CN210038953U - Automatic meal distribution equipment and automatic meal distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an automatic food distribution device and an automatic food distribution system, wherein the automatic food distribution device comprises a food distributor which is provided with a food receiving space and a plurality of food distribution channels positioned at the lower part of the food receiving space; and a meal dispensing mechanism arranged on the meal dispenser, the meal dispensing mechanism comprising a meal pushing member and a dispensing driving device, the meal pushing member moves back and forth between the meal dispensing channels in the meal receiving space under the driving of the dispensing driving device. The automatic meal distribution system comprises the automatic meal distribution equipment and a meal box conveying device, and the meal box conveying device conveys meal boxes to the automatic meal distribution equipment. The utility model has the advantages of simple structure, can realize the automatic meal of dividing of high efficiency.

Description

Automatic meal distribution equipment and automatic meal distribution system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic meal distribution equipment reaches automatic meal distribution system including it.

Background

In factory/school canteens, take-away fast food restaurants, and other places with large meal sizes, more meals (e.g., rice, dishes) are usually cooked at a time and then distributed into several equal portions to be provided to the diners (described as separate meals in the present invention).

Chinese patent document CN202177950U discloses an automatic dish distributor, which comprises a dish storage bucket positioned at the upper part of the dish distributor, a metering dish distributor connected at the lower part of the dish storage bucket, a dish selling card reader for purchasing and settling the dishes, and a controller composed of a single chip microcomputer; the dish distributor adopts volume measurement to distribute dishes, such as a volume longitudinal push-out or transverse push-out type, a tipping bucket type and a worm extrusion type measurement dish distributor. The automatic dish distributor has the following disadvantages: the volume of the dish distributor is fixed, so that the dish distribution quantity is invariable and the practicability is poor; only a single dish can be provided for each dish distribution, and the dish distribution efficiency is low.

Chinese patent document CN207082170U discloses a variable rice selling machine, which comprises a rice storage, a rice loosening mechanism, a lower rice bucket, a rice cutting device and a rice discharging mechanism, wherein the lower rice bucket is arranged below the rice loosening mechanism, the rice cutting device is arranged between the lower rice bucket and the rice discharging mechanism, and the rice cutting device comprises an upper blade mechanism, a lower blade mechanism, a quantitative stroke mechanism and a transverse cutting mechanism; the upper blade mechanism and the lower blade mechanism are positioned below the lower rice bucket; the quantitative stroke mechanism is connected with the upper blade mechanism and drives the upper blade mechanism to move along the vertical direction; the transverse cutting mechanism drives the blades in the upper blade mechanism and the lower blade mechanism to move along the horizontal direction. The relative distance between the upper blade mechanism and the lower blade mechanism is adjusted through the quantitative stroke mechanism, the height of the rice is adjusted, and therefore the rice quantity of each part of the rice is adjusted.

Although the variable rice selling machine can adjust the rice quantity of each part of rice, the variable rice selling machine has the defects of complex structure of a rice quantity adjusting mechanism and poor operation reliability. In addition, the variable rice selling machine can only provide single-part rice every time of rice distribution, and the rice distribution efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model mainly aims at providing an automatic meal distribution equipment that simple structure and meal distribution are efficient.

In order to realize the aforesaid main objective, the utility model provides an automatic meal distribution equipment, include:

a meal dispenser having a meal receiving space, a plurality of meal dispensing channels located in a lower portion of the meal receiving space, and a meal dispensing mechanism; the meal dispensing mechanism includes a meal pushing member driven by a dispensing drive to move within the meal receiving space such that meal within the meal receiving space is dispensed through the plurality of meal dispensing channels, and a dispensing drive.

In the technical scheme, the meal distributor is provided with the distribution channels, meals in the meal receiving space are pushed by the meal pushing component and distributed by the distribution channels, the structure is simple, multiple meals can be provided at the same time in each meal distribution operation, and the meal distribution efficiency is high.

According to the utility model discloses a concrete embodiment, automatic meal distribution equipment still includes:

a frame having a vertical guide portion; the meal distributor can be arranged on the vertical guide part in a way of moving up and down;

and the lifting driving device is used for driving the meal distributor to move up and down along the vertical guide part.

As an alternative embodiment, the position of the Chinese food distributor of the present invention can be fixed, and the meal box is driven to ascend/descend by a lifting mechanism.

According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the food dispensing channel is a plurality of dispensing holes through the bottom wall of the food dispenser. The dispensing aperture may have a shape that is adapted to the shape of the cutlery box, for example circular or square; when the meal is distributed, the meal distributor is driven by the lifting driving device to move downwards, so that the upper edge of the meal box is abutted against the bottom wall of the meal distributor, and the distribution amount of each meal is limited by using the capacity of the meal box. As an alternative embodiment, the food dispenser is fixed in position during food dispensing and the meal box is raised into contact with the bottom wall of the food dispenser by a lifting mechanism.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the meal dispensing passage is a fixed dispensing container fixedly connected to the bottom wall of the meal dispenser, the upper end of the fixed dispensing container is in communication with the meal receiving space, and the lower end of the fixed dispensing container is formed with the meal outlet. The fixed dispensing container may have a shape that conforms to the shape of the cutlery box, for example cylindrical or conical; when the meal is distributed, the meal distributor is driven by the lifting driving device to move downwards, so that the lower end of the fixed distribution container is abutted against the bottom wall of the meal box, and the distribution amount of each meal is limited by the capacity of the meal distribution channel.

As an alternative embodiment of the utility model, the movable door can be arranged at the meal outlet of the fixed distribution container, the movable door is closed under the meal metering state, the movable door is opened during the throwing, and the meal outlet is not used for supporting the meal plate. As an alternative embodiment of the present invention, when the meal is dispensed, the meal dispenser is fixed in position, and the meal box is driven by a lifting mechanism to be lifted to the bottom wall of the meal box and abut against the meal outlet.

According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, the meal dispensing passage comprises a fixed dispensing container fixedly connected to the bottom wall of the meal dispenser, and a movable dispensing container movably fitted over the fixed dispensing container; the upper end of the fixed distribution container is communicated with the meal receiving space, and the lower end of the movable distribution container is provided with a meal outlet. When the meal is distributed, the meal distributor is driven by the lifting driving device to move downwards to drive the lower end of the movable distribution container to be contacted with the bottom wall of the meal box, and then the movable distribution container can move upwards relative to the fixed distribution container so as to adjust the total volume of the meal distribution channel and realize that the distribution amount (the amount of each meal) is adjustable. After the meal distribution is finished, the meal distributor is driven by the lifting driving device to move upwards, and the movable distribution container can move downwards under the action of gravity to return to the initial position.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an elastic restoring member is provided between the fixed dispensing container and the movable dispensing container, and the elastic restoring member can move the movable dispensing container downward to its initial position. Compared with the effect of only relying on gravity, the arrangement of the elastic reset piece can ensure that the movable distribution container is more accurately and smoothly reset to the initial position.

As another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the movable dispensing container is movably sleeved on the outer wall of the fixed dispensing container to prevent the food from remaining in the dispensing passage and flowing out from the joint of the fixed dispensing container and the movable dispensing container.

According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of meal distribution channels are arranged linearly; the meal dispenser has a translating guide and a slider member disposed on the translating guide, the meal pushing member being connected to the slider member, the slider member being driven by the dispensing drive to move horizontally along the linear array of the plurality of meal dispensing lanes.

Preferably, the meal pushing member is rotatably connected to the sliding member, and the sliding member is provided with a rotary driving device for driving the meal pushing member to rotate.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of meal distribution channels are arranged in an arc or circle; the distribution driving device drives the meal pushing member to rotate back and forth or in one direction around the radial center of the arc-shaped or circular track.

According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the food dispenser further comprises a soup guide channel and a plurality of soup distribution holes; the plurality of soup distribution holes and the plurality of meal distribution channels are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode so as to distribute the soup in the soup diversion trench to the plurality of meal distribution channels.

The utility model discloses an on the other hand still provides an automatic meal separation system, including foretell arbitrary automatic meal separation equipment and cutlery box conveyor, this cutlery box conveyor carries the cutlery box to automatic meal separation equipment. The lunch box conveying device is a belt conveying device.

The utility model discloses an automatic meal distribution system can also include and get the cutlery box on placing cutlery box conveyor with the cutlery box and put the device. The lunch box taking and placing device can be a vacuum adsorption device or a mechanical arm, for example.

Preferably, the meal box conveyor belt is provided with partitions arranged in an array along the length direction of the meal box conveyor belt, and meal boxes are placed between two adjacent partitions and limited by the two adjacent partitions in the conveying direction, so that the meal boxes are prevented from deflecting in the conveying process, and the meal boxes are convenient to prepare and position between the meal boxes and the meal distribution channel.

To more clearly illustrate the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment 1 of an automatic meal distribution device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment 1 of the automatic meal distribution system of the present invention;

fig. 3 is another schematic structural diagram of the automatic meal distribution system of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment 2 of the Chinese food dispenser of the automatic food dispensing device of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the Chinese food dispenser of the automatic food dispensing device of the present invention in embodiment 3.

Detailed Description

Automatic meal distribution equipment embodiment 1

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment 1 of the automatic meal distribution equipment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, the automatic meal distribution apparatus 1 includes a frame (not shown) having a vertical guide 11, a meal dispenser 12 disposed on the vertical guide 11 to be movable up and down, and a lift driving means (not shown) for driving the meal dispenser 12 to move up and down along the vertical guide 11. Wherein, the vertical guide part 11 can be a guide rail or a guide groove; the lifting driving device can be a hydraulic lifting driving device, a pneumatic lifting driving device or a motor lifting driving device.

The meal dispenser 12 includes a square frame 121 defining a meal receiving space 1211, a plurality of meal dispensing channels 122 located at a lower portion of the square frame 121; a plurality of meal dispensing channels 122 are in linear arrangement in the lower portion of the meal receiving space 1211 and communicate therewith. A soup diversion groove 1213 which is relatively independent from the meal receiving space 1211 is formed at a longitudinal side of the square frame body 121, a plurality of soup distribution holes 1214 are formed between the soup diversion groove 1213 and the meal receiving space 1211, and the plurality of soup distribution holes 1214 and the plurality of meal distribution channels 122 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence to distribute the soup in the soup diversion groove 1213 to the plurality of meal distribution channels 122.

The meal distribution channel 122 includes a fixed distribution container 1221 fixedly connected (e.g., integrally formed or fastened by screws) to the bottom wall of the meal dispenser 12 (i.e., the bottom wall of the square frame 121), and a movable distribution container 1222 movably fitted on the outer wall of the fixed distribution container 1221, wherein the upper end of the fixed distribution container 1221 is communicated with the meal receiving space 1211, and the lower end of the movable distribution container 1222 is formed with a meal outlet. A compression spring 123 is provided between the fixed dispensing container 1221 and the movable dispensing container 1222 as an elastic restoring member, and the compression spring 123 may move the movable dispensing container 1222 downward to its initial position. In this initial position, the meal dispensing passage 122 has a maximum total volume; as the movable dispensing container 1222 moves upward relative to the fixed dispensing container 1221, the total volume of the meal dispensing channel 122 gradually decreases.

The meal dispenser 12 further includes a meal dispensing mechanism including a meal pushing member 124 (formed in a plate or comb shape, for example) and a dispensing driving device (not shown), wherein the meal pushing member 124 is driven by the dispensing driving device to move horizontally back and forth in the meal receiving space 1211 along the arrangement direction of the meal dispensing channels 122, so that the meal in the meal receiving space 1211 is uniformly dispensed through the meal dispensing channels 122.

Specifically, the meal dispenser 12 has a translating guide 126 and a slider member 125 disposed on the translating guide 126, the meal pushing member 124 is rotatably connected to the slider member 125, and the slider member 125 is driven by the dispensing drive to move horizontally back and forth along the linear array of meal dispensing channels 122. The sliding member 125 is provided with a rotary driving device (not shown) for driving the meal pushing member 124 to rotate bidirectionally in the vertical plane, and the rotation axis of the meal pushing member 124 is perpendicular to the translation direction. Thus, the meal pusher member 124 can be moved horizontally back and forth on the one hand, and rotated about its axis of rotation in a vertical plane on the other hand.

Automatic meal distribution system embodiment 1

Fig. 2 and 3 are schematic structural views of the preferred embodiment of the automatic meal distribution system of the invention. Referring to fig. 2, the automatic meal distribution system comprises an automatic meal distribution device 1, a meal box conveying device 2 and a meal box taking device 3 shown in fig. 1; the lunch box conveying device 2 is a belt conveying device, and the lunch box conveying belt 21 is provided with partitions 21 arranged in an array along the length direction; the lunch box taking device 2 is a vacuum adsorption device which transfers the lunch boxes 4 one by one from the lunch box stacking to the space between two adjacent partitions 21 on the lunch box conveyor belt 21 by utilizing the vacuum adsorption effect, and the lunch boxes 4 on the lunch box conveyor belt 21 are positioned by the partitions 21 on the two sides in the conveying direction.

When the meal distribution operation of the solid meal is performed, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, firstly, the meal box 4 is conveyed by the meal box conveyor belt 21 to be directly below the meal distribution channel 122, and then the meal distributor 12 is controlled to move downwards for a preset distance until the movable distribution container 1222 is abutted with the bottom wall of the meal box 4, so that the movable distribution container 1222 moves upwards relative to the fixed distribution container 1221 against the action force of the compression spring 123, and the meal distribution channel 122 and the meal box 4 form a preset accommodating space together; the cooking apparatus 5 then dispenses the solid meal to be dispensed into the meal receiving space 1211 and controls the meal pushing member 124 to move/rotate back and forth so that the meal falls evenly into the respective dispensing channels; finally, the food dispenser 12 is lifted, and the food in the food dispensing passage 122 falls into the meal box 4, thereby completing the meal distribution. Wherein the downshifting distance of the meal dispenser 12 can be set in advance according to the condition of the finished dish, or dynamically adjusted (adaptive) during the meal distribution process until the meal just fills each distribution channel evenly.

For example, when the food dispenser 12 has four food dispensing channels 122, if the serving size of each food is 250 g, the downward movement distance of the food dispenser 12 can be adjusted so that each food dispensing channel 122 and the corresponding meal box 4 together form a containing space for containing 250 g of food; 1000 grams of food are then deposited into the food receiving space 1211, causing the food to fall evenly into each food dispensing channel 122 in coordination with the back and forth movement/rotation of the food pushing member 124.

When the meal pushing member 124 moves, the following situation may occur: the meal is pushed or dropped into one of the longitudinal ends (e.g., the left end) of the meal receiving space 1211 while the dispensing passage at that end is filled with meal. In this case, the rotation of the meal pushing member 124 may be controlled to push/pull the meal accumulated at the end toward the other end (e.g., right end) of the meal receiving space 1211, and then the meal pushing member 124 may be controlled to move toward the other end (e.g., right end) of the meal receiving space 1211 until the meal is equally dropped into each of the distribution channels.

When the soup meal splitting operation is performed, as shown in fig. 3, the cooking device 5 pours the soup into the soup guiding grooves 1213, and then the soup is distributed into the respective meal distribution channels and the material box 4 by the plurality of soup distribution holes 1214 in a substantially balanced manner, thereby completing the soup distribution.

Meal dispenser example 2

Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the food dispensing passage is a fixed dispensing container 222 fixedly connected to the bottom wall 2212 of the food dispenser 221, the upper end of the fixed dispensing container 222 is communicated with the food receiving space 2211, and the lower end of the fixed dispensing container 222 is formed with a food outlet. The upper end of the fixed dispensing container 222 may extend above the bottom wall 2212.

The stationary dispensing vessel 222 may be formed, for example, in a cylindrical or conical shape. When the meal is distributed, the meal distributor 221 is driven by the lifting driving device to move downwards, so that the lower end of the fixed distribution container 222 is abutted against the bottom wall of the meal box (not shown in the figure); after the food is poured into the food receiving space 2211, the food pushing member 124 moves back and forth to uniformly distribute the food in the food receiving space 2211 into the fixed distribution container 222, and the distribution amount of each food is defined by the capacity of the fixed distribution container 222.

Meal dispenser example 3

Referring to FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the meal dispensing channels are a plurality of dispensing apertures 3213 extending through a bottom wall 3212 of the meal dispenser 321. The dispensing hole 3213 is formed, for example, in a circular or square shape. During meal distribution, the meal dispenser 321 is driven by the lifting driving device to move downwards, so that the upper edge of a meal box (not shown in the figure) is abutted against the bottom wall 3212 of the meal dispenser 321; after the food is poured into the food receiving space 3211, the food pushing member 124 moves back and forth to uniformly distribute the food in the food receiving space 3211 into the lunch box, and the distribution amount of each meal is limited by the capacity of the lunch box.

It will be readily appreciated that in other embodiments of the invention, the plurality of meal dispensing channels may be in a circular arc or circular array, and the meal pushing member is correspondingly arranged to rotate back and forth or one-way about the centre of the radial centre of the circular arc or circular locus under the drive of the dispensing drive means. In these embodiments, the meal receiving space may be formed as an arc-shaped or circular slot, respectively.

In the above embodiments, the area/volume of the plurality of meal distribution channels is the same, and the distribution channels are distributed uniformly. However, in other embodiments of the invention, the area/volume of the plurality of meal dispensing channels may be different.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, it should be understood that equivalent modifications made in accordance with the present invention are intended to be covered by the scope of the present invention, as those skilled in the art would recognize without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. An automatic meal distribution device, characterized by comprising:

a meal dispenser having a meal receiving space, a plurality of meal dispensing channels located in a lower portion of the meal receiving space, and a meal dispensing mechanism; the meal dispensing mechanism includes a meal pushing member and a dispensing drive arrangement, the meal pushing member being driven by the dispensing drive arrangement to move within the meal receiving space such that meal within the meal receiving space is dispensed through the plurality of meal dispensing channels.

2. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a frame having a vertical guide portion; the meal dispenser is movably disposed up and down on the vertical guide;

and the lifting driving device is used for driving the meal distributor to move up and down along the vertical guide part.

3. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the meal dispensing channel is a plurality of dispensing apertures through a bottom wall of the meal dispenser.

4. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the meal distribution channel is a fixed distribution container fixedly connected with the bottom wall of the meal distributor, the upper end of the fixed distribution container is communicated with the meal receiving space, and a meal outlet is formed at the lower end of the fixed distribution container.

5. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the meal distribution channel comprises a fixed distribution container fixedly connected with the bottom wall of the meal distributor and a movable distribution container movably sleeved on the fixed distribution container; the upper end of the fixed distribution container is communicated with the meal receiving space, and the lower end of the movable distribution container is provided with a meal outlet.

6. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 5, wherein: an elastic reset piece is arranged between the fixed distribution container and the movable distribution container, and the elastic reset piece can enable the movable distribution container to move downwards to the initial position.

7. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 5, wherein: the movable distribution container is movably sleeved on the outer wall of the fixed distribution container.

8. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the plurality of meal distribution channels are arranged linearly; the meal dispenser is provided with a translation guide part and a slide block member arranged on the translation guide part, the meal pushing member is connected with the slide block member, and the slide block member is driven by the dispensing driving device to move horizontally along the linear arrangement direction.

9. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 8, wherein: the meal pushing member is rotatably connected to the slider member, and the slider member is provided with a rotary driving device for driving the meal pushing member to rotate.

10. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the meal dispenser is also provided with a soup diversion groove and a plurality of soup dispensing holes; the plurality of soup distribution holes and the plurality of meal distribution channels are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode so as to distribute the soup in the soup diversion trench to the plurality of meal distribution channels.

11. The automated meal distribution apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the plurality of meal distribution channels are arranged in an arc or circle shape; the distribution driving device drives the meal pushing member to rotate back and forth or in one direction around the radial center of the arc-shaped or circular track.

12. An automatic meal distribution system, characterized by comprising an automatic meal distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 11 and a meal box conveyor, wherein the meal box conveyor conveys meal boxes to the automatic meal distribution device.

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