CN101856059B - Ice cream vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

An ice cream vending machine relates to an ice cream processing and automatic selling device. The present invention has more than two mixing drums, all of which are connected to a throat seat, and there are more than three plungers and more than three ice cream output ports on the throat seat, and all the plungers are respectively connected to an electric pull rod; it also has ice cream variety selection The ice cream variety selection device includes a cup bracket with more than three cone cup holes, an electric vertical push rod and a material detection sensor; the cup bracket is fixed on the straight push rod of the electric vertical push rod, and the shell of the electric vertical push rod The body is fixed on the frame, and the cone cup hole of the cup bracket is located directly below the ice cream output port, and the material detection sensor is installed on the frame to be close to and correspond to each cone cup hole on the cup bracket. The invention can provide fresh ice creams of various flavors for customers to choose, and is easy to operate, and is suitable for use in supermarkets, shopping malls, parks and amusement parks.

Description

Ice Cream Vending Machine

technical field

The invention belongs to an ice cream vending machine, in particular to an ice cream processing and automatic vending device.

Background technique

Common ice cream vending machines on the market usually have only one ice cream outlet, and automatically sell ice cream with a single fixed taste to customers. The vending machine includes a cooling system, a freezer chamber refrigerated by the cooling system, an ice cream tub placed in the freezer chamber to hold granular ice cream, and a cup delivery device located outside the freezer chamber to transport cups from the bucket Granular ice cream flowing out of the medium, a guide with a channel, used to guide the ice cream discharged from the ice cream discharge device into the cup, a switch device, used to selectively open and close the channel of the guide; since this ice cream vending machine only One ice cream tub and one switch, so only one variety of ice cream can be sold.

Because people's taste demands are diversified, a single type of ice cream vending machine cannot meet the needs of various groups of people, so the market needs an ice cream vending machine that can be used by customers to choose to buy various flavors of ice cream.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an ice cream vending machine capable of selling multiple varieties of fresh ice cream to customers.

The invention includes a frame, a refrigeration system, a material storage tank and a mixing drum. There are more than two mixing drums, and all the mixing drums are connected to a throat seat. There are more than three plungers and more than three ice cream output ports on the throat seat. All The plungers are respectively connected with an electric pull rod; it also has an ice cream variety selection device, which includes a cup bracket with more than three cone cup holes, an electric vertical push rod and a material detection sensor; the cup bracket is fixed On the straight push rod of the electric vertical push rod, the shell of the electric vertical push rod is vertically fixed on the frame, and all the cone cup holes of the cup bracket are respectively located directly below all the ice cream output ports, and the material detection sensor is installed On the rack, it is close to and corresponds to each cone cup hole on the cup holder.

As an improvement of the present invention, the ice cream vending machine further includes a height position sensor arranged along the moving direction of the straight push rod so that the machine can measure or control the rising height of the straight push rod.

As another improvement of the present invention, the cup holder is fixed on the straight push rod of the electric vertical push rod through two parallel blocks. on the shelf.

The present invention works like this: the customer buys ice cream from the store, and after paying, the cashier provides the customer with a cone cup for containing the ice cream; Put it into one of the multiple cone cup holes on the cup holder on the ice cream vending machine; the material detection sensor detects the number of the cone cup hole that is loaded into the cone cup, and then activates the electric vertical push rod Drive the cup bracket to rise under the throat seat so that the cone cup is close to the ice cream output port, at the same time start the mixing drum for making the corresponding ice cream, and start one of the electric pull rods connected to the ice cream output port that can output the ice cream type, Make it pull up the corresponding plunger, pushed by the stirring pressure of the mixing drum, the selected ice cream is poured into the cone cup from the ice cream output port; as the ice cream in the cone cup increases, the electric vertical push rod will automatically drop for a certain distance to Leave a suitable space to accept the remaining ice cream; when the output of ice cream reaches the sales standard, the electric pull rod automatically resets and closes the output port of the throat seat, and then fully retracts the straight push rod of the electric vertical push rod to make the cup holder The rack is lowered to the original position together with the cone cup and the ice cream, allowing the customer to take the cone with the ice cream by himself.

The beneficial effect of the present invention is that it can provide fresh ice creams of various flavors for customers to choose from, and the operation is convenient. If one of the mixing drums is put into snow jelly or milkshake and other materials, the device can also sell ice cream and ice cream at the same time. Frozen food such as puree or milkshake, the device is suitable for use in supermarkets, shopping malls, parks and playgrounds.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the appearance diagram of the embodiment of the present invention after removing the chassis panel and side panels;

Fig. 2 is the structural representation of embodiment ice cream variety selection device;

Fig. 3 is the A direction view of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 to Fig. 7 are the schematic diagrams of embodiment 1 ice cream loading process;

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of an enhanced version of cup holder movement.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be described in further detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

1 to 3, the embodiment includes a frame 15, a compressor 17, a fan coil 18, a motor 19, a material storage cylinder 16 and a mixing drum 1; the compressor 17, the fan coil 18 and other refrigeration components form a refrigeration system, the motor 19 provides power for the mixing drum 1.

There are two accumulator cylinders 16, two mixing drums 1, and the two mixing drums 1 are jointly connected to a throat seat 2. There are three plungers 3 and three ice cream output ports 4 on the throat seat 2, and the three plungers 3 are respectively connected with an electric pull rod 5; the three ice cream output ports 4 are connected to the mixing drum 1 through the passages in the throat seat 2, and the plunger 3 can control the opening or closing of these passages; when the left electric pull rod 5 moves, The left plunger 3 is pulled up, and the left ice cream output port 4 communicates with the left mixing drum 1. When the right electric pull rod 5 moves, the right plunger 3 is pulled up, and the right ice cream output port 4 communicates with the right one. The mixing drum 1 communicates, and when the electric pull rod 5 in the middle moves, the plunger 3 in the middle is pulled up, and the ice cream output port 4 in the middle communicates with the mixing drum 1 on the left and the mixing drum 1 on the right; Two mixing drums are used to make two types of ice cream respectively, and three flavors of ice cream can be output from the three ice cream output ports.

The ice cream variety selection device of the embodiment comprises a cup bracket 7, an electric vertical push rod 8 and a material detection sensor 9; The end of the straight push rod 10 of the push rod 8, the housing of the electric vertical push rod 8 is vertically fixed on the frame, and the telescopic cup bracket 7 of the straight push rod 10 is also vertically lifted; The cone cup holes 6 are respectively located directly below the three ice cream output ports 4, and the three material detection sensors 9 are installed on the frame 15 through a mounting plate 21, and each material detection sensor 9 is correspondingly close to the cup bracket 7 A cone cup hole 6, the material detection sensor 9 detects that the cone cup 22 is put into the cone cup hole 6 and then sends a signal to the controller.

Below the cup holder 7, there is a tray 23 fixed on the cabinet panel for receiving ice cream that may overflow.

4 to 7 show the action process of the ice cream variety selection device from the side.

Referring to Fig. 4, the customer puts an empty cone cup 22 into a cone cup hole of the cup holder 7, and the material detection sensor 9 near the cone cup hole sends a signal to the controller.

Referring to Fig. 5, the straight push rod 10 of the electric vertical push rod 8 protrudes upwards, lifts the cup holder 7 and the cone cup 22 to the bottom of the ice cream output port 4; 5. Pull up the plunger 3 corresponding to the cone cup 22 that has been placed, and the ice cream 24 will squeeze out from the ice cream output port 4 and fall into the cone cup 22.

Referring to Figure 6, the straight push rod 10 of the electric vertical push rod 8 is lowered by about 3 cm to leave space for receiving more ice cream; after the quantitative ice cream is output, the electric pull rod 5 resets and puts down the plunger 3, and closes the ice cream Output port 4.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the straight push rod 10 of the electric vertical push rod 8 drives the cup holder 7 and the cone cup 22 filled with ice cream 24 to drop to the original position.

This embodiment preferably selects the digital servo electric vertical push rod, which reaches the set height according to the controller instruction. In the case of non-digital servo electric vertical push rod, it is necessary to install a height position sensor 11 on the frame along the moving direction of the straight push rod, so that the machine can measure or control the rising height of the straight push rod (see Figure 4) .

Referring to Fig. 8, under the situation that ice cream kind is more (for example 5 kinds), the length of cup bracket 7 increases to some extent, in order to guarantee the stability when cup bracket 7 lifts, cup bracket 7 is fixed on two parallel blocks 12. On the straight push rod 10 of the electric vertical push rod 8, two parallel blocks 12 respectively pass through two mutually parallel guide pillars 13 through the guide holes 14, and the two guide pillars 13 are vertically fixed on the frame respectively.

Claims (3)

1. An ice cream vending machine, which comprises a frame, a refrigeration system, a material storage tank and a mixing drum (1), is characterized in that: there are more than two mixing drums (1), and all mixing drums (1) are connected To a throat seat (2), there are more than three plungers (3) and more than three ice cream output ports (4) on the throat seat (2), and all plungers (3) are respectively connected with an electric pull rod (5); It also has an ice cream variety selection device, which includes a cup holder (7) with more than three cone cup holes (6), an electric vertical push rod (8) and a material detection sensor (9); Bracket (7) is fixed on the straight push rod (10) of electric vertical push rod (8), and the housing of electric vertical push rod (8) is vertically fixed on the frame, and all eggs of cup bracket (7) The cup holes (6) are respectively located directly below all the ice cream output ports (4), and the material detection sensor (9) is installed on the frame, close to each cone cup hole (6) on the cup bracket (7). And correspond one by one. 2. The ice cream vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the ice cream vending machine also includes a height position sensor (11), and the height position sensor (11) is along the moving direction of the straight push rod (10). layout. 3. The ice cream vending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the cup holder (7) is fixed on the straight push rod (10) of the electric vertical push rod (8) via two parallel blocks (12) , the two parallel blocks (12) respectively pass through two mutually parallel guide posts (13), and the two guide posts (13) are respectively vertically fixed on the frame.

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