CN217640318U - Automatic device of selling of puffed rice - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a popcorn automatic vending device, which comprises a frame, a feeding mechanism, a manufacturing mechanism and a discharging mechanism, wherein the feeding mechanism, the manufacturing mechanism and the discharging mechanism are arranged in the frame, the discharging mechanism comprises a discharging hopper for outputting popcorn and a cup barrel conveying structure capable of conveying a cup barrel to the position below the discharging hopper, the cup barrel conveying structure comprises a dining position for facilitating users to eat and a longitudinal moving structure capable of conveying the cup barrel upwards from the lower part of the discharging hopper to the dining position, the lower end of a storage cavity is hinged with an opening plate capable of communicating the storage cavity with the discharging hopper, and a top plate is hung downwards in a natural state to open the discharging hopper; the discharge hopper comprises a top plate positioned at the upper end of the discharge hopper, the upper end of the top plate is flush with the lower end of the opening plate, so that the top plate can push the opening plate to close the discharge hopper, and the discharge hopper is connected with a driving piece capable of enabling the discharge hopper to move in a reciprocating mode. The utility model discloses a mobilizable hopper that goes out has realized the control to going out the hopper, has still reduced the cup bucket simultaneously and need shift out the removal step of hopper below, has improved meal delivery efficiency, reduces the energy consumption.

Description

Automatic device of selling of puffed rice

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of food processing equipment, concretely relates to puffed rice vending device.

Background

Popcorn is taken as a food well liked by people, some places with large flow such as shopping malls and cinemas usually sell the popcorn, the common popcorn vending machine usually needs manual cooperation, firstly, a large amount of corn grains are poured into a pot to produce the popcorn, the popcorn needs to be scooped manually and contained in a cup barrel, in the prior art, in order to reduce the floor area of the vending machine, the popcorn vending machine is fed, manufactured and discharged, the discharge port is usually arranged longitudinally, therefore, the discharge port is deviated to the lower part of the vending machine, the popcorn is inconvenient to take by consumers, the discharge port of the vending machine needs to be opened firstly when the popcorn is discharged, then the cup barrel containing the popcorn is conveyed to the lower part of the discharge port, then the cup barrel is moved to leave the lower part of the discharge port, and then the cup barrel is moved upwards to a position convenient for the consumers to take.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a not enough to among the prior art, provide a puffed rice vending device, can reduce the step that the bucket was carried, improve meal delivery efficiency, reduce the energy consumption.

The invention aims to be realized by the following technical scheme:

an automatic popcorn vending device comprises a rack, a feeding mechanism, a manufacturing mechanism, a discharging mechanism and a control system, wherein the feeding mechanism, the manufacturing mechanism, the discharging mechanism and the control system are arranged in the rack, the manufacturing mechanism comprises a manufacturing cavity body which can be communicated with the feeding mechanism, and a storage cavity body which can be communicated with the discharging mechanism, the discharging mechanism comprises a discharging hopper for outputting popcorn, and a cup barrel conveying structure which can convey a cup barrel to the position below the discharging hopper, the cup barrel conveying structure comprises a meal taking position which is convenient for a user to take meals, and a longitudinal moving structure which can convey the cup barrel from the lower direction of the discharging hopper to the meal taking position, and the lower end of the storage cavity body is hinged with an opening plate which can enable the storage cavity body to be communicated with the discharging hopper; go out the hopper including the roof that is located its upper end, the roof upper end flushes with the open-close plate lower extreme, go out the hopper and be connected with the driving piece that enables its reciprocating motion, when the driving piece promoted out the hopper along the direction of keeping away from cup bucket transport structure, the cup bucket top was exposed and is moved up the space of letting out for cup bucket transport structure, and the roof promotes because the open-close plate that hangs from the dead weight upwards rotates and seals the storage cavity, when the driving piece promoted out the hopper along cup bucket transport structure's direction, the open-close plate relied on self gravity to rotate downwards and open the storage cavity.

According to the scheme, the feeding mechanism discharges materials into the manufacturing cavity, the raw materials are manufactured into the popcorn through the manufacturing mechanism, the popcorn falls into the storage cavity and is stored in the storage cavity, when a consumer purchases the popcorn, the cup conveying structure is firstly started, the cup is conveyed to the position below the discharge hopper, then the driving piece is started, the discharge hopper moves along the direction of the cup conveying structure, the top plate is gradually far away from the opening plate, the opening plate rotates downwards under the gravity of the opening plate, so that the storage cavity is communicated with the discharge hopper, the popcorn falls into the discharge hopper, and then the popcorn falls into the cup through the discharge hopper;

when the popcorn is completely contained, the driving piece is driven again, the discharge hopper moves along the direction far away from the cup barrel conveying structure, the top plate props against the opening plate at the moment and pushes the opening plate to rotate upwards, so that the storage cavity is closed, and the upper part of the cup barrel is exposed at the moment to make room for the longitudinal moving structure to move upwards, so that the cup barrel can be conveyed to a dining position through the longitudinal moving structure;

preferably, the discharge hopper comprises a discharge port positioned at the lower end of the discharge hopper, and the caliber of the discharge port is smaller than that of the cup barrel.

Because go out the hopper and make the opening plate close the in-process of storage cavity moving, probably a small amount of puffed rice falls into out the hopper from the storage cavity in addition, consequently makes the discharge gate bore be less than the glass bucket bore for before the opening plate closes completely, the discharge gate still faces to the glass bucket, makes a small amount of puffed rice can also fall into to the glass bucket from the discharge gate.

Preferably, the storage cavity is provided with a sensor for detecting a limited amount of popcorn, and the sensor is connected with the control system.

When the popcorn is sold to a certain amount, the infrared rays of the sensor can detect that the popcorn is less than the limited amount, the sensor transmits the sensed signals to the feeding mechanism and the manufacturing mechanism through the control system, the feeding mechanism starts feeding, the manufacturing mechanism is manufactured again, and the popcorn is supplemented.

Preferably, the rack is further connected with a cup holder for placing stacked cups, the cup conveying structure further comprises a cup receiving position for receiving the cups falling from the cup holder, and a transverse moving structure capable of conveying the cups to the discharge port from the cup receiving position, one end of the transverse moving structure is located at the cup receiving position, and the other end of the transverse moving structure corresponds to the longitudinal moving structure.

Among the above-mentioned setting, the glass bucket from the glass stand fall to connect the cup position on, rethread lateral shifting structure carries the glass bucket to go out the hopper below from connecing the cup position, and the splendid attire is from the puffed rice of going out hopper output, then carries the glass bucket to the position of getting the meal through longitudinal movement structure, supplies the consumer to take the puffed rice.

Preferably, the transverse moving structure comprises a first conveying motor, the first conveying motor is transversely connected with a first screw rod, a first sliding block is sleeved on the outer wall of the first screw rod, and the first sliding block is connected with a sleeve which can be sleeved on the outer wall of the cup barrel.

In the arrangement, the first conveying motor drives the first screw rod to rotate, the first screw rod drives the first sliding block to move transversely, and the first sliding block drives the sleeve to move, so that the cup barrel is conveyed from the cup receiving position to the lower part of the discharge hopper.

Preferably, the longitudinal moving structure is matched with the driving piece and comprises a second conveying motor, the second conveying motor is connected with a second screw rod, a second sliding block is sleeved on the outer wall of the second screw rod, and the second sliding block is connected with a supporting plate which can penetrate through the sleeve and support the cup barrel.

In the above-mentioned setting, after the driving piece drive goes out the hopper and removes along the direction of keeping away from cup bucket conveying structure, cup bucket top is exposed, has vacated the space for shifting up of longitudinal movement structure, starts second conveying motor this moment, and drive second lead screw rotates, and the second lead screw drives the second slider and removes, and the second slider drives the backup pad and removes to realize the transport of cup bucket from going out hopper below to getting the dining position.

Preferably, the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding hopper, a moving plate and a first pushing piece capable of pushing the moving plate to reciprocate, the feeding hopper is provided with a feeding hole, and the moving plate is located below the feeding hole.

According to the arrangement, the first pushing piece enables the moving plate to move, so that the feeding hole is opened or closed, and feeding of the popcorn vending device is controlled.

Preferably, the making mechanism further comprises an air explosion structure for making the popcorn, the air explosion structure is positioned between the making cavity and the storage cavity and comprises an air blower and a heating element, and the heating element is hinged in the rack in a rotating mode to be communicated with the making cavity and the storage cavity or to be sealed.

Above-mentioned setting makes heating member seal preparation cavity and storage cavity, and confined preparation cavity can be used to preparation puffed rice this moment, and after the puffed rice preparation was accomplished, the heating member rotated, made preparation cavity and storage cavity intercommunication, and the puffed rice that makes this moment falls in the storage cavity.

Preferably, the heating element is rotatably hinged with the frame through a rotating shaft, one end of the rotating shaft is connected with a rotating motor, and the frame positioned at the other end of the rotating shaft is provided with two travel switches capable of controlling the rotating position of the heating element.

In the above-mentioned setting, when needs preparation puffed rice, the start rotates the motor, and the drive pivot upwards rotates, rotates to when being responded to by one of them travel switch when the axis of rotation, and the heating member seals preparation cavity and storage cavity, and after the preparation of puffed rice was accomplished, the start rotates motor antiport, and the drive shaft rotates downwards, makes preparation cavity and storage cavity intercommunication.

Preferably, the machine frame is connected with a cup separating structure capable of separating stacked cups individually, the cup separating structure comprises a stripping part and a second pushing part, the stripping part is driven to move and is movably connected with the second pushing part, the stripping part comprises a first plate and a second plate which are arranged in a staggered mode from top to bottom, the machine frame is provided with a first horizontal sliding groove and a first inclined sliding groove which are communicated with each other, the stripping part is connected in the first horizontal sliding groove in a sliding mode, and when the stripping part moves towards the cup holder direction along the first horizontal sliding groove, the cup edges of the cups are located between the first plate and the second plate.

Set up and divide the cup structure to can separate out single glass bucket, among the prior art relatively, peel off the structure of glass bucket through the gear, should divide the required part of cup structure still less, the structure is simpler.

Preferably, the cup separating structure further comprises a supporting plate located below the stripping part and a third pushing part driving the supporting plate to move, the rack is provided with a second horizontal sliding groove and a second inclined sliding groove which are communicated, and the supporting plate is connected in the second horizontal sliding groove in a sliding manner.

Because the support of the stripping part to the cup barrel only depends on the edge of the cup barrel, the support area is small, and the support is easy to be unstable, so that the bearing plate is arranged to improve the support of the cup barrel.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:

in the utility model, the cup conveying structure is started, the cup is conveyed below the discharging hopper, then the driving piece is started, the discharging hopper is moved along the direction of the cup conveying structure, the top plate is gradually away from the opening plate, the opening plate rotates downwards under the self gravity, the storage cavity is communicated with the discharging hopper, the popcorn falls into the discharging hopper, and then falls into the cup through the discharging hopper;

when the popcorn is completely contained, the driving piece is driven again, the discharge hopper moves along the direction far away from the cup barrel conveying structure, the top plate moves, and then the opening plate is pushed to rotate upwards, so that the storage cavity is closed; meanwhile, after the discharge hopper moves in the direction far away from the cup barrel conveying structure, the upper part of the cup barrel is exposed to make room for the upward movement of the cup barrel, so that the vertical moving structure can be driven to directly drive the cup barrel to move upward to a meal taking position.

The utility model discloses a mobilizable play hopper has realized the control to going out the hopper, has still reduced the removal step that the cup bucket need shift out the material mouth below simultaneously, has improved meal delivery efficiency, can also reduce the energy consumption, reduction in production cost.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at I;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a part of the internal structure of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the middle discharge hopper moving towards the cup bucket conveying structure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the middle discharging hopper moving away from the cup conveying structure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of the cup-separating structure of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the cup-separating structure of the present invention;

the mark in the figure is: the automatic feeding device comprises a rack 1, a rack 111, a first horizontal chute, a first inclined chute 112, a second horizontal chute 113, a second inclined chute 114, a feeding mechanism 2, a feeding hopper 21, a moving plate 22, a first pushing member 23, a manufacturing mechanism 3, a manufacturing cavity 31, a storage cavity 32, a gas explosion structure 33, an air blower 331, a heating member 332, a rotating shaft 34, a travel switch 35, a stirring rod 36, a discharging mechanism 4, a discharging hopper 41, a driving member 411, a top plate 412, a discharging port 413, a cup conveying structure 42, a taking position 421, a longitudinal moving structure 422, a cup holder 4221, a second conveying motor 4222, a second screw 4223, a second sliding block 423, a cup receiving position 424, a transverse moving structure 4241, a first conveying motor 4242, a first screw, a 4243, a first sliding block 425, a sleeve 426, a supporting plate 5, a cup separating structure 6, a stripping part 61, a first pushing member 611, a second pushing member 63, a supporting plate block 63, a third supporting plate 64 and a supporting plate 63.

Detailed Description

The invention will be further described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings to which:

in the embodiment, referring to fig. 1-7, an automatic popcorn vending device includes a rack 1, a feeding mechanism 2, a making mechanism 3, a discharging mechanism 4 and a control system, wherein the feeding mechanism 2, the making mechanism 3, the discharging mechanism 4 and the control system are installed in the rack 1, and the control system is connected with the feeding mechanism, the making mechanism 3 and the discharging mechanism 4; the manufacturing mechanism 3 comprises a manufacturing cavity 31 which can be communicated with the feeding mechanism 2 and a storage cavity 32 which can be communicated with the discharging mechanism 4, the discharging mechanism 4 comprises a discharging hopper 41 which outputs the popcorn, and a cup barrel conveying structure 42 which can convey the cup barrel to the position below the discharging hopper 41, the cup barrel conveying structure 42 comprises a meal taking position 421 which is convenient for a user to take the meal, and a longitudinal moving structure 422 which can convey the cup barrel from the lower part of the discharging port 413 to the meal taking position 421, and the lower end of the storage cavity 32 is hinged with an opening plate which can be communicated with the discharging hopper 41;

go out hopper 41 including the roof 412 that is located its upper end, roof 412 upper end flushes with the open plate lower extreme, it is connected with the driving piece 411 that enables its reciprocating motion to go out hopper 41, driving piece 411 is electric putter, when driving piece 411 promotes out hopper 41 along the direction of keeping away from cup bucket transport structure 42, the cup bucket top is exposed and is moved upward for cup bucket transport structure 42 and lets out the space, and roof 412 promotes the open plate that hangs because of the dead weight and upwards rotates and seal storage cavity 32, when driving piece 411 promoted out hopper 41 along cup bucket transport structure 42's direction, the open plate relied on self gravity to rotate downwards and open storage cavity 32.

In this embodiment, the discharge hopper 41 includes a discharge port 413 located at a lower end thereof, and an aperture of the discharge port 413 is smaller than an aperture of the cup barrel.

Because go out hopper 41 and make the opening plate close the in-process of storage cavity 32 in the removal, probably a small amount of puffed rice falls into out hopper 41 from storage cavity 32 in addition, consequently makes discharge gate 413 bore be less than the glass barrel bore for a small amount of puffed rice can also fall into to the glass barrel from discharge gate 413.

In this embodiment, the storage cavity 32 is provided with a sensor for detecting the limited amount of the popcorn, and the sensor is connected to the control system.

When a certain amount of popcorn is sold, the infrared ray of the sensor detects that the amount of the popcorn is less than a limited amount, the sensor transmits the sensed signal to the feeding mechanism 2 and the making mechanism 3 through the control system, the feeding mechanism 2 starts feeding, and the making mechanism 3 makes the popcorn again to supplement the popcorn.

In this embodiment, the rack 1 is further connected with a cup holder 5 for placing stacked cups, the cup conveying structure 42 further includes a cup receiving position 423 for receiving the cups falling from the cup holder 5, and a lateral moving structure 424 capable of conveying the cups from the cup receiving position 423 to the discharge port 413, wherein one end of the lateral moving structure 424 is located at the cup receiving position 423, and the other end of the lateral moving structure corresponds to the longitudinal moving structure 422.

The bucket of cup falls to from glass stand 5 and connects cup position 423 on, and the rethread lateral shifting structure 424 carries the bucket of cup to go out hopper 41 below from connecing cup position 423, and the splendid attire is from the puffed rice that goes out hopper 41 output, then carries the bucket of cup to getting meal position 421 through longitudinal movement structure 422, supplies the consumer to take the puffed rice.

In this embodiment, the lateral moving structure 424 includes a first conveying motor 4241, the first conveying motor 4241 is laterally connected with a first lead screw 4242, a first sliding block 4243 is sleeved on an outer wall of the first lead screw 4242, and the first sliding block 4243 is connected with a sleeve 425 capable of being sleeved on an outer wall of the cup barrel.

The first conveying motor 4241 drives the first screw rod 4242 to rotate, the first screw rod 4242 drives the first sliding block 4243 to transversely move, and the first sliding block 4243 drives the sleeve 425 to move, so that the cup barrel is conveyed from the cup receiving position 423 to the position below the discharge hopper 41.

In this embodiment, the longitudinal moving structure 422 is matched with the driving member 411, and includes a second conveying motor 4221, the second conveying motor 4221 is connected with a second screw rod 4222, a second sliding block 4223 is sleeved on an outer wall of the second screw rod 4222, and the second sliding block 4223 is connected with a supporting plate 426 which can penetrate through the sleeve 425 and support the cup barrel.

After the driving part 411 drives the discharge hopper 41 to move along the direction away from the cup conveying structure 42, the upper part of the cup is exposed, and a space is made for the longitudinal moving structure 422 to move upwards, at this time, the second conveying motor 4221 is started to drive the second lead screw 4222 to rotate, the second lead screw 4222 drives the second slider 4223 to move, and the second slider 4223 drives the supporting plate 426 to move, so that the cup is conveyed from the lower part of the discharge hopper 41 to the meal taking position 421.

In this embodiment, the feeding mechanism 2 includes a feeding hopper 21, a moving plate 22, and a first pushing member 23 capable of pushing the moving plate 22 to reciprocate, the first pushing member 23 is an electric push rod, the feeding hopper 21 is provided with a feeding hole, and the moving plate 22 is located below the feeding hole.

The arrangement is that the first pushing piece 23 moves the moving plate 22 to open or close the feeding hole, and the feeding is controlled.

In this embodiment, the making mechanism 3 further includes an air-blast structure 33 for making popcorn, the air-blast structure 33 is located between the making cavity 31 and the storage cavity 32, and includes a blower 331 and a heating element 332, the heating element 332 is rotatably hinged in the rack 1 to communicate the making cavity 31 and the storage cavity 32 or to seal both the making cavity 31 and the storage cavity 32; the upper part of the manufacturing cavity 31 is provided with a vent hole communicated with the outside so as to discharge the gas used in the manufacturing cavity 31 to the outside and realize the circulation of the gas; the making cavity 31 is also connected with a stirring rod 36 for stirring popcorn.

Make heating member 332 seal preparation cavity 31 and storage cavity 32, the preparation cavity 31 that seals this moment can be used to make the puffed rice, start air-blower 331, air-blower 331 inhales the preparation cavity 31 with the outside gas in, gaseous heating is heated through heating member 332 again for the puffed rice of blasting, and puddler 36 makes it stir the puffed rice simultaneously, and after the preparation of puffed rice is accomplished, rotates heating member 332, makes preparation cavity 31 and storage cavity 32 communicate, and the puffed rice that makes this moment falls in storage cavity 32.

In this embodiment, the heating element 332 is rotatably hinged to the frame 1 through a rotating shaft 34, one end of the rotating shaft 34 is connected to a rotating motor, and the frame 1 at the other end of the rotating shaft 34 is provided with two travel switches 35 capable of controlling the rotating position of the heating element 332.

When the popcorn needs to be made, the rotating motor is started to drive the rotating shaft to rotate upwards, when the rotating shaft 34 rotates to be sensed by one of the travel switches 35, the heating piece 332 seals the making cavity 31 and the storage cavity 32, and after the popcorn is made, the rotating motor is started to rotate reversely, the driving shaft is driven to rotate downwards, so that the making cavity 31 is communicated with the storage cavity 32.

In this embodiment, the rack 1 is further connected with a cup separating structure 6 capable of separating stacked cups individually, the cup separating structure 6 includes a stripping portion 61 and a second pushing member 62 for driving the stripping portion 61 to move, and the stripping portion 62 can move up and down along the second pushing member 62, the second pushing member 62 is an electric push rod, the stripping portion 61 includes a first plate 611 and a second plate 612 that are arranged up and down and staggered, the rack 1 is provided with a first horizontal chute 11 and a first oblique chute 12 that are communicated, the stripping portion 61 is slidably connected in the first horizontal chute 11, and when the stripping portion 61 moves along the first horizontal chute 11 and toward the cup holder 5, a cup edge of the cup barrel is located between the first plate 611 and the second plate 612.

The second pushing piece 62 is started, the second pushing piece 62 pushes the stripping part 61 to slide along the first horizontal sliding chute 11 first, so that the first plate 611 abuts against the lower end of the rim of the cup bucket, when the stripping part 61 is continuously pushed, the stripping part 61 moves obliquely downwards along the first oblique sliding chute 12, because the first plate 611 and the second plate 612 are arranged in a staggered manner, when the second plate 612 gradually abuts against the upper end of the rim of the cup bucket, the lower end of the rim of the cup bucket is gradually separated from the first plate 611, therefore, at the moment, the upper end of the cup bucket is pushed by the second plate 612, the lower end of the rim of the cup bucket cannot abut against the first plate 611 any more, and the cup bucket is separated and falls;

when a single barrel is peeled off, the second plate 612 abuts against the lower end of the edge of the subsequent barrel, at this time, the peeling part 61 is driven to move along the first inclined chute 12 in the direction away from the barrel, the barrel falls from the second plate 612 onto the first plate 611, and the first plate 611 abuts against the edge of the barrel, and at this time, the edge of the barrel is again between the first plate 611 and the second plate 612.

In this embodiment, the cup separating structure 6 further includes a supporting plate 63 located below the peeling part 61, and a third pushing member 64 driving the supporting plate 63 to move, the third pushing member 64 is an electric push rod, the frame 1 is provided with a second horizontal sliding slot 13 and a second inclined sliding slot 14 which are communicated, and the supporting plate 63 is slidably connected in the second horizontal sliding slot 13.

When the peeling part 61 is not in contact with the cup, the supporting plate 63 is supported at the lower end of the cup, when the peeling part 61 moves downwards along the first inclined chute 12, the supporting plate 63 moves downwards along the second inclined chute 14 and moves along the direction far away from the cup, at the moment, the cup is pushed downwards by the peeling part 61, and the supporting plate 63 moves downwards along with the peeling part 61, so that a space is provided for the falling of the cup, and the cup is ensured to fall smoothly.

The utility model discloses a working process: the feeding mechanism 2 discharges materials into the manufacturing cavity 31, raw materials are made into popcorn through the manufacturing mechanism 3, the popcorn falls into the storage cavity 32 and is stored in the storage cavity 32, when a consumer purchases the popcorn, the cup conveying structure 42 is firstly started, the cup is conveyed to the position below the discharging hopper 41, then the driving piece 411 is started, the discharging hopper 41 moves along the direction of the cup conveying structure 42, at the moment, the top plate 412 is gradually far away from the cut-off plate, the cut-off plate rotates downwards under the gravity of the cut-off plate, so that the storage cavity 32 is communicated with the discharging hopper 41, the popcorn falls into the discharging hopper 41, and then falls into the cup through the discharging hopper 41;

when the splendid attire of puffed rice finishes, drive driving piece 411 once more, make out hopper 41 remove along the direction of keeping away from cup bucket conveying structure 42, roof 412 withstands the opening plate this moment to promote the opening plate upwards to rotate, thereby close storage cavity 32, and go out hopper 41 and no longer keep off in the cup bucket top this moment, therefore cup bucket accessible longitudinal movement structure 422 carries it to getting meal position 421 departments.

It should be understood that in the claims and the description of the present invention, all of "including 8230 \8230;" including 8230; "being understood as an open meaning, i.e., the meaning is equivalent to" including at least 8230; \8230; "8230;" and "not being understood as a closed meaning, i.e., the meaning is not to be understood as" including only 8230; \8230; "8230;". The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated.

The above description is only the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art should be able to make changes, modifications, additions or substitutions within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The automatic popcorn vending device comprises a rack (1), a feeding mechanism (2) installed in the rack (1), a manufacturing mechanism (3), a discharging mechanism (4) and a control system, and is characterized in that the manufacturing mechanism (3) comprises a manufacturing cavity (31) capable of being communicated with the feeding mechanism (2) and a storage cavity (32) capable of being communicated with the discharging mechanism (4), the discharging mechanism (4) comprises a discharging hopper (41) for outputting popcorn and a cup conveying structure (42) capable of conveying cups to positions below the discharging hopper (41), the cup conveying structure (42) comprises a meal taking position (421) convenient for a user to take meals and a longitudinal moving structure (422) capable of conveying the cups to the meal taking position (421) from the lower direction of the discharging hopper (41), and the lower end of the storage cavity (32) is hinged with a unpacking plate capable of being communicated with the discharging hopper (41);

go out hopper (41) including roof (412) that is located its upper end, roof (412) upper end flushes with the open close plate lower extreme, go out hopper (41) and be connected with driving piece (411) that enable its reciprocating motion, when driving piece (411) promote out hopper (41) along the direction of keeping away from cup bucket conveying structure (42), the cup bucket top exposes and moves out the space for cup bucket conveying structure (42) is gone up, and roof (412) promote because the dead weight and the open close plate that hangs upwards rotates and seals storage cavity (32), when driving piece (411) promote out hopper (41) along the direction of cup bucket conveying structure (42), the open close plate relies on self gravity to rotate downwards and open storage cavity (32).

2. A popcorn vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the outlet hopper (41) includes an outlet opening (413) at its lower end, the outlet opening (413) having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the cup.

3. Popcorn vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the storage chamber (32) is provided with sensors for detecting a defined quantity of popcorn, which sensors are connected to a control system.

4. An automatic popcorn vending machine according to claim 1, wherein a cup holder (5) for holding stacked cups is further connected to the machine frame (1), the cup bucket conveying structure (42) further includes a cup receiving position (423) for receiving the cups falling from the cup holder (5), and a lateral moving structure (424) for conveying the cups from the cup receiving position (423) to the discharge opening (413), one end of the lateral moving structure (424) is located at the cup receiving position (423), and the other end of the lateral moving structure corresponds to the longitudinal moving structure (422).

5. An automatic popcorn vending machine according to claim 4, wherein the lateral moving mechanism (424) comprises a first conveying motor (4241), the first conveying motor (4241) is connected with a first lead screw (4242) laterally, a first slide block (4243) is sleeved on the outer wall of the first lead screw (4242), and a sleeve (425) which can be sleeved on the outer wall of the cup barrel is connected with the first slide block (4243).

6. An automatic popcorn vending machine according to claim 5, wherein the longitudinal moving structure (422) comprises a second conveying motor (4221), a second screw (4222) is longitudinally connected to the second conveying motor (4221), a second slider (4223) is sleeved on the outer wall of the second screw (4222), and a supporting plate (426) which can pass through the sleeve (425) and hold the cup barrel is connected to the second slider (4223).

7. An automatic popcorn vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the feed mechanism (2) comprises a feed hopper (21), a moving plate (22), a first pusher (23) capable of pushing the moving plate (22) to move, the feed hopper (21) being provided with a feed opening, the moving plate (22) being located below the feed opening.

8. A popcorn vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the making mechanism (3) further comprises a popcorn structure (33) for making popcorn, the popcorn structure (33) being located between the making chamber (31) and the storage chamber (32), comprising a blower (331) and a heating element (332), the heating element (332) being rotatably hinged in the machine frame (1) to communicate the making chamber (31) with the storage chamber (32) or to close both.

9. A popcorn vending machine according to claim 8, characterized in that the heating element (332) is pivotally connected to the machine frame (1) via a rotary shaft (34), the rotary shaft (34) being connected at one end to a rotary motor, the machine frame (1) at the other end of the rotary shaft (34) being provided with two travel switches (35) which control the rotational position of the heating element (332).

10. A popcorn vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the machine frame (1) is connected with a cup separating structure (6) for individually separating the stacked cups, the cup separating structure (6) comprises a stripping portion (61), a second pushing member (62) for driving the stripping portion (61) to move and movably connected with the stripping portion, the stripping portion (61) comprises a first plate (611) and a second plate (612) which are arranged up and down and staggered, the machine frame (1) is provided with a first horizontal chute (11) and a first inclined chute (12) which are communicated, the stripping portion (61) is slidably connected in the first horizontal chute (11), and when the stripping portion (61) moves along the first horizontal chute (11) and towards the cup holder (5), the cups of the popcorn are positioned between the first plate (611) and the second plate (612).

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