阅读说明：本技术 上盖装置和餐饮机 (Upper cover device and catering machine ) 是由 张胡升 于 2019-08-03 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种上盖装置和餐饮机,该上盖装置包括储盖机构和拾取机构。所述储盖机构包括若干个杯盖垛叠部,所述杯盖垛叠部设有拾取口。所述拾取机构位于餐饮机的输送机构旁,所述拾取机构包括移动部和安装在所述移动部上的拾取部,所述移动部带动所述拾取部在所述杯盖垛叠部和所述输送机构的上盖工位之间移动；所述拾取部移动至所述杯盖垛叠部时,所述拾取部可通过所述拾取口拾取杯盖；所述拾取部移动至所述上盖工位时,所述拾取部可将所述杯盖盖设在位于所述上盖工位的杯子上。如此,移动部带动拾取部移动至上盖工位,从而拾取部将杯盖盖设在位于上盖工位的杯子上,实现自动上盖操作,提高工作效率。(The invention relates to an upper cover device and a catering machine. The cover storage mechanism comprises a plurality of cup cover stacking parts, and the cup cover stacking parts are provided with pickup openings. The picking mechanism is positioned beside the conveying mechanism of the catering machine and comprises a moving part and a picking part arranged on the moving part, and the moving part drives the picking part to move between the cup cover stacking part and the upper cover station of the conveying mechanism; when the picking part moves to the cup cover stacking part, the picking part can pick up the cup covers through the picking opening; when the picking part moves to the upper cover station, the picking part can cover the cup cover on a cup positioned at the upper cover station. So, the removal portion drives the portion of picking up and removes to the upper cover station to the portion of picking up establishes the bowl cover lid on the cup that is located the upper cover station, realizes automatic upper cover operation, improves work efficiency.)

1. The utility model provides a top cover device, is applied to food and beverage machine, its characterized in that, top cover device include:

the cover storage mechanism comprises a plurality of cup cover stacking parts, and the cup cover stacking parts are provided with pickup ports; and

the picking mechanism is positioned beside the conveying mechanism of the catering machine and comprises a moving part and a picking part arranged on the moving part, and the moving part drives the picking part to move between the cup cover stacking part and an upper cover station of the conveying mechanism; when the picking part moves to the cup cover stacking part, the picking part can pick up the cup covers through the picking opening; when the picking part moves to the upper cover station, the picking part can cover the cup cover on a cup positioned at the upper cover station.

2. The capping device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a positioning mechanism, wherein the positioning mechanism comprises a base plate, a guiding element, a limiting element and a driving element, the base plate is mounted on the conveying mechanism, the guiding element and the limiting element are respectively located at two sides of the base plate, the driving element is connected to the guiding element, and the driving element is used for driving the guiding element to move towards a direction close to or away from the limiting element.

3. The cover device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the guide member includes a first inclined plate and a second inclined plate connected to each other, and a space between the first inclined plate and the second inclined plate is gradually increased in a direction approaching the stopper.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lid stack portion includes a plurality of guide posts arranged in sequence along an outer profile of the lid to form a storage space for the lid stack.

5. The upper cover device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the cup cover stacking part further comprises a guide ring, the guide ring is provided with mounting holes corresponding to the guide columns one to one, and the inner side surface of the guide ring is matched with the outer contour of the cup cover.

6. The capping device according to claim 1, wherein the cap storage mechanism further comprises a stacking plate, the stacking plate is provided with mounting positions corresponding to the cap stacking portions one to one, and the mounting positions are provided with positioning grooves matched with the caps.

7. The cover apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the pickup portion includes a rotating arm rotatably mounted to the moving portion and a suction cup mounted to the rotating arm.

8. The cover attaching device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the rotating arm is installed at the moving part at a middle portion thereof, and has one end connected to the suction cup and the other end connected to a pneumatic finger for grasping or releasing the cup.

9. The cover apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the pickup mechanism further comprises a second bracket, the moving part is a robot arm, the robot arm comprises a first rotating arm, a second rotating arm and a third rotating arm, the first rotating arm is rotatably mounted on the second bracket, one end of the first rotating arm is rotatably connected with the first rotating arm, and the other end of the first rotating arm is rotatably connected with one end of the second rotating arm; one end of the third rotating arm is rotatably connected with the other end of the second rotating arm, and the other end of the third rotating arm is rotatably connected with the picking part.

10. Catering machine, characterized in that the catering machine comprises a conveying mechanism and a cover loading device according to any of claims 1 to 9, the conveying mechanism is used for conveying cups, the conveying mechanism is provided with a cover loading station, and a picking mechanism of the cover loading device is arranged beside the conveying mechanism.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of catering machinery, in particular to an upper cover device and a catering machine.

Background

The milk and the tea are fused to produce the milk tea with milk flavor and tea aroma. The milk tea has the fragrance of milk tea in China, India, England, Singapore, Malaysia and other places in the world, has various tastes, and is favored by different people. Such as indian milk tea, known as special flavors with mosalas; hong Kong milky tea is known as silk stocking milky tea; taiwan pearl milk tea also has unique characteristics. The milk tea has double nutrition of milk and tea, is one of the common food, and is popular in the world.

The traditional milk tea is made by the steps of discharging ice, discharging liquid raw materials, stirring, covering, discharging from a cup and the like. At present, the operation of the upper cover needs to be finished manually, so that the manufacturing process of the milk tea is long in time consumption and low in efficiency.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the upper cover device and the catering machine are needed to solve the problem of low efficiency, and the moving part drives the picking part to move to the cup cover stacking part, so that the picking part can pick up the cup cover through the picking opening. Then, the moving part drives the picking part to move to the upper cover station, so that the picking part covers the cup cover on the cup positioned on the upper cover station, automatic upper cover operation is realized, and the working efficiency is improved.

A cover apparatus, comprising:

the cover storage mechanism comprises a plurality of cup cover stacking parts, and the cup cover stacking parts are provided with pickup ports; and

the picking mechanism is positioned beside the conveying mechanism of the catering machine and comprises a moving part and a picking part arranged on the moving part, and the moving part drives the picking part to move between the cup cover stacking part and an upper cover station of the conveying mechanism; when the picking part moves to the cup cover stacking part, the picking part can pick up the cup covers through the picking opening; when the picking part moves to the upper cover station, the picking part can cover the cup cover on a cup positioned at the upper cover station.

When the upper cover device is used, the moving portion drives the picking portion to move to the cup cover stacking portion, and therefore the picking portion can pick up the cup cover through the picking opening. The cup is transported by the conveying mechanism to reach the upper cover station of the conveying mechanism. The moving part drives the picking part to move to the upper cover station, so that the picking part covers the cup cover on the cup positioned on the upper cover station, automatic upper cover operation is realized, labor cost is saved, working efficiency is improved, and milk tea making time is shortened.

In one embodiment, the upper cover device further includes a positioning mechanism, the positioning mechanism includes a bottom plate, a guide member, a limiting member, and a driving member, the bottom plate is mounted on the conveying mechanism, the guide member and the limiting member are respectively located at two sides of the bottom plate, the driving member is connected to the guide member, and the driving member is used for driving the guide member to move toward a direction close to or away from the limiting member.

In one embodiment, the guide member includes a first inclined plate and a second inclined plate connected to each other, and an interval between the first inclined plate and the second inclined plate is gradually increased in a direction approaching the limiting member.

In one embodiment, the cup lid stacking portion includes a plurality of guide posts arranged in sequence according to an outer profile of the cup lid to form a storage space for the cup lid stack.

In one embodiment, the cup cover stacking part further comprises a guide ring, the guide ring is provided with mounting holes corresponding to the guide columns one to one, and the inner side face of the guide ring is matched with the outer contour of the cup cover.

In one embodiment, the cover storage mechanism further comprises a stacking plate, the stacking plate is provided with installation positions corresponding to the cup cover stacking portions one to one, and the installation positions are provided with positioning grooves matched with the cup covers.

In one embodiment, the pickup portion includes a rotating arm rotatably mounted to the moving portion and a suction cup mounted to the rotating arm.

In one embodiment, the middle part of the rotating arm is mounted on the moving part, one end of the rotating arm is connected with the sucking disc, and the other end of the rotating arm is connected with a pneumatic finger which is used for grabbing or releasing the cup.

In one embodiment, the picking mechanism further comprises a second bracket, the moving part is a mechanical arm, the mechanical arm comprises a first rotating arm, a second rotating arm and a third rotating arm, the first rotating arm is rotatably mounted on the second bracket, one end of the first rotating arm is rotatably connected with the first rotating arm, and the other end of the first rotating arm is rotatably connected with one end of the second rotating arm; one end of the third rotating arm is rotatably connected with the other end of the second rotating arm, and the other end of the third rotating arm is rotatably connected with the picking part.

A catering machine comprises a conveying mechanism and the upper cover device, wherein the conveying mechanism is used for conveying cups, the conveying mechanism is provided with an upper cover station, and a pickup mechanism of the upper cover device is installed beside the conveying mechanism.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an upper cover device applied to a dining machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the cover device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a guide ring of the capping device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the stacking plate of the capping device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a picking mechanism of the cover loading apparatus shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a positioning mechanism of the cover device shown in FIG. 2;

fig. 7 is an enlarged view of fig. 1 at a.

11. The cup comprises a cup body, 12, a cup cover, 100, a cover storage mechanism, 110, a cup cover stacking part, 111, a picking opening, 112, a guide column, 113, a guide ring, 114, a mounting hole, 120, a stacking plate, 121, a positioning groove, 130, a first support, 200, a picking mechanism, 210, a moving part, 211, a first rotating arm, 212, a first rotating arm, 213, a second rotating arm, 214, a third rotating arm, 220, a picking part, 221, a rotating arm, 222, a suction cup, 223, a pneumatic finger, 230, a second support, 300, a positioning mechanism, 310, a bottom plate, 311, a strip-shaped hole, 320, a guide piece, 321, a first inclined plate, 322, a second inclined plate, 330, a limiting piece, 340, a driving piece, 400, a conveying mechanism, 401, an upper cover station, 410, a conveying module, 411, a first positioning plate, 412 and a second positioning plate.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on" another element, there are no intervening elements present. The terms "first," "second," and "third" as used herein do not denote any particular order or quantity, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a catering machine. The catering machine comprises a conveying mechanism 400 and an upper cover device. The conveying mechanism 400 is used for conveying the cups 11.

Referring to fig. 2, the capping device includes a cap storing mechanism 100 and a picking mechanism 200. Lid storage mechanism 100 includes a number of lid stacking portions 110, where lid stacking portions 110 define pickup openings 111. The picking mechanism 200 is located beside a conveying mechanism 400 of the catering machine, the picking mechanism 200 comprises a moving part 210 and a picking part 220 installed on the moving part 210, and the moving part 210 drives the picking part 220 to move between the cup cover stacking part 110 and an upper cover station 401 of the conveying mechanism 400. As pickup 220 moves to lid stack portion 110, pickup 220 may pick up lids 12 through pickup aperture 111. When the picking part 220 moves to the upper cover station 401, the picking part 220 can cover the cup cover 12 on the cup 11 positioned at the upper cover station 401.

When the above-described overcap device is in use, the moving portion 210 drives the picking portion 220 to move to the cap stacking portion 110, so that the picking portion 220 can pick up the cap 12 through the picking port 111. The cups 11 are transported by the conveyor 400 to the capping station 401 of the conveyor 400. The moving part 210 drives the picking part 220 to move to the upper cover station 401, so that the picking part 220 covers the cup cover 12 on the cup 11 positioned on the upper cover station 401, automatic cover-mounting operation is realized, labor cost is saved, work efficiency is improved, and milk tea making time is shortened.

In a similar way, the catering machine can realize automatic cover-up operation of the cup 11, for example, when milk tea, sweetmeats or other food materials contained in the cup 11 are made, automatic cover-up is realized through the cover-up device, and the food materials are convenient to assign next step.

Specifically, the lid storage mechanism 100 further includes a first bracket 130. Lid stack portion 110 is mounted above first support 130. More than two lid stacking portions 110 may increase the reserve volume of the lids 12.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 2, lid stacking portion 110 includes a plurality of guide posts 112. A plurality of guide posts 112 are arranged in sequence along the outer contour of the lid 12 to form a storage space for a stack of lids 12. Wherein, the storage space surrounded by the guiding columns 112 is opened above to form a picking port 111. The storage space defined by the plurality of guide posts 112 is open to facilitate stacking or picking of the lid 12. The guide posts 112 are enclosed according to the outer contour of the cup cover 12, so that the cup covers 12 placed in the storage space are stacked orderly, the cup covers 12 cannot fall to the west, the cup covers 12 are limited, the cup covers 12 can be picked up accurately by the picking mechanism 200 conveniently, and good positioning is provided for the subsequent cup covers 12 to be accurately covered on the cup 11.

Specifically, referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, lid stacking portion 110 also includes a guide ring 113. The guide ring 113 is provided with mounting holes 114 corresponding one-to-one to the guide posts 112. The guide ring 113 is fixed to the top of the guide post 112 through a mounting hole 114. The medial surface of guide ring 113 and the outline looks adaptation of bowl cover 12, so, bowl cover 12 can be inconsistent with the medial surface laminating of guide ring 113 when leaving to pick up mouth 111 to adjust the location to the position of bowl cover 12, be convenient for follow-up bowl cover 12 accurately to cover and establish on cup 11.

Optionally, one side of the guide ring 113 is open, and is of an open structure. The guide ring 113 may be provided with a detection unit for detecting the number of cups 12 picked up, to determine whether the cup lid stacking portion 110 still stores a cup lid 12, to guide the pick-up mechanism 200 whether it needs to pick up a cup lid 12 to the next cup lid stacking portion 110; alternatively, the current stack height is calculated based on the number of cups 12 picked to guide the pick-up travel distance of the pick-up mechanism 200.

Specifically, in conjunction with fig. 2 and 4, the lid storage mechanism 100 also includes a stack stacking plate 120. The stacking plate 120 is provided with mounting locations corresponding to the cup-lid stacking portions 110 one-to-one. The installation department is equipped with the constant head tank 121 with bowl cover 12 looks adaptation to bowl cover 12 that is located the bottom can be stably placed under the injecing of constant head tank 121, makes bowl cover 12 of whole buttress stack in order, and the location is accurate, is convenient for pick up mechanism 200 and accurately picks up bowl cover 12, and subsequent bowl cover 12 of being convenient for is accurately covered and is established on cup 11.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2 and 5, the pickup part 220 includes a rotating arm 221 and a suction cup 222. The rotating arm 221 is rotatably mounted on the moving part 210, and the suction cup 222 is mounted on the rotating arm 221. The suction cup 222 picks up the cup cover 12, can avoid damaging the cup cover 12, especially the paper cup cover 12, and ensures that the cup cover 12 is lossless and does not deform, so that the subsequent cup cover 12 can be completely and accurately covered on the cup 11.

Optionally, suction cup 222 is a silicone suction cup.

Specifically, referring to fig. 5, the rotation arm 221 has a middle portion mounted to the moving part 210, one end connected to the suction cup 222 and the other end connected to a pneumatic finger 223, and the pneumatic finger 223 is used to grasp or release the cup 11. So, when in actual use, the sucking disc 222 is established cup lid 12 lid on cup 11 earlier, then removal portion 210 drives sucking disc 222 and leaves cup 11, and after the rotatory 180 degrees of swinging boom 221, pick up portion 220 descends, and pneumatic finger 223 just can snatch the cup 11 of lid 12 well to carry to ejection of compact station. Therefore, the upper cover device not only can automatically and accurately cover, but also can realize discharging. Alternatively, pneumatic finger 223 is a flexible finger capable of gripping or releasing cup 11 without damage.

Further, in conjunction with fig. 5, the picking mechanism 200 further comprises a second bracket 230. The moving part 210 is a mechanical arm, the mechanical arm includes a first rotating arm 211, a first rotating arm 212, a second rotating arm 213 and a third rotating arm 214, the first rotating arm 211 is rotatably mounted on the second bracket 230, one end of the first rotating arm 212 is rotatably connected with the first rotating arm 211, and the other end is rotatably connected with one end of the second rotating arm 213; one end of the third rotating arm 214 is rotatably connected to the other end of the second rotating arm 213, and the other end is rotatably connected to the pickup 220. In this way, the moving part 210 rotates and turns to move the pickup part 220 in a three-dimensional space.

It is understood that the moving part 210 may also adopt a three-axis translation mode to realize the movement of the pickup part in a three-dimensional space.

On the basis of the above embodiments, with reference to fig. 1 and 6, the cover device further includes a positioning mechanism 300. The positioning mechanism 300 includes a base plate 310, a guide 320, a stopper 330, and a driving member 340. The base plate 310 is installed on the conveying mechanism 400, the guide member 320 and the limiting member 330 are respectively located at two sides of the base plate 310, the driving member 340 is connected to the guide member 320, and the driving member 340 is used for driving the guide member 320 to move towards a direction approaching to or departing from the limiting member 330. The lid 12 is moved by the pick-up mechanism 200 from the lid storage mechanism 100 to the positioning mechanism 300, the lid 12 is positioned by the positioning mechanism 300, and the positioned lid 12 is moved by the pick-up mechanism 200 to the lid loading station 401. The lid 12 is placed between the guide 320 and the retainer 330, and the driving member 340 drives the guide 320 to move close to the retainer 330 until the guide 320 abuts against the lid 12, so that the lid 12 is clamped and fixed by the guide 320 and the retainer 330, accurate positioning is realized, the lid 12 is conveniently and accurately picked up by the picking portion 220, and accurate lid-mounting operation is realized.

Specifically, referring to fig. 6, the guide 320 includes a first sloping plate 321 and a second sloping plate 322 connected to each other. The interval between the first sloping plate 321 and the second sloping plate 322 gradually increases in a direction approaching the stopper 330. Therefore, the first inclined plate 321 and the second inclined plate 322 form an opening, and are driven by the driving member 340 to gradually approach the limiting member 330, and respectively abut against two sides of the cup cover 12, so as to position the cup cover 12 in two directions. When the first inclined plate 321 and the second inclined plate 322 approach the cup cover 12, point contact is gradually formed between the first inclined plate and the cup cover 12, and accordingly damage to the cup cover 12 can be avoided.

The limiting member 330 is fixed on the bottom plate 310, and the bottom plate 310 may be provided with a strip-shaped hole 311, so that the limiting member 330 can be installed in the strip-shaped hole 311 in a position-adjustable manner, thereby achieving the adjustment of the positioning position. Alternatively, the limiting member 330 is a limiting bolt, and the driving member 340 is a dual-rod cylinder drive.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 7, a plurality of handling modules 410 are disposed on the conveying mechanism 400. Each handling module 410 is used to move a quilt from a previous station to a next station. When the carrying mold is more than two, the catering machine can process at a plurality of stations simultaneously, so that the production efficiency is improved.

Specifically, referring to fig. 7, the carrying module 410 includes a first positioning plate 411 and a second positioning plate 412 disposed in parallel. The opposite sides of the first positioning plate 411 and the second positioning plate 412 are provided with half clamping holes, and the two half clamping holes are folded to clamp the cup 11. Therefore, the carrying module 410 can clamp or release the cup 11 by moving the first positioning plate 411 and the second positioning plate 412 closer to or away from each other.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.