream 20 to a specified position; 3. the mechanical arm picks up the capsule ice cream 20 and transfers it to the ice cream processing device 40; 4. the mechanical arm grabs the cup from the cup feeding device 60 while the ice cream processing device 40 starts pressing work; 5. the conveying device 30 carries the cup to move to the lower part of the ice cream processing device 40 to receive the pressed ice cream raw materials; 6. the carrying device 30 carries the cups with the ice cream raw materials to move to the slurry pouring device 80 to receive the slurry; 7. the carrying device 30 carries the cup with the received slurry to the solid material pouring device 70 to receive the solid material; 8. the mechanical arm sends the finished ice cream product to a food taking port; 9. the customer gets the meal.

So far, compare in traditional ice cream vending machine, implement this embodiment technical scheme will have following beneficial effect: the unmanned machine of selling of ice cream is used for realizing the automatic operation of selling of ice cream product, and can guarantee the ice cream health, provides brand-new purchase and experiences. Specifically, the ice cream vending machine sells a product, specifically a capsule ice cream 20, and the capsule ice cream 20 is composed of a capsule coating and an ice cream material pre-filled in the capsule coating. It can be understood that the capsule ice cream 20 can be a capsule ice cream product which is manufactured in advance by a manufacturer and has independent packaging characteristics after being packaged, and can be directly conveyed to an ice cream vending machine for use, and is specifically temporarily stored in the temporary storage mechanism 12 in the refrigerating cabinet 11, so that the capsule ice cream can be well stored; after the customer purchases the commodity, the electric control device acquires the information and outputs corresponding instructions to the devices, the capsule ice cream 20 can be sent out from the temporary storage mechanism 12 and transferred to the ice cream processing device 40 by the carrying device 30, the ice cream processing device 40 extrudes and discharges the ice cream raw materials from the capsule coating, and the customer can obtain the ice cream for eating after being filled in the container. Compared with the traditional ice cream making machine, the milk cream making machine does not need to be unsealed and poured, so that the middle secondary pollution caused by the contact of the milk cream with personnel and air is avoided, the residual milk cream is not required to be cleaned regularly and the ice cream making machine is not required to be cleaned, the labor intensity of workers can be greatly reduced, and the labor cost is reduced.

With continued reference to fig. 3 and 4, in one embodiment, the buffer mechanism 12 includes at least two lanes 122 arranged laterally or vertically side by side, each lane 122 being used for buffering the encapsulated ice cream 20 with different or different tastes. Preferably, the buffer mechanism 12 includes a plurality of lanes 122 arranged side by side in the transverse direction, and when the number of lanes 122 is greater than the number of types of the capsule ice cream 20 to be sold, each lane 122 can be used for buffering the capsule ice cream 20 with different tastes. At this moment, attention is paid to the fact that the capsule ice cream 20 with the same taste is required to be concentrated on the adjacent plurality of goods channels 122 to be placed, so that goods are placed more regularly and orderly, and purchasing experience is improved. For example, when the number of the lanes 122 is 7, but only three flavors of mango, strawberry and matcha are contained in the encapsulated ice cream 20, the mango flavor is concentrated in the first three lanes 122, the strawberry flavor is concentrated in the fourth and fifth lanes 122, and the matcha flavor is concentrated in the sixth and seventh lanes 122.

And each goods way 122 is provided with a transfer outlet 121, and a stop mechanism 13 is arranged at each transfer outlet 121. Each material blocking mechanism 13 can ensure that the capsule ice cream 20 in the corresponding goods channel 122 is placed stably and reliably. When the capsule ice cream 20 with the taste in a certain channel 122 is selected by a customer, the corresponding material stop mechanism 13 can open the transfer outlet 121 to finish the delivery, so that the customer can normally finish the purchasing operation.

Further, when the ice cream vending machine is placed in a situation with a large amount of people (i.e., many potential customers), such as a playground, a zoo, a business trip, etc., in order to improve the supply capacity of a single storage device 10 in a single working period, it is not necessary to add goods frequently by background staff, which results in increased labor costs. In one embodiment, the temporary storage mechanism 12 includes at least two temporary storage mechanisms 12, and each temporary storage mechanism 12 is arranged along the horizontal direction or the vertical direction at intervals. Therefore, the quantity and the taste types of the capsule ice cream 20 which can be stored in the storage device 10 can be greatly increased, so that the storage device 10 can continuously meet the purchase demands of more customers for a long time, and the service capacity and the purchase experience of the customers are improved. Preferably, the temporary storage mechanism 12 is plural and arranged extending along the transverse direction, and each temporary storage mechanism 12 is arranged in a stacked manner along the height direction.

With continued reference to fig. 3 and 4, a plurality of shelves are installed in the inner cavity of the refrigeration cabinet 11, and a temporary storage mechanism 12 is installed on each shelf to ensure that the temporary storage mechanism 12 and the encapsulated ice cream 20 placed on the temporary storage mechanism 12 are stably installed. In an alternative embodiment, the cargo way 122 includes a first cargo way 122 board and a second cargo way 122 board which are spaced to form a temporary cargo way 122, and a cargo discharging assembly 125 movably disposed in the temporary cargo way 122. So, capsule ice cream 20 just can place in establishing the temporary storage goods way 122 that forms by first goods way 122 board and second goods way 122 board clamp, and each capsule ice cream 20 is put one by one according to the length extending direction of temporary storage goods way 122 in proper order, and the mutual noninterference extrusion avoids taking place the damage, and this storage of putting capsule ice cream 20 down of mode is in large quantity simultaneously, can further improve the holding capacity of temporary storage mechanism 12. After the customer purchases the encapsulated ice cream 20, the delivery assembly 125 cooperates with the striker 13 to deliver a corresponding amount of encapsulated ice cream 20 to the customer.

The manner in which the encapsulated ice cream 20 is delivered from the delivery passage 122 can be varied. In an alternative embodiment, the delivery assembly 125 includes a plurality of rollers arranged side by side along the extending direction of the temporary storage channel 122, the rollers are rotatably installed between the first channel 122 plate and the second channel 122 plate through roller shafts, and the rollers rotate sensitively and smoothly. It will be appreciated that the rollers cooperate to form a structure similar to a fluency strip. The capsules in the same cargo channel 122 are orderly placed on the material rollers in sequence. In this embodiment, in any two adjacent material rollers, the height of the roller shaft of the material roller far away from the transfer outlet 121 is greater than the height of the roller shaft of the material roller near the transfer outlet 121. That is, in each of the goods channels 122, from the material roller closest to the transfer outlet 121 to the material roller farthest from the transfer outlet 121, the connecting lines of the roller shafts of all the material rollers are a straight line inclined gradually upward, and through the structural arrangement, after the material blocking mechanism 13 opens the transfer outlet 121, the capsule ice cream 20 in the goods channel 122 can roll down from the goods channel 122 according to the self gravity, that is, automatic shipment is realized. This shipment mode simple structure, shipment reliability is high, and need not be with the help of extra power, can improve and store selling device energy saving and consumption reduction level, hoisting device operation economy nature.

Alternatively, as an alternative to the above embodiment, in another embodiment, the delivery assembly 125 includes a plurality of material rollers arranged side by side along the extending direction of the temporary storage channel 122, and a pushing member disposed at an end of the channel 122 far from the intermediate transfer outlet 121, and a roller axis height of the material roller far from the intermediate transfer outlet 121 in any two adjacent material rollers is less than or equal to a roller axis height of the material roller near the intermediate transfer outlet 121. Preferably, the roll shafts of the material rolls are in the same horizontal plane. Since the material rollers are arranged in the same horizontal plane in this embodiment, the encapsulated ice cream 20 cannot be delivered from the channel 122 by its own weight. However, due to the arrangement of the pushing member, the pushing member can output pushing force to push all the capsule ice creams 20 in the goods channel 122 to move integrally, on the basis, after the material blocking mechanism 13 opens the transfer outlet 121, the capsule ice creams 20 close to the transfer outlet 121 can be pushed out of the goods channel 122 one by one and transferred to the conveying mechanism 14, and the purpose that the selected capsule ice creams 20 are conveyed to the hands of customers is achieved. It can be understood that the pushing member may be, but is not limited to, a single linear cylinder, a linear motor, an electric push rod, or a device composed of a rotary cylinder or a rotary motor and a transmission mechanism for converting rotary power into linear power, and may be specifically selected according to actual needs.

In particular, in other embodiments, the delivery assembly 125 may be any other mechanism known in the art that is capable of pushing out the encapsulated ice cream 20 within the delivery channel 122. For example, the shipment assembly 125 includes first and second lane 122 boards, and a transfer wheel belt mechanism mounted between the first and second lane 122 boards; or the shipment assembly 125 includes first and second lane 122 boards and a conveyor link mechanism mounted between the first and second lane 122 boards; or the delivery assembly 125 comprises a bottom support plate, a rotating motor arranged at the rear end of the bottom support plate (i.e. the end far away from the transfer outlet 121), and a spiral pushing member arranged between the first goods passage 122 plate and the second goods passage 122 plate, wherein the spiral pushing member is formed with a plurality of spiral cavities, one capsule ice cream 20 is placed in each spiral cavity, and when the rotating motor drives the spiral pushing member to rotate, the capsule ice cream 20 in each spiral cavity sequentially moves towards the transfer outlet 121 until falling out from the transfer outlet 121; or the delivery assembly 125 comprises a hollow delivery cylinder with two ends penetrating through, the capsule ice cream 20 is sequentially placed in the delivery cylinder, and a delivery pushing plate and a high-pressure airflow generating device are sequentially arranged at one end of the delivery cylinder far away from the transfer outlet 121; when the device works, the high-pressure airflow generating device generates high-pressure airflow to blow the pushing plate to move in the cargo cylinder, and the pushing plate can push the capsule ice cream 20 to move towards the transit outlet 121 to realize delivery. Of course, the delivery assembly 125 may be any other structure known in the art that can deliver the encapsulated ice cream 20 from the delivery channel 122, and will not be further described herein.

With reference to fig. 3 and fig. 4, in addition, in an embodiment, the material blocking mechanism 13 includes a first driving element 131 and a blocking element 132 connected to the first driving element 131, and the blocking element 132 is used for opening or closing the transit outlet 121. Under the power output of the first driving member 131, the blocking member 132 can block the transit outlet 121, and block the capsule ice cream 20 in the cargo passage 122 from being accidentally dropped; when the customer completes the purchasing operation, the first driving member 131 drives the blocking member 132 to disengage from the blocking transit outlet 121, so that the capsule ice cream 20 in the cargo channel 122 is delivered under the action of the self gravity or thrust, thereby achieving the purpose of accurate delivery.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the first driver 131 is an electric push rod and the stop 132 is a stop. The electric push rod is arranged below or above each corresponding transfer outlet 121, and the stop block is connected with a power shaft of the electric push rod. The electric push rod outputs telescopic power, so that the stopper can block the transfer outlet 121 or open the transfer outlet 121. While in other embodiments, the first driving member 131 may also be a device or means for outputting rotational power, such as a rotating cylinder, and the blocking member 132 may be, for example, a baffle, a flap, or the like. The rotary cylinder drives the baffle or the stopper to block or open the transit outlet 121 in a rotary manner by outputting rotary power.

The refrigerator cabinet 11 is provided with a goods taking opening, the capsule ice cream 20 sent out from the transfer outlet 121 directly falls on the conveying mechanism 14, and the conveying mechanism 14 conveys the received capsule ice cream 20 to the goods taking opening. Because the goods taking opening is a hole with a smaller size arranged on the refrigerating cabinet 11, the refrigerator door can be prevented from being frequently opened or closed on the premise of bringing convenience to customers to take the capsule ice cream 20, the cold air leakage amount is reduced, the refrigerating efficiency of the refrigerator is ensured, the refrigerating energy consumption is reduced, and the storage cost is reduced.

In an alternative embodiment, the conveying mechanism 14 includes a mounting frame, a second driving member disposed on the mounting frame, a conveying wheel assembly movably disposed on the mounting frame and connected to the second driving member, and a conveying member sleeved on the conveying wheel assembly. The mounting frame is arranged horizontally on the open side of the refrigerator cabinet 11 and the length of the mounting frame is not less than the length of the opening, so that the working stroke of the conveying member covers all the lanes 122, and all the falling capsule ice cream 20 in the lanes 122 can be received by the conveying mechanism 14. After capsule ice cream 20 dropped on the conveying piece, second driving piece drive conveying wheelset was rotatory, and the conveying piece can rotate in step, alright convey the capsule ice cream 20 who accepts to get goods mouthful department, make things convenient for customer to take the product of buying. The transmission mechanism 14 has a simple structure and is stable and reliable in action.

In order to increase the stock capacity of the storage device 10, as in the above solution, multiple layers of the buffer units 12 arranged side by side at intervals may be arranged at the same time, and in this case, to ensure reliable shipment, at least two conveying units 14 are provided and are adapted to the number of the buffer units 12, and the conveying units 14 correspond to the buffer units 12 one by one. That is, a transfer mechanism 14 may be provided at the side of the transfer outlet 121 of each buffer mechanism 12, and each transfer mechanism 14 transfers the received encapsulated ice cream 20 to the same pick-up port. In this case, although it is ensured that the buffer mechanisms 12 are shipped independently without interference, the number of the transfer mechanisms 14 to be arranged is large, which results in a complicated overall structure of the storage apparatus 10 and high manufacturing cost.

In view of this, in other embodiments, the storage device 10 further comprises a displacement mechanism mounted on the inner wall of the refrigerated cabinet 11, the displacement mechanism being connected to the transport mechanism 14 and being configured to drive the transport mechanism 14 to receive the capsule ice cream 20 delivered by the buffer mechanism 12 at different positions. It will be appreciated that when the shifting mechanism is installed, all of the staging mechanisms 12 now share one of the transport mechanisms 14, i.e., the shifting mechanism may replace the other transport mechanisms 14. At this time, when the temporary storage mechanisms 12 with different heights or different lateral positions deliver the capsule ice cream 20, the shifting mechanism can drive the conveying mechanism 14 to move to the transfer outlet 121 of the corresponding temporary storage mechanism 12 first, so as to complete the receiving operation of the falling capsule ice cream 20.

Particularly, arrange as the example side by side with the vertical interval arrangement of a plurality of temporary storage mechanism 12, the shift mechanism can be the elevating system that motor and screw nut equipment formed this moment, and it is rotatory to drive the lead screw through the motor, makes the nut slide from top to bottom along the lead screw, alright drive the transport mechanism 14 of being connected with the nut and reciprocate, makes transport mechanism 14 can accept the capsule ice cream 20 that the not co-altitude position dropped, and then conveys capsule ice cream 20 to getting the mouth and conveniently taking by customer. The storage device 10 under the scheme has a more simplified structure and higher reliability.

Of course, in other embodiments, the displacement mechanism may also be a device or apparatus that can drive the conveying mechanism 14 to move according to other structural components and working principles in the prior art, and all of which are within the protection scope of the present application and will not be described herein in detail.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, in addition, in order to simplify the movement path of the handling device 30 and reduce the difficulty of logic control of the handling device 30, the picking station is generally set at a fixed position on the top surface of the base, i.e., the capsule ice cream 20 delivered from different buffer units 12 needs to be transferred to the picking station before the handling device 30 picks up the capsule ice cream. However, if a plurality of buffer units 12 are provided and arranged in the vertical height direction, and each buffer unit 12 is equipped with a transfer unit 14, the capsule ice cream 20 is prevented from falling directly from the transfer unit 14 located at a higher position and being broken. In some embodiments, the storage device 10 further includes a transfer chute 15, the transfer chute 15 is provided with at least two receiving ports, the receiving ports are matched with the number of the conveying mechanisms 14 and are correspondingly connected with one another, and the discharging port of the transfer chute 15 is opposite to the picking station. Therefore, no matter which height position the capsule ice cream 20 in the temporary storage mechanism 12 is in, is transferred out from the corresponding transfer mechanism 14, the capsule ice cream 20 can be connected with the transfer slideway 15 through the material receiving opening, and then the capsule ice cream 20 transits from a high position to a low position to be picked up through the transfer slideway 15, so that the capsule ice cream 20 can be effectively prevented from directly falling from the high position to be broken. The structure and form of the transfer chute 15 may be various, and in this embodiment, the transfer chute 15 is of a spiral type structure. This spiral structure's the slide 15 that forwards only need occupy direction of height's space, and can not occupy the space of horizontal direction, does benefit to the unmanned miniaturized design of selling the machine of ice cream, and the practicality is high. Of course, in other embodiments, the transfer chute 15 may be of other configurations such as a straight line, a wave, etc., or may be of a configuration similar to an elevator, a gondola, etc., and still be within the scope of the present disclosure.

With continued reference to fig. 5-7, as mentioned above, the main body of the ice cream processing apparatus 40 is a pressing mechanism, and in some embodiments, the pressing mechanism includes a mounting base 41 having a pressing station 42, a third driving member 43 disposed on the mounting base 41, a tray 44 connected to the third driving member 43 and capable of reaching or being away from the pressing station 42, a fourth driving member 45 disposed on the mounting base 41, and a pressing head 46 connected to the fourth driving member 45 and capable of reaching or being away from the pressing station 42. In the present embodiment, the third driving member 43 and the fourth driving member 45 are both electric push rods. The third drive 43 is arranged horizontally so that the tray 44 can be moved horizontally in a telescopic movement towards and away from the pressing station 42. The fourth drive 45 is arranged vertically so that the ram 46 can move close to or away from the pressing station 42 in a vertically telescopic movement. During pressing, the third driving member 43 firstly pushes the tray 44 to move to the pressing station 42, then the conveying device 30 grabs the capsule ice cream 20 at the picking station and transfers the capsule ice cream 20 to the tray 44, finally the fourth driving member 45 drives the head 46 to move downwards to extrude the capsule ice cream 20, the capsule ice cream 20 is broken and the internal ice cream is discharged, at the moment, the conveying device 30 grabs the cup below the pressing station 42, and the discharged ice cream can be received by the cup and goes to the next processing procedure. The ice cream processing device 40 has a simple structure, a high response speed and high pressing reliability.

Of course, it should be noted that the structural composition and the operation principle of the ice cream processing apparatus 40 are not limited to the above embodiments, and other modifications may be made in other embodiments as long as the pressing effect on the capsule ice cream 20 can be ensured, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

Further, in some embodiments, the mounting base 41 includes a carrier plate 47 provided with the pressing station 42, and the carrier plate 47 is a plate body cantilevered from a front side of the mounting base 41. The carrier plate 47 further has a blanking port, the ice cream processing device 40 further includes a guide rail 48 disposed on the carrier plate 47, and two sliding bearings 49 slidably disposed on the guide rail 48 and connected to the tray 44, preferably, the two guide rails 48 are arranged at two sides of the blanking port, and the tray 44 is connected to the two guide rails 48 through the sliding bearings 49, so as to further ensure smooth and stable sliding. The tray 44 is provided with a pressing groove 441 for receiving the capsule ice cream 20, and the pressing groove 441 can be longitudinally communicated with the blanking port. So, when pressure head 46 vertically extrudees capsule ice cream 20, capsule ice cream 20 breaks towards the position of blanking mouth for the ice cream can directly pass the blanking mouth and fall into the cup of below, can not cause the ice cream to spatter extravagantly all around, guarantees suppression effect and quality.

The pressing groove 441 is preferably formed as a stepped structure, and the structure of the pressing head 46 is adapted to the shape of the stepped structure, so that when the pressing head 46 is inserted into the pressing groove 441, the capsule coating can be held, achieving the effect that only ice cream falls into the cup. The capsule after compression is picked up by the handling device 30 and returned to a special recycling bin.

With continued reference to FIG. 8, after the ice cream is pressed, the carrying device 30 carries the cups with the ice cream to the solid material pouring device 70 for receiving the solid material. The solid material pouring device 70 comprises a supporting column 71, a motor module 72 for driving the supporting column 71 to rotate, at least two mounting frames 73 arranged on the supporting column 71, at least two material cylinders 74 and at least two feeding assemblies, wherein the material cylinders 74 are correspondingly arranged on the mounting frames 73, and each material cylinder 74 is used for containing solid materials with different tastes, such as but not limited to dried fruit pieces, fruit particles, chocolate pieces, biscuit pieces and the like. The charging barrel 74 is formed with a material cavity and a discharge hole which are communicated with each other; the feed assemblies are mounted one-to-one within the barrel 74 for delivering the solid topping from the barrel 74 out of the discharge port and onto the ice cream in the cup. In one embodiment, the feeding assembly includes a stepping motor disposed on the charging barrel 74, a feeding rotating shaft 75 connected to the stepping motor and disposed in the material chamber, and a feeding screw 76 disposed on the feeding rotating shaft 75, wherein the feeding screw 76 is capable of discharging the solid crushed material from the material chamber through the material outlet in a fixed amount when rotated.

The motor module 72 is composed of a motor, a speed reducer, a bevel gear pair, a bearing assembly, and the like.

It should be noted that the solid material pouring device 70 in the above-mentioned embodiment is not limited to the protection scope of the present application, and in other embodiments, other discharging manners in the prior art, such as vibration discharging, may also be adopted, and the details may be selected according to actual needs.

Further, after the solid material is poured, the carrying device 30 further carries the ice cream to move under the slurry pouring device 80 for the slurry pouring operation. The slurry dispensing apparatus 80 includes a refrigerated cabinet and at least two sets of slurry delivery mechanisms, wherein different slurry delivery mechanisms are used to deliver slurries of different flavors, such as, but not limited to, jams, chocolate pastes, syrups, and the like. The slurry conveying mechanism comprises a slurry tank, a slurry conveying pipe, a slurry driving piece and a pouring pipe. All thick liquids jar all sets up in the freezer, through the low temperature ice-storage of freezer, can guarantee thick liquids quality and taste. Wherein the refrigerated case may be a small refrigerator or the like. The slurry tank is provided with a slurry outlet, one end of the slurry conveying pipe is communicated with the slurry outlet, the slurry driving part is provided with a slurry inlet and a slurry discharge port, the other end of the slurry conveying pipe is communicated with the slurry inlet, one end of the pouring pipe is communicated with the slurry discharge port, and the other end of the pouring pipe is used for pouring slurry to the ice cream.

It will be appreciated that each slurry drive member is electrically connected to an electrical control device. After the customer chooses the flavor of the heart instrument, the electric control device can drive the slurry driving piece with the corresponding flavor to work, so that the slurry with the corresponding flavor is discharged and sprinkled on the ice cream.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. An ice cream vending machine, comprising:

an electric control device;

the ice cream processing device is electrically connected with the electric control device and used for making ice cream raw materials into ice cream finished products, and the carrying device can carry the capsule ice cream sent out from the temporary storage mechanism and transfer the capsule ice cream to the ice cream processing device.

2. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the temporary storage mechanism comprises a goods channel and a delivery assembly arranged in the goods channel, the goods channel is provided with a transfer outlet, the storage device further comprises a material blocking mechanism arranged at the transfer outlet and a conveying mechanism arranged in front of the transfer outlet, the material blocking mechanism is used for opening or closing the transfer outlet, and the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the capsule ice cream delivered from the transfer outlet to a picking station.

3. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the number of the channels is at least two and the channels are arranged side by side in the horizontal or vertical direction, each channel is used for temporarily storing the capsule ice cream with different or different tastes, each channel is provided with the transfer outlet, and each transfer outlet is provided with one blocking mechanism; the temporary storage mechanism is at least two, and each temporary storage mechanism is arranged side by side at intervals along the horizontal direction or the vertical direction.

4. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the goods channel comprises a first goods channel plate and a second goods channel plate which are provided with a temporary goods channel at intervals, the goods outlet assembly comprises a plurality of material rollers which are arranged side by side along the extension direction of the temporary goods channel, and the roller shaft height of the material roller far away from the transfer outlet is larger than that of the material roller near the transfer outlet in any two adjacent material rollers; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the goods channel comprises a first goods channel plate and a second goods channel plate which are provided with temporary storage goods channels at intervals, and the goods outlet assembly comprises a plurality of material rollers which are arranged side by side along the extending direction of the temporary storage goods channels and a pushing piece which is arranged at one end of the goods channel far away from the transfer outlet;

5. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the stop comprises a first drive member and a stop member connected to the first drive member, the stop member being adapted to open or close the transfer outlet.

6. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the conveying mechanism comprises a mounting frame, a second driving member disposed on the mounting frame, a conveying wheel assembly movably disposed on the mounting frame and connected with the second driving member, and a conveying member sleeved on the conveying wheel assembly.

7. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the storage device further comprises a displacement mechanism connected to the transport mechanism for driving the transport mechanism to receive the capsule of ice cream delivered by the buffer mechanism at different positions; or the number of the conveying mechanisms is at least two and is matched with the number of the temporary storage mechanisms, and the conveying mechanisms correspond to the temporary storage mechanisms one to one.

8. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the storage device further comprises a transfer chute, the transfer chute is provided with at least two material receiving ports, the material receiving ports are matched with the conveying mechanisms in number and are connected in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the material outlet of the transfer chute is opposite to the picking station.

9. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ice cream processing means comprises a mounting base provided with a pressing station, a third driving member provided on the mounting base, a tray connected to the third driving member and able to reach or be distanced from the pressing station, a fourth driving member provided on the mounting base, and a ram connected to the fourth driving member and able to be approached or distanced from the pressing station.

10. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in claim 9, wherein the mounting base comprises a support plate provided with the pressing station, the support plate is provided with a blanking port, the ice cream processing apparatus further comprises a guide rail arranged on the support plate, and a sliding bearing arranged on the guide rail in a sliding manner and connected with the tray, the tray is provided with a pressing groove for receiving the capsule ice cream, and the pressing groove can be longitudinally communicated with the blanking port.

11. An ice cream vending machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising a base, and a cup supply device disposed on the base, the cup supply device being electrically connected to the electric control device, the storage device, the carrying device and the ice cream processing device being respectively mounted at predetermined positions on the base; the carrying device is used for taking cups from the cup feeding device and receiving the ice cream pressed by the ice cream processing device.