CN210776948U - Cup falling device and beverage mixing machine with same - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cup device and have its beverage machine of transferring at present falls. The cup falling device is used for the beverage mixing machine, and comprises a box body, a box body door, a cup falling assembly and a first controller; the box body is provided with a first cavity, a cup adding port communicated with the first cavity, a second cavity communicated with the first cavity, and a cup taking port communicated with the second cavity; the box body door is connected to the box body in an openable mode to open or close the cup adding opening; the cup falling assembly is positioned in the box body; the first controller is electrically connected with the cup dropping assembly, and the first controller controls the action of the cup dropping assembly according to a control signal received by the first controller from the beverage mixing machine, so that the paper cup placed in the first cavity enters the second cavity. Therefore, the paper cup can be prevented from being lost.

Description

Cup falling device and beverage mixing machine with same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic vending equipment technical field.

Background

Nowadays, beverage dispensers (beverage machines/coffee machines) are placed in stores and are used by store personnel to perform the operations of collecting the beverages, making the beverages, and the like. The paper cup of the beverage mixing machine with the mobile payment function is manually taken by a customer, so that the phenomenon of losing the paper cup frequently occurs.

Therefore, there is a need to provide a cup dropping device and a beverage dispenser having the same to at least partially solve the above-mentioned problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In the summary section a series of concepts in a simplified form is introduced, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The inventive content does not imply any attempt to define the essential features and essential features of the claimed solution, nor is it implied to be intended to define the scope of the claimed solution.

In order to solve above-mentioned problem partially at least, the utility model discloses a cup device falls is used for beverage to transfer machine now, and cup device falls includes: the cup filling device comprises a box body, a cup feeding device and a cup taking device, wherein the box body is provided with a first cavity, a cup filling port communicated with the first cavity, a second cavity communicated with the first cavity, and a cup taking port communicated with the second cavity; a tank door openably connected to the tank to open or close the cup adding port; the cup falling assembly is positioned in the box body; the first controller is electrically connected with the cup dropping assembly, and the first controller controls the action of the cup dropping assembly according to a control signal received by the first controller from the beverage mixing machine so that the paper cup placed in the first cavity enters the second cavity.

According to the utility model discloses a cup device falls, the box door can be closed and adds the rim of a cup, the user can not follow the paper cup of taking in the first cavity, first controller is according to the action of its received control signal control cup subassembly that falls, so that place in the paper cup of first cavity gets into in the second cavity, can accomplish the ordering and pay for at the user like this, send control signal to first controller, so that the work of cup device falls, and then make the paper cup get into in the second cavity, the user could follow the paper cup of taking of rim of a cup this moment, can avoid the paper cup to lose from this.

Optionally, the cup dropping device further comprises a door lock, the door lock is connected with at least one of the box body and the box body door, and when the box body door closes the cup adding opening, the door lock locks the box body door to the box body.

Optionally, one end of the box body is pivotally connected with the box body door, and the other end of the box body is connected with the door lock along the width direction of the box body.

Optionally, the cup dropping device further comprises a protective door, and the protective door is connected with the box body to open or close the cup taking opening.

Optionally, the protective door is made of a transparent material.

Optionally, the guard door is pivotally connected to an upper end of the cup taking opening in a height direction of the box body.

Optionally, the first controller controls the number of paper cups falling into the first cavity according to the control signal.

Optionally, the cup dropping assembly comprises a motor and a spiral wheel connected with the motor, the outer peripheral surface of the spiral wheel is configured into a spiral structure rotating around the axis of the spiral wheel, the outer peripheral surface of the spiral structure abuts against the outer peripheral surface of the paper cup, and the motor drives the spiral wheel to rotate, so that the paper cups abutted against the spiral wheel are separated from the paper cup assemblies sleeved together and enter the second cavity.

The utility model also provides a beverage machine of transferring at present, the beverage machine of transferring at present includes: the beverage adjusting device sends out a control signal; in the cup dropping device, the first controller of the cup dropping device is electrically connected with the beverage mixing device to receive a control signal of the beverage mixing device.

According to the utility model discloses a machine is transferred at present to beverage, machine is transferred at present to beverage includes aforementioned cup device that falls, the box door can be closed and adds the rim of a cup, the user can not follow the paper cup of taking in the first cavity, first controller is according to the action of its received control signal control cup subassembly that falls, so that place in the paper cup of first cavity gets into in the second cavity, can accomplish the ordering and pay the back at the user like this, send control signal to first controller, so that the work of cup device that falls, and then make in the paper cup gets into the second cavity, the user could follow the paper cup of taking at this moment, can avoid the paper cup to lose from this.

Optionally, the beverage preparation apparatus comprises: the input device is used for the user to order the food by self; the second controller is electrically connected with the input device and the first controller and is configured to send a control signal to the first controller after the self-service ordering is completed.

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The following drawings of the embodiments of the present invention are provided as a part of the present invention for understanding the present invention. There are shown in the drawings, embodiments and descriptions thereof, which are used to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cup dropping device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 2 is a schematic control flow diagram of a beverage dispenser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

110: a box body 111: the first cavity

112: second cavity 120: cup falling assembly

130: the box door 140: door lock

150: the guard door 160: paper cup

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in order to avoid obscuring embodiments of the present invention.

In the following description, a detailed structure will be presented for a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. It is apparent that the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the specific details familiar to those skilled in the art. The following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, however, the invention is capable of other embodiments in addition to those detailed.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a cup dropping apparatus. The cup dropping device may be used in conjunction with a beverage preparation machine (e.g., a beverage machine/coffee machine) to provide the paper cup 160 for the beverage preparation machine. In this way, the paper cup 160 can be prevented from being lost.

Referring to fig. 1, the cup dropping device includes a box body 110, a cup dropping assembly 120, a first controller, a box body door 130, a door lock 140, and a protection door 150. The case 110 may have a rectangular parallelepiped structure. Along the height direction of the box body 110, a first cavity 111 and a second cavity 112 are arranged in the box body 110 at intervals. The first cavity 111 is located above the second cavity 112. The first cavity 111 and the second cavity 112 are separated by a mounting plate. The mounting plate is provided with a through hole. The first cavity 111 and the second cavity 112 communicate through a through hole.

The first cavity 111 is used for placing a paper cup assembly formed by a plurality of paper cups 160 sleeved together. The opening of each paper cup 160 is facing upward. By the action of the cup dropping assembly 120, the lowermost paper cup 160 of the paper cup assembly in the first cavity 111 can be separated from the paper cup assembly, and can drop into the second cavity 112 after passing through the through hole under the action of its own gravity. In this way, a user may access the paper cup 160 to be used from within the second cavity 112.

In this embodiment, the cup drop assembly 120 is located within the housing 110. The drop cup assembly 120 is disposed on the mounting plate. The cup drop assembly 120 includes a motor and a spiral wheel. The motor can be a helical wheel connected through a gear set. The outer peripheral surface of the helical wheel is configured as a helical structure that rotates about its axis. A plurality of helical wheels are disposed circumferentially about the axis of the passageway. In this way, the plurality of helical wheels define a cup drop passage in communication with the passage. The lowermost paper cup 160 of the paper cup assembly is disposed within the cup drop channel. The outer circumferential surface of the helical structure of each helical wheel abuts the outer circumferential surface of the paper cup 160. Thus, when the motor drives the spiral wheel to rotate, the spiral structure of the rotating spiral wheel can drive the paper cup 160 abutted against the spiral wheel to move downwards so as to separate the paper cup assembly. The paper cup 160 removed from the cup assembly then falls into the second cavity under its own weight.

Referring to fig. 1, the upper end of the end surface of one end of the case 110 in the length direction thereof is further provided with a cup adding port. The cup adding port is communicated with the first cavity 111. The worker may add the paper cup 160 into the first cavity 111 from the cup adding mouth. The first side of the case door 130 is pivotally connected to a first end of a portion of the case 110 surrounding the cup feeding opening in the width direction of the case 110. This allows the bin door 130 to be rotated to open or close the cup adding opening. The door lock 140 is provided at a second end of the case 110, which is opposite to the first end, of the portion surrounding the filler neck. Thus, when the chest door 130 closes the cup adding opening, the chest door 130 may be locked to the chest 110 by the door lock 140. Thus, a user (consumer) cannot open the case door 130 to take the paper cup 160 from the cup adding opening without the permission of a worker. This prevents the paper cup 160 from being lost. In other embodiments, the door lock 140 may also be disposed on a second side of the chest door 130 opposite the first side thereof.

In this embodiment, a cup taking opening is provided at the lower end of the end surface of the case 110 where the cup adding opening is provided. The cup access opening is in communication with the second cavity 112. The user may access the paper cup 160 within the second cavity 112 from the cup access opening.

With continued reference to fig. 1, the upper end of the guard door 150 is pivotally connected to the upper end of the portion of the case 110 that encloses the cup opening. So that the protective door 150 can open or close the cup access opening. The user can access the paper cup 160 in the second cavity 112 by rotating the protective door 150 to open the cup access opening. When the user takes out the paper cup 160 from the second cavity 112, the protective door 150 can cover the cup mouth under the action of its own gravity. Thereby, insects, mice, snakes, etc. are prevented from entering the second cavity 112 from the cup-taking opening. And the operation of closing the cup taking opening by the protective door 150 is simple.

Preferably, the protective door 150 may be made of a transparent material. Thus, the user can clearly observe whether the paper cup 160 is present in the second cavity 112.

In this embodiment, the cup dropping assembly 120 further includes a first controller, a relay, and a travel switch. The first controller is electrically connected with the relay to control the closing or opening of the relay. The motor is connected with a power line through a relay. Therefore, the first controller controls the relay to be disconnected, so that the power supply wire stops supplying power to the motor. The first controller controls the relay to be closed, so that the power line supplies power to the motor. The first controller is electrically connected with the travel switch to detect the on-off of the travel switch. The travel switch is used for detecting whether the paper cup reaches a preset position. If so, the first controller receives the stop signal, otherwise, the first controller does not receive the stop signal.

The first controller is electrically connected with the second controller of the beverage mixing device. Thus, the first controller receives a control signal of the second controller later. And then controlling the action time of the motor or the number of turns of the motor shaft according to the control signal. Thereby controlling the amount of paper cups 160 that fall into the second cavity 112.

In other embodiments, the second cavity of the housing may not be located below the first cavity, and a conveying structure is provided to move the paper cup 160 detached from the paper cup assembly to the second cavity.

According to the utility model discloses a cup device falls, box door 130 can close and add the rim of a cup, the user can not follow the paper cup 160 of taking in first cavity 111, first controller is according to the action of its received control signal control cup subassembly 120 that falls, so that place the paper cup 160 in first cavity 111 and get into in second cavity 112, can accomplish the ordering and pay the back at the user like this, to first controller send control signal, so that the work of cup device falls, and then make paper cup 160 get into in second cavity 112, realize automatic cup that falls, the user can only follow the rim of a cup 160 of taking this moment and take paper cup 160, can avoid paper cup 160 to lose from this.

The utility model also provides a beverage machine of transferring at present. The beverage mixing machine comprises a beverage mixing device and the cup falling device. The beverage preparation device can be used for processing the beverage on site. The cup dropping device and the beverage preparation device can be two devices which are independent from each other. The cup dropping device may be arranged adjacent the beverage preparation device. The user may order the meal by himself (e.g., selecting the type and quantity of the beverage, and making a payment) via the beverage preparation device. After the user finishes self-service ordering (the user finishes selecting the type and the quantity of the beverage to finish ordering and finishes payment), the beverage adjusting device generates a control signal and sends the control signal to the cup dropping device. The motor of the cup dropping device is then operated to move a number of paper cups 160 into the second chamber 112 corresponding to the number of beverages purchased by the user in the first chamber 111. The user may then remove the paper cup 160 from the second housing 112 and place the paper cup 160 at the beverage outlet of the beverage preparation device to access the beverage of the beverage preparation device.

The beverage preparation device comprises a second controller and an input device. The input device may include an ordering screen. The second controller is electrically connected to the input device. The second controller may be connected to the IOT (Internet of Things) to communicate with other communication units (e.g., a service platform corresponding to the beverage dispenser) via the IOT. Thus, the input device can communicate with the service platform through the second controller and the ITO. Therefore, the user can complete self-service ordering through the ordering screen, and mobile payment is achieved. Preferably, the ordering screen may be a smart touch screen.

The second controller may be electrically connected to the first controller. When the user completes a self-service order through the order screen, the second controller acquires order information (information that the user selects the kind and quantity of the beverage, and information on payment). And after the second controller receives the information of completing payment, determining the control signal according to the ordering information. The control signal is then sent to the first controller.

In other embodiments, the input device may include a second controller and a meal order screen electrically connected to the second controller, where the second controller is part of the input device.

Preferably, the power cord of the cup dropping device can be connected with the beverage preparation device. Therefore, the beverage mixing device can provide electric energy for the cup falling device.

According to the utility model discloses a machine is transferred at present to beverage, machine is transferred at present to beverage includes aforementioned cup device that falls, box door 130 can close and add the rim of a cup, the user can not follow the paper cup 160 of taking in first cavity 111, first controller is according to the action of its received control signal control cup subassembly 120 that falls, so that place the paper cup 160 in first cavity 111 and get into in second cavity 112, can accomplish the ordering and pay the back at the user like this, send control signal to first controller, so that the work of cup device that falls, and then make paper cup 160 get into in second cavity 112, realize automatic cup that falls, the user can only follow the rim of a cup and take paper cup 160 this moment, can avoid paper cup 160 to lose from this.

Preferably, the housing 110, the cup-dropping assembly 120, the housing door 130, and the door lock are made of stainless steel or plastic. The voltage of the operating power supply of the cup dropping device may be DC 12V. The first controller and the second controller may be PCB control boards.

As shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment also provides a control method for controlling the beverage dispenser. The control method comprises a control method of the beverage mixing device and a control method of the cup dropping device. The control method of the beverage mixing device comprises the following steps:

in step S11, the second controller executes step S12 after receiving the signal of successful payment (completion of payment).

And step S12, judging whether the beverage dispenser has a cup falling device or not, if so, executing step S13, otherwise, executing step S17.

In step S13, the second controller sends a control signal to the first controller, and then performs step S14.

Step S14, time T1 is started, and step S15 is executed.

And step S15, judging that T1 is more than 30S, if not, executing step S16, otherwise, executing step S19.

And step S16, the second controller judges whether a cup falling completion signal is received. If yes, go to step S17, otherwise go back to step S15.

And step S17, sending a paper cup placing signal to the input device to control the ordering screen to display the information that the paper cup is placed. Step S18 is executed.

And step S18, the second controller controls the beverage preparation device to start processing the beverage.

Step S19 is executed to send a cup failure signal to the input device to control the ordering screen to display the cup failure information.

The control method of the cup falling device comprises the following steps:

in step S21, the first controller receives the control signal from the second controller and executes step S22.

And step S22, the first controller outputs a relay closing signal to control the relay to be closed, power is supplied to the motor, the motor starts to rotate at the moment, and the time T2 is started at the moment. Step S23 is executed.

And step S23, judging that T2 is more than 30S, if not, executing step S24, otherwise, executing step S25.

In step S24, the first controller determines whether or not a stop signal is received from the travel switch. If yes, go to step S25, otherwise go back to step S23.

And step S25, the first controller outputs a relay disconnection signal to control the relay to be disconnected, power supply to the motor is stopped, the motor stops rotating at the moment, and a cup falling completion signal is sent to the second controller.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Terms such as "component" and the like, when used herein, can refer to either a single part or a combination of parts. Terms such as "mounted," "disposed," and the like, as used herein, may refer to one component as being directly attached to another component or one component as being attached to another component through intervening components. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it is to be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the described embodiments. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that many more modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching and are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. A cup dropping device, characterized in that the cup dropping device is used for a beverage preparation machine, the cup dropping device comprises:

the cup filling device comprises a box body, a cup filling port and a cup taking port, wherein the box body is provided with a first cavity, a cup filling port communicated with the first cavity, a second cavity communicated with the first cavity, and a cup taking port communicated with the second cavity;

a tank door openably connected to the tank to open or close the cup adding port;

the cup falling assembly is positioned in the box body;

the first controller is electrically connected with the cup dropping assembly, and the first controller controls the action of the cup dropping assembly according to a control signal received by the first controller from the beverage mixing machine, so that the paper cup placed in the first cavity enters the second cavity.

2. The cup dropping device of claim 1, further comprising a door lock connecting at least one of the chest and the chest door, the door lock locking the chest door to the chest when the chest door closes the cup adding opening.

3. The cup dropping device of claim 2, wherein one end of the box body is pivotally connected to the box body door and the other end of the box body is connected to the door lock along the width direction of the box body.

4. The cup dropping device according to claim 1, further comprising a guard door connected to the box body to open or close the cup taking opening.

5. The cup dropping device according to claim 4, wherein the protective door is made of a transparent material.

6. A cup drop arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the guard door is pivotally connected to an upper end of the cup access opening in the height direction of the box.

7. The cup dropping device of claim 1, wherein the first controller controls the number of paper cups dropped into the first cavity according to the control signal.

8. The cup dropping device according to claim 1, wherein the cup dropping assembly comprises a motor and a spiral wheel connected with the motor, the outer circumferential surface of the spiral wheel is configured into a spiral structure rotating around the axis of the spiral wheel, the outer circumferential surface of the spiral structure abuts against the outer circumferential surface of the paper cup, and the motor drives the spiral wheel to rotate, so that the paper cups abutted against the spiral wheel are separated from the paper cup assemblies sleeved with each other and enter the second cavity.

9. A beverage dispenser, the beverage dispenser comprising:

the beverage adjusting device sends out a control signal;

the cup drop apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 8, the first controller of the cup drop apparatus and the beverage preparation apparatus being electrically connected to receive the control signal of the beverage preparation apparatus.

10. The beverage dispenser according to claim 9, wherein the beverage dispenser comprises:

the input device is used for the user to order the food by self;

a second controller electrically connected to the input device and the first controller and configured to send the control signal to the first controller after a self-service meal order is completed.

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