CN112581690A - Unmanned boxed meal vending machine and working method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application discloses an unmanned boxed meal vending machine and a working method thereof, wherein the unmanned boxed meal vending machine comprises a main box body, a refrigerating cavity, a first conveying device, a heating cavity, a heat preservation cavity and a control device; a refrigerated storage device and a second conveying device are fixedly arranged in the refrigerated cavity; a microwave heating device and a third conveying device are fixedly arranged in the heating cavity; a heat preservation storage device and a fourth conveying device are arranged in the heat preservation cavity; the main box body is provided with a meal taking port corresponding to the heat preservation storage device; the control device is electrically connected with the cold storage device, the second conveying device, the first conveying device, the microwave heating device, the third conveying device and the fourth conveying device for control. This application compact structure, occupation space is little, and through controlling means's control, can satisfy different users' purchase demand, purchase efficiently simultaneously.
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Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of vending machines, in particular to an unmanned boxed meal vending machine and a working method thereof.
Background
In recent years, with the development of socioeconomic performance in China, the pace of life is faster and faster, take-out becomes a choice for a plurality of office workers, and the take-out industry develops rapidly. However, the existing take-out meal ordering has the problems of food sanitation and safety, irregular meal delivery time and the like, and can not meet all meal needs. Among the prior art, sell machine solution this type of problem through using box lunch, but current box lunch sells machine is box formula overall arrangement around mostly, and the back box is used for cold-stored box lunch, and preceding box is used for the heating to get meal and purchase the operation, causes to sell quick-witted thickness big, requires highly to putting the space.
The existing boxed meal vending machine does not have a heating function mostly, a user can only bring the refrigerated boxed meal back to self-heating, and the boxed meal vending machine with the heating function cannot select non-heating, so that the user is inconvenient to purchase and wastes energy. And purchase, get the customer of meal and concentrate on a period mostly, current boxed meal vending machine heating efficiency is low, causes the waiting in line easily, and extravagant user time causes the mistake simultaneously again to get, get more etc. easily, and it is unchangeable to purchase for the user, causes economic loss.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks and deficiencies of the prior art, it is desirable to provide an unmanned boxed meal vending machine that has a compact structure, a small size, convenient placement, meets different user requirements, and has a high heating efficiency.
According to one aspect of the application, an unmanned boxed meal vending machine is provided, which comprises a main box body, a refrigerating cavity, a first conveying device, a heating cavity, a heat preservation cavity and a control device; the refrigerating cavity, the first conveying device, the heating cavity, the heat preservation cavity and the control device are all arranged in the main box body; the first conveying device is used for conveying boxed meal to one side of the heating cavity or one side of the heat preservation cavity; a refrigerated storage device and a second conveying device are arranged in the refrigerated cavity; the second conveying device is used for conveying boxed lunch from the cold storage device to the first conveying device; one or more microwave heating devices and a third conveying device are arranged in the heating cavity; the third conveying device is used for conveying the box lunch at one side of the heating cavity from the first conveying device to the microwave heating device and conveying the box lunch which is heated from the microwave heating device to the first conveying device; a heat preservation storage device and a fourth conveying device are arranged in the heat preservation cavity; the fourth conveying device is used for conveying the boxed meal positioned on one side of the heat-preservation cavity from the first conveying device to the heat-preservation storage device; the main box body is provided with a meal taking port corresponding to the heat-preservation storage device; the control device is electrically connected with the first conveying device, the cold storage device, the second conveying device, the microwave heating device, the third conveying device and the fourth conveying device for control, heating of the boxed meal is completed according to user purchase information, and the boxed meal selling is completed according to user meal taking information.
In the above aspect and any possible implementation manner, there is further provided an implementation manner, in which the first conveying device is fixedly disposed at the rear side of the main box; the refrigeration cavity is positioned at the transmission starting end of the first transmission device; the heat preservation cavity is positioned at a transmission terminal of the first transmission device; the heat preservation cavity and the control device are positioned in the middle of the main box body.
In accordance with the foregoing aspects and any possible implementations, there is further provided an implementation in which the cold meal storage device and the thermal insulation storage device are both of a grid structure; and each grid structure is fixedly provided with a small-sized conveyor belt.
The above aspect and any possible implementation further provide an implementation, in which the second conveying device includes an accessing mechanism and a moving mechanism; the receiving mechanism is fixedly connected with the moving mechanism; the moving mechanism is used for moving the receiving mechanism to a box lunch position to be received; the receiving mechanism is used for receiving the box lunch and transmitting the box lunch to the first conveying device; the first conveying device comprises a first pushing mechanism, a second pushing mechanism and a first conveying belt; the first pushing mechanism is used for pushing the boxed meal on the receiving mechanism to the first conveyor belt; the first conveyor belt is used for conveying the boxed meal to one side of the heating cavity or one side of the heat preservation cavity; the second pushing mechanism is used for pushing the boxed meal positioned on the first conveyor belt to the fourth conveyor device; the third conveying device comprises a first lifting mechanism, a tray, a third pushing mechanism, a fourth pushing mechanism and a fifth pushing mechanism; the third pushing mechanism is fixedly connected with the main box body and used for pushing the boxed meal positioned on the first conveyor belt to the tray; the first lifting mechanism is fixedly connected with the tray; the first lifting mechanism is used for moving the tray to the microwave heating device; the fourth pushing mechanism is used for pushing the boxed meal positioned on the tray into the microwave heating device; the fifth pushing mechanism is used for pushing the boxed meal positioned on the tray to the first conveyor belt; the fourth conveying device comprises a second lifting mechanism and a second conveying belt; the second lifting mechanism is fixedly connected with the second conveyor belt; the second lifting mechanism is used for moving the second conveyor belt to the grid of the heat preservation storage device; the second conveyor belt is used for receiving the boxed meal and conveying the boxed meal to the grids of the heat preservation storage device.
In the above aspect and any possible implementation manner, there is further provided an implementation manner, in which a plurality of meal taking ports are provided, and correspond to the grids of the heat preservation storage device; each meal taking port is provided with a meal taking door which can be opened or closed under the control of the control device.
The above aspects and any possible implementation manners further provide an implementation manner, and the control device includes a touch display screen, a control unit, and a wireless communication module; the touch display screen is fixedly arranged on the front side of the main box body, is electrically connected with the control unit and is used for receiving the operation of a user and displaying a corresponding meal taking prompt; the wireless communication module is electrically connected with the control unit and used for receiving the order sent by the server and carrying out corresponding operation.
The above aspects and any possible implementation manners further provide an implementation manner that a door is opened on the front side of the main box body and used for placing boxed meals into the cold storage device after the door is opened.
According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a method of operating an unmanned boxed meal vending machine, comprising the steps of: the control device receives purchase information of a user, controls the second conveying device to take the boxed meal out of the cold storage device according to the purchase information, and conveys the boxed meal to the first conveying device; controlling the first conveying device to convey boxed meal, wherein if the boxed meal is cold meal type boxed meal or does not need to be heated, the boxed meal is conveyed to the fourth conveying device; if the boxed meal needs to be heated, the boxed meal is transmitted to a third conveying device, the third conveying device is controlled to transmit the boxed meal into a microwave heating device for heating, and after heating is completed, the third conveying device is controlled to transmit the boxed meal to the first conveying device; controlling the first conveyor to convey the boxed meal to the fourth conveyor; controlling the fourth conveying device to convey boxed meals to the heat-preservation storage device for storage, and waiting for a user to take meals; the control device receives the meal taking information of the user and controls the corresponding meal taking port of the heat preservation storage device to finish the meal taking of the user.
The above-described aspects and any possible implementations further provide an implementation in which the purchase information includes: the type and quantity of lunch box, and whether it is heated.
The above-described aspects and any possible implementations further provide an implementation, the method further comprising: the control device acquires the storage position of the box lunch in the cold storage device and the position of the box lunch in the heat preservation storage device according to the purchase information.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this application are:
the unmanned boxed meal vending machine adopts the parallel box body layout, reduces the size of the vending machine, reduces the requirement of the vending machine on the placement space, and can be placed while being attached to a wall; meanwhile, through the control of the control device, the user can select whether the purchased boxed lunch is heated or not, so that different purchasing requirements of the user are met; by arranging the grid-shaped refrigerating storage device and the heat-insulating storage device, different types of boxed lunch can be orderly placed, so that wrong taking is prevented; through setting up a plurality of microwave heating device, can heat different users' order simultaneously, improve heating efficiency to improve purchase efficiency.
It should be understood that what is described in this summary section is not intended to limit key or critical features of the embodiments of the application, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the application. Other features of the present application will become readily apparent from the following description.
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fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an unmanned boxed meal vending machine according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of B-B in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of C-C of FIG. 1;
fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of an unmanned boxed meal vending machine according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a connection structure of the control device in FIG. 1;
reference numbers in the figures: the refrigerator comprises a main box body 1, a refrigerating cavity 2, a first conveying device 3, a heating cavity 4, a heat preservation cavity 5, a control device 6 and a small conveying belt 7;
11, taking a meal port, 12 box doors, 13, and 14 prompting pasters or display screens;
21 a cold storage device, 22 a second conveying device, 23 a transfer hole and 24 a heat preservation baffle;
31 a first pushing mechanism, 32 a second pushing mechanism, 33 a first conveyor belt;
41 microwave heating device, 42 third conveying device;
51 a heat preservation storage device and 52 a fourth conveying device;
61 touch display screen, 62 control unit, 63 wireless communication module;
71 a baffle plate;
221 take-up mechanism, 222 moving mechanism;
411 import and export, 412 sixth pushing mechanism;
421 a first lifting mechanism, 422 a tray, 423 a third pushing mechanism, 424 a fourth pushing mechanism and 425 a fifth pushing mechanism;
521 second lifting mechanism, 522 second conveyor belt.
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The present application will be described in further detail with reference to the following drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant application and are not limiting of the application. It should be noted that, for the convenience of description, only the portions relevant to the application are shown in the drawings.
It should be noted that the embodiments and features in the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.
Referring to fig. 1 to 6, an embodiment of the present application provides an unmanned boxed meal vending machine, which includes a main box 1, a refrigerating cavity 2, a first conveying device 3, a heating cavity 4, a heat preservation cavity 5 and a control device 6; the refrigerating cavity 2, the first conveying device 3, the heating cavity 4, the heat preservation cavity 5 and the control device 6 are all arranged inside the main box body 1; the first transfer means 3 is for transferring the lunch box to one side of the heating cavity 4 or one side of the insulating cavity 5;
a refrigerated storage device 21 and a second conveying device 22 are fixedly arranged in the refrigerated cavity 2; the second transporting device 22 is used for transporting the box lunch from the cold storage device 21 to the first transporting device 3;
a microwave heating device 41 and a third conveying device 42 are fixedly arranged in the heating cavity 4; the third conveyor 42 serves to transport the box lunch on one side of the heating cavity 4 from the first conveyor 3 to the microwave heating device 41 and also to transport the box lunch with completed heating from the microwave heating device 41 to the first conveyor 3;
a heat preservation storage device 51 and a fourth conveying device 52 are arranged in the heat preservation cavity 5; the fourth conveyor 52 is used for transferring the boxed meal positioned at one side of the heat preservation cavity 5 from the first conveyor 3 to the heat preservation storage device 51;
the main box body 1 is provided with a meal taking port 11 corresponding to the heat preservation storage device 51; the control device 6 is electrically connected to and controls the refrigerated storage device 21, the second conveyor 22, the first conveyor 3, the microwave heating device 41, the third conveyor 42, and the fourth conveyor 52.
In the embodiment, the refrigerating cavity 2, the first conveying device 3, the heating cavity 4, the heat preservation cavity 5 and the control device 6 are all arranged inside the main box body 1, so that the size of the vending machine is reduced, and the requirement of the vending machine on space is reduced; the user carries out purchasing operation through the control device 6, after the control device 6 receives purchasing information of the user, the second conveying device 22 is controlled to take the box lunch from the cold storage device 21 according to the purchasing information, the box lunch is conveyed to the first conveying device 3, and the box lunch is conveyed by the first conveying device 3; when the user selects the cold meal box lunch or does not need heating, the first conveying device 3 conveys the box lunch to the fourth conveying device 52, and the fourth conveying device 52 conveys the box lunch to the heat preservation storage device 51 for storage, so as to wait for the user to take the meal; when the box lunch purchased by the user needs to be heated, the first conveying device 3 conveys the box lunch to the third conveying device 42, the third conveying device 42 conveys the box lunch into the microwave heating device 41 for heating, after the heating is finished, the third conveying device 42 conveys the box lunch to the first conveying device 3, the first conveying device 3 conveys the box lunch to the fourth conveying device 52, and the fourth conveying device 52 conveys the box lunch to the heat-preservation storage device 51 for storage, so as to wait for the user to take the lunch; the user can heat or not heat the boxed meal according to the needs of the user, so that the purchasing demands of different users are met; the meal taking port 11 corresponding to the heat preservation storage device 51 is formed in the main box body 1, after box lunch is transmitted to the heat preservation storage device 51, a user can take meal through the meal taking port 11, the user does not contact with other box lunch, food sanitation is guaranteed, and meanwhile the corresponding meal taking port 11 is arranged, so that the user can take meal conveniently.
In a preferred embodiment, the first conveying device 3 is fixedly arranged at the rear side of the main box body 1; the refrigerating cavity 2 is positioned at the transmission starting end of the first transmission device 3; the heat preservation cavity 5 is positioned at the transmission terminal of the first transmission device 3; the heat preservation cavity 5 and the control device 6 are positioned in the middle of the main box body 1; the main body 1 is provided with a door 12 for putting lunch boxes into the refrigerating storage device 21 after being opened. Referring to fig. 1, in the embodiment, a first transmission device 3 is fixedly disposed at the rear side of a main box 1; the refrigerating cavity 2 is positioned at the transmission starting end of the first transmission device 3; the heat preservation cavity 5 is positioned at the transmission terminal of the first transmission device 3; the heat preservation cavity 5 and the control device 6 are positioned in the middle of the main box body 1; will sell the machine and become the overall arrangement of block form by traditional front and back box body formula overall arrangement, reduce the thickness of selling the machine, reduce to settle and put the requirement of selling the machine time to putting the space, simultaneously, chamber door 12 has been seted up on the main tank body 1 for put cold-stored storage device 21 with boxed meal after opening, please refer to fig. 1, chamber door 12 and controlling means 6 are located the homonymy of main tank body 1, make and sell the machine and can paste the wall and put, make and sell the machine and put more in a flexible way, also can put in constrictive passageway.
In a preferred embodiment, the cold meal storage device 21 and the heat preservation storage device 51 are both of a grid structure; each grid structure is fixedly provided with a small-sized conveyor belt 7; a plurality of meal taking ports 11 are arranged and correspond to grids of the heat preservation storage device 51; each meal taking port 11 is provided with a meal taking door 13 which can be opened or locked; each meal taking door 13 is fixedly provided with a prompt sticker or a display screen 14 for prompting the meal taking port 11 corresponding to the current order. Referring to fig. 1 to 5, there are many types of lunch boxes, different combinations of dishes can form lunch boxes with different tastes, users have different requirements for the tastes of the lunch boxes, and the cold meal storage device 21 has a grid structure, and different grid structures can be used for storing the lunch boxes with different tastes. In some embodiments, after the operator puts the box lunch into the grid structure of the refrigerating storage device 21, the parameters of the type, number, storage position, etc. of the box lunch are entered into the control device 6; the control device 6 sends the parameters to a background server of the unmanned boxed meal vending machine. In some embodiments, the operator places the boxed meal into the grid structure of the refrigerated storage unit 21 and sends the parameters to a back-office server of the automated boxed meal vending machine, which sends the parameters to the control unit 6. When a user purchases boxed meal, the position, the type, the quantity and the like of the unmanned boxed meal vending machine can be inquired through a purchase page provided by a background server in the modes of App, web page and the like, and the user can purchase the boxed meal, and the background server sends the purchase information of the user to the control device 6; the position, type, quantity, etc. of the vending machine may be inquired and purchased by operating the vending machine at the site of the vending machine, and purchase information may be input to the control device 6. The control device 6 operates according to the purchase information and updates the stock status of the unmanned box lunch vending machine.
In a preferred embodiment, the control device 6 can obtain the storage position of the box lunch of the corresponding kind according to the purchase information of the user, including the kind and the quantity of the box lunch, and control the second conveying device 22 to arrive at the box lunch of the corresponding kind to take the box lunch; each grid structure is fixedly provided with a small-sized conveyor belt 7; the surface of the small conveyor belt 7 is provided with a plurality of baffles 71 which can rotate along with the conveyor belt; the box lunch can be stored between the adjacent baffles 71 of the small conveyor belt 7, a plurality of box lunch can be stored in the same grid structure, the space utilization rate is increased, and the box lunch storage quantity is increased; when a user buys boxed meal, the control device 6 controls the first conveying device 22 to reach the grid structure for storing boxed meal of corresponding types through the purchase information of the user, the control device 6 controls the small-sized conveying belt 7 to rotate, and the boxed meal is pushed to the second conveying device 22 under the action of the baffle plate 71; the box lunch has a shelf life and needs to be replaced regularly, the traditional vending machine cannot sell the box lunch close to the shelf life according to the production date of the box lunch, and each grid structure is fixedly provided with a small conveyor belt 7; the surface of the small-sized conveyor belt 7 is provided with a plurality of baffles 71 which can rotate along with the conveyor belt; when the selling machine needs to replenish boxed meal, the box lunch which is not sold before is close to the transmission end of the small-sized conveyor belt 7, and when the box lunch which is short of the quality guarantee period is purchased by a user, the box lunch is preferentially sold, so that waste is prevented, and resources are saved. In some embodiments, the control device 6 records the parameters of the type, quantity, storage location, etc. of the box lunch, and also includes the date of manufacture parameters of the box lunch, so that when the refrigerated storage device 21 stores box lunch with different dates of manufacture, box lunch with a shelf life close to that of the box lunch is sold preferentially. In some embodiments, the user purchase information further includes whether heating is needed or not and an expected meal taking time, and if heating is needed, the control device 6 determines the heating time of the lunch box of the user according to the expected meal taking time and the purchase information of other existing users, so as to avoid the taste change of the lunch box caused by long-time placement after heating, for example, heating in advance by five minutes.
In a preferred embodiment, the second transfer device 22 includes an accessing mechanism 221 and a moving mechanism 222; the receiving mechanism 221 is fixedly connected with the moving mechanism 222; the moving mechanism 222 is used for moving the receiving mechanism 221 to the box lunch waiting position; the receiving mechanism 221 is used for receiving the boxed meal and conveying the boxed meal to the first conveying device 3;
the first conveying device 3 comprises a first pushing mechanism 31, a second pushing mechanism 32 and a first conveyor belt 33; the first pushing mechanism 31 is used for pushing the boxed meal on the receiving mechanism 221 to the first conveyor belt 33; the first conveyor belt 33 is used to convey the lunch box to one side of the heating cavity 4 (when heating is required) or one side of the warming cavity 5 (when the user selects a lunch box of the cold meal type or does not require heating); the second pushing mechanism 32 is used for pushing the boxed meal positioned on the first conveyor belt 33 to the fourth conveyor 52; in some embodiments, the control device 6 controls the first conveyor belt 33 to convey the lunch box to one side of the heating cavity 4 (when heating is required) or one side of the warming cavity 5 (when the user selects a lunch box of the cold meal type or does not require heating) according to the parameter of whether heating is required or not included in the purchase information.
In a preferred embodiment, the microwave heating means 41 is provided in plurality. Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in the embodiment, each microwave heating device 41 is provided with an inlet/outlet 411 and a sixth pushing mechanism 412 that can be automatically opened and closed; the sixth pushing mechanism 412 is used to push the lunch box in the microwave heating device 41 to the third conveyer 42 through the entrance 411. The purchase of box lunch is mostly concentrated in one time interval, a plurality of box lunch can be heated at the same time by arranging a plurality of microwave heating devices 41, the control device 6 controls the third transmission device 42 to send box lunch with different orders into different microwave heating devices 41, the heating efficiency is improved, the queuing waiting time of users is reduced, and the purchase efficiency is improved; each microwave heating device 41 is provided with an inlet and outlet 411 and a sixth pushing mechanism 412 which can be automatically opened and closed; when a box lunch needing to be heated is arranged on the third conveying device 42, the control device 6 controls the inlet and outlet 411 to be opened, after the third conveying device 42 conveys the box lunch into the microwave heating device 41, the inlet and outlet 411 is closed, the control device 6 controls the microwave heating device 41 to heat the box lunch, after the heating is finished, the sixth pushing mechanism 412 pushes the box lunch which is finished being heated to the third conveying device 42, the third conveying device 42 transmits the box lunch which is finished being heated to the first conveying device 3, the first conveying device 3 transmits the box lunch which is finished being heated to the fourth conveying device 52, and the fourth conveying device 52 transmits the box lunch to the heat-preservation storage device 51 to wait for a user to take a meal. The sixth pushing mechanism 412 may be an electric telescopic rod, a hydraulic rod, a pushing structure driven by a motor, or other structures capable of pushing the boxed meal from the inside of the microwave heating device 41 to the third conveying device 42.
The third transfer device 42 includes a first lifting mechanism 421, a tray 422, a third pushing mechanism 423, a fourth pushing mechanism 424, and a fifth pushing mechanism 425; the third pushing mechanism 423 is fixedly connected with the main box body 1 and is used for pushing the boxed meal on the first conveyor belt 33 to the tray 422; the first lifting mechanism 421 is fixedly connected with the tray 422; the first lifting mechanism 421 is used to move the tray 422 to the microwave heating device 41; the fourth pushing mechanism 424 is for pushing the lunch box placed on the tray 422 into the microwave heating device 41; the fifth pushing mechanism 425 is for pushing the lunch box placed on the tray 422 to the first conveyor belt 33; so that the second pushing mechanism 32 pushes the lunch box placed on the first conveyor belt 33 to the fourth conveyor 52.
The fourth conveyor 52 includes a second lifting mechanism 521 and a second conveyor belt 522; the second lifting mechanism 521 is fixedly connected with the second conveyor belt 522; the second lifting mechanism 521 is used for moving the second conveyor belt 522 to the grid of the heat preservation storage device 51; the second conveyor belt 522 is used to take the lunch box and convey the lunch box into the mesh of the thermal storage unit 51. In some embodiments, the control device 6 controls the fourth transporting device 52 to transport the box lunch into the predetermined grid. In some embodiments, before the thermal storage, the grid number of the thermal storage device 51 and the number of the boxes in the grid of the same type of box lunch as the currently heated box lunch are checked to determine whether there is enough space to continue storing the box lunch; if not, selecting a new grid for storage.
The heat preservation storage device 51 is of a grid structure and can separately store boxed meals of different orders, and when a user takes meals, the control device 6 opens the corresponding meal taking door 13 through meal taking information provided by the user, so that the user takes meals; meanwhile, cold meal or hot meal can be stored in different grid structures, so that heat exchange is reduced, and the heat preservation effect is improved; a small conveyor belt 7 is fixedly arranged in each grid structure of the heat preservation storage device 51, a plurality of baffles 71 which can rotate along with the conveyor belt are arranged on the surface of the small conveyor belt 7, box lunch to be taken can be stored between two adjacent baffles 71, a user can take only one box lunch at a time, and a plurality of box lunch can be stored in each grid of the heat preservation storage device 51; the small-sized conveyer belts 7 in the same grid are used for storing the box lunch to be taken of the same type, so that the dispatching of the box lunch is convenient, and if the box lunch to be taken of different types is stored, the user can be confused if the food taking sequence is different from the storage sequence; each meal taking door 13 is fixedly provided with a prompt sticker or a display screen 14 for distinguishing the type of cold meal or hot meal corresponding to the meal taking opening 11, and the prompt sticker or the display screen 14 can display the type of cold meal or boxed meal corresponding to the meal taking door, so that a user can take meals conveniently. In this embodiment, the flaps 71 of the small conveyor 7 are made of an elastic flexible material, so that the flaps 71 can pass through smoothly even if the distance between the conveyors is smaller than the height of the flaps 71, and after passing, the flaps 71 return to a state perpendicular to the small conveyor 7. In order to improve the heat preservation and storage effect of the heat preservation and storage device 51, the baffle 71 also has a heat preservation and insulation effect. In some embodiments, after the customer takes the meal according to the meal code or scan code, the control device 6 sends order completion information to the back-office server. In some embodiments, the control device 6 receives a meal fetching code input by a client, sends the meal fetching code to the server for verification, and delivers the meal after the verification is passed; in some embodiments, the client scans the code through the client, sends the code scanning information to the server, and the server notifies the control device 6 to take the meal after verification. After completion of the meal delivery, the control device 6 transmits meal delivery completion information to the server so that the server updates the order execution state and ends the order.
In some embodiments, the control device 6 sends the order execution status to the server while heating, storing in a warm state, etc. the boxed meal according to the predicted meal taking time, so that the user can query the order execution status through an App, a web page, etc. at any time.
In this embodiment, an operating method of the unmanned boxed meal vending machine is provided, in which a user submits purchase information to the control device 6, the control device 6 controls the moving mechanism 222 to move to a boxed meal waiting position according to the purchase information provided by the user, the receiving mechanism 221 is fixedly connected with the moving mechanism 222, the moving mechanism 222 drives the receiving mechanism 221 to move to the boxed meal waiting position, the receiving mechanism 221 receives the boxed meal waiting for taking, after the reception is completed, the control device 6 controls the moving mechanism 222 to move to a transmission starting end of the first conveyor belt 33, the first pushing mechanism 31 pushes the boxed meal on the receiving mechanism 221 to the first conveyor belt 33, the first conveyor belt 33 transmits the boxed meal to the third pushing mechanism 423, the third pushing mechanism 423 is fixedly connected with the main box body 1 and is arranged at one side of the first conveyor belt 33, the third pushing mechanism 423 pushes the boxed meal on the first conveyor belt 33 to the tray 422, the first lifting mechanism 421 drives the tray 422 to move to the microwave heating device 41, the tray 422 is fixedly provided with a fourth pushing mechanism 424, the boxed meal on the tray 422 is pushed into the microwave heating device 41, the microwave heating device 41 heats the boxed meal, after the heating is finished, the microwave heating device 41 pushes the boxed meal onto the tray 422, the first lifting mechanism 421 drives the tray 422 to move to the first conveyor belt 33, the tray 422 is also fixedly provided with a fifth pushing mechanism 425, the fifth pushing mechanism 425 pushes the boxed meal on the tray 422 to the first conveyor belt 33, the first conveyor belt 33 conveys the boxed meal to the second pushing mechanism 32, the control device 6 controls the second pushing mechanism 32 to push the boxed meal on the first conveyor belt 33 onto the second conveyor belt 522, the second conveyor belt 522 is fixedly connected with the second lifting mechanism 521, the control device 6 controls the second lifting mechanism 521 to move the second conveyor belt 522 to the heat preservation storage device 51, the second conveyor belt 522 conveys boxed meal into the heat-preservation storage device 51 for storage, and waits for a user to take meals; when a user purchases cold meal box lunch or selects box lunch without heating, the first conveyor belt 33 directly conveys the box lunch to the second pushing mechanism 32, the control device 6 controls the second pushing mechanism 32 to push the box lunch on the first conveyor belt 33 to the second conveyor belt 522, the second conveyor belt 522 is fixedly connected with the second lifting mechanism 521, the control device 6 controls the second lifting mechanism 521 to move the second conveyor belt 522 to the heat-preservation storage device 51, and the second conveyor belt 522 conveys the box lunch to the heat-preservation storage device 51 for storage to wait for the user to take the meal; the purchase requirements of different users are met.
In a preferred embodiment, the first conveyor belt 33 and the second conveyor belt 522 may be belt conveyors, roller conveyors, or other conveying structures capable of conveying; the first pushing mechanism 31, the second pushing mechanism 32, the third pushing mechanism 423, the fourth pushing mechanism 424, and the fifth pushing mechanism 425 may be electric push rods, hydraulic rods, motor-driven pushing structures, or other structures capable of completing the pushing purpose; the first lifting mechanism 421 and the second lifting mechanism 422 may be electric push rods, hydraulic rods, lifting structures driven by motors, or other structures capable of accomplishing the moving purpose. Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in this embodiment, the outer package of the lunch box is mostly a flat box, in order to ensure stable transportation, the first conveyor belt 33 and the second conveyor belt 522 are belt conveyor belts, and if roller conveyor belts are used, the lunch box may fall between rollers during transportation, causing waste and causing obstacles to subsequent transportation; the first pushing mechanism 31, the second pushing mechanism 32, the third pushing mechanism 423, the fourth pushing mechanism 424 and the fifth pushing mechanism 425 adopt electric push rods, the expansion and contraction of the electric push rods are controlled by the control device 6, the temperature requirements of the electric push rods on the working environment are low relative to hydraulic rods, and the electric push rods work more stably relative to a motor-driven pushing structure; first elevating system 421, second elevating system 422 select driven elevation structure, and the elevation structure of electric putter, hydraulic stem class because electric putter, hydraulic stem itself have certain length, and is higher to selling quick-witted inner space requirement, in order to save space, improves the inside space utilization of selling machine, selects the driven elevation structure of motor.
In a preferred embodiment, the refrigerating cavity 2 communicates with the first conveying means 3 through a transfer hole 23; the transfer hole 23 is provided with an openable or closable heat-insulating baffle 24. Referring to fig. 3 to 4, in this embodiment, the refrigerating cavity 2 is separated from other spaces by a partition plate having a heat preservation function to improve the refrigerating effect, the refrigerating cavity 2 is communicated with the first conveying device 3 through the transfer hole 23, a heat preservation baffle 24 is disposed at the transfer hole 23, when the second conveying device 22 receives a box meal, the second conveying device 22 moves to the transfer hole 23, the heat preservation baffle 24 is opened, the second conveying device 22 conveys the box meal to the first conveying device 3 through the transfer hole 23, and after the conveying is completed, the heat preservation baffle 24 is closed, so that the refrigerating and heat preservation effects in the refrigerating cavity are improved. The heat preservation baffle 24 can be controlled to be opened or closed by a motor, an electric push rod, a hydraulic rod and the like, the motor, the electric push rod, the hydraulic rod and the like are electrically connected with the control device 6, and the control device 6 controls the opening or closing state of the heat preservation baffle 24.
In a preferred embodiment, the control device 6 includes a touch display screen 61, a control unit 62 and a wireless communication module 63; the touch display screen 61 is fixedly arranged on the front side of the main box body 1, is electrically connected with the control unit 62, and is used for receiving the operation of a user and displaying a corresponding meal taking prompt; the wireless communication module 53 is electrically connected to the control unit 62, and is configured to receive the order sent by the server and perform corresponding operations. Referring to fig. 1 to 6, in this embodiment, a user completes operations such as inputting purchase information, selecting a purchase type, and paying by touching the display screen 61, and the control unit 62 controls operations of the second transmission device 22, the first transmission device 3, the third transmission device 42, the fourth transmission device 52, the microwave heating device 41, and the meal taking door 13 after receiving the purchase information of the user, so as to complete operations such as transmission, heating, storage, and meal taking of lunch boxes. The control device 6 further comprises a wireless communication module 63, a user can purchase through the mobile phone APP, the mobile phone sends purchase information to the cloud server, the cloud server sends the purchase information to the wireless communication module 63, the control unit 62 controls the second transmission device 22, the first transmission device 3, the third transmission device 42, the fourth transmission device 52, the microwave heating device 41, the meal taking door 13 and the like according to the purchase information received by the wireless communication module 63, so as to complete the transmission, heating, storage and other works of the boxed meal, meanwhile, the control unit 62 controls the wireless communication module 63 to send the corresponding meal taking information to the cloud server, the cloud server sends the corresponding meal taking information to the user, and when the user takes a meal, meal taking information can be input on the touch display screen 61, and meal taking can be performed according to feedback information displayed on the touch display screen 61. Through setting up wireless communication module 63, make the user can accomplish long-range purchase operation, reduce the time of waiting for the purchase, improve purchase efficiency. The touch display screen 61 can also be used for playing advertisements, so that the resource utilization rate is improved, and the advertising effect is enhanced.
In the description of the present specification, the terms "connect", "mount", "fix", and the like are intended to be broadly construed, for example, "connect" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.
In the description of the present application, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," etc. means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. Throughout this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Claims (10)
1. An unmanned boxed meal vending machine is characterized by comprising a main box body, a refrigerating cavity, a first conveying device, a heating cavity, a heat preservation cavity and a control device;
the refrigerating cavity, the first conveying device, the heating cavity, the heat preservation cavity and the control device are all arranged inside the main box body;
the first conveying device is used for conveying boxed meal to one side of the heating cavity or one side of the heat preservation cavity;
a refrigerated storage device and a second conveying device are arranged in the refrigerated cavity; the second conveying device is used for conveying boxed lunch from the cold storage device to the first conveying device;
one or more microwave heating devices and a third conveying device are arranged in the heating cavity; the third conveying device is used for conveying the box lunch at one side of the heating cavity from the first conveying device to the microwave heating device and conveying the box lunch which is heated from the microwave heating device to the first conveying device;
a heat preservation storage device and a fourth conveying device are arranged in the heat preservation cavity; the fourth conveying device is used for conveying the boxed meal positioned on one side of the heat-preservation cavity from the first conveying device to the heat-preservation storage device;
the main box body is provided with a meal taking port corresponding to the heat-preservation storage device;
the control device is electrically connected with the first conveying device, the cold storage device, the second conveying device, the microwave heating device, the third conveying device and the fourth conveying device for control, heating of the boxed meal is completed according to user purchase information, and the boxed meal selling is completed according to meal taking information of the user.
2. The machine of claim 1, wherein the first conveyor is fixedly disposed at a rear side of the main housing; the refrigerating cavity is positioned at the transmission starting end of the first transmission device; the heat-preservation cavity is positioned at a transmission terminal of the first transmission device; the heat preservation cavity and the control device are located in the middle of the main box body.
3. The machine of claim 2, wherein said cold meal storage means and said insulated storage means are each of a grid configuration; and each grid structure is fixedly provided with a small-sized conveyor belt.
4. The machine of claim 3, wherein said second conveyor comprises an access mechanism and a moving mechanism; the receiving mechanism is fixedly connected with the moving mechanism; the moving mechanism is used for moving the receiving mechanism to a box lunch position to be taken; the receiving mechanism is used for receiving box lunch and transmitting the box lunch to the first conveying device;
the first conveying device comprises a first pushing mechanism, a second pushing mechanism and a first conveying belt; the first pushing mechanism is used for pushing the boxed meal on the receiving mechanism to the first conveyor belt; the first conveyor belt is used for conveying boxed meal to one side of the heating cavity or one side of the heat preservation cavity; the second pushing mechanism is used for pushing the boxed meal positioned on the first conveyor belt to the fourth conveyor device;
the third conveying device comprises a first lifting mechanism, a tray, a third pushing mechanism, a fourth pushing mechanism and a fifth pushing mechanism; the third pushing mechanism is fixedly connected with the main box body and used for pushing the boxed meal on the first conveyor belt to the tray; the first lifting mechanism is fixedly connected with the tray; the first lifting mechanism is used for moving the tray to the microwave heating device; the fourth pushing mechanism is used for pushing the boxed meal positioned on the tray into the microwave heating device; the fifth pushing mechanism is used for pushing the boxed meal positioned on the tray to the first conveyor belt;
the fourth conveying device comprises a second lifting mechanism and a second conveying belt; the second lifting mechanism is fixedly connected with the second conveyor belt; the second lifting mechanism is used for moving the second conveyor belt to the grid of the heat-preservation storage device; the second conveyor belt is used for receiving boxed lunch and conveying the boxed lunch to the grids of the heat preservation storage device.
5. The machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein said plurality of said food-taking ports are provided in correspondence with a grid of said thermal storage means; each meal taking opening is provided with a meal taking door which is controlled to be opened or closed by the control device.
6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control device comprises a touch display screen, a control unit and a wireless communication module; the touch display screen is fixedly arranged on the front side of the main box body, is electrically connected with the control unit and is used for receiving the operation of a user and displaying a corresponding meal taking prompt; the wireless communication module is electrically connected with the control unit and used for receiving the order sent by the server and carrying out corresponding operation.
7. The unmanned boxed meal vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a door is opened at a front side of the main box body for putting boxed meals into the refrigerating storage device after being opened.
8. A method of operating an unmanned boxed meal vending machine according to any one of claims 1-7, comprising the steps of:
the control device receives purchase information of a user, controls the second conveying device to take the boxed meal out of the cold storage device according to the purchase information, and conveys the boxed meal to the first conveying device;
controlling the first conveying device to convey the boxed meal, wherein,
if the box lunch is a cold lunch box lunch or does not need to be heated, the box lunch is conveyed to a fourth conveying device; if the box lunch needs to be heated, the box lunch is transmitted to a third conveying device, the third conveying device is controlled to transmit the box lunch into a microwave heating device for heating, and after heating is completed, the third conveying device is controlled to transmit the box lunch to the first conveying device; controlling the first conveyor to convey the boxed meal to the fourth conveyor;
controlling the fourth conveying device to convey boxed meals to the heat-preservation storage device for storage, and waiting for a user to take meals;
the control device receives the meal taking information of the user and controls the corresponding meal taking port of the heat preservation storage device to finish the meal taking of the user.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the purchase information comprises: the type and quantity of lunch box, and whether it is heated.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
the control device acquires the storage position of the box lunch in the cold storage device and the position of the box lunch in the heat preservation storage device according to the purchase information.
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