阅读说明：本技术 具有转筒式存储出货机构的加热食用货品售卖机及其方法 (Heated edible product vending machine with rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism and method thereof ) 是由 洪新安 范勤荣 胡星 于 2021-09-10 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种具有转筒式存储出货机构的加热食用货品售卖机及其方法,属于自动售卖设备领域。本发明提供了一种具有转筒式存储出货机构的加热食用货品售卖机,通过采用转筒式存储出货机构、加热装置和出货输送机构,实现了需要加热才能够满足食用条件的速热食品的自动售卖。该加热食用货品售卖机还可以进一步搭配注水装置,用于满足需要先注水再加热方可食用的速热食品(例如米粉、方便面等带汤食品)的自动售卖,可根据需要在此类速热食品移入加热装置之前,向食品包装中注入预定的水量水。本发明可适用于多种类别货品的售卖,可大大简化商品的出货程序,降低故障率和成本,缩短商品出货所需的时间周期。(The invention discloses a heated edible product vending machine with a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism and a method thereof, belonging to the field of automatic vending equipment. The invention provides a heated edible product vending machine with a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism, which realizes the automatic vending of fast-heating food which can meet the eating condition only when being heated by adopting the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism, a heating device and a delivery conveying mechanism. The heating edible goods vending machine can be further matched with a water injection device for automatically vending fast-heating food (such as rice flour, instant noodles and other food with soup) which needs to be injected with water and then heated, and preset water can be injected into food packages according to needs before the fast-heating food is moved into the heating device. The invention is suitable for selling various types of goods, can greatly simplify the goods delivery procedure, reduce the failure rate and the cost and shorten the time period required by the goods delivery.)

1. A heated edible goods vending machine with a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism is characterized by comprising a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism (A), a heating device (B) and a delivery conveying mechanism (C);

the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism (A) is provided with a plurality of rotatable storage drums (2), goods (7) to be sold which are eaten after being heated are stored in the storage drums (2) in a vertical stacking mode, and the stored goods (7) to be sold can be conveyed into the heating device (B) in a controlled mode;

the heating device (B) is used for heating the goods (7) to be sold conveyed by the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism (A) so that the goods (7) to be sold meet edible conditions;

the delivery conveying mechanism (C) is used for conveying the goods (7) to be sold meeting edible conditions in the heating device (B) to a goods taking opening of the vending machine.

2. A heated food product vending machine with a drum-type storage and delivery mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that a water injection device (D) is provided for injecting a measured quantity of water into the package of the product (7) to be sold, which is heated by adding water thereto, and the water injection position is located before the product (7) to be sold enters the heating device (B);

preferably, the water injection device (D) is provided with a heating function and can inject hot water into the package of the goods (7) for sale.

3. Heated food product vending machine with drum-type storage and delivery mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the drum-type storage and delivery mechanism (a) further comprises a main shaft (1), a lifting mechanism (5) and a flat pushing mechanism (6); the main shaft (1) is vertically arranged and is driven to rotate around an axis by a driving mechanism; the storage cylinders (2) are distributed along the circumferential direction of the main shaft (1), and each storage cylinder (2) is connected with the main shaft (1) through a rotating connecting mechanism (3) for transmission, so that the storage cylinders (2) can synchronously rotate around the main shaft (1) under the driving of the main shaft (1); the cylindrical inner cavity of each storage cylinder body (2) is used for storing goods (7) to be sold in a vertically stacked mode, and a goods inlet and a goods outlet of the goods (7) to be sold are formed in the shell of each storage cylinder body (2); in the process that all the storage cylinders (2) rotate around the main shaft (1), the goods outlets on the shell can be aligned with the goods outlet channels communicated with the whole rotary cylinder type storage goods outlet mechanism (A) one by one; the lifting mechanism (5) and the pushing mechanism (6) are both arranged at the position of the delivery channel, and do not interfere with the storage barrel body (2) in a rotating state; the lifting mechanism (5) can be controlled to extend into the cylindrical inner cavity of the storage cylinder body (2) with the goods outlet aligned with the goods outlet channel, other goods (7) to be sold except for the bottommost goods (7) in the cylindrical inner cavity are lifted, and the other goods (7) to be sold are separated from the bottommost goods (7) to be sold; the horizontal pushing mechanism (6) is used for pushing the bottommost goods (7) to be sold, which are separated from other goods (7) to be sold, out of the goods outlet and into the goods outlet channel;

preferably, the delivery channel is located outside the rotation area of all storage cylinders (2), and the delivery port on the shell of each storage cylinder (2) is located at the bottom of the side wall on the side away from the main shaft (1).

4. The heated edible goods vending machine with drum-type storage and delivery mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the rotary connection mechanism (3) is a turret-type connection mechanism, the center of which is coaxially sleeved on the main shaft (1) to rotate synchronously, and connectors corresponding to the storage drums (2) one by one are arranged at intervals along the periphery, and each storage drum (2) is installed on the side part of the main shaft (1) in a posture that the axis is vertical through the connectors;

preferably, the rotary connecting mechanisms (3) are at least two and are arranged at different heights of the main shaft (1) at intervals.

5. The heated food product vending machine with drum-type storage and delivery mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lifting mechanism (5) comprises at least two sets of telescopic lifting components, a hollow area matched with each set of telescopic lifting components is arranged on the housing of each storage drum (2) at the position of the bottommost product (7) to be sold, and the end part of each set of telescopic lifting components can extend into the cylindrical embedded from the outside of the housing through the hollow area to lift the product (7) to be sold above the bottommost product (7) to be sold;

preferably, each group the flexible lifting component all includes a flexible actuating mechanism (501) and a crotch (502) of installing on the support, and the middle part of crotch (502) articulates on the support, and the displacement output of flexible actuating mechanism (501) links to each other with the one end of crotch (502), and crotch (502) are rotatory around the pin joint under the drive of flexible actuating mechanism (501), make the coupler body of the other end follow the casing outside through the fretwork regional slant upwards stretch into the embedded goods (7) of waiting to sell in the tube-shape promote.

6. The heated food vending machine with drum-type storage and delivery mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the horizontal pushing mechanism (6) is a chain-type pushing mechanism, which is disposed in an inner ring area formed by enclosing each storage drum (2), and comprises a guide rail (601), a window-pushing chain (602), and a driving gear (603), wherein the window-pushing chain (602) is installed in the guide rail (601) to form a sliding pair and can only be bent at one side, the driving gear (603) is in meshing transmission with the window-pushing chain (602), and can control the window-pushing chain (602) to slide along the guide rail (601) to enable the end portion of the window-pushing chain to extend into the cylindrical cavity of the storage drum (2) to push the bottommost food (7) to be sold;

preferably, the end of the sliding window chain (602) is connected with a wrapping sleeve body (604) matched with the shape of the goods to be sold (7), and the wrapping sleeve body (604) can be partially wrapped outside the goods to be sold (7) under the pushing of the sliding window chain (602) to apply uniform pushing force to the goods to be sold (7).

7. Heated food product vending machine with drum-type storage and delivery mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a bottom platform (4) is mounted below all storage drums (2), the lifting mechanism (5) and the pushing mechanism (6) being mounted on the bottom platform (4), but the bottom in each storage drum (2) itself has a pallet carrying the product (7) to be sold, the storage drum (2) being such that the product (7) to be sold is not in contact with the bottom platform (4) during rotation.

8. A heated food product vending machine with a rotatable drum type storage and delivery mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, preferably, the heating means (B) are microwave heating means; preferably, shipment conveying mechanism (C) adopts chain formula pushing mechanism, and preferably, install the interactive screen that is used for the user to select the order on selling the casing of machine.

9. A heated food product vending machine with a rotatable drum type storage and delivery mechanism according to claim 3, characterized in that the product (7) to be sold is pushed into the delivery channel by the flat pushing mechanism (6) and then is positioned within the functional range of the delivery conveyor mechanism (C), and is pushed into the heating device (B) by the delivery conveyor mechanism (C) for heating, and is pushed to the pickup platform (10) of the vending machine by the delivery conveyor mechanism (C) after heating.

10. A method of controlling a heated food product vending machine as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

s1, obtaining the type of goods (7) to be sold selected by a user, searching whether the goods (7) to be sold which is currently positioned at the bottommost part in one storage cylinder body (2) meets the type selected by the user according to the storage information of the goods (7) to be sold in each storage cylinder body (2), if so, taking the corresponding storage cylinder body (2) as a target cylinder body, and if not, stopping the subsequent flow and prompting the lack of goods;

s2, after the target barrel information is obtained, the main shaft (1) is driven to rotate through the driving mechanism, then the storage barrels (2) are driven to rotate around the main shaft (1), and when the target barrel rotates to the position of the goods outlet channel and the goods outlet of the target barrel is aligned to and communicated with the goods outlet channel, the rotation is stopped;

s3, controlling the lifting mechanism (5) to extend into the cylindrical inner cavity of the target cylinder body, lifting other goods (7) to be sold except the bottommost goods (7) to be sold in the cylindrical inner cavity, and separating the other goods (7) to be sold from the bottommost goods (7) to be sold;

s4, controlling the horizontal pushing mechanism (6) to output pushing force to the goods (7) to be sold at the bottommost part in the target cylinder body, pushing the goods (7) to be sold at the bottommost part separated from other goods (7) to be sold out from the goods outlet, and further pushing the goods into the goods outlet channel;

s5, transferring the goods (7) to be sold in the delivery passage into the heating device (B), and carrying out hot processing according to the processing requirements of the goods (7) to be sold so that the goods (7) to be sold meet edible conditions;

s6, controlling the delivery conveying mechanism (C) to output thrust, and conveying the goods (7) to be sold meeting edible conditions in the heating device (B) to a goods taking port of the vending machine for a user to take goods;

preferably, if the goods to be sold (7) need to be filled with water before being heated again, the water filling device (D) is used for filling a predetermined amount of water into the package of the goods to be sold (7) before the goods to be sold (7) is moved into the heating device (B), and then the package is moved into the heating device (B) for heating.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of automatic vending equipment, and particularly relates to a heated edible product vending machine with a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism and a control method.

Background

Currently, with the continuous increase of the cost of the entity economy from site rent to personnel, the combination of a plurality of platform e-commerce and an advanced logistics system has great impact on the entity selling industry under the line, and the release scale of the automatic vending machine replacing manpower is larger and larger.

The material storage and discharge mechanism in the traditional vending machine is arranged along a vertical plane, namely a plurality of goods channels for placing different goods to be sold are divided on an externally visible show window plane, a single or a plurality of goods to be sold are placed in each goods channel, and then the corresponding goods are pushed to a fetching opening through a driving mechanism according to the type of the goods selected by a customer. For example, a self-service fruit juice vending machine provided in the patent application No. CN202010134415.3, a window vending machine provided in the patent application No. CN201922157829.3, and a self-service vending machine for intelligent mobile payment provided in the patent application No. CN201911200086.1 are all implemented based on such an article storage device.

Further, the core mechanism is sold in storage of traditional machine of selling can be subdivided into three kinds:

the first is that each goods channel is arranged according to a layer shape, and the goods are pushed by the power of the goods channels to freely fall to a goods taking area;

secondly, each goods channel is arranged according to a layer shape, the goods are pushed to a goods receiving platform by power, and the goods are conveyed to a processing or goods taking area by the goods receiving platform;

the third is that each goods channel is arranged according to the layer shape, an auxiliary transmission mechanism is arranged, the goods are taken by a goods receiving platform with power, and then the goods are conveyed to a processing or goods taking area.

The disadvantages of the first mechanism are: the layered layout occupies too large space, is only suitable for portable goods which are not easy to break, and has high power cost per goods channel.

The disadvantages of the second mechanism are: the layered layout occupies too large space, the cost of the power of each goods channel is high, and the distance of a path for taking and delivering goods by the goods receiving platform is long and the time is long.

The disadvantages of the third mechanism are: the layered layout occupies too large space, the cost of the auxiliary transmission mechanism matched with each cargo channel is high, and the distance of a path for picking and then transmitting the cargos by the powered cargo receiving platform is long and the time is long.

However, the products sold by today's vending machines have expanded from early drinks, light snacks to high value fast-food products such as lipstick, mitten crab, over-the-counter medicine, charger, footwear, steak, milk, cooked food, lunch boxes, small appliances in general, and the like. With the demand of numerous products, the putting scale of vending machines in semi-closed areas with large people flow, such as factories, hospitals, markets, office buildings, commercial parks and schools, is rapidly enlarged, and the core mechanisms of the traditional vending machines are not suitable for more product requirements and selling occasions. Particularly, for heating edible goods such as instant noodles, rice noodles, self-heating rice and the like, the packaging shape of the food is changed along with the change of different manufacturers, and the food is usually in a square, oval or round box shape. For the traditional shop window type goods storage mechanism, the outer packages with different shapes cannot be compatible. Moreover, the storage capacity of the shop-window type commodity storage mechanism is often limited, and the storage requirement of large-capacity goods cannot be met.

Therefore, how to provide a storage and delivery mechanism of a vending machine with a large storage capacity and capable of adapting to heating edible goods is a technical problem to be solved urgently at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the problems that the storage capacity of a vending machine is small, the vending machine cannot adapt to the vending of heated edible goods with different packaging shapes and the like in the prior art, and provides the heated edible goods vending machine with a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism and a control method thereof through improving the layout and the form of the storage mechanism and the heating mechanism in the vending machine, and the heated edible goods vending machine is particularly suitable for automatically vending the heated edible goods packaged in a box shape.

The invention adopts the following specific technical scheme:

in a first aspect, the invention provides a heated edible goods vending machine with a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism, which comprises the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism, a heating device and a delivery conveying mechanism;

the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism is provided with a plurality of rotatable storage drum bodies, heated and edible goods to be sold are stored in the storage drum bodies in a vertical stacking mode, and the stored goods to be sold can be controlled to be conveyed into the heating device;

the heating device is used for heating the goods to be sold conveyed by the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism to ensure that the goods to be sold meet edible conditions;

the goods delivery conveying mechanism is used for conveying goods to be sold meeting edible conditions in the heating device to a goods taking opening of the vending machine.

In a second aspect, the invention is further based on the technical solution of the first aspect, a water injection device is arranged in the vending machine, and is used for injecting a certain amount of water into the package of the goods to be sold, which needs to be heated together with the water, and the water injection position is located before the goods to be sold enters the heating device.

Further preferably, the water injection device is provided with a heating function, and hot water can be injected into the package of the goods for sale.

In a third aspect, the present invention is further based on the technical solution of the first aspect mentioned above, and further provides a specific form of a drum type storage and delivery mechanism, wherein the drum type storage and delivery mechanism further includes a main shaft, a lifting mechanism and a horizontal pushing mechanism; the main shaft is vertically arranged and is driven to rotate around the axis by a driving mechanism; the storage cylinders are distributed along the circumferential side of the main shaft in an annular mode, and each storage cylinder is connected with the main shaft through a rotating connecting mechanism for transmission, so that the storage cylinders can rotate around the main shaft synchronously under the driving of the main shaft; the cylindrical inner cavity of each storage cylinder is used for storing goods to be sold in a vertically stacked mode, and a goods inlet and a goods outlet of the goods to be sold are formed in the shell of each storage cylinder; in the process that all the storage cylinders rotate around the main shaft, the goods outlets on the shell can be aligned with the goods outlet channels communicated with the whole rotary cylinder type storage goods outlet mechanism one by one; the lifting mechanism and the horizontal pushing mechanism are both arranged at the position of the delivery channel, and do not interfere with the storage barrel in a rotating state; the lifting mechanism can be controlled to extend into the cylindrical inner cavity of the storage cylinder body of which the goods outlet is aligned with the goods outlet channel, and other goods to be sold except for the bottom goods to be sold in the cylindrical inner cavity are lifted, so that the other goods to be sold are separated from the bottom goods to be sold; and the horizontal pushing mechanism is used for pushing the bottommost goods for sale separated from other goods for sale out of the goods outlet and into the goods outlet channel.

It is further preferred that the delivery channel is located outside the rotational region of all storage cylinders, and the delivery opening in each storage cylinder housing is located at the bottom of the side wall on the side facing away from the spindle.

Preferably, the rotating connection mechanism is a turret-type connection mechanism, the center of the rotating connection mechanism is coaxially sleeved on the main shaft to rotate synchronously, connection pieces in one-to-one correspondence with the storage cylinders are arranged at intervals along the periphery, and each storage cylinder is mounted on the side part of the main shaft in a posture that the axis is vertical through the connection piece.

Further preferably, the number of the rotary connecting mechanisms is at least two, and the rotary connecting mechanisms are arranged at different heights of the main shaft at intervals.

Preferably, the lifting mechanism comprises at least two sets of telescopic lifting components, a hollow area matched with each set of telescopic lifting components is arranged at the position of the bottom to-be-sold goods on the shell of each storage cylinder body, and the end part of each set of telescopic lifting components can extend into the cylindrical insert from the outside of the shell through the hollow area to lift the to-be-sold goods above the bottom to-be-sold goods.

Further preferably, each group the flexible lifting unit is including installing a flexible actuating mechanism and a crotch on the support, and the middle part of crotch articulates on the support, and flexible actuating mechanism's displacement output end links to each other with the one end of crotch, and the crotch is rotatory around the pin joint under flexible actuating mechanism's drive, makes the coupler body of the other end promote through the fretwork regional upwards stretching into the embedded article of waiting to sell goods of tube-shape to one side outside the casing.

Preferably, the horizontal pushing mechanism is a chain type pushing mechanism, which is disposed in an inner ring area formed by enclosing each storage cylinder and includes a guide rail, a window pushing chain and a driving gear, wherein the window pushing chain is mounted in the guide rail to form a sliding pair and can be bent only on one side, the driving gear is in meshing transmission with the window pushing chain, and the window pushing chain can be controlled to slide along the guide rail so that an end portion of the window pushing chain extends into the cylindrical inner cavity of the storage cylinder to push the bottommost goods to be sold.

Preferably, the end of the sliding window chain is connected with a wrapping sleeve body matched with the shape of the goods to be sold, and the wrapping sleeve body can be partially wrapped outside the goods to be sold under the pushing of the sliding window chain to apply uniform pushing force to the goods to be sold.

Preferably, as the first and second aspects, a bottom platform is installed below all the storage cylinders, the lifting mechanism and the horizontal pushing mechanism are installed on the bottom platform, but the bottom of each storage cylinder is provided with a supporting plate for supporting goods to be sold, and the goods to be sold are not contacted with the bottom platform during the rotation of the storage cylinder.

As a preferable example of the first and second aspects, the heating device is a microwave heating device.

As a preferable mode of the first and second aspects, the chain pushing mechanism is used as the delivery transport mechanism.

As a preference of the first and second aspects, an interactive screen for a user to select a menu is mounted on a housing of the vending machine.

Preferably, as for the third aspect, after the goods to be sold is pushed into the goods outlet channel by the horizontal pushing mechanism, the position of the goods to be sold is located within the action range of the goods outlet conveying mechanism, the goods to be sold is pushed into the heating device by the goods outlet conveying mechanism for heating, and after the heating is finished, the goods to be sold is pushed to the goods taking platform of the vending machine by the goods outlet conveying mechanism.

In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides a method of controlling a heated edible item merchandiser of any of the preceding aspects, comprising the steps of:

s1, obtaining the type of the goods to be sold selected by the user, searching whether the goods to be sold which is currently positioned at the bottommost part in one storage cylinder meets the type selected by the user according to the storage information of the goods to be sold in each storage cylinder, if so, taking the corresponding storage cylinder as a target cylinder, and if not, stopping the subsequent flow and prompting the lack of goods;

s2, after the target barrel information is obtained, the main shaft is driven to rotate through the driving mechanism, then the storage barrels are driven to rotate around the main shaft, and when the target barrel rotates to the position of the goods outlet channel and the goods outlet of the target barrel is aligned with and communicated with the goods outlet channel, the rotation is stopped;

s3, controlling the lifting mechanism to extend into the cylindrical inner cavity of the target cylinder body, lifting other goods to be sold except the bottom-most goods to be sold in the cylindrical inner cavity, and separating the other goods to be sold from the bottom-most goods to be sold;

s4, controlling the horizontal pushing mechanism to output pushing force to the goods to be sold at the bottommost part in the target cylinder body, pushing the goods to be sold at the bottommost part separated from other goods to be sold out from the goods outlet, and further pushing the goods to be sold into the goods outlet channel;

s5, moving the goods to be sold in the goods outlet channel into the heating device, and carrying out thermal processing according to the processing requirement of the goods to be sold so that the goods to be sold meet edible conditions;

and S6, controlling the delivery conveying mechanism to output thrust, and conveying the goods to be sold meeting edible conditions in the heating device to a goods taking port of the vending machine for a user to take goods.

It is further preferred that, if the goods to be sold are to be heated by injecting water first, a predetermined amount of water is injected into the package of the goods to be sold by means of the water injection device before the goods to be sold are moved into the heating device, and then moved into the heating device for heating.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1) the invention provides a heated edible product vending machine with a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism, which realizes the automatic vending of fast-heating food which can meet the eating condition only when being heated by adopting the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism, a heating device and a delivery conveying mechanism.

2) The heating edible goods vending machine can be further matched with a water injection device for automatically vending fast-heating food (such as rice flour, instant noodles and other food with soup) which needs to be injected with water and then heated, and preset water can be injected into food packages according to needs before the fast-heating food is moved into the heating device.

3) The invention designs a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism, which adopts a vertical storage drum body to store goods to be sold, so that the goods originally placed in the horizontal direction are converted into the goods placed in a vertical stacking mode, the storage capacity of the goods in the vending machine is improved as much as possible in a vertical height space, and the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism is particularly suitable for the goods in a box-shaped outer packaging mode. Meanwhile, the lifting mechanism and the horizontal pushing mechanism are adopted in the mechanism to be matched to achieve the delivery of goods in a vertical stacking mode, the storage barrel body where the goods to be sold, which is appointed by a user, is only required to be rotated to the delivery channel position, the rapid delivery of the goods to be sold can be achieved, the delivery procedure of the goods is greatly simplified, the failure rate and the cost are reduced, and the time period required by the delivery of the goods is shortened.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the internal structure of a heated food article merchandiser;

figure 2 is a front and side elevational view of the internal structure of a heated food item merchandiser;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a drum-type storage and shipping mechanism for a vending machine;

FIG. 4 is a top view of a rotary drum storage and shipping mechanism in the vending machine;

FIG. 5 is a side view and a cross-sectional view A-A of a side view of a rotary drum storage and shipping mechanism for a vending machine;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the drum-type storage and shipping mechanism with the storage drum concealed;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of the drum-type storage and shipping mechanism after filling with items for sale.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the mounting of the lifting mechanism and the horizontal pushing mechanism on the bottom platform;

figure 9 is a schematic external view of a heated food article merchandiser.

The reference numbers in the figures are: the device comprises a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A, a heating device B, a delivery conveying mechanism C, a water injection device D, a main shaft 1, a storage drum body 2, a rotary connecting mechanism 3, a bottom platform 4, a lifting mechanism 5, a horizontal pushing mechanism 6, goods to be sold 7, a microwave heating device 8, a chain type pushing mechanism 9, a goods taking platform 10, a driving motor 11, a heating water tank 12, a water storage tank 13, a pointed water injection port 14, a telescopic driving mechanism 501, a hook 502, a guide rail 601, a push window chain 602, a driving gear 603 and a wrapping sleeve body 604.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. The technical characteristics in the embodiments of the present invention can be combined correspondingly without mutual conflict.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element, i.e., intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" to another element, there are no intervening elements present.

In the present invention, there is provided a heated edible item vending machine having a drum-type storage and delivery mechanism, wherein the heated edible item according to the present invention may be any food that satisfies eating conditions by heating, such as rice flour, noodles, instant noodles, rice balls, sandwiches, self-heating rice, and the like. The basic components of the vending machine comprise a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A, a heating device B and a delivery and conveying mechanism C. The main functions and the action relations of the three parts are as follows:

the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A is provided with a plurality of rotatable storage drums 2, heated and edible goods 7 to be sold are stored in the storage drums 2 in a vertical stacking mode, and the stored goods 7 to be sold can be controlled to be conveyed to the heating device B. It should be noted that the goods 7 to be sold delivered from the drum-type storage delivery mechanism a may be directly conveyed to the heating device B or may be indirectly conveyed to the heating device B after being transferred.

And the heating device B is used for heating the goods 7 to be sold conveyed by the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A so that the goods 7 to be sold can meet edible conditions. The edible conditions of the goods 7 to be sold may be determined according to the specific goods, and heating may be generally performed according to parameters such as the temperature and the time length of the heat treatment given by the supplier.

And the delivery conveying mechanism C is used for conveying the goods 7 to be sold meeting edible conditions in the heating device B to a goods taking port of the vending machine.

In addition, for the partially heated edible goods, it is necessary to inject a certain amount of water and then heat-cure the food, for example, instant food with soup such as rice flour, noodles, and instant noodles. For the vending machine for vending the heated edible goods, a water injection device D can be additionally arranged for injecting quantitative water into the packages of the goods 7 to be sold which need to be added with water and heated together, and the position and the time of water injection are positioned before the goods 7 to be sold enter the heating device B. Moreover, preferably, the water injection device D is preferably provided with a heating function capable of injecting hot water into the package of the goods for sale 7 to facilitate rapid ripening of such food.

The specific implementation forms of the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A, the heating device B, the delivery conveying mechanism C and the water injection device D are not limited, and the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A, the heating device B, the delivery conveying mechanism C and the water injection device D can meet corresponding functions.

Referring to fig. 1, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a heated food item vending machine with the above-described water filling function. The heating edible goods vending machine is provided with the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A, the heating device B, the delivery conveying mechanism C and the water injection device D, and the basic functions of the four parts of mechanisms are as described above. As shown in fig. 2, the drum-type storage and delivery mechanism a is the core of the present invention, and is installed in the casing of the vending machine, and its main function is to cooperate with other vending machine components to deliver the goods designated by the user. The structure and the operation relationship of the components of the drum-type storage and delivery mechanism a will be described in detail below.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the main components of the drum type storage and shipment mechanism a include a main shaft 1, a storage drum 2, a lifting mechanism 5, a pushing mechanism 6, and the like. The storage cylinder 2 is a cylindrical storage container having a cylindrical interior in which the items 7 to be sold can be stored in a vertically stacked manner. The cross section of the cylindrical inner cavity can be in a circular, rectangular, regular polygon and other forms, and is specifically determined according to the shape of the goods 7 to be sold, so that the goods 7 to be sold can be loaded in the cylindrical inner cavity, and the goods 7 to be sold can be ensured to move vertically and freely, but the cross section of the cylindrical inner cavity cannot be excessively larger than the overlooking outline of the goods 7 to be sold, so that the goods 7 to be sold cannot move in a large range in the horizontal direction as much as possible, and the stacking regularity of the goods 7 to be sold is ensured. The storage cylinder body 2 is provided with a goods inlet and a goods outlet of goods 7 to be sold on the shell, and the goods 7 to be sold can be replenished from the goods inlet and output to the outside from the goods outlet according to the selection of a user. The plurality of storage cylinders 2 are provided, one or more kinds of goods 7 to be sold can be put into each storage cylinder 2, and only one kind of goods 7 to be sold in a single storage cylinder 2 is possible in consideration of the efficiency of shipment. The storage cylinders 2 are circumferentially distributed along the circumferential side of the main shaft 1, all the storage cylinders 2 are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction as much as possible, and the mutual distance and the central angle are kept the same as much as possible, so that accurate and automatic control can be realized subsequently.

In the present invention, for convenience of description, a path through which the cartridge 2 is shipped from inside the cartridge 2 is referred to as a shipment lane, and the form of the shipment lane may be various. For example, for an article 7 to be sold, such as a beverage, a bagged instant food, etc., which can be supplied to a user without any processing, the article taking opening of the vending machine or the falling object passage directly connected to the article taking opening of the vending machine can be used as the shipment passage; however, for the goods 7 to be sold, which can be supplied to the user without processing, such as boxed rice flour, noodles, instant noodles, self-heating rice, etc., the heating area thereof or the transport path directly connected to the heating area can be used as the shipment path.

In the drum-type storage and delivery mechanism a, the docking of different items 7 for sale with the corresponding delivery channels is achieved by rotating the storage drum 2 about the main shaft 1. Each storage cylinder body 2 is connected with the main shaft 1 through the rotating connecting mechanism 3 for transmission, so that the storage cylinder bodies 2 can synchronously rotate around the main shaft 1 under the driving of the main shaft 1. The specific form of the rotary connecting mechanism 3 is not limited, any component capable of connecting the main shaft 1 and the storage cylinder bodies 2 can be used, and the main shaft 1 can be connected with all the storage cylinder bodies 2 through a single rotary connecting mechanism 3 and can also be connected with different storage cylinder bodies 2 through different rotary connecting mechanisms 3.

As shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the rotating connection mechanism 3 is a turret-type connection mechanism, and the connection mechanism is in the shape of a circular truncated cone, a through hole is formed in the center of the connecting mechanism, the connecting mechanism is coaxially sleeved on the spindle 1 to rotate synchronously, the circular truncated cone is provided with connecting pieces at intervals along the periphery, the connecting pieces correspond to the storage cylinders 2 one by one, and each storage cylinder 2 is mounted on the side portion of the spindle 1 in a posture that the axis is vertical through the connecting piece. In this embodiment, because the inside goods that is filled with certain weight of storage barrel 2 and storage barrel 2 self have a take the altitude, consequently in order to guarantee the fixed reliability who rotates the in-process, set up two and rotate coupling mechanism 3 altogether, two rotate coupling mechanism 3 interval arrangements in the not co-altitude department of main shaft 1 to each storage barrel 2 all links to each other with two rotation coupling mechanism 3 are stable.

All storage cylinder bodies 2 are in the rotating process around the main shaft 1, the storage cylinder bodies 2 can pass through the goods outlet channel of the whole rotary cylinder type storage goods outlet mechanism A one by one, and the goods outlet on the shell can be aligned and communicated with the goods outlet channel one by one in sequence. The spindle 1 may be driven by an external driving mechanism, the specific driving mechanism is not limited, and in this embodiment, the driving motor 11 is implemented, and the driving motor 11 is installed below the entire rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism a. Therefore, according to the type of the goods 7 to be sold selected by the user, the storage barrel body 2 stored with the corresponding type of the goods 7 to be sold can be stopped at the position of the goods outlet channel through rotation, the goods outlet is aligned with and communicated with the goods outlet channel, and the goods can be delivered through the lifting mechanism 5 and the pushing mechanism 6.

Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, all of the cartridge bodies 2 form a circular rotation region during rotation. For the purpose of facilitating the delivery, the delivery channel is located at the edge position outside the rotation area of all the storage cylinders 2, and the delivery opening on the housing of each storage cylinder 2 is located at the bottom of the side wall on the side facing away from the main shaft 1. That is, each of the outlets is located at the outer periphery of the rotation region so as to be able to be docked with the discharge passage. Generally, a rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A only needs to be provided with a delivery passage.

In the present invention, unlike the conventional showcase-type vending machine, the goods 7 to be sold are vertically stacked in such a manner that the vertical height space of the vending machine can be fully utilized, thereby placing as many goods 7 to be sold as possible. However, in this vertically stacked article placement format, the shipment of the articles 7 for sale cannot be controlled using conventional shipping mechanisms. Therefore, in the present invention, a delivery mechanism is specially designed for such vertically stacked article placement patterns, which utilizes the cooperation of the lifting mechanism 5 and the pushing mechanism 6 to effect the transfer of the articles 7 for sale from the storage cylinders 2 to the delivery passage.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the lifting mechanism 5 and the pushing mechanism 6 are both disposed at the position of the delivery passage, and each storage cylinder 2 passes through the starting position of the delivery passage one by one while being driven by the main shaft 1 to rotate. As shown in fig. 7, each of the storage cylinders 2 may be loaded with the corresponding goods 7 for sale, and during the rotation of the storage cylinder 2, when the outlet of the bottom of the storage cylinder 2 having the goods 7 for sale is aligned with the outlet passage, the rotation of the storage cylinder 2 may be stopped to perform the discharging operation. The main function of the lifting mechanism 5 is to be able to controllably extend into the cylindrical inner cavity of the storage cylinder 2 with the outlet aligned with the outlet passage, lift other goods 7 to be sold in the cylindrical inner cavity except for the bottommost goods 7 to be sold, and separate the other goods 7 to be sold from the bottommost goods 7 to be sold, so that the other goods 7 to be sold do not press on the bottommost goods 7 to be sold, and the bottommost goods 7 to be sold can be smoothly pushed horizontally. The function of the horizontal pushing mechanism 6 is to push the bottommost article 7 for sale out of the outlet opening and into the discharge channel, said article being detached from the other articles 7 for sale.

In general, the height of the outlet in the housing of the storage cylinder 2 is greater than the height of a single item 7 to be sold but less than the sum of the heights of two items 7 to be sold, so that only one item 7 to be sold can be pushed into the outlet channel at a time.

The specific form of the lifting mechanism 5 and the pushing mechanism 6 is not limited, and any technical solution capable of achieving the above functions may be adopted. It should be noted that the mounting positions and configurations of the lifting mechanism 5 and the pushing mechanism 6 should ensure that there is no interference with the storage cylinder 2 in the rotating state, and the storage cylinder 2 can be shipped without rotating in cooperation with the lifting mechanism 5 and the pushing mechanism 6.

In general, the lowermost item 7 to be sold among the vertically stacked items 7 to be sold is shipped first, and the newly replenished item 7 to be sold is located at the uppermost level. Therefore, when the bottommost article 7 for sale needs to be shipped, all the articles 7 for sale above the bottommost article 7 for sale need to be lifted synchronously. At this time, the lifting force of the lifting mechanism 5 may directly act on the one layer of the goods 7 to be sold above the bottommost goods 7 to be sold, that is, the lifting force directly acts on the second layer of the goods 7 to be sold from bottom to top, and the goods 7 to be sold above can be synchronously lifted by the second layer of the goods 7 to be sold from bottom to top. In order to guarantee that the vertical goods 7 of selling of piling up can be by stable promotion, hoist mechanism 5 should include at least two sets of flexible lifting unit, and two sets of flexible lifting unit can be respectively in the different position to the second floor goods 7 of selling of up from down promote in step, guarantee by the equilibrium of the goods 7 of selling of promoting. In order to ensure that the lifting mechanism 5 does not interfere with the storage cylinder 2 in the rotated state, it should be mounted outside the storage cylinder 2 so as to extend into the cylindrical interior when lifting is required. Therefore, a hollowed-out area matched with each group of telescopic lifting components is arranged at the bottommost goods 7 to be sold on the shell of each storage cylinder body 2, so that the end part of each group of telescopic lifting components can extend into the cylindrical insert from the outside of the shell through the hollowed-out area, and then the second layer of goods to be sold 7 from bottom to top is lifted, so that the goods to be sold 7 are separated from the bottommost goods to be sold 7, and the subsequent operation of the horizontal pushing mechanism 6 is facilitated.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 8, a specific implementation of a lifting mechanism 5 having two sets of telescopic lifting assemblies is provided. Two sets of flexible lifting units set up respectively in the inside and outside both sides of storage barrel 2 rotation path. Each group of telescopic lifting assemblies comprises a telescopic driving mechanism 501 and a hook 502 which are arranged on a support, and the support is vertically arranged to provide mounting sites for the telescopic driving mechanism 501 and the hook 502. The middle part of the hook 502 is hinged on the support and can rotate around the hinge point, and the installation position of the hook 502 should be close to the hollow area formed at the bottom of the storage cylinder 2. The telescopic driving mechanism 501 may be any device capable of outputting telescopic displacement, such as a pneumatic or electric telescopic rod. The displacement output end of the telescopic driving mechanism 501 is connected with one end of the hook 502, the telescopic driving mechanism 501 can drive the hook 502 to rotate around a hinge point in the telescopic process, a hook body at the other end extends into the cylindrical embedding body from the outside of the shell through a hollow area in an inclined mode, upward lifting force is applied to goods 7 to be sold on the second layer from bottom to top, and therefore the rest goods 7 to be sold except the goods 7 to be sold on the bottom layer can be lifted. In the rotation state of the cartridge body 2, the retractable driving mechanism 501 may drive the hook 502 to be disengaged from the cartridge body 2, thereby preventing interference with the rotation of the cartridge body 2.

In addition, the horizontal pushing mechanism 6 is matched with the lifting mechanism 5, and when the lifting mechanism 5 lifts the other goods 7 to be sold except for the bottom-layer goods 7 to be sold, the bottom-layer goods 7 to be sold can be pushed by the horizontal pushing mechanism 6. In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 8, the horizontal pushing mechanism 6 includes a guide rail 601, a window pushing chain 602, and a drive gear 603. During rotation, the storage cylinders 2 enclose an inner ring region in the interior, in which the entire flat pushing mechanism 6 is arranged for pushing the bottom product 7 to be sold from the inside out into the discharge channel. The driving gear 603 may be driven by an external device such as a motor. The casement window chain 602 is a conventional chain that can be bent only on one side, but cannot be bent again after reaching a straight posture during the reverse bending process to the other side. The window pushing chain 602 is arranged in the guide rail 601 to form a sliding pair, and the driving gear 603 is in meshing transmission with the window pushing chain 602, so that the window pushing chain 602 can slide along the guide rail 601 under the driving of the driving gear 603, and when the horizontal pushing operation is not needed, the whole window pushing chain 602 can be curled and contracted in the guide rail 601, thereby saving the occupied space; when the horizontal pushing operation is needed, the end of the window pushing chain 602 can extend out of the guide rail 601 and into the cylindrical inner cavity of the storage cylinder 2, so as to push the bottommost goods 7 to be sold to slide out of the goods outlet and enter the goods outlet channel.

In this embodiment, since the shapes of the side walls of different articles 7 to be sold are different, for some articles 7 to be sold with smooth side walls, the sliding phenomenon is likely to occur only by pushing the end portion of the push window chain 602, so that a wrapping sleeve 604 matching with the shape of the article 7 to be sold may be connected to the end portion of the push window chain 602, and the form of the wrapping sleeve 604 is not limited, so that the side of the wrapping sleeve 604 contacting with the article 7 to be sold can be engaged with the article 7 to be sold. By arranging the wrapping sleeve 604, the wrapping sleeve 604 can wrap the outer part of the side wall of the goods to be sold 7 under the pushing of the window pushing chain 602, and further a uniform pushing force is applied to the goods to be sold. Of course, whether or not the package body 604 is provided may depend on the particular form of the item 7 to be sold.

In addition, in the drum type storage and delivery mechanism a, a bottom platform 4 may be installed below all the storage drums 2, and the bottom platform 4 may provide an installation platform for the lifting mechanism 5 and the pushing mechanism 6. Meanwhile, the bottom platform 4 can also receive sundries or goods 7 to be sold which are accidentally dropped in the area of the storage cylinder 2, and the influence on other components below is prevented. It should be noted, however, that the bottom platform 4 is not in direct contact with the items 7 to be sold within each cartridge 2. The bottom of every storage cylinder body 2 self has the layer board of bearing goods 7 of selling, and storage cylinder body 2 is in rotatory in-process goods 7 of selling and bottom platform 4 contactless, but is carried by the layer board, prevents that the goods 7 of selling from moving the friction in the rotation in-process. Except that driving motor 11 is located the below space of bottom platform 4, and bottom platform 4 still staggers perpendicularly and is fixed with a vertical baffle to store shipment mechanism A and heating device B, shipment conveying mechanism C, water injection device D with the rotary drum formula and part, rotary drum formula storage shipment mechanism A is located one side of vertical baffle, and heating device B, shipment conveying mechanism C, water injection device D are located the opposite side of vertical baffle.

The specific material of the drum type storage and delivery mechanism a is not limited, but generally steel is used as the main material. In order to reduce the overall weight, the storage cylinder 2 may be further provided with more openings. When the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A is installed in a vending machine, the main shaft 1 of the rotary drum type storage and delivery mechanism A should keep a vertical posture and rotate in a matching mode through a bearing.

In addition, in the present invention, the heating device B may adopt any device capable of heating food, and in consideration of convenience of use and heating efficiency, the microwave heating device 8 is adopted in this embodiment. The microwave heating device 8 may be implemented by using a commercially available product, which can preset heating power and heating time as needed, thereby completing a heating function of the goods 7 to be sold.

In addition, in the present invention, the delivery transport mechanism C may employ any device capable of transporting goods, such as a pneumatic or electric pusher, a conveyor belt, and the like. In this embodiment, in order to save the occupied space, the shipment conveying mechanism C may also adopt a chain type pushing mechanism 9, which is the same as the horizontal pushing mechanism 6, and is composed of another set of guide rails, a window pushing chain, a driving gear and a wrapping sleeve body. The pushing direction of the window pushing chain of the chain type pushing mechanism 9 is parallel to the vertical partition plate and is vertical to the pushing direction of the window pushing chain in the horizontal pushing mechanism 6. After the goods 7 to be sold are pushed into the goods outlet channel through the vertical partition plate by the horizontal pushing mechanism 6, the positions of the goods 7 to be sold should be located within the moving range of the pushing window chain of the chain type pushing mechanism 9, the goods 7 to be sold stay in the goods outlet channel and are pushed into the heating device B by the chain type pushing mechanism 9 for heating, and after the heating is finished, the goods 7 to be sold are pushed to the goods taking platform 10 of the vending machine by the chain type pushing mechanism 9.

It should be noted that although the goods 7 to be sold are pushed into the heating device B by the delivery conveyor C in this embodiment, if only adjustment is needed for the layout of the inside of the entire vending machine, the heating device B may be directly disposed within a range that can be pushed by the window chain in the horizontal pushing mechanism 6, and at this time, the goods 7 to be sold may be directly pushed into the heating device B by the window chain in the horizontal pushing mechanism 6 in the delivery passage, and the secondary pushing by the delivery conveyor C is not necessarily required. At this time, the shipment conveying mechanism C only needs to be responsible for conveying the goods 7 to be sold meeting the edible condition in the heating device B to the goods taking port of the vending machine for the user to take the goods.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the water injection device D may employ any device capable of puncturing the outer package of the goods for sale 7 and introducing water into the package. In this embodiment, the water injection device D has a heating function, and can inject hot water into the package of the goods 7 to be sold, and its specific components include the heating water tank 12, the storage water tank 13 and the sharp water filling port 14, and the storage water tank 13 can set up one or more as required, and the storage water tank 13 leads to water piping connection heating water tank 12, can carry normal temperature water to heat to required temperature in the heating water tank 12, and the heating water tank 12 again leads to the sharp water filling port 14 of high temperature resistant water piping connection. The tip type water filling port 14 has a tip end with a water outlet hole and is capable of moving downward by the vertical driving mechanism to thereby puncture the package of the goods for sale 7 and to inject hot water therein. Of course, the tip-shaped water injection port 14 may also be directly connected to the water storage tank 13, so that the water injection device D may directly inject normal temperature water into the package of the goods 7 to be sold without heating the water, and may specifically be selected according to the thermal processing requirements of the corresponding products.

In the present invention, the shape of the whole casing of the vending machine can be designed as required, and as shown in fig. 9, the shape of the whole casing of the vending machine designed in this embodiment is shown. A display screen for the user to select the order interaction can be arranged on the whole machine shell. The whole vending machine wraps through the shell, can provide the display screen who supplies the user to select the order on the vending machine shell, and the user can be on the plane operation appointed required commodity, and these subassemblies all are similar with traditional vending machine, and this is no longer repeated.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a control method in a vending process is provided for the above vending machine for heated edible goods, comprising the steps of:

s1, obtaining the type of the goods 7 to be sold selected by the user, searching whether the goods 7 to be sold which is currently positioned at the bottommost position in one storage cylinder 2 meets the type selected by the user according to the storage information of the goods 7 to be sold in each storage cylinder 2, if so, taking the corresponding storage cylinder 2 as a target cylinder and executing S2-S6, and if not, stopping the subsequent flow and prompting the lack of goods. The storage information of the goods 7 to be sold in each storage cylinder 2 can be recorded into a control system of the vending machine during replenishment, and the data information can be called for searching subsequently. If a stock out occurs, the user may be prompted on the display screen to facilitate replacement of other items or to terminate the purchase process.

And S2, after the target barrel information is acquired, driving the main shaft 1 to rotate through the driving mechanism, further driving each storage barrel 2 to rotate around the main shaft 1, and stopping rotating after the target barrel rotates to the position of the delivery channel and the delivery port of the target barrel is aligned with and communicated with the delivery channel.

And S3, controlling the lifting mechanism 5 to extend into the cylindrical inner cavity of the target cylinder body, lifting other goods 7 to be sold except for the bottommost goods 7 to be sold in the cylindrical inner cavity, and separating the other goods 7 to be sold from the bottommost goods 7 to be sold.

S4, the horizontal pushing mechanism 6 is controlled to output pushing force to the bottom-most article 7 to be sold in the target cylinder, and the bottom-most article 7 to be sold separated from other articles 7 to be sold is pushed out from the outlet and further pushed into the delivery passage.

And S5, transferring the goods 7 to be sold in the delivery passage into the heating device B through the delivery conveying mechanism C, and carrying out thermal processing according to the processing requirements of the goods 7 to be sold so that the goods 7 to be sold meets edible conditions. The operating parameters of the heating device B during the thermal process can be entered beforehand into the control system of the vending machine for each type of product 7 to be sold.

It should be noted that in this step, if the goods 7 to be sold only need to be heated and do not need to be filled with water, the goods can be directly moved into the heating device B by the delivery conveying mechanism C; if the goods 7 to be sold is a fast-heating food which needs to be heated by injecting water, a predetermined amount of water needs to be injected into the package of the goods 7 to be sold by the water injection device D before the goods 7 to be sold is transferred to the heating device B, and then the goods 7 to be sold is transferred to the heating device B to be heated. The specific amount of water injected can be preset and the optimum amount of water to be added can be set for each food product and input into the control system of the vending machine.

And S6, controlling the goods delivery conveying mechanism C to output thrust, and conveying the goods 7 to be sold meeting edible conditions in the heating device B to a goods taking port of the vending machine for a user to take goods. When the goods 7 to be sold are conveyed to the goods taking port of the vending machine, the user can be prompted through sound or a display screen.

The above-described embodiments are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, which should not be construed as limiting the invention. Various changes and modifications may be made by one of ordinary skill in the pertinent art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scheme obtained by adopting the mode of equivalent replacement or equivalent transformation is within the protection scope of the invention.