CN212630580U - Automatic meal delivery device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic meal delivery device, which comprises a transmission module, wherein a tableware supply station and a meal preparation station are arranged along the transmission direction of the transmission module; the tableware supply module is arranged corresponding to the tableware supply station; the food preparation module is arranged corresponding to the food preparation station and comprises a driving structure and a gathering structure with a food material inlet and a food material outlet, and the driving structure can drive the gathering structure to reciprocate between a first position and a second position; when the gathering structure is in the first position, the food material outlet faces the tableware reaching the catering station. The utility model supplies the tableware to the conveying device through the tableware supply module, the conveying power mechanism is started, the conveying device conveys the tableware to the lower part of the gathering structure, and the food can completely and accurately fall into the tableware through the gathering structure; and gather together the structure and can remove when the blanking to the condition of blocking in avoiding gathering together the structure, gluing the material takes place.

Description

Automatic meal delivery device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic change meal delivery device among the cooking equipment technical field.

Background

After the food is automatically fried, a meal serving step is provided, which generally includes dumping the food (such as chips, chicken wings, etc.) in the fry basket into a bowl or box by a mechanical arm. In the operation process, the caliber of the bowl is fixed, and different conditions can occur in the process of pouring the frying basket, which can cause the situation that food is poured outside the bowl or the food is too long to smoothly reach the bowl to be detained, and the like. Clearly, these are disadvantageous for automatic meal dosing.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to solve one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least, provide an automatic meal delivery device, it can prevent that the food after the culinary art can't fall into the tableware completely, accurately.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic meal delivery device, comprising a conveying module, a tableware supply station and a meal preparation station arranged along a conveying direction of the conveying module; the tableware supply module is arranged corresponding to the tableware supply station; the food preparation module is arranged corresponding to the food preparation station and comprises a driving structure and a gathering structure with a food material inlet and a food material outlet, and the driving structure can drive the gathering structure to reciprocate between a first position and a second position; when the gathering structure is in the first position, the food material outlet faces the tableware reaching the catering station.

According to the utility model discloses first aspect embodiment, furtherly, transfer module includes transmission power unit, conveying platform and follows the propelling movement spare that conveying platform removed, transmission power unit can drive the propelling movement spare is in conveying platform's transfer area removes to the catering station from tableware supply station.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment of the first aspect, furtherly, conveying power unit is located conveying platform's inside, one side of conveying platform is equipped with the guiding hole along direction of transfer, push member's one end with conveying power unit connects, push member's the other end runs through behind the guiding hole after conveying platform's top surface top is buckled.

According to the utility model discloses the embodiment of the first aspect, furtherly, the position that the conveying platform corresponds to the catering station is equipped with the first sensor that targets in place, push member be connected with the first response piece that the sensor suited that targets in place, the first sensor that targets in place with transmission power unit electricity is connected.

According to the utility model discloses in the embodiment of the first aspect, furtherly, tableware supply module includes tableware output mechanism and first stop gear, first stop gear includes that two are located respectively the limit baffle of conveying module both sides, two limit baffle is located tableware output mechanism exit position, two form the tableware space that falls between the limit baffle.

According to the utility model discloses first aspect embodiment, furtherly, the last sensor that targets in place of second that is equipped with of limit baffle, the second sensor that targets in place with the conveying module electricity is connected.

According to the utility model discloses the first aspect embodiment, furtherly, the below of catering module is equipped with second stop gear, second stop gear includes cylinder and the barrier plate of controlled removal, the cylinder can drive the barrier plate stretches into transfer module's conveying region, the moving direction of barrier plate with transfer module's direction of transfer becomes an angle.

According to the utility model discloses the first aspect embodiment, furtherly, the catering module still includes guide structure, guide structure includes moving part and locating part, the locating part is used for restricting the removal route of moving part, gather together structure and moving part direct or indirect connection.

According to the utility model discloses first aspect embodiment, furtherly when gathering together the structure and being in the second position, eat the material export orientation and reach the tableware of catering station to gather together the in-process of structure at second position and first position reciprocating motion, eat the material export and all be higher than the tableware that reachs the catering station.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment of the first aspect, furtherly, the module of catering includes fixed bearing part, gather together the structure by when bearing part bearing, it is shortest to eat the distance between the tableware of material export and arrival catering station.

The utility model has the advantages that: the utility model supplies the tableware to the conveying device through the tableware supply module, the conveying power mechanism is started, the conveying device conveys the tableware to the lower part of the gathering structure, and the food can completely and accurately fall into the tableware through the gathering structure; and gather together the structure and can remove when the blanking to the condition of blocking in avoiding gathering together the structure, gluing the material takes place.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is clear that the described figures represent only some embodiments of the invention, not all embodiments, and that a person skilled in the art can also derive other designs and figures from these figures without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a combination of a conveying module and an automatic material leaking module in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is another schematic diagram of the combination of the conveying module and the automatic material leaking module in the embodiment of the present invention (the conveying platform is omitted);

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a conveyor in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 5 is a front view of a transfer module in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of section A-A of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a sectional view of section B-B in fig. 5.

Detailed Description

This section will describe in detail the embodiments of the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the attached drawings, which are used to supplement the description of the text part of the specification with figures, so that one can intuitively and vividly understand each technical feature and the whole technical solution of the present invention, but they cannot be understood as the limitation of the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated with respect to the orientation description, such as up, down, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, a plurality of means are one or more, a plurality of means are two or more, and the terms greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood as not including the number, and the terms greater than, less than, within, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless there is an explicit limitation, the words such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution.

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, an automatic meal delivery apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a tableware supply module 100, a delivery module 200, and a catering module 300. The transfer module 200 is provided with a dish supplying station and a catering station along the transfer direction thereof, and accordingly, the dish supplying module 100 is correspondingly disposed at the dish supplying station and the catering module 300 is correspondingly disposed at the catering station. The tableware supplying module supplies the tableware one by one to the conveyor, and the conveyor module 200 conveys the tableware to the lower side of the catering module 300 to load the food, thereby completing an automated meal delivery process. In the embodiment, a cup is used as an embodiment of the tableware, and it is obvious that other tableware with an opening, such as a bowl, a lunch box, and a dish, also belong to the tableware that can be supplied by the tableware supply module.

In some embodiments, the tableware supplying module 100 includes a tableware discharging mechanism, the tableware discharging mechanism includes a cup dropping device, a plurality of cups are stacked on the cup dropping device 100, and when the tableware is discharged, a cup separating motor on the cup dropping device 100 is started, so that the cups can be dropped onto the conveying module 200 one by one.

Further as a preferred embodiment, the utensil supplying module 100 further comprises a first limit mechanism, the first limit mechanism comprises two limit baffles 216 respectively positioned at two sides of the conveying part of the conveying module, the two limit baffles 216 are positioned at the outlet position of the utensil output mechanism, and a utensil falling space is formed between the two limit baffles 216. The dining cup falls into the tableware falling space from the cup falling device, and the dining cup is prevented from separating from the conveying device due to the limit of the limit baffles 216 on the two sides. Preferably, a second in-place sensor is further disposed on the limit baffle 216, the second in-place sensor is electrically connected to the transmission power mechanism, and the second in-place sensor is mounted on the limit baffle 216 through the sensor mounting portion 222. When the dining cup falls into the space for falling into the tableware, the second in-place sensor receives the in-place signal of the dining cup, so that the second in-place sensor can send out an instruction to control the transmission power mechanism to drive the transmission device to transmit the dining cup.

In some embodiments, the conveyor may be a conveyor belt, preferably a diaphragm conveyor belt, the conveyor power mechanism drives the conveyor belt, the dish supply module drops the individual cups sequentially onto the conveying surface of the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt transports the individual cups one by one under the catering module 300. When one dining cup reaches the lower part of the food preparation module 300, the conveying power mechanism pauses, food is discharged and loaded, meanwhile, the tableware output mechanism drops one dining cup onto the conveying belt, after the feeding of the dining cup below the food preparation module 300 is finished and the cup dropping of the tableware output mechanism is finished, the conveying power mechanism is started again, and the like.

In other embodiments, the transfer module comprises a transfer power mechanism, a transfer platform 218, and a pusher 215 moving along the transfer platform 218, wherein the transfer power mechanism can drive the pusher 215 to move from the dish supply station to the catering station in the transfer region of the transfer platform 218. When the push member can push the meal cup on the conveying platform, other meal cups on the conveying platform are not affected, and compared with a conveying belt, the push member is more flexible and is easy to adjust the meal delivery rate. To reduce the volume occupied by the transfer module and avoid additional space for disposing a transfer power mechanism, the transfer power mechanism is located inside the transfer platform 218. The conveying platform 218 comprises an upward guide groove panel, two slide way plates 217 and a guide groove bottom plate, wherein the two slide way plates 217 and the guide groove bottom plate are respectively positioned on two sides of the guide groove panel, the slide way plates 217 support the guide groove panel together, the bottom of the slide way plate 217 extends outwards to form a mounting side plate 208, the mounting side plate 208 is fixed on the guide groove bottom plate through bolts, an inner space of the conveying platform 218 is formed among the guide groove panel, the slide way plate 217 and the guide groove bottom plate, and a transmission power device can be placed in the inner space. One side of the conveying platform 218 is provided with a guide hole along the conveying direction, that is, one of the slide plates 217 is provided with a guide hole, one end of the pushing member 215 is connected with the conveying power mechanism, and the other end of the pushing member 215 penetrates through the guide hole and then bends towards the upper part of the top surface of the conveying platform 218. The pushing member 215 is driven by the transferring power mechanism, and the pushing member 215 moves along the transferring platform 218 and pushes the meal cup to the direction of the catering module 300. Since the pushing member 215 protrudes from the guide hole, that is, the middle part of the pushing member 215 moves along the outer side of the chute plate 217, the middle part of the limit baffle 216 fixed on the chute plate 217 protrudes outward to form an avoiding space, the pushing member 215 can pass through the avoiding space when moving, and the limit baffle 216 does not block the movement of the pushing member 215.

Accordingly, the transmission power mechanism includes two pulleys 203, a timing belt 204, and a pulley power device. The two belt wheels 203 are respectively arranged at two ends of the conveying platform 218, the synchronous belt 204 is arranged on the two belt wheels 203, the belt wheel power device is connected with one of the belt wheels 203, and the pushing member 215 is connected with the synchronous belt 204. The belt wheel power device comprises a motor 201 and a motor mounting plate 202, wherein the motor 201 is mounted in the conveying platform 218 through the motor mounting plate 202; each pulley 203 is mounted on a bearing seat 206 through a rotating shaft 205, and each bearing seat 206 is fixed at both ends of the inner space of the conveying platform 218 through a tension plate 207, and ensures that the synchronous belt 204 can maintain a tension state. Preferably, the transmission power mechanism further comprises a linear guide 209, the linear guide 209 is arranged along the transmission direction of the transmission platform 218, the pushing member 215 is movably mounted on the linear guide 209 through a connecting plate 212, and the linear guide 209 enables the pushing member 215 to move smoothly without swinging due to deformation of the timing belt 204. The pushing member 215 is connected to the connecting plate 212, the connecting plate 212 is connected to the timing belt 204 via the pressing plate 213, and the pressing plate 213 is pressed against the timing belt 204.

Further, referring to fig. 4, the transfer platform 218 is provided with a first in-position sensor 210 at a position corresponding to the catering workstation. Preferably, the first in-position sensor 210 is disposed in the conveying platform 218, and optionally, the first in-position sensor 210 is fixed below the catering module 300 by a sensor bracket 211, and a sensing part of the first in-position sensor 210 is in a groove shape. The pushing member 215 is connected to a sensing piece 214 corresponding to the first in-position sensor 210, and the first in-position sensor 210 is electrically connected to the transmission power mechanism. Correspondingly, one end of the sensing piece 214 is fixed on the connecting plate 212, the other end of the sensing piece 214 is bent downwards, when the sensing piece 214 moves along with the connecting plate 212, the bent end of the sensing piece can pass through the concave part on the first in-place sensor 210, so that the first in-place sensor 210 senses that the sensing piece 214 is in place, and then the transmission power mechanism is controlled to stop, and the pushing member 215 stops pushing the dining cup.

Referring to fig. 5 and 7, a second limiting device is arranged below the catering module 300, the second limiting device comprises an air cylinder 219 and a blocking plate 220 capable of controlled movement, the air cylinder 219 can be positioned in the conveying platform 218, and the air cylinder 219 is mounted above the conveying power mechanism through an air cylinder mounting plate 221. A blocking plate through hole is formed in the other side of the transfer platform 218, one end of the blocking plate 220 penetrates through the blocking plate through hole and then is bent towards the top of the transfer platform 218, and the other end of the blocking plate 220 is connected with the cylinder 219. The cylinder 219 can drive the blocking plate 220 to horizontally move to extend into the conveying area of the conveying platform 218, and the moving direction of the blocking plate 220 forms an angle with the conveying direction of the conveying platform 218, and preferably, the moving direction of the blocking plate 220 forms an angle of 90 ° with the conveying direction of the conveying platform 218. When the in-place conveying component receives the in-place information of the sensing piece 214, the in-place conveying component sends a command to control the air cylinder 219 to drive the blocking plate 220 to push towards the middle direction of the conveying platform 218, so that the blocking plate blocks the dinner cup right below the funnel 301. Alternatively, the in-position sensing means may be another in-position sensor different from the first in-position sensor 210, or may be directly served as the in-position sensing means by the first in-position sensor 210 to simplify the structure. Alternatively, the blocking plate 220 may be controlled by the first in-position sensor 210 to simplify the structure; alternatively, the blocking plate 220 may be controlled by a sensing part additionally added to simplify the circuit connection. In combination with the control of the pushing member 215 by the first in-place sensor 210, after the dining cup is in place, the soft limit control of the pushing member 215 by the first in-place sensor 210 and the hard limit control of the blocking plate 220 are adopted, and the reliability of the structure control and the position control is ensured by combining the soft limit and the hard limit. In addition, the blocking plate 220 not only plays a role in limiting the dining cups, but also plays a role in placing the dining cups to turn over or misplace when the materials are loaded due to the fact that the blocking plate 220 and the pushing member 215 are respectively located on two sides of the dining cups under the food preparation station, and smooth food preparation is guaranteed.

In some embodiments, the catering module 300 includes a driving structure 311 and a gathering structure 301 having a food material inlet and a food material outlet, when food is poured into the gathering structure 301 through the food material inlet, the food is gathered in the gathering structure 301 and then discharged from the food material outlet, and the gathering structure 301 plays a role of gathering food, so that the food can smoothly fall into a dining cup with a small caliber. However, since the food material outlet is smaller than the food material inlet, the food is easy to be stuck or sticky in the gathering structure 301, so that the food is difficult to completely enter the tableware. For this reason, set up drive structure 311 drive and gather together structure 301 reciprocating motion between first position and second position, gather together structure 301 in the in-process of motion, thereby food can be fully shaken and avoid blocking in eating the material export. When the gathering structure 301 is located at the first position and the second position, the food material outlets face the tableware reaching the catering station, and the food material outlets are opposite to the bottom or the inner wall of the tableware, so that the food material can fall into the tableware completely.

Alternatively, the gathering structure 301 may reciprocate in a vertical, horizontal or oblique direction between the first position and the second position under the driving of the driving structure 311, and may also reciprocate in a reverse direction. Preferably, the gathering structure 301 is at the first position, the second position and in the reciprocating process, the food material outlets are all higher than the tableware reaching the catering station, so as to avoid the gathering structure 301 from hanging and rubbing the food in the dining cup or the dining cup. Taking the overturning reciprocating motion as an example, the gathering structure 301 can be fixed on the catering station through the horizontal rotating shaft, the first position and the second position are respectively located at the equal-height positions at two sides of the horizontal rotating shaft, the driving structure drives the gathering structure 301 to overturn around the horizontal rotating shaft, the food material outlet of the gathering structure 301 continuously reaches the first position and the second position and reciprocates, and when the gathering structure 301 reaches the vertical state, the food material outlet is located at the lowest point and is still higher than the tableware. Because the gathering structure 301 moves continuously, the food in the gathering structure can be shaken off into the dining cup, the food is prevented from being stuck in the gathering structure 301, and the gathering structure 301 moves along other directions for the same reason.

Further, the catering module further comprises a guide structure, the guide structure comprises a moving part and a limiting part, the limiting part is used for limiting the moving path of the moving part, the gathering structure 301 is movably mounted above the conveying device through the guide structure, the gathering structure 301 is directly or indirectly connected with the moving part, the guide structure can limit the moving path of the gathering structure 301, and food cannot fall into the dining cup due to deviation of the gathering structure is avoided. For further preventing food from popping out from gathering structure 301, the catering module further comprises a fixed bearing part 302, a funnel opening matched with gathering structure 301 is arranged on the bearing part 302, the size of the funnel opening is the same as the size of the maximum caliber of gathering structure 301, and the guiding structure is positioned in the bearing part 302. Preferably, when the gathering structure 301 is borne by the bearing member 302, the distance between the outlet of the food material and the dishes arriving at the catering station is the shortest, so that when the driving structure 311 is not activated, the gathering structure 301 is directly supported by the bearing member 302, while the gathering structure 301 can be separated from the guiding structure, facilitating the replacement of the gathering structure 301.

Optionally, the guiding structure includes two mounting brackets respectively located at two sides of the conveying device, and the mounting brackets include a guiding rod 304, a mounting base plate 308 for mounting the guiding rod 304, and a guiding seat 305 movable along the guiding rod 304, where the guiding rod 304 is a limiting member and the guiding seat 305 is a movable member. The gathering structure 301 is fixed on the guide seats 305 of the two mounting brackets through the support plate 303, and the driving structure 311 is connected with the guide seats 305 in at least one mounting bracket. Taking the guide structure when the driving structure 311 drives the gathering structure 301 to move longitudinally as an example, referring to fig. 3, one of the mounting brackets only includes a mounting base plate 308, a guide rod 304 and a guide seat 305; and the other mounting bracket further comprises a lifting mounting plate 306, the lifting mounting plate 306 is fixed in the middle of the guide rod 304 and is parallel to the mounting bottom plate 308, a fixing through hole for fixing the driving structure 311 is arranged on the lifting mounting plate 306, the driving structure 311 is a pen core cylinder, and after the pen core cylinder penetrates through the fixing through hole and is fixed, the output end of the pen core cylinder is connected with the supporting plate 303. Further, a mounting column 307 is arranged between the lifting mounting plate 306 and the mounting base plate 308, a third in-place sensor 310 is fixed on the mounting column through a mounting plate 309, the third in-place sensor 310 is located on one side below the outlet of the gathering structure 301, and the third in-place sensor 310 can send an instruction for dumping food to the gathering structure 301. When the dining cup reaches the lower part of the gathering structure 301, the third in-place sensor 310 receives in-place information of the dining cup, and then food can be controlled to be poured into the gathering structure 301 for catering.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited thereto, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. An automated meal delivery apparatus, comprising:

a conveying module, which is provided with a tableware supply station and a catering station along the conveying direction;

the tableware supply module is arranged corresponding to the tableware supply station;

the food preparation module is arranged corresponding to the food preparation station and comprises a driving structure and a gathering structure with a food material inlet and a food material outlet, and the driving structure can drive the gathering structure to reciprocate between a first position and a second position;

when the gathering structure is in the first position, the food material outlet faces the tableware reaching the catering station.

2. The automated meal delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the conveying module comprises a conveying power mechanism, a conveying platform and a pushing piece moving along the conveying platform, and the conveying power mechanism can drive the pushing piece to move from a tableware supply station to a catering station in a conveying area of the conveying platform.

3. The automated meal delivery apparatus of claim 2, wherein: the conveying power mechanism is located inside the conveying platform, a guide hole is formed in one side of the conveying platform along the conveying direction, one end of the pushing piece is connected with the conveying power mechanism, and the other end of the pushing piece penetrates through the guide hole and then is bent above the top face of the conveying platform.

4. The automated meal delivery apparatus of claim 2, wherein: the food distribution system is characterized in that a first in-place sensor is arranged at a position, corresponding to a food preparation station, of the conveying platform, the pushing piece is connected with a sensing piece matched with the first in-place sensor, and the first in-place sensor is electrically connected with the conveying power mechanism.

5. The automated dining arrangement according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, wherein: the tableware supply module comprises a tableware output mechanism and a first limiting mechanism, the first limiting mechanism comprises two limiting baffle plates which are respectively positioned at two sides of the conveying module, the two limiting baffle plates are positioned at the outlet position of the tableware output mechanism, and a tableware falling space is formed between the two limiting baffle plates.

6. The automated meal delivery apparatus of claim 5, wherein: and a second in-place sensor is arranged on the limiting baffle and is electrically connected with the conveying module.

7. The automated meal delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein: and a second limiting mechanism is arranged below the meal preparation module and comprises an air cylinder and a blocking plate capable of being controlled to move, the air cylinder can drive the blocking plate to extend into a conveying area of the conveying module, and the moving direction of the blocking plate and the conveying direction of the conveying module form an angle.

8. The automated meal delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the meal distribution module further comprises a guide structure, the guide structure comprises a moving piece and a limiting piece, the limiting piece is used for limiting the moving path of the moving piece, and the gathering structure is directly or indirectly connected with the moving piece.

9. The automated meal delivery apparatus of claim 1, wherein: when the gathering structure is located at the second position, the food material outlets face the tableware reaching the catering station, and in the process that the gathering structure reciprocates between the second position and the first position, the food material outlets are higher than the tableware reaching the catering station.

10. The automated dining arrangement according to claim 1 or 7 or 8 or 9, wherein: the food matching module comprises a fixed bearing component, and when the gathering structure is supported by the bearing component, the distance between the food material outlet and tableware reaching a food matching station is shortest.

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