CN220529863U

CN220529863U - Solid material throwing mechanism of cooking robot

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Publication number: CN220529863U
Application number: CN202321980932.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 崔启佳
Original assignee: Fanxin Robotics Foshan Co ltd
Current assignee: Fanxin Robotics Foshan Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-07-25
Filing date: 2023-07-25
Publication date: 2024-02-27
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-25

Abstract

The utility model discloses a solid material throwing mechanism of a cooking robot, which comprises a material box bracket; the driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the material box bracket and drives the material box bracket to reciprocate along the conveying direction of the material box; a plurality of bottomless bearing parts are arranged on the material box bracket; a plastic sliding strip extending along the conveying direction of the material box is arranged below the material box bracket and is in sliding connection with the top of the control cabinet; the control cabinet is provided with a throwing port which is positioned below the bearing part and is provided with a turnover mechanism for throwing the materials on the material box into the frying pan; according to the utility model, the structure of the material box bracket is improved, and the plastic sliding strip formed integrally is arranged below the material box bracket, so that the plastic sliding strip slides on the top of the control cabinet by utilizing soft friction between plastic and metal, and the structure is simple; the problems that oil smoke generated in the cooking process is easy to adhere to mechanisms such as a sliding rail and a sliding block, a sanitary dead angle is easy to generate, cleaning is inconvenient, and a sliding mechanism is easy to corrode for a long time are avoided.

Description

Solid material throwing mechanism of cooking robot

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of cooking devices, in particular to a solid material throwing mechanism of a cooking robot.

Background

At present, along with the development of daily demands and technologies of modern life, various automatic devices for reducing the workload in the life of people appear on the market, and a cooking robot is used as automatic cooking equipment, so that the integrated operation of integrating cooking, frying and steaming functions can be realized, the cooking efficiency of dishes can be greatly improved, the working intensity of people in the cooking process is relieved, people are liberated from heavy kitchen labor, and the cooking machine has a wide application prospect.

With the popularization of fast food restaurants and restaurants, more and more consumers prefer to choose fast food restaurants and restaurants to eat, so that the development pace of the cooking robot is quickened, and the cooking robot is developed towards more intelligentization, improvement of quality, taste and the like of dishes. The most of the cooking robots still need to manually throw materials into the pan or put seasonings and food materials into the pan in advance, and some cooking robots realize material throwing by arranging a material box bearing sliding mechanism and a turnover mechanism, but the existing material box bearing sliding mechanism and turnover mechanism are complex in structure and high in cost, and meanwhile, oil smoke generated in the cooking process is easy to adhere to mechanisms such as a sliding rail and a sliding block, so that sanitary dead angles are easy to generate, cleaning is inconvenient, and corrosion of the sliding mechanism is easy to cause for a long time; in addition, the problem that sliding is not smooth and the like is easily caused when the material box falls on a mechanism such as a sliding rail in the moving process, and the service life of the throwing mechanism is influenced by the hidden health hazards.

Thus, further development is needed to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, in order to solve the problems in the prior art, the utility model aims to provide a solid material throwing mechanism of a cooking robot, which improves the structure of a material box bracket, and the structure is simple by arranging an integrally formed plastic sliding strip below the material box bracket and realizing sliding at the top of a control cabinet by utilizing soft friction between plastic and metal.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions:

the solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot comprises a control cabinet, a frying pan and a material box; the throwing mechanism comprises a material box bracket which is arranged at the top of the control cabinet and used for bearing and conveying the material box; the control cabinet is provided with a driving mechanism which is in transmission connection with the material box bracket and drives the material box bracket to reciprocate along the conveying direction of the material box; a plurality of bottomless bearing parts are arranged on the material box bracket; a plastic sliding strip extending along the conveying direction of the material box is arranged below the material box bracket and is in sliding connection with the top of the control cabinet;

the control cabinet is provided with a throwing port, and the throwing port is positioned below the bearing part and is provided with a turnover mechanism for throwing the materials on the material box into the frying pan; after the material box bracket moves to the bearing part to correspond to the throwing opening, the turnover mechanism drives the material box on the bearing part to turn over to finish material throwing.

Further, two plastic sliding strips are arranged on the downward integrated forming protrusions on two sides of the lower surface of the material box bracket; the bottom of the plastic sliding strip is provided with an arc sliding surface.

Further, the two sides of the bearing part are respectively provided with a first limit strip for limiting the movement of the material box to the two sides; the first limit strips extend towards the material throwing direction; the material box bracket is also provided with a second limit strip for limiting the material box to move backwards; the second limiting strips extend towards the conveying direction of the material box; and a limiting block used for limiting the forward movement of the material box is arranged at the front side of the first limiting bar.

Further, one side of the limiting block and one side of the second limiting bar, which are close to the material box, are respectively provided with a first limiting inclined plane and a second limiting inclined plane which incline downwards towards the direction of the material box.

Further, the driving mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity of the control cabinet and comprises a first driving motor, a first driving gear, a first driven gear and a first synchronous belt, wherein the first driving gear and the first driven gear are positioned at two ends of the inner side of the first synchronous belt, and the first driving gear is in transmission connection with the first driving motor; the material box bracket is fixed with the first synchronous belt through a bracket mounting plate; the control cabinet is provided with a first position detection mechanism for sensing the position of the material box bracket.

Further, the first position detection mechanism comprises a first induction piece arranged on the bracket mounting plate and a plurality of first inductors correspondingly arranged below the bearing part; when the first induction piece moves along with the bracket mounting plate, the first inductors at different positions induce the first induction piece to be in place so as to realize the position detection of the material box bracket.

Further, a connecting baffle is arranged between the bracket mounting plate and the material box bracket, and the connecting baffle comprises a connecting transverse plate and a connecting vertical plate which are bent to form an inverted L shape; the bracket mounting plate is fixed on the inner side of the connecting vertical plate, and the material box bracket is fixed above the connecting transverse plate.

Further, the turnover mechanism comprises an adsorption base for adsorbing and fixing the bottom of the material box and a turnover arm connected with the adsorption base; the overturning arm is rotatably arranged on the throwing port through an overturning shaft; the control cabinet is internally provided with a driving mechanism for controlling the overturning arm to overturn, and the driving mechanism comprises a second driving motor, a second driving gear, a second driven gear and a second synchronous belt; the second driving gear and the second driven gear are positioned at two ends of the inner side of the second synchronous belt, and the second driving gear is in transmission connection with a second driving motor; the second driven gear is in transmission connection with the overturning shaft.

Further, a second position detection mechanism for sensing the turnover mechanism to turn to an original position after finishing material feeding is further arranged on the control cabinet; the second position detection mechanism comprises a second induction piece and a second inductor, the second induction piece is arranged on the outer side of the second driven gear and rotates along with the second driven gear, and the second inductor is arranged on the control cabinet; the second sensor is used for turning the second sensing piece into position.

Further, at least one electromagnetic chuck is arranged on the adsorption base.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that at least the following aspects are:

according to the utility model, the structure of the material box bracket is improved, and the plastic sliding strip formed integrally is arranged below the material box bracket, so that the sliding at the top of the control cabinet is realized by utilizing soft friction between plastic and metal, and the structure is simple. Compared with the prior art, the automatic cooker omits the components such as the sliding blocks and the sliding rails, and can be in sliding fit with the smooth top surface of the control cabinet through the sliding strips integrated with the material box bracket without a gap, so that the situation that oil smoke generated in the cooking process is easy to adhere to mechanisms such as the sliding rails and the sliding blocks, sanitary dead angles are easy to generate, cleaning is inconvenient, corrosion and the like of the sliding mechanism are easy to cause for a long time, stains are not hidden, and the automatic cooker is very convenient to clean, saves time and labor; the defect that the service life of the parts is influenced due to unsmooth sliding and the like caused by the fact that food materials or seasonings fall onto a sliding rail and other mechanisms in the moving process of the material box is also overcome;

on the other hand, the utility model omits a complex sliding mechanism, greatly reduces the manufacturing cost and the maintenance cost, has simple and ingenious design, achieves multiple purposes and has strong practicability.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a solid material feeding mechanism and a control cabinet of a frying robot and a frying pan according to a preferred embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the overall structure of a solid material feeding mechanism of a cooking robot according to a preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of FIG. 2A;

FIG. 4 is another angular schematic view of the overall structure of the solid material feeding mechanism of the cooking robot according to the preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the solid material feeding mechanism of the cooking robot according to the preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a partial internal structure of a control cabinet of a solid material feeding mechanism of a cooking robot according to a preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 7 is a partially enlarged schematic view of fig. 6 at B.

In the figure:

10. a control cabinet; 101. a delivery port;

20. frying pan;

1. a cartridge holder; 11. a carrying part; 12. a plastic slide; 13. a first limit bar; 14. the second limit bar; 141. a second limiting inclined plane; 15. a limiting block; 151. a first limiting inclined plane;

2. a driving mechanism; 21. a first driving motor; 22. a first drive gear; 23. a first driven gear; 24. a first synchronization belt; 25. a second driving motor; 26. a second drive gear; 27. a second driven gear; 28. a second timing belt;

3. a turnover mechanism; 31. an adsorption base; 311. an electromagnetic chuck; 32. a flip arm; 33. a turnover shaft;

4. a bracket mounting plate;

5. a first position detection mechanism; 51. A first sensing piece; 52. A first inductor;

6. a connecting baffle; 61. A connecting transverse plate; 62. Connecting a vertical plate;

7. a second position detection mechanism; 71. a second sensing piece; 72. a second inductor.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate understanding of the present utility model, the following description will further explain the technical scheme and advantages of the present utility model in detail with reference to the drawings and embodiments. The specific structure and features of the present utility model are described below by way of example and should not be construed to limit the utility model in any way. Also, any feature mentioned (including implicit or explicit) below, as well as any feature shown directly or implicit in the drawings, may be continued to be any combination or deletion of such features among themselves, to form still other embodiments that may not be directly or indirectly mentioned in the present utility model. The drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the utility model. This utility model may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In the description of the present utility model, unless otherwise indicated, the terms "outer," "inner," "upper," "end," and the like refer to an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings, for convenience of description and simplicity of description only, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation or positional relationship are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings for convenience of description and simplicity of description only, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operate in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the utility model.

1-7, the utility model provides a solid material throwing mechanism of a cooking robot, wherein the cooking robot comprises a control cabinet 10, a frying pan 20 and a material box (not shown in the drawings); the throwing mechanism comprises a material box bracket 1 which is arranged at the top of the control cabinet 10 and used for bearing and conveying material boxes; specifically, the material box bracket is made of plastic materials; the control cabinet 10 is provided with a driving mechanism 2 which is in transmission connection with the material box bracket 1 and drives the material box bracket 1 to reciprocate along the material box conveying direction; a plurality of bottomless bearing parts 11 are arranged on the material box bracket 1; a plastic sliding strip 12 extending along the conveying direction of the material box is arranged below the material box bracket 1, and the plastic sliding strip 12 is in sliding connection with the top of the control cabinet 10;

a throwing port 101 is arranged on the control cabinet 10, and the throwing port 101 is positioned below the bearing part 11 and is provided with a turnover mechanism 3 for throwing materials on a material box into the frying pan 20; after the material box bracket 1 moves to the bearing part 11 to correspond to the throwing opening 101, the turnover mechanism 3 drives the material box on the bearing part 11 to turn over to finish material throwing.

Specifically, two plastic sliding strips 12 are arranged on the downward integrated forming protrusions on two sides of the lower surface of the material box bracket 1; the bottom of the plastic sliding strip 12 is provided with an arc sliding surface. The plastic slide bar 12 and the material box bracket 1 are integrated, so that the stability of the structure is improved, and the sliding is stable; the arc sliding surface is provided to reduce the friction area of the plastic slide bar 12, reduce the friction resistance and facilitate the sliding.

The structure of the material box bracket 1 is improved, the plastic sliding strip 12 which is integrally formed is arranged below the material box bracket 1, and the plastic sliding strip slides on the top of the control cabinet 10 by utilizing soft friction between plastic and metal, so that the structure is simple. Compared with the prior art, the utility model omits the components such as the sliding blocks and the sliding rails, and the like, and can be in sliding fit with the smooth top surface of the control cabinet 10 through the sliding strips integrated with the material box bracket 1 without a gap, so that the problems that oil smoke generated in the cooking process is easy to adhere to mechanisms such as the sliding rails and the sliding blocks, easy to generate sanitary dead angles, inconvenient to clean, easy to cause corrosion of the sliding mechanism for a long time, and the like are avoided, the stain is not hidden, the cleaning is very convenient, and the time and the labor are saved; the defect that the service life of the parts is influenced due to unsmooth sliding and the like caused by the fact that food materials or seasonings fall onto a sliding rail and other mechanisms in the moving process of the material box is also overcome;

In order to improve the stability of the cartridge, preferably, the two sides of the bearing part 11 are respectively provided with a first limiting bar 13 for limiting the movement of the cartridge to the two sides; the first limiting strips 13 extend towards the material throwing direction; the cartridge bracket 1 is also provided with a second limit bar 14 for limiting the rearward movement of the cartridge; the second limiting strips 14 extend towards the conveying direction of the material box; the front side of the first limiting strip 13 is provided with a limiting block 15 for limiting the forward movement of the material box. Further refinement, a first limiting inclined plane 151 and a second limiting inclined plane 141 which incline downwards towards the direction of the material box are respectively arranged on one side of the limiting block 15 and one side of the second limiting bar 14, which are close to the material box. In this embodiment, the first limit bar 13, the second limit bar 14, and the limit bar 15 together form a space for limiting the movement of the cartridge; meanwhile, the first limiting inclined plane 151 and the second limiting inclined plane 141 which incline downwards towards the direction of the material box are respectively arranged on one sides of the limiting block 15 and the second limiting bar 14, which are close to the material box, so that the placement redundancy position of the material box can be increased, a certain guiding effect is achieved, and the placement of the material box is facilitated.

Further refinement, the driving mechanism 2 is disposed in the inner cavity of the control cabinet 10, and includes a first driving motor 21, a first driving gear 22, a first driven gear 23, and a first synchronous belt 24, where the first driving gear 22 and the first driven gear 23 are located at two ends of the inner side of the first synchronous belt 24, and the first driving gear 22 is in transmission connection with the first driving motor 21; the cartridge tray 1 is fixed to the first timing belt 24 by a tray mounting plate 4; the control cabinet 10 is provided with a first position detection mechanism 5 for sensing the position of the cartridge tray 1.

Preferably, the first position detecting mechanism 5 includes a first sensing piece 51 disposed on the bracket mounting plate 4 and a plurality of first sensors 52 correspondingly disposed below the bearing portion 11; when the first sensing piece 51 moves along with the bracket mounting plate 4, the first sensing piece 51 is sensed to be in place by the first sensors 52 at different positions, so that the position detection of the material box bracket 1 is realized. In this embodiment, the first sensor 52 is a slot-type photoelectric sensor, and the working principle thereof may refer to a photoelectric sensor with a model EE-SX672-WR in the prior art, for example, when the first sensing piece 51 moves along with the bracket mounting plate 4 to the sensing slot of the photoelectric sensor, the photoelectric sensor senses and sends a signal, which is not described herein.

Preferably, a connecting baffle 6 is arranged between the bracket mounting plate 4 and the cartridge bracket 1, and the connecting baffle comprises a connecting transverse plate 61 and a connecting vertical plate 62 which are formed by bending; the bracket mounting plate 4 is fixed to the inner side of the connection riser 62, and the cartridge bracket 1 is fixed above the connection cross plate 61. In this embodiment, the bent connection baffle 6 is provided, so that on the one hand, the assembly stability of the cartridge tray 1 and the tray mounting plate 4 can be improved, on the other hand, the connection vertical plate 62 can also cover the left and right sides, and hidden danger caused by exposure of the driving mechanism 2 or contact of moisture existing on the cartridge and the driving mechanism 2 is avoided, so that the cartridge is multipurpose.

Preferably, the turnover mechanism 3 comprises an adsorption base 31 for adsorbing and fixing the bottom of the material box and a turnover arm 32 connected with the adsorption base 31; at least one electromagnetic chuck 311 is arranged on the adsorption base 31; the turnover arm 32 is rotatably arranged on the throwing port 101 through a turnover shaft 33; the control cabinet 10 is internally provided with a driving mechanism 2 for controlling the turnover of the turnover arm 32, and the driving mechanism comprises a second driving motor 25, a second driving gear 26, a second driven gear 27 and a second synchronous belt 28; the second driving gear 26 and the second driven gear 27 are positioned at two ends of the inner side of the second synchronous belt 28, and the second driving gear 26 is in transmission connection with the second driving motor 25; the second driven gear 27 is in driving connection with the tilting shaft 33. In the present embodiment, the turning shaft 33 is a ball bearing.

Preferably, the control cabinet 10 is further provided with a second position detection mechanism 7 for sensing the turnover mechanism 3 to turn to an original position after finishing material feeding; the second position detecting mechanism 7 comprises a second sensing piece 71 which is arranged outside the second driven gear 27 and rotates along with the second driven gear 27, and a second sensor 72 which is arranged on the control cabinet 10; the second sensor 72 is used to turn the second sensing piece 71 in place.

It should be noted that the utility model also includes a material control device (not shown in the drawings) for controlling the material box bracket 1 to drive the material box; the working process of the utility model is as follows:

the operator places the material box containing the food material on the bearing part 11 of the material box bracket 1 in advance, after the equipment is started, the control device sends out a signal to control the first motor to drive the first driving gear 22, the first driven gear 23 and the first synchronous belt 24 to work, so as to drive the material box bracket 1 to slide along the top of the control cabinet 10 and sequentially convey the material boxes to the position above the throwing port 101;

when the first sensor 52 corresponding to the throwing port 101 senses the first sensing piece 51 on the bracket mounting plate 4, a signal is sent to the control device; at this time, the control device controls the electromagnetic chuck 311 to adsorb and fix the material box above the feeding port 101, then controls the second driving motor 25 to drive the second driving gear 26, the second driven gear 27 and the second synchronous belt 28 to work, and drives the electromagnetic chuck 311 and the material box to overturn above the frying pan 20 through the overturning arm 32, and after finishing the material feeding action, the overturning arm 32 drives the electromagnetic chuck 311 and the material box to revolve to the feeding port 101; the second sensor 72 senses that the second sensing piece 71 located on the second driven gear 27 rotates in place and then sends a signal to the control device to control the electromagnetic chuck 311 to be powered off to loosen the material box, and the conveying of the next material box is repeated.

The above-described embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present utility model and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that numerous changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. The solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot comprises a control cabinet, a frying pan and a material box; the feeding mechanism is characterized by comprising a material box bracket which is arranged at the top of the control cabinet and used for bearing and conveying the material box; the control cabinet is provided with a driving mechanism which is in transmission connection with the material box bracket and drives the material box bracket to reciprocate along the conveying direction of the material box; a plurality of bottomless bearing parts are arranged on the material box bracket; a plastic sliding strip extending along the conveying direction of the material box is arranged below the material box bracket and is in sliding connection with the top of the control cabinet;

2. The solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot according to claim 1, wherein two plastic sliding strips are arranged on the downward integrated forming bulges on two sides of the lower surface of the material box bracket; the bottom of the plastic sliding strip is provided with an arc sliding surface.

3. The solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the two sides of the bearing part are respectively provided with a first limit strip for limiting the movement of the material box to the two sides; the first limit strips extend towards the material throwing direction; the material box bracket is also provided with a second limit strip for limiting the material box to move backwards; the second limiting strips extend towards the conveying direction of the material box; and a limiting block used for limiting the forward movement of the material box is arranged at the front side of the first limiting bar.

4. The solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot according to claim 3, wherein a first limiting inclined plane and a second limiting inclined plane which incline downwards towards the direction of the material box are respectively arranged on one side of the limiting block and one side of the second limiting bar, which are close to the material box.

5. The solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot according to claim 1, wherein the driving mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity of the control cabinet and comprises a first driving motor, a first driving gear, a first driven gear and a first synchronous belt, the first driving gear and the first driven gear are positioned at two ends of the inner side of the first synchronous belt, and the first driving gear is in transmission connection with the first driving motor; the material box bracket is fixed with the first synchronous belt through a bracket mounting plate; the control cabinet is provided with a first position detection mechanism for sensing the position of the material box bracket.

6. The solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot of claim 5, wherein the first position detection mechanism comprises a first induction piece arranged on the bracket mounting plate and a plurality of first inductors correspondingly arranged below the bearing part; when the first induction piece moves along with the bracket mounting plate, the first inductors at different positions induce the first induction piece to be in place so as to realize the position detection of the material box bracket.

7. The solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot, as set forth in claim 5, characterized in that a connecting baffle is arranged between the bracket mounting plate and the material box bracket, and the connecting baffle comprises a connecting transverse plate and a connecting vertical plate which are formed by bending; the bracket mounting plate is fixed on the inner side of the connecting vertical plate, and the material box bracket is fixed above the connecting transverse plate.

8. The solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot according to claim 5, wherein the turnover mechanism comprises an adsorption base for adsorbing and fixing the bottom of the material box and a turnover arm connected with the adsorption base; the overturning arm is rotatably arranged on the throwing port through an overturning shaft; the control cabinet is internally provided with a driving mechanism for controlling the overturning arm to overturn, and the driving mechanism comprises a second driving motor, a second driving gear, a second driven gear and a second synchronous belt; the second driving gear and the second driven gear are positioned at two ends of the inner side of the second synchronous belt, and the second driving gear is in transmission connection with a second driving motor; the second driven gear is in transmission connection with the overturning shaft.

9. The solid material throwing mechanism of the cooking robot according to claim 8, wherein the control cabinet is further provided with a second position detection mechanism for sensing the turnover mechanism to turn to an original position after the throwing of the materials is completed; the second position detection mechanism comprises a second induction piece and a second inductor, the second induction piece is arranged on the outer side of the second driven gear and rotates along with the second driven gear, and the second inductor is arranged on the control cabinet; the second sensor is used for turning the second sensing piece into position.

10. The mechanism for throwing solid materials into a dish frying robot of claim 8, wherein the adsorption base is provided with at least one electromagnetic chuck.