CN213962998U

CN213962998U - Beverage preparation module and beverage robot comprising same

Info

Publication number: CN213962998U
Application number: CN202022440138.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张书意; 詹志超; 莫云冲; 林成彪; 王志凯; 邱真力
Original assignee: Guangdong Zhiyuan Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Zhiyuan Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-10-28
Filing date: 2020-10-28
Publication date: 2021-08-17
Anticipated expiration: 2030-10-28

Abstract

The utility model discloses a beverage preparing module and a beverage robot composed of the same, wherein the beverage preparing module comprises a beverage supply mechanism and a preparing container, and the beverage supply mechanism comprises a first discharging head and a second discharging head; the brewing container is arranged to be movable with the beverage supply device between a first relative position and a second relative position. The first material outlet head outputs raw materials to the brewing container, the second material outlet head outputs steam to the brewing container so as to uniformly heat and stir the raw materials in the brewing container, the raw materials can be properly diluted after the steam mixed with the raw materials is liquefied, and the taste and flavor of the beverage are improved. This beverage preparation module not only can quantitative feeding, reduces feeding error and pollution that manual operation easily leads to, adopts steam heating also to make being heated of raw materials more even, and has prevented effectively that the heating part from falling into in the preparation container. The beverage robot accelerates the production beat and ensures the quality of the beverage.

Description

Beverage preparation module and beverage robot comprising same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a beverage preparation module and beverage robot who constitutes thereof in the beverage preparation field.

Background

Most of existing beverage preparation equipment in the market is semi-automatic, manual operation is more in the production and manufacturing process, the cross contamination is easy to occur, the safety is low, and particularly, the addition of various raw materials is often dependent on manual operation, so that quantitative charging cannot be guaranteed, and the quality of the beverage is influenced. In addition, the existing beverage brewing equipment can only work in a series mode one by one in the manufacturing process, and the production beat is slow; and the function is comparatively single, and area is big, is unfavorable for the operation. For beverages needing to be heated in the making process, such as milk tea and the like, most of the preparation equipment is resistance heating, the heating is not uniform, the temperature is difficult to control, and the taste of the beverages is influenced.

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 a beverage preparation module and the beverage robot of constituteing thereof for beverage preparation efficiency improves the quality of beverage.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beverage brewing module, comprising a beverage supplying mechanism, the beverage supplying mechanism comprising a first discharging head and a second discharging head, the first discharging head being configured to output raw materials, the second discharging head being configured to output steam; the brewing container is used for receiving the raw material output by the first discharging head, and the brewing container and the beverage supply mechanism are movably arranged between a first relative position and a second relative position, when the first relative position is the first relative position, the second discharging head is positioned in the brewing container, and when the second relative position is the second relative position, the second discharging head is positioned outside the brewing container.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the beverage brewing module further comprises a turning mechanism for changing an angle between an opening orientation of the brewing container and a horizontal direction.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, further, when the brewing container and the beverage supplying mechanism are in the second relative position, the opening of the brewing container is moved between the pouring position and the pouring position by the turnover mechanism, when the opening of the brewing container is in the pouring position, the opening of the brewing container faces upward, and when the opening of the brewing container is in the pouring position, the opening of the brewing container faces downward.

According to the utility model discloses first aspect embodiment, furtherly, wait to fall the position with it is located respectively to fall the material position the both ends of the opening movement track of brewing container.

According to the utility model discloses first aspect embodiment, further, the quantity of second play stub bar is more than three, each the second play stub bar centers on along circumference first ejection of compact head arranges.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, further, the beverage brewing module further includes a fixing base, the brewing container is mounted on the fixing base through a moving mechanism, the moving mechanism drives the brewing container to move between a first position and a second position, when the brewing container is located at the first position, the brewing container and the beverage supplying mechanism are located at a first relative position, and when the brewing container is located at the second position, the brewing container and the beverage supplying mechanism are located at a second relative position.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, further, the first position and the second position are located in a vertical collinear direction.

According to the utility model discloses first aspect embodiment, furtherly, beverage preparation module is including preventing ponding platform, it is located to prevent ponding platform the below of preparation container, it places the district to prevent being equipped with the cup utensil that is used for placing the cup utensil on the ponding bench.

According to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, further, a sensor in place is disposed on the cup placing area, and the sensor in place is electrically connected to the beverage supplying mechanism and the turning mechanism, respectively.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beverage robot, comprising a cup supplying module; the beverage brewing module is used for injecting the beverage brewed in the brewing container into the cup; a transfer module for transferring cups; a control module electrically connected to the cup supply module, the beverage brewing module, and the transfer module, respectively.

The utility model has the advantages that: the first material outlet head outputs raw materials to the brewing container, the second material outlet head outputs steam to the brewing container so as to uniformly heat and stir the raw materials in the brewing container, the raw materials can be properly diluted after the steam mixed with the raw materials is liquefied, and the taste and flavor of the beverage are improved. This beverage preparation module not only can quantitative feeding, reduces feeding error and pollution that manual operation easily leads to, adopts steam heating also to make being heated of raw materials more even, and has prevented effectively that the heating part from falling into in the preparation container. The beverage robot accelerates the production beat and ensures the quality of the beverage.

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 diagram of a beverage brewing module according to the present invention.

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, the beverage preparation module according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a beverage supplying mechanism and a preparation container 1001, the beverage supplying mechanism injects a raw material into the preparation container 1001 for preparation, and the raw material supplied by the beverage supplying mechanism at least includes a fluid raw material, such as tea, milk tea, etc.; on this basis, the beverage supply mechanism may also supply ingredients including non-fluid substances such as candy pieces to the brewing container 1001. After brewing is completed, the brewing container 1001 is filled with brewed beverage. Since the beverage is poured into the cup 1012 after the beverage is prepared in the preparation vessel 1001, the beverage can be prepared in advance after receiving the instruction, and the beverage is not required to be prepared after the cup 1012 is in place, thereby accelerating the preparation efficiency of the beverage. In some embodiments, to further increase the efficiency of the beverage making, the capacity of the brewing receptacle 1001 may be greater than the capacity of the cup 1012 to facilitate the brewing of more than two cups of beverage at a time in the brewing receptacle 1001.

The beverage supply mechanism comprises a fixed seat, a first discharging head 1007 and a second discharging head 1008, and the first discharging head 1007 and the second discharging head 1008 are both installed on the fixed seat. First discharging head 1007 is used for exporting raw materials, and in this embodiment, first discharging head 1007 exports fluid raw materials, such as tea, milk tea, etc. first discharging head 1007 can export raw materials by ration automatically, reduces error and pollution that manual operation probably leads to, guarantees that the output of beverage is stable. Optionally, the first discharging head 1007 can make the raw material naturally flow out under the action of gravity; also can spray out raw materials to accelerate the material conveying efficiency. The second discharging head 1008 is used for outputting steam, the steam is in full contact with the raw materials in the preparation container 1001 to uniformly heat the raw materials and play a certain stirring role on the raw materials, and the steam is liquefied after being in full contact with the raw materials and can dilute the raw materials; meanwhile, steam is output to the raw materials in the brewing container 1001 through the second discharging head 1008 for heating, heating elements such as resistors do not need to be arranged to be in direct contact with the raw materials, parts of the heating elements are effectively prevented from being mixed into the brewing container 1001, and the beverage is made more safely and reliably. Similarly, the second discharging head 1008 can make the steam naturally flow out under the action of the pressure difference; steam can be sprayed out to accelerate the heating efficiency and enhance the stirring effect.

Further, the number of the second discharging heads 1008 is more than three, and each second discharging head 1008 is arranged around the first discharging head 1007 along the circumferential direction, so that the raw materials sprayed by the first discharging heads 1007 can be uniformly heated and stirred by steam, the phenomena of uneven heating or sugar deposition and the like are avoided, and the taste and the flavor of the prepared beverage are better.

The brewing container 1001 is used for receiving the material output by the first discharge head 1007, and the brewing container 1001 and the beverage supply mechanism are movably arranged between a first relative position and a second relative position. The brewing receptacle 1001 and/or the beverage supply mechanism are movable to effect a transformation of the first relative position to the second relative position, optionally including the following embodiments: firstly, the brewing container 1001 is fixedly arranged on the fixed seat and is kept still, and the beverage supply mechanism can move; secondly, the beverage supply mechanism is fixedly arranged on the fixed seat and is kept still, and the brewing container 1001 can move; third, both the brewing container 1001 and the beverage supplying mechanism are movable relative to the holder. In the first relative position, the second tap 1008 is positioned in the brewing container 1001, and the steam output by the second tap 1008 can flow into the brewing container 1001 completely, so as to better brew the beverage; in the second relative position, the second tap is positioned outside the brewing container 1001 for collecting brewed beverage in the brewing container 1001.

In some embodiments, the brewing container 1001 is mounted on the holder by a flipping mechanism, which flips the brewing container 1001 to pour the beverage therein after the ingredients have been heated and brewed in the brewing container 1001, which greatly simplifies the construction because the beverage in the brewing container 1001 is poured directly into the cup 1012 without the need for additional communication mechanisms. The tilting mechanism is used for changing the angle between the opening orientation of the brewing container 1001 and the horizontal direction, in particular, when the brewing container 1001 and the beverage supplying mechanism are in the second relative position, the opening of the brewing container 1001 is moved between the to-be-tilted position and the pouring position by the tilting mechanism, when the opening of the brewing container 1001 is in the to-be-tilted position, the opening of the brewing container 1001 is upward, and when the opening of the brewing container 1001 is in the pouring position, the opening of the brewing container 1001 is downward. In this embodiment, when the opening of the brewing container 1001 is in the position to be inverted, the opening of the brewing container 1001 is opposite to the beverage supplying mechanism, the included angle between the opening direction of the brewing container 1001 and the horizontal direction is a first included angle, the opening of the brewing container 1001 faces upward, and the first included angle is larger than 0 ° and smaller than or equal to 90 ° so as to ensure that the brewing container 1001 can load a certain amount of raw materials and cannot be inverted. After the raw materials are brewed into the beverage in the brewing container 1001, the overturning mechanism drives the brewing container 1001, the included angle between the opening direction of the brewing container 1001 and the horizontal direction is a second included angle, and the second included angle is gradually reduced in the overturning process of the brewing container 1001 so that the beverage gradually flows out of the opening of the brewing container 1001; further, when the second included angle is 0 °, the turnover mechanism continues to operate to enable the opening of the brewing container 1001 to be in the material pouring position, and the opening of the brewing container 1001 faces downward, that is, the second included angle is a negative value, so as to ensure that the beverage in the brewing container 1001 can completely flow out. It is clear from the above description that, rather than the brewing container 1001 pouring the beverage therein only when the opening of the brewing container 1001 is in the pouring position, the beverage in the brewing container 1001 is poured out as the brewing container 1001 rotates during the movement of the opening of the brewing container 1001 from the ready-to-pour position to the pouring position, and when the opening of the brewing container 1001 is in the pouring position, it is ensured that the beverage in the brewing container 1001 is completely poured out and does not remain in the brewing container 1001. Further, the waiting position and the material pouring position are respectively located at two ends of the opening movement track of the brewing container 1001, so that the movement track of the opening of the brewing container 1001 is simplified, the time required by the turning action is saved, and the efficiency is improved.

In this embodiment, the turnover mechanism includes a turnover fixing member 1002, a turnover motor 1003 and a synchronous pulley assembly, and the turnover motor 1003 is installed on the fixing base through the turnover fixing member 1002. The turning-over fixing member 1002 is further provided with two oppositely disposed ear plates, and the brewing container 1001 is hinged between the two ear plates by a hinge shaft, so that the brewing container 1001 can rotate around the hinge shaft without falling off. The synchronous pulley assembly comprises a synchronous belt 1004 and two synchronous wheels 1005, wherein one synchronous wheel 1005 is connected with the turnover motor 1003, and the other synchronous wheel 1005 is connected with the hinge shaft to drive the hinge shaft to rotate. After the turnover motor 1003 is started, the turnover motor 1003 enables the brewing container 1001 to turn over laterally in the direction away from the fixing seat through the synchronous pulley component, so that the included angle between the opening direction of the brewing container 1001 and the horizontal direction can be changed, the beverage in the brewing container 1001 is poured out, then the turnover motor 1003 rotates, the brewing container 1001 is reset, and the next beverage brewing is carried out.

The beverage supply mechanism further comprises a fixing frame 1006, and a first discharging head 1007 and a second discharging head 1008 are both fixed on the fixing frame 1006. In this embodiment, the fixing frame 1006 is fixedly installed on the fixing base, the position is kept unchanged, and the brewing container 1001 is movable relative to the fixing base and the fixing frame 1006. The brewing chamber 1001 is mounted on the holder by a moving mechanism, which moves the brewing chamber 1001 between a first position and a second position. When the brewing container 1001 is in the first position, the brewing container 1001 is in a first relative position with respect to the beverage supply mechanism, and the first discharge head 1007 and the second discharge head 1008 are now capable of delivering ingredients and steam into the brewing container 1001, and at least the second discharge head 1008 is capable of extending into the brewing container 1001. After the raw material is brewed into the beverage in the brewing container 1001, the moving mechanism drives the brewing container 1001 to move from the first position to the second position, when the brewing container 1001 is located at the second position, the brewing container 1001 and the beverage supply mechanism are located at the second relative position, at the moment, the brewing container 1001 can output the beverage without being obstructed by the beverage supply mechanism, and the brewing container 1001 is prevented from colliding with the first discharging head 1007 or the second discharging head 1008 in the process of pouring the beverage. Further, the first position and the second position are located in the same vertical straight direction, which simplifies the moving path of the brewing container 1001; when the brewing container 1001 is at the first position, the first discharging head 1007 and the second discharging head 1008 can both extend into the opening of the brewing container 1001, raw materials and steam can be output to the brewing container 1001 in a short distance, splashing of the raw materials is reduced, the distance between the second discharging head 1008 and the bottom of the brewing container 1001 can be adjusted, and heating and stirring effects of the steam output by the second discharging head 1008 on the raw materials can be adjusted.

In this embodiment, moving mechanism includes elevator motor 1010, lift hold-in range 1011 and two lift band pulleys, and two lift band pulleys all rotate to be installed on the fixing base, and the centre of a circle line of two lift band pulleys is on a parallel with vertical direction, and lift hold-in range 1011 is then installed on two lift band pulleys, and elevator motor 1010 is connected in order to drive lift hold-in range 1011 through being connected with one of them lift band pulley. The preparation vessel 1001 is fixed to the elevation timing belt 1011 and ascends and descends with the elevation timing belt 1011.

In some embodiments, the beverage brewing module includes a water accumulation prevention table 1009, the water accumulation prevention table 1009 is located below the brewing container 1001, and the water accumulation prevention table 1009 is provided with a cup placing area for placing the cup 1012. Therefore, when the brewing container 1001 is brewed and turned over, the water accumulation preventing table 1009 can collect the raw material and beverage overflowed or poured from the brewing container 1001 in time, and keep the whole beverage brewing module clean and sanitary. Optionally, a cup holder may be provided on the cup receiving area to prevent the cup 1012 from tipping over when receiving the beverage poured from the brewing receptacle 1001.

Furthermore, an in-place sensor is arranged on the cup placing area and is respectively and electrically connected with the beverage supply mechanism and the turnover mechanism. Alternatively, the in-position sensor may be a photoelectric sensor or a force sensor. When the cup 1012 is placed in the cup placing area, the in-place sensor sends an electric signal to the beverage supply mechanism and the turnover mechanism, the moving mechanism drives the brewing container 1001, and after the brewing container 1001 reaches the first position, the first discharging head 1007 and the second discharging head 1008 are started to respectively output quantitative raw materials and steam to the brewing container 1001. After the dispensing is complete, the brewing container 1001 is moved to the second position by the movement mechanism and the inverting mechanism is actuated to move the opening of the brewing container 1001 from the ready to invert position to the pour position to dispense the brewed beverage into the cup 1012.

The utility model discloses beverage robot in the embodiment of the second aspect, including cup utensil supply module, foretell beverage modulation module, transport module and control module, control module is connected with cup utensil supply module, beverage modulation module and transport module electricity respectively. A transfer module is used to transfer cups 1012, optionally the transfer module includes a gripper. The control module is used for controlling the cup supplying module, the beverage preparing module and the transferring module, optionally, the control module can be connected with external equipment such as an operable display screen and the like, so that a user can conveniently place an order to start the making process of the beverage robot. After the user issues the command, the control module sends a signal to the cup supply module, which drops the cup 1012 and returns the signal. The control module then sends a signal to the transfer module, which receives the signal and transfers the cup 1012 to the beverage brewing module, specifically, the cup 1012 is placed in the cup placement area, and the in-place sensor sends a signal to cause the beverage brewing module to inject the beverage brewed in the brewing container 1001 into the cup 1012. Finally, the control module again signals the transfer module to transfer the beverage-loaded cups 1012 to the serving location for the user to pick up. The beverage robot adopts the existing mixing process, and can instantly mix the beverage after a user orders to send out an instruction, so that the taste can be greatly restored; and the whole process basically does not need manual operation, thereby reducing the possibility of food cross contamination and ensuring the food safety.

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 to the details of the embodiments shown, but is capable of various modifications and substitutions without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Claims

1. A beverage brewing module, comprising:

the beverage supply mechanism comprises a first discharging head and a second discharging head, the first discharging head is used for outputting raw materials, and the second discharging head is used for outputting steam;

the brewing container is used for receiving the raw material output by the first discharging head, and the brewing container and the beverage supply mechanism are movably arranged between a first relative position and a second relative position, when the first relative position is the first relative position, the second discharging head is positioned in the brewing container, and when the second relative position is the second relative position, the second discharging head is positioned outside the brewing container.

2. The beverage brewing module of claim 1, wherein: the beverage brewing module further comprises a turnover mechanism, and the turnover mechanism is used for changing an included angle between the opening orientation of the brewing container and the horizontal direction.

3. The beverage brewing module of claim 2, wherein: when the brewing container and the beverage supply mechanism are in the second relative position, the opening of the brewing container moves between a to-be-poured position and a pouring position through the turnover mechanism, the opening of the brewing container faces upwards when the opening of the brewing container is in the to-be-poured position, and the opening of the brewing container faces downwards when the opening of the brewing container is in the pouring position.

4. The beverage brewing module of claim 3, wherein: the position to be poured and the material pouring position are respectively positioned at two ends of the opening motion trail of the brewing container.

5. The beverage brewing module of claim 1, wherein: the number of the second discharging heads is more than three, and each second discharging head is arranged around the first discharging head along the circumferential direction.

6. The beverage brewing module of claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, wherein: the beverage preparation module further comprises a fixed seat, the preparation container is mounted on the fixed seat through a moving mechanism, the moving mechanism drives the preparation container to move between a first position and a second position, when the preparation container is located at the first position, the preparation container and the beverage supply mechanism are located at a first relative position, and when the preparation container is located at the second position, the preparation container and the beverage supply mechanism are located at a second relative position.

7. The beverage brewing module of claim 6, wherein: the first position and the second position are located in a vertical collinear direction.

8. The beverage brewing module of claim 2, wherein: the beverage brewing module comprises a water accumulation prevention platform, the water accumulation prevention platform is located below the brewing container, and a cup placing area used for placing cups is arranged on the water accumulation prevention platform.

9. The beverage brewing module of claim 8, wherein: the cup placing area is provided with an in-place sensor which is respectively and electrically connected with the beverage supply mechanism and the turnover mechanism.

10. A beverage robot, comprising:

a cup supplying module;

a beverage brewing module according to any one of claims 1 to 9 for injecting a brewed beverage in a brewing container into a cup;

a transfer module for transferring cups;

a control module electrically connected to the cup supply module, the beverage brewing module, and the transfer module, respectively.