KR101615541B1 - Icecream dispenser for extruding icecream filled in disposable container - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an ice cream dispenser for extruding ice cream filled in a disposable container, wherein a plunger operated by an electrical motor pushes and extrudes a set amount of the ice cream into a cup or a cone, so regardless of who sells the ice cream, it is possible for a consistent amount of ice cream to be sold in a hygienic manner. Furthermore, not only the setup of the dispenser is simple and compact, but also the plunger is easy to clean, making the maintenance work easy and convenient. The ice cream dispenser, according to the present invention, comprises the following: a case for housing a dispenser; a detachable container holder joined to the case, and in which a seat for an ice cream container is installed, and an extruding opening is formed in the center of the seat; a motor, generating power for moving a plunger up and down, wherein the plunger is installed inside the case and compresses the top of the ice cream container as the plunger moves in and out of the case; and an operating part which includes a stop/start button installed on the housing case and is configured to control the motor.

Description

[0001] Icecream dispenser for extruding icecream filled in disposable container [0002]

The present invention relates to an ice cream dispenser, and more particularly, to an ice cream dispenser which is capable of selling an ice cream in a disposable container by pushing it with a plunger, The present invention relates to an ice cream dispenser for pushing out ice cream contained in a disposable container, which is compact and simple and very simple and convenient to maintain.

Usually ice cream is frozen in a frozen state of semisolid, but it is frozen completely in the factory and packed in small packages, sold separately, and stored in a large container with ice cream in a refrigerator. There are things which are sold in a cup or cone by spreading with a spatula or the like. However, there is no problem with the ice cream sold in a packaged unit, but when selling ice cream sold by spoon or spatula at the time of sale, the large container containing the ice cream must be opened each time the hygiene is not cleaned, There is a problem that the amount of ice cream spread by the applicator is not constant.

In order to solve this problem, a technology such as the patent registration No. 520197 "ice cream dispenser ", which causes the ice cream to be discharged by a machine operation, has emerged, in which the dispenser presses the container containing the ice cream inside, Is discharged to the outside and is received in a cone or a small container to be eaten. However, there is a problem that the amount of the ice cream discharged differs depending on the operating time of the dispenser because the size of the container containing the ice cream is large.

Meanwhile, in recent years, in a state where a capsule-type ice cream is packed in a package such as an ice cream dispenser as disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. 2012-71169, a capsule type ice cream packed individually in an ice cream dispenser is put in each time of sale, A technique was developed in which the capsule type ice cream was squeezed by the extruder and the ice cream was extruded while automatically rotating the cone or cup mounted on the pedestal mounted on the pedestal to be elevated from the bottom.

However, the ice cream distributor has the following problems.

First, since the pedestal supporting the cup or cone is automatically lifted and the cone or cup receiving the ice cream must be rotated from the moment the ice cream is extruded, the dispenser must be equipped with the lifting means, the rotating means and the driving means for operating the cylinder Therefore, there is a problem that the configuration of the apparatus itself is large and extremely complicated, so that the failure rate is high and the equipment is expensive.

Secondly, when the upper part of the capsule container placed on the holder is pressed, most of the ice cream is melted and extruded to the lower part of the capsule. However, since some of the ice cream flows out to the upper part of the capsule and sticks to the extrusion bar, In order to clean or replace the bar, there is a problem that it is difficult to clean the extrusion bar because the entire case containing the device for operating the cylinder and the rod must be disassembled.

Third, after pushing out all the ice cream in the capsule container and pulling out the cone or cup mounted on the pedestal, when the liquid ice-cream in the capsule container placed on the platform is dropped and drops, the ice- There is a problem that the distributor itself becomes unclean as well as the hygienic condition becomes poor due to falling on the rotating means for rotating the pedestal through the hole.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived to solve the problems as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a disposable container which is made by pushing an ice cream contained in a disposable container by a plunger operated by an electric motor, The dispenser is simple and compact, and it is also easy to clean the plunger. Therefore, it is very easy and convenient to maintain the ice cream dispenser which can extrude the ice cream in the disposable container. .

In order to solve the above problems, an ice cream dispenser for extruding ice cream contained in a disposable container according to the present invention comprises: a case constituting a housing of a dispenser; A container holder detachably coupled to the case, the container holder having an ice cube outlet formed at the center of the container cage; A driving unit installed in the case and generating power to move a plunger pressing the upper part of the ice-cream container upward and downward to protrude and retreat to the outside of the case; And a control unit for controlling the operation of the driving unit, including an operation and stop button provided in the case.

Preferably, the driving unit includes: a driving motor having a speed reducer and generating a driving force; A bevel gear coupled to a rotating shaft of the driving motor; A ball screw coupled to a transmission shaft of the bevel gear; A pair of guide shafts provided on both sides of the transmission shaft of the bevel gear in parallel to the transmission shaft to prevent shaking during upward and downward movement of the ball screw, a plunger for pressing the upper portion of the lid of the ice- ; And a jig for connecting the ball screw and the plunger. The plunger includes a vertically disposed shaft, a head coupled to a lower end of the shaft and having a lower end for pressing the upper portion of the lid of the ice cream container, And a spiral formed on an upper end portion of the shaft and a lower end portion of the jig are screwed together.

Preferably, the dispenser further comprises a cleaning holder, wherein a cleaning holder for engagement with the case at the time of cleaning is coupled to a portion of the container holder that is coupled to the case.

Preferably, a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the container holder is mounted on the holder insertion portion to which the container holder is coupled to the case.

Preferably, the ice-cream container has a frusto-conical shape with a cross section of an upper horizontal lower half, an upper half opened, a step formed along the periphery at a middle middle height, A body having a discharge hole for discharging the ice cream; And an inclined surface which is engaged with the upper end of the main body to close the open top surface of the main body and inclined downward inward from the inner side of the edge along the edge when the main body is engaged with the main body to the end portion of the main body, And the lid is configured to have a sloped surface inclined upwardly inward and a plane corresponding to the bottom surface of the main body.

Preferably, after the upper surface of the lid is pushed by the plunger to extrude the ice cream contained in the body, the lid of the ice cream container is brought into contact with the inner surface of the body.

The ice cream dispenser according to the present invention having the above-described constitution is characterized in that a disposable capsule container in which a container containing an ice cream is used and discarded is used and the ice cream contained in the container is extruded at once by a plunger operated by an electric motor, The dispenser can be sold in a hygienic manner at all times regardless of who sells the dispenser, and the dispenser itself is simple and compact, so that the dispenser can be conveniently placed at any place, By operating in cleaning mode, it is very easy to clean by removing the plunger, so the maintenance of the dispenser is very simple, convenient and hygienic.

1 and 2 are views showing a state before and after the operation of the plunger in the dispenser according to the present invention.
3 is a view showing a state in which the container holder is attached and detached.
4 is a view for explaining a driving unit.
5 is a view showing a state before the ice cream container is extruded.
6 is a view showing a state after extruding the ice cream container.

Since the ice cream dispenser according to the present invention extrudes the ice cream contained in the disposable container, the dispenser is always supplied with a constant amount hygienically regardless of who sells the dispenser, and the dispenser is simple and compact, It is easy to clean by separating the plunger by operating in cleaning mode, so maintenance is very convenient, convenient and hygienic.

The dispenser 10 according to the present invention is for dispensing an ice cream contained in an ice cream container 30 so that the ice cream contained in the disposable container can be contained in a cup or cone and can be eaten. The dispenser 10 includes a case 11, And a container holder 12 to be coupled to the case 11 by placing a driving unit 20, a control unit, and an ice cream container 30 installed thereon.

The case 11 is configured as a housing of the dispenser 10 and a drive unit 20 and the like are mounted in the case 11 and a holder insertion portion 111 is provided to insert the container holder 12 therein. In addition, the operation button 16 and the stop button 15 are provided, and a pedestal 13 is provided in the case 11 at the bottom. When the ice cream drops out after the ice cream is extruded from the container, only the pedestal 13 is wiped However, the pedestal 13 may be detachably installed in the case 11.

The container holder 12 is detachably coupled to the holder input portion 111 of the case 11. The container holder 12 is provided with a container holding portion 121 for holding the ice cream container 30, An ice cream outlet 122 is formed at the center of the container holding portion 121 so that the ice cream extruded from the container is put into a cup or a con which is brought to the lower portion thereof through the ice cream outlet 122.

The driving unit 20 is installed inside the case 11 and moves a plunger 25 pressing the upper part of the ice cream container 30 up and down to generate power The driving unit 20 includes a driving motor 21 and a jig 26 for connecting the bevel gear 22, the ball screw 23, the plunger 25, the ball screw 23 and the plunger 25, As shown in Fig.

The driving motor 21 is a motor having a speed reducer, and generates a driving force while rotating forward and reverse. A bevel gear 22 having a pair of gears meshed with each other is coupled to a rotation shaft of the drive motor 21 so that the drive force transmitted from the rotation shaft of the motor is changed in a vertical direction to be transmitted through the transmission shaft 221.

The ball screw 23 is coupled to the transmission shaft 221 of the bevel gear so that the ball screw 23 screwed to the outer circumferential surface of the transmission shaft 221 moves in a predetermined range And the plunger 25 which is connected to the ball screw 23 by the jig 26 moves up and down together with the ball screw 23. [

The plunger 25 includes a vertically disposed shaft 251, a head 252 coupled to the lower end of the shaft 251 and having a lower end for pressing the upper portion of the lid 32 of the ice cream container, And a spiral 253 formed on the upper end of the shaft 251 and a lower portion of the jig 26 are screwed together. When the hollow pipe is used as the shaft 251, a spiral may be formed on the inner peripheral surface of the upper end of the pipe, and a spiral may be formed on the outer peripheral surface of the lower end of the jig 26, .

The guide shaft 24 is a kind of column that serves to guide the ball screw 23 so that it can move without moving when the ball screw 23 moves up and down. The pair of the guide shafts 24 are provided on both sides of the transmission shaft 221 in parallel to the transmission shaft 221 do.

The control unit (not shown) is a part for controlling the operation of the driving unit 20, and includes an operation button 16 and a stop button 15 provided in the case. After the container holder 12 is placed on the holder insertion portion 111 of the case and the operation button 16 is pressed, the drive motor 21 is operated and the plunger 25 is moved downward to press the container lid 32 The operation of the drive motor stops at the moment when the container lid 32 touches the bottom surface of the main body 31 by the pushing force of the plunger 25 and the plunger 25 rotates in the reverse direction . ≪ / RTI >

A sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of a container holder 12 or a cleaning holder (not shown) is attached to a lower portion of the holder insertion portion 111 to which the container holder 12 is coupled to the case 11, When the container holder 12 or the cleaning holder is not coupled to the holder input portion 111, the drive motor 21 is controlled not to operate even when the operation button 16 is pressed. When the holder is not attached to the holder insertion portion 111, the plunger 25 is controlled not to descend even if the operation button 16 is pressed. Therefore, the cleaning holder is used only when cleaning the plunger 25, and it is not necessary to use the container holding portion 121 and the ice-cream discharging port 122 in the holder, and to receive the portion of the head 252 when the plunger 25 descends It may be of any shape as long as it is only provided with a space and can be coupled to the holder input portion 111 and then separated.

When the upper portion of the lid 32 of the container is pressed by the plunger 25, the ice cream melts and is mostly extruded through the outlet hole 312 of the container. The head 252 of the plunger 25 must be cleaned by wiping the head 252 frequently.

When the drive unit 20 is driven to clean the head 252, a cleaning holder is inserted into the holder input unit 111 instead of the container holder 12 and the operation and stop buttons 15 and 16 are simultaneously pressed, 25 are projected to the outside of the case 11. At this time, after separating the cleaning holder from the holder insertion portion 111, the plunger 25 is rotated and separated from the jig 26, and then the plunger 25 is cleaned. When the plunger 25 is again coupled to the jig 26 and the cleaning holder is coupled to the holder injection portion 111 after the cleaning is completed, the driving motor 21 is operated in the reverse rotation so that the plunger 25 is returned to its original position .

Hereinafter, the ice-cream container 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. The ice cream container 30 is formed with a discharge hole 312 for discharging the ice cream on the bottom surface of the lid and a discharge hole 312 is formed before the container is used, And the sticker 33 is manually removed before the ice cream container 30 is placed in the container holder 12 of the dispenser 10. In this state,

The main body 31 has a truncated cone shape like a bowl and an open upper side and a step 311 along the circumference at a side middle height And a discharge hole 312 for discharging the ice cream is formed on the bottom. It is preferable to use high density polyethylene (HDPE) as a material of synthetic resin.

The lid 32 is configured to engage with the upper end of the main body 31 to close the opened upper surface of the main body 31. The shape of the lid 32 is the same as that of the main body 31 The inclined surface inclined downward inward is formed up to a portion where the step 311 is formed and an inclined surface inclined upward inward is formed in the inner end surface 321 which is placed on the step 311, And the corresponding surface is configured to form a plane. As the material of the lid 32, a synthetic resin type is used, and it is preferable to use low density polyethylene (LDPE).

The upper surface of the lid 32 is pushed by the plunger 25 in the state where the ice cream is contained in the main body 31 and the container is placed on the container holding portion 121 of the container holder 12 and the ice cream contained in the main body 31 is extruded The inner portion of the inner end surface 321 of the lid 32 is turned upside down so that the lid 32 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the main body 31 (see FIG. 6).

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Various modifications and variations will be possible without departing from the spirit of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be construed as being covered by the scope of the appended claims, and technical scope within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: dispenser 11: case
111: Holder input part
12: container holder 121: container container
122: Ice cream outlet
13: Stand 15: Stop button
16: Operation button
20: driving part 21: driving motor
22: Bevel gear 221:
23: Ball Screw
24: Guide shaft
25: plunger 251: shaft
252: head 253: spiral (spiral)
26: Jig
30: Ice cream container
31: Main body 311:
312: vent hole
32: lid 321: inner section
33: Sticker

Claims (6)

An ice cream dispenser for extruding ice cream contained in a disposable container,
Wherein the dispenser comprises:
A case constituting a housing of the dispenser;
A container holder detachably coupled to the case, the container holder having an ice cube outlet formed at the center of the container cage;
A driving unit installed in the case and generating power to move a plunger pressing the upper part of the ice-cream container upward and downward to protrude and retreat to the outside of the case;
A control unit including an operation and stop button provided in the case and controlling operation of the driving unit;
And,
The driving unit includes a driving motor having a speed reducer and generating a driving force, a bevel gear coupled to a rotating shaft of the driving motor, a ball screw coupled to a driving shaft of the bevel gear, A pair of guide shafts provided side by side to prevent shaking during upward and downward movement of the ball screw, a plunger for pressing the upper part of the lid of the ice cream container while moving up and down by driving the driving part, and a jig for connecting the ball screw and the plunger Respectively,
The plunger includes a vertically disposed shaft, a head coupled to a lower end of the shaft and having a lower end pressing the upper portion of the lid of the ice cream container, and a spiral formed on an upper end portion of the shaft, A lower part of the jig is screwed,
Wherein the plunger is actuated so as to project out of the case by simultaneously pressing the operation and stop buttons when the driving unit is driven to clean the plunger, and the plunger is separated from the jig to clean the ice- dispenser.
delete delete The method according to claim 1,
And a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the container holder is mounted on the holder input portion to which the container holder is coupled to the case.
The ice maker according to claim 1,
A cross section is formed in a truncated cone shape of an upper broad lower part and an upper part is opened and a step is formed along a circumference at a middle middle height and a discharge hole for discharging the ice cream is formed at the bottom Lt; / RTI >
And an inclined surface which is engaged with the upper end of the main body to close the open top surface of the main body and inclined downward inward from the inner side of the edge along the edge when the main body is engaged with the main body to the end portion of the main body, A lid having a sloped surface inclined upward inward and a surface corresponding to a bottom surface of the main body, the surface being planar;
And an ice cream dispenser for dispensing the ice cream contained in the disposable container.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the lid of the ice cream container is brought into contact with the inner surface of the main body after pushing the upper surface of the lid with the plunger so as to extrude the ice cream contained in the main body, thereby extruding the ice cream contained in the disposable container.

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