CN209879634U - Beverage capsule supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a drink capsule feeding mechanism, including frame, goods way, capsule pusher, plate of distributor and drive arrangement, wherein, capsule pusher installs to the frame, and the goods way is installed on the plate of distributor, and the plate of distributor movably installs in the frame, and drive arrangement installs to the frame and can drive the plate of distributor motion to make the goods way can move to shipment position or leave shipment position, and capsule pusher will move the drink capsule release in the goods way to shipment position. The utility model discloses can use automatic supply of material technical field, through the motion of plate of distributor, each homoenergetic in making a plurality of goods says can move to shipment position to a capsule pusher can share in a plurality of goods says, has not only reduced drink capsule feeding mechanism's cost, has reduced drink capsule feeding mechanism's volume, has still avoided the too much reliability decline problem that brings of capsule pusher, has improved drink capsule feeding mechanism's use and has experienced.

Description

Beverage capsule supply device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic supply of material technical field, in particular to drink capsule feeding mechanism.

Background

The shipment device of current small-size vending machine generally adopts spiral pay-off technical scheme, is equipped with the screw conveyor strip of a similar spring in the goods way, and the goods is placed in the helical gap of screw conveyor strip, and every pitch corresponds a goods, through the rotation of screw conveyor strip, pushes out the goods forward, and every rotatory round of screw conveyor strip is the distance of a spiral pitch of goods propelling movement to reach the purpose of pay-off.

Goods among the above-mentioned spiral conveying strip can not be pressed from both sides tightly by spiral conveying strip, and spiral conveying strip itself is the spiral shape, and consequently, adjacent goods clearance in same spiral strip is big, and the goods holding rate is low, extravagant inner space of selling the machine. And for the drink capsule vending machine of placing in places such as indoor bar, tea room, office mostly, require small, the goods volume is many, and have high requirement to the holding rate.

For vending machines, there are a variety of beverage capsules that can be selected, meaning that multiple lanes are required. If only carry out simple stack to the goods way, the vending machine that obtains is not only with higher costs, and the volume is also great simultaneously, uses to experience also to be difficult to guarantee.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, the utility model provides a compact structure, small, the reliability is high, use the beverage capsule feeding mechanism who experiences.

In order to achieve the purpose of the utility model, the utility model discloses the technical scheme who takes as follows:

a beverage capsule supply comprising a frame, a lane and a capsule pusher mounted to the frame; the beverage capsule supply device further comprises a distribution plate and a driving device, the cargo channel is mounted on the distribution plate, the distribution plate is movably mounted on the rack, the driving device is mounted on the rack and can drive the distribution plate to move, so that the cargo channel can move to a delivery position or leave the delivery position, and the capsule pushing device pushes out beverage capsules in the cargo channel moving to the delivery position.

Optionally, the cargo channel is provided with a plurality of cargo channels, and the plurality of cargo channels are uniformly distributed on the distribution plate.

Optionally, the distribution plate is a rotatable circular plate, the driving device is a rotary driving device capable of driving the distribution plate to rotate, and the plurality of the cargo channels are arranged along the circumferential direction of the distribution plate.

Optionally, the rotary drive comprises a motor and a gear assembly,

the motor is arranged on the rack, and the rotating axis of the motor shaft of the motor is superposed with the rotating axis of the distribution disc, or the rotating axis of the motor shaft of the motor is positioned on one side of the rotating axis of the distribution disc;

the transmission ratio of the gear transmission device is not less than 1, a driving wheel of the gear transmission device is installed on a motor shaft of the motor, and a driven wheel of the gear transmission device is installed on the distribution disc.

Optionally, one of the rack and the distribution plate is provided with a rotating shaft, and the other is provided with a shaft hole matched with the rotating shaft;

or one of the rack and the distribution disc is provided with a rotating shaft, and the other is provided with a bearing matched with the rotating shaft.

Optionally, the distribution tray is a distribution tray capable of translational motion along a first direction, the driving device is a linear driving device capable of driving the distribution tray to perform translational motion, and a plurality of the goods channels are arranged on the distribution tray in a row along the first direction;

or, the distribution tray is a distribution tray capable of translational motion along a first direction and a second direction, the driving device comprises a first linear driving device capable of driving the distribution tray to translational motion along the first direction and a second linear driving device capable of driving the distribution tray to translational motion along the second direction, and the plurality of goods channels are arranged in a plurality of rows on the distribution tray, wherein the first direction and the second direction are not parallel.

Optionally, the cargo channel comprises a vertically arranged cargo channel pipe and a pushing cavity arranged at the bottom of the cargo channel pipe, a capsule outlet is arranged on the side wall of the pushing cavity, and an avoidance groove for the capsule pushing device to enter and exit the pushing cavity is arranged on the bottom wall and/or the side wall of the pushing cavity;

the pushing cavity is positioned below the distribution disc, and the upper part of the cargo channel pipe protrudes out of the distribution disc.

Optionally, be equipped with the slide of slope in the frame, the first end of slide with move to the shipment position the capsule export of goods way links up, the second end of slide is for first end downward sloping.

Optionally, the frame dustcoat has first shell, be equipped with the shipment mouth on the first shell, the second end of slide passes the shipment mouth stretches out outside the first shell, stretch out of slide the edge of the part of first shell is equipped with the slide side wall that upwards extends, slide side wall is higher than the distance of slide sets to be less than the height of drink capsule, slide side wall with slide fixed connection or with first shell fixed connection.

Optionally, the cargo way housing has a second housing removably connectable to the rack.

After the technical scheme is adopted, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:

1. in the beverage capsule supply device, a cargo channel is arranged on a distribution plate, the distribution plate is movably arranged on a rack, and a driving device can drive the distribution plate to move so as to drive the cargo channel to move, so that the cargo channel can move to a delivery position, and a capsule pushing device can push out beverage capsules in the cargo channel. When the goods way is provided with a plurality ofly, the motion of accessible plate of distributor makes each goods way homoenergetic move to shipment position, and a capsule pusher can be used in the same place to a plurality of goods ways like this, realizes the shipment of the beverage capsule of choosing, has not only reduced beverage capsule feeding mechanism's cost, has reduced beverage capsule feeding mechanism's volume, has still avoided the too much reliability decline problem that brings of capsule pusher, has improved beverage capsule feeding mechanism's use and has experienced.

2. The distribution plate is a rotatable disc, the driving device is a rotary driving device, and the plurality of cargo channels are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the distribution plate, so that the distribution plate can be driven to rotate by the rotary driving device to enable each of the plurality of cargo channels to move to a delivery position. The distribution plate is arranged as a rotatable disc, which is beneficial to further reducing the volume of the beverage capsule supply device.

3. In the rotary driving device, the motor is installed on the frame, and the motor can be arranged at the central position or eccentrically, so that the rotating axis of the motor shaft of the motor is superposed with the rotating axis of the distribution disk or positioned at one side of the rotating axis of the distribution disk. The position of the motor can be flexibly arranged, so that the position design and installation of other parts are facilitated.

The transmission ratio of the gear transmission device is not less than 1, wherein when the transmission ratio is less than 1, the motor rotates for a certain angle, the angular displacement of the distribution disc is smaller, so if the rotation of the motor generates an angle error, the rotation angle error of the distribution disc is smaller, the rotation positioning precision of the distribution disc can be effectively improved, and the alignment of the goods channel and the capsule pushing device is more accurate.

4. One of the rack and the distribution plate is provided with a rotating shaft, and the other is provided with a shaft hole matched with the rotating shaft; or one of the rack and the distribution plate is provided with a rotating shaft, and the other is provided with a bearing matched with the rotating shaft. Through the mutually matched rotating shaft and shaft hole or the mutually matched rotating shaft and bearing, the smooth rotating motion between the distribution disc and the rack is realized.

5. The distribution plate is a distribution plate capable of performing translational motion, the driving device is a linear driving device capable of driving the distribution plate to perform translational motion, and the plurality of goods channels are arranged in one or more rows on the distribution plate. The linear driving device can drive the distribution plate to translate, so that each of the plurality of goods channels can move to the delivery position, and the delivery of the beverage capsules in each goods channel is realized.

6. The goods way includes the goods way pipe of vertical setting and sets up the propelling movement chamber in goods way socle portion for drink capsule can directly pile up in the goods way, can utilize the space in the goods way to the furthest, promotes drink capsule feeding device's holding rate. The goods way pipe is vertically arranged and the pushing cavity is positioned at the bottom of the goods way pipe, so that after one beverage capsule in the pushing cavity is pushed out, the next beverage capsule can automatically fall to the pushing cavity under the action of gravity effectively, the action of additionally arranging a power device to realize the action is avoided, and the beverage capsule supply device is simpler and more reliable.

Be provided with the capsule export on the lateral wall in propelling movement chamber, and be equipped with on the diapire in propelling movement chamber and/or the lateral wall and be used for the capsule pusher to pass in and out the groove of dodging in the propelling movement intracavity, like this when propelling movement drink capsule, capsule pusher can follow the groove of dodging and get into the propelling movement intracavity, then releases the drink capsule in the propelling movement intracavity from the capsule export, and capsule pusher withdraws from dodging the groove at last and pushes away the chamber. In addition, the capsule pushing device is withdrawn from the avoiding groove to the pushing cavity so as not to influence the distribution plate to drive the goods channel to move.

7. The rack is provided with an inclined slideway, the first end of the slideway is connected with a capsule outlet of the goods channel moving to the goods delivery position, and the second end of the slideway is inclined downwards relative to the first end. Thus, when the beverage capsule is pushed out from the capsule outlet of the goods channel, the beverage capsule firstly falls on the slide way and then slides along the inclined slide way. In the process of sliding, the beverage capsule does not turn over, and characters, patterns and the like printed on the membrane of the beverage capsule can be clearly seen before a consumer takes the beverage capsule, so that the experience is excellent.

8. The frame dustcoat has first shell, and be equipped with the shipment mouth on the first shell, the second end of slide passes the shipment mouth and stretches out outside first shell, the edge of the part of the first shell that stretches out of slide is equipped with the slide side leg that upwards extends, the distance that slide side leg exceeds the slide sets the height that is less than the drink capsule to, such setting, make the drink capsule follow shipment mouth roll-off after, the upper portion edge protrusion in slide side leg of drink capsule, the consumer can conveniently snatch the drink capsule, it is convenient to get goods. In addition, the first shell of slide roll-off can be followed to the drink capsule, makes the drink capsule directly present consumer's eyes, and it is convenient to take, does not like current automatic vending machine, needs the consumer to push away with the hand and gets goods mouth valve, stretches into again and gets the goods groove and snatch the goods, uses inconveniently.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in the description that follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the present invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the embodiments of the invention and not to limit the embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a beverage capsule supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the beverage capsule supply device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the beverage capsule supply apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is another schematic cross-sectional view of the beverage capsule supply apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the structure of section A of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a partially cut-away schematic view of the beverage capsule supply device shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 8 is a partial structural view of fig. 7.

Reference numerals:

1-frame, 10-slide, 11-slide side wall, 110-slide side wall, 111-support part, 12-rotating shaft, 2-cargo channel, 21-cargo channel pipe, 22-pushing cavity, 23-capsule outlet, 24-avoidance groove, 3-capsule pushing device, 4-distribution plate, 5-driving device, 51-motor, 52-driving wheel, 53-driven wheel, 55-bearing, 6-first shell, 61-outlet and 7-beverage capsule.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The first embodiment is as follows:

as shown in fig. 1-4, the present embodiment provides a beverage capsule supply device, which includes a frame 1, a cargo channel 2, a capsule pushing device 3, a distribution plate 4 and a driving device 5. Wherein, the goods channel 2 is arranged on the distribution plate 4, the distribution plate 4 is movably arranged on the frame 1, the driving device 5 is arranged on the frame 1 and can drive the distribution plate 4 to move so as to drive the goods channel 2 to move, and the goods channel 2 can move to the delivery position or leave the delivery position. The capsule pushing device 3 is mounted to the frame 1 and can push out beverage capsules 7 in the cargo way 2 moved to the shipment position.

Optionally, the cargo channel 2 is provided in plurality, and the plurality of cargo channels 2 are uniformly distributed on the distribution plate 4.

When being provided with a plurality of goods way 2 on the plate of distributor 4, the motion of accessible plate of distributor 4 makes each goods way 2 homoenergetic move to shipment position, a capsule pusher 3 can be used in the same place to a plurality of goods ways 2 like this, realize the shipment of the beverage capsule 7 of choosing, the cost of beverage capsule feeding mechanism has not only been reduced, the volume of beverage capsule feeding mechanism has been reduced, still avoided the too much reliability decline problem that brings of capsule pusher 3, the use experience of beverage capsule feeding mechanism has been improved.

A plurality of goods channels 2 are arranged on the distribution plate 4, and a class of beverage capsules 7 are respectively stored in each goods channel 2. When a consumer purchases one of the types of beverage capsules 7, the dispensing tray 4 is driven by the drive device 5 fixed to the frame 1, and the dispensing tray 4 stops moving when the selected beverage capsule 7 is moved to the delivery position in the delivery lane 2. At this time, the capsule pushing device 3 starts to work, and pushes out the selected beverage capsules 7 one by one, thereby completing the work. When the consumer makes the next beverage capsule 7 purchase, the above-described process is repeated.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the distribution tray 4 is a circular disk rotatable about its central axis, and a plurality of lanes 2 are arranged along the circumferential direction of the distribution tray 4. Accordingly, the driving device 5 is a rotary driving device which can drive the distribution plate 4 to rotate.

So set up, accessible rotary drive device drive distribution dish 4 rotates, makes each of a plurality of goods way 2 along the circumference equipartition of distribution dish 4 can both move to shipment position to can push out beverage capsule 7 in any goods way 2. Furthermore, the provision of the dispensing disc 4 as a rotatable disc facilitates a further reduction of the bulk of the beverage capsule supply device.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the rotation driving means includes a motor 51 and a gear transmission. Wherein the motor 51 is mounted on the frame 1, and the rotation axis of the motor shaft of the motor 51 coincides with the rotation axis of the distribution plate 4, or the rotation axis of the motor shaft of the motor 51 is located at one side of the rotation axis of the distribution plate 4.

The rotation axis of the motor shaft of the motor 51 may coincide with the rotation axis of the distribution disk 4 or be located at one side of the rotation axis of the distribution disk 4, that is, the motor 51 may be disposed at the center of the distribution disk 4 or eccentrically, and the position of the motor 51 may be flexibly set, which is convenient for the position design and installation of other components.

Alternatively, the gear ratio of the gear transmission is not less than 1, and as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the driving pulley 52 of the gear transmission is mounted on the motor shaft of the motor 51, and the driven pulley 53 of the gear transmission is mounted on the distribution plate 4.

When the transmission ratio is smaller than 1, the motor 51 rotates by a certain angle, and the angular displacement of the distribution disc 4 is smaller, so that if an angle error is generated by the rotation of the motor 51, the rotation angle error of the distribution disc 4 is smaller, the rotation positioning precision of the distribution disc 4 can be effectively improved, and the alignment of the goods channel 2 and the capsule pushing device 3 is more accurate.

In a specific example, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, a motor 51 fixed to the frame 1 is eccentrically disposed, a driving wheel (pinion) 52 is mounted on a motor shaft of the motor 51, and a driven wheel (bull gear) 53 (see fig. 2) engaged with the driving wheel 52 and centered on a rotation axis of the distribution plate 4 is disposed on an outer edge of the distribution plate 4. When the motor 51 rotates, the whole distribution plate 4 is driven to rotate by the meshing transmission of the driving wheel 52 and the driven wheel 53. Since the diameter of the driven wheel (gearwheel) 53 is larger than the diameter of the driving wheel (pinion) 52, that is, the transmission ratio of the gear transmission device is smaller than 1, when the motor 51 drives the driving wheel (pinion) 52 to rotate by a certain angle, the rotation angle of the driven wheel (gearwheel) 53 is smaller, which also means that the angular displacement of the dispensing disc 4 is smaller, and the rotation angle error of the dispensing disc 4 caused by the rotation angle error of the motor 51 can be reduced.

In another specific example, the motor 51 fixed on the frame 1 is arranged at the central position, the rotation axis of the motor shaft is coincident with the rotation axis of the distribution plate 4, and the motor shaft of the motor 51 is provided with the driving wheel 52, the outer edge of the distribution plate 4 is provided with the driven wheel 53 engaged with the driving wheel 52, and the diameter of the driven wheel 53 is equal to the diameter of the driving wheel 52, i.e. the transmission ratio of the gear transmission is equal to 1, so that when the motor 51 drives the distribution plate 4 to rotate, the rotation is smooth.

Optionally, one of the rack 1 and the distribution plate 4 is provided with a rotating shaft, and the other is provided with a shaft hole matched with the rotating shaft; alternatively, one of the frame 1 and the distribution plate 4 is provided with a rotating shaft 12, and the other is provided with a bearing 55 matched with the rotating shaft 12.

Smooth rotational movement between the distribution plate 4 and the frame 1 is achieved by the cooperating shaft 12 and shaft hole, or the cooperating shaft 12 and bearing 55.

In a specific example, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the frame 1 is provided with a rotating shaft 12, and the distribution plate 4 is provided with a bearing 55 engaged with the rotating shaft 12.

The rotating shaft 12 and the bearing 55 may be disposed in a central region surrounded by the plurality of lanes 2, or may be disposed at the periphery of the plurality of lanes 2. The rotating shaft 12 and the bearing 55 may be cylindrical structures which are matched with each other; or one of the two structures can be a cylindrical structure, and the other structure is composed of a plurality of convex structures tangent to the cylindrical structure, and the plurality of convex structures are matched to enclose a cavity matched with the cylindrical structure.

Of course, it is also possible to insert a standard bearing only in the central position, the inner and outer races of which are fixed to the distribution plate 4 and the frame 1, respectively.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 6, the cargo channel 2 comprises a vertically arranged cargo channel tube 21 and a pushing cavity 22 arranged at the bottom of the cargo channel tube 21 and capable of containing the beverage capsule 7, wherein the pushing cavity 22 is in a shape of a cone with a larger upper part and a smaller upper part. The beverage capsules 7 can be directly stacked in the goods passage 2, so that the space in the goods passage 2 is utilized to the maximum extent, and the accommodation rate of the beverage capsule supply device is improved. In addition, after one beverage capsule 7 in the pushing cavity 22 is pushed out, the next beverage capsule 7 can automatically fall to the pushing cavity 22 by effectively utilizing the action of gravity, so that an additional power device is not needed to realize the action, and the beverage capsule supply device is simpler and more reliable.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 2 and 7, a capsule outlet 23 is provided on a side wall of the pushing chamber 22, and an avoiding groove 24 for the capsule pushing device 3 to enter and exit the pushing chamber 22 is provided on a bottom wall and/or a side wall of the pushing chamber 22, wherein a width of the avoiding groove 24 is smaller than a diameter of the bottom of the beverage capsule 7. When the beverage capsule 7 is pushed, the capsule pushing device 3 can enter the pushing cavity 22 from the avoiding groove 24, then push the beverage capsule 7 in the pushing cavity 22 out from the capsule outlet 23, and finally the capsule pushing device 3 exits the pushing cavity 22 from the avoiding groove 24. Furthermore, the capsule pushing device 3 exits the pushing chamber 22 from the escape slot 24, so that the movement of the distribution plate 4 with the goods channel 2 is not influenced, so that the rotation of the distribution plate 4 can be reliably achieved.

In a specific example, as shown in fig. 2 and 7, the push chamber 22 is provided with a capsule outlet 23 on the radially outer side wall in the radial direction with the rotation axis of the distribution disk 3 as the center, and the push chamber 22 is provided with an avoidance groove 24 on the bottom wall and the radially inner side wall in the radial direction with the rotation axis of the distribution disk 3 as the center.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, after the cargo way 2 is mounted on the distribution tray 4, the pushing chamber 22 is located below the distribution tray 4, and the upper portion of the cargo way tube 21 protrudes from the distribution tray 4.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the capsule pusher 3 is located below the distribution plate 4 and comprises a drive motor and a rotatable pusher block. Wherein, driving motor drive propelling movement piece rotates, and the propelling movement piece rotates with frame 1 through rotating connecting portion and being connected, and rotates the below that connecting portion are located propelling movement chamber 22. When the beverage capsule 7 is delivered, the driving motor drives the pushing block to rotate, so that the upper end of the pushing block enters the pushing cavity 22 from the avoiding groove 24 in a rotating manner, and the beverage capsule 7 in the pushing cavity 22 is pushed out from the capsule outlet 23.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 6-8, the frame 1 is provided with an inclined chute 10, a first end (upper end) of the chute 10 is engaged with the capsule outlet 23 of the chute 2 moved to the shipment position, and a second end (lower end) of the chute 10 is inclined downward with respect to the first end. The chute 10 may be arranged in a radial direction with the axis of rotation of the dispensing tray 4 as the center, and may have a width corresponding to the width of the lower end of the capsule outlet 23 of the chute 2.

The frame 1 is provided with an inclined slide 10 so that when the beverage capsule 7 is pushed out from the capsule outlet 23 of the goods channel 2, it falls onto the slide 10 and then slides along the inclined slide 10. In the process of sliding, the beverage capsule 7 is not turned, and characters, patterns and the like printed on the membrane of the beverage capsule 7 can be clearly seen before a consumer takes the beverage capsule, so that the experience is excellent.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 7 and fig. 8, the housing 1 is covered with a first casing 6, the first casing 6 is provided with a cargo outlet 61, and the second end of the slide 10 passes through the cargo outlet 61 and extends out of the first casing 6, so that the beverage capsule 7 can pass through the cargo outlet 61 and slide out of the first casing 6 in the process of sliding along the slide 10. Wherein, the width of the goods outlet 61 is larger than the maximum diameter of the beverage capsule 7, and the distance from the upper frame edge to the slide way 10 is larger than the height of the beverage capsule 7.

The edge of the part of the slide 10 extending out of the first shell 6 is provided with a slide side surrounding wall 11 extending upwards, the distance between the slide side surrounding wall 11 and the slide 10 is set to be smaller than the height of the beverage capsule 7, so that after the beverage capsule 7 slides out of the goods outlet 61, the upper edge of the beverage capsule 7 protrudes out of the slide side surrounding wall 11, and a consumer can conveniently grab the beverage capsule 7 and take goods conveniently. In addition, because first slide 10 stretches out outside first shell 6, make drink capsule 7 can slide out first shell 6, directly present consumer's eyes, take the convenience, unlike current automatic vending machine, need the consumer to push away with the hand and get goods mouth valve, stretch into again and get the goods groove and snatch the goods, it is inconvenient to use.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1, the chute side surrounding wall 11 is substantially U-shaped, and includes chute side walls 110 on both sides and a support portion 111 connected to one end of the two chute side walls 110. The width of the support 111 is smaller than the diameter of the upper edge of the beverage capsule 7, but larger than the diameter of the cup of the beverage capsule 7; the other ends of the two chute side walls 110 extend to both sides of the cargo outlet 61, and the distance between the two chute side walls 110 is equal to the width of the chute 10 or the width of the support part 111.

The slideway side wall 11 can be fixedly connected with the slideway 10, or can be fixedly connected with the first shell 6. In a specific example, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the two chute side walls 110 of the chute side enclosure 11 are fixedly connected to the first housing 6.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1 and 7, the first shell 6 may also wrap around the outer edge of the distribution tray 4.

Optionally, the cargo way 2 is covered by a second housing (not shown) that is detachably connected to the rack 1. The second housing is detachable so that a beverage capsule 7 can be added into the cargo channel 2, and maintenance is facilitated.

The first housing 6 and the second housing cooperate to wrap the components of the beverage capsule supply device inside, making the beverage capsule supply device aesthetically pleasing.

Example two:

this embodiment provides a beverage capsule supply device (not shown) which differs from the first embodiment mainly in the dispensing disc and the drive means.

In this embodiment, the distribution tray is a distribution tray capable of performing a translational motion, the driving device is a linear driving device capable of driving the distribution tray to perform a translational motion, and the plurality of lanes are arranged in one or more rows on the distribution tray. The linear driving device can drive the distribution plate to translate, so that each of the plurality of goods channels can move to the delivery position, and the delivery of the beverage capsules in each goods channel is realized.

In one embodiment, the distribution tray is a distribution tray capable of translational movement in a first direction, the linear driving device is a distribution tray capable of driving the distribution tray to translational movement in the first direction, and the plurality of lanes are aligned in a row on the distribution tray in the first direction.

In another specific example, the distribution tray is a distribution tray which can move in a translational manner along a first direction and a second direction, the linear driving device comprises a first linear driving device which can drive the distribution tray to move in the translational manner along the first direction and a second linear driving device which can drive the distribution tray to move in the translational manner along the second direction, and the plurality of goods channels are arranged in a plurality of rows on the distribution tray, wherein the first direction and the second direction are not parallel.

The beverage capsule supply device of the above embodiment of the present application has the following beneficial effects:

1. through the movement of the distribution plate, a plurality of goods channels share one capsule pushing device, so that the cost is reduced, the volume of the beverage capsule supply device is reduced, and the problem of reliability reduction caused by excessive capsule pushing devices is solved;

2. the transmission ratio of the gear transmission device in the rotary driving device is set to be smaller than 1, so that the rotary positioning precision of the distribution plate can be effectively improved, and the alignment of the goods channel and the capsule pushing device is more accurate;

3. the goods channel is vertically arranged, so that the next beverage capsule can automatically reach the pushing cavity by effectively utilizing the action of gravity, an additional power device is omitted for realizing the action, and the beverage capsule supply device is simpler in structure and reliable in operation;

4. the capsule pushing device can enter and leave the pushing cavity from the avoiding groove, so that the beverage capsules can be conveniently pushed out of the pushing cavity, and meanwhile, the distribution plate of the distribution plate drives the goods channel to move reliably;

5. the setting of the slide that slopes on the frame and the setting of slide side leg make the drink capsule openly present in the front of the consumer to can conveniently take with the hand, make drink capsule feeding mechanism convenient to use, experience good.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but the contents described are only embodiments adopted for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A beverage capsule supply apparatus comprising a frame, a lane mounted to the frame, and a capsule pusher mounted to the frame, characterized in that the beverage capsule supply apparatus further comprises a dispensing tray mounted to the dispensing tray movably mounted to the frame, and a drive device mounted to the frame and capable of driving the dispensing tray to move so that the lane can move to or from a shipping position, the capsule pusher pushing out beverage capsules within the lane moved to the shipping position.

2. The beverage capsule supply of claim 1, wherein the lane is provided in plurality, and the lanes are evenly distributed over the dispensing tray.

3. The beverage capsule supplying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the dispensing plate is a rotatable circular plate, the driving device is a rotary driving device capable of driving the dispensing plate to rotate, and the plurality of lanes are arranged along a circumferential direction of the dispensing plate.

4. The beverage capsule supply of claim 3, wherein the rotary drive comprises a motor and a gear assembly,

the motor is arranged on the rack, and the rotating axis of the motor shaft of the motor is superposed with the rotating axis of the distribution disc, or the rotating axis of the motor shaft of the motor is positioned on one side of the rotating axis of the distribution disc;

the transmission ratio of the gear transmission device is not less than 1, a driving wheel of the gear transmission device is installed on a motor shaft of the motor, and a driven wheel of the gear transmission device is installed on the distribution disc.

5. The beverage capsule supplying device of claim 3, wherein one of the frame and the dispensing tray is provided with a rotating shaft, and the other is provided with a shaft hole matched with the rotating shaft;

or one of the rack and the distribution disc is provided with a rotating shaft, and the other is provided with a bearing matched with the rotating shaft.

6. The beverage capsule supplying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the dispensing tray is a dispensing tray that is translationally movable in a first direction, the driving means is a linear driving means that drives the dispensing tray to translationally move, and the plurality of lanes are aligned in the first direction on the dispensing tray;

or, the distribution tray is a distribution tray capable of translational motion along a first direction and a second direction, the driving device comprises a first linear driving device capable of driving the distribution tray to translational motion along the first direction and a second linear driving device capable of driving the distribution tray to translational motion along the second direction, and the plurality of goods channels are arranged in a plurality of rows on the distribution tray, wherein the first direction and the second direction are not parallel.

7. The beverage capsule supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the cargo channel comprises a vertically arranged cargo channel pipe and a pushing cavity arranged at the bottom of the cargo channel pipe, a capsule outlet is arranged on the side wall of the pushing cavity, and an avoiding groove for the capsule pushing device to enter and exit the pushing cavity is arranged on the bottom wall and/or the side wall of the pushing cavity;

the pushing cavity is positioned below the distribution disc, and the upper part of the cargo channel pipe protrudes out of the distribution disc.

8. The beverage capsule supply of claim 7, wherein the frame has an inclined chute, a first end of the chute engaging the capsule outlet of the chute moved to the shipping position, a second end of the chute being inclined downwardly relative to the first end.

9. The beverage capsule supplying device of claim 8, wherein the frame is covered by a first housing, the first housing is provided with a cargo outlet, the second end of the chute passes through the cargo outlet and extends out of the first housing, the edge of the portion of the chute extending out of the first housing is provided with a chute side surrounding wall extending upwards, the distance from the chute side surrounding wall to the chute is smaller than the height of the beverage capsule, and the chute side surrounding wall is fixedly connected with the chute or fixedly connected with the first housing.

10. The beverage capsule supply of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the cargo way is covered by a second housing, the second housing being detachably connectable to the frame.