Device for storing and retrieving meals and automatic meals vending machine
View Patent ↗Disclosed are a device for storing and retrieving meals and an automatic meals vending machine. The device for storing and retrieving meals includes a meals storage shelf and a meals pickup assembly. A middle part of the meals storage shelf is provided with a meals pickup passage. The meals storage shelf is provided with a plurality of storage spaces evenly distributed along a circumferential direction and an axial direction. The plurality of storage spaces are provided at a periphery of the meals storage shelf, and the meals pickup passage is communicated with the storage spaces. The meals pickup assembly includes a meals storage piece provided in and vertically movable relative to the meals pickup passage and a meals pushing piece provided at a side of the storage spaces away from the meals pickup passage and telescopic relative to the meals storage shelf to push meals.
1 . A device for storing and retrieving meals applied to an automatic meals vending machine, comprising:
a meals storage shelf; a middle part of the meals storage shelf being provided with a meals pickup passage, the meals storage shelf being provided with a plurality of storage spaces evenly distributed along a circumferential direction and an axial direction, the plurality of storage spaces being provided at a periphery of the meals storage shelf, and the meals pickup passage being communicated with the storage spaces; and
a meals pickup assembly comprising a meals storage piece and a meals pushing piece; the meals storage piece being provided in and vertically movable relative to the meals pickup passage, the meals pushing piece being provided at a side of the storage spaces away from the meals pickup passage and being telescopic relative to the meals storage shelf to push meals in a corresponding storage space to the meals storage piece,
wherein the meals pickup assembly further comprises a first actuator and two screw rods provided vertically and in parallel;
the first actuator is fixedly provided relative to the meals storage shelf and is configured to drive the two screw rods to rotate synchronously; and
the meals storage piece is connected to the two screw rods and is located between the two screw rods to be vertically movable relative to the meals pickup passage.
2 . The device for storing and retrieving meals of claim 1 , wherein:
the meals pickup assembly further comprises a second actuator and the second actuator is vertically movable relative to the meals storage shelf;
a driving shaft of the second actuator is connected to the meals pushing piece to make the meals pushing piece telescopic; and/or
the meals pushing piece is movably provided in a vertical direction; and/or
a surface of the meals pushing piece facing the meals storage shelf is a curved surface.
3 . The device for storing and retrieving meals of claim 1 , wherein:
the meals storage shelf comprises a support bar and at least two storage trays;
the storage trays are provided at intervals in a vertical direction and connected to the support bar; and
two adjacent storage trays and the support bar are enclosed to form the storage space.
4 . The device for storing and retrieving meals of claim 3 , wherein:
each storage tray is provided with a meals pickup hole in a center and a plurality of meals pickup holes in series form the meals pickup passage;
a plurality of support bars are provided at a periphery of the storage trays at intervals and configured to extend towards a center of the storage trays; and
two adjacent support bars and two adjacent storage trays are enclosed to form the storage space.
5 . The device for storing and retrieving meals of claim 1 , wherein:
the meals pickup assembly comprises a puncher fixed above the meals storage piece; and
the puncher is provided with a needle towards a surface of the meals storage piece to punch a hole on a packaging box in the meals storage piece.
6 . An automatic meals vending machine, comprising:
a machine shell provided with an accommodation space and a meals outlet communicated to the accommodation space;
the device for storing and retrieving meals of claim 1 provided inside the accommodation space;
an electronic control assembly provided in the accommodation space and electrically connected to the device for storing and retrieving meals to control the device for storing and retrieving meals to take out meals and deliver the meals to the meals outlet; and
a heating assembly,
wherein the meals pickup assembly is movable between the meals storage shelf and the heating assembly to take out meals in the storage space, send the meals to the heating assembly for heating, and delivery the meals to the meals outlet; and
wherein:
the machine shell comprises an outer shell and at least two partition plates;
the outer shell is configured to form the accommodation space, and the partition plates are connected to an inner wall of the accommodation space to divide the accommodation space into a heating zone, a cold storage zone, an electronic control zone from top to bottom;
the heating assembly is provided in the heating zone, the meals storage shelf is provided in the cold storage zone, and the electronic control assembly is provided in the electronic control zone; and/or
the automatic meals vending machine further comprises a meals transfer device provided between the heating assembly and the meals outlet to transfer the meals to the meals outlet; and/or
the automatic meals vending machine further comprises a packaging device provided between the heating assembly and the meals outlet to pack up heated meals; and/or
a heating method of the heating assembly comprises at least one of roasting heating, water bath heating, steam heating, microwave and/or light wave heating.
7 . The automatic meals vending machine of claim 6 , wherein:
the meals storage shelf is rotatably provided relative to the machine shell; and/or
a plurality of devices for storing and retrieving meals are provided side by side in the accommodation space at intervals.