CN113647817A

CN113647817A - Beverage filtering piece device and beverage manufacturing equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113647817A
Application number: CN202110851779.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵新良; 宋博; 王江峰
Original assignee: Megarobo Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Megarobo Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-27
Filing date: 2021-07-27
Publication date: 2021-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 2041-07-27
Also published as: CN113647817B

Abstract

The invention provides a beverage filtering piece device and beverage manufacturing equipment, wherein the beverage filtering piece device comprises a supporting rod, at least two mounting frames and a detection device, the at least two mounting frames are arranged in a layered mode in the length direction of the supporting rod, and at least two mounting positions for placing filtering pieces are arranged on the circumferential direction of each mounting frame at intervals; the detection device is used for detecting whether the filter element exists on each mounting position. According to the invention, because the multi-layer mounting frame is provided, and each layer of mounting frame is provided with a plurality of mounting positions for placing the filtering pieces, the number of the filtering pieces which can be placed is large, and the detection device is combined, the filtering pieces can be assembled after the filtering pieces do not exist on all the mounting positions, and operators can complete a plurality of orders once assembling, so that the time cost of the operators can be greatly saved.

Description

Beverage filtering piece device and beverage manufacturing equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of beverage equipment, in particular to a beverage filtering piece device and beverage manufacturing equipment.

Background

At present, a common beverage making device is a coffee machine, and the structure of the coffee machine is also diversified. For example, in the structure disclosed in the chinese invention patent application having publication No. CN112353248A entitled "intelligent hand coffee making apparatus and control method thereof, controller, and storage medium", a filter cup is placed by a filter cup storage assembly, and when making coffee, a first mechanical arm grabs the filter cup from the filter cup storage assembly and holds the filter cup to receive coffee powder from a bean grinder, and then the first mechanical arm places the filter cup containing coffee powder on a support member. In this kind of intelligence hand coffee preparation equipment, the filter bowl storage assembly is actually that the horizontal arrangement has the filter bowl frame that three filter bowl deposited the position, and in the preparation coffee process, three filter bowl deposited on the position need report to the police and tell operating personnel after using to accomplish, and operating personnel reassembling filter bowl, the filter bowl storage assembly of this kind of structure can have following problem: due to the limited size of the work surface, the number of filter bowls is often placed and therefore the frequency of assembly by the operator is too high, which results in too high personnel costs.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to at least partially solve the problems of the prior art, the present invention firstly provides a beverage filter device.

The invention provides a beverage filter element device which comprises a supporting rod, at least two mounting frames and a detection device, wherein the at least two mounting frames are arranged in a layered mode in the length direction of the supporting rod, and at least two mounting positions for placing filter elements are arranged on the circumferential direction of each mounting frame at intervals; the detection device is used for detecting whether the filter element exists on each mounting position.

According to the beverage filter piece device, due to the fact that the beverage filter piece device is provided with the multiple layers of mounting frames, the mounting positions for placing the filter pieces are arranged on each layer of mounting frame, the number of the filter pieces which can be placed is large, the filter pieces can be assembled after the filter pieces do not exist on all the mounting positions in combination with the arrangement of the detection device, an operator can complete a plurality of orders once assembling, and therefore the time cost of the operator can be greatly saved.

Exemplarily, the beverage filter element device further comprises a driving element, and the driving element is used for driving the supporting rod to rotate so as to drive all the mounting frames to synchronously rotate around the supporting rod, so that the next mounting positions of all the mounting frames can be simultaneously located at the corresponding preset taking positions.

Exemplarily, the detection device includes a fixing member and a plurality of detection sensors, the fixing member is disposed beside the support rod, and each detection sensor corresponds to one of the mounting frames and is used for detecting whether a filter member exists in a mounting position located at a preset taking position.

Exemplarily, the fixing part is a fixing column, and the plurality of detection sensors are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the fixing column.

Illustratively, each mounting position on all the mounting frames is aligned one by one in the length direction of the supporting rod to form a plurality of rows of mounting positions; the driving piece is used for driving the supporting rod to rotate so as to drive all the mounting frames to rotate synchronously along the supporting rod, so that each row of mounting positions can be simultaneously located at the corresponding preset part taking positions.

Illustratively, the driving member is used for driving the supporting rod to rotate so as to drive each mounting frame to rotate independently along the supporting rod, so that the mounting position on each mounting frame can rotate independently to a preset picking position.

Illustratively, the beverage filter element device further comprises an origin correcting device, and the origin correcting device is used for detecting whether the mounting frame returns to the origin when rotating for one circle.

Illustratively, the mounting location includes a ring structure having a hollow portion, the hollow portion being disposed toward a vertical direction.

Illustratively, the mounting positions on the same mounting frame are used for placing the same filter element; and the mounting positions on the mounting racks in different layers are used for placing different filter pieces.

Illustratively, for each mounting bracket, at least two mounting positions are arranged at intervals and uniformly along the circumference of the mounting bracket.

Illustratively, the filter is filter paper or a filter bowl filled with filter paper.

Further, the invention also provides a beverage manufacturing device, which comprises a beverage filter piece device, a mechanical arm and a controller, wherein the beverage filter piece device is the beverage filter piece device; the detection device of the beverage filter piece device is used for detecting whether a filter piece exists on each installation position or not and sending a detection signal to the controller; the controller judges according to the detection signal, and if a filter piece exists, the mechanical arm is controlled to grab the filter piece. Because the beverage filter device has the beneficial effects, the beverage manufacturing equipment comprising the beverage filter device also has the beneficial effects.

Illustratively, the detection device comprises a fixing part and a plurality of detection sensors, wherein the fixing part is arranged beside the supporting rod; each detection sensor corresponds to one mounting rack and is used for detecting whether a filter element exists in a mounting position located at a preset element taking position or not and sending a detection signal to a controller; the controller is used for judging whether a filter element exists at a preset filter element taking position detected by the current detection sensor according to a detection signal sent by the current detection sensor, and if so, controlling the mechanical arm to grab the filter element; if not, whether there is a filter piece in the preset position of getting that the detected signal judgement corresponds that sends according to next detecting sensor, continue repeated judgement, if judge all preset according to all detected signal and get and all not have after filtering the piece on the position, then control the driving piece drive the bracing piece rotates preset angle, drives all mounting brackets and winds the bracing piece synchronous revolution to make the next installation position of all mounting brackets be in respectively corresponding preset simultaneously and get a position, continue repeated judgement.

Illustratively, the controller determines the current sensor and the next detection sensor in a preset order.

The detection device comprises a fixing piece and a plurality of detection sensors, wherein the fixing piece is arranged beside the supporting rod, each detection sensor corresponds to one mounting rack and is used for detecting whether a filter element exists at a mounting position at a preset element taking position or not and sending a detection signal to the controller; the controller is used for judging whether a preset part taking position has a filtering piece according to a detection signal sent by a detection sensor corresponding to the current mounting rack, if so, the mechanical arm is controlled to grab the filtering piece, if not, the driving piece is controlled to drive the current mounting rack to independently rotate for a preset angle so that the next mounting position is located at the preset part taking position, repeated judgment is continued, if the judgment result of each mounting position on the current mounting rack rotating to the preset part taking position is that no filtering piece exists, the controller reads the detection signal sent by the detection sensor corresponding to the next mounting rack, and repeated judgment is based on the detection signal.

Illustratively, within the controller are configured: the mounting positions on the same mounting rack are used for placing the same filter pieces; mounting positions on the mounting racks in different layers are used for placing different filter pieces; the corresponding relation of the filter elements carried on each mounting frame; the controller receives the order information, determines the corresponding mounting rack according to the order information and the corresponding relation, judges whether a filter element exists in a preset taking position or not according to the determined mounting rack and the detection signal of the corresponding detection sensor, and controls the mechanical arm to grab the filter element if the filter element exists in the preset taking position.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in more detail embodiments of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings. The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings, like reference numbers generally represent like parts or steps.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a beverage filter assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the beverage filter assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rotated side view of the beverage filter assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the beverage filter assembly of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a partial perspective view of a beverage making apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein the reference symbols are

200-operation desk

300-beverage filtering piece device

310-support rod

311-connecting terminal

320-Driving part

3310 first mounting frame

3320 second mounting frame

3330 third mounting frame

3311-center position

3312-mounting location

340-detection device

3410 fixing part

3420-detection sensor

350-origin correcting device

351-origin sensor

352-detection piece

360-table top board

400-mechanical arm

500-Bean grinder subassembly

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, exemplary embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely a subset of embodiments of the invention and not all embodiments of the invention, with the understanding that the invention is not limited to the example embodiments described herein. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the invention described herein without inventive step, shall fall within the scope of protection of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the beverage filter assembly 300 of the present invention, which is mainly disposed on a beverage making apparatus for storing filter elements, includes a support rod 310, three mounting frames (i.e., a first mounting frame 3310, a second mounting frame 3320, and a third mounting frame 3330), and a detection device 340, wherein the first mounting frame 3310, the second mounting frame 3320, and the third mounting frame 3330 are disposed in layers along the length direction of the support rod 310, and it should be understood that the layers are so-called, i.e., the first mounting frame 3310, the second mounting frame 3320, and the third mounting frame 3330 are spaced apart along the axial direction of the support rod 310, so that the space between the first mounting frame 3310 and the second mounting frame 3320, and the space between the second mounting frame 3320 and the third mounting frame 3330 form a space for facilitating grasping by a robot arm 400 (see fig. 5). Since the first mounting block 3310 is located at an upper layer when applied to the beverage making apparatus, the first mounting block 3310 may also be referred to as an upper mounting block 3310, the second mounting block 3320 may be located at a middle layer, the second mounting block 3320 may also be referred to as a middle mounting block 3320, the third mounting block 3330 may be located at a lower layer, the third mounting block 3330 may also be referred to as a lower mounting block 3330, and the first mounting block 3310, the second mounting block 3320, and the third mounting block 3330 may be collectively referred to as a multi-layer mounting block. A plurality of installation positions for placing the filtering member are circumferentially arranged on each installation frame at intervals, taking the first installation frame 3310 as an example, four installation positions 3312 for placing the filtering member are circumferentially arranged on the first installation frame 3310 at intervals, and the second installation frame 3320, the third installation frame 3330 and the first installation frame 3310 have the same structure, which is not described herein. Whether detection device 340 is used for detecting and to have a filter piece on every installation position to three mounting bracket, the structure that sets up four installation positions on every mounting bracket, total 12 installation positions, detection device 340 is used for detecting the filter piece existence condition on 12 installation positions, detection device has and predetermines the detection position, whether there is a filter piece on the installation position with the detection position department of predetermineeing, and in practical application, the manipulator also usually snatchs the filter piece of this predetermined position department and carries out the action of stepping down.

It should be understood that the number of the mounting brackets is not limited to three, and may be two, four, five, etc., as long as there are at least two; the number of the mounting positions on each mounting frame is not limited to four, and may be two, three, five, etc., as long as there are at least two.

According to the beverage filter element device 300, due to the fact that the beverage filter element device comprises the multiple layers of mounting frames, a plurality of mounting positions for placing the filter elements are arranged on each layer of mounting frame, the number of the filter elements which can be placed is large, and the filter elements can be assembled after the filter elements do not exist on all the mounting positions by combining the arrangement of the detection device 340, so that an operator can complete a plurality of orders each time the beverage filter element device is assembled; in addition, the filter elements can be flexibly supplemented by operators according to the free time of the operators, so that the time cost of the operators can be greatly saved.

It should be noted that, although the supporting rod 310 is a vertically-arranged rod in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, in practical applications, the supporting rod 310 may further include a horizontally-arranged first rod, and one end of the first rod is connected to the first mounting block 3310, the second mounting block 3320 and the third mounting block 3330 through a vertically-arranged second rod. That is, the structure of the support rod 310 is not limited as long as it can support multiple stages of mounting racks. The support rod 310 may be fixed or rotatable, and in the case of the fixed, only the movement of the robot arm 400 is planned to grasp the filter.

In order to simplify the operation planning of the mechanical arm 400, the supporting rod 310 can be driven to rotate, the beverage filter device 300 further includes a driving member 320, the driving member 320 is configured to drive the supporting rod 310 to rotate so as to drive all the mounting racks to rotate around the supporting rod 310 synchronously, so that the next mounting positions of all the mounting racks can be located at the corresponding preset taking positions at the same time, when the beverage filter device 300 is applied to the beverage manufacturing apparatus, the preset taking positions not only correspond to the preset detection positions of the detection device 340, but also correspond to the positions where the mechanical arm grabs the filter, specifically, the driving member 320 is connected with the supporting rod 310 to drive the supporting rod 310 to rotate, and the driving member 320 is, for example, a motor. Based on the configuration of the driving member 320, the multi-layered mounting frame can rotate, thereby facilitating the mechanical arm 400 to grasp the filter member at a fixed position (i.e., a predetermined picking position) on the same layer.

In an exemplary embodiment, the beverage filter device 300 further includes a detecting device 340, the detecting device 340 includes a fixing member 3410 and a plurality of detecting sensors 3420, the fixing member 3410 is disposed beside the supporting rod 310, and each detecting sensor 3420 corresponds to a mounting rack for detecting whether a filter member exists at a mounting position of a predetermined picking position.

Specifically, the fixing member 3410 may be a fixing column, the plurality of detection sensors 3420 are disposed at intervals along a length direction of the fixing column, the number of the detection sensors 3420 is equal to the number of the mounting frames, and each detection sensor 3420 corresponds to one mounting frame. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, three detecting sensors 3420 are disposed corresponding to the upper mounting frame 3310, the middle mounting frame 3320 and the lower mounting frame 3330, respectively, each detecting sensor 3420 is used for detecting whether there is a filter at the mounting position (i.e., the predetermined picking position) right in front of the detecting sensor 3420, and can feed back the detecting signal to the controller, so that the controller can control the driving member 320 to drive the supporting rod 310 to rotate the next mounting position to the predetermined picking position when determining that there is no filter at the predetermined picking position according to the detecting signal, and control the robot arm 400 to grab the filter when determining that there is a filter at the predetermined picking position according to the detecting signal. The controller can adopt a common PLC controller, and the details thereof are not repeated herein.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the 4 mounting positions on the upper mounting rack 3310, the 4 mounting positions on the middle mounting rack 3320, and the 4 mounting positions on the lower mounting rack 3330 are aligned in the vertical direction, that is, each mounting position on all the mounting racks is aligned one by one in the length direction of the supporting rod 310 to form a plurality of rows of mounting positions, and the driving member 320 is configured to drive the supporting rod 310 to rotate so as to drive all the mounting racks to rotate synchronously along the supporting rod 310, so that each row of mounting positions is located at the corresponding predetermined picking position at the same time. To achieve the above object, provided that: all the mounting frames rotate along the rotation direction to reach the condition that the rotation angles of the preset picking positions are consistent. The specific implementation manner of this embodiment is: the plurality of mounting positions on each mounting bracket 3310 may be circumferentially spaced and uniformly arranged, as shown in fig. 4, with a rotation angle of 90 ° between two adjacent mounting positions, so that the driving member 320 rotates the plurality of mounting brackets by 90 ° at each time, and the next row of mounting positions may be located at the corresponding preset picking positions. Of course, in practical applications, the plurality of mounting positions of each mounting bracket 3310 may be circumferentially spaced but unevenly disposed (for example, the rotation angle of two connected mounting positions of each mounting bracket may be any angle such as 20 ° or 50 °), and since each mounting position on all the mounting brackets is aligned in the length direction of the supporting rod 310, the driving member 320 can drive the corresponding rotation angle each time to position the next row of mounting positions at the corresponding preset picking positions.

It should be noted that, although the fixing element 3410 is a fixing column in the case that all the mounting locations on all the mounting frames are aligned one by one in the length direction of the supporting rod 310 to form multiple rows of mounting locations in this embodiment, in practical applications, the fixing element 3410 may also adopt multiple fixing elements and a fixing plate, the multiple detection sensors 3420 are not in a vertical line, and the above conditions are also satisfied, that is, the driving element 320 can drive multiple mounting frames to rotate synchronously and each row of mounting locations is located at the corresponding preset picking location at the same time.

It should be noted that, in practical application, it is also possible to: each of the mounting positions on all the mounting brackets may not be aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction of the support rod 310, for example, 4 mounting positions on the upper filter cup tray set 3310, 4 mounting positions on the middle filter cup tray set 3320, and 4 mounting positions on the lower filter cup tray set 3330 may not be aligned in the vertical direction, and the three detection sensors 3420 may not be aligned in the same vertical line. At this time, the number of the fixing members 3410 may be multiple, and the fixing members are respectively used for installing different detecting sensors 3420, and of course, one detecting fixing plate may be provided to install multiple detecting sensors 3420 not on a vertical line at the same time, and under any circumstances, the driving member 320 may drive the multiple mounting frames to rotate synchronously and the next mounting positions of all the mounting frames may be located at the corresponding preset picking positions at the same time.

It should be noted that, although the driving member 320 drives all the mounting brackets to rotate synchronously in the above-mentioned various implementations, the invention is not limited to this, and in practical applications, the driving member 320 may also be configured to drive the supporting rod 310 to rotate so as to drive each mounting bracket to rotate independently along the supporting rod 310, so that the mounting position on each mounting bracket can rotate independently to the preset picking position; in order to facilitate that the driving member 320 drives the current mounting frame to independently rotate by a preset angle so as to enable the mounting position on each mounting frame to independently rotate to a preset pickup position, the supporting rod 310 may include multiple sections of rod portions, each adjacent two sections of rod portions are rotatably connected, correspondingly, the driving member 320 includes multiple driving motors, each section of rod portion is connected with one driving motor, and the multiple driving motors respectively correspond to the multiple mounting frames one to one.

As an exemplary embodiment, for a structure in which each row of mounting positions can be located at the corresponding preset picking position at the same time, the beverage filter device 300 further includes an origin correcting device 350, and the origin correcting device 350 is configured to detect whether the mounting frame returns to the origin when rotating for one circle. Specifically, the origin correcting device 350 includes the origin sensor 351 and the detecting piece 352, the detecting piece 352 has a first position for receiving the origin sensor 351 and a second position for shifting the origin sensor 351, and the detecting piece 352 can rotate between the first position and the second position along with the supporting rod 310, it should be understood that the detecting piece 352 may be provided on the supporting rod 310 for the purpose of rotating along with the supporting rod 310. So, can detect the original point when the mounting bracket rotates the round and rectify, ensure the mounting bracket and rotate the accuracy to, detect piece 352 and rotate along with the mounting bracket, detect piece 352 and block original point sensor 351, just explain to get back to the normal position. To the structure that the installation position on each mounting bracket can be independently rotated to the preset picking position, the beverage filter device 300 can also include an origin correcting device 350, the origin correcting device 350 is used for detecting whether to return to the origin when each mounting bracket rotates for one circle, and it should be understood that, in this case, the origin correcting device 350 needs to be provided in plurality, and the origin correcting devices 350 respectively correspond to the mounting brackets in a one-to-one manner.

In order to facilitate the installation of the filtering member, the installation position needs to have a hollow portion, as shown in fig. 4, the first mounting frame 3310 is taken as an example, the first mounting frame 3310 has four installation positions 3312, each installation position 3312 includes a ring structure having a hollow portion 33121, and the hollow portions 3312 are arranged in a vertical direction, so that the hollow portions 3312 of the installation positions 3312 are vertical (or upward) no matter the multiple mounting frames 3310 are arranged in a horizontal or vertical direction at intervals, thereby supporting the filtering member well.

In practical application, the mounting positions on the same mounting frame are used for placing the same filter elements; the mounting positions on the mounting racks in different layers are used for placing different filter pieces. In the configuration shown in fig. 1, four mounting locations 3312 (referred to simply as upper mounting locations) on the upper mounting block 3310 are used to receive 4 identical filter elements; four mounting positions (referred to as middle mounting positions for short) on the middle mounting rack 3320 are used for placing 4 identical filter elements; four mounting positions (called lower mounting positions for short) on the lower mounting rack 3330 are used for placing 4 identical filter pieces; filter on the filter piece on the installation position of upper strata, the middle level installation position filter piece, filter the piece diverse on the installation position of lower floor, the difference of filtering the piece includes: the size of the cup is different (mainly corresponding to the size of the coffee amount in the order information, the size of the cup), the merchant is different (different manufacturers of filter paper adopted for different coffee varieties), and the like, so that the requirements of different order information can be met. It should be appreciated that in order to allow mounting locations on the same frame to be used for placement of the same filter element, multiple mounting locations on the same frame have hollow portions of the same size, such that filter elements placed in the hollow portions can be snapped into the filter elements at the 1/3-2/3 height, facilitating the robotic arm 400 to grasp the same size filter element in the mounting locations on the same frame.

It should be appreciated that the spacing between the upper mounting block 3310 and the middle mounting block 3320 may be adjusted, as may the spacing between the middle mounting block 3320 and the lower mounting block 3330, in order to accommodate different filter elements.

Further, for each mounting frame, at least two mounting positions are spaced and uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction thereof, and still taking the upper mounting frame 3310 as an example, as shown in fig. 4, the upper mounting frame 3310 has a center position 3311, the support rod 310 is disposed on the center position 3311 in a penetrating manner, and the four mounting positions 3312 are uniformly distributed on a circumference with the center position 3311 as a circle center, so that the four mounting positions 3312 are spaced and uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction thereof. Thus, it is convenient to control the rotation angle of the mounting frame 3311. Thus, when the multi-layered mounting blocks 3311 are rotated synchronously, the angle of each rotation is consistent; or when the multi-layered mounting frame 3311 is not rotated simultaneously, the angle of rotation of each layer is also identical.

In the invention, the filter element is filter paper, and the mechanical arm directly grabs the filter paper and places the filter paper in the filter cup of the brewing frame. Of course, in practical application, the filter cup filled with the filter paper can be directly placed on the mounting position to serve as a filter element, so that the manipulator directly grabs the filter cup filled with the filter paper and places the filter cup on the brewing frame.

The present invention further provides a beverage making apparatus, as shown in fig. 5, the beverage making apparatus includes a beverage filter device 300, a mechanical arm 400 and a controller (the controller is not shown in the figure, as mentioned above, the controller may adopt a common PLC controller, and will not be described herein), the beverage filter device 300 is the above-mentioned beverage filter device, in addition, the beverage making apparatus may further include an operation console 200 and a bean grinder assembly 500, the beverage filter device 300, the mechanical arm 400 and the bean grinder assembly 500 are all disposed on the operation console 200, and the mechanical arm 400, the bean grinder assembly 500 and the controller may have various structures that may be present or may appear in the future, which do not limit the protection scope of the present invention. The detection device 340 of the beverage filter device 300 is used for detecting whether a filter element exists on each installation position and sending a detection signal to the controller; the controller judges according to the detection signal, and if the filter piece exists, the mechanical arm 400 is controlled to grab the filter piece. Since the beverage filter device 300 has the above-mentioned advantages, the beverage manufacturing apparatus including the beverage filter device 300 also has the above-mentioned advantages.

In operation of the beverage making apparatus, for example, making coffee, the robotic arm 400 is capable of grasping a filter element on the beverage filter element assembly 300 and holding the filter element to receive coffee grounds from the bean grinder assembly 500 under control of the controller. The control mode of the controller can be various, and the following modes are explained in sequence:

firstly, the controller judges whether a filter element exists at a preset filter element taking position detected by the current detection sensor according to a detection signal sent by the current detection sensor, and if so, the controller controls the mechanical arm 400 to grab the filter element; if not, whether filter pieces exist in corresponding preset taking positions or not is judged according to detection signals sent by the next detection sensor, repeated judgment is continued, and after all the preset taking positions are judged to be free of filter pieces according to all the detection signals, the driving piece 320 is controlled to drive the supporting rod 310 to rotate by a preset angle, all the mounting frames are driven to synchronously rotate around the supporting rod 310, so that the next mounting positions of all the mounting frames can be located at the corresponding preset taking positions at the same time, and repeated judgment is continued. In order to meet the requirement of the control mode, the beverage filter device 300 may include a table top 360, the driving element 320 is disposed on the table top 360, the supporting rod 310 has a connecting end 311, and the connecting end 311 penetrates through the table top 360 to be connected with the driving element 320, so that the plurality of mounting frames rotate synchronously, and after one row is grabbed, the next row is grabbed, thereby improving the working efficiency.

And, the controller may also determine the current sensor and the next detection sensor in a preset order. For example, the robotic arm 400 may be grasped from top to bottom, or from bottom to top. In the beverage filter device 300 having three detecting sensors 3420 shown in fig. 1, if the detecting signals of the three detecting sensors 3420 all indicate that there is no filter, the driving member 320 is controlled to rotate by a certain angle to make the three mounting positions of another row reach the detecting positions until the filter on the three mounting positions is completely captured, and the operation is repeated until the driving member 320 rotates to make the mounting positions of all rows reach the detecting positions and all the filter is completely captured, an alarm is given to inform the operator that the filter should be supplemented.

Secondly, the controller is used for judging whether the preset position of taking a piece has a filter piece according to the detection signal that the detection sensor that the current mounting bracket corresponds sent, if yes, control arm 400 to snatch and filter the piece, if no, control driving piece 320 and drive the independent rotatory preset angle of current mounting bracket so that next installation position is located and preset and take a position, continue repeated judgement, if every installation position on the current mounting bracket is rotatory to preset and take a position department judgement result and all be for not having a filter piece, the controller reads the detection signal that the detection sensor that next mounting bracket corresponds sent, and based on this detection signal repeated judgement.

Thirdly, the controller is provided with: the corresponding relation of the filter elements carried on each mounting frame. The controller receives the order information, determines a corresponding mounting rack according to the order information and the corresponding relation, judges whether a filter element exists in a preset taking position or not according to a detection signal of the corresponding detection sensor aiming at the determined mounting rack, and controls the mechanical arm 400 to grab the filter element if the filter element exists in the preset taking position.

Based on different control modes, when the mechanical arm 400 grabs the filter bowl, any preset filter bowl taking position with the filter bowl can be taken to grab the filter bowl, and of course, in practical application, the preset filter bowl taking position closest to the mechanical arm 400 can also be selected preferentially.

Compared with the prior art, because the beverage filter device 300 can be used for placing a large number of filter elements, more orders can be automatically executed after the filter elements are replenished once, and the time cost of manual operation is saved; the filter elements can be replenished by workers at any time when the workers have spare time, and the filter elements can also be replenished after the alarm prompt; and when applied to stations 200 of different sizes, different numbers of layers and numbers of filter elements placed in each layer may be provided.

In the beverage making apparatus, the beverage filter device 300 can be embedded in the console 200 through the platform panel 360, and of course, in practical applications, the beverage filter device 300 can also be packaged as an integrated device and placed on the console 200.

Overall, the invention has the following advantages:

1. because have multilayer mounting bracket and every layer and set up a plurality of installation positions, the filtration piece quantity that can place is more, and operating personnel just can accomplish many orders once assembling to staff's time cost can be saved greatly.

2. Due to the adoption of the multilayer synchronous rotation scheme, after one row is grabbed, the next row is rotated and grabbed, so that the working efficiency can be improved.

3. Due to the adoption of the driver and the rotating structure, compared with the scheme that each filter piece is arranged at one grabbing position, the grabbing difficulty of the mechanical arm 400 is reduced, and the space is saved.

4. Because the multilayer rotating structure is adopted, the detection sensor is used for circular detection, so that the staff can supplement any number of filter elements at any time on the installation position without following a certain rule of supplementing the filter elements, and the use of the equipment and the operation of stores are greatly facilitated.

5. Because the interval (namely height) between the multiple layers is adjustable, the filter can be conveniently adapted to filter pieces with different sizes.

6. Different numbers of filter elements stored in each layer and different numbers of layers can be defined according to the size of the operating table 200, so that the overall size of the beverage filter device 300 on the operating table 200 is moderate.

7. Due to the fact that the fixing part 3410 is arranged, the fixing part 3410 has the potential of being applied to an antenna, and the table top device needing to be communicated with the cloud end can communicate with an external network through the hidden antenna. Meanwhile, no antenna is required to be additionally arranged on the operation table 200, and the tidiness and the attractiveness of the operation table 200 are kept.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the orientation words such as "upper", "middle", "lower", "horizontal", "vertical", etc., is generally based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and in the case of not making a reverse description, these orientation words do not indicate and imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe the spatial relationship of one or more components or features shown in the figures to other components or features. It is to be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass not only the orientation of the component as depicted in the figures, but also different orientations of the component in use or operation. For example, if an element in the drawings is turned over in its entirety, the articles "over" or "on" other elements or features will include the articles "under" or "beneath" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". Further, these components or features may also be positioned at various other angles (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or other angles), all of which are intended to be encompassed herein.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.

The present invention has been illustrated by the above embodiments, but it should be understood that the above embodiments are for illustrative and descriptive purposes only and are not intended to limit the invention to the scope of the described embodiments. Furthermore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that many variations and modifications may be made in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, which variations and modifications are within the scope of the present invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A beverage filter assembly, comprising:

a support bar;

the support rod comprises at least two mounting frames which are arranged in a layered manner in the length direction of the support rod, and at least two mounting positions for placing filter pieces are arranged on the circumferential direction of each mounting frame at intervals; and

and the detection device is used for detecting whether the filter element exists on each mounting position.

2. The beverage filter assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a driving member for driving the support rod to rotate so as to drive all of the mounting brackets to rotate around the support rod synchronously, so that the next mounting positions of all of the mounting brackets can be located at the corresponding predetermined picking positions at the same time.

3. The beverage filter assembly according to claim 1, wherein the detecting device comprises a fixing member and a plurality of detecting sensors, the fixing member is disposed beside the supporting rod, and each detecting sensor corresponds to one of the mounting frames for detecting whether the filter member is present at a predetermined position of the taking member.

4. The beverage filter assembly according to claim 3, wherein the mounting member is an attachment post, and the plurality of sensing sensors are spaced apart along a length of the attachment post.

5. The beverage filter assembly according to claim 2 wherein each of the mounting locations on all of the mounting brackets are aligned one-to-one along the length of the support rod to form a plurality of rows of mounting locations;

the driving piece is used for driving the supporting rod to rotate so as to drive all the mounting frames to rotate synchronously along the supporting rod, so that each row of mounting positions can be simultaneously located at the corresponding preset part taking positions.

6. The beverage filter assembly according to claim 2, wherein the driving member is configured to drive the support rod to rotate so as to independently rotate each of the mounting brackets along the support rod, so that the mounting position on each of the mounting brackets can be independently rotated to a predetermined pick-up position.

7. The beverage filter assembly of claim 1 further comprising a home position corrector for detecting a return to home position of the mounting frame during one rotation.

8. The beverage filter assembly according to any one of claims 1-7 wherein the mounting location comprises an annular structure having a hollow portion, the hollow portion being oriented in a vertical direction.

9. The beverage filter assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein mounting locations on the same mounting bracket are used to receive the same filter element; and the mounting positions on the mounting racks in different layers are used for placing different filter pieces.

10. The beverage filter assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein, for each mounting bracket, at least two mounting locations are spaced circumferentially and evenly spaced apart.

11. The beverage filter assembly of any one of claims 1-7, wherein the filter is a filter paper or a filter cup containing a filter paper.

12. A beverage making apparatus comprising a beverage filter device, a robotic arm, and a controller, wherein the beverage filter device is the beverage filter device of any one of claims 1-11;

the detection device of the beverage filter piece device is used for detecting whether a filter piece exists on each installation position or not and sending a detection signal to the controller;

the controller judges according to the detection signal, and if a filter piece exists, the mechanical arm is controlled to grab the filter piece.

13. Beverage making device according to claim 12,

the detection device comprises a fixing piece and a plurality of detection sensors, and the fixing piece is arranged beside the supporting rod; each detection sensor corresponds to one mounting rack and is used for detecting whether a filter element exists in a mounting position located at a preset element taking position or not and sending a detection signal to a controller;

the controller is used for judging whether a filter element exists at a preset filter element taking position detected by the current detection sensor according to a detection signal sent by the current detection sensor, and if so, controlling the mechanical arm to grab the filter element; if not, whether there is a filter piece in the preset position of getting that the detected signal judgement corresponds that sends according to next detecting sensor, continue repeated judgement, if judge all preset according to all detected signal and get and all not have after filtering the piece on the position, then control the driving piece drive the bracing piece rotates preset angle, drives all mounting brackets and winds the bracing piece synchronous revolution to make the next installation position of all mounting brackets be in respectively corresponding preset simultaneously and get a position, continue repeated judgement.

14. The beverage making apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the controller determines the current sensor and the next detection sensor in a preset order.

15. Beverage making device according to claim 12,

the detection device comprises a fixing piece and a plurality of detection sensors, the fixing piece is arranged beside the supporting rod, each detection sensor corresponds to one mounting rack and is used for detecting whether a filter piece exists at a mounting position at a preset piece taking position or not and sending a detection signal to the controller;

the controller is used for judging whether a preset part taking position has a filtering piece according to a detection signal sent by a detection sensor corresponding to the current mounting rack, if so, the mechanical arm is controlled to grab the filtering piece, if not, the driving piece is controlled to drive the current mounting rack to independently rotate for a preset angle so that the next mounting position is located at the preset part taking position, repeated judgment is continued, if the judgment result of each mounting position on the current mounting rack rotating to the preset part taking position is that no filtering piece exists, the controller reads the detection signal sent by the detection sensor corresponding to the next mounting rack, and repeated judgment is based on the detection signal.

16. Beverage making device according to claim 12,

the mounting positions on the same mounting rack are used for placing the same filter pieces;

mounting positions on the mounting racks in different layers are used for placing different filter pieces;

the controller is provided with: the corresponding relation of the filter elements carried on each mounting frame;

the controller receives the order information, determines the corresponding mounting rack according to the order information and the corresponding relation, judges whether a filter element exists in a preset taking position or not according to the determined mounting rack and the detection signal of the corresponding detection sensor, and controls the mechanical arm to grab the filter element if the filter element exists in the preset taking position.