CN212117891U - Cup throwing structure for capsule coffee machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cup throwing structure for a capsule coffee machine, which is characterized in that a turnable cup throwing component and a locking piece which can restrain the turning of the cup throwing component are arranged on a sliding tray for conveying capsules; wherein an elastic part is arranged between the throwing cup assembly and the sliding tray so as to endow the throwing cup assembly with an outward turning acting force; a constraint structure, a locking structure and an unlocking structure are arranged on the guide rail for moving the sliding tray; the constraint structure is used for limiting the overturning of the cup throwing assembly; the locking structure is used for driving the locking piece to restrain the cup throwing assembly; the unlocking structure is used for driving the locking piece to release the constraint of the cup throwing assembly; in the process that the sliding tray moves towards the tail end of the guide rail, after the cup throwing assembly moves away from the constraint structure, the unlocking structure drives the locking piece to release the constraint of the cup throwing assembly; when the throwing cup assembly moves reversely, the locking structure drives the locking piece to restrain the throwing cup assembly after the throwing cup assembly moves into the restraining structure. This throw cup structure can realize the function of throwing the capsule into the recycling bin automatically after the extraction.

Description

Cup throwing structure for capsule coffee machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a coffee machine field especially relates to capsule coffee machine field.

Background

The so-called capsule coffee machine (hereinafter, referred to as coffee machine for short) is that a manufacturer puts coffee powder into a plastic capsule with a shape similar to jelly in advance, then fills nitrogen gas to keep fresh, puts the capsule into the coffee machine when coffee needs to be drunk, and makes coffee simply, conveniently and quickly by using the coffee machine. The using process is as follows: the method comprises the steps of opening a cover of a capsule inlet of the coffee machine, putting the capsule into the coffee machine, covering the cover, pressing a switch to brew coffee, wherein in the brewing process, the outer part of the capsule is penetrated by a puncture needle, then heated hot water quickly enters the capsule under certain pressure, coffee powder is extracted by a filter screen in the capsule and flows into a coffee cup below the capsule, and therefore coffee brewing is completed. After the coffee is brewed for one time, if the coffee is brewed again, the cover can be opened, and the brewing step can be started again after one capsule is put in again.

Although the existing capsule coffee machine is popular among the users, the capsule coffee machine also brings better use experience to the users. However, the applicant is a company focusing on the intelligent service robot, and considering that if the coffee machine can be combined with the robot technology and the mobile internet technology to move the coffee machine, the coffee machine can move autonomously in a crowd-intensive environment, can travel and sell the coffee, can simultaneously realize code scanning and order placing and code scanning payment, can also autonomously complete the process of taking capsules, placing capsules and extracting coffee, and even autonomously recover the extracted capsules, qualitative changes can be brought to users from experience, and the combination can attract more customers, thereby bringing great profits to merchants.

Based on this, the applicant intends to design a mobile capsule coffee machine integrating capsule storage and autonomous capsule taking-placing-extracting-coffee extracting-capsule recovering into a whole, wherein the capsule can be moved to a position to be detected after being taken out, and then the capsule is pierced by a corresponding piercing needle to perform an extracting step, and in order to enable the capsule to continue to advance along the track and be automatically thrown into the capsule recovering barrel after being extracted, the applicant designs the cup throwing structure of the present application.

In this connection, it should be noted that the term "cup" in the context of the cup-throwing process refers to a capsule for containing ground coffee, and not to a cup for containing liquid coffee.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a: provides a cup throwing structure for a capsule coffee machine, so that extracted capsules can be automatically thrown into a subsequent capsule recovery barrel.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a capsule coffee machine is with throwing cup structure which characterized in that:

a reversible cup throwing assembly and a locking piece which can restrain the cup throwing assembly from overturning when the cup throwing assembly is horizontally arranged on the sliding tray are arranged on the sliding tray for conveying the capsules; the elastic piece is arranged at the joint of the cup throwing assembly and the sliding tray and provides an acting force for the cup throwing assembly to turn towards one side far away from the sliding tray;

a constraint structure, a locking structure and an unlocking structure are arranged on the guide rail for moving the sliding tray; the constraint structure is used for limiting the overturning of the cup throwing assembly so as to enable the cup throwing assembly to be horizontally arranged above the sliding tray; the locking structure is used for driving the locking piece to restrain the cup throwing assembly; the unlocking structure is used for driving the locking piece to release the constraint of the cup throwing assembly;

in the process that the sliding tray moves to the tail end of the guide rail along the guide rail, after the cup throwing assembly moves away from the constraint structure, the unlocking structure drives the locking piece to release the constraint of the cup throwing assembly; in the process that the sliding tray moves from the tail end of the guide rail to the initial end of the guide rail along the guide rail, after the cup throwing assembly moves into the constraint structure, the locking structure can drive the locking piece to constrain the cup throwing assembly.

Furthermore, the cup throwing assembly comprises a throwing plate and a throwing plate seat, wherein the throwing plate is fixed on the throwing plate seat, and the throwing plate seat is hinged to one side of the sliding tray, which is close to the tail end of the guide rail; the elastic piece is arranged at the joint of the polishing plate seat and the sliding tray.

Furthermore, the locking piece hinge joint keep away from the terminal one side of guide rail in slip tray, the locking piece is provided with the draw-in groove towards one side of throwing the board, when throwing the board and horizontally arranging in on the slip tray, this draw-in groove can hold and throw the side card that the board kept away from throws the board seat wherein.

Furthermore, the number of the guide rails is two, namely a first guide rail and a second guide rail;

the restraining structure is a strip-shaped rail A arranged below the sliding surface of the first guide rail, and the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail A is bent downwards at a position close to the tail end of the first guide rail to form a side vertical surface;

a bulge is formed on one side of the throwing plate seat, which is far away from the throwing plate;

when the throwing plate seat is positioned above the strip-shaped rail A, the projection is limited by the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail A and cannot be turned over, so that the throwing plate is horizontally arranged above the sliding tray; when the throwing plate seat drives away from the strip-shaped rail A, the elastic piece drives the throwing plate seat to drive the throwing plate to turn towards one side far away from the sliding tray, and the turning angle is limited by the contact of the protrusion and the side vertical surface of the strip-shaped rail A.

Further, a strip-shaped rail B is mounted on the upper surface of the outer side of the sliding surface of the first guide rail, and the locking structure and the unlocking structure are arranged on the strip-shaped rail B;

the locking piece extends out of one side close to the first guide rail to form an end part, and the end part rides on the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail B.

Furthermore, the unlocking structure is a lug arranged on the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail B;

the locking structure is an inclined plane formed on the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail B, and the inclined plane is positioned on one side of the lug, which is far away from the tail end of the strip-shaped rail B.

Furthermore, a smooth limiting surface for limiting the end part of the locking piece from overturning is formed on one side of the inclined surface, which is far away from the tail end of the strip-shaped rail B, and the smooth limiting surface is parallel to the sliding surface of the first guide rail.

Further, the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail B between the inclined surface and the lug is defined as a transition plane, and the height of the transition plane is lower than that of the smooth limiting surface;

when the locking piece is in a state of releasing the constraint of the throwing cup assembly, the height of the lowest point of the end part of the locking piece is higher than the transition plane and lower than the smooth limiting plane.

Further, when the elastic piece is in a natural state, an included angle between the throwing plate and the upper surface of the sliding tray is not less than 90 degrees.

Further, a rubber ring is provided between the locking member and the sliding tray to provide damping for the rotation of the locking member.

The work flow of the technical scheme is as follows: after coffee is extracted, the sliding tray can drive the extracted capsules to move towards the tail ends of the guide rails, and in the moving process, when the throwing plate seat drives away from the strip-shaped rail A, the upper surface of the strip-shaped guide rail A does not limit the protrusions of the throwing plate seat any more, and meanwhile, the end part of the locking piece can turn over after colliding with the lug to release the restraint on the throwing plate, so that the throwing plate can automatically bounce (namely, quickly turn over towards one side far away from the sliding tray) under the action of the elastic piece, so that the capsules are supported and thrown out and then are thrown into a subsequent capsule recovery barrel; then, the sliding tray moves to the initial end of the guide rail in the reverse direction, in the moving process, when the throwing plate seat drives into the strip-shaped rail A, the throwing plate seat can drive the throwing plate to reversely turn over and reset (namely, the throwing plate seat is horizontally arranged on the sliding tray after turning to one side close to the sliding tray), after the resetting, the sliding tray continues to move for a distance, the end part of the locking piece can collide with the inclined plane, the inclined plane can drive the locking piece to turn over and further recover the restraint on the throwing plate, and then when the sliding tray continues to move to the initial end of the guide rail, the end part of the locking piece can move along the upper surface of the smooth limiting surface, and the smooth limiting surface can limit the turning of the end part and further limit the turning of the locking piece so as to avoid the locking piece from removing the restraint on the throwing.

The beneficial effects of the above technical scheme are: after the extracted capsules move to the tail end of the rail for a certain distance under the driving of the sliding tray, the capsules can automatically bounce and be thrown into a subsequent capsule recovery barrel, so that the capsule coffee machine can realize the function of automatically recovering the capsules; after the capsule is recovered and the sliding tray moves reversely for a certain distance, the throwing plate can automatically recover to prepare for next capsule conveying.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the cup-throwing structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the sliding tray, cup throwing assembly and locking member of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the throwing plate of FIG. 2 after being turned up;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the sliding tray of FIG. 1 moving to the rear of the guide rails;

FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view of the sliding tray in the position of FIG. 4;

reference numerals: 50-a throwing cup assembly, 51-a locking piece, 52-an elastic piece, 53-a rubber ring, 501-a throwing plate, 502-a throwing plate seat, 511-a clamping groove, 512-an end part and 5021-a bulge;

60-strip rail A, 601-side vertical surface, 61-strip rail B, 611-inclined surface, 612-lug, 613-smooth limiting surface and 614-transition plane;

b-sliding tray, c-guide, c 1-first guide, c 2-second guide, c 11-sliding surface, D1-guide start, D2-guide end.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to specific examples, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

The applicant designs a mobile capsule coffee machine integrating capsule storage and autonomous capsule taking-placing-coffee extracting-capsule recovering, wherein the capsule can be moved to a position to be positioned after being taken out, and then is pierced by a corresponding pricking pin to perform an extracting step, and in order to enable the capsule to continuously advance along the track and be automatically thrown into a subsequent capsule recovering barrel after being extracted, the applicant designs the following cup throwing structure.

In the above technical solution, the movement of the capsule is driven by the sliding tray b, the sliding tray b can move along the corresponding guide rail, the movement of the sliding tray b is driven by the driving mechanism (such as a synchronous belt, a motor and the like), and the center of the sliding tray b is provided with an opening for suspending and holding the capsule.

The specific composition structure of a preferred cup-throwing structure for a capsule coffee machine is described in detail in the following examples.

Example (b):

the embodiment provides a cup-throwing structure for a capsule coffee machine, and as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the main design points are as follows:

a reversible cup-throwing assembly 50 and a locking piece 51 which can restrain the cup-throwing assembly 50 from being turned when the cup-throwing assembly 50 is horizontally arranged on the sliding tray b are arranged on the sliding tray b for conveying the capsule; an elastic piece 52 is also arranged at the joint of the cup throwing assembly 50 and the sliding tray b, and the elastic piece 52 gives an acting force for turning the cup throwing assembly 50 to the side far away from the sliding tray b;

a constraint structure, a locking structure and an unlocking structure are arranged on a guide rail c for moving the sliding tray b; the constraint structure is used for limiting the overturning of the cup throwing assembly 50 so as to enable the cup throwing assembly to be horizontally arranged above the sliding tray b; the locking structure is used for driving the locking piece 51 to restrain the cup throwing assembly 50; the unlocking structure is used for driving the locking piece 51 to release the constraint of the cup throwing assembly 50;

after the cup throwing assembly 50 moves away from the constraint structure in the process that the sliding tray b moves to the guide rail end D2 along the guide rail c, the unlocking structure drives the locking piece 51 to release the constraint of the cup throwing assembly 50; after the cup throwing assembly 50 is driven into the restraining structure during the movement of the sliding tray b along the guide rail c from the guide rail end D2 to the guide rail start D1, the locking structure drives the locking member 51 to restrain the cup throwing assembly 50.

As shown in fig. 3, the cup throwing assembly 50 comprises a throwing plate 501 and a throwing plate seat 502, wherein the throwing plate 501 is fixed on the throwing plate seat 502, a round hole for the capsule to pass through and to support is arranged in the center of the throwing plate 501, the round hole is overlapped with an opening in the center of the sliding tray b and has the same or slightly larger diameter, and the throwing plate seat 502 is hinged on one side of the sliding tray b close to the tail end D2 of the guide rail; the elastic member 52 is installed at the connection position of the throwing plate seat 502 and the sliding tray b.

As shown in fig. 3 and 5, the locking member 51 is hinged to the side of the sliding tray b far from the end D2 of the guide rail, and the side of the locking member 51 facing the throwing plate 501 is provided with a slot 511, and when the throwing plate 501 is flatly placed on the sliding tray b, the slot 511 can accommodate the side of the throwing plate 501 far from the throwing plate seat 502 to be clamped therein.

Referring to fig. 1, the number of the guide rails c is two, namely, a first guide rail c1 and a second guide rail c 2. As will be understood from fig. 4 and 5, the restraining structure is a bar-shaped rail a60 disposed below the sliding surface c11 of the first guide rail c1, and the upper surface of the bar-shaped rail a60 is bent downward to form a side elevation 601 at a position near the end of the first guide rail c 1. A projection 5021 is formed on one side of the throwing plate seat 502, which faces away from the throwing plate 501. When the throwing plate seat 502 is positioned above the strip-shaped rail A60, the projection 5021 is limited by the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail A60 and cannot be turned over, so that the throwing plate 501 can be only horizontally arranged above the sliding tray b; when the throwing plate seat 502 is driven away from the strip-shaped rail A60, the elastic piece 52 drives the throwing plate seat 502 to drive the throwing plate 501 to turn towards the side far away from the sliding tray b, and the turning angle is limited by the contact of the protrusion 5021 and the side elevation 601 of the strip-shaped rail A60, namely when the throwing plate 501 turns to the position where the protrusion 5021 is in contact with the side elevation 601, the throwing plate 501 stops turning, so that the capsule can be easily thrown out as long as the turning speed of the throwing plate 501 is fast enough.

Referring to fig. 1, a bar rail B61 is mounted on the upper surface of the first guide rail c1 outside the sliding surface c11, and the locking structure and the unlocking structure are both disposed on the bar rail B61. In addition, the locking member 51 has an end portion 512 extending from a side thereof adjacent to the first guide rail c1, and the end portion 512 rides on an upper surface of the bar-shaped rail B61.

Referring to fig. 1, the unlocking structure is a lug 612 disposed on the upper surface of the bar-shaped rail B61; the locking structure is a slope 611 formed on the upper surface of the bar-shaped rail B61, and the slope 611 is located on the side of the lug 612 far from the end of the bar-shaped rail B61.

Referring to fig. 1, a smooth stopper surface 613 for limiting the end 512 of the locking member 51 from being turned over is formed on the side of the inclined surface 611 away from the end of the bar-shaped rail B61, and the smooth stopper surface 613 is parallel to the sliding surface c11 of the first guide rail c 1.

Referring to fig. 1, the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail B61 between the inclined surface 611 and the lug 612 is defined as a transition plane 614, and the height of the transition plane 614 is lower than that of the smooth limiting surface 613. When the locking member 51 is in a state of releasing the constraint of the throwing cup assembly 50, the lowest point of the end 512 of the locking member 51 is higher than the transition plane 614 and lower than the smooth limiting surface 613.

Preferably, in order to facilitate the capsule to be ejected smoothly, the following constraints are applied: when the elastic element 52 is in a natural state, the included angle between the throwing plate 501 and the upper surface of the sliding tray b is not less than 90 degrees, wherein the included angle is equal to 90 degrees in the technical scheme shown in the figure.

Preferably, a rubber ring 53 for damping the rotation of the locking member 51 is provided between the locking member 51 and the sliding tray b to prevent the locking member 51 from being affected by vibration and other factors, thereby avoiding the occurrence of incorrect unlocking.

The workflow of this embodiment is as follows: after coffee is extracted, the sliding tray b can bring the extracted capsules to move towards the tail end D2 of the guide rail, and in the moving process, when the throwing plate seat 502 moves away from the strip-shaped rail A60, because the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail A60 is no longer limited to the protrusion 5021 of the throwing plate seat 502, and simultaneously because the end part 512 of the locking piece 51 collides with the lug 612 and turns over to release the constraint on the throwing plate 501, under the action of the elastic piece 52, the throwing plate 501 can automatically bounce (namely, quickly turn over to the side far away from the sliding tray b), so that the capsules are lifted and thrown out and then are thrown into a subsequent capsule recovery barrel; then, the sliding tray b moves reversely to the guide rail start end D1, and during the moving process, when the throwing plate base 502 moves into the strip rail a60, the throwing plate base 502 is restrained by the strip rail a60, and the throwing plate base 502 carries the throwing plate 501 to reversely turn and reset (i.e., turn over to the side close to the sliding tray b and then lie on the sliding tray b), after resetting, after the sliding tray b continues to move for a certain distance, the end 512 of the locking piece 51 collides with the inclined surface 611, the inclined surface 611 drives the locking piece 51 to turn over and restore the restraint on the throwing plate 501, and after that, when the sliding tray b continues to move to the guide rail start end D1, the end 512 of the locking piece 51 moves along the upper surface of the smooth limiting surface 613, and the smooth limiting surface 613 can limit the turning over of the end 512 and further limit the turning over of the locking piece 51, so as to prevent the locking piece 51 from releasing the restraint on the throwing plate 501.

It can be seen that, in this embodiment, after the capsule after extraction is driven by the sliding tray b to move a certain distance to the rail end D2, it can automatically bounce and be thrown into the subsequent capsule recovery barrel, so that the capsule coffee machine can realize the function of automatically recovering the capsule. And after the recovery, the sliding tray b moves reversely for a certain distance, and the throwing plate 501 can automatically recover to prepare for next capsule conveying.

In the description of the present invention, the terms "connected," "mounted," "fixed," and the like are used in a broad sense, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. Capsule coffee machine is with throwing cup structure, its characterized in that:

a reversible cup-throwing assembly (50) and a locking piece (51) which can restrain the cup-throwing assembly (50) from overturning when the cup-throwing assembly (50) is horizontally arranged on the sliding tray (b) are arranged on the sliding tray (b) for conveying the capsule; wherein, an elastic piece (52) is arranged at the joint of the throwing cup assembly (50) and the sliding tray (b), and the elastic piece (52) gives the throwing cup assembly (50) the acting force of turning to the side far away from the sliding tray (b);

a constraint structure, a locking structure and an unlocking structure are arranged on a guide rail (c) for moving the sliding tray (b); the constraint structure is used for limiting the overturning of the cup throwing assembly (50) so as to enable the cup throwing assembly to be horizontally arranged above the sliding tray (b); the locking structure is used for driving the locking piece (51) to restrain the throwing cup assembly (50); the unlocking structure is used for driving the locking piece (51) to release the constraint of the throwing cup assembly (50);

after the cup throwing assembly (50) is driven away from the constraint structure in the process that the sliding tray (b) moves to the guide rail tail end (D2) along the guide rail (c), the unlocking structure drives the locking piece (51) to release the constraint of the cup throwing assembly (50); after the throwing cup assembly (50) is driven into the restraining structure in the process that the sliding tray (b) moves along the guide rail (c) from the tail end (D2) of the guide rail to the initial end (D1) of the guide rail, the locking structure drives the locking piece (51) to restrain the throwing cup assembly (50).

2. A cup throwing structure for a capsule coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein the cup throwing assembly (50) comprises a throwing plate (501) and a throwing plate seat (502), wherein the throwing plate (501) is fixed on the throwing plate seat (502), and the throwing plate seat (502) is hinged to one side of the sliding tray (b) close to the end (D2) of the guide rail; the elastic piece (52) is arranged at the joint of the throwing plate seat (502) and the sliding tray (b).

3. The structure of a throwing cup for a capsule coffee machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the locking piece (51) is hinged to the side of the sliding tray (b) far away from the end (D2) of the guide rail, and the side of the locking piece (51) facing the throwing plate (501) is provided with a catching groove (511), and when the throwing plate (501) is flatly placed on the sliding tray (b), the catching groove (511) can accommodate the side of the throwing plate (501) far away from the throwing plate seat (502) to be caught therein.

4. A cup-throwing structure for a capsule coffee machine according to claim 3, wherein said guide (c) is two in number, a first guide (c1) and a second guide (c2), respectively;

the constraint structure is a strip-shaped rail A (60) arranged below a sliding surface (c11) of the first guide rail (c1), and the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail A (60) is bent downwards to form a side elevation (601) at a position close to the tail end of the first guide rail (c 1);

a bulge (5021) is formed on one side, away from the throwing plate (501), of the throwing plate seat (502);

when the throwing plate seat (502) is positioned above the strip-shaped rail A (60), the bulge (5021) is limited by the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail A (60) and cannot be turned over, so that the throwing plate (501) is horizontally arranged above the sliding tray (b); when the throwing plate seat (502) is driven away from the strip-shaped rail A (60), the elastic piece (52) drives the throwing plate seat (502) to drive the throwing plate (501) to turn towards one side far away from the sliding tray (b), and the turning angle is limited by the contact of the bulge (5021) and the side vertical surface (601) of the strip-shaped rail A (60).

5. The structure of a throwing cup for a capsule coffee machine according to claim 4, wherein a bar-shaped rail B (61) is installed on the upper surface of the outside of the sliding surface (c11) of the first guide rail (c1), and the locking structure and the unlocking structure are both provided on the bar-shaped rail B (61);

the locking piece (51) extends to form an end part (512) on one side close to the first guide rail (c1), and the end part (512) rides on the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail B (61).

6. A cup-throwing structure for a capsule coffee machine according to claim 5, wherein said unlocking structure is a lug (612) provided on the upper surface of the bar-shaped rail B (61);

the locking structure is a slope (611) formed on the upper surface of the strip-shaped rail B (61), and the slope (611) is positioned on one side of the lug (612) far away from the end of the strip-shaped rail B (61).

7. The structure of a tumbler for a capsule coffee machine according to claim 6, wherein a smooth stopper surface (613) for limiting the end portion (512) of the locking piece (51) from turning over is formed on the side of the inclined surface (611) away from the end of the bar-shaped rail B (61), and the smooth stopper surface (613) is parallel to the sliding surface (c11) of the first guide rail (c 1).

8. The structure of a tumbler for a capsule coffee machine according to claim 7, characterized in that the upper surface defining the bar-shaped track B (61) between the inclined surface (611) and the lug (612) is a transition plane (614), the height of the transition plane (614) being lower than the height of the smooth limit surface (613);

when the locking piece (51) is in a state of releasing the constraint of the cup throwing assembly (50), the lowest point of the end part (512) of the locking piece (51) is higher than the transition plane (614) and lower than the smooth limiting surface (613).

9. A cup-throwing structure for a capsule coffee machine according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the angle between said throwing plate (501) and the upper surface of said sliding tray (b) is not less than 90 ° when said elastic member (52) is in a natural state.

10. A cup-throwing structure for a capsule coffee machine according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a rubber ring (53) providing damping for the rotation of the locking member (51) is provided between the locking member (51) and the sliding tray (b).

Images