CN114098432A

CN114098432A - Batching machine

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Publication number: CN114098432A
Application number: CN202111350396.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡祚才
Original assignee: Shenzhen Inspiration Tea Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Inspiration Tea Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-15
Filing date: 2021-11-15
Publication date: 2022-03-01
Also published as: WO2023083376A1

Abstract

The application discloses proportioning machine, proportioning machine include material bucket, play stub bar and pump. The material barrels are used for loading materials, and the number of the material barrels is multiple; the discharging head and the material barrel are independently arranged; the quantity of pump is a plurality of, and pump and material bucket one-to-one set up, and the pump is arranged in extracting the material in the material bucket and carries the material to ejection of compact head to make the material export from ejection of compact head. In the tea blending machine of this application embodiment, extract the material through the pump to can control the operating parameter of pump, make the material ration of extraction, thereby realize that the batching of drink is automatic, reduce the cost of labor, raise the efficiency.

Description

Batching machine

Technical Field

The application relates to food processing machinery technical field especially relates to a proportioning machine.

Background

The milk tea is a beverage with multiple ingredients, and in the general milk tea preparation process, various ingredients are generally weighed in a pure manual mode, and then the ingredients are mixed together to complete the ingredient selection of the milk tea. The method needs to train personnel firstly, so that the relevant personnel memorize the formula of the milk tea, a large amount of manpower is consumed, and the efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a proportioning machine.

The batching machine of this application embodiment is used for configurating the drink, batching machine includes material bucket, goes out stub bar and pump. The device comprises a plurality of material barrels, a material storage barrel and a control device, wherein the material barrels are used for loading materials; the discharging head and the material barrel are independently arranged; the quantity of pump is a plurality of, the pump with the material bucket one-to-one sets up, the pump is used for extracting the material in the material bucket and will the material is carried to the stub bar, so that the material is followed the stub bar output.

In the proportioning machine of this application embodiment, extract the material through the pump to can control the operating parameter of pump, make the material ration of extraction, thereby realize that the batching of drink is automatic, reduce the cost of labor, raise the efficiency.

In some embodiments, the dispensing machine includes a placement table for placing a cup, and the discharge head is disposed above the placement table.

In some embodiments, the dispensing machine includes a support disposed on the placement table, and the discharge head is disposed on the support.

In some embodiments, a display is disposed on the stand.

In some embodiments, the material bucket is disposed below the placement table.

In some embodiments, the dispensing machine includes a refrigerated cabinet disposed below the product platform, and at least a portion of the material bucket is disposed within the refrigerated cabinet.

In some embodiments, the discharge head includes a plurality of discharge nozzles, the discharge nozzles being arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the pumps.

In some embodiments, the number of the discharging heads is multiple, and the discharging heads are arranged at intervals.

In some embodiments, the dispensing machine includes an image recognition device for capturing an identification code image.

In some embodiments, the dosing machine comprises a feeding pipe and a filtering device arranged on the feeding pipe, one end of the feeding pipe is connected with the pump, and the other end of the feeding pipe extends into the material barrel.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of another dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of another dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure

Fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the main element symbols:

the material mixing device comprises a dosing machine 1000, a material barrel 100, a discharging head 200, a discharging nozzle 21, a pump 300, a storage table 400, a support 41, a display 42, an image recognition device 43, a feeding pipe 500, a filtering device 51, a refrigeration cabinet 600 and a cup 2000.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative and are only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated in a particular manner, and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact of the first and second features, or may comprise contact of the first and second features not directly but through another feature in between. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the application. In order to simplify the disclosure of the present application, specific example components and arrangements are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present application. Moreover, the present application may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, such repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, examples of various specific processes and materials are provided herein, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present application provides a dosing machine 1000, where the dosing machine 1000 is used for dispensing drinks, and the dosing machine 1000 includes a material barrel 100, a discharging head 200, and a pump 300. The material barrel 100 is used for loading materials, and the number of the material barrels 100 is multiple; the discharging head 200 and the material barrel 100 are arranged independently; the number of the pumps 300 is plural, the pumps 300 and the material barrels 100 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the pumps 300 are used for extracting the materials in the material barrels 100 and conveying the materials to the discharging head 200 so that the materials are output from the discharging head 200.

In the tea blending machine of the embodiment of the application, the material is extracted through the pump 300, and the working parameters of the pump 300 can be controlled, so that the extracted material is quantitative, the automation of the blending of the beverage is realized, the labor cost is reduced, and the efficiency is improved.

The milk tea is widely popular with people as a novel beverage appearing in recent years, so that a large number of milk tea shops are arranged in streets and alleys. Due to differences in brands, different milk tea shops have different formulas, and milk tea shops often sell dozens of drinks corresponding to dozens of formulas, however, in most shops, various ingredients are generally weighed in a purely manual mode in a milk tea making process, and then the ingredients are mixed together to finish ingredient selection of milk tea. The method needs to train personnel firstly, so that the relevant personnel memorize the formula of the milk tea, a large amount of manpower is consumed, and the efficiency is low.

In contrast, the batching machine 1000 provided in the present application is used for collecting all materials contained in a formula onto one machine, and is provided with devices such as a material outlet head 200 and a pump 300, etc., so as to be convenient for extracting raw materials for preparing milk tea; meanwhile, the working parameters of the pump 300 can be controlled to quantitatively pump the materials, so that the preparation process of the milk tea is automated, and the labor cost is reduced.

In particular, the dispensing machine 1000 of the present application may be used for commercial as well as home production.

The dispensing machine 1000 may include a plurality of material barrels 100 for loading materials, and the number of the material barrels 100 may be plural, so that one dispensing machine 1000 may dispense materials of beverages of various formulas, and the materials may be tea powder, milk powder, creamer, saccharin, fruit powder, etc. Particularly, the materials loaded in the material barrel 100 are generally solid, so that the beverage can be obtained by taking the materials out of the beverage barrel after the materials are completely mixed, and the taste of the beverage is not affected.

The material barrel 100 can be made of food-grade plastics, so that the manufactured material barrel 100 is safe and non-toxic, the body health of a user is not affected, the material barrel 100 is light in weight, and the cost is low. Specifically, PET plastic, PP plastic, HDPE plastic, PC plastic, and the like may be used. Of course, the material barrel 100 can also be made of other safe and nontoxic materials, such as food-grade stainless steel composite barrel.

The batching machine 1000 further comprises a discharging head 200, the discharging head 200 and the material barrel 100 are independently arranged, so that the material barrel 100 can be independently replaced when the materials in the material barrel 100 are used up; or the discharge head 200 can be replaced independently when the discharge head 200 is worn.

The shape of the discharge head 200 can be various regular or irregular shapes such as rectangle, ellipse, triangle and the like. The material of the stub bar 200 may also be plastic, or of course, alloy, so that the stub bar 200 is more durable.

The dispensing machine 1000 further includes a pump 300, wherein the pump 300 is used as a power component for pumping the material in the material barrel 100 and delivering the material to the discharging head 200, so that the material is discharged from the discharging head 200 to a container, such as a cup 2000.

It can be understood that, in order to improve the batching efficiency of the batching machine 1000, under the condition that the batching machine 1000 comprises a plurality of material barrels 100, the batching machine 1000 can be provided with a plurality of pumps 300, and the pumps 300 and the material barrels 100 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, so that when batching according to a formula, a plurality of batching materials can be simultaneously extracted, and meanwhile, in order to output a plurality of batching materials simultaneously, the number of the discharging heads 200 can also be a plurality.

In addition, the batching machine 1000 that provides in this application can control the working parameter of pump 300, for example can control the extraction time of pump 300 to accomplish the batching according to the accurate extraction capacity of prescription, like this, come the ration through the working parameter of control pump 300 and extract the material, make the process of batching more accurate, avoided the cost loss that manual operation mistake brought.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the dispensing machine 1000 may include a placement platform 400, the placement platform 400 may be used for placing the cup 2000, and the discharge head 200 may be disposed above the placement platform 400. Thus, the material can be output to the cup 2000 placed on the object placing table 400 through the material outlet head 200 arranged above the object placing table 400.

Specifically, the batching machine 1000 is further provided with a storage table 400, and the storage table 400 can be made of stainless steel, corrosion-resistant and easy to clean. Of course, the stand 400 may be made of other materials. The placing table 400 can provide a stable placing environment for the cup 2000, and when the cup 2000 is placed on the placing table 400, the discharging head 200 can be arranged above the placing table 400 to output materials to the cup 2000.

Referring to fig. 1-3, in some embodiments, the dispensing machine 1000 may include a bracket 41 disposed on the placement platform 400, and the discharge head 200 may be disposed on the bracket 41. So, support 41 can make to reach stub bar 200 apart from putting thing platform 400 and have certain height when playing certain supporting role to a stub bar 200, is convenient for export the material to the cup 2000 of co-altitude not.

Specifically, in order to dispose the discharging head 200 above the object placing table 400, a stable supporting environment needs to be provided for the discharging head 200. Therefore, the batching machine 1000 further comprises a support 41 arranged on the object placing table 400, the support 41 can be integrally formed with the object placing table 400, the support 41 can be welded with the object placing table 400, so that the support and the object placing table 400 are connected more firmly, and the support 41 can be made of materials the same as the object placing table 400 at the moment, so that the welding with the object placing table 400 is facilitated. The stub bar may be arranged on the bracket 41, so that the stub bar 200 may be located above the cup 2000, and the stub bar 200 may output materials for the cup 2000.

In addition, the support 41 can be manufactured by simultaneously manufacturing the stub bar 200, so that the stub bar 200 and the support 41 are integrally formed; alternatively, the discharging head 200 may be manufactured separately from the support 41, and then the discharging head 200 may be detachably mounted to the support 41, thereby facilitating repair or replacement of the discharging head 200 when it is damaged.

Referring to fig. 1-3, in some embodiments, a display 42 may be disposed on the support 41. Thus, the display 42 can make the materials needed by the formula clear at a glance, and is convenient for checking whether the output materials are correct or not; and the display 42 can also display information such as the residual material capacity of the material barrel 100, so that the material can be added conveniently.

Specifically, the display 42 may be touch-sensitive, or the operator may view the related information by touching an icon button on the screen of the display 42. For example, information such as estimated ingredient completion time, real-time freezer temperature, remaining material capacity in material bin 100, etc. may be displayed on display 42.

In some embodiments, the display 42 may also display a recipe table of the currently prepared beverage, thereby facilitating the staff to confirm whether the dispensed material is accurate while waiting for the dispensing machine 1000 to dispense. The recipe table may be downloaded to the dispensing machine 1000 in advance, and the staff may then click on the corresponding beverage on the beverage list on the display 42 to display the corresponding recipe table according to the customer order. In this way, the display 42 can assist automatic batching, so that whether the formula is correct or not and whether the formula is batched according to the correct formula or not can be conveniently confirmed in real time, and the problems of material mismatching and the like caused by personnel operation errors or disordered formula memory are solved through automatic batching.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the material bucket 100 may be disposed below the placing table 400. Specifically, the material barrel 100 is arranged below the object placing table 400, so that on one hand, the height of the material barrel 100 above the ground is low, and the material barrel 100 can be conveniently taken by a worker for operations such as feeding and replacing; on the other hand, the space below the object placing table 400 can be reasonably utilized, and the whole structure of the batching machine 1000 is more compact.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments, the dispensing machine 1000 may include a refrigerator cabinet disposed below the placement platform 400, and at least a portion of the material barrel 100 may be disposed in the refrigerator cabinet. Thus, the quality of the material stored in the material barrel 100 can be guaranteed.

Specifically, at least a part of the material barrels 100 may be disposed in the refrigerator, and all of the material barrels 100 may be disposed in the refrigerator for storage, or only a part of the material barrels 100 may be disposed in the refrigerator for storage.

It is understood that whether the material bucket 100 is disposed in the refrigerator or not may depend on whether the material in the material bucket 100 can be stored in a low temperature environment or not. When some materials are stored in the refrigeration cabinet, the materials are sensitive to temperature and may be damped and crystallized due to the problems of poor humidity treatment and the like of the refrigeration cabinet. Therefore, the material barrel 100 storing the materials is preferably placed in a normal temperature environment to avoid the problems of material deterioration and the like.

Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the discharging head 200 may include a plurality of discharging nozzles 21, and the discharging nozzles 21 are disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the pumps 300. Therefore, the waiting time is greatly reduced when the formula of the beverage needs various materials, and the batching efficiency of the batching machine 1000 is improved.

Specifically, the shape of the discharging nozzle 21 may be a thin tube type, and the material is not easily scattered when being output through the discharging nozzle 21, and of course, the discharging nozzle 21 may have other shapes. It can be understood that a cup of drink often needs a plurality of kinds of batching allotments to form, in order to improve batching efficiency of proportioning machine 1000, can be provided with a plurality of discharge nozzles 21 at discharge head 200 to let a discharge nozzle 21 correspond a pump 300 setting, because pump 300 and material bucket 100 one-to-one set up, this makes can be through a plurality of discharge nozzles 21 simultaneously to cup 2000 output material, the batching time that has significantly reduced.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, in some embodiments, the number of the discharging heads 200 may be multiple, and the multiple discharging heads 200 are arranged at intervals. Thus, the condition that a plurality of beverage bottles are simultaneously prepared can be met by arranging the plurality of discharging heads 200, and the working efficiency of the material preparing machine 1000 can be improved.

Specifically, a plurality of brackets 41 may be installed on the object placing table 400, one material discharging head 200 may be disposed on each bracket 41, and the plurality of brackets 41 are disposed at intervals so that the plurality of material discharging heads 200 are disposed at intervals. It will be appreciated that during store operations, particularly during hot hours, the store will often receive orders for multiple beverages. In order to save cost and improve efficiency, a plurality of discharging heads 200 can be arranged on the dispensing machine 1000 to satisfy the condition of simultaneously dispensing multiple cups of drinks.

Referring to fig. 1-3, in some embodiments, the dispensing machine 1000 may include an image recognition device 43, and the image recognition device 43 may be configured to capture an identification code image. Therefore, the identification code image can be collected through the image recognition device 43 to automatically prepare materials, the problems that materials are prepared wrongly due to the fact that the memory of the formula of personnel is disordered are avoided, and meanwhile training cost is saved.

Specifically, the image recognition device 43 may be a camera, a scanner, a code scanning gun, or the like. For example, in the case where the dispensing machine 1000 includes the display 42, as shown in fig. 1, the image recognition device 43 may be mounted on the stand 41 as a camera with a scanning function, for example, on the side of the stand 41, or of course, may be mounted at a plurality of positions near the bottom of the stand; for another example, as shown in fig. 2, the image recognition device 43 may be a code scanning gun installed at a side of the bracket 41. It should be noted that the specific form and the mounting position of the image recognition device 43 on the bracket 41 are not limited to the specific form.

The number of the image recognition means 43 may be plural, and the image recognition means 43 may be used to capture the identification code image. In one embodiment, after the customer orders, the clerk may attach an automatically printed identification code such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code to the cup 2000 and place the identification code attached to the cup 2000 in front of the image recognition device 43, so that the image recognition device 43 scans and acquires an identification code image.

Furthermore, the identification code image may be analyzed by a processor in the control system of the dispensing machine 1000 to obtain the beverage information in the order, so as to find the formula table corresponding to the beverage, and in particular, the formula table may be downloaded to the dispensing machine 1000 in advance. The dispensing machine 1000 may then dispense the ingredients according to the formula table, and the pump 300 may pump the corresponding material in the material barrel 100 to output the material to the cup 2000. In particular, where the dispensing machine 1000 is provided with a display 42, the formula table may be displayed on the display 42 for the store clerk to check whether the formula table and the dispensing machine 1000 are accurate.

Therefore, the identification code image can be collected through the image recognition device 43 to automatically prepare materials, the problems of wrong material preparation and the like caused by wrong formula memory of personnel are avoided, and meanwhile, the training cost is saved.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments, the dispensing machine 1000 may include a feed tube 500 and a filter device 51. The filtering device 51 may be disposed on the feeding tube 500, one end of the feeding tube 500 may be connected to the pump 300, and the other end may extend into the material barrel 100. Thus, the pump 300 can pump the material through the feeding pipe 500 and convey the material to the discharging head 200; the filtering device 51 is arranged to filter large-particle materials in the material barrel 100, so as to avoid the blockage of the feeding pipe 500.

Specifically, the feeding pipe 500 may be a food-grade plastic pipe, which is non-toxic to human body. The feeding pipes 500 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the pumps 300, one end of each feeding pipe 500 is connected with the pump 300, and the other end of each feeding pipe 500 extends into the material barrel 100, so that the pumps 300 can pump materials through the feeding pipes 500 and convey the materials to the discharging heads 200; filter device 51 can set up the one end that stretches into material bucket 100 at pan feeding pipe 500 for filter device 51 can filter the cubic material of crystallization in the in-process of extraction material, prevents that pan feeding pipe 500 from blockking up.

In summary, the tea dispensing machine 1000 in the present application may be composed of important parts such as the material barrel 100, the material outlet head 200, the pump 300, the display 42, and the image recognition device 43. In one embodiment, a user may place all materials in the material barrel 100, and the material barrel 100 may be directly replaced after the materials are used up, or the material barrel 100 may be replenished with the materials, and then the user places the material barrel 100 in the refrigeration cabinet 600 under the object table 400 for standby; subsequently, the user puts the end of the feeding tube 500 connected to the pump 300, which includes the filtering device 51, into the material barrel 100, and fixes the other end of the pump 300 at the discharge port, thereby completing the basic installation of the dispensing machine 1000.

When starting batching machine 1000 and carrying out automatic batching, the user can aim at image recognition device 43 with the identification code on cup 2000 and sweep the sign indicating number, sweep and place in the below of ejection of compact head 200 after the sign indicating number is accomplished, wait for batching machine 1000 automatic batching to, can also control pump 300's operating parameter for the material ration of extraction, thereby realize the batching of drink is automatic, reduces the cost of labor, raises the efficiency.

In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "certain embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: numerous changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A dispensing machine for dispensing beverages, the dispensing machine comprising:

the material barrel is used for loading materials, and the number of the material barrels is multiple;

the discharging head is independently arranged with the material barrel;

the pump, the quantity of pump is a plurality of, the pump with material bucket one-to-one sets up, the pump is used for extracting the material in the material bucket and will the material is carried to go out the stub bar, so that the material is followed it exports to go out the stub bar.

2. The dispensing machine of claim 1, wherein said dispensing machine includes a stand for holding a cup, said dispensing head being disposed above said stand.

3. The dispensing machine of claim 2 including a support disposed on said platform, said dispensing head being disposed on said support.

4. The dispensing machine of claim 3 wherein said frame has a display disposed thereon.

5. The dispensing machine of claim 2 wherein said material bucket is disposed below said platform.

6. The dispensing machine of claim 5, wherein said dispensing machine includes a refrigerated cabinet disposed below said product platform, at least some of said product buckets being disposed within said refrigerated cabinet.

7. The dispensing machine of claim 1 wherein said dispensing head includes a plurality of dispensing spouts, said dispensing spouts being disposed in one-to-one correspondence with said pumps.

8. The dispensing machine of claim 1 wherein said dispensing heads are plural in number and said heads are spaced apart.

9. The dispensing machine of claim 1, wherein said dispensing machine includes an image recognition device for capturing an identification code image.

10. The dosing machine of claim 1, wherein the dosing machine comprises a feed tube and a filter device disposed on the feed tube, one end of the feed tube is connected to the pump, and the other end of the feed tube extends into the material barrel.