CN209883967U - Automatic kitchen system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic kitchen system, which comprises a supporting seat, a supporting seat transfer mechanism and a cooking station, wherein the supporting seat comprises a first supporting plate for placing a container; the cooking station comprises a microwave cavity with a lower opening, wherein the supporting seat transfer mechanism transfers the supporting seat to the lower part of the microwave cavity; wherein, first backup pad sets to and is upwards driven by vertical drive mechanism along vertical direction after the below of supporting seat transmission to microwave cavity, gets into microwave cavity from the below opening until the container on the first backup pad, and first backup pad forms a microwave cavity with the cooperation of microwave cavity simultaneously, and then carries out microwave heating to the edible material in the container. The utility model discloses can transmit the below of microwave cavity with the supporting seat automatically to in sending the container into the microwave cavity, its location is accurate, can make the edible material in the container be heated evenly, guarantees to eat the taste of material.

Description

Automatic kitchen system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of food machinery, in particular to automatic kitchen system.

Background

At present, food is generally processed by manual operation, the processing efficiency is low, and the processing quality and the sanitary problem are difficult to guarantee, so that the food and beverage industry gradually tends to realize the automation of food processing, thereby improving the processing efficiency and reducing the labor cost.

The inventor of this application discovers in long-term research and development that at present all cooks the processing through artifical eating material, especially when eating the material to the food container in carry out microwave heating, need artifically place the container in the central point of microwave heating chamber puts, but artifical the placing has very big error, and the container causes eating material to be heated unevenly, influences the taste of eating material.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an automatic change kitchen system to place the container through the manual work among the solution prior art in the microwave cavity easily cause edible material inhomogeneous technical problem that is heated.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a technical scheme provide an automatic kitchen system, automatic kitchen system includes:

the supporting seat comprises a first supporting plate, and a container is placed on the first supporting plate and used for supporting the container;

the supporting seat transmission mechanism is used for transmitting the supporting seat;

a cooking station comprising a microwave cavity having a lower opening, wherein the support pedestal transfer mechanism transfers the support pedestal to below the microwave cavity;

the first supporting plate is arranged to be driven upwards by a vertical transmission mechanism along the vertical direction after the supporting seat is transmitted to the lower part of the microwave cavity until the container on the first supporting plate enters the microwave cavity from the lower opening, and meanwhile, the first supporting plate and the microwave cavity are matched to form a microwave resonant cavity so as to perform microwave heating on food materials in the container.

The utility model discloses a set up supporting seat, supporting seat transmission device and cook the station, can transmit the below of supporting seat to the microwave cavity automatically to in sending the container into the microwave cavity, its location is accurate, can make the edible material in the container be heated evenly, guarantees to eat the taste of material.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained without inventive work, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a film tearing mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a container in an embodiment of a film tearing mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the film tearing mechanism of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an exploded view of a container in a first embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a container support base according to a first embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a container support base according to a first embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a food container in a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an exploded structure of a food container in a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first inner container pick-up mechanism in a second embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a liner extractor mechanism in a second embodiment of an automated kitchen system according to the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic top view of a third embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of a fourth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a fourth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a fourth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a schematic structural view of a support base in a fourth embodiment of the automatic kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 20 is a schematic structural view of a fifth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 22 is a schematic top view of a fifth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 23 is a schematic structural view of a sixth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 24 is a schematic diagram of a sixth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 25 is a schematic structural view of a turnover mechanism in a sixth embodiment of the automatic kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 26 is a schematic structural view of a turnover mechanism in a sixth embodiment of the automatic kitchen system according to the present invention;

fig. 27 is a schematic structural view of a seventh embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;

fig. 28 is a schematic structural diagram of a film laminating station in a seventh embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the film tearing mechanism 110 of the present invention includes a film clamp 111, a horizontal transmission mechanism 112, and a first vertical transmission mechanism 113, wherein the film clamp 111 is used for clamping a sealing film 202 attached to an opening of a container 201; the horizontal transmission mechanism 112 is used for transmitting the membrane fixture 111 along the horizontal direction; the first vertical transmission mechanism 113 is used for transmitting the membrane clamp 111 in the vertical direction; wherein, the horizontal transmission mechanism 112 and the first vertical transmission mechanism 113 move synchronously at least in part of the time interval, so that the clamping point of the sealing membrane 202 by the membrane clamp 111 moves along a predetermined curve path, and the sealing membrane 202 is torn from the container 201.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up dyestripping mechanism, can follow predetermined curvilinear path motion to the exposed core of sealed diaphragm, and then tear sealed diaphragm from the container, its dyestripping direction and dynamics are all through mechanical accurate control, and not fragile container just can tear the seal membrane piece completely, is favorable to follow-up processing.

Specifically, the first vertical transmission mechanism 113 separately transmits the film clamp 111 in the vertical direction to tear the sealing film 202 from the container 201 for a certain distance, and then the horizontal transmission mechanism 112 and the first vertical transmission mechanism 113 move synchronously to further tear the sealing film 202, so that the clamping point of the film clamp 111 to the sealing film 202 moves along a curved path. In this embodiment, the curved path is a parabolic path.

Referring to fig. 3 together, specifically, the film tearing mechanism 110 further includes a fixing support 114 and a second vertical transmission mechanism 115, wherein the film clamp 111 and the first vertical transmission mechanism 113 are disposed on the fixing support 114, the first vertical transmission mechanism 113 transmits the film clamp 111 to move relative to the fixing support 114 along the vertical direction, the horizontal transmission mechanism 112 transmits the fixing support 114 along the horizontal direction, and the second vertical transmission mechanism 115 transmits the fixing support 114 along the vertical direction, so that the film clamp 111 moves from the upper side of the container 201 to the lateral side of the container 201, and the sealing film 202 can be clamped. In the present embodiment, the horizontal transmission mechanism 112 and the first vertical transmission mechanism 113 are transmission mechanisms driven by the motors 1121 and 1131, and the second vertical transmission mechanism 115 is a transmission mechanism driven by the cylinder 1151. In other embodiments, the horizontal transmission mechanism 112 and the first vertical transmission mechanism 113 may also be transmission mechanisms based on cylinder driving, and the second vertical transmission mechanism 115 may also be transmission mechanisms based on motor driving, which is not limited herein.

Further, a sensor 1141 may be further disposed on the fixing bracket 114, a positioning member 1111 is disposed on the membrane clamp 111, and the membrane clamp 111 is vertically positioned by the sensor 1141 and the positioning member. For example, the sensor 1141 emits a predetermined light to the positioning member 1111, receives a reflected light of the positioning member 111 to the predetermined light, and determines the position of the membrane clamp 111 in the vertical direction according to the time when the reflected light is received; for another example, the fixing bracket 114 is provided with a plurality of sensors 1141 spaced apart in the vertical direction, and when the positioning member 1111 moves vertically along with the membrane clamp 111, the sensor 1141 at the corresponding position detects the positioning member 1111, so that the position of the membrane clamp 111 in the vertical direction is determined according to the sensor 1141 currently detecting the positioning member 1111. In other embodiments, a positioning element may be further disposed on the fixing bracket 114, and a sensor is disposed on the membrane clamp 111, so as to cooperate with the vertical positioning of the membrane clamp 111.

The film tearing mechanism 110 further comprises a front pressing and holding mechanism 116 and a rear pressing and holding mechanism 117, the front pressing and holding mechanism 116 and the rear pressing and holding mechanism 117 are respectively arranged on the fixed support 114, the front pressing and holding mechanism 116 is located on the front side of the membrane clamp 111 along the horizontal movement direction of the membrane clamp 111 and is used for pressing and holding the sealing membrane 202 and the container 201, and the film tearing process can be more stable; the rear pressing mechanism 117 is located at the rear side of the film clamp 111 along the horizontal moving direction of the film clamp 111, and is used for pressing and holding on the torn area of the container 201 after the horizontal transmission mechanism 112 transmits a certain distance to the fixed support 114. Optionally, the distance between the front holding unit 116 and the clamping point in the horizontal direction is kept constant and less than half of the maximum dimension of the container 201 in the horizontal movement direction, so that the container 201 is kept stable in the horizontal direction during the film tearing process.

In this embodiment, the front holding-down mechanism 116 is a press roller that rolls on the sealing membrane 202 and the container 201 as the horizontal transmission mechanism 112 transmits the fixing bracket 114. In other embodiments, the front holding mechanism 116 may be a cylinder with patterns or protrusions on other surfaces to increase the friction with the sealing membrane 202. The rear pressing mechanism 117 is a pressing plate, and a tilted portion 1171 is disposed on a side of the pressing plate facing the membrane clamp 111, and a joint of the tilted portion 1171 and the pressing plate is in a circular arc shape to protect a top of the container 201 from being scratched. Wherein the platen is in rigid contact with the container 201 and slides along the container 201. In this embodiment, the film tearing mechanism may further include an elastic member 118, and the elastic member 118 elastically presses the pressing roller 116 against the sealing film 202 and the container 201. In other embodiments, tear mechanism 110 may also be provided with only front hold-down mechanism 116, and no rear hold-down mechanism 117; or only the rear press-holding mechanism 117 may be provided without providing the front press-holding mechanism 116.

It is understood that the film tearing mechanism can be selectively provided with the partial structures according to actual functional requirements. As another embodiment, in order to realize stable film tearing, the film tearing mechanism may at least be composed of the fixing bracket 114, the horizontal transfer mechanism 112, the film clamp 111 and the front pressing mechanism 116; in another embodiment, to achieve stable film tearing, the film tearing mechanism may at least comprise the fixing bracket 114, the horizontal transfer mechanism 112, the film clamp 111 and the rear pressing mechanism 117.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the first embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention includes a film tearing station 100, the film tearing station 100 includes a film tearing mechanism 110 and a container supporting seat 120, wherein the specific mechanism of the film tearing mechanism 110 is referred to the above-mentioned embodiment of the film tearing mechanism, and is not described herein again. The container support base 120 is used to support the container 201 and heat the container 201 to melt the adhesive layer 2013 that adheres the sealing film 202 to the container 201.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7 together, the container 201 includes a container body 2011 and a container flange 2012, wherein the container flange 2012 extends outward from the container body 2011 and is annularly disposed. The vessel holder 120 includes a holder body 121 and a heating element 122, with a vessel flange 2012 overlapping the top of the holder body 121; the heating element 122 is disposed in the supporting seat body 121, and is configured to heat the supporting seat body 121, and is transmitted to the container flange 2012 by the supporting seat body 121, wherein a heating temperature of the heating element 122 is set to enable the adhesive layer 2013 on the container flange 2012 to be in a molten state, so as to allow the film tearing mechanism 110 to tear the sealing film 202 attached to the container flange 2013 through the adhesive layer 2013.

In this embodiment, the outer wall of the supporting base body 121 is provided with a space-avoiding groove 1211, so as to allow the membrane fixture 111 to extend into the space-avoiding groove 1211 and clamp the sealing membrane 202. The sealing membrane 202 is provided with a lug 2021, and the lug 2021 is disposed corresponding to the avoiding groove 1211, so that the membrane clamp 111 simultaneously clamps the lug 2021, thereby increasing the clamping area of the membrane clamp 111, and making the sealing membrane 202 not easy to fall off. In other embodiments, the sealing membrane 202 may not be provided with the lug 2021, and the membrane clamp 111 directly extends into the avoiding groove 1211 and clamps the sealing membrane 202; or the supporting seat body 121 is not provided with the avoiding groove 1211, and the lug 2021 protrudes out of the top of the supporting seat body 121 to allow the membrane clamp 111 to clamp the sealing membrane 202.

Further, in order to heat the adhesive layer 2013 intensively by the support base body 121, the following arrangement may be made: the top of the support seat body 121 is provided with a support flange 1212 arranged in a ring shape, and the container flange 2012 is lapped on the support flange 1212, wherein the radial width of the support flange 1212 is smaller than the radial width of the container flange 2012, so that the support flange 1212 is only partially contacted with the container flange 2012. Wherein the support flange 1212 may be disposed to correspond to the bonding region where the contact region of the receptacle flange 2012 and the sealing membrane 202 are attached. For example, adhesive layer 2013 includes inner and outer loop bonded regions 2013a, 2013b nested within one another. In this embodiment, the sealing membrane 202 is attached to the inner ring bonding area 2013a, and the contact area between the support flange 1212 and the container flange 2012 corresponds to the inner ring bonding area 2013a attached to the sealing membrane 202, so that only the inner ring bonding area 2013a of the adhesive layer 2013 is in the molten state, and the outer ring bonding area 2013b is in the normal state, thereby allowing the sealing membrane 202 attached to the container flange 2012 by the inner ring bonding area 2013a to be torn off, while the outer ring bonding area 2013b is remained. The remaining adhesive area can be used for subsequent re-application of the sealing membrane 202 to the container 201. In other embodiments, the sealing membrane 202 may also be attached to the outer ring bonding area 2013b, and the contact area of the support flange 1212 and the container flange 2012 corresponds to the area of the outer ring bonding area 2013a to which the sealing membrane 202 is attached.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up dyestripping mechanism and container supporting seat, can heat the supporting seat body, and transmit to the container, make the viscose layer be in molten state, and move along predetermined curve route to the exposed core of sealed diaphragm, and then tear sealed diaphragm from the container and remove, the adhesive force on its viscose layer reduces, and dyestripping direction and dynamics are all through mechanical accurate control, not fragile container just can tear sealed diaphragm completely and remove, be favorable to follow-up processing. Of course, in other embodiments, the container support base in the automated kitchen system may be of other configurations, such as for supporting the container 202 only, and heating the container 202 by other heating elements to cooperate with the film tearing mechanism to effect film tearing; alternatively, the automated galley system may not include any container holders. In addition, the autonomous kitchen system may further include the following part-stations downstream of the tear film station.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, a second embodiment of the automated galley system of the present invention comprises an outer container support 120, an outer container support transfer mechanism 130, and an extraction station 200, the outer container support 120 for receiving and supporting a food container 20, wherein the food container 20 comprises an outer container 201 disposed within the outer container support 120, a middle liner 203 disposed within the outer container 201, and an inner container 204 supported on the middle liner 203; an outer container support delivery mechanism 130 for delivering the outer container support 120; the picking station 200 comprises a first inner container picking mechanism 210 and a middle liner picking mechanism 220, wherein after the outer container support holder transfer mechanism 130 transfers the outer container support 120 to the picking station 200, the first inner container picking mechanism 210 acts on the inner container 204 from the outside of the inner container 204 and picks up the inner container 204 from the middle liner 203, and the middle liner picking mechanism 220 acts on the middle liner 203 from the inside of the middle liner 203 and picks up the middle liner 203 from the outer container 201.

Specifically, the specific structure of the outer container 201 refers to the container 201 in the first embodiment of the automated kitchen system, and the outer container 201 placed on the outer container support base 120 may be the outer container after the film tearing is completed by the film tearing station. The specific structure of the outer container support 120 is described in the container support 120 of the first embodiment of the automated galley system and will not be described in detail herein. The first inner container pickup mechanism 210 includes a plurality of inner container pickup arms 211, a first driving member 212, a first horizontal transmission mechanism 213, and a first vertical transmission mechanism 214, wherein the first driving member 212 is used to drive the plurality of inner container pickup arms 211 to be closed and opened with each other to act on the outer side of the inner container 204 in a closed state and to release the inner container 204 in an opened state; a first horizontal transmission mechanism 213 for horizontally transmitting the inner container pick-up arm 211 from a first home position located laterally of the outer container support 120 to directly above the outer container support 120; the first vertical transmission mechanism 214 is used to vertically transmit the inner container pick-up arm 211 after the inner container pick-up arm 211 is positioned directly above the outer container support base 120 so that the inner container pick-up arm 211 can act on the inner container 204.

The middle liner extracting mechanism 220 comprises a plurality of middle liner extracting arms 221, a second driving piece 222 and a second vertical transmission mechanism 223, wherein the second driving piece 222 is used for driving the plurality of middle liner extracting arms 221 to close and open each other so as to act on the inner side of the middle liner 203 in the open state and release the middle liner 203 in the close state; the second vertical transmission mechanism 223 is used to vertically transmit the middle liner take-up arm 221 from a second starting position directly above the outer container support base 120 so that the middle liner take-up arm 221 can act on the middle liner 203.

Wherein the middle liner take-up mechanism 220 is arranged to be located entirely above the horizontal drive path of the inner container take-up arm 211 when the middle liner take-up arm 221 is in the second home position to avoid interference with the first inner container take-up mechanism 210 during actuation of the first inner container take-up mechanism 210, while the first inner container take-up mechanism 210 is arranged to be located entirely laterally of the vertical motion path of the middle liner take-up arm 221 when the inner container take-up arm 211 is in the first home position to avoid interference with the middle liner take-up mechanism 220 during actuation of the middle liner take-up mechanism 220. In this embodiment, the liner extraction mechanism 220 further comprises a second horizontal drive mechanism 224, the second horizontal drive mechanism 224 being configured to transfer the liner extraction arm 221 in a horizontal direction to a downstream station of the extraction station 200 to enable the liner extraction mechanism 220 to replace the liner within the outer container 201 transferred to the downstream station (e.g., a mixing station described below).

Referring also to fig. 10, the outer container 201 is configured to define an outer containment chamber 2013 having an outer container opening 2013 a; the middle liner 203 can be placed into the outer containing cavity 2013 from the outer container opening 2013a and taken out of the outer containing cavity 2013, the middle liner 203 comprises a middle substrate plate 2031, wherein after the middle liner 203 is placed into the outer containing cavity 2013, the middle substrate plate 2031 is spaced from the bottom of the outer container 301 and the outer container opening 2013a by a certain distance so as to allow a first food material to be placed between the middle substrate plate 2031 and the bottom of the outer container 201; the inner vessel 204 can be placed on the middle substrate plate 2031 and between the middle substrate plate 2031 and the outer vessel opening 2013 a; the inner container 204 comprises an inner container body 2041 for defining an inner receiving cavity 2043 for receiving the second food material, and an inner container flange 2042 extending outwardly from the inner container body 2041 at the periphery of an inner container opening 2043a and arranged annularly, wherein the inner receiving cavity 2043 is provided for receiving the second food material, the extension of the inner container flange 2042 and the gap between the inner container flange 2042 and the inner liner 203 are arranged to allow the inner container extraction mechanism 210 to act on the inner container flange 2042 from outside the inner container 204 and extract the inner container 204 from the inner liner 203.

The outer container body 2011 is provided with a stepped support surface 2011a in a region close to the outer container opening 2013a, the liner 203 further comprises a liner flange 2032 which is overlapped on the support surface 2011a and is annularly arranged, a plurality of liner connecting pieces 2033 which are arranged at intervals around the liner flange 2032 and connect the liner flange 2032 and the liner plate 2031, and a liner extension 2034 which is connected with the liner flange 2032 and extends toward the inside of the liner flange 2032, wherein the liner flange 2032 and the liner plate 2031 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction of the main surface of the liner plate 2031, and the extension length of the liner extension 2034 is set to allow the liner extraction mechanism 220 to act on the liner extension 2034 from the inside of the liner flange 2032 and extract the liner 203 from the outer container 201.

Referring also to fig. 11, the end of inner container pick-up arm 211 remote from first drive 212 towards the direction of convergence of inner container pick-up arm 211 is provided with a first recess 2111, the width and depth of first recess 2111 being such as to allow inner container pick-up arm 211 to act on inner container flange 2042 from the outside of inner container flange 2042 and pick up inner container 204 from inner liner 203. Wherein a width of first groove 2111 is greater than or equal to a thickness of inner container flange 2042.

Specifically, as the first inner container pick-up mechanism 210 picks up the inner containers 204, the first drive 212 drives the inner container pick-up arms 211 to open towards each other, and the first horizontal drive 213 and the first vertical drive 214 drive the inner container pick-up arms 211 from a first start position directly above the inner containers 204; first drive 212 drives inner container pick-up arms 211 towards each other so that first groove 2111 engages inner container flange 2042 so that inner container 204 is secured to inner container pick-up arms 211; a first vertical drive mechanism 214 drives the inner container pick-up arm 211 in a vertical direction such that the inner container 204 is fully disengaged from the liner 203; the first horizontal drive 213 drives the inner container pick-up arm 211 in a horizontal direction back to the first starting position, completing the pick-up process of the inner container 204.

In other embodiments, an electromagnetic attraction member (not shown) is disposed at an end of the inner container picking arm 211 away from the first driving member 212, the inner container 204 is made of a magnetic attraction metal, when the first inner container picking mechanism 210 picks up the inner container 204, an end of the inner container picking arm 211 away from the first driving member 212 contacts with the inner container 204, the inner container 204 is attracted by the electromagnetic attraction member after the electromagnetic attraction member is powered on, and the inner container 204 is moved to a predetermined position by the first inner container picking mechanism 210, so that the inner container 204 picking process is completed. In other embodiments, the inner container 204 is made of a non-magnetically attractive material and the inner container flange 2042 is provided with magnetically attractive elements corresponding to the magnetically attractive elements on the inner container pick-up arm 211 so that the inner container 204 may cooperate with the first inner container pick-up mechanism 210 to complete the pick-up process. In other embodiments, the inner container pick-up arm 211 may further include a first groove 2111 and an electromagnetic attraction member, so that the inner container 204 is not easily dropped off during the movement of the inner container pick-up arm 211 after the inner container pick-up arm 211 picks up the inner container 204, thereby improving the reliability of the first inner container pick-up mechanism 210.

Referring also to fig. 12, the end of the liner extraction arm 221 remote from the second drive 222 facing the opening direction of the liner extraction arm 221 is provided with a second recess 2211, the width and depth of the second recess 2211 being such as to allow the liner extraction arm 221 to act on the liner interior extension 2034 from the interior side of the liner flange 2032 and extract the liner 203 from the outer container 201.

Specifically, when the middle liner extracting mechanism 220 extracts the middle liner 203, the second driving member 222 drives the middle liner extracting arms 221 to be close to each other, and the second vertical transmission mechanism 223 vertically transmits the middle liner extracting arms 221 to the position right above the middle liner 203 from the second starting position; the second driver 222 drives the middle liner extraction arms 221 to open, so that the second groove 2211 is clamped with the middle liner extension 2034, so that the middle liner 203 is fixed on the middle liner extraction arms 221; the second vertical driving mechanism 223 drives the middle liner take-up arm 221 back to the second start position in the vertical direction, completing the take-up process of the middle liner 203. In other embodiments, an electromagnetic attraction member (not shown) is disposed at an end of the middle liner extracting arm 221 away from the second driving member 222, and the middle liner 203 is made of a magnetic attraction metal or a magnetic attraction member corresponding to the electromagnetic attraction member is disposed on the middle liner 203, so that the middle liner extracting arm 221 can extract the middle liner 203 by a magnetic attraction manner. In other embodiments, the middle liner extraction arm 221 may also be provided with both the second groove 2211 and the electromagnetic absorber.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a draw the station through setting up, can draw out in the outer container respectively with inner container and well lining automatically, save a large amount of manpowers, be convenient for follow-up difference edible material in the inner container of respectively processes.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, the third embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention comprises an outer container support 120, an outer container support transfer mechanism 130, a picking station 200, an inner container support 230, an inner container support transfer mechanism 240, and a first cooking station 300 and a second cooking station 400 located downstream of the picking station, wherein the structures of the outer container support 120, the outer container support transfer mechanism 130, and the picking station 200 are referred to the second embodiment of the automated kitchen system described above and will not be described herein. The outer container support transfer mechanism 130 further transfers the outer container support 120 to the first cooking station 300 after the liner 203 is extracted from the outer container 201 by the liner extraction arm 221, the first cooking station 300 cooking the first food material of the outer container 201; the first inner container pickup mechanism 210 further drives and releases the inner container 204 onto the inner container support 230 after the inner container pickup arm 211 acts on the outer side of the inner container 204, the inner container support transfer mechanism 240 further transfers the inner container support 230 to the second cooking station 400, and the first cooking station 300 cooks the second food material of the inner container 204. Specifically, the second cooking station 400 may be a cooking station 400 as described in the fourth embodiment below.

The automated galley system further comprises a blending station 500 and a laminating station 600 downstream of the first and second cooking stations 300, 400, wherein the blending station 500 comprises a second inner container extraction mechanism 510 for extracting the inner container 204 from the inner container support base 230 and a flipping mechanism 520 for pouring the second food material in the inner container 204 into the outer container 201, and the laminating station 600 for attaching the sealing membrane 205 to the outer container 201. In this embodiment, the automated galley system may further comprise an external transfer mechanism 140 for placing the outer container 201 on the outer container support base 120.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up and extracting station, first cooking station and second cooking station, can draw out the back respectively with well lining and the inner container in the outer container, the second food material of the first food material of outer container and inner container of rethree respectively cooks, can realize the full-automatic processing to different food materials, saves the cost of labor, guarantees the processing quality and the health of food material; through setting up the tectorial membrane station, can realize the automatic tectorial membrane to the video container, the storage and the transportation of the edible material after being convenient for cook.

Referring to fig. 15-17, a fourth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention comprises a support base 230, a support base transfer mechanism 240, and a cooking station 400, wherein the support base 230 comprises a first support plate 231, and the container 204 is placed on the first support plate 231; the support seat transferring mechanism 240 is used for transferring the support seat 230; the cooking station 400 includes a microwave cavity 410 having a lower opening 411, wherein the support pedestal transfer mechanism 240 transfers the support pedestal 230 to below the microwave cavity 410; the first supporting plate 231 is arranged to be capable of being driven upwards by the vertical driving mechanism 420 along the vertical direction after the supporting seat 230 is transferred to the lower part of the microwave cavity 410, so that the container 204 on the first supporting plate 231 enters the microwave cavity 410 from the lower opening 411, and meanwhile, the first supporting plate 231 and the microwave cavity 410 are matched to form a microwave resonant cavity, so as to perform microwave heating on the food material in the container 204.

The specific structure of the container 204 refers to the inner container 204 in the second embodiment of the automatic kitchen system, and is not described herein again. Referring to fig. 10, the container 204 further includes a positioning column 2042, the positioning column 2042 is disposed at the bottom of the container 204, a positioning hole 2313 allowing the positioning column 2042 to be inserted is disposed on the first supporting plate 231, and the positioning column 2042 cooperates with the positioning hole 2313 to position the container 204.

Specifically, the cooking station 400 includes a microwave shell 430 and a heating support seat 440, the microwave shell 430 is disposed on the heating support seat 440, the microwave shell 430 forms a microwave cavity 410, an annular flange 431 extending inward is disposed at a lower edge of the microwave cavity 410, the vertical transmission mechanism 420 upwardly transmits the first support plate 231 to abut against the annular flange 431, the support seat 230 is transferred to the cooking station 400 and then is accommodated in the heating support seat 440, and the container 204 is accommodated in the microwave cavity. Wherein the vertical driving mechanism 420 elastically presses the first supporting plate 231 against the lower edge of the microwave cavity 410. Referring to fig. 18, in particular, the supporting seat 230 further includes a second supporting plate 232 spaced apart from the first supporting plate 231 in the vertical direction, a transmission member 233 disposed on the second supporting plate 232, and an elastic member 234 elastically supported between the first supporting plate 231 and the second supporting plate 232, wherein the vertical transmission mechanism 420 upwardly transmits the transmission member 233 in the vertical direction, so that the first supporting plate 231 is elastically pressed against the lower edge of the microwave cavity 410 by the second supporting plate 232 and the elastic member 234. Specifically, the first supporting plate 231 includes a supporting plate main body 2312 for supporting the container 204 and a side plate 2313 connected to the supporting plate main body 2312 and extending downward, wherein the second supporting plate 232 is disposed in the accommodating space defined by the supporting plate main body 2312 and the side plate 2313.

The supporting seat 230 further includes a fixing plate 235 and a guiding post 236, the fixing plate 235 is connected to a supporting seat transfer mechanism 240, the guiding post 236 is fixedly mounted on the fixing plate 235, the second supporting plate 232 is supported on the guiding post 236, and guiding holes (not shown) allowing the guiding post 236 to pass through are respectively formed on the first supporting plate 231 and the second supporting plate 232, so that the first supporting plate 231 and the second supporting plate 232 move up and down along the guiding post 236. In one embodiment, the guide posts 236 are provided with annular protrusions 2361, and the second support plate 232 is supported on the annular protrusions 2361. The elastic member 234 is a spring, and the spring is sleeved on the guide post 236 and is located between the first support plate 231 and the second support plate 232.

In the embodiment, the vertical transmission mechanism 420 is fixedly installed on the supporting seat transfer mechanism 240 and located at the cooking station 400, and a transmission opening 2351 is formed on the fixing plate 235 corresponding to the transmission member 233, so that the vertical transmission mechanism 420 can penetrate through the transmission opening 2351 to transmit the transmission member 233. In other embodiments, the vertical transmission mechanism 420 may also be fixedly mounted on the fixing plate 235, and a through slot is formed on the supporting seat transmission mechanism 240, so that the vertical transmission mechanism 420 can move along with the supporting seat 230 in the horizontal direction.

Referring to fig. 14 and 19, the automated kitchen system further includes a mixing station 500, wherein the supporting base transferring mechanism 240 transfers the supporting base 230 to the mixing station 500 after the food material in the container 204 is heated, the mixing station 500 includes an extracting mechanism 510 and a tilting mechanism 520, the extracting mechanism 510 is used for extracting the container 204 from the supporting base 230, the tilting mechanism 520 is used for clamping the positioning column 2042 and tilting the container 204 to pour the food material in the container 204 into another container.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up supporting seat, supporting seat transmission device and cooking the station, can transmit the below of supporting seat to the microwave cavity automatically to in sending the container into the microwave cavity, its location is accurate, can make the edible material in the container be heated evenly, guarantees to eat the taste of material.

Referring to fig. 20, a fifth embodiment of the automated galley system of the present invention comprises a central control system 101, an outer container support and transfer mechanism for carrying an outer container 201 of a food container 20 and transferring the outer container 201 under the control of the central control system 101, an extraction station 200 and a first cooking station 300; the extraction station 200 comprises a interlining extraction mechanism 220 for extracting interlining 203 from inside the outer container 201 transferred to the extraction station 200 under the control of the central control system 101; the first cooking station 300 is used for cooking a first food material transferred from the extraction station 200 to the inside of the outer container 201 of the first cooking station 300 under the control of the central control system 101; the central control system 101 further controls the middle lining extracting mechanism 220 to selectively place the middle lining 203 into the outer container 201 again after the first cooking station 300 finishes cooking according to the order state corresponding to the food container 20. Specifically, the center control system 101 controls the interlining taking mechanism 220 to place the interlining 203 in the outer container 201 again when the order status is a take-out order, and controls the interlining taking mechanism 220 to place the interlining 203 in an interlining collection area (not shown) when the order status is a hall order. Wherein the outer container support and transfer mechanism comprises an outer container support 120, an outer container support transfer mechanism 130, the outer container support 130 for carrying an outer container 201, the outer container support transfer mechanism 130 for transferring the outer container support 130.

Referring to fig. 14, 21 and 22, the automated kitchen system further includes a laminating station 600 and a dispensing station 700 located downstream of the first cooking station 300, the laminating station 600 attaches the sealing film 205 to the outer container 201 under the control of the central control system 101, and the central control system 101 controls the dispensing station 700 to turn over the outer container 201 when the order status is a take-out order, so that the first food material and the soup in the outer container 201 are separated by the liner 203, and controls the dispensing station 700 not to turn over the outer container 201 when the order status is a take order. It will be appreciated that when the outer container 201 further comprises a second food material heated by the second cooking station described above, the autonomous galley system further comprises a mixing station as described herein upstream of the laminating station 600 to pour the second food material into the outer container 201 heated by the first food material within the first cooking station. Then, the central control system 101 controls the film coating station 600 to coat the outer container 201 and controls the distribution station to perform the corresponding distribution according to the order state.

The automated kitchen system further comprises a dining station 800 and a heat-preserving storage station 900 located downstream of the dispensing station 700, wherein the central control system 101 further controls the dispensing station 700 to feed the turned-over outer container 201 into the heat-preserving storage station 900 and to feed the non-turned-over outer container 201 into the dining station 800.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up center control system 101, well lining and drawing mechanism and first cooking station, according to the order state that food container corresponds in the selective control of first cooking station completion after cooking the lining draws the mechanism and puts the outer container into again well lining, can satisfy different users' demand in a flexible way, and the reliability is high.

Referring to fig. 23 and 24, a sixth embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention comprises a supporting and transferring mechanism and a mixing station 500, wherein the mixing station 200 comprises an extracting mechanism 510 and a turning mechanism 520, the extracting mechanism 510 is used for extracting the first container 204 from the container supporting base 230, so that the turning mechanism 520 can clamp the first container 204; the turnover mechanism 520 is used for clamping the extracted first container 204 and turning over the first container 204 to pour the food material in the first container 204 into the second container 201 supported by the supporting and transferring mechanism, wherein the turnover mechanism 520 and/or the supporting and transferring mechanism further performs reverse compensation on the relative position of the first container 204 and the second container 201 along the horizontal direction according to the relative movement trend of the lowest point of the opening edge of the first container 204 in the horizontal direction relative to the second container 201 during the turnover process, so that the lowest point of the opening edge of the first container 204 is kept in a predetermined area right above the second container 201.

The extracting mechanism 510 includes a plurality of extracting arms 511, an extracting arm driving unit 512 for driving the plurality of extracting arms 511 to be closed and opened to each other to act on the outside of the first container 204 in a closed state, and a vertical transmission mechanism 513 for vertically transmitting the extracting arms 511 so that the extracting arms 511 can act on the first container 204 and extract the first container 204 from the container supporting base 230. Referring to fig. 25 and 26 together, the positioning column 2042 is disposed at the bottom of the first container 204, and the tilting mechanism 520 includes two clamping arms 521 and a clamping arm driving member 522 disposed opposite to each other, wherein the clamping arm driving member 522 drives the clamping arms 522 to move together and apart to clamp the positioning column 2042 in a folded state.

In the present embodiment, the end of the clamping arm 521 away from the clamping arm driving member 522 is provided with a clamping groove 5211 towards the converging direction of the clamping arm 521, and the width and depth of the clamping groove 5211 are set to allow the clamping arm 521 to act on the positioning column 2042 from the outer side of the positioning column 2042. The holding grooves 5211 on the two holding arms 521 form a through hole in a closed state, and the diameter of the through hole is smaller than or equal to the outer diameter of the positioning column 2042.

The turnover mechanism 520 further includes a first horizontal transmission mechanism 523, a rotary driving member 524, and a second horizontal transmission mechanism 525, wherein the first horizontal transmission mechanism 523 is configured to transmit the clamping arm 522 in the horizontal direction, so that the clamping arm 522 moves to the first container 204 and clamps the positioning post 2042, the first horizontal transmission mechanism 523 further transmits the first container 204 to the top of the second container 201 after the clamping arm 522 clamps the positioning post 2042, the rotary driving member 524 drives the clamping arm 522 to rotate, so that the first container 204 is turned over, and the second horizontal transmission mechanism 525 reversely transmits the first container 204 in the horizontal direction according to a movement trend of the lowest point of the opening edge of the first container 204 during the turning over process.

In this embodiment, the supporting and transferring mechanism can also drive the second container 201 in the same direction along the horizontal direction according to the movement trend of the lowest point of the opening edge of the first container 204 during the turning process. In other embodiments, the flipping mechanism 520 may also rotate only the rotation driver 524 to drive the holding arm 522 to rotate, so that the first container 204 is flipped, and the second horizontal transmission mechanism 525 is stationary; at the same time, the supporting and transferring mechanism drives the second container 201 in the same direction in the horizontal direction according to the movement tendency of the lowest point of the opening edge of the first container 204 during the turning process.

Specifically, the specific structure and process of the extracting mechanism 510 are similar to the first inner container extracting mechanism 210 in the second embodiment of the automated kitchen system, and are not described herein again. After the picking mechanism 510 picks up the first inner container 204 from the container support base 230, the clamping arm driving member 522 drives the clamping arms 522 to open, and the first horizontal transmission mechanism 523 horizontally transmits the clamping arms 522 to the lower side of the first inner container 204, so that the clamping groove 5211 corresponds to the positioning column 2042; clamping arm drive 522 drives clamping arms 522 toward each other such that clamping arms 522 are driven to clamp positioning posts 2042; the first horizontal transmission mechanism 523 horizontally transmits the first container 204 to the upper side of the second container 201, and the rotary driving member 524 drives the holding arm 522 to rotate, so as to pour the food material in the first container 204 into the second container 201.

The rotary driving member 524 further drives the holding arm 521 to rotate continuously or reversely after the food material in the first container 204 is poured into the second container 201, so that the opening edge of the first container 201 is disposed upward again, and the first horizontal transmission mechanism 523 further transmits the holding arm 522 to the upper side of the recycling area (not shown) and releases the first container 204 from the holding arm 522 to the recycling area. By making the opening edge of the first container 201 face up before the holding arm 522 is transferred to the recycling area, the food or soup remaining in the first container 201 can be prevented from falling off and contaminating the device during the transfer process. The rotary drive 524 further drives the gripper arms 522 to rotate into a downward disposition of the open edges of the first container 204 after the first container 204 is positioned over the recovery area and before the gripper arms 522 release the first container 204.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a through setting up tilting mechanism, can pour into the edible material in the first container that tilting mechanism centre gripping into the second container, and the opening edge minimum of first container is relative to the relative motion trend of second container in the horizontal direction, carry out reverse compensation to the relative position of first container and second container along the horizontal direction, so that the opening edge minimum of first container keeps in the predetermined area directly over the second container, transport and overturn the in-process of pouring into eat the material difficult drop or sputter outside the second container, and the work efficiency is improved, guarantee the health of container and other equipment.

Referring to fig. 27, the seventh embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention includes a supporting base 530 and a film covering station 600, the supporting base 530 is used for supporting the container 201, the film covering station 600 includes a plurality of positioning columns 610, a film extracting mechanism 620 and a hot-pressing mechanism 630, wherein the plurality of positioning columns 610 are arranged at intervals to form a film storage area, thereby allowing a plurality of sealing films 205 arranged in a stacked manner to be placed in the film storage area; the film extraction mechanism 620 is used for extracting the sealing film 205 from the film storage area and moving and releasing the sealing film 205 on the container 201; the hot press mechanism 630 is used to thermally press the sealing film 205 against the container 201.

The positioning column 610 is disposed in a cylindrical shape, the sealing membrane 205 is disposed in a circular shape, and the positioning column 610 and the outer edge of the sealing membrane 205 are tangent to each other. Referring also to fig. 2, the sealing membrane 205 has the same structure as the sealing membrane 202 of the first embodiment of the automated kitchen system, and the outer edge of the sealing membrane 205 is provided with a lug (not shown) disposed between two positioning posts 610 disposed adjacent to the supporting base 530. The membrane extraction mechanism 620 is used to suck the lugs and drag the sealing membrane 205 onto the container 201. In the present embodiment, the positioning pillar 610 is a metal pillar grounded to remove static electricity on the sealing film 205. In other embodiments, the patch storage area may be formed of other storage structures, such as storage slots or the like.

Referring to fig. 28, in detail, the film extraction mechanism 620 includes a suction nozzle 621, a vertical transmission mechanism 622 and a horizontal transmission mechanism 623, wherein the vertical transmission mechanism 622 is used for vertically transmitting the suction nozzle 621 from an initial position downward to contact with a lug of an uppermost sealing film of the stacked plurality of sealing films 205, and lifting the lug upward for a certain distance after the suction nozzle 621 sucks the lug, and the horizontal transmission mechanism 623 transmits the suction nozzle 621 along a horizontal direction, so as to drag the sealing film 205 sucked by the suction nozzle 621 onto the container 201.

The laminating station 600 further comprises a sensor 624 and a supporting mechanism 625, wherein the supporting mechanism 625 is used for supporting the plurality of sealing membranes 205 arranged in a laminating mode, the sensor 624 is used for detecting the distance height between the uppermost sealing membrane 205 and the initial position in the vertical direction, and then the supporting mechanism 625 is controlled to upwards transmit the plurality of sealing membranes 205 arranged in a laminating mode after the height distance is larger than or equal to a preset height distance threshold value. In this embodiment, the automated galley system may further include an external transfer mechanism 640 for extracting and delivering the laminated outer container 201 from the support base 530.

The utility model discloses a set up the tectorial membrane station, can carry out the tectorial membrane to the container automatically, and the relative position of sealed diaphragm and container is fixed, and is sealed effectual, and the reliability is high, is favorable to subsequent save and transportation.

It can be understood that the autonomous kitchen system of the present invention may optionally include some or all of the above-described stations and associated transfer and support mechanisms according to functional requirements, and is not limited thereto.

The above only is the embodiment of the present invention, not limiting the patent scope of the present invention, all the equivalent structures or equivalent processes that are used in the specification and the attached drawings or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An automated kitchen system, comprising:

the supporting seat comprises a first supporting plate, and a container is placed on the first supporting plate;

the supporting seat transmission mechanism is used for transmitting the supporting seat;

a cooking station comprising a microwave cavity having a lower opening, wherein the support pedestal transfer mechanism transfers the support pedestal to below the microwave cavity;

the first supporting plate is arranged to be driven upwards by a vertical transmission mechanism along the vertical direction after the supporting seat is transmitted to the lower part of the microwave cavity until the container on the first supporting plate enters the microwave cavity from the lower opening, and meanwhile, the first supporting plate and the microwave cavity are matched to form a microwave resonant cavity so as to perform microwave heating on food materials in the container.

2. The automated kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein a lower edge of the microwave cavity is provided with an annular flange extending inwardly, the vertical drive mechanism driving the first support plate upwardly into abutment with the annular flange.

3. The automated kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein the vertical drive mechanism resiliently presses the first support plate against a lower edge of the microwave cavity.

4. The automated kitchen system according to claim 3, wherein the supporting base further comprises a second supporting plate spaced apart from the first supporting plate along the vertical direction, a transmission member disposed on the second supporting plate, and an elastic member elastically supported between the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate, wherein the vertical transmission mechanism upwardly transmits the transmission member along the vertical direction, thereby elastically pressing the first supporting plate against the lower edge of the microwave cavity via the second supporting plate and the elastic member.

5. The automated kitchen system according to claim 4, wherein the supporting base further comprises a fixing plate and a guiding post, the fixing plate is connected to the supporting base transferring mechanism, the vertical transmission mechanism is fixedly mounted on the fixing plate or the cooking station, the guiding post is fixedly mounted on the fixing plate, the second supporting plate is supported on the guiding post, the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate are respectively provided with a guiding hole, and after the guiding post passes through the guiding hole, the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate move up and down along the guiding post.

6. The automated kitchen system according to claim 4, wherein the first support plate comprises a support plate body for supporting the container and a side plate connected to the support plate body and extending downward, and wherein the second support plate is disposed in a receiving space defined by the support plate body and the side plate.

7. The automated kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein the container bottom is provided with positioning posts, and the first support plate is provided with positioning holes for insertion of the positioning posts.

8. The automated kitchen system of claim 7, further comprising a mixing station, wherein the support base transfer mechanism transfers the support base to the mixing station after heating of the food material in the container is complete, the mixing station comprising an extraction mechanism for extracting the container from the support base and a flipping mechanism for grasping the positioning post and flipping the container to pour the food material in the container into another container.

9. The automated galley system according to claim 8, wherein the flipper mechanism further reverses the relative position of the container and another container in the horizontal direction based on a tendency of the container's open edge nadir to move in the horizontal direction relative to the other container during flipping until the container's open edge nadir remains within a predetermined area directly above the other container.

10. The automated kitchen system of claim 8, wherein the flipping mechanism comprises two clamp arms and a clamp arm driving member disposed opposite to each other, wherein the clamp arm driving member drives the clamp arms to move together and apart from each other, and clamps the positioning post in the folded-together state.

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