CN113455903A

CN113455903A - Flower drawing device and coffee machine comprising same

Info

Publication number: CN113455903A
Application number: CN202010245329.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 屈国丽; 廖述喻; 叶文; 盛金旺
Original assignee: Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-31
Filing date: 2020-03-31
Publication date: 2021-10-01

Abstract

The invention discloses a flower drawing device and a coffee machine comprising the same. The flower drawing device comprises a flower drawing component, the flower drawing component comprises a driving mechanism and a storage device, the driving mechanism is connected with the storage device and can drive the storage device to move, a discharge port is arranged on the storage device, and the discharge port can output materials in the storage device when the storage device moves. The flower drawing device is simple in structure, can automatically perform flower drawing operation on beverages such as coffee and the like through a simple mechanical device, and can increase the diversity of flower drawing patterns and effectively increase the flower drawing efficiency through the predesigned movement track of the discharge pipe.

Description

Flower drawing device and coffee machine comprising same

Technical Field

The invention relates to a flower drawing device and a coffee machine comprising the same.

Background

The garland refers to a process for drawing patterns on the liquid surface or the surface of drinks or foods such as coffee. At present, the common garland is operated by a coffee maker through pure manual operation, and the coffee maker is operated by the pure manual operation, so that the requirements are difficult to meet when the garland is used for dealing with the crowded people and the peak of stream of people. Meanwhile, the manual operation has certain uncertainty, and the final display effect of the pattern can be influenced by some self factors such as the hand feeling of the coffeemaker and the like. Moreover, even a relatively skilled coffee maker can make relatively few patterns in the process of making the coffee and flower, which is difficult to meet the aesthetic requirements of people.

Although the 3D printing garland machine is also used for printing patterns on coffee at present, the 3D printing garland machine is large in size and high in cost, and is not beneficial to being integrated into a garland module for popularization and use. Meanwhile, the raw materials used for 3D printing are edible pigments, so that the milk foam cannot be used for flower drawing, and the original taste and flavor of coffee can be sacrificed while patterns are pursued.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defects of low efficiency and fewer flower drawing patterns in manual flower drawing of coffee in the prior art, and provides a flower drawing device and a coffee machine comprising the same. Simultaneously, this flower device that draws has still solved traditional 3D printer stamp structure volume too big, and can't use milk bubble to carry out the defect of automatic flower that draws.

The invention solves the technical problems through the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a flower drawing device, its characterized in that, flower drawing device includes flower drawing subassembly, flower drawing subassembly includes actuating mechanism, storage device, actuating mechanism with storage device connects and can drive storage device removes, the last discharge gate that is equipped with of storage device, the discharge gate can be in when storage device removes will material output in the storage device.

In this scheme, adopt above-mentioned structural style, carry out the flower drawing operation for drinks such as coffee through mechanical device is automatic, can not only increase the variety of flower drawing pattern through the movement track of predesigned discharging pipe, can also effectual increase flower drawing's efficiency.

Preferably, the driving mechanism comprises a motor, a crank and a connecting rod, one end of the crank is connected with an output shaft of the motor, the other end of the crank is connected with one end of the connecting rod in a rotating mode, and the other end of the connecting rod is connected with the material storage device.

In this scheme, adopt above-mentioned structural style, through the motion trail of the actuating mechanism control discharging pipe that motor, crank and connecting rod are constituteed, simple structure, low in manufacturing cost.

Preferably, the flower drawing assembly further comprises a control valve, and the control valve is installed on the discharge port and is used for controlling the opening and closing of the discharge port.

Preferably, the control valve is an electromagnetic control valve.

Preferably, the garland assembly further comprises a discharge pipe, and the control valve is arranged at a discharge end of the discharge pipe.

Preferably, the flower drawing device further comprises a cup holder for placing a coffee cup to be drawn.

Preferably, the cup holder is rotatable.

In this scheme, adopt above-mentioned structural style, can obtain more complicated pattern through the removal cooperation of pivoted glass stand and discharging pipe, can increase the variety of garland pattern.

Preferably, the cup holder comprises a placing plate and a driver, the driver is provided with a rotating shaft, the placing plate is fixed on the rotating shaft, and the placing plate can rotate on a horizontal plane under the driving of the rotating shaft.

In this scheme, adopt above-mentioned structural style, simple structure, it is with low costs.

Preferably, the flower drawing device further comprises a first horizontal moving assembly, and the first horizontal moving assembly is used for driving the flower drawing assembly to move in a first horizontal direction.

In this scheme, adopt above-mentioned structural style, not only can be according to the position adjustment of coffee cup the position of garland subassembly, can also obtain the movement track of more complicated discharging pipe through the motion of first horizontal migration subassembly and the motion of storage device is together cooperateed, and then obtain more complicated pattern.

Preferably, the flower drawing device further comprises a second horizontal moving assembly, and the second horizontal moving assembly is used for moving the flower drawing assembly in a direction different from the first horizontal direction.

In this scheme, adopt above-mentioned structural style, not only can be according to the position adjustment of coffee cup the position of garland subassembly, can also obtain the movement track of more complicated discharging pipe through the motion of first horizontal migration subassembly, second horizontal migration subassembly and storage device together cooperatees, and then obtain more complicated pattern.

Preferably, the flower drawing device further comprises a lifting assembly, the flower drawing assembly is mounted on the lifting assembly, and the lifting assembly is used for driving the flower drawing assembly to move in the height direction.

In this scheme, adopt above-mentioned structural style, not only can be according to the height of the discharging pipe of the position adjustment flower subassembly of coffee cup, can also obtain the movement track of more complicated discharging pipe through the motion of first horizontal migration subassembly, second horizontal migration subassembly, lifting unit and storage device together cooperatees, and then obtain more complicated pattern.

Preferably, the garland device also has an installation shell, the installation shell is installed on the lifting component and can slide on the lifting component, the garland component is established in the installation shell and the material output end of the storage device is established outside the installation shell.

Coffee machine, characterized in that it comprises a garland device as described above.

On the basis of the common knowledge in the field, the above preferred conditions can be combined randomly to obtain the preferred embodiments of the invention.

The positive progress effects of the invention are as follows: the flower drawing device is simple in structure, can automatically perform flower drawing operation on beverages such as coffee and the like through a simple mechanical device, and can increase the diversity of flower drawing patterns and effectively increase the flower drawing efficiency through the predesigned movement track of the discharge pipe.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a flower forming device in a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a garland assembly in a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a rotatable cup holder in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

garland assembly 10

Motor 11

Storage device 12

Crank 13

Connecting rod 14

Discharge pipe 15

Control valve 16

Mounting shell 17

First horizontal moving assembly 20

Second horizontal moving assembly 30

Lifting assembly 40

Cup holder 50

Placing plate 51

Driver 52

Detailed Description

The invention will be more clearly and completely described below by way of examples and with reference to the accompanying drawings, without thereby limiting the scope of the invention to these examples.

As shown in fig. 1-3, it is a flower-drawing device of this embodiment. This flower device draws includes flower subassembly 10, flower subassembly 10 draws includes actuating mechanism, storage device 12, actuating mechanism with storage device 12 is connected and can drives storage device 12 removes, the last discharge gate that is equipped with of storage device 12, the discharge gate can be in when storage device 12 removes will material output in the storage device 12. The discharge hole is also connected with a discharge pipe 15, and the movement track of the discharge end of the discharge pipe 15 is the pattern of the garland.

In this embodiment, automatically, carry out the flower drawing operation for drinks such as coffee through mechanical device, can not only increase the variety of flower drawing pattern through the motion trail of predesigned discharging pipe 15, can also effectual increase the efficiency of flower drawing.

As shown in fig. 2, in this embodiment, the driving mechanism includes a motor 11, a crank 13 and a connecting rod 14, one end of the crank 13 is connected to an output shaft of the motor 11, the other end of the crank 13 is rotatably connected to one end of the connecting rod 14, and the other end of the connecting rod 14 is connected to the magazine 12.

The motion track of the discharge pipe 15 is controlled by a driving mechanism consisting of the motor 11, the crank 13 and the connecting rod 14, the structure is simple, and the manufacturing cost is low.

As shown in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the flower assembly 10 further includes a control valve 16, and the control valve 16 is installed on the discharge hole and is used for controlling the opening and closing of the discharge hole.

In the present embodiment, the control valve 16 is an electromagnetic control valve. Of course, the control valve 16 may also be another type of automatic or manual control valve, preferably automatic. In this exemplary embodiment, the control valve 16 is arranged at the outlet end of the outlet pipe 15.

The flower drawing device further comprises a cup holder 50, and the cup holder 50 is used for placing a coffee cup to be drawn. In the present embodiment, the cup holder 50 is rotatable. More complex patterns can be obtained by the movable cooperation of the rotatable cup holder 50 and the discharge pipe 15, and the diversity of the garland patterns can be increased. In other embodiments, the cup holder 50 can be stationary, and can be configured according to the needs of the customer.

In the present embodiment, the cup holder 50 includes a placing plate 51 and a driver 52, the driver 52 has a rotating shaft, the placing plate 51 is fixed on the rotating shaft, and the placing plate 51 can rotate on a horizontal plane by the rotating shaft. By adopting the structure form, the structure is simple and the cost is low. Of course, the cup holder 50 can be rotated in other ways, which will not be described herein.

As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the flower drawing device further includes a first horizontal moving component 20, and the first horizontal moving component 20 is configured to drive the flower drawing component 10 to move in a first horizontal direction.

Thus, the position of the garland assembly 10 can be adjusted according to the position of the coffee cup, and a more complex movement track of the discharge pipe 15 and a more complex pattern can be obtained through the cooperation of the movement of the first horizontal moving assembly 20 and the movement of the storage device 12.

The flower drawing device further comprises a second horizontal moving assembly 30, wherein the second horizontal moving assembly 30 is used for moving the flower drawing assembly 10 in a direction different from the first horizontal direction.

In the embodiment, the moving directions of the first horizontal moving assembly 20 and the second horizontal moving assembly 30 are vertically arranged, so that the position of the flower pulling assembly 10 can be adjusted according to the position of the coffee cup, and a more complex moving track of the discharge pipe 15 and a more complex pattern can be obtained by cooperation of the first horizontal moving assembly 20 and the second horizontal moving assembly 30 and the movement of the storage device 12.

Meanwhile, in this embodiment, the flower drawing device further includes a lifting assembly 40, the flower drawing assembly 10 is installed on the lifting assembly 40, and the lifting assembly 40 is used for driving the flower drawing assembly 10 to move in the height direction.

The lifting assembly 40 is added, so that the height of the discharging pipe 15 of the garland assembly 10 can be adjusted according to the position of the coffee cup, and a more complex motion track of the discharging pipe 15 and a more complex pattern can be obtained by cooperation of the first horizontal moving assembly 20, the second horizontal moving assembly 30, the lifting assembly 40 and the motion of the storage device 12.

In the present embodiment, the first horizontal moving assembly 20, the second horizontal moving assembly 30, and the lifting assembly 40 are each composed of a motor, a ball screw, a guide rail, and a slider. The lifting assembly 40 is installed on the slider of the second horizontal moving assembly 30, and the second horizontal moving assembly 30 is installed on the slider of the first horizontal moving assembly 20.

In this embodiment, the garland device further has an installation shell 17, the installation shell 17 is installed on the lifting component 40 and can slide on the lifting component 40, the garland component 10 is arranged in the installation shell 17, and the material output end of the storage device 12 is arranged outside the installation shell 17. This facilitates the movement of the entire garland assembly 10 together. Of course, in other alternative embodiments, the motor 11 of the garland assembly 10 may be directly fixed to the slide of the lifting assembly 40.

When the cotton pull device of the embodiment is used, the position of the cotton pull assembly 10 can be adjusted by the first horizontal moving assembly 20, the second horizontal moving assembly 30 and the lifting assembly 40, and the cotton pull assembly 10 moves to generate patterns; or the flower assembly 10 can generate a more complex pattern by cooperating with one or more of the first horizontal moving assembly 20, the second horizontal moving assembly 30 and the lifting assembly 40; the cup holder 50 can also be moved relative to each other at the same time, creating a complex pattern.

The embodiment also discloses a coffee machine which comprises the flower drawing device. The coffee machine adopting the flower drawing device can improve the flower drawing efficiency of coffee and can draw various patterns for customers to select.

While specific embodiments of the invention have been described above, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that this is by way of example only, and that the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims. Various changes and modifications to these embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and these changes and modifications are within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a flower drawing device, its characterized in that, flower drawing device includes flower drawing subassembly, flower drawing subassembly includes actuating mechanism, storage device, actuating mechanism with storage device connects and can drive storage device removes, the last discharge gate that is equipped with of storage device, the discharge gate can be in when storage device removes will material output in the storage device.

2. The flower drawing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a motor, a crank and a connecting rod, one end of the crank is connected with an output shaft of the motor, the other end of the crank is rotatably connected with one end of the connecting rod, and the other end of the connecting rod is connected with the storing device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flower assembly further comprises a control valve mounted on the outlet for controlling the opening and closing of the outlet.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said control valve is an electromagnetic control valve.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the flower assembly further comprises a spout, the control valve being disposed at a discharge end of the spout.

6. The decorating device of claim 1, wherein the decorating device further comprises a cup holder for holding a coffee cup to be decorated.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the cup holder is rotatable.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the cup holder includes a placement plate, a driver having a rotation axis, the placement plate being fixed to the rotation axis, the placement plate being rotatable in a horizontal plane by the rotation axis.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first horizontal movement assembly for moving the flower assembly in a first horizontal direction.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a second horizontal movement assembly for moving the flower assembly in a direction different from the first horizontal direction.

11. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising a lifting assembly, wherein the flower assembly is mounted on the lifting assembly, and the lifting assembly is configured to move the flower assembly in a height direction.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a mounting housing mounted on and slidable over the lift assembly, the garland assembly being disposed within the mounting housing and the material output of the holding device being disposed outside of the mounting housing.

13. Coffee machine, characterized in that it comprises a garland device according to any one of claims 1 to 12.