CN210479258U - Instant drink production equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a system drink production facility promptly, it includes: a dispensing device capable of dispensing a drinking ingredient of the ready-to-drink beverage in the first cup or dispensing a drinking ingredient of the ready-to-drink beverage and adding it to the first cup; a filling device capable of adding a ready-to-drink chew composition to the second cup, wherein one of the second cup and the first cup is a vending cup and the other is a non-vending cup; the carrying device can pour the drinking ingredients or the chewing ingredients in the vending cup body into the no-vending cup body so as to mix the drinking ingredients and the chewing ingredients into a finished beverage; a control device configured to be able to control the preparing device, the adding device, and the carrying device in coordination. The instant beverage production equipment of the utility model can produce instant beverages containing drinking ingredients and chewing ingredients.

Description

Instant drink production equipment

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the drink production, concretely relates to system drink production facility promptly.

Background

Instant drinks such as milk tea, fruit tea and the like are popular with people, so that shops integrated with production and sale are distributed in avenues and alleys. At present, the artificially prepared instant beverage mainly comprises drinking ingredients and chewing ingredients, but the existing instant beverage production equipment such as milk tea machines, milk tea and coffee all-in-one machines and the like can only brew milk powder and/or tea leaves and prepare the instant beverage only comprising the drinking ingredients and not comprising the chewing ingredients.

For example, chinese patent application CN107077768A discloses a system for automated food and beverage serving that can capture order details associated with orders placed by customers for serving beverages made thereby. The patent does not disclose that the system can make a ready-to-drink beverage containing a drinking ingredient and a chewing ingredient.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve all or part of the above problems, the present invention provides an instant drink production apparatus capable of producing an instant drink containing a drinking ingredient and a chewing ingredient.

The utility model provides an instant drink production facility, it includes: a dispensing device capable of dispensing a drinking ingredient of the ready-to-drink beverage in the first cup or dispensing a drinking ingredient of the ready-to-drink beverage and adding it to the first cup; a filling device capable of adding the chewy ingredients of the ready-to-drink beverage to a second cup, wherein one of the second cup and the first cup is a vending cup and the other is a non-vending cup; a carrying device which can pour the drinking component or the chewing component in the selling cup body into the selling cup body so as to mix the drinking component and the chewing component into the instant beverage; a control device configured to be able to control the preparing device, the adding device, and the carrying device in coordination.

Further, the control device comprises a receiving module capable of receiving orders of customers and a processing module which coordinately controls the preparing device, the feeding device and the carrying device to jointly produce the instant drinks matched with the orders according to the orders.

Further, the instant beverage production equipment further comprises a cup sealing machine connected with the control device and used for attaching a packaging film to the cup opening of the selling cup body filled with the instant beverage.

Further, the instant drink production equipment further comprises a labeling machine which is connected with the control device and can be used for labeling the selected label on the selling cup body.

Further, the instant beverage production equipment further comprises a meal taking cabinet which is connected with the control device and is provided with a storage space, and the storage space is used for accommodating the selling cup body filled with the instant beverage.

Further, the carrying device is a mechanical arm, and the mechanical arm can firstly grab the selling cup body filled with the instant beverage from the material adding device under the control of the control device and then sequentially carry the selling cup body to a cup sealing area of the cup sealing machine, a labeling area of the labeling machine and a storage space of the meal taking cabinet.

Further, the instant drink production apparatus further includes a washing machine connected to the control device and configured to wash the anti-vending cup, the control device being configured to control the robotic arm to feed the anti-vending cup from which the drinking ingredient or the chewing ingredient has been poured into the washing machine.

Further, the preparing apparatus includes a stirrer, a first dispenser and a second dispenser, the robot arm is capable of placing the first cup in the charging area of the first dispenser, the charging area of the second dispenser and the stirring area of the stirrer in this order under the control of the control means, the control means controls the first dispenser to charge the stored first selected ingredient of the drink ingredient into the first cup when the first cup is placed in the charging area of the first dispenser, controls the second dispenser to charge the stored second selected ingredient of the drink ingredient into the first cup when the first cup is placed in the charging area of the second dispenser, and controls the second dispenser to charge the stored second selected ingredient of the drink ingredient into the first cup when the first cup is placed in the stirring area of the stirrer, the control device controls the blender to blend the first selected ingredient and the second selected ingredient in the first cup into the potable ingredient.

Further, the feeding device comprises a material storage unit, a cup falling frame, a cup body conveying unit, a box body conveying unit and a food material taking and placing unit which are controlled by the control device, wherein the cup dropping rack is used for storing and releasing the second cup, the cup conveying unit is used for conveying the received two cups released by the cup dropping rack into the discharging area of the food material taking and placing unit, the storage unit comprises a bin with a box placing opening and a box body which is placed in the bin and can contain the chewing ingredients, the box body conveying unit can take the box body out of the box placing opening of the storage bin and send the box body into the material taking area of the food material taking and placing unit, the food material taking and placing unit can convey the box body from the material taking area to the material placing area and pour out the chewing ingredients in the box body.

Further, the cup conveying unit comprises a first linear driving mechanism and a bracket driven by the first linear driving mechanism and used for supporting the second cup.

Further, the first linear conveying assemblies are all selected from any one of hydraulic cylinders, pneumatic cylinders, linear motors or crank-link mechanisms driven by motors.

Further, the food material taking and placing unit comprises a turnover type clamping assembly used for controlling the box body and a second linear driving mechanism capable of driving the turnover type clamping assembly to be in a material placing area and a material taking area to perform reciprocating movement.

Further, the flipper clamp assembly includes a channel member driven by the second linear drive mechanism, and a fourth linear driving mechanism, a turnover mechanism, a first top block and a second top block which are arranged in the notch of the groove-shaped component, wherein the second top block is rotatably connected with one inner side wall of the groove-shaped member, the fourth linear driving mechanism is connected with the other inner side wall of the groove-shaped member, the first ejector block is connected with the fourth linear driving mechanism through a turnover mechanism, the fourth linear driving mechanism can drive the first ejector block to move towards the second ejector block through the turnover mechanism, and the first ejector block and the second ejector block are enabled to clamp the box body together, and the turnover mechanism can drive the first ejector block to rotate and force the box body clamped by the first ejector block and the second ejector block to turn over.

Further, the second linear conveying assembly and the fourth linear driving mechanism are all selected from any one of a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a linear motor or a crank-link mechanism driven by a motor, and the turnover mechanism is a swing cylinder.

Furthermore, the box body conveying unit comprises a sliding block for bearing the box body and a third linear conveying assembly capable of driving the sliding block to take the box body out of the storage bin and send the box body into a material taking area of the material taking and placing unit.

Furthermore, the top of the sliding block is provided with an anti-falling component for preventing the box body from falling off.

Further, the anti-dropping component is a clamping groove or a magnet.

Further, the slider has a first inclined plane, the box body has a second inclined plane, and when the slider returns to the lower part of the storage bin from the material taking area of the food material taking and placing unit, the box body can slide to the top of the slider under the action of the first inclined plane and the second inclined plane.

Further, the third linear transport assembly is selected from any one of a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a linear motor, or a crank link mechanism driven by a motor.

The utility model discloses a system drink production facility promptly can controlling means control coordinately through controlling means and prepare the device, add material device, handling device for prepare the device, add material device and handling device and can produce jointly by drink the composition and chew the system drink promptly that the composition constitutes. Meanwhile, the instant beverage production equipment can separately implement the operation of chewing ingredients and the operation of drinking ingredients, and then mix the two ingredients into the instant beverage, thereby greatly improving the preparation efficiency of the instant beverage, reducing the waiting time of customers and improving the experience of the customers.

Furthermore, the utility model discloses a system drink production facility promptly's simple structure, manufacturing are convenient, use safe and reliable, can make the drink promptly according to client's order automatic production, and the implementation of being convenient for is popularized and applied.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the technical solutions in the prior art will be briefly described below. Throughout the drawings, like elements or portions are generally identified by like reference numerals. In the drawings, elements or portions are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Fig. 1 is a functional structure block diagram of an instant drink production device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the feeding device of the instant drink production apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the feeding device of the instant drink production apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a top view of the feeding device of the instant drink production apparatus shown in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention more clearly, and therefore are only examples, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereby.

Fig. 1 is a functional structure block diagram of an instant drink production device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the instant drink production apparatus 100 is used to prepare an instant drink that is mainly composed of a drinking ingredient and a chewing ingredient, such as milk tea or fruit tea with a chewing ingredient. In this embodiment, the prepared beverage is selected from milk tea, the drinking component is usually milk tea soup prepared by mixing milk (milk powder or liquid milk), tea (tea powder or tea water without leaves) and water, and the chewing component is pearl or pulp particles. In an alternative embodiment, where the prepared beverage is selected to be fruit tea, the drinking ingredient is typically tea soup brewed from tea powder or tea leaves and without tea leaves, and the chewing ingredient is pulp particles or the like.

The instant drink production apparatus 100 includes a preparing device 1, a feeding device 2, and a carrying device (e.g., a robot arm 3), and a control device 5 capable of coordinately controlling the preparing device 1, the feeding device 2, and the carrying device. The dispensing device 1 is capable of dispensing a ready-to-drink drinking ingredient in the first cup or dispensing a ready-to-drink drinking ingredient therein and adding the dispensed drinking ingredient to the first cup. The adding device 2 can add the chewing ingredients of the ready-to-drink beverage into the second cup body. One of the second cup and the first cup is a vending cup and the other is a non-vending cup. In this embodiment, the second cup is selected as the vending cup and the first cup is selected as the no-vending cup. The selling cup body and the non-selling cup body can be selected from paper cups, glass cups, steel cups and the like. However, the selling cup body is recommended to be selected as a paper cup with low cost, and the selling prohibition cup body is recommended to be selected as a steel cup which is not fragile and is suitable for recycling, so that the production cost is reduced. The carrying device can add the contents (namely the drinking ingredients or the chewing ingredients) of the selling cup body into the selling prohibition cup body so as to mix the drinking ingredients and the chewing ingredients into the ready-to-drink beverage, and then carry the selling cup body filled with the ready-to-drink beverage to a specified drinking position.

The instant drink production apparatus 100 controls the preparation device 1, the feeding device 2, and the carrying device in a coordinated manner by the control device 5, so that the preparation device 1, the feeding device 2, and the carrying device can produce an instant drink composed of a drinking component and a chewing component together. Meanwhile, the instant beverage production apparatus 100 can separately perform the operations of chewing and drinking the ingredients, and then mix the two to prepare the instant beverage, thereby greatly improving the preparation efficiency of the instant beverage, reducing the waiting time of the customer, and improving the experience of the customer.

The preparation device 1 can be selected from a known milk tea machine or a milk tea and coffee all-in-one machine and the like. However, in this embodiment, the compounding device 1 includes a mixer 11, a first feeder 12, and a second feeder 13. The control means 5 controls the first dispenser 12 to dispense a first selected source of the stored drinking ingredient into the first cup when the handling means places the first cup in the dispensing region of the first dispenser 12 and controls the second dispenser 13 to dispense a second selected source of the stored drinking ingredient into the first cup when the handling means places the first cup in the dispensing region of the second dispenser 13; when the first cup is placed in the blending region of the blender 11 by the transfer device, the blender 11 blends the first selected material and the second selected material in the first cup to form a drinking ingredient. In this embodiment, the first selected material is selected to be milk or milk powder, the second selected material is selected to be tea soup, and the mixture of the two is milk tea soup. In an alternative embodiment, the first selected ingredient is selected as a milk tea powder, the second selected ingredient is selected as water, and the mixture is a milk tea soup. In an alternative embodiment, the first selected ingredient is selected as a milk tea powder, the second selected ingredient is selected as water, and the mixture is a milk tea soup.

The carrying device may be selected from a device in which a cup body conveying mechanism and a cup body rotating mechanism are combined, and may also be selected from the robot arm 3. In this embodiment, the handling device is a robotic arm 3, which robotic arm 3 is capable of selectively gripping the first cup or the second cup and releasing it after placing it in each destination location, as will be described in more detail below.

The control device 5 includes a device capable of realizing centralized control, such as a computer. In this embodiment. The control device 5 comprises a receiving module (such as a WiFi module, an internet module, a bluetooth module or an infrared module) capable of receiving the order of the customer and a processing module (such as a CPU) for cooperatively controlling the preparation device 1, the feeding device 2 and the carrying device to jointly produce the ready-to-drink product matched with the order according to the order.

The instant drink production device 100 further comprises a cup sealing machine 4 connected with the control device 5 for attaching a packaging film to the rim of a vending cup containing an instant drink. From this, controlling means 5 can control and seal cup machine 4 and seal the cup of selling of putting into it, prevents to make promptly drink from selling the cup outflow. This be equipped with sell cup of making drink promptly both can be sent into in labeller 8 by arm 3, also can send into in labeller 8 by current cup conveyer, can send into in labeller 8 by personnel in the shop even.

The instant drink production device 100 also comprises a labelling machine 8 connected to the control means 5 and able to apply selected labels to the vending cup. Thus, the control device 5 can label the selling cup placed in the labeling machine 8 so as to label necessary information such as order number, drink name, production date and the like. This sell cup both can be sent into in labeller 8 by arm 3, also can send into in labeller 8 by current cup conveyer, can send into in labeller 8 by personnel in the shop even.

The ready-to-drink production device 100 further comprises a serving cabinet 6 with a storage space for accommodating a serving cup containing ready-to-drink. The meal cabinet 6 is selected as a known intelligent meal cabinet 6, for example, so that the customer can open the door to take meals by password and scanning. Wherein should sell the cup and both can send into cleaning machine 7 by arm 3 in, also can send into cleaning machine 7 by the cup conveyer in, can send into cleaning machine 7 by personnel in the shop even.

The instant drink production device 100 further comprises a washing machine 7 connected to the control means 5 and intended for washing the no-sell cup. The control device 5 controls the washing machine 7 to wash the no-sell cup put therein so that the no-sell cup can be reused. The cleaning machine 7 is preferably a spray type cleaning machine, a high pressure steam cleaning machine, or the like. Wherein the no-sale cup body can be sent into the cleaning machine 7 by the mechanical arm 3, can also be sent into the cleaning machine 7 by the cup body conveyor, and can even be sent into the cleaning machine 7 by personnel in a store.

As shown in fig. 2 to 5, the feeding device 2 includes a storage unit 21, and a cup dropping rack 25, a cup body conveying unit 23, a box body conveying unit 24, and a food material taking and placing unit 22 controlled by the control device 5. The storage unit 21 is used for storing food materials, such as chewing ingredients of instant drinks. The cup dropping rack 25 is used for storing and releasing the second cup, and the cup conveying unit 23 is used for conveying the received second cup released by the cup dropping rack 25 to the discharging area 22b of the food material taking and placing unit 22. The cartridge conveying unit 24 can take out the cartridge 212 from the cartridge opening 211a of the magazine 211 and feed it into the material taking area 22a of the material taking and placing unit 22. The food material taking and placing unit 22 can convey the box body 212 from the material taking region 22a to the material placing region 22b and pour out the chewing ingredients in the box body 212. Because the feeding device 2 holds the chewing ingredients through the box body 212 and directly controls the box body 212 with the chewing ingredients to complete the feeding operation, the feeding device can effectively prevent the chewing ingredients from contacting other parts of the feeding device 2, reduce the number of parts to be cleaned, and ensure that personnel in a store can achieve the purpose of repeated use only by cleaning the box body.

In the present embodiment, the storage unit 21 includes a bin 211 having a bin opening 211a, and a box body 212 capable of being placed in the bin 211 and for containing food material. The number of bins 211 is preferably multiple, and each bin 211 has a plurality of cassettes 212 stacked therein, as shown in detail in fig. 4. Different bins 211 may be used to hold different chewing ingredients to produce different flavors of ready-to-drink beverages. The top and bottom of the magazine 211 are open, the top opening is used for placing the cassette, and the bottom opening is used for facilitating the cassette transport unit 24 to manipulate the cassette 212. In particular, the silo 211 may be selected as a cylindrical or prismatic cavity. The cassette body 212 may be configured as a circular or polygonal open cassette. In the preferred embodiment shown in fig. 2, the magazine 211 is a quadrangular prism shaped cavity and the cassette 212 is configured as an open box with right trapezoidal sides.

In this embodiment, the cup transport unit 23 includes a first linear driving mechanism 231 and a carriage 232 driven by the first linear driving mechanism 231 and holding the second cup. The first linear driving mechanism 231 may be a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a linear motor, or a crank mechanism driven by a motor.

In the present embodiment, the box conveying unit 24 includes a slider 242 for carrying the box 212, and a third linear conveying assembly 241 capable of driving the slider 242 to take the box 212 out of the bin 211 and feed it into the material taking area 22a of the material taking and placing unit 22, as shown in detail in fig. 3. Wherein the third linear transporter 241 may be selected from a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a linear motor, a crank-link mechanism driven by a motor, and the like.

As shown in fig. 4, in order to prevent the case 212 from falling off the top of the slider 242, a retaining member 242a may be provided on the top 242 of the slider 242, and the retaining member 242a is preferably a card slot, a magnet, or the like. When the retaining member 242a is a slot, the slot can receive the bottom of the case 212 and prevent the bottom from being separated from the slider 242 when the slider 242 moves. When the retaining member 242a is a magnet, the magnet can firmly attach the case 212 to the top of the slider 242 and prevent it from being separated from the slider 242 when the slider 242 moves.

In this embodiment, the food material taking and placing unit 22 specifically includes a flip-type clamping assembly (for example, including a component 221, a component 222, a component 223, a component 224, and a component 225) capable of clamping and flipping the box body 212, and a second linear driving mechanism 226 capable of driving the flip-type clamping assembly to reciprocate between the material placing area 22b and the material taking area 22 a. Wherein the second linear driving mechanism 226 can be selected from a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a linear motor, a crank link mechanism driven by a motor, and the like.

In this embodiment, the flipper clamp assembly includes a slot member 221 driven by a second linear drive mechanism 226, and a fourth linear drive mechanism 222, a flipper 223, a first top block 224 and a second top block 225 mounted within the slot of the slot member 221, as shown in detail in fig. 3. Wherein the second top block 225 is rotatably coupled to one inner sidewall 221a of the groove type member 221, the fourth linear driving mechanism 222 is coupled to the other inner sidewall 221b of the groove type member 221, and the first top block 224 is coupled to the fourth linear driving mechanism 222 through the turnover mechanism 223. The fourth linear driving mechanism 222 can drive the first top block 224 to move toward the second top block 225 by the turnover mechanism 223, and cause the first top block 224 and the second top block 225 to collectively clamp the cartridge body 212. The turning mechanism 223 can drive the first top block 224 to rotate and cause the box 212 clamped by the first top block 224 and the second top block 225 to turn over so as to pour out the chewing ingredients in the box 212. The fourth linear drive mechanism 222 may be selected from a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a linear motor, a crank linkage driven by a motor, and the like. The turning mechanism 223 may be selected as a device capable of causing the output shaft thereof to perform reciprocating rotational motion within a certain angular range, such as a swing cylinder (forward and reverse rotation) or a motor capable of forward and reverse rotation.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 4, the slider 242 has a first slope 242b, and the box body 212 has a second slope 212b, so that when the slider 242 returns to the position below the bin 211 from the material taking area 22a of the material taking and placing unit 22, the box body 212 can slide down to the top of the slider 242 under the action of the first slope 242b and the second slope 212 b.

The working principle of the charging device 2 is described below. Under the action of the control device 5, the cup dropping frame 25 releases the second cup to drop into the limiting hole of the bracket 232, then the bracket 232 and the second cup are jointly conveyed into the discharging area 22b of the food material taking and placing unit 22 by the first linear driving mechanism 231, and then the slider 242 and the box body 212 carried by the slider 242 are driven by the third linear conveying assembly 241 to be firstly separated from the bin 211 and then separated from the bin 211 until the slider 242 and the second cup jointly enter the material taking area 22a of the food material taking and placing unit 22. When the second cup enters the extracting area 22a and also enters between the first and second top blocks 224 and 225, the fourth linear driving mechanism 222 drives the first top block 224 to move toward the second top block 225 through the turnover mechanism 223 and causes the first and second top blocks 224 and 225 to clamp the cartridge body 212 together. The second linear drive mechanism 226 then drives the flipper clamp assembly and cassette 212 from the take-out region 22a into the drop-out region 22 b. Then, the turning mechanism 223 rotates the first top block 224 and causes the box 212, which is held by the first top block 224 and the second top block 225, to turn over so as to pour the chewing ingredients in the box 212 into the second cup. Finally, the fourth linear driving mechanism 222 drives the first top block 224 to move back to the second top block 225 through the turnover mechanism 223, and causes the first top block 224 and the second top block 225 to release the clamping effect on the box body 212, so as to allow the free fall in the box body 212 and be collected by the preset collection assembly. For the next use, the second linear driving mechanism 226 further needs to drive the flip-type clamping assembly to return to the material taking area 22 a; the first linear drive mechanism 231 also needs to drive the carriage 232 (without the second cup) back under the drop cup holder 25.

The working process of the instant beverage production device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail as follows:

when a customer orders the instant beverage through an intelligent terminal device such as a mobile phone, an ipad and the like, the intelligent terminal produces an order matched with the intelligent terminal device and sends the order to the control device 5 through the mobile internet or wireless communication. The control device 5 can coordinate and control the preparation device 1, the feeding device 2 and the carrying device to produce the instant beverage matched with the order together according to the received order, and the specific process is as follows:

the preparation device 1 prepares the drinking ingredients of the ready-to-drink beverage in the first cup under the control of the control device 5.

During the dispensing of the drinking ingredient by the dispensing device 1, the adding device 2 adds the chewing ingredient of the ready-to-drink beverage to the second cup under the control of the control device 5.

When the chewing component is added into the second cup and the drinking component in the first cup is completely dispensed, the mechanical arm 3 puts the drinking component in the first cup into the second cup under the control of the control device 5, so that the drinking component and the chewing component are mixed into the ready-to-drink product.

After mixing, the robot arm 3, under the control of the control device 5, feeds the emptied first cup into the washing machine 7 to be washed, so that it can be reused.

After cleaning, the mechanical arm 3 picks the second cup filled with the ready-to-drink beverage from the material adding device 2 under the control of the control device 5, and then conveys the second cup to the cup sealing area of the cup sealing machine 4 for sealing.

After sealing, the robot arm 3 picks up the second cup from the cup sealing area of the cup sealing machine 4 under the control of the control device 5, and then conveys the second cup to the labeling area of the labeling machine 8 for labeling.

After labeling, the mechanical arm 3 picks the second cup from the labeling area of the labeling machine 8 under the control of the control device 5, and then conveys the second cup to the storage space of the meal taking 6 cabinet for temporary storage.

Finally, the customer can take the ordered ready-to-drink product from the storage space of the cabinet 6.

It should be noted that the instant beverage production apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can prepare a beverage containing only a drinking component without a chewing component, such as pure milk tea or brewed fruit juice, in addition to preparing an instant beverage containing a drinking component and a chewing component. The material adding device 2 has the function of adding chewing ingredients, and can also be added with crystal sugar, white sugar, tea or jelly, etc.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral connections; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in interactive relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not substantially depart from the scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and are intended to be covered by the claims and the specification. In particular, the technical features mentioned in the embodiments can be combined in any way as long as there is no structural conflict. The present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed herein, but encompasses all technical solutions falling within the scope of the claims.

Claims (19)

1. An instant drink production apparatus, comprising:

a dispensing device capable of dispensing a drinking ingredient of the ready-to-drink beverage in the first cup or dispensing a drinking ingredient of the ready-to-drink beverage and adding it to the first cup;

a filling device capable of adding the chewy ingredients of the ready-to-drink beverage to a second cup, wherein one of the second cup and the first cup is a vending cup and the other is a non-vending cup;

a carrying device which can pour the drinking component or the chewing component in the selling cup body into the selling cup body so as to mix the drinking component and the chewing component into the instant beverage;

a control device configured to be able to control the preparing device, the adding device, and the carrying device in coordination.

2. The ready-to-drink production facility of claim 1, wherein the control device comprises a receiving module capable of receiving an order from a customer and a processing module that coordinates the control of the dispensing device, the feeding device and the handling device to collectively produce the ready-to-drink matching the order according to the order.

3. The ready-to-drink production device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a cup sealer connected to said control means for applying a sealing film to the mouth of said vending cup containing said ready-to-drink product.

4. The ready-to-drink production device according to claim 3, further comprising a labelling machine connected to the control means and capable of applying a selected label to the vending cup.

5. The ready-to-drink production device according to claim 4, further comprising a serving cabinet connected to the control means and having a storage space for receiving the serving cup containing the ready-to-drink product.

6. The ready-to-drink production device according to claim 5, wherein the handling means is a mechanical arm, and the mechanical arm is capable of first gripping the selling cup filled with the ready-to-drink from the material adding means under the control of the control means and then sequentially carrying the selling cup to a cup sealing area of the cup sealing machine, a labeling area of a labeling machine and a storage space of the meal taking cabinet.

7. The ready-to-drink production apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a washing machine connected to a control device and configured to control the robotic arm to feed the anti-vending cup from which the drinking or chewing ingredients have been poured into the washing machine, for washing the anti-vending cup.

8. The ready-to-drink production facility of claim 6, wherein the dispensing device includes a blender, a first dispenser and a second dispenser, the robotic arm, under the control of the control device, being capable of placing the first cup sequentially within the dosing region of the first dispenser, the dosing region of the second dispenser and the blending region of the blender, the control device controlling the first dispenser to add a stored first selected ingredient of the drink ingredient to the first cup when the first cup is placed within the dosing region of the first dispenser, the control device controlling the second dispenser to add a stored second selected ingredient of the drink ingredient to the first cup when the first cup is placed within the dosing region of the second dispenser, the control means controls the blender to blend the first selected ingredient and the second selected ingredient in the first cup into the drinking ingredient when the first cup is placed within a blending region of the blender.

9. The instant beverage production device according to claim 1, wherein the feeding device comprises a storage unit, and a cup dropping rack, a cup body conveying unit, a box body conveying unit and an edible material taking and placing unit controlled by the control device, wherein the cup dropping rack is used for storing and releasing the second cup, the cup conveying unit is used for conveying the received two cups released by the cup dropping rack into the discharging area of the food material taking and placing unit, the storage unit comprises a bin with a box placing opening and a box body which is placed in the bin and can contain the chewing ingredients, the box body conveying unit can take the box body out of the box placing opening of the storage bin and send the box body into the material taking area of the food material taking and placing unit, the food material taking and placing unit can convey the box body from the material taking area to the material placing area and pour out the chewing ingredients in the box body.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the cup transport unit comprises a first linear drive mechanism and a carriage driven by the first linear drive mechanism for holding the second cup.

11. The ready-to-drink production device according to claim 10, wherein the first linear transport assemblies are each selected from any one of a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a linear motor, or a crank-link mechanism driven by a motor.

12. The instant beverage production device according to claim 9, wherein the food material taking and placing unit comprises a flip-type clamping assembly for manipulating the box body and a second linear driving mechanism capable of driving the flip-type clamping assembly to reciprocate between the emptying region and the material taking region.

13. The ready-to-drink production device according to claim 12, wherein the flip-flop clamp assembly comprises a channel member driven by the second linear drive mechanism, and a fourth linear driving mechanism, a turnover mechanism, a first top block and a second top block which are arranged in the notch of the groove-shaped component, wherein the second top block is rotatably connected with one inner side wall of the groove-shaped member, the fourth linear driving mechanism is connected with the other inner side wall of the groove-shaped member, the first ejector block is connected with the fourth linear driving mechanism through a turnover mechanism, the fourth linear driving mechanism can drive the first ejector block to move towards the second ejector block through the turnover mechanism, and the first ejector block and the second ejector block are enabled to clamp the box body together, and the turnover mechanism can drive the first ejector block to rotate and force the box body clamped by the first ejector block and the second ejector block to turn over.

14. The instant beverage production apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second linear transport assembly and the fourth linear drive mechanism are each selected from any one of a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a linear motor, or a crank linkage mechanism driven by a motor, and the tilting mechanism is a swing cylinder.

15. The instant beverage production apparatus of claim 9, wherein the cartridge transport unit comprises a slider for carrying the cartridge and a third linear transport assembly capable of driving the slider to remove the cartridge from the bin and feed it into a material taking area of the material taking and placing unit.

16. The instant beverage production apparatus according to claim 15, wherein an anti-drop member is provided on a top of the slider to prevent the cartridge from dropping therefrom.

17. The instant beverage production apparatus of claim 16, wherein the anti-run member is a slot or a magnet.

18. The instant beverage production apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the slider has a first slope, and the box has a second slope, and when the slider returns to the lower part of the bin from the material taking area of the material taking and placing unit, the box can slide down to the top of the slider under the action of the first slope and the second slope.

19. The ready-to-drink production device according to claim 15, wherein the third linear transport assembly is selected from any one of a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder, a linear motor or a crank-link mechanism driven by a motor.

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