CN115024638B

CN115024638B - Automatic cleaning device for steam spray pipe of coffee machine

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Publication number: CN115024638B
Application number: CN202210953968.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈晓; 张毅; 王剑峰; 李�瑞; 潘鑫; 姚才阳
Original assignee: Zhejiang Qiantang Robot And Intelligent Equipment Research Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Qiantang Robot And Intelligent Equipment Research Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-10
Filing date: 2022-08-10
Publication date: 2022-11-15
Anticipated expiration: 2042-08-10
Also published as: CN115024638A

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic cleaning device for a steam spray pipe of a coffee machine, which comprises a fixed assembly and a moving assembly, wherein the fixed assembly comprises a fixed bottom plate, a fixed cover plate, a supporting sleeve and a screw rod; the motion assembly comprises a power output mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a cleaning mechanism; the power output mechanism and the cleaning mechanism are driven to lift together along the screw rod by the rotation of the motor, and the cleaning assembly is driven to rotate synchronously by linkage; the fixed cover plate is provided with an opening, and the fixed cover plate can extend out of the opening along with the rising of the cleaning mechanism. The device realizes the rotary reciprocating cleaning of the cleaning unit on the steam spray pipe through the rotation of the motor, has compact structure and can be flexibly installed.

Description

Automatic cleaning device for steam spray pipe of coffee machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of coffee machine cleaning, in particular to an automatic cleaning device for a steam spray pipe of a coffee machine.

Background

Along with the improvement of living standard day by day, people are diversified to the demand of drink day by day, wherein coffee has become an indispensable drink in many people's life, and the use of coffee machine then makes the preparation of coffee swift high-efficient more, in current market, most coffee machines all have the function of the bubble of suckleing, the bubble of suckleing mainly reaches the effect of the bubble of suckleing through the high temperature steam spray tube of coffee machine, because the steam spray tube makes its surface form the thick milk stain of one deck under high temperature after having beaten the bubble of suckleing, then waste time and energy through manual cleaning, and be scalded by high temperature steam spray tube easily, ordinary clear water washing unit can't the sanitization, make the coffee machine can't effectual the bubble of suckleing in follow-up use, and influence the health. In addition, with the development of automation equipment, how to realize the cleaning of the steam jet pipe of the coffee machine, which is rapid, effective, safe and sanitary, in various coffee machines is a key problem to be solved in the existing robot coffee machines which realize the automatic production and manufacture of coffee by combining a robot and the coffee machine.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an automatic cleaning device for a steam spray pipe of a coffee machine, aiming at overcoming the defects of low efficiency, potential safety hazards, incomplete cleaning of a common clear water washing device and the like of the conventional coffee machine steam spray pipe manual cleaning, and the device can be conveniently integrated in various coffee machines to realize automatic cleaning.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is as follows:

an automatic cleaning device for a steam spray pipe of a coffee machine comprises a fixed component and a moving component; the fixing component comprises a fixing bottom plate, a fixing cover plate, a supporting sleeve and a screw rod; the motion assembly comprises a power output mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a cleaning mechanism; the power output mechanism and the cleaning mechanism are driven to lift together along the screw rod by the rotation of the motor, and the cleaning assembly is driven to rotate synchronously by linkage; the fixed cover plate is provided with an opening, and the fixed cover plate can extend out of the opening along with the rising of the cleaning mechanism. The device realizes the rotary reciprocating cleaning of the cleaning unit on the steam spray pipe through the rotation of the motor.

In the above technical scheme, further, the lifting mechanism includes a lifting bottom plate, a lifting cover plate, a motor mounting plate, and a threaded gear shaft, wherein the lifting bottom plate and the lifting cover plate both pass through a screw rod, the lifting bottom plate and the lifting cover plate are fixed, and an accommodating space is formed between the lifting bottom plate and the lifting cover plate, the threaded gear shaft is located in the accommodating space and is sleeved on the screw rod through an internal thread, both ends are connected with the lifting bottom plate and the lifting cover plate through bearings, the motor is mounted above the lifting cover plate through the motor mounting plate, an output shaft of the motor extends into the accommodating space, a primary power output gear is mounted on the motor mounting plate, and the primary power output gear is meshed with an outer ring gear of the threaded gear shaft.

Furthermore, the power output mechanism further comprises an idler shaft, an idler wheel and a secondary power output gear in the accommodating space, the idler wheel and the secondary power output gear are respectively and fixedly installed on the idler shaft, the primary power output gear and the idler wheel are in meshing transmission, and two ends of the idler shaft are connected with the lifting bottom plate and the lifting cover plate through bearings.

Further, wiper mechanism include from the driving wheel, the rotation axis, interior brush, the water drainage tank, water pipe head, the inlet tube, drain pipe and waterproof sleeve, wherein follow driving wheel fixed mounting on the rotation axis, by the motor drive transmission among the power take off mechanism, the rotation axis passes through the bearing and is connected with elevating system, the water drainage tank is fixed to be located elevating system, the water drainage tank bottom is furnished with the outlet, interior brush is fixed in on the rotation axis, waterproof sleeve cover is above that, and waterproof sleeve bottom and water drainage tank side cooperation are sealed fixed, waterproof sleeve and interior brush are coaxial to be put and are offered the hole that supplies coffee machine steam spray tube business turn over, the inlet tube tip is fixed in on the waterproof sleeve of interior brush top, water piping connection outlet is drawn forth from the device bottom.

Furthermore, the rotation axis on be equipped with the diversion platform that outwards extends for lead washing wastewater to the water drainage tank top, be furnished with lip seal between rotation axis and the water drainage tank, adopt waterproof bearing between rotation axis and lift apron.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. safe and efficient cleaning is thorough. In the invention, the motor is used for driving the hairbrush to rotate, and the high-temperature steam spray pipe is cleaned by matching with external water inlet, so that unmanned automatic cleaning is realized, the risk of scalding by the high-temperature steam spray pipe due to manual operation is avoided, and in addition, the steam spray pipe can be cleaned more thoroughly by rotating and brushing the hairbrush in a reciprocating manner;

2. has the function of lifting and hiding. The rotary cleaning device has the advantages that the motor is used for completing the rotary cleaning function, and meanwhile, the lifting function is achieved, so that the rotary cleaning device can be installed under the table board in a hidden mode, when the motor works, the lifting mechanism rises to drive the rotary cleaning mechanism to float out of the table board, and the cleaning mechanism synchronously completes cleaning work.

3. The structure is compact and the installation space is small. The invention realizes two functions of lifting and rotating by utilizing a single motor, greatly reduces the integral structural size of the device, saves larger installation space for the use of customers and reduces the production layout cost.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an automatic cleaning device for a steam nozzle of a coffee machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view of an automatic cleaning device for a steam nozzle of a coffee maker according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a view of an automatic cleaning device for a steam nozzle of a coffee maker according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a view of an automatic cleaning device for a steam nozzle of a coffee maker according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a view of an automatic cleaning device for a steam nozzle of a coffee maker according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the automatic cleaning device for steam nozzle of coffee machine of the present invention (with the support sleeve omitted);

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a second three-dimensional structure of the automatic cleaning device for steam spraying pipe of coffee machine of the present invention (with the supporting sleeve component omitted);

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a threaded gear shaft of the automatic cleaning device for a steam nozzle of a coffee machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a water draining groove of an automatic cleaning device for a steam nozzle of a coffee machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a waterproof sleeve of an automatic cleaning device for a steam nozzle of a coffee machine according to the present invention;

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are clearly explained and illustrated below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the following embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the implementation, other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; may be mechanically coupled, may be electrically coupled or may be in communication with each other; 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.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic cleaning device for the steam nozzle of the coffee maker comprises a fixed component and a moving component;

the fixing component comprises a fixing bottom plate 1, a fixing cover plate 7, a supporting sleeve 2, a screw rod 4, a first supporting column 3, a second supporting column 5 and a third supporting column 6;

the motion assembly comprises a power output mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a cleaning mechanism;

the fixed base plate 1 and the fixed cover plate 7 are respectively and fixedly arranged at two ends of the supporting sleeve 2, and the first supporting column 3, the second supporting column 5, the third supporting column 6 and the screw rod 4 are provided with threads at two sides and are locked between the fixed base plate 1 and the fixed cover plate 7 through nuts; the power output mechanism and the cleaning mechanism are arranged on the lifting mechanism in the supporting sleeve 2, the power output mechanism comprises a motor 8, the cleaning mechanism comprises a cleaning assembly, the lifting mechanism is driven by the rotation of the motor 8 to carry the power output mechanism and the cleaning mechanism to lift along the screw rod together, and the cleaning assembly is driven to rotate synchronously; the fixed cover plate 7 is provided with an opening, and the cleaning mechanism can extend out of the fixed cover plate 7 from the opening along with the lifting of the cleaning mechanism. The whole device not only can greatly reduce the overall structure size of the device through ingenious structural design and layout, but also can realize the rotary reciprocating automatic cleaning of the steam spray pipe by the cleaning unit only by rotating the motor 8, and in addition, the device can be very conveniently arranged under a table top or combined or integrated with various coffee machines.

According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2-5, the power output mechanism comprises a motor 8, a primary power output gear 9, an idler shaft 10, an idler gear 11, a secondary power output gear 12, a first idler shaft bearing 13 and a second idler shaft bearing 14, wherein the primary power output gear 9 is mounted on an output shaft of the motor 8, the idler gear 11 and the secondary power output gear 12 are locked on the idler shaft 10 through keys and screws, and the primary power output gear 9 and the idler gear 11 are in meshing transmission;

the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting bottom plate 15, a lifting cover plate 16, a motor mounting plate 17 and a threaded gear shaft 18, wherein the lifting bottom plate 15 and the lifting cover plate 16 both penetrate through the screw rod 4, the first support column 3, the second support column 5 and the third support column 6, the lifting bottom plate 15 and the lifting cover plate 16 are fixed, a containing space is formed between the lifting bottom plate 15 and the lifting cover plate 16, the threaded gear shaft 18 is located in the containing space and is sleeved on the screw rod 4 through internal threads (the structure of the threaded gear shaft 18 is shown in figure 8), and the motor mounting plate 17 is fixed on the lifting bottom plate 15 and is used for mounting the motor 8; the threaded gear shaft 18 is fixed between the lifting bottom plate 15 and the lifting cover plate 16 through a first gear shaft bearing 19 and a second gear shaft bearing 20, and the threaded gear shaft 18 is meshed with the primary power output gear 9 through an outer ring gear; when the power output mechanism outputs power, the primary power output gear 9 drives the threaded gear shaft 18 to rotate through gear meshing, and the up-and-down movement of the lifting mechanism is realized.

The rotary cleaning mechanism comprises a driven wheel 21, a rotary shaft 22, a rotary bearing 23, a waterproof bearing 24, a lip-shaped sealing ring 25, an inner hairbrush 26, an inner hairbrush sealing cover 27, a drainage groove 28, a water pipe joint 29, a water inlet pipe 30, a drainage pipe 31, an O-shaped sealing ring 32 and a waterproof sleeve 33; the driven wheel 21 is arranged on a rotating shaft 22 through a key and a screw and is in meshed transmission with the secondary power output gear 12, the rotating shaft 22 is fixed between a drainage groove 28 and the lifting bottom plate 15 through a rotating bearing 23 and a waterproof bearing 24, a groove is formed in the upper end face of the rotating shaft for drainage (as shown in figure 9), and a lip-shaped sealing ring 25 is arranged between the rotating shaft 22 and the drainage groove 28; the drainage groove 28 is fixed on the lifting bottom plate 15 through screws, in the embodiment, the drainage groove directly replaces part of the lifting cover plate, in other embodiments of the invention, the drainage groove can also be directly fixed on the lifting cover plate or directly formed on the lifting cover plate, the bottom of the drainage groove is provided with a water inlet and a water outlet, and is provided with a water pipe connector 29, a water inlet pipe 30 and a water outlet pipe 31 are respectively matched and connected with corresponding interfaces, the side edge of the drainage groove 28 is provided with two groups of bayonets, and the end surface of the side edge is provided with a groove for placing an O-shaped ring 32; the waterproof sleeve 33 is matched with and presses the O-shaped ring 32 through a bayonet at the bottom and a bayonet at the side edge of the drainage groove 28 and is fixed, the upper end of the waterproof sleeve 33 is provided with a hole for the steam spray pipe to pass in and out, the inner wall of the waterproof sleeve is provided with a threading pipeline for fixing the water inlet pipe 30, the top of the waterproof sleeve is provided with a water pipe support pipe frame port, and a water pipe joint 29 (shown in figure 10) is arranged; the inner brushes 26 are tightly sealed by two groups of inner brush sealing covers 27 and are arranged on the rotating shaft 22, and can also be fixed with the rotating shaft 22 in other modes; when the power output mechanism outputs power, the gear is meshed to drive the rotating shaft to synchronously rotate while lifting, so that the inner brush arranged on the rotating shaft completes rotation and reciprocating cleaning of the steam spray pipe extending into the inner brush under the matching of water inlet of the water inlet pipe.

In addition, a water guide table extending outward can be arranged on the rotating shaft 22 for guiding the cleaned wastewater directly to the drainage tank. The water inlet pipe 30 and the water outlet pipe 31 are routed from the bottom of the device, may be routed from the lowest part through the fixed bottom plate, or may be routed through between the lifting bottom plate and the lifting cover plate.

The foregoing are merely exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can easily make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention defined by the claims from the text, drawings and claims provided by the present invention. Any modification, modification or equivalent variations of the above-described embodiments, which are made in accordance with the technical spirit and substance of the present invention, fall within the scope of the present invention as defined in the claims.

Claims

1. An automatic cleaning device for a steam spray pipe of a coffee machine is characterized by comprising a fixed component and a moving component; the fixing component comprises a fixing bottom plate (1), a fixing cover plate (7), a supporting sleeve (2) and a screw (4); the motion assembly comprises a power output mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a cleaning mechanism; the fixed bottom plate (1) and the fixed cover plate (7) are respectively and fixedly arranged at two ends of the supporting sleeve (2), two ends of the screw (4) are respectively fixed on the fixed bottom plate (1) and the fixed cover plate (7), the power output mechanism and the cleaning mechanism are arranged on the lifting mechanism in the supporting sleeve (2), the power output mechanism comprises a motor (8), the cleaning mechanism comprises a cleaning component, the lifting mechanism is driven by the rotation of the motor (8) to carry the power output mechanism and the cleaning mechanism to lift together along the screw, and the cleaning component is driven to rotate synchronously by linkage; be equipped with the trompil on fixed cover plate (7), can follow along with wiper mechanism rises the fixed cover plate (7) is stretched out to the trompil, the device passes through motor (8) and rotates the rotatory reciprocal washing that realizes cleaning unit to the steam spray tube, wiper mechanism include from driving wheel (21), rotation axis (22), interior brush (26), water drainage tank (28), water pipe joint (29), inlet tube (30), drain pipe (31) and waterproof cover tube (33), wherein follow driving wheel (21) fixed mounting on rotation axis (22), by the motor drive transmission in the power take off mechanism, rotation axis (22) are connected with elevating system through the bearing, water drainage tank (28) are fixed in on elevating system, the water drainage tank bottom is furnished with the outlet, interior brush (26) are fixed in on rotation axis (22), waterproof cover tube (33) cover is on it, and waterproof cover tube (33) bottom and elevating system (28) side cooperation are sealed fixed, waterproof cover tube (33) and interior brush (26) coaxial position offer the hole that supplies coffee machine steam spray tube, inlet tube (30) tip is fixed in the water drainage tube (33) top, the brush is drawn forth water drainage tube bottom from water drainage device (31).

2. The automatic cleaning device for the steam nozzle of the coffee maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting bottom plate (15), a lifting cover plate (16), a motor mounting plate (17) and a threaded gear shaft (18), wherein the lifting bottom plate (15) and the lifting cover plate (16) both pass through the screw (4), the lifting bottom plate (15) and the lifting cover plate (16) are fixed, a containing space is formed between the lifting bottom plate and the lifting cover plate (16), the threaded gear shaft (18) is located in the containing space and sleeved on the screw (4) through internal threads, two ends of the threaded gear shaft are connected with the lifting bottom plate (15) and the lifting cover plate (16) through bearings, the motor (8) is mounted above the lifting cover plate (16) through the motor mounting plate, an output shaft of the motor extends into the containing space, a primary power output gear (9) is mounted on the threaded gear shaft, and the primary power output gear (9) is meshed with an outer ring of the threaded gear shaft (18).

3. The automatic cleaning device for the steam nozzle of the coffee machine according to claim 2, wherein the power output mechanism further comprises an idler shaft (10), an idler wheel (11) and a secondary power output gear (12) in the accommodating space, the idler wheel (11) and the secondary power output gear (12) are respectively and fixedly mounted on the idler shaft (10), the primary power output gear (9) and the idler wheel (11) are in meshing transmission, and two ends of the idler shaft (10) are connected with the lifting bottom plate (15) and the lifting cover plate (16) through bearings.

4. The automatic cleaning device for the steam nozzle of the coffee machine as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the rotating shaft (22) is provided with a water guide platform extending outwards for guiding cleaning waste water above the water discharge groove (28), a lip-shaped sealing ring (25) is arranged between the rotating shaft (22) and the water discharge groove (28), and a waterproof bearing is arranged between the rotating shaft (22) and the lifting cover plate (16).

5. An automatic cleaning device for steam nozzle of coffee machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner wall of said waterproof sleeve (33) is equipped with a threading pipe for fixing the water inlet pipe (30), and the top of the waterproof sleeve is equipped with a water pipe support frame opening equipped with a water pipe joint (29), and the water inlet pipe (30) is introduced from the bottom of the device.