CN114532876B

CN114532876B - Discharging mechanism

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Publication number: CN114532876B
Application number: CN202011357436.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄绍平; 杨应伟; 庄义钦
Original assignee: Haidilao Holdings Ltd; Guangdong Tianji Industrial Intelligent System Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haidilao Holdings Ltd; Guangdong Tianji Industrial Intelligent System Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-27
Filing date: 2020-11-27
Publication date: 2023-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 2040-11-27
Also published as: CN114532876A

Abstract

The invention relates to a discharging mechanism. Comprising the following steps: a shell, wherein a stirring chamber for accommodating materials is formed in the shell; and the stirring assembly comprises a stirring piece and a first driving assembly, wherein the stirring piece is at least partially arranged in the stirring chamber, the first driving assembly is connected with the stirring piece to drive the stirring piece to rotate, and the stirring piece is used for turning up the material positioned at the bottom of the stirring chamber. The stirring assembly is used for stirring the materials in the stirring chamber, when the total height of the materials in the stirring chamber is approximately located in the lower half area of the stirring chamber, the materials move upwards along with the stirring piece to the upper half area of the stirring chamber, and at a certain position, the materials are separated from the stirring piece and fall under the action of gravity, and impact force is generated when the materials fall and contact with the materials at the bottom of the stirring chamber, so that the agglomerated or arched materials are scattered in a vibration mode. Thereby conveniently scattering the agglomerated materials.

Description

Discharging mechanism

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of stirring devices, in particular to a discharging mechanism.

Background

Currently, in some cafeterias, merchants typically provide a seasoning for self-service access by users. To facilitate the user's access to the seasoning, the seasoning is typically stored in an open manner and is subject to moisture or caking or arching over time.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a discharge mechanism.

A discharge mechanism comprising:

a shell, wherein a stirring chamber for accommodating materials is formed in the shell; and

the stirring assembly comprises a stirring piece and a first driving assembly, wherein the stirring piece is at least partially arranged in the stirring chamber, the first driving assembly is connected with the stirring piece to drive the stirring piece to rotate, and the stirring piece is used for turning up materials positioned at the bottom of the stirring chamber.

In one embodiment, the minimum clearance between the stirring element and the inner wall of the stirring chamber is one of 2mm-5 mm.

In one embodiment, the stirring element is annular or is part of an annular shape.

In one embodiment, at least a portion of the interior wall of the stir chamber is arcuate.

In one embodiment, at least a portion of the movement track of the stirring element is arc-shaped.

In one embodiment, the arc is spherical, and the spherical part of the inner wall of the stirring chamber coincides with the spherical center of the spherical part of the movement track of the stirring piece.

In one embodiment, a discharge chamber, a first discharge port and a second discharge port are formed in the shell, the first discharge port is communicated with the stirring chamber and the discharge chamber, and the second discharge port is communicated with the discharge chamber.

In one embodiment, the discharging mechanism further comprises a discharging assembly, the discharging assembly comprises a discharging screw and a second driving assembly, the discharging screw is at least partially arranged in the discharging chamber, and the second driving assembly is connected with the discharging screw to drive the discharging screw to rotate so as to discharge the material entering the discharging chamber from the first discharging opening to the second discharging opening.

In one embodiment, the discharging screw comprises a shaft body and a helical blade arranged on the periphery of the shaft body, one end of the shaft body is close to the second discharging port, and a scattering blade is arranged at one end of the shaft body close to the second discharging port.

In one embodiment, at least two of the scattering blades are distributed along the radial direction of the shaft body.

The beneficial effects are that: the stirring assembly is used for stirring the materials in the stirring chamber, when the total height of the materials in the stirring chamber is approximately located in the lower half area of the stirring chamber, the materials move upwards along with the stirring piece to the upper half area of the stirring chamber, and at a certain position, the materials are separated from the stirring piece and fall under the action of gravity, and impact force is generated when the materials fall and contact with the materials at the bottom of the stirring chamber, so that the agglomerated or arched materials are scattered in a vibration mode. Thereby conveniently scattering the agglomerated materials.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view along a vertical plane of an outfeed mechanism in one embodiment;

fig. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are schematic views of part of the structure of the discharging mechanism in four embodiments respectively;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a part of the structure of the discharging mechanism in one embodiment.

Reference numerals: 100. a housing; 110. a stirring chamber; 111. a feed inlet; 120. a stirring assembly; 121. a stirring member; 122. a first drive assembly; 130. a discharge chamber; 140. a first discharge port; 150. a second discharge port; 160. a discharge assembly; 161. a discharge screw; 161a, shaft body; 161b, helical blades; 161c, breaking up the blades; 162. a second drive assembly; 170. a frame; 180. a storage tank; 121a, rotating rod; 121b, blades; 121c, blades; 121d, blades; 181a, motor; 181b, a transmission unit; 191a, a pulley; 192. a cantilever beam; 193. and a weighing unit.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the invention will be readily understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may be embodied in many other forms than described herein and similarly modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention, whereby the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

One embodiment of the present application discloses a discharge mechanism that can discharge solid particulate material or viscous solid material. For example, the material may be a flavoring. The seasoning is easy to damp and arch during storage, and the arched materials can be scattered through the discharging mechanism of the embodiment.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view along a vertical plane of an outfeed mechanism in one embodiment. The discharging mechanism comprises a shell 100, wherein a stirring chamber 110 is formed in the shell 100, and the stirring chamber 110 is used for accommodating materials. For example, the shell 100 is provided with a feed inlet 111 communicated with the stirring chamber 110, the feed inlet 111 may be located at the top of the stirring chamber 110, and materials may enter the stirring chamber 110 from the feed inlet 111. The discharging mechanism further comprises a stirring assembly 120, the stirring assembly 120 comprises a stirring piece 121 and a first driving assembly 122, the stirring piece 121 is at least partially arranged in the stirring chamber 110, the first driving assembly 122 is connected with the stirring piece 121 to drive the stirring piece 121 to rotate, and the stirring piece 121 is used for turning up materials located at the bottom of the stirring chamber 110.

After the material enters the stirring chamber 110 from the top inlet 111, the material is deposited at the bottom of the stirring chamber 110 by gravity. The stirring member 121 is rotated by the first driving assembly 122, and the stirring member 121 can pass through the lower half region of the stirring chamber 110 when rotating, and then the stirring member 121 is rotated upward, thereby turning up the material located at the bottom of the stirring chamber 110. For example, when the total height of the material in the stirring chamber 110 is approximately located in the lower half region of the stirring chamber 110, the material moves upward with the stirring member 121 to the upper half region of the stirring chamber 110, and at a certain position, the material is separated from the stirring member 121 by gravity and falls down, and impact force is generated when the falling material contacts with the material at the bottom of the stirring chamber 110, so that the agglomerated or arched material is scattered. For example, when the total height of the material in the stirring chamber 110 is high, the stirring member 121 moves upwards and turns the material upwards, so that part of the material is still lower than the total height of the material in the stirring chamber 110 when the stirring member 121 moves to the highest position due to the high total height of the material in the stirring chamber 110, and therefore, the part of the material cannot be scattered by free falling, but the material in different parts can be scattered by friction through the pushing of the stirring member 121. It is easily thought that if the stirring assembly 120 is not provided, the caking and arching materials can be discharged together in a lump during discharging, and the intermittent discharging can be easily caused. The agglomerated materials are scattered by the stirring assembly 120 and then discharged, so that uniform discharging can be realized, and the continuity of discharging is ensured.

Fig. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are schematic views of part of the structure of the discharging mechanism in four embodiments.

In fig. 2, a housing 100 of the discharge mechanism and a stirring member 121 of a stirring chamber 110 within the housing 100 are shown in one embodiment. The stirring member 121 includes a rotating rod 121a and a vane 121b connected to the rotating rod 121a. The first driving assembly 122 is connected to the rotating rod 121a to rotate the vane 121b 360 ° around the rotating rod 121a. For example, the rotating rod may extend in a horizontal direction. In the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the blades 121b of the rotating rod 121a may have a square shape, and a cylindrical rotation area is formed when the stirring member 121 rotates.

As shown in fig. 3, the embodiment shown in fig. 3 differs from the embodiment shown in fig. 2 at least in that the vane 121c is a part of a circular ring shape, and both ends of the vane 121c are connected to the rotating lever 121a. The first driving assembly 122 is connected to the rotating rod 121a to rotate the vane 121c 360 ° around the rotating rod 121a. The rotating rod 121a extends in the horizontal direction, and a spherical rotating area is formed when the stirring member 121 rotates.

As shown in fig. 4, the embodiment shown in fig. 4 is different from the embodiment shown in fig. 3 in that the rotating rod 121a forms an acute angle with the horizontal direction. In the embodiment shown in fig. 4, the stirring member 121 still forms a spherical rotation region when rotated.

As shown in fig. 5, the embodiment shown in fig. 5 differs from the embodiment shown in fig. 3 in that the vane 121d is annular. That is, the stirring member 121 may be a ring shape or a part of a ring shape. In other embodiments, the stirring member 121 may be elliptical ring-shaped.

In the embodiments shown in fig. 2, 3, 4 and 5, the stirring member 121 can turn the material located at the bottom of the stirring chamber 110 upwards when rotating.

In some embodiments, the minimum clearance value of stirring member 121 from the inner wall of stirring chamber 110 is one of 2mm-5 mm. In the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the minimum clearance between the outermost ends of the blades 121b of the stirring member 121 and the inner wall of the stirring chamber 110 is 2mm. In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the minimum clearance between the outermost ends of the blades 121c of the stirring member 121 and the inner wall of the stirring chamber 110 is 3mm. In the embodiment shown in fig. 4, the minimum clearance between the outermost ends of the blades 121c of the stirring member 121 and the inner wall of the stirring chamber 110 is 5mm. In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the minimum clearance between the outermost ends of the blades 121d of the stirring member 121 and the inner wall of the stirring chamber 110 is 4mm. In other embodiments, the minimum clearance between stirring element 121 and the interior wall of stirring chamber 110 may be determined based on the size of the particles of the material, which may be smaller than the particle size of the material so that individual particles of the material cannot pass through the clearance.

In some embodiments, at least a portion of the interior wall of the stir chamber 110 is arcuate. At least a part of the movement track of the stirring member 121 is arc-shaped. For example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, although the inner wall of the stirring chamber 110 is rectangular in shape as viewed in the cross section shown in fig. 2, since the locus area of rotation of the vane 121b around the rotation rod 121a is cylindrical, the inner wall of the stirring chamber 110 shown in fig. 2 includes at least a cylindrical surface, and the central axis of the cylindrical surface may coincide with the rotation axis of the rotation rod 121a. In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, 4 and 5, the movement locus of the stirring member 121 is spherical. The inner wall of the stirring chamber 110 is spherical or a part of spherical, and the spherical part of the inner wall of the stirring chamber 110 coincides with the sphere center of the spherical part of the motion track of the stirring member 121.

As shown in fig. 1, a discharge chamber 130, a first discharge port 140 and a second discharge port 150 are formed in the housing 100, the first discharge port 140 is located at the bottom of the stirring chamber 110, the first discharge port 140 is communicated with the stirring chamber 110 and the discharge chamber 130, and the second discharge port 150 is communicated with the discharge chamber 130.

The discharge mechanism further comprises a discharge assembly 160, the discharge assembly 160 comprises a discharge screw 161 and a second driving assembly 162, the discharge screw 161 is at least partially arranged in the discharge chamber 130, and the second driving assembly 162 is connected with the discharge screw 161 to drive the discharge screw 161 to rotate so as to discharge the material entering the discharge chamber 130 from the first discharge port 140 to the second discharge port 150. As shown in fig. 1, the discharge screw 161 is substantially horizontally aligned, and the second driving assembly 162 is coupled to the discharge screw 161 and drives the discharge screw 161 to rotate to drive the material to move in the horizontal direction and discharge from the second discharge port 150. Specifically, when the material is fed into the stirring chamber 110, the material falls into the discharge chamber 130 through the first discharge port 140, and the material is continuously fed, and as the height of the material stacked in the discharge chamber 130 increases, the material starts to be stacked in the stirring chamber 110. The first driving assembly 122 and the second driving assembly 162 are started, the first driving assembly 122 drives the stirring assembly 120 to stir the materials in the stirring chamber 110, and the second driving assembly 162 drives the discharging assembly 160 to convey the materials to the second discharging opening 150.

In one embodiment, the first drive assembly 122 may include a separate motor and a transmission unit coupled to the motor, the transmission unit also coupled to the agitator. The second drive assembly 162 may include another independent motor and a transmission unit coupled to the motor, the transmission unit coupled to the discharge assembly 160. The transmission unit can be a gear set or a belt set.

In one embodiment, the first drive assembly 122 and the second drive assembly 162 may comprise a total drive assembly. The drive assembly includes a motor 181a and a set of transmission units 181b. Specifically, the discharge mechanism includes a frame 170, and the drive assembly is disposed on the frame 170. The transmission unit 181b includes a plurality of pulleys and a belt connecting the pulleys. For example, one of the pulleys 191a is coupled to the first drive assembly 122 and the other pulley 191b is coupled to the discharge assembly 160. The motor 181a connects the pulley 191a and the pulley 191b through a belt to drive the pulley 191a and the pulley 191b to rotate. The diameter of the pulley 191a may be greater than the diameter of the pulley 191b, and thus, the rotational speed of the stirring assembly 120 is less than that of the rotation assembly of the discharge assembly 160. For example, by sizing the diameters of the

pulleys

191a and 191b appropriately, the rotational speed of the agitator assembly 120 may be one third of the rotational speed of the discharge assembly 160. In other embodiments, the rotational speed of the agitator assembly 120 and the rotational speed of the discharge assembly 160 may be in other ratios.

In the above embodiments, the agglomerated material may be broken up by the stirring assembly 120 within the stirring chamber 110. In one embodiment, the material may be further broken up by the discharge assembly 160. The structure of the discharge assembly 160 is described below.

As shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic view of a part of the structure of the discharging mechanism in one embodiment. The discharge screw 161 of the discharge assembly 160 includes a shaft body 161a and a helical blade 161b provided at the outer circumference of the shaft body 161 a. As shown in fig. 1, one end of the shaft body 161a is close to the second discharge port 150, and the other end of the shaft body 161a is connected to the second driving assembly 162. The shaft body 161a is provided with a break-up blade 161c at one end thereof adjacent to the second discharge port 150. The helical blade 161b is continuously streamlined to provide continuous material delivery. At least one of the break-up blades 161c is disconnected from the helical blade 161b, which means that at least one of the break-up blades 161c is not directly connected to the helical blade 161b but is connected through the shaft body 161 a. For example, the blade surfaces of the scattering blades 161c may be along the axial direction of the shaft body 161a, so that the scattering blades 161c may be able to flap the material as they rotate with the shaft body 161a, thereby scattering the material further.

In one embodiment, at least two of the scattering blades 161c are provided, and at least two of the scattering blades 161c are distributed along the radial direction of the shaft body 161 a. For example, there may be three, four or more scattering blades 161c, and these scattering blades 161c may be arranged in an axial array around the shaft body 161 a.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the discharging mechanism further comprises a material storage tank 180, wherein the material storage tank 180 is connected with the material inlet 111 (as shown in fig. 2) of the stirring chamber 110, and the material in the material storage tank 180 can enter the stirring chamber 110 through the material inlet 111.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the discharge mechanism further comprises a weighing unit 193, the weighing unit 193 being adapted to weigh the material. Specifically, the frame 170 is a cantilever beam structure, the weighing unit 193 is disposed on the cantilever beam 192, and the casing 100, the stirring assembly 120, and the discharging assembly 160 are all connected to the cantilever beam 192. When the weight of the material in the storage tank 180 is changed, the stress of the suspension beam 192 is changed, and the suspension beam 192 is deformed, so that the change in the weight of the material can be measured by the weighing unit 193 according to the deformation of the suspension beam 192, and the weight of the discharged material can be known. For example, the weighing cell 193 may be a chip with strain gauges and signal connection strain gauges, from which the weight of the discharged material can be known.

In the description of the present invention, it should 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", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "up" or "down" a second feature may be the first and second features in direct contact, or the first and second features in indirect contact via an intervening medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature may be a first feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is level higher than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature may be the first feature being directly under or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like are used herein for illustrative purposes only and are not meant to be the only embodiment.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The above examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the invention, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, which are all within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention is to be determined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A discharge mechanism, comprising:

a shell (100), wherein a stirring chamber (110) for accommodating materials is formed in the shell (100); the stirring device is characterized by further comprising a discharge chamber (130), a first discharge port (140) and a second discharge port (150), wherein the first discharge port (140) is communicated with the stirring chamber (110) and the discharge chamber (130), and the second discharge port (150) is communicated with the discharge chamber (130); and

the stirring assembly (120) comprises a stirring piece (121) and a first driving assembly (122), wherein the stirring piece (121) is at least partially arranged in the stirring chamber (110), the first driving assembly (122) is connected with the stirring piece (121) to drive the stirring piece (121) to rotate, and the stirring piece (121) is used for turning up materials positioned at the bottom of the stirring chamber (110);

the discharging mechanism further comprises a discharging assembly (160), the discharging assembly (160) comprises a discharging screw (161) and a second driving assembly (162), the discharging screw (161) is at least partially arranged in the discharging chamber (130), and the second driving assembly (162) is connected with the discharging screw (161) to drive the discharging screw (161) to rotate so as to discharge materials entering the discharging chamber (130) from the first discharging port (140) to the second discharging port (150);

the discharging screw (161) comprises a shaft body (161 a) and a helical blade (161 b) arranged on the periphery of the shaft body (161 a), one end of the shaft body (161 a) is close to the second discharging port (150), and a scattering blade (161 c) is arranged at one end of the shaft body (161 a) close to the second discharging port (150);

the spiral blade (161 b) has a continuous flow shape, and at least one of the scattering blades (161 c) is disconnected from the spiral blade (161 b).

2. The discharge mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the stirring element (121) comprises a rotary rod and a blade connected to the rotary rod.

3. The discharge mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a minimum clearance value of the stirring member (121) from an inner wall of the stirring chamber (110) is one of 2mm to 5mm.

4. The discharge mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the stirring member (121) is annular or the stirring member (121) is a part of annular shape.

5. The discharge mechanism of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the inner wall of the stir chamber (110) is arcuate.

6. The discharge mechanism as recited in claim 4, wherein at least a portion of the movement path of the stirring element (121) is arcuate.

7. The discharging mechanism according to claim 6, wherein the arc is spherical, and the spherical portion of the inner wall of the stirring chamber (110) coincides with the spherical center of the spherical portion of the movement locus of the stirring member (121).

8. The discharge mechanism according to claim 1, wherein at least two of the scattering blades (161 c) are arranged along a radial direction of the shaft body (161 a), and at least two of the scattering blades (161 c) are arranged along the radial direction of the shaft body (161 a).

9. The discharge mechanism of claim 1, further comprising a storage tank (180), wherein the storage tank (180) is connected to the inlet (111) of the stirring chamber 110.

10. The discharge mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a weighing unit (193), the weighing unit (193) being adapted to weigh material.