KR20020085304A - Automatic suckling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An automatic milk feeder is provided to conveniently and promptly feed a baby with milk by automatically processing milk feeding. CONSTITUTION: A powdered milk container(210), a tonic container(230) and a water container(300) are received in a case(301). A powdered milk discharge unit(222) is placed below the powdered milk container to supply a moderate amount of powdered milk to a nursing bottle(100) from the powdered milk container. A nursing bottle moving unit reciprocates the nursing bottle. A control panel includes a controller for controlling the powdered milk discharge unit, hot and cold water supply, and the amount of powdered milk and water.

Description

Automatic Sucking Apparatus

The present invention relates to an automatic refueling device, and more particularly, in receiving milk powder, nutrients, hot water, etc. in a milk bottle for the purpose of feeding the infant, the oil supply is automatically processed by the operation of the refueling device, and the feeding is convenient. It also relates to an automatic refueling device for infant milk bottles that can be executed quickly and effectively.

In general, when preparing milk for feeding infants, the inconvenience of having to mix the powdered milk or hot water in the milk bottle by hand, and the accuracy of adjusting the appropriate feeding amount was problematic.

In the conventional case, even a housewife skilled in child care, although it may not be a long time in the process of milking, the infant may be very hungry, and it is quite inconvenient when it is necessary to feed the milk at night or suddenly during sleep at night. there was.

In addition, in order to supply milk to infants, water is necessary, but when the water level of the water tank in the device becomes low and the water level gradually decreases, the water pressure is weakened, and the amount of milk bottles introduced is uneven.

In order to solve this problem, the present applicant uses a microprocessor, a material dispensing means, a rotating disk, a slide plate, etc. in the "automatic refueling device and control device for infant milk bottles" filed on October 10, 1996 An automatic refueling device was proposed.

The present invention is a further improvement of the above-described application, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic feeding device for an infant milk bottle adopting an effective powdered milk discharging method and a unique water discharging method, thereby providing milk to infants with a precise feeding amount within a short time. In order to minimize the wasted time of feeding by having a sterilization and disinfection structure of the milk bottle.

Automatic refueling device of the present invention for achieving the above object, the powdered milk container 210, the nutrient container 230 and the water container 300 accommodated in the case (301); A powdered milk discharging means 222 positioned below the powdered milk container and supplying an appropriate amount of powdered milk contained in the powdered milk container 210 to the milk bottle 100; Milk bottle moving means for reciprocating the milk bottle; It consists of a control panel including a controller for controlling the milk powder dispensing means, cold and hot water water supply, milk amount / amount.

The powdered milk dispensing means in the automatic fueling device has a feed tip 120 engaged with the powdered milk spatula in the opposite direction to the powdered milk spatula when the powdered milk spatula 110 turns clockwise or counterclockwise about the rotary shaft 130. It characterized in that the milk powder is adjusted so that the milk powder is discharged from the milk bottle into the milk bottle while moving to,

Another example of the powdered milk discharging means, characterized in that consisting of a vibrator 440 for vibrating the powdered milk bottle, and a solenoid valve 460 for adjusting the powdered milk dropped by the vibrator to a certain amount falling into the milk bottle.

In addition, the powdered milk dispensing means is a spoon 400 that rotates around a rotating shaft so as to receive the powdered milk falling from the powdered milk bottle, and the powdered milk cut-off portion 420 for blocking the powdered milk from the powdered milk bottle from falling down from the powdered milk bottle, and the spoon of the powdered milk powder. When positioned below the blocking unit 420, it is characterized in that the discharge portion 410 made to drop the powdered milk contained in the spoon down.

1 is a control panel and an overall schematic view of the present invention automatic refueling device.

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view of the present invention automatic refueling device.

Figure 3 is a front sectional view of the milk bottle transfer unit of FIG.

4A to 4C are elevational and side cross-sectional views of the powdered milk discharging means of the automatic fueling device.

Figure 5 is a side cross-sectional view showing the automatic control device for applying a seesaw cone valve in the water tank of the automatic refueling device.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

44: discharge valve 55: UV lamp

88: proximity sensor 130: axis of rotation

100: milk bottle 210: milk bottle

220: heater 230: nutrition

310: cover 320: bucket

330: flow control bar 360: spring

400: spoon 410: discharge part

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a control panel and an overall schematic view of the present invention automatic refueling device, Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view of the present invention automatic refueling device, Figure 3 is a front sectional view of the milk bottle transfer unit of Figure 2, Figures 4a to 4c is automatic refueling Elevation and side cross-sectional views of the powdered milk discharging means of the apparatus, and FIG. 5 shows a side cross-sectional view of the bucket portion of the automatic oiling apparatus.

An automatic refueling device of the present invention is schematically shown in FIG. 1, on top of which the control panel of the appliance is located.

Automatic refueling device is a device for the nanny or child care personnel to feed the infant milk in a timely manner with a simple operation of the device, the operation is first pressed to the milk bottle 100 by pressing the setting button (15, 16) of the control panel Decide how much water you will fill and how many spoons of formula you will add.

At this time, to cancel or change the milk powder and the quantity to operate by pressing the cancel button (80).

In addition, by pressing the nutrient (60) button to determine the supply of nutrients, the cold and hot water selection button 70 selects the cold and hot water. Press the cold / hot water button once for cold water and press it again for hot water. In particular, the hot water button 20 is turned on when the hot water is selected. When the bottle is not in the water supply position (water receiving position), the bottle-free button 50 is turned on, and when the sterilization button 90 is pressed, the button 40 during sterilization is turned on. The sterilization process sterilizes the device by heating the water to a high temperature with the heat of a heater located under the bucket. Thus, when the amount of milk powder, the quantity, and other operations are completed, the operation button 17 is pressed to operate the automatic oil supply device.

At this time, of course, the button 30 is turned on during operation.

When the operation button is pressed in this way, the milk bottle moves to the water supply position. The movement to the water supply position is such that the milk bottle reciprocates by the milk bottle transfer means like the robot arm. The movement of the milk bottle is briefly shown in FIG. 3, where the milk bottle conveying unit 170 carrying the milk bottle is reciprocated by the milk bottle conveying motor 190 along the conveying rail 160. On the right side of the milk bottle transfer unit, a place where the milk bottle 140 for storing the milk bottle is placed is located.

Subsequently, the heater 220 located under the water tank 300 shown in FIG. 2 by the hot water setting is operated to warm the water, and thus the warm water is heated according to the set quantity (for example, 200 ml). To be added.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lid 310 is positioned at the top of the automatic oil supply device, and a water bottle 300 is connected to the heater 220 under the lid 310, and the milk powder container 210 is disposed on the left and right sides of the heater 220. ) And the nutrient container 230 is placed so as to drop the powdered milk and nutrients in the milk bottle, and the powdered milk discharging means 222 is mounted directly under the powdered milk container 210.

Although not shown, it is to be noted that all other equipment requiring control, including the heater, the powdered milk dispensing means, the milk bottle moving means, the lamp, and the like, is controlled by a controller (controller) embedded in the PCB.

Before examining the process of the set water is introduced into the bottle, the structure of the bucket is provided in conjunction with the lower valve 350 is supported by the spring 310, as shown in Figure 5 (a). In addition, the water tank 320 has a flow rate adjusting bar 330 and a water supply valve 340 for adjusting the flow rate and the auxiliary water tank 370 is provided in connection with the water supply valve.

This is an automatic control of the quantity using a seesaw cone valve, and applies the principle of seesaw inside the water tank. In other words, a seesaw-shaped device is attached to the float on the left end of the rod floating on the water (on the right side) to the cone-shaped device just above the drain. The holder is fixed to the center of the rod in accordance with the principle of seesaw so that the left and right can be moved so that the inclination of the water tank in the water tank varies from side to side. When water is full in the water tank, the float on the left rises upward, and the cone on the right goes down toward the drain, acting as a valve that narrows the cylindrical drain, so that the water discharge is relatively small.

When the water level is gradually lowered as the water is discharged, the left side is lowered by the lowered water level, and the cone valve on the right side rises upward, and the hole of the drainage port is enlarged, and the water discharge is increased. In other words, when there is a lot of water and the pressure of the water is high, the narrowing of the vent hole is made. When the pressure of the water is low and the water pressure is low, it is designed by applying the laws of nature. It is a wonderful technique to have.

In the water supply method of the water tank of this principle, when the water filling the water tank by a certain amount or more so that the water supply valve 340 completely closes the hole at the top of the auxiliary water tank 370, the flow rate adjusting bar 330 is raised and maintained horizontal because of the water level. The water in the auxiliary bucket 370 goes down the milk bottle through the falling valve 350. When the lid 310 of the bucket is covered, the drop valve 350 is opened to open the water bottle, and when the lid 310 is opened, the drop valve 350 is lifted up by the action of the spring 360 to move up from the auxiliary bucket. This prevents water from flowing into the milk bottle.

As such, the purpose of using a bucket is to maintain a constant pressure, even if the quantity is small or large, to constantly water the milk bottle.

As another example of this bucket, as shown in Fig. 5 (b), at the same time as the start of water supply, the water of the portion indicated by the point B through the drain 390 having a predetermined size (for example, 5.5 mm) is preferentially drained. When the drainage is stopped, the water on the A side gradually flows to the B side through the passage (for example, 0.1 mm; 380) and the water on the B side is filled. This yields a constant quantity because the drain always depends only on the pressure in part B. In other words, when starting draining from B side, water from side A is gradually drained, but the speed is too slow to affect B side.

In conclusion, this method is to maintain a constant pressure in a small quantity or a large quantity, so that the quantity is constantly sent to the milk bottle.

An automatic drain valve works in conjunction with a drain switch at the bottom rear of the lubrication system to allow for rapid drainage of water in the event of an emergency during machine operation. Thus, when the drain switch is pressed, the water in the bucket and elsewhere is pushed out of the unit through the automatic drain valve.

After the set water is introduced into the milk bottle in this way, the milk bottle moves to the milk powder discharge part and the milk powder falls into the milk bottle. The process is as follows.

The milk powder dispensing means is attached to the bottom of the milk powder container as described above, and serves to send milk powder or baby food from the milk bottle to the milk bottle. As shown in FIG. 4A, when the rotary spoon 110 is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise about the rotation axis 130, the transfer tip 120 moves reciprocally to transfer milk powder accumulated in the transfer tip into a milk bottle. Dropped.

That is, when the transfer tip moves toward the rotary shaft 130, powdered milk is accumulated in the grooves in the transfer tip from the powdered milk container, and when the transfer tip moves in the opposite direction to the rotary axis, the powdered milk quickly falls down into the pine groove and falls into the milk bottle.

The rotary spoon 110 serves to make the powdered milk evenly positioned and the milk amount adjusting rib 150 serves to constantly cut the powdered milk in the grooves in the feed tip. For example, if the amount of milk powder is four spoons, the rotary spoon is rotated four times and the transfer tip is reciprocated four times to send the milk powder to the milk bottle.

In Fig. 4b the milk powder dispensing means in a slightly different manner is shown.

The formula is falling in the milk powder, but the formula is contained in the spoon 400 is rotated in a predetermined direction and when the spoon reaches the discharge portion 410, the powdered milk in the spoon is dropped into the milk bottle.

The predetermined space including the discharge part 410 is a powdered milk blocking wall 420 to prevent the powdered milk from falling below the space including the discharged part 410.

That is, in the space other than the powdered milk blocking wall, the powdered milk falls from the powdered milk bottle and is put in the spoon 400. The milk powder can be jointed with the milk powder discharge means through the milk powder connecting groove 430.

As another way in which the powdered milk is discharged to the milk bottle, as shown in Figure 4c, when the powdered milk dropped by vibrating the powdered milk container 210 by the vibrator 440 is discharged to the milk bottle through the solenoid valve 460 There is a way.

This vibrates the milk bottle at a rate of once a second, and when the milk powder falls, the milk powder is dropped into the milk bottle by controlling the milk powder falling down by the solenoid valve to adjust the milk powder volume.

The solenoid valve 460 is of course actuated by the solenoid 450.

In this way, when the amount of powdered milk set by the user is added to the milk bottle, the nutritional agent already set is added at the same time. For example, a nutrient is usually 0.5 to 0.8 g in one milk bottle.

Thus, the user of the device simply needs to take out the milk powder, the baby food, and the nutrients in the milk bottle and feed it to the infant.

In the safety device of the present invention, when there is no milk bottle, the proximity sensor 88 installed under the position where the milk bottle is located detects this and turns on the "no milk bottle" lamp of the control panel. In addition, when the lid of the water tank is opened, water supply is stopped by the action of the spring and the lowering valve as described above.

And when this oil supply apparatus is not operated for more than 30 hours, operation | movement will be interrupted by fear of bacterial infection.

In other words, the automatic refueling device does not operate when it has not been used for a long time, which means conveying a message to the user to properly clean and use the device.

As described above, the present invention is a convenient device capable of feeding in a short time by accurately feeding the feeding amount by providing an automatic refueling device for infant milk bottles, and installs an anion / ozone generating device or an air purifier, etc., according to the convenience. It can be used as a multi-function, and furthermore, when the baby grows and does not need feeding, it can be conveniently used as a feeder for various coffees, green teas, drinks, juices, etc.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and a structure that is modified in shape may be modified and modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the claims of the present invention. Of course, such changes are within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (17)

A milk powder container 210, a nutritional container 230 and a water bottle 300 accommodated in the case 301; A powdered milk discharging means 222 positioned below the powdered milk container and supplying an appropriate amount of powdered milk contained in the powdered milk container 210 to the milk bottle 100; Milk bottle moving means for reciprocating the milk bottle; Automatic refueling device consisting of a control panel including a controller for controlling the milk powder discharging means, cold and hot water water supply, milk amount / quantity. According to claim 1, wherein the milk powder dispensing means, when the milk powder spatula 110 is rotated one clockwise or counterclockwise around the rotation axis 130, the transfer tip 120 is engaged with the center around the rotation axis in the opposite direction to the milk powder spatula Automatic refueling device characterized in that the milk powder is adjusted so that the milk powder is discharged from the milk bottle into the milk bottle while moving in a reciprocating manner. The method of claim 1, wherein the powdered milk discharging means comprises a vibrator 440 for vibrating the powdered milk bottle, and a solenoid valve 460 for adjusting the powdered milk dropped by the vibrator to a predetermined amount to drop into a milk bottle. Device. According to claim 1, wherein the milk powder dispensing means, the spoon 400 for rotating around the axis of rotation so as to receive the powdered milk falling from the powdered milk bottle, and the powdered milk blocking portion 420 to block the powdered milk from the powdered milk bottle so as not to fall below the powdered milk bottle; , When the spoon is located below the powdered milk cut-off unit 420, automatic refueling apparatus, characterized in that made up of a discharge portion 410 to drop the powdered milk contained in the spoon down. According to claim 4, The spoon is characterized in that the four spoons are opposed to each other positioned around the axis of rotation, automatic refueling device. According to claim 1, wherein the bucket is a flow control bar 330 for adjusting the flow rate, the water supply valve 340 for opening and closing the auxiliary bucket at the symmetrical position of the flow control bar, and the water from the water bottle drop into the milk bottle The auxiliary tank 370 to float, the falling valve 350 to discharge the water to the milk bottle, and the automatic refueling device, characterized in that made of a spring 360 to inform the lower valve of the operation of the cover (310). The water container of claim 6, wherein when the flow rate adjusting bar is above a certain level, the water supply valve is closed to wait for water supply to the milk bottle, and when the flow rate adjusting bar is below the predetermined level, the water tank is opened to fill the auxiliary water tank. Automatic refueling system. 7. The automatic lubrication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the spring turns off the water supply operation when the cover (310) is opened. 2. The bucket according to claim 1, wherein the bucket has a bucket 385 having a small drainage hole in the lower part of the bucket, and the drainage hole has a drainage hole about five times larger than the drainage hole in the lower part of the bucket. , Automatic refueling device. 10. The automatic lubrication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the bucket has a constant amount of water at the drain of the bottom of the bucket, regardless of whether the quantity is large or small. According to claim 1, wherein the milk bottle moving means is characterized in that the milk bottle transfer motor by the milk bottle transfer unit reciprocating on the transfer rail like a robot arm (arm), automatic refueling device. The automatic lubrication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation is cut off when the automatic lubrication apparatus is not operated for 30 hours or more. The automatic refueling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the sterilization button of the control panel is pressed, an ultraviolet lamp located in the apparatus is turned on and a heater is heated to perform sterilization operation. 2. The automatic refueling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when there is no milk bottle in the automatic refueling apparatus, the proximity sensor detects this and lights a "no bottle" lamp on the control panel. The automatic refueling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cold / hot water button of the control panel is repeated with cold water or hot water each time it is pressed. The automatic refueling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein coffee, green tea, beverages, and other substances can be used for non-feeding instead of milk powder and nutrition. The automatic refueling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an air purifier or an anion / ozone generator can be added to the automatic refueling apparatus.