CN113942693A

CN113942693A - Packing apparatus and automatic meal selling machine

Info

Publication number: CN113942693A
Application number: CN202111202104.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张恒杰
Original assignee: Shenzhen Chaoyong Times Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Chaoyong Times Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-15
Filing date: 2021-10-15
Publication date: 2022-01-18

Abstract

The invention discloses a packing device and an automatic meal selling machine, wherein the packing device comprises a fixed seat, a bag storage box, a meal delivery box and a bag taking piece, and the bag storage box is fixed on the fixed seat and used for storing folded packaging bags; the meal delivery box is arranged on one side of the bag storage box and used for placing a packaging bag to be used, and a fixing part is arranged on the inner side of the meal delivery box; get bag spare movable mounting in the fixing base to snatch deposit the wrapping bag of bag incasement and send to go out the meal incasement, get bag spare with the cooperation of fixed part is opened the wrapping bag to the wrapping bag that makes the wrapping bag after opening receives the food of treating the packing. The packing device of the technical scheme of the invention can solve the technical problem that the food sold by the automatic food selling machine is hot in hands or inconvenient to carry.

Description

Packing apparatus and automatic meal selling machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of meal selling machines, in particular to a packing device and an automatic meal selling machine.

Background

Most of traditional gourmets are complex in manufacturing process and difficult to be processed and sold in a large-scale and standardized mode, labor cost and store renting cost are higher and higher along with development of times, and a lot of traditional flavor gourmets are less and less seen, for example, according to the report, a plurality of gourmet old stores operating in hong Kong are closed due to overhigh cost. At present, in a fast-paced life style, the automatic vending equipment is favored by people, but the automatic vending equipment is box-packed fast food, and the traditional food is rarely introduced into the automatic vending equipment. In the existing automatic meal selling equipment, a purchaser is usually required to directly contact a heated fast food box when a meal is taken, the risk of injury is caused due to scalding hands, the experience is poor, the carrying is inconvenient, and the carrying is inconvenient especially when a set meal consisting of a plurality of meal items (separated containers) is purchased.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a packaging device which is applied to an automatic meal selling machine and used for packaging meal products, and aims to bring convenience to a user for carrying the meal products and improve the dining experience.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a packaging device for an automatic meal selling machine, for packaging meal, the packaging device comprising:

a fixed seat;

the bag storage box is fixed on the fixing seat and used for storing the folded packaging bags;

the meal delivery box is arranged on one side of the bag storage box and used for placing packaging bags to be used, and a fixing part is arranged on the inner side of the meal delivery box and used for fixing the packaging bags; and

get a bag spare, get a bag spare movably install in the fixing base, in order to snatch deposit the wrapping bag of bag incasement and send to go out the meal incasement, get a bag spare with the fixed part cooperation is opened the wrapping bag to make the wrapping bag after opening receive the food article of treating the packing.

In an optional embodiment, the bag taking piece comprises a support arm and a sucker arranged on the support arm, the support arm is movably arranged relative to the bag storage box and the meal delivery box, and the sucker is used for adsorbing and fixing the packaging bag.

In an optional embodiment, the bag taking piece further comprises two connecting arms, the two supporting arms are respectively connected to two ends of the connecting arms, the supporting arms face the meal box, and the connecting arms can drive the supporting arms to rotate around a rotating shaft perpendicular to the extending direction of the supporting arms.

In an optional embodiment, the baling device further includes a driving motor and a transmission member, and the driving motor drives the transmission member to drive the connecting arm to move in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction.

In an optional embodiment, the bag storage box comprises two pairs of oppositely arranged side box plates and a bottom box plate connected to the side box plates, an insertion hole is formed in the side box plate far away from the meal box, the insertion hole extends along the height direction of the side box plate, when the bag taking piece moves to the opening of the bag storage box, the connecting arm is located outside the bag storage box, and the supporting arm slides downwards along the extending direction of the insertion hole so that the sucker contacts the folded packaging bag.

In an optional embodiment, the fixing part is a sucker, and the two opposite side surfaces of the meal box are provided with the fixing parts;

and/or one of two opposite side surfaces of the meal delivery box provided with the fixing part is provided with a bulge, the bulge is formed by protruding the side surface towards the center of the meal delivery box, and two side edges of the bulge are respectively enclosed with the side box plates adjacent to the side box plates to form an avoiding groove.

The invention also provides an automatic meal selling machine, which comprises:

the food processor comprises a machine shell, a food processor and a control unit, wherein the machine shell is provided with an accommodating space and a food outlet communicated with the accommodating space;

the meal storage rack is arranged in the accommodating space and is provided with a plurality of storage spaces for placing meal;

the meal taking assembly is arranged adjacent to the meal storage rack so as to take out the meal in the storage space;

the packaging device is arranged close to the meal taking assembly to package the taken meal, the packaging device is any one of the packaging devices, and the fixed seat is connected to the inner wall of the shell; and

and the electric control assembly is arranged in the accommodating space and is electrically connected with the meal taking assembly and the packing device.

In an optional embodiment, the meal delivery box is arranged opposite to the meal delivery port and can rotate relative to the fixing seat, and the meal delivery box rotates to enable the opening of the meal delivery box to be exposed at the meal delivery port or enable the side face of the meal delivery box to block the meal delivery port.

In an optional embodiment, the automatic meal selling machine further comprises a tableware storage box, and the tableware storage box is arranged on the fixed seat and is close to the meal outlet;

and/or, the casing is concave towards the inboard and is equipped with the meal outlet, meal outlet has been seted up to meal outlet's diapire, meal outlet orientation meal outlet's surface is connected with the baffle, the baffle with be equipped with the clearance between the meal outlet, the baffle for the casing is rotatable to be set up, in order to drive meal outlet rotates, the baffle rotates in order to seal or open meal outlet.

In an optional embodiment, the casing includes shell and bipartition baffle at least, the division board connect in accommodation space's inner wall, and will accommodation space divides into from last zone of heating, cold-storage district and the automatically controlled district that sets gradually down, store up meal to erect in the cold-storage district, the division board is packing apparatus's fixing base, packing apparatus locates the zone of heating, still be equipped with heating element in the zone of heating, get meal the subassembly in the cold-storage district with the zone of heating is portable to be set up, automatically controlled subassembly is located the automatically controlled district.

The packaging device provided by the technical scheme of the invention is applied to an automatic meal selling machine, and comprises a bag storing box, a meal discharging box and a bag taking piece, so that the packaging device is different from the conventional fast food box in packaging for snacks with traditional flavors, can automatically pick up a packaging bag, place the packaging bag into a meal discharging space, open the packaging bag, and package meal placed into the meal discharging space, and a user can directly lift the packaging bag when taking the meal without directly contacting the meal, so that the consumption experience can be effectively improved. Simultaneously, on the structure basis that has or not have heating element, when having a meal to a plurality of meal article when, this packing apparatus also can pack a plurality of meal articles, when solving multiple different meal articles and purchasing simultaneously well, because the condition of many kinds and inconvenient carrying increases the probability of purchasing multiple meal article package, and more healthy health promotes convenience and security.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the vending machine of FIG. 1 with the housing and the electronic control assembly removed;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a housing, a meal storage rack, a meal taking assembly and a heating assembly of the meal vending machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a meal storage rack, a meal taking assembly and a heating assembly in the automatic meal selling machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the heater assembly of the food vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a heating assembly, a meal taking assembly and a meal delivery transfer device in the meal vending machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the meal delivery and transfer apparatus of the meal vending machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the meal delivery transfer device and the packing device of the meal vending machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the packaging device of the food vending machine shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of the supporting arm and the connecting arm of the baling device shown in fig. 9.

The reference numbers illustrate:

the implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

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

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are only for descriptive purposes and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The invention provides a packing device and an automatic meal selling machine, wherein the automatic meal selling machine mainly aims at automatic selling of snack foods with traditional flavors, and comprehensively utilizes means such as an intelligent control module, so that classical traditional food loved by the public can be delivered, and a user can conveniently eat authentic traditional food. Here, the traditional food can be rolled dough sheet, cold dough sheet, Chinese hamburgers and other various manual food. Of course, the automatic meal selling machine can also be applied to automatic selling of fast food. Furthermore, by adding the packaging device, the convenience is brought to a user to carry the meal, and the user experience is improved.

The invention provides a packaging device 80 applied to an automatic meal selling machine 100, please refer to fig. 8 and 9, in an alternative embodiment, the packaging device 80 comprises a fixed seat, a bag storage box 81, a meal delivery box 83 and a bag taking piece 85, wherein the bag storage box 81 is fixed on the fixed seat and used for storing folded packaging bags;

the meal delivery box 83 is arranged on one side of the bag storage box 81 and used for placing a packaging bag to be used, and a fixing part is arranged on the inner side of the meal delivery box 83; get bag spare 85 movable mounting in the fixing base in order to snatch the wrapping bag in the storage bag case 81 sends to in the meal box 83, get bag spare 85 with the fixed part cooperation is opened the wrapping bag to make the wrapping bag after opening receive the food of treating the packing.

In this embodiment, in order to realize the automatic packaging of the packaging device 80, the packaging device 80 is electrically connected to the electronic control assembly 90 in the automatic meal selling machine 100, and the packaging of the meal is realized through the control of the electronic control assembly 90. Specifically, the packaging device 80 includes a fixing seat, and a bag storage box 81 fixed relative to the fixing seat, the fixing seat may be separately disposed, or may be a component in the housing 10, and the bag storage box 81 is directly fixed on one side of the meal taking assembly 70 close to the front panel for storing the packaging bags. The shape of the bag storage box 81 is matched with that of the packaging bags, and in order to increase the amount of the stored packaging bags, the packaging bags are folded, and a plurality of packaging bags are laminated and arranged in the bag storage box 81. Here, the material of wrapping bag can be the paper class, and environmental protection is healthy and relative with low costs, can reduce white rubbish pollution. Of course, in other embodiments, plastic materials may be used.

As can be understood, the automatic meal selling machine 100 comprises a casing 10, a meal outlet is formed in the casing 10, a meal outlet space 831 is formed in the meal outlet box 83, the meal outlet space 831 can receive meal to be packaged, the meal outlet space is fixed on the fixing seat, the meal outlet space is located on one side of the bag storing box 81 in the left-right direction and is opposite to the meal outlet, and a user can take the meal through the meal outlet. Optionally, the opening shape of the meal box 83 matches the opening state of the packaging bag, for example, when the packaging bag is opened to a rectangular space, the meal box 83 is also rectangular. Get bag piece 85 for fixing base movable setting to can be at the bag case 81 of depositing and go out meal case 83 between round trip movement, take out the wrapping bag from depositing in bag case 81 and put into in the meal case 83, simultaneously, can also open the wrapping bag of fold condition, with the part of packing food article. Specifically, the bag taking member 85 may be a mechanical arm or an adsorption member, and can fix the packaging bag, and cooperate with the fixing portion in the meal box 83, so that the opening of the packaging bag is opened by both of them, thereby achieving the purpose that the meal item falls into the packaging bag.

Here, the automatic meal selling machine 100 to which the packing device 60 is mainly applied is different from the existing snack box in the packaging in order to adapt to snack foods with traditional flavors, and the problem that the snack foods are inconvenient to carry because the snack foods do not have the packages which can be conveniently carried is solved. And because the food generally can be through the heating, have the condition of scalding one's hand slightly, set up packing apparatus 80, can pick up the wrapping bag automatically and put into meal space 831, will put into meal space 831 the food and pack, the user get meal directly mention the wrapping bag can, need not direct contact food, thereby reduced the probability of being scalded. Simultaneously, on the structure basis that has or not heating element 50, when having a meal to a plurality of meal article when, packing apparatus 80 also can pack a plurality of meal articles, when solving multiple meal article and purchasing well, because the kind is many and the inconvenient condition of carrying, increases the probability of purchasing multiple meal article package, and more healthy health, further promotes convenience and security.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, in an alternative embodiment, the bag taking member 85 includes a supporting arm 851 and a suction cup 853 disposed on the supporting arm 851, the supporting arm 851 is movably disposed relative to the bag storage box 81 and the meal delivery box 83, and the suction cup 853 is used for sucking and fixing the packing bag.

Here, taking the packaging bag as a paper bag as an example, the paper bag has better flatness. In this embodiment, the bag taking member 85 includes a support arm 851 and a suction cup 853 provided on the support arm 851, the suction cup 853 is connected with an air tube, and the air tube is connected with a vacuum pumping device (not shown), so that the suction cup 853 has a vacuum suction force, and can suck and fix the packaging bag. Specifically, the suction force of the suction cup 853 may be set according to the weight of the package bag to be sucked and fixed, so that the package bag can be easily transferred. The supporting arm 851 is movably disposed with respect to the bag storage box 81 and the meal delivery box 83, that is, the supporting arm can move in the vertical direction, the left and right direction, and the front and rear direction under the driving of the driving part, so as to transfer the packing bags. The bag piece 85 of getting of this structure need not to have too high precision design, has reduced the control degree of difficulty, and can fix the paper wrapping bag well to improve the efficiency and the success rate of getting the wrapping bag. Of course, in other embodiments, other configurations may be selected, such as a jig or a robot.

In an alternative embodiment, the bag taking member 85 further includes a connecting arm 855, two of the supporting arms 851 are provided, the two supporting arms 851 are respectively connected to two ends of the connecting arm 855, the supporting arms 851 are arranged toward the meal box 83, and the connecting arm 855 can drive the two supporting arms 851 to rotate around a rotating shaft 84 perpendicular to the extending direction of the supporting arms.

In this embodiment, get bag 85 and still including linking arm 855 in order to promote the stability of getting bag 85 and adsorbing the wrapping bag, get bag 85 to be provided with two to connect respectively in the both ends of linking arm 855, thereby increase the area of contact of sucking disc 853 and wrapping bag, effectively promote adsorption stability. Of course, a plurality of suction cups 853 may be provided on each of the support arms 851 so as to further improve the suction capability of the bag taking member 85 and prevent the packaging bag from falling off during the transfer. Here, the supporting arm 851 of the bag taking piece 85 is arranged between the bag storage box 81 and the meal delivery box 83, the supporting arm 851 is arranged towards the meal delivery box 83, that is, the connecting arm 855 is arranged towards the bag storage box 81, the bag taking piece 85 can translate towards the bag storage box 81 and then move downwards, the sucking disc 853 adsorbs and fixes the packaging bag, the bag taking piece moves upwards to leave the bag storage box 81 and then moves towards the meal delivery box 83, the opening of the meal delivery box 83 faces upwards, so the bag taking piece 85 can be rotatably arranged, that is, the middle part of the connecting arm 855 is connected with the vertical rotating shaft 84, the connecting arm 855 drives the supporting arm 851 to rotate around the rotating shaft 84, the end part of the supporting arm 851 can enter the meal delivery space 831, the packaging bag is placed into the meal delivery box 83, the use is simple and convenient, and the efficiency of transferring the packaging bag is effectively improved.

With continued reference to fig. 9, in an alternative embodiment, the baling device 80 further includes a driving motor 87 and a transmission member 89, wherein the driving motor 87 drives the transmission member 89 to move the connecting arm 855 in the vertical and horizontal directions.

In this embodiment, the driving motor 87 may also be a motor or other driving components, and the transmission member 89 may be a screw 77 or a belt, and is not limited herein. The drive motor 87 may drive the movement of the drive member 89, which in turn drives the connecting arm 855 and the support arm 851 to move in the vertical and horizontal directions. Of course, in order to realize the rotation of the supporting arm 851, a motor or a motor may be connected to the end of the connecting arm 855, and the electrode or the motor directly drives the connecting arm 855 to rotate, so as to drive the supporting arm 851 to rotate, thereby realizing the transfer of the packaging bag. Of course, the fixing mode of the driving motor 87 and the transmission member 89 can be set according to actual needs, and the stable operation of the horizontal movement, the vertical movement and the overturning movement of the supporting arm 851 is ensured.

Referring to fig. 9 again, in an alternative embodiment, the bag box 81 includes two pairs of side box plates 811 disposed opposite to each other and a bottom box plate connected to the side box plates 811, the side box plate 811 away from the meal box 83 is formed with an insertion hole 8111, the insertion hole 8111 extends along a height direction of the side box plates 811, when the bag taking member 85 moves to the opening of the bag box 81, the connecting arm 855 is located outside the bag box 81, and the supporting arm 851 slides downward along an extending direction of the insertion hole 8111, so that the suction cup 853 contacts the folded bag.

In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the taking of the bag from the bag holder 85, an insertion hole 8111 is formed in one side of the bag storage box 81, and the insertion hole 8111 is matched with the support arm 851 in size. When the bag taking member 85 is moved to the bag storage box 81 to take a bag, it is positioned above the bag storage box 81, the connecting arm 855 corresponds to the outside of the bag storage box 81, the supporting arm 851 corresponds to the inside of the bag storage box 81, and the bag taking member 85 is driven to move downward, and the supporting arm 851 enters the bag storage box 81 through the insertion hole 8111 and the opening to perform suction fixing of the packaging bag. The insertion holes 8111 are matched in number, i.e., provided in two, with the support arms 851. Therefore, the bag storage box 81 can have a good fixed storage effect on the packaging bags, and does not influence the bag taking of the bag taking piece 85. Optionally, the hand-held portion of the packaging bag may also be partially located outside the bag storage box 81 through the insertion hole 8111, so as to reduce the volume of the bag storage box 81 and further reduce the space occupation in the housing 10.

In an optional embodiment, the fixing portion is a suction cup 853, and the fixing portions are disposed on two opposite side surfaces of the meal box 83;

and/or a protrusion 833 is formed on one of two opposite side surfaces of the meal delivery box 83, which are provided with the fixing part, the protrusion 833 is formed by the side surface protruding towards the center of the meal delivery box 83, and two side edges of the protrusion 833 are respectively enclosed with the side box plates 811 adjacent to the protrusion 833 to form an avoiding groove 835.

Here, in order to achieve a preferable fixing effect, the fixing portion provided in the dining box 83 is a suction cup 853, and the suction cup 853 is also communicated with a vacuum pumping device, so that the suction and release of the packing bag can be achieved under the control of the controller 93. Here, when the bag taking member 85 puts the packaging bag into the meal outlet space 831, the bag taking member 85 is moved to the position where the fixing portion adsorbs the packaging bag to be deviated from the other surface of the bag taking member 85, and thus, the packaging bag is opened by pulling the fixing portion and the support arm 851 by moving in the reverse direction, and the bag taking member 85 is moved to the side opposite to the meal outlet box 83, where the fixing portions are provided on both sides of the meal outlet box 83, that is, when the fixing portion also adsorbs the packaging bag by ventilation, the bag taking member 85 can close the ventilation to release the adsorption of the packaging bag, and thus, the packaging bag is withdrawn from the meal outlet box 83 again and returned to the bag waiting state. Then, the meal is put into the packaging bag to finish packaging.

Of course, in other embodiments, a double-faced adhesive tape may be disposed at the fixing portion, and the fixing portion may be separated by being slightly pulled when the user takes the product.

On the basis of the structure, in order to reduce the interference between the bag taking piece 85 and the meal delivery transferring device 60, the meal delivery box 83 is arranged to be rotatable relative to the fixing seat, namely, the meal delivery box 83 can be rotated to enable the opening of the meal delivery box to face one side of the bag taking piece 85, here, the meal delivery box 83 rotates 90 degrees anticlockwise, and the supporting arm 851 after bag taking can be inserted into the meal delivery space 831 to complete the transfer of the packaging bag. Certainly, in order to save space, the dimension of the meal dispensing box 83 in the front-back direction of the housing 10 is smaller than the dimension perpendicular to the front-back direction, that is, the front-back space occupation of the automatic meal selling machine 100 is reduced, and the two support arms 851 are used for improving the adsorption stability, and the distance between the two support arms 851 is larger, so that the two support arms 851 rotate 90 degrees relative to the meal dispensing box 83 by taking the horizontal direction as an axis, and further the bag taking member 85 is matched with the meal dispensing box 83, thereby realizing the transfer of the packaging bags and saving space. After bag extraction 85 is withdrawn from meal box 83, meal box 83 is again rotated back to the open-top position to receive meal items.

Referring to fig. 9, when the fixing portions are disposed on both opposite sides of the meal box 83, a protrusion 833 may be convexly formed on one side, the protrusion 833 and the adjacent side may surround to form an avoiding groove 835, when the supporting arm 851 moves to the side, the packing bag abuts against the protrusion 833 and is fixed by the fixing portion on the protrusion 833, and the supporting arm 851 may be located in the avoiding groove 835, thereby facilitating the withdrawal of the supporting arm 851 and improving the transfer efficiency.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic meal selling machine 100 includes a housing 10, a meal storage rack 30, a meal taking assembly 70 and an electric control assembly 90, wherein the housing 10 forms an accommodating space and is provided with a meal outlet; the meal storage rack 30 is arranged in the accommodating space and is provided with a plurality of storage spaces 30 a; the meal taking assembly 70 is arranged adjacent to the meal storage rack 30 to take out the meal in the storage space; a packing device 80 is arranged adjacent to the meal taking assembly 70 to pack the taken meal, the packing device 80 is the packing device 80 according to any one of the above embodiments, and the fixing seat is connected to the inner wall of the housing 10; the electric control assembly 90 is arranged in the accommodating space and is electrically connected with the heating assembly 50 and the meal taking assembly 70. Since the specific structure of the packing device 80 of the automatic meal selling machine 100 in the technical solution of the present application refers to the structure of the packing device 80 of any of the above embodiments, the advantageous effects brought thereby are not described herein again.

It is understood that the meal vending machine 100 is generally placed near an office building or an office building, and can be used as any one of breakfast, lunch and dinner of office workers due to the meal item specificity of the meal vending machine 100 of the present application. Of course, the meal vending machine may be placed in a shopping mall or other places where there is a need, and is not limited herein. In this embodiment, the automatic meal vending machine 100 includes a cabinet 10, the cabinet 10 includes a housing 11 and a partition plate 13 disposed therein, and the housing 11 is formed with an accommodating space for protecting components disposed therein. Specifically, the housing 11 includes a bottom shell 117, a top shell, and a side shell connecting the bottom shell 117 and the top shell, and the structure of the side shell may be different according to the shape of the housing 11, where the shape of the housing 11 is a cuboid, and the bottom shell 117 and the top shell are both rectangular and vertically disposed on the ground, so as to ensure the maximum surface area for storing food. The side panels include a front panel (not shown), a rear panel 111, and a left side panel 113 and a right side panel 115 connecting the front panel and the rear panel 111, and the side panel facing the user is set as the front panel, the rear panel 111 faces the front panel, the left side panel 113 corresponds to the left hand of the user, and the right side panel 115 corresponds to the right hand of the user. Of course, in other embodiments, the casing 10 may be configured as a cylinder or an irregular shape to achieve a certain aesthetic effect. For the convenience of assembling the internal components, the housing 11 may be a detachable structure, for example, the bottom shell 117 and the top shell are detachably connected to the side shell, respectively, or the front panel is detachably connected to the left side plate 113 and the right side plate 115, and the connection manner may be at least one of a snap connection, a threaded connection, or an insertion connection, so as to facilitate maintenance and cleaning.

It will be appreciated that in order to place the food items in the storage racks 30 in the cabinet 10 before they are sold, the cabinet 10 needs to have a food item storage door (not shown), which may be a front panel or a rear panel 111, and the food item storage door is rotated to open and place the food items on the storage racks 30. Of course, the front panel is provided with a meal outlet (not shown) for the convenience of the user to take meals. Here, the housing 10 may be made of metal or alloy, such as iron, stainless steel, aluminum, etc., and has high structural strength, good corrosion resistance, and a certain weight to ensure the stability of the automatic meal vending machine 100. Optionally, a door for storing food is provided on one side of the housing 11, and a food outlet is provided on the door for storing food. It can be understood that the front panel is set to be a door for storing food, which is different from the existing panel that will deviate from the food outlet and is set to be one side for placing food, so that the internal structure is installed on the partition plate 13, the rear panel 111, the left side plate 113 and the right side plate 115, the structure is more compact, and the influence of the matching relation of the food taking assembly 70 caused by the frequent opening and closing of the door for storing food is avoided. And the structure at the meal outlet can be checked and maintained while the meal is stored.

Optionally, to improve the taste and eating experience, the food vending machine 100 further includes a heating assembly 50 to heat the meal. Therefore, the heated meal is packaged by the packaging device 80, and scalding can be prevented.

And the partition plate 13 of the cabinet 10 is attached to the inner wall of the case 11 for the purpose of properly arranging the receiving space. Specifically, the two partition plates 13 are arranged, and the two partition plates 13 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction, so that the accommodating space is divided into the heating area 10a, the cold storage area 10b and the electric control area 10c in the vertical direction, different areas are divided, the work and performance among all parts are not affected, and the safety and the efficiency of the whole structure are improved. Store up meal frame 30 and put in cold-stored district 10b, storage space 30a that it had is used for placing food, when opening storage food door, can put into storage space 30a with food one by one, and this meal is located cold-stored district 10b, can reach the purpose that makes food cold-stored fresh-keeping, improves user's taste. The heating area 10a is an area for heating the food, the heating area 10a is provided with a heating assembly 50, the heating assembly 50 is used for heating the food refrigerated in the cold storage area 10b, and the structure of the heating assembly 50 is different according to the food, for example, the heating assembly 50 may be baking heating, water bath heating, steam heating, etc., so as to further improve the taste of the food and the user experience of the on-the-spot making and selling. The heating area 10a is located above the cold storage area 10b, and the temperature influence on the cold storage area 10b can be reduced according to the upward walking away of heat, so that the energy is saved, meanwhile, the electric control assembly 90 can be kept away, and the service performance of the electric control assembly 90 is improved. The electric control section 10c is used for arranging the electric control assembly 90, and can be electrically connected with the heating assembly 50 and the meal taking assembly 70, so that the electric control assembly is controlled to realize respective functions, and the automatic operation function of the automatic meal selling machine 100 is ensured. Of course, a compressor 91 is also provided in the electric control section 10c to perform a refrigerating function. The electric control area 10c is arranged at one end far away from the heating area 10a, so that the influence of overheating can be avoided, and the safety is improved. The overall layout of the housing 10 can make the internal space more regular, and effectively reduce the expansion of the automatic meal selling machine 100 in the transverse direction, thereby reducing the cross-sectional area and the floor occupation. Of course, more than two partition plates 13 may be provided according to actual needs, thereby forming more independent spaces.

It is optional, store up meal frame 30 and include a plurality of storage space 30a, a plurality of storage space 30a arrange in proper order on the circumference and the axial direction that store up meal frame 30, thereby the storage space 30a that stores up meal frame 30 who forms is cyclic annular setting, for the convenience put the meal and get the meal, the food can not be deposited usually in the middle part, the space of this part does not make full use of, the partial structure that will get meal subassembly 70 locates the middle part that stores up meal frame 30, the idle space has rationally been used, thereby the horizontal surface area of automatic meal selling machine 100 has been reduced, further reduce the whole volume of automatic meal selling machine 100, can effectively save space when guaranteeing to store up meal article volume. In addition, in order to facilitate food placement, the outer circumferential surface of the food storage shelf 30 is communicated with the accommodating space, that is, the storage space 30a is communicated with the cold storage area 10b, and when the food storage door is opened, food placement can be performed through the opening through which the storage space 30a is communicated with the cold storage area 10 b. The meal taking assembly 70 is controlled to move to the corresponding storage space 30a to take meal items and then to be transported to the heating area 10a for heating, so that it moves back and forth between the refrigerating area 10b and the heating area 10 a.

Referring to fig. 3 and fig. 4, in an alternative embodiment, in order to reduce the difficulty of taking meals, the meal taking assembly 70 includes a meal storage member 71 and a meal pushing member 73, the meal storage member 71 is disc-shaped or flat-shaped, and the meal supply member is placed, the meal storage member 71 is disposed in the meal taking channel 30b and is matched with the spatial shape of the meal taking channel 30b, and the meal storage member 71 is disc-shaped or triangular disc-shaped. The food taking channel 30b is communicated with the storage space 30a, that is, food can enter the food storage part 71 in the food taking channel 30b from the storage space 30 a. The meal pushing component 73 is arranged on an opening side of the storage space 30a far away from the meal taking channel 30b and can move in a telescopic mode. When meal is required to be taken, the meal can be extended to extend into the storage space 30a through the opening of the storage space 30a departing from the meal taking channel 30b, and meal items are pushed onto the meal storage piece 71, so that the meal taking is completed. The meal pushing piece 73 is arranged on one side of the meal storage rack 30, is in a contraction state under normal conditions, and does not occupy too much space, so that the space is effectively saved, the structure is simplified, the control is convenient, and the meal taking efficiency and the meal taking success rate are improved.

In an optional embodiment, in order to further simplify the structure, the meal pushing piece 73 is fixed on the inner wall of the casing 10, and the meal pushing piece 73 is movably arranged in the vertical direction, and then can be moved to the position corresponding to different storage spaces 30a, when the meal storing piece 71 is also correspondingly flush with the storage space 30a, the meal pushing piece 71 can be pushed onto the meal storing piece 71, so that meal taking of the meal in the storage space 30a where different layers are located in the vertical direction is completed, the use of the meal pushing piece 73 is reduced, the occupation of the space is further reduced, the structure is simplified, and the size is reduced.

In an alternative embodiment, in order to further facilitate taking and placing meals, the meal storage rack 30 is arranged to be circumferentially rotatable relative to the housing 10, specifically, a component for driving the meal storage rack 30 to rotate may be arranged on the partition plate 13, a rotating shaft or a rotating disc is arranged at the bottom of the meal storage rack 30 to rotate under the driving of the driving component, and the driving component may be located in the electric control area 10c, so that the controller 93 can conveniently control the driving component. So, when putting meal, also can be through the rotation that stores up meal frame 30, with the equal rotation of the storage space 30a of the same floor to depositing the food door side, need not the operator and stretch into inside and place the food, reduced and put the meal degree of difficulty to effectively improve and put meal efficiency. Meanwhile, when the meal taking assembly 70 automatically takes meals, the meal items at different layers and different positions on the same layer can be taken meals only by arranging one meal pushing piece 73 through the rotation of the meal storage rack 30, so that the arrangement of the meal pushing piece 73 is further reduced, the occupation of a transverse space is reduced, and the size of the meal vending machine 100 is further reduced.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4 again, in an alternative embodiment, the meal storage member 71 is a disk-shaped member, which is convenient to rotate in cooperation with the meal storage rack 30. In order to realize the vertical movement of the meal taking assembly 70, the meal taking assembly 70 further comprises a first driving member 75, and the meal storing assembly 71 realizes the vertical movement under the driving of a driving shaft of the first driving member 75. The meal taking assembly 70 further comprises two screw rods 77, wherein the two screw rods 77 are respectively connected to the periphery of the meal storing part 71 and are positioned on the same diameter of the meal storing part 71 so as to ensure the stability of the movement of the meal storing part 71. First driving piece 75 can be installed on the top shell, and lead screw 77 runs through district and the cold storage district 10b that generates heat, deposits meal piece 71 and lead screw 77 and is connected for screw-thread fit, when two synchronous forward rotations of lead screw 77, drives and deposits meal piece 71 and move down, and when the motor reversal, drive and deposit meal piece 71 and move up, send the meal article to heating element 50 department heat treatment.

Here, the meal pushing component 73 is set to include a connector and a pushing component, and since the automatic meal selling machine 100 of the present application is mainly directed to traditional local flavor snacks, such as hamburgers or cold noodles, and the packaging structure is generally in a round ball shape, the surface of the pushing component facing the meal storage rack 30 is set to be an arc surface, which can wrap the outer edge of the meal, thereby ensuring that the meal smoothly enters the meal storage component 71.

Referring to fig. 4, in an alternative embodiment, the meal storage rack 30 includes a storage tray 31 and a support rod 33, and the storage tray 31 is configured to ensure the stability of placing the meal, so that the meal is not dropped. The shape of the storage disc 31 may be circular to match the cylindrical meal taking channel 30b, so as to increase the volume of each storage space 30 a. According to the automatic vending equipment of normal size, in order to guarantee to store up the meal volume, and according to the volume of meal article, the setting of memory disc 31 should be at least two, and is optional, and the quantity of this memory disc 31 is 10 ~ 32 to the assurance has great memory space, in order to improve purchase experience. The support bar 33 is used for spacing at least two storage disks 31 to form a storage space 30a for placing food, and connecting a plurality of storage disks 31 into a whole to facilitate taking food.

With continued reference to fig. 4, in an alternative embodiment, a meal fetching hole is opened at the center of each storage tray 31, so as to form a meal fetching channel 30b extending in a vertical direction. The support rods 33 are arranged in a plurality and distributed on the periphery of the storage disk 31, so that the connection effect is realized, and meanwhile, stable support can be provided. And the supporting rods 33 extend towards the center direction of the storage discs 31, and a storage space 30a can be defined between two adjacent supporting rods 33 and two adjacent storage discs 31, so that the meal pushing piece 73 can push meals along the extending direction of the two supporting plates, and the meal taking accuracy is improved.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, in an alternative embodiment, in order to further increase the storage capacity of the automatic meal selling machine 100, a plurality of, for example, two, three or more than three meal storage racks 30 are provided, the meal fetching assemblies 70 are also provided in a plurality at intervals and are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the meal storage racks 30 due to the special arrangement of the meal fetching assemblies 70, that is, a movably arranged meal storing member 71 is arranged in each meal fetching channel 30b of the meal storage rack 30, and a meal pushing member 73 corresponding to the meal storage rack 30 is arranged on the housing 10, so that a plurality of meal items can be simultaneously eaten, and the meal fetching efficiency is improved. The plurality of storage racks 30 may be the same size or different sizes according to the kinds of food. Meanwhile, the arrangement of the plurality of food storage racks 30 also provides possibility for the matching sale of different food products, for example, the traditional local flavor snacks are usually matched with at least two food products, for example, the matching of Chinese wampee and Chinese hamburgers, namely the traditional snacks in the Shanxi area.

Here, set up three meal shelf 30 in the casing 10, one of them storage space 30a that stores up meal shelf 30 is less than the storage space 30a that other two stored up meal shelves 30, can be used for depositing the steamed bun cake of hamburger, and other storage spaces 30a that store up meal shelf 30 are bigger, can place the food of cold noodle, roll dough sheet and congee soup class, and it is edible with this hamburger collocation, can improve buyer's purchase experience greatly, increased the selectivity of the food of buying. Specifically, the storage rack 30 for placing pancakes or cakes has a specification of 32 layers, namely 32 storage disks 31, and each storage disk 31 has 8 storage spaces 30a, namely 8 support rods 33; the other two food storage racks 30 have 16 layers, each layer has 6 storage spaces 30a, and food products with larger volume, such as cold noodles, porridge and the like, can be placed in the storage racks, so that the storage capacity of the automatic food selling machine 100 can be effectively guaranteed. Of course, the specific specification of the meal storage rack 30 is only used to help understand the storage capacity of the automatic meal selling machine 100, and is not limited to the above structure, and can be set according to actual requirements. The automatic meal selling machine 100 comprises the rotary meal storage rack 30, the lifting meal storage piece 71 and the telescopic meal pushing piece 73, space is saved, and compared with a selling machine with similar size on the market, the storage amount is two to three times of the meal storage amount.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, since in order to fit a conventional snack, in an alternative embodiment, the heating assembly 50 includes: the heating device comprises a device body (51a, 51b), a cover body (53a, 53b) and a heating body, wherein the heating body is arranged on the device body (51a, 51b) and/or the cover body 53a and is used for realizing at least one of baking heating, water bath heating and steam heating.

In this embodiment, the heating assembly 50 includes a body (51a, 51b), the body (51a, 51b) is fixed to the heating area 10a of the cabinet 10, and specifically, a heating body is provided on the body (51a, 51b) and/or the cover 53a, so that the body (51a, 51b) and/or the cover 53a can generate heat to heat the meal. The bodies (51a, 51b) are fixedly coupled to the outer case 11, for example, the side case plate, so that the bodies (51a, 51b) have a certain distance from the partition plate 13, preventing heat from being excessively transferred to the cooling region 10b, and improving the cooling effect of the cooling region 10 b. The bodies (51a, 51b) form a storage space, and the covers (53a, 53b) are movably installed to the housing 11 so as to be movably disposed with respect to the bodies (51a, 51b) to close or open the bodies (51a, 51 b). When the cover bodies (53a, 53b) cover the openings of the heating grooves (51a1, 51b1), the cover bodies and the heating grooves are matched to form a heating cavity, and then the food placed in the heating cavity is triggered to be heated. The movable arrangement of the cover bodies (53a, 53b) can be realized by setting a driving air cylinder, and optionally, a piston body of the driving air cylinder is connected to the surface of the cover bodies (53a, 53b) departing from the body (51a, 51b), the driving air cylinder is fixed on the top shell, and the driving air cylinder is driven to realize the up-and-down reciprocating movement. The heating body is used for realizing at least one of baking heating, water bath heating and steam heating, so that the requirement on the outer surface material of the food can be obviously reduced, and the cost is effectively reduced; and the temperature can not be too high when the food is heated by the mode, different types of flavor snack foods can be adapted according to the heating mode, the combination of traditional food and automatic selling is met, and the application scene is expanded. And selecting corresponding heating modes according to different heating meals. For example, when the food in the food storage rack 30 is a Chinese hamburger, the meat and Chinese hamburger can be opened independently, or can be directly clamped, and the optimal taste of the cake is crispy, crisp and crisp, and the heating mode of the heating component 50 is baking and heating, so that the taste is improved; when the meal in the meal storage rack 30 is cold noodles or rolled noodles, the cold noodles or rolled noodles are cold food, so that excessive heating temperature is not needed, and the refrigerated noodles are slightly hardened to influence the taste, so that a steam heating mode is selected, the cold noodles are warmed up by slightly heating, the taste is improved, and the problem that digestion is influenced by excessive cooling is avoided; when the food is congee or soup, in order to avoid overdrying or heating temperature is not enough, so set up the heating methods into the water bath heating, can not lose the taste of original food when promoting heating temperature.

Meanwhile, one of the body (51a, 51b) and the cover (53a, 53b) is provided with a meal inlet (51a51, 53b11) according to different heating modes, so that meal can be conveniently put into the heating cavity by the meal taking assembly 70 through the meal inlet (51a51, 53b11), and the operation process is simplified.

Here, the meal taking assembly 70 further includes a meal pushing rod (not shown) telescopically disposed at one side of the meal storing member 71, and when the meal storing member 71 is flush with the meal inlet (51a51, 53b11), the meal pushing rod pushes the meal on the meal storing member 71 into the heating assembly 50 through the meal inlet (51a51, 53b 11). The structure of this meal pushing rod is set to be the same as the structure of meal pushing piece 73, the processing is convenient, the structure can be simplified, the difficulty of transfer is reduced, the meal pushing rod is opposite to the meal pushing direction of meal pushing piece 73, meal pushing piece 73 is arranged on rear panel 111, meal is pushed into meal storing piece 71 from storage space 30a to the direction of front panel, meal pushing rod is arranged on the front panel, and when meal storing piece 71 is level with meal inlet (51a51, 53b11), meal is pushed into meal inlet (51a51, 53b11) to the direction of rear panel 111 through meal pushing rod. Thus, the heating assembly 50 is disposed at the rear position above the meal storage rack 30, and can be far away from the front panel, so that excessive heat is not generated at the meal outlet, and the protection of the user is improved. Of course, in other embodiments, other configurations of transfer members may be provided, such as a robot or gripping member, for transferring the meal to the heating assembly 50.

Referring to fig. 5, in an alternative embodiment, when the heating module 50 is a baking device, for example, the heating module 50 may be an electric baking pan, and a heating body such as a resistance wire or an electric heating rod is disposed on a surface of the body 51a away from the heating slot 51a1, after being energized, the heating body generates heat and transfers the heat to the body 51a, so that the heating slot 51a1 generates heat to heat the food. Of course, the heating body may be provided in the cover 53a at the same time, thereby achieving double-sided heating. Meal inlet 51a51 is formed in the wall of heating tank 51a1, so that meal enters heating tank 51a1 directly through meal inlet 51a51 and is closer to the heating element, thereby improving the heating effect.

Referring to fig. 5, in an alternative embodiment, in order to simplify the structure, the body 51a includes a bottom plate 51a3 and a side plate 51a5 disposed at the periphery of the bottom plate 51a3, the body 51a is shaped like a disk and matches with the shape of a bun-like food to be heated, the cover 53a includes a cover plate 53a1 and a surrounding plate 53a3, and the cover plate 53a1 matches with the bottom plate 51a3, so that the side plate 51a5 and the surrounding plate 53a3 also match in shape to ensure the covering of the two. Meal inlet 51a51 is formed in side plate 51a5, specifically meal inlet 51a51 extends from the edge of side plate 51a5 far away from bottom plate 51a3 to the periphery of bottom plate 51a3 in the vertical direction, so as to maximize the depth of meal inlet 51a51, and the width of meal inlet 51a51 is set to be matched with the size of meal to be heated, so as to ensure that meal enters heating groove 51a1 smoothly, thereby improving the heating efficiency. Meanwhile, in order to realize the closed heating, when the cover body 53a is covered on the device body 51a, the enclosing plate 53a3 can cover the meal inlet 51a51, thereby preventing the heat from dissipating and improving the heating effect. In order to further ensure the closing sealing performance, the position of the enclosing plate 53a3 corresponding to the side plate 51a5 is provided with an avoiding hole 53a31, so that when the cover is closed and heated, the enclosing plate 53a3 can be inserted into the meal port 51a51, and the side plate 51a5 can be inserted into the avoiding hole 53a31, so that the enclosing plate 53a3 and the side plate 51a5 are on the same peripheral surface, heat loss is further prevented, and the heating effect is improved.

Referring to fig. 5 again, in an alternative embodiment, when the heating module 50 is heated by steam or water bath, the taste of the heated meal is improved and the heating cost can be reduced. Here, mainly for the cold noodle or rolled noodle food, it is only necessary to keep soft and a little humidity, so the steam heating method can be adopted. Specifically, the heating body is provided in the body 51b, water of a predetermined volume is filled in a space in the body 51b, the meal inlet 53b11 is opened in the lid 53b, that is, the meal storage part 53b1 of the lid 53b facing the body 51b is opened in the lid 53b1, and the meal storage part 53b11 has a space for holding meal items as well as a meal inlet 53b 11. When the meal storage part 53b1 is placed in the heating groove 51b1, the surface of the meal storage part 53b1 facing hot water is isolated from the hot water, i.e., above the hot water, and steam heating is realized. When the porridge or soup meal is to be served, the meal storage part 53b1 may be immersed in hot water so that the meal is heated by heat exchange with the hot water. Certainly, all the food has a packing box, and the packing box can be an aluminum foil lunch box or a pop can, so that the material cost is low, and the production cost can be effectively saved.

Here, the lid 53b includes a top lid 53b3 and a meal storage part 53b1, the meal storage part 53b1 is also of a cylindrical structure, and a meal inlet 53b11 is opened on the peripheral side surface, and the top lid 53b3 covers the opening of the meal storage part 53b1 to form a space for placing meal items. Of course, for the steam heating and the water bath heating, the structures of the heating elements 50 may be the same for the convenience of processing, and the preset volumes of water to be introduced into the body 51b may be different.

Referring to fig. 4, in an alternative embodiment, in order to further improve the heating effect, when the heating assembly 50 is a steam heating manner, the corresponding meal taking assembly 70 further includes a piercer 79, and the piercer 79 is located above the meal storing member 71. When the distance between the meal storage piece 71 and the hole pricking device 79 reaches a certain preset distance, the pricking pin of the hole pricking device 79 can contact the meal, so that the packing box of the meal is pricked, the contact area between steam and the meal can be increased, the meal is heated more efficiently, and the heating taste is better.

Referring to fig. 1 and 5, it is understood that, when the heating element 50 operates, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the function of the heating element, the heating element 50 further includes a supply portion, and the supply portion is different according to different heating methods. For example, when the heating method is baking heating, the supply unit is a battery pack or a circuit pack, and is connected to a resistance module provided in the body 51b by a lead wire, thereby generating heat in the body 51 b. When the heating mode is water bath heating or steam heating, the supply part can be a water tank 551 and a heating pipe, and the water tank 551 is arranged in the electric control area 10c and is introduced into the body 51b through a pipeline. The heating pipe can be arranged in the water tank 551 or in the body 51b, so that water can be heated and converted into hot water for heating.

In addition, since the meal and the packing box are directly submerged in the water bath heating type heating assembly 50 to cause a certain pollution to the water, a sewage tank 553 is provided in the electric control section 10c, the automatic cleaning device body 51b is performed during the idle time of the automatic meal selling machine 100 by the control of the controller 93, the internal water flows into the sewage tank 553, and then clean water is supplied to the device body 51 b.

Referring to fig. 4 and fig. 5, in an alternative embodiment, when two or more than two meal storage racks 30 and meal taking assemblies 70 are provided, one of the meal types is the same, so that a plurality of heating assemblies 50 are provided and are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the meal taking assemblies 70, and the structures of the plurality of heating assemblies 50 are the same, for example, the heating assemblies are used for baking the meal for cakes, or for heating porridge in a water bath, or for heating cold noodles and rolled noodles in a steam manner, and when a plurality of meal items are purchased, the heating efficiency and the meal taking efficiency can be effectively improved, and the user experience is improved. Further, in order to have better purchasing experience, different types of food are placed on different food storage racks 30, so that the free selection of a user on the food package can be met, at least two of the food are set to be porridge soup, Chinese hamburgers, cold noodles and rolled noodles according to the matching habit of traditional snacks, and therefore the heating component 50 corresponds to at least one of baking heating, water bath heating or steam heating, so that a heating mode is provided specifically, and the taste and the user experience of the food are improved.

Optionally, when the meal storage rack 30 is provided with three, the three heating assemblies 50 are heating structures of the three heating modes, so that more meal items are provided for matching and selection, and the heating effect is ensured. In this way, the bodies (51a, 51b) of the three heating units 50 can be connected to the cabinet 10 through a connection plate 57 and spaced apart from the partition plate 13 and the top case to facilitate heat dissipation. Meanwhile, between two adjacent bodies (51a, 51b), the connecting plate 57 is provided with heat dissipation holes 571, so that the heat of the bodies (51a, 51b) can be dissipated upwards through the heat dissipation holes 571, the probability of transferring to the cold storage area 10b is reduced, and the fresh-keeping of food and the heat dissipation of the heating area 10a are facilitated.

Referring to fig. 6 to 8, after the food is heated, the food needs to be transferred to the food outlet, and a food pushing member 73 is further disposed on a side of the heating assembly 50 away from the food storage member 71, that is, the food in the heating assembly 50 is pushed to the food storage member 71 and then pushed to the food outlet box 83 of the packaging device 80 by the food storage member 71. This push away meal piece 73 with get meal in-process push away meal piece 73 the same structure, perhaps directly by getting meal in-process push away meal piece 73 and remove to the position department with heating element 50 looks parallel and level, realize pushing away the effect that the meal shifted, can further reduce the part, simplify the structure, reduce material and processing assembly cost.

In order to better transition the food storage member 71 and the food outlet box 83, in an alternative embodiment, the automatic food selling machine 100 is further provided with a food outlet transfer device 60, and the food outlet transfer device 60 is arranged between the heating assembly 50 and the food outlet box 83 and is used for transferring food, so that the food outlet smoothness is improved. Optionally, the bracket 61 is used for fixing the car 63, the bracket 61 is connected to the housing 11, and the car 63 is specifically arranged between the meal storage part 71 and the meal delivery box 83, and is used for receiving heated meal and delivering the meal into the meal delivery box 83. The car 63 includes a frame body 631, the frame body 631 is substantially rectangular or square, and has six surfaces, the movable bottom plate 633 is movably disposed on the surface of the frame body 631, and a storage cavity is formed by the cooperation of the two. The storage cavity has a fixed opening 6311, and the fixed opening 6311 faces the food storage member 71 for receiving food items. Meanwhile, the car 63 is arranged in a lifting manner relative to the bracket 61, so that the car can move in the plane where the heating assembly 50 is located and the meal delivery space 831 of the meal delivery box 83, therefore, a sensor is arranged at the car 63, when meal is detected to be put into the storage cavity, the car 63 moves downwards into the meal delivery space 831, and then the movable bottom plate 633 can automatically open the bottom surface of the frame body 631, so that the meal falls into the meal delivery space 831. Here, the movable connection of the movable bottom plate 633 may be a rotation connection or a sliding connection, so that the bottom surface of the frame body 631 can be opened by rotating or translating, which is not limited herein. The condition that the eminence dropped does not exist when the meal is eaten, effectively guarantees the integrality of meal article, improves and purchases the experience, and should transfer simple structure, and it is low to the drive precision requirement of activity bottom plate 633 and car 63 to guarantee to eat fast.

Referring to fig. 7, in an alternative embodiment, for convenience of control, a driving assembly 635 is disposed on the car 63, the driving assembly 635 drives the movable base plate 633 to move, and the driving assembly 635 may be a driving component such as an electric motor, a motor, or an air cylinder, and is not limited herein. Here, the movable bottom plate 633 is provided with at least two bottom bars 6331, that is, the at least two bottom bars 6331 constitute the movable bottom plate 633, for example, two, three or more than three, the cross-sectional shape of the bottom bars 6331 may be circular, square or polygonal, and the like, and when the cross-sectional shape is circular, the meal can be more smoothly dropped, and the meal taking efficiency is improved. When the bottom rods 6331 are uniformly distributed at intervals on the bottom surface of the frame body 631, the bottom rods can support the meal; when some of the bottom plates 51a3 are collectively moved toward one side of the frame body 631 and the rest are moved toward the other side of the frame body 631, the bottom surface of the frame body 631 can be opened and the dishes can be dropped. The movable bottom plate 633 with the structure can provide stable support, does not occupy extra space when the bottom surface is opened, and can reduce the volume of the meal delivery and transfer device 60, so that the occupied space of the automatic meal selling machine 100 is smaller.

Referring to fig. 7 again, in an alternative embodiment, in order to reduce the influence of the driving assembly 635 on the smooth transfer of the meal, the car 63 further includes a movable side plate 637, the movable side plate 637 and the movable bottom plate 633 are configured to include at least two side rods 6371, each side plate 51a5 is connected to an end of a bottom rod 6331, the driving assembly 635 is mounted on a side surface of the frame main body, the side rods 6371 of the driving portion 6351 move towards one side of the frame body 631, and the remaining side rods 6371 move towards the other side, so as to drive the plurality of bottom rods 6331 to move, open the bottom surface of the frame body 631, and thus, the transfer of the meal is achieved. This structure makes the sill bar 6331 of activity bottom plate 633 not have other structures to interfere, can make the landing of food more smooth and easy, improves the effect of having a dinner.

Certainly, in order to improve the driving stability of the movable bottom plate 633, the movable side plates 637 are disposed on two side surfaces adjacent to the fixed opening 6311, two ends of the bottom bar 6331 are respectively connected to the side bars 6371 corresponding to the two sides, and the two side bars 6371 on the two sides are synchronously driven to drive the bottom bar 6331 to move, so that the moving stability of the bottom bar 6331 is effectively ensured, and the meal taking is smoother.

In an alternative embodiment, to further simplify the structure of the car 63 and reduce the number of the driving assemblies 635, the two side rods 6371 moving toward the same side are connected by a telescopic member 6377, and when the movable floor 633 needs to carry food, the telescopic member 6377 can be extended to keep a distance between the two adjacent side rods 6371; the expansion piece 6377 can be contracted or folded when the side bars 6371 are moved to reduce the spacing between the two side bars 6371 when a meal is taken. When the driving assembly 635 drives the first side bar 6373 located at the middle position, the first side bar 6373 compresses the telescopic member 6377, so that the distance between the adjacent first side bars 6373 is reduced until the adjacent first side bars 6373 are pushed to move, and so on, thereby achieving the open state of the movable bottom plate 633. The arrangement of the structure is similar to a device for opening and closing a curtain, and a driving component 635 is not required to be arranged on each side rod 6371, so that the purpose of quickly opening or closing the side surface and the bottom surface of the frame body 631 can be realized through fewer driving components 635, and the material cost and the energy consumption are effectively saved. The expansion piece 6377 may be two metal strips hinged to each other, and the two metal strips are also hinged to the side rods 6371 connected to the two metal strips; of course, the structure may be a telescopic rod, and the like, and is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 7, in an alternative embodiment, in order to further reduce energy consumption, the driving assembly 635 includes a driving portion 6351, the driving portion 6351 may be a motor or a motor, and further includes a driving wheel 6353 and a driving belt 6355, the driving portion 6351 drives the driving belt 6355 to rotate, two opposite moving surfaces of the driving belt 6355 face different directions, so that one of the first side bar 6373 and the second side bar 6375 adjacently disposed is connected to one surface of the driving belt 6355, and the other one is connected to the other surface of the driving belt 6355, and the driving belt 6355 drives the first side bar 6373 and the second side bar 6375 to move under driving of the driving portion 6351, so as to achieve opening of the movable base 633. Here, the movement of the side rods 6371 in two different directions can be achieved by only one driving portion 6351, which further simplifies the structure and saves the cost.

In alternative embodiments, in order to transfer more meals at a time, the movable bottom plate 633 may be provided in plurality, for example, two, three, or more than three.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, alternatively, the support 61 extends along the arrangement direction of the meal racks 30, and the car 63 can be movably disposed along the extending direction, that is, the car 63 can be movably disposed between the plurality of meal racks 30 and the plurality of heating assemblies 50. The setting of this structure can be when the user selects two kind at least meals, and this car 63 removes to two at least heating element 50 departments, receives behind the meal that corresponds, when having a plurality of movable bottom plates 633, puts different meals on the movable bottom plate 633 of different layers to when satisfying the meal and storing the demand, reduce piling up or the extrusion of meal, guarantee the integrality and the outward appearance of meal, improve and purchase the experience.

In order to facilitate taking meals, in an alternative embodiment, the meal delivery box 83 is disposed opposite to the meal delivery opening and is rotatably disposed relative to the fixing seat, and the meal delivery box 83 rotates to expose the opening of the meal delivery box 83 to the meal delivery opening, or to close the meal delivery opening by the side of the meal delivery box 83.

In this embodiment, because of the opening of meal case 83 up, set for meal case 83 and can also be for the fixing base, also division board 13 rotatable setting, the rotation here rotates for relative casing 10 towards the front panel to can make the opening that reachs meal case 83 appear in meal mouth department, convenience of customers directly draws meal, improves and gets meal convenience. After the meal taking is completed, the meal outlet box 83 is automatically rotated back into the machine shell 10 and can seal the meal outlet, so that external dust is prevented from entering and polluting meal, and the safety is improved. Of course, in other embodiments, it may be set that the meal outlet is located at the front upper part of the meal outlet box 83, and the hand of the user extends into the meal outlet box 83 through the meal outlet to extract the meal; or the meal box 83 is set in a drawer type meal delivery mode.

Referring to fig. 8, in an alternative embodiment, the automatic meal selling machine 100 further includes a tableware storage box 40, and the tableware storage box 40 is disposed on the fixing seat and is adjacent to the meal outlet;

and/or, the casing 10 is equipped with out the dining groove towards the inboard concave, the meal outlet has been seted up to the diapire in meal outlet, meal outlet box 83 orientation meal outlet's surface is connected with baffle 837, baffle 837 with be equipped with the clearance between meal outlet box 83, baffle 837 for casing 10 rotatable setting, in order to drive meal outlet box 83 rotates, baffle 837 rotates in order to seal or open meal outlet.

In this embodiment, in order to enhance the dining experience, the food vending machine 100 is further equipped with a dish storage box 40, and dishes are placed in the dish storage box 40, so that the user can manually press the dishes to take out the dishes when necessary, or automatically push the dishes out for the user to use after taking the dishes. The tableware can be set independently to improve the sanitation and has the advantages of selectivity, environmental protection and safety. The specific storage box 40 is not limited herein, and reference may be made to the structure of the conventional tableware.

When the meal box 83 is rotatably arranged relative to the partition plate 13 to facilitate the putting of the packaging bag, the surface of the meal box 83 facing the meal outlet is connected with a baffle plate 837, and a gap is arranged between the baffle wall and the meal box 83 to facilitate the placement of components for driving the meal box 83 to rotate. Set for this baffle 837 can seal the meal outlet, promptly with the big or small shape phase-match of meal outlet, and this baffle 837 can be for casing 10 rotatable setting under drive part's drive to when needs meal, the outside upset of casing 10 is faced, and drives meal box 83 and also takes place to rotate, makes meal box 83's opening show with this, conveniently gets meal. Of course, the rotation angle of the baffle 837 is not too small, otherwise, the baffle is not beneficial to taking meals, the rotation angle is not too large, otherwise, the meals are easy to drop, and the rotation angle can be set to be 30-60 degrees, so that convenience is improved.

Certainly, in order to facilitate the identification, a meal outlet groove is concavely formed in the housing 10, and the meal outlet is formed in the bottom wall of the meal outlet groove, so that a user can conveniently determine the meal position; even if the meal box 83 is turned over, the meal box can avoid occupying more external space, reduce the space volume, prevent collision with a user and improve the safety.

In addition, for the convenience of the user, the food vending machine 100 may further include a display screen (not shown), which may be configured with a selection button, or the display screen may be a touch screen, and the user may select a desired type of food through the selection button or the touch screen, and then pay for cash or two-dimensional code. Of course, the automatic meal selling machine 100 can also be matched with high-tech means such as internet, internet of things, small program APP and the like, and the small program for ordering is obtained by scanning the two-dimensional code on the casing 10, so that the selection of meal items and the payment of money are realized.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a packing apparatus, is applied to automatic meal selling machine for with meal article packing, its characterized in that, packing apparatus includes:

a fixed seat;

2. The packaging apparatus of claim 1 wherein the bag removing member includes a support arm and a suction cup disposed on the support arm, the support arm is movably disposed relative to the bag storage box and the meal delivery box, and the suction cup is configured to fixedly absorb the packaging bag.

3. The packaging apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bag taking member further comprises two connecting arms, two of the two supporting arms are connected to two ends of the connecting arm respectively, the supporting arms are disposed toward the meal box, and the connecting arm can drive the supporting arms to rotate around a rotating shaft perpendicular to the extending direction of the supporting arms.

4. The strapping device as in claim 3 wherein the strapping device further comprises a drive motor and a drive member, the drive motor including driving the drive member to move the connecting arm in the vertical and horizontal directions.

5. The packaging apparatus as claimed in claim 3 or 4, wherein the bag storage box includes two pairs of oppositely disposed side box plates and a bottom box plate connected to the side box plates, the side box plate remote from the meal delivery box is provided with an insertion hole, the insertion hole extends along the height direction of the side box plates, when the bag taking member moves to the opening of the bag storage box, the connecting arm is located outside the bag storage box, and the supporting arm slides downward along the extension direction of the insertion hole to enable the suction cup to contact the folded bag.

6. The packaging device of claim 5, wherein said securing portion is a suction cup and said serving box has securing portions on opposite sides thereof;

7. An automatic meal selling machine, characterized in that, the automatic meal selling machine includes:

the packaging device is arranged adjacent to the meal taking assembly to package the taken meal, the packaging device is the packaging device of any one of claims 1-6, and the fixed seat is connected to the inner wall of the machine shell; and

8. The automatic meal selling machine according to claim 7, wherein the meal outlet box is arranged opposite to the meal outlet and can rotate relative to the fixed seat, and the meal outlet box rotates to enable the opening of the meal outlet box to be exposed at the meal outlet or enable the side face of the meal outlet box to block the meal outlet.

9. The vending machine of claim 8, further comprising a utensil storage bin disposed in the holder and adjacent to the meal outlet;

10. The automatic meal selling machine according to claim 7, wherein the casing comprises a casing and at least two partition plates, the partition plates are connected to the inner wall of the accommodating space and divide the accommodating space into a heating area, a cooling area and an electric control area which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, the meal storage rack is arranged in the cooling area, the partition plates are fixing seats of the packing device, the packing device is arranged in the heating area, the heating area is also provided with a heating assembly, the meal taking assembly is movably arranged in the cooling area and the heating area, and the electric control assembly is arranged in the electric control area.