CN220543408U - Self-service tea vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a self-service tea vending machine, which comprises a cabinet body, wherein the interior of the cabinet body is horizontally divided into two areas, a tea bag area is arranged above the cabinet body, and a tea making area is arranged below the cabinet body; an operation area is arranged on one side of the cabinet body; a plurality of trays are arranged in parallel in the tea bag area, a discharging mechanism is arranged in the trays, a funnel is arranged at the bottom of the tea bag area, and the bottom of the funnel is positioned in the tea making area; the tea bag area is internally provided with a cover body for wrapping the tray and the funnel, the bottom of the funnel is provided with an openable sealing device, the cabinet body is provided with a refrigerating module acting on the tea bag area, and the bottom of the tea bag area is provided with a dehumidifying module. The device divides the tea bag into independent areas, guarantees the leakproofness in this area, through setting up refrigerating module and dehumidification module, reduces the temperature and the humidity in tea bag district, improves the storage condition of tea bag, promotes the taste that tealeaves was infused.

Description

Self-service tea vending machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of self-service selling, in particular to a self-service tea vending machine.

Background

At present, the figures of vending machines are everywhere in places with large passenger flows such as airports, subways, malls, parks and the like. The existing vending machine mainly vending beverages, snacks and some powder brewing beverages.

But the tea leaves are fresh and have self-service vending devices capable of brewing the tea leaves, and the tea leaves are strong in hygroscopicity and smell absorption, so that the moisture and the peculiar smell in the air are easily absorbed, and if the storage method is slightly improper, the original taste of the brewed tea water is lost.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the defects caused by the prior art, the utility model provides the self-service tea vending machine, which improves the storage condition of tea and improves the taste of the tea after brewing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: a self-service tea vending machine comprises a cabinet body, wherein the interior of the cabinet body is divided into two areas horizontally, a tea bag area is arranged above the cabinet body, and a tea making area is arranged below the cabinet body; an operation area is arranged on one side of the cabinet body; a plurality of trays are arranged in parallel in the tea bag area, a discharging mechanism is arranged in the trays, a funnel is arranged at the bottom of the tea bag area, and the bottom of the funnel is positioned in the tea making area; a cover body for wrapping the tray and the funnel is arranged in the tea bag area, an openable sealing device is arranged at the bottom of the funnel, a refrigerating module acting on the tea bag area is arranged on the cabinet body, and a dehumidifying module is arranged at the bottom of the tea bag area;

a paper cup discharging mechanism, a material taking manipulator, a conveying belt and a hot water outlet are arranged in the tea making area; the conveying belt is positioned right below the funnel, the paper cup is transported to the conveying belt from the paper cup discharging mechanism by the material taking manipulator, and the hot water outlet is positioned above the conveying belt; a plurality of infrared sensors are arranged on the conveyor belt, the infrared sensors sense the positions reached by paper cups on the conveyor belt, and the starting and stopping of the whole conveyor belt are controlled by matching with the tea making process; the operation area is provided with a touch panel for selecting the type of tea bags, then paying by code scanning and issuing a tea making instruction; the cabinet body is provided with a material taking window on a cabinet door of the tea making area below.

Preferably, the tray is of a drawing type structure relative to the cabinet body, the interior of the tray is divided into a plurality of goods channels by the partition plates, and the discharging mechanism is a spring type rotary discharging device; the funnel is arranged at a position close to the cabinet door.

Preferably, the cover body is made of transparent materials and comprises a top plate and a cover plate, the top plate is fixedly arranged above the uppermost tray, the cover plate is positioned right in front of the tea bag area, and the cover plate is hinged with the top plate; a blocking strip is vertically arranged upwards on one side of the funnel, close to the cabinet door, and a rubber ring is arranged at the edge of the cover plate; the cover plate is closed, and the cover plate is attached to the inner side wall of the cabinet body and the barrier strip;

preferably, the sealing device comprises a first baffle and an electric telescopic rod, a chute is arranged at the inner side of the bottom of the funnel, the electric telescopic rod is fixed in the cabinet body, the first baffle is horizontally arranged at the end part of the electric telescopic rod, and the electric telescopic rod drives the first baffle to slide along the chute.

Preferably, the discharging mechanism comprises a paper cup accommodating cavity, the bottom of the inner side of the paper cup accommodating cavity is obliquely arranged, the inner side wall of one side of the paper cup accommodating cavity is of an open structure, a platform is arranged at the open position of the paper cup accommodating cavity, a second baffle is arranged on the platform in the sliding-out direction of the paper cup accommodating cavity, a through hole is formed in the bottom of the second baffle, an infrared sensor is further arranged on the platform, and a sensing head of the infrared sensor faces the through hole; a baffle rod is arranged at the opening of the paper cup accommodating cavity, and the baffle rod is driven by a motor to rotate on a vertical plane.

Preferably, three groups of infrared sensors are respectively arranged on the conveyor belt at positions corresponding to the lower part of the funnel, the hot water outlet and the material taking window.

Preferably, the operation area is provided with a water supply area, comprising a cold water tap and a hot water tap.

Preferably, the top of the cabinet body is provided with a photovoltaic panel, a storage battery is arranged in the cabinet body, the photovoltaic panel stores electric energy in the storage battery through a solar controller, a charging port is further arranged in an operation area, the charging port is a USB interface, and the storage battery supplies power to a power utilization module of the whole cabinet body.

The beneficial effects of adopting above technical scheme are: the self-service tea vending machine of the structure divides the tea bag into independent areas, ensures the tightness of the areas, reduces the temperature and the humidity of the tea bag areas by arranging the refrigerating module and the dehumidifying module, improves the storage condition of the tea bag and improves the taste of tea brewing; the whole brewing process is simplified and the time of the whole brewing process is shortened by driving the paper cup to move forwards through the conveying belt.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the interior of the cabinet of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the present device;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a tray extraction structure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the cover in the tea bag area;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the funnel bottom sealing device in the tea making area;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a paper cup discharge mechanism.

Wherein, the cabinet body is 1-, the tea bag area is 2-, the tea making area is 3-and the operation area is 4-;

21-tray, 22-discharging mechanism, 23-funnel and 24-baffle;

251-top plate, 252-cover plate, 253-stop strip;

31-paper cup discharging mechanism, 32-material taking manipulator, 33-conveyor belt, 34-hot water outlet, 35-infrared sensor and 36-material taking window;

311-paper cup accommodating cavities, 312-platforms, 313-first baffles, 314-through holes, 315-baffle rods and 316-motors;

41-photovoltaic panels, 42-water-supply areas, 43-cold water taps, 44-hot water taps, 45-charging ports, 46-cup cover accommodating areas and 47-touch panels;

51-second baffle, 52-electric telescopic rod, 53-spout.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1-6 illustrate embodiments of the present utility model: the self-service tea vending machine comprises a cabinet body 1, wherein the interior of the cabinet body 1 is horizontally divided into two areas, a tea bag area 2 is arranged above the cabinet body, and a tea making area 3 is arranged below the cabinet body; an operation area 4 is arranged on one side of the cabinet body 1; a plurality of trays 21 are arranged in parallel in the tea bag area 2, a discharging mechanism 22 is arranged in the trays 21, a funnel 23 is arranged at the bottom of the tea bag area 2, and the bottom of the funnel 23 is positioned in the tea making area 3; the tea bag area 2 is internally provided with a cover body which wraps the tray 21 and the funnel 23, when tea leaves are added, the cover body can be opened, the bottom of the funnel 23 is provided with an openable sealing device, and when the tea leaves are discharged, the sealing device is opened, so that the tea bag area is ensured to be in a relatively sealed state under most conditions, the cabinet body 1 is provided with a refrigerating module which acts on the tea bag area 2, the principle of the refrigerating module is consistent with that of a refrigerator, and the tea bag area is ensured to be in a low-temperature state; and the bottom of tea bag district 2 is equipped with dehumidification module, and this dehumidification module is the drier, places in the bottom of tea bag district, guarantees that the internal space of cover is in the state of drying relatively for the environment in the tea bag district is the most suitable tealeaves storage, avoids influencing the taste after infusing.

A paper cup discharging mechanism 31, a material taking manipulator 32, a conveying belt 33 and a hot water outlet 34 are arranged in the tea making area 3; the conveying belt 33 is positioned right below the funnel 23, the paper cup is transported onto the conveying belt 33 from the paper cup discharging mechanism 31 by the material taking manipulator 32, and the hot water outlet is positioned above the conveying belt 33; a plurality of infrared sensors 35 are arranged on the conveyor belt 33, the infrared sensors 35 sense the positions reached by paper cups on the conveyor belt 33, and the starting and stopping of the whole conveyor belt 33 are controlled in cooperation with the tea making process; the operation area 4 is provided with a touch panel 47 for selecting the type of tea bag and then giving a tea making instruction through code scanning payment; the cabinet body 1 is provided with a material taking window 36 on a cabinet door of the tea making area 3 below. The controller of the device selects Siemens S7-1200 series PLC controllers.

The tray 21 is of a drawing type structure relative to the cabinet body 1, the interior of the tray 21 is divided into a plurality of goods channels evenly through the partition plates 24, and the discharging mechanism 22 is a spring type rotary discharging device and is arranged in the goods channels; the funnel 23 is arranged close to the cabinet door. When the paper cup moves to the position right below the funnel along the conveying belt, the spiral spring rotates to push the tea leaves or the tea bags forwards, the tea leaves or the tea bags fall into the funnel, when the tea leaves are added, the cabinet door is opened, the cover body is opened, and the tray is pulled out to evenly place the tea leaves or the tea bags in the goods channel.

The cover body is made of transparent materials and comprises a top plate 251 and a cover plate 252, the top plate 251 is fixedly arranged above the uppermost tray, the top is contacted with the inner side wall of the cabinet body except the front side, the cover plate 252 is positioned right in front of the tea bag area, and the cover plate 252 is hinged with the top plate 251; a stop strip 253 is vertically arranged on one side of the funnel 23 close to the cabinet door, and a rubber ring is arranged at the edge of the cover plate 252; when the cover plate 252 is closed, the cover plate 252 is attached to the inner side wall of the cabinet body 1 and the barrier strip 253; in order to combine the position that the cabinet door was opened, if the articulated department of cabinet door is located cabinet internal portion, then the cabinet door can probably cause the hindrance to opening of the cover body, and we add the shelves in the inside wall contact position of apron and cabinet body, and the laminating department of the rubber circle of shelves strip and apron is the inclined plane, and the rubber circle also sets up to corresponding inclined plane, improves the leakproofness.

The sealing device comprises a first baffle plate 51 and an electric telescopic rod 52, wherein sliding grooves 53 are formed in the positions of the feed openings on the inner side walls of the two sides of the funnel 23, the electric telescopic rod 52 is fixed in the cabinet body 1, a frame is arranged at the position of a corresponding material taking window of a support of the conveying belt, the electric telescopic rod is arranged on the frame, the first baffle plate 51 is horizontally arranged at the end part of the electric telescopic rod 52, and the electric telescopic rod 52 drives the first baffle plate 51 to slide along the sliding grooves 53. When the spring type rotary discharging device discharges, the electric telescopic rod works to draw out the baffle along the chute, and after a few seconds, the electric telescopic rod resets, so that the tightness of the discharge opening at the bottom of the funnel is ensured.

The discharging mechanism 22 comprises a paper cup accommodating cavity 311, the bottom of the inner side of the paper cup accommodating cavity 311 is obliquely arranged, the inner side wall of one side of the paper cup accommodating cavity is of an open structure, a platform 312 is arranged at the open position of the paper cup accommodating cavity, a second baffle 313 is arranged on the platform 312 in the sliding-out direction of the paper cup accommodating cavity 311, a through hole 314 is arranged at the bottom of the second baffle 313, an infrared sensor 35 is also arranged on the platform 312, and a sensing head of the infrared sensor is arranged towards the through hole 314; a blocking rod 315 is arranged at the opening of the paper cup accommodating cavity 311, and the blocking rod 315 is driven by a motor 316 to rotate on a vertical plane. Three groups of infrared sensors 35 are respectively arranged on the conveyor belt 33 at positions corresponding to the lower part of the funnel 23 and the hot water outlet and the material taking window.

The paper cups are all placed in the paper cup accommodating cavity, and the baffle rod is used for enabling the paper cups to stay in the paper cup accommodating cavity; when receiving the working signal, the baffle rod rotates, and the paper cup moves forward along the inclined plane to a position of the paper cup and is blocked by the baffle plate; after the infrared sensor at the position senses the paper cup, the baffle rod is reset, and meanwhile, the paper cup is clamped on the conveying belt by the material taking manipulator, and then the conveying belt starts to work.

When the paper cup moves to the position of the first infrared sensor, the conveyor belt stops advancing, the paper cup is positioned right below the funnel, meanwhile, the discharging mechanism of the tea bag area finishes discharging operation, the time is set for 5 seconds, and then the conveyor belt continues advancing; when the paper cup moves to the position of the second infrared sensor, the conveying belt stops advancing, the paper cup is positioned under the hot water outlet, meanwhile, boiling water is added into the paper cup through the hot water outlet, the time for boiling the paper cup (the boiling water reaches the position of 4/5 of the paper cup) is set, for example, 5 seconds, then the hot water outlet stops adding boiling water, and the conveying belt continues advancing; when the paper cup moves to the position of the second infrared sensor, the conveying belt stops advancing, the paper cup is positioned at the position of the material taking window, a customer opens the small window, and the soaked tea is taken away. In order to ensure the stability of the teacup in the transmission process, a cup stand can be fixedly arranged at the surface of the transmission belt corresponding to the position of the paper cup, when a next customer sweeps for paying and gives a tea making instruction, the motor of the transmission belt reversely rotates to drive the cup stand to move back, so that the cup stand stays at the position of the paper cup on the transmission belt by the mechanical arm.

The operation area 4 is also provided with a cup cover accommodating area 46, and a customer can select whether to cover the cup cover or not; the operation area 4 is provided with a water-supplying area 42, comprising a cold water tap 43 and a hot water tap 44, which can be used as an automatic water-supplying device for customers to use for free.

The top of the cabinet body 1 is provided with a photovoltaic panel 41, a storage battery is arranged in the cabinet body 1, the photovoltaic panel 41 stores electric energy in the storage battery through a solar controller, a charging port 45 is also arranged in the operation area 4, the charging port 45 is a USB interface, and the storage battery supplies power to the power utilization module of the whole cabinet body 1.

The utility model provides a machine is sold to self-service tea is mainly used in the open air, and we can build the sunshade at cabinet body top, and photovoltaic board sets up at the top of sunshade, and cabinet body periphery sets up the seat that supplies the pedestrian to have a rest, and the sunshade scope of sunshade covers the seat, both can sunshade, can keep off the rain again.

The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and it should be noted that modifications and improvements could be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present utility model.

Claims (9)

1. The self-service tea vending machine comprises a cabinet body (1), and is characterized in that the interior of the cabinet body (1) is horizontally divided into two areas, wherein a tea bag area (2) is arranged above the cabinet body, and a tea making area (3) is arranged below the cabinet body; an operation area (4) is arranged at one side of the cabinet body (1);

a plurality of trays (21) are arranged in parallel in the tea bag area (2), a discharging mechanism (22) is arranged in the tray (21), a funnel (23) is arranged at the bottom of the tea bag area (2), and the bottom of the funnel (23) is positioned in the tea making area (3);

a cover body for wrapping the tray (21) and the funnel (23) is arranged in the tea bag area (2), an openable sealing device is arranged at the bottom of the funnel (23), a refrigerating module acting on the tea bag area (2) is arranged on the cabinet body (1), and a dehumidifying module is arranged at the bottom of the tea bag area (2);

a paper cup discharging mechanism (31), a material taking manipulator (32), a conveying belt (33) and a hot water outlet (34) are arranged in the tea making area (3); the conveying belt (33) is positioned under the funnel (23), the material taking manipulator (32) conveys paper cups from the paper cup discharging mechanism (31) to the conveying belt (33), and the hot water outlet (34) is positioned above the conveying belt (33); a plurality of infrared sensors (35) are arranged on the transmission belt (33), the infrared sensors (35) sense the positions reached by paper cups on the transmission belt (33), and the starting and stopping of the whole transmission belt (33) are controlled by matching with the tea making process;

the operation area (4) is provided with a touch panel (47) for selecting the type of tea bags and then giving a tea making instruction through code scanning payment;

the cabinet body (1) is provided with a material taking window (36) on a cabinet door of the tea making area (3) below.

2. The self-service tea vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the tray (21) has a drawing structure relative to the cabinet body (1), the interior of the tray (21) is divided into a plurality of goods channels by a partition plate (24) on average, and the discharging mechanism (22) is a spring type rotary discharging device; the funnel (23) is arranged at a position close to the cabinet door.

3. The self-service tea vending machine according to claim 2, characterized in that said cover is made of transparent material and comprises a top plate (251) and a cover plate (252), said top plate (251) being fixedly arranged above the uppermost tray, said cover plate (252) being positioned right in front of the tea bag area, said cover plate (252) being hinged to said top plate (251); a blocking strip (253) is vertically arranged on one side of the funnel (23) close to the cabinet door, and a rubber ring is arranged at the edge of the cover plate (252); the cover plate (252) is closed, and the cover plate (252) is attached to the inner side wall of the cabinet body (1) and the barrier strips (253).

4. The self-service tea vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said sealing means comprise a first baffle (51) and an electric telescopic rod (52), the bottom of the hopper (23) being provided with a chute (53) on its inner side, the electric telescopic rod (52) being fixed inside the cabinet (1), the first baffle (51) being horizontally arranged at the end of the electric telescopic rod (52), the electric telescopic rod (52) driving the first baffle (51) to slide along the chute (53).

5. The self-service tea vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the discharging mechanism (22) comprises a paper cup accommodating cavity (311), the bottom of the inner side of the paper cup accommodating cavity is obliquely arranged, the inner side wall of one side of the paper cup accommodating cavity is of an open structure, a platform (312) is arranged at the open position of the paper cup accommodating cavity, a second baffle (313) is arranged on the platform (312) in the sliding direction of the paper cup from the paper cup accommodating cavity (311), a through hole (314) is arranged at the bottom of the second baffle (313), an infrared sensor (35) is further arranged on the platform (312), and the sensing head of the infrared sensor is arranged towards the through hole (314); a baffle rod (315) is arranged at the opening of the paper cup accommodating cavity (311), and the baffle rod (315) is driven by a motor (316) to rotate on a vertical plane.

6. Self-service tea vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveyor belt (33) is provided with three groups of infrared sensors (35) in positions corresponding to the position under the hopper (23), to the hot water outlet and to the material taking window, respectively.

7. Self-service tea vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said operating area (4) is provided with a water-continuation area (42) comprising a cold tap (43) and a hot tap (44).

8. The self-service tea vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the top of the cabinet body (1) is provided with a photovoltaic panel (41), a storage battery is arranged in the cabinet body (1), the photovoltaic panel (41) stores electric energy in the storage battery through a solar controller, a charging port (45) is further arranged in the operation area (4), the charging port (45) is a USB interface, and the storage battery supplies power to the power utilization module of the whole cabinet body (1).

9. Self-service tea vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said operating zone (4) is also provided with a cap receiving zone (46).