CN108209644B

CN108209644B - Cooking apparatus and control method of cooking apparatus

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Publication number: CN108209644B
Application number: CN201611153743.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梅若愚; 何柏锋; 陈炜杰; 潘典国; 刘小凯; 周亚
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-12-14
Filing date: 2016-12-14
Publication date: 2023-04-28
Anticipated expiration: 2036-12-14
Also published as: CN108209644A

Abstract

The invention provides a cooking device and a control method of the cooking device, wherein the cooking device comprises: the cleaning device is used for cleaning food materials and comprises a cleaning cylinder, and a feed inlet, a discharge outlet and a drain hole for draining water are arranged on the wall of the cleaning cylinder; the discharging device is connected with the feeding port and is used for conveying food materials into the cleaning cylinder; the drying device is connected with the cleaning cylinder and used for drying the cleaned food materials; the conveying device is connected with the cleaning cylinder and is used for conveying the dried food materials to the cooking body through the discharge port; the cooking body is connected with the transmission device and used for cooking food materials; and the power supply device is used for supplying power to the cooking equipment. According to the technical scheme, a series of operations such as blanking, cleaning, conveying and cooking of food materials such as rice can be automatically realized, and then automatic cooking from blanking to cooking of the food materials such as rice can be realized.

Description

Cooking apparatus and control method of cooking apparatus

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of home appliances, and more particularly, to a cooking apparatus and a control method of the cooking apparatus _。

Background

At present, most of intelligent cooking equipment such as automatic electric rice cooker is of a vertical structure, the whole structure is complicated and huge, and the control principle of the automatic electric rice cooker is complex because of the fact that the functions of feeding, water supply, cleaning and the like are mutually crossed.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art.

To this end, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cooking apparatus.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a control method of a cooking apparatus.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a cooking apparatus, including: the cleaning device is used for cleaning food materials and comprises a cleaning cylinder, wherein a feed inlet, a discharge outlet and a drain hole for draining water are formed in the wall of the cleaning cylinder; the discharging device is connected with the feeding port and used for conveying food materials into the cleaning cylinder; the drying device is connected with the cleaning cylinder and used for drying the cleaned food materials; the conveying device is connected with the cleaning cylinder and is used for conveying the dried food materials to the cooking body through the discharge hole; the cooking body is connected with the transmission device and used for cooking food materials; and the power supply device can be connected to the commercial power to supply power to the cooking equipment by using the commercial power.

According to the cooking equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, rice and other food materials to be cooked can be stored in the blanking device in advance, so that the blanking device can be opened when cooking is needed, the rice and other food materials in the blanking device can be conveyed into the cleaning cylinder through the feeding port, the cleaning device can be used for cleaning the rice and other food materials, after the rice and other food materials are cleaned, water and bubbles in the cleaning cylinder can be discharged through the water discharge holes, the drying device can be started after the water in the cleaning cylinder is almost discharged, the rice and other food materials can be dried by the drying device, and the dried food materials can be conveyed into a pot of a cooking body through the conveying device, such as an inner pot of the electric cooker, so that the rice and other food materials can be immediately cooked or the rice and other food materials can be cooked after the reservation time. According to the technical scheme, a series of operations such as blanking, cleaning, conveying and cooking of food materials such as rice can be automatically realized, and then automatic cooking from blanking to cooking of the food materials such as rice can be realized. On the other hand, since the food such as rice is fed into the cooking body after washing and drying, the food such as rice is not soaked in water before the water is not fed into the cooking body, and thus the food such as rice can be stored in the cooking body for a long time after washing, without worrying about the situation that the food such as rice is soaked or spoiled, and further, the cooking body with a reservation timing function can be provided with an automatic water feeding pipe, so that the water is fed into the cooking body after the reservation timing time is reached by the water pipe, or the water is fed into the cooking body in advance, and the dried food is fed into the cooking body after the reservation timing time is reached, so that the problems that the food such as rice is soaked in water or spoiled due to the reservation timing time of cooking are prevented, and the food such as rice can be stored for a relatively long time after the drying, the food such as rice can be reserved for a long time, and the food such as rice is not easy to spoil the food such as rice can be reserved for a long time, and the problem that the food such as rice is easy to spoil can be spoiled due to the reservation timing for the long time can be solved, and the problem that the food such as the food is easy to spoiled due to the reservation time is solved. The power supply device can be plugged into the mains supply to supply power for the cleaning device, the blanking device, the drying device, the transmission device and the like by utilizing the mains supply, so that the power consumption requirement of the product is ensured.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the cleaning device further includes: the water inlet pipe is communicated with the cleaning cylinder and is used for conveying water required by cleaning food materials to the cleaning cylinder; the stirring assembly comprises a first driver and a stirrer arranged outside the cleaning cylinder, one end of the stirrer is connected with the first driver, the other end of the stirrer stretches into the cleaning cylinder, and the first driver is used for driving the stirrer to stir and clean food materials in the cleaning cylinder.

In this technical scheme, after unloader is inputed rice in the wash bowl, can close unloader, and can open the inlet tube, so that the inlet tube is to the required water of wash bowl interior food material such as wash rice, and after intaking is accomplished, can close the inlet tube, start first driver, so that first driver drive agitator stirs the food material such as rice, in order to realize the automatic stirring washing to food material such as rice, and after wasing and accomplish, the accessible wash port discharges the bubble that most water and the cleaning in-process produced in the wash bowl, afterwards, can utilize drying device to dry food material such as rice, and can utilize conveyer to carry the food material such as rice to the culinary art body through the discharge gate after the stoving, in order to wait for the culinary art of culinary art body.

In addition, other ways can be used for cleaning food materials such as rice in the cleaning cylinder, for example, the cleaning of the food materials can be realized by shaking the cleaning cylinder back and forth.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the cleaning device further includes: the water storage box is connected with the drain hole and used for collecting water drained by the drain hole.

In this technical scheme, can set up a water storage box in the below of wash port to utilize the water storage box to collect the water of washing food materials such as rice, so that can carry out centralized processing to the water of washing food materials such as rice, and then can prevent that the water of washing food materials such as rice from discharging at will and causing the pollution to the environment.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the first driver is a first motor, and the stirrer is a stirring blade.

In this technical scheme, it is preferable that stirring blade is driven to stir and clean food such as rice by the first motor, because the motor is a common driving device and the stirring blade is a common stirring device, the motor and the stirring blade are easy to obtain and have low price, so that the cost of the cleaning device can be reduced, and the total cost of the product is reduced.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the cooking apparatus further includes: the first control valve is arranged between the blanking device and the feed inlet and is used for opening or closing the feed inlet; the second control valve is arranged on the water inlet pipe and used for controlling the opening and closing of the water inlet pipe; and the third control valve is arranged at the discharge port and used for opening or closing the discharge port.

In the technical scheme, a first control valve can be arranged between the discharging device and the feeding port, so that when food materials to be cleaned are required to be added into the cleaning cylinder, the feeding port can be automatically opened and closed by the first control valve, automatic discharging or automatic stopping discharging of the discharging device can be realized, meanwhile, a second control valve can be arranged on the water inlet pipe to automatically control opening and closing of the water inlet pipe, automatic water inlet or automatic water inlet stopping of the cleaning cylinder can be realized through the water inlet pipe, and then, a third control valve can be arranged at the discharging port, so that the opening and closing of the discharging port can be controlled by the third control valve, specifically, in the processes of discharging, cleaning and drying, the discharging port can be closed by the third control valve to prevent the food materials from leaking from the discharging port, and when the food materials are required to be conveyed, the discharging port can be opened by the third control valve to realize conveying of the food materials. This kind of setting realizes switching on and closing of each water pipe and feed inlet, discharge gate etc. through setting up a plurality of control valves to can realize intelligent control of water pipe and feed inlet, discharge gate etc. and then can realize the automated control of product.

Wherein, preferably, the first control valve, the second control valve, the third control valve and the fourth control valve are all solenoid valves, because the control precision of the solenoid valves is high, the work of each part can be accurately controlled.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the drying device includes: a first fan; the first air pipe is connected between the cleaning cylinder and the first fan; the heating device is arranged on the first air pipe and used for heating air in the first air pipe so as to dry food materials; the cleaning device comprises a cleaning cylinder, and is characterized in that a first air port is arranged on the cleaning cylinder and connected with the first air pipe, and a fourth control valve is arranged in the first air port and used for controlling the opening and closing of the first air port.

In this technical scheme, usable first fan and heating device come the stoving food material, specifically, when the food material after the needs stoving washing, can open the fourth control valve to open first wind gap, thereby can utilize first fan to produce wind, then in the wind input wash bowl that will produce through first wind gap, in order to aggravate the circulation of the air in the wash bowl, simultaneously, can set up a heating device on first tuber pipe, in order to heat the wind that first fan produced, thereby can utilize hot-blast to carry out the flash drying to the food material that has washd in the wash bowl.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the conveying device includes a second fan and a second air duct, the second air duct is connected between the cleaning barrel and the second fan, and the second fan is used for blowing air into the cleaning barrel through the second air duct so as to blow food materials from the discharge port to the cooking body; the cleaning cylinder is provided with a second air port, the second air port is connected with the second air pipe, a fifth control valve is arranged in the second air port and used for controlling the opening and closing of the second air port.

In the technical scheme, the second fan can be utilized to blow the washed and dried food materials into the cooking body so as to realize low-cost conveying of the food materials such as rice, wherein, in particular, when the food materials need to be blown, the second air port can be opened through the fifth control valve, so that the air generated by the second fan can enter the washing cylinder through the second air port, and the washed and dried food materials in the washing cylinder can be blown into the cooking body through the discharge port. Of course, the food material such as rice can be transported by a device such as a conveyor belt.

Wherein, preferably, cooking apparatus further comprises: the discharging pipe is connected between the discharging hole and the cooking body.

In this technical scheme, when utilizing the second fan to realize the transport of edible material, can also set up a discharging pipe in discharge gate department to can carry the edible material to the culinary art originally internally through the discharging pipe.

Preferably, the first fan and the second fan are the same fan, the first air port and the second air port are the same air port, and the fourth control valve and the fifth control valve are the same control valve.

The device can utilize the same fan to realize the drying and conveying of food materials such as rice and the like, so that the structure of the cooking equipment can be simplified, the cost of the cooking equipment can be reduced, in particular, the fan and the heating device can be simultaneously started in the drying stage, and in the conveying stage, only the fan can be started, but the heating device is not started.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the cooking apparatus further includes: the water feeding pipe is connected between an external water source and the cooking body and is used for supplying water to the cooking body.

In this technical scheme, a water supply pipe for automatically supplying water can be arranged for the cooking body with the reservation timing function, so that water is added into the cooking body after the reservation timing time is up by utilizing the water supply pipe, and the condition that food materials such as rice are soaked in water and spoiled due to overlong reservation timing time of cooking is prevented. Specifically, a sixth control valve can be arranged on the water supply pipe, so that the automatic opening and closing of the water supply pipe can be controlled by a fifth control method, and the sixth control valve can be connected to the reservation timing assembly of the cooking body, so that water is added into the cooking body after the timing reservation time of the cooking body, the food and water can be separated during the reservation time of the cooking body, the condition that the food such as rice is soaked by water and spoiled due to overlong reservation time of the cooking can be prevented, and the food such as rice is dried and stored for a relatively long time, so that the cooking body can carry out the reservation time for a long time and the food such as rice can not spoil, and the problem that the food such as rice is easy to be spoiled due to the long-time reservation time of the cooking body at present can be solved.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the hole diameter of the drain hole is smaller than the particle diameter of the food material added into the cleaning barrel, and this arrangement can prevent the food material from being discharged from the drain hole, so that waste of the food material can be avoided, and specifically, for example, when the cleaning barrel is used for washing rice, the hole diameter of the drain hole is smaller than the particle diameter of the rice.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the discharging device is a cell feeder, and the cell feeder includes: the device comprises a plurality of dividing measuring cups, wherein a containing cavity is arranged in each dividing measuring cup, a feeding port and a discharging port are arranged on the wall of each containing cavity, and the discharging ports can be communicated with the feeding ports; the plurality of sealing plates are correspondingly and movably covered at the feed openings of the plurality of dividing measuring cups one by one and are used for opening or closing the feed openings; and the second driver is in driving connection with the sealing plates and is used for driving the sealing plates to move so as to open the feed opening.

In the technical scheme, the dividing cup is used for containing food materials such as rice, beans and the like, so that the food materials such as the rice, the beans and the water can be contained in one or more dividing cups, the food materials such as the rice and the beans can be divided into a plurality of parts, the blanking plate is used for opening or closing the blanking opening of the dividing cup under the driving of the second driver, when the dividing feeder is used for feeding operation, the blanking opening of the dividing cup can be closed through the blanking plate in advance, the food materials such as the rice and the beans are added into a plurality of dividing cups through the feeding opening in advance, the second driver can be started to drive the blanking plate to move, namely slide or rotate, so that the blanking opening can be opened, the blanking opening can be discharged, and further automatic discharging of the dividing feeder can be realized. Wherein, specifically, can be through the structure of rationally setting up the second driver to make the second driver open the shrouding in proper order, and then open the cellular graduated flask in proper order, so that the cellular graduated flask discharges in proper order, namely one by one, also the structure of accessible rationally setting up the second driver, so that the second driver can open 2 or 3 or N simultaneously (N is the integer that is greater than 3, and N is less than or equal to the total number of cellular graduated flask) shrouding, and then can open 2 or 3 or N cellular graduated flasks simultaneously, so that 2 or 3 or N cellular graduated flasks discharge simultaneously. It should be noted that the food material may be solid food material such as rice, beans, etc., liquid food material such as water, oil, etc., or solid-liquid mixture.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the cell feeder further includes: and the sealing piece is arranged on the sealing plate or the opening edge of the blanking opening and is used for sealing the blanking opening.

In this technical scheme, can set up a sealing member between shrouding and feed opening to available sealing member makes shrouding sealed lid is adorned on the feed opening, with sealed feed opening, thereby can prevent that the edible material in the dividing measuring cup from revealing from the feed opening.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the second driver is configured to drive the plurality of sealing plates to move sequentially, so as to sequentially open the discharge openings of the plurality of cell measuring cups.

In this technical scheme, the accessible rationally sets up the structure of second driver, so that the second driver can open the shrouding in proper order, and then open the partition graduated flask in proper order, so that the partition graduated flask discharges in proper order, namely one by one, and then in actual process, can be according to the graduated flask number of the food material that actual need adds, and rationally operate the second driver, so that the second driver can drive the shrouding motion in proper order, in order to open the partition graduated flask of corresponding one by one in proper order, so that the food material in the partition graduated flask of one-to-one opening can the one output, and then can realize the ration output of food material, in order to accurately realize the control of the quantity of food material.

Preferably, the structure of the second driver can be further reasonably arranged, so that the second driver can sequentially open the sealing plates in a fixed direction, and then sequentially open the division measuring cups in the fixed direction, so that the division measuring cups can sequentially discharge in the fixed direction, for example, sequentially discharge from left to right or from right to left, the arrangement ensures that the discharge of the division measuring cups has a certain rule, namely, the discharge can be sequentially carried out, and a user can know the relationship between the discharging of the division measuring cups and the movement stroke of the second driver more conveniently, so that the work of the second driver can be controlled more conveniently.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the plurality of sealing plates are mounted on the plurality of division cups in a one-to-one correspondence and rotating manner, and the first ends of the plurality of sealing plates are mounted at the feed openings of the plurality of division cups in a one-to-one correspondence in a covering manner, and the second ends of the plurality of sealing plates extend out of the division cups in a one-to-one correspondence manner; the second driver is matched with the second ends of the sealing plates and is used for driving the sealing plates to rotate so as to open the discharging openings of the dividing measuring cups, and preferably, the second driver is used for driving the sealing plates to rotate in sequence so as to open the discharging openings of the dividing measuring cups in sequence.

In the technical scheme, the bottoms of the plurality of the division measuring cups are hinged with one sealing plate in a one-to-one correspondence manner, the first end cover of each sealing plate is arranged on the discharging opening of the corresponding division measuring cup, and the second end of each sealing plate is provided with a second driver, so that the second driver is utilized to realize the rotation operation of the sealing plates, and then the discharging opening is opened, so that the division measuring cups are discharged. This kind of setting only need with the shrouding articulated on the dividing glass can, and need not set up structures such as spout in the bottom of dividing glass, therefore compare in the slidable mounting of shrouding, can simplify the structure of product, reduce the cost of product.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the second driver includes: a second motor; the driving shaft is in driving connection with the second motor; the eccentric wheels are arranged on the driving shaft at intervals, driving parts are arranged on the eccentric wheels, and the driving parts of the eccentric wheels are matched with the second ends of the sealing plates in a one-to-one correspondence mode so as to drive the second ends of the sealing plates to rotate; wherein the driving portions of the plurality of eccentric wheels are equiangularly distributed in the circumferential direction of the drive shaft.

In this technical scheme, can install the lower extreme at the shrouding with the drive shaft, thereby the drive division jack-up shrouding's of accessible second motor drive eccentric wheel second end, so that the first end of shrouding rotates and then opens the feed opening to the direction of keeping away from the feed opening, and when the quantity of dividing the check graduated flask is a plurality of, can all set up an eccentric wheel at each dividing the check graduated flask that corresponds on same drive shaft, and make the drive division of a plurality of eccentric wheels around the axial equiangular distribution of drive shaft, thereby when utilizing the drive shaft of second motor drive to rotate certain angle, just can open a dividing the check graduated flask so that this dividing the check graduated flask unloading, thereby when the drive shaft has rotated one round, just can make a plurality of dividing the check graduated flasks open one by one in proper order, specifically, for example, when dividing the check graduated flask is 4, the deflection wheel is also 4, can make 4 eccentric wheel's drive division each other be 90 distribution in the drive shaft at this moment, and namely, distribute respectively at 0 °, 90 °, 180 °, this four places are rotated to the drive shaft, thereby the first dividing the check graduated flask can be opened to the first place of the first motor drive shaft, and the second motor drive shaft is rotated to the fourth place, thereby can open the passageway can open the graduated flask, and the passageway can be opened to the material, and the user can open the passageway is rotated to the passageway is just to the passageway through the four, and the passageway is opened, can be opened to the four to the passageway through the division lattice, and can be opened to the four to the division lattice open the passageway through the drive shaft to the division can be opened to the division lattice control and the division can be opened to the division open the division cup to the division open the passageway to the passageway. Meanwhile, when the driving shaft rotates for one circle, the setting is equivalent to that all the cell measuring cups are opened, so that a user can be reminded that the food materials stored in advance are insufficient, and further the user can timely add the food materials.

In the above technical solution, preferably, spline holes are provided on the plurality of eccentric wheels, the driving shaft is a spline shaft, and the plurality of eccentric wheels are mounted on the driving shaft through the spline holes.

In this technical solution, the drive shaft is preferably a spline shaft, and the eccentric wheel can be mounted on the spline shaft through a spline hole, so that the detachable mounting between the eccentric wheel and the drive shaft can be simply and rapidly realized.

In another aspect, the plurality of eccentric gears and the driving shaft are preferably integrally formed.

Of course, the driving shaft and the eccentric wheel can be set into an integral structure, and the mechanical property of the integral structure is good, so that the connection strength between the driving shaft and the eccentric wheel can be improved.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the cell feeder further includes: the sealing plate is rotatably arranged on the dividing measuring cup through the rotating shaft; the torsion spring is sleeved on the rotating shaft and is positioned between the rotating shaft and the dividing measuring cup; one end of the torsion spring is matched with the dividing measuring cup, so that the dividing measuring cup is pressed on the first end of the sealing plate, and the other end of the torsion spring is matched with the sealing plate and used for resetting the sealing plate after the sealing plate rotates.

In this technical scheme, can install the shrouding rotationally on the partition graduated flask through the pivot to overlap between pivot and partition graduated flask and establish a torsional spring, and with the one end of torsional spring support on the partition graduated flask, thereby the torsional spring just can apply a thrust to the partition graduated flask under the effect of inertial force, so that the partition graduated flask can compress tightly on the shrouding, simultaneously, can support the other end of torsional spring on the second end of shrouding, thereby when utilizing the second end rotation of second driver drive shrouding, the second end of shrouding just can revolute the pivot rotation, thereby the second end of shrouding just can compress the torsional spring, in order to make the torsional spring take place elastic deformation, and then after the drive force disappears, the second end of shrouding just can make the first end of shrouding reset and lid dress on the feed opening under the effect of inertial force of torsional spring.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the number of the division measuring cups is plural, and the number of the sealing plates is identical to the number of the division measuring cups.

In this technical scheme, the quantity of division graduated flask is a plurality of to can utilize a plurality of division graduated flasks to store more food material simultaneously, so that the user can once only store more food material, thereby can reduce the number of times that the user adds food material in the division graduated flask, in order to reduce user's operation, and then can improve user experience. The blanking plates are used for closing or opening the blanking openings of the division measuring cups, so that the quantity of the blanking plates is consistent with that of the division measuring cups, each division measuring cup is provided with a special blanking plate, and then the blanking openings of each division measuring cup can be opened or closed by the aid of the blanking plates.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the shape and the size of the plurality of the cell measuring cups are identical.

In this technical scheme, the shape size of a plurality of division measuring cups is unanimous, and the capacity of every division measuring cup is the same promptly to can equally divide into a plurality of equal parts with edible material, and then can realize the ration of edible material, add by the ration, so on the one hand can measure the how much of edible material through the part, in order to do benefit to the measurement of edible material, on the other hand when mixing with other edible materials in the follow-up, can directly carry out the ratio to multiple edible material according to the part, and then more do benefit to the mediation of edible material.

In the above technical solution, preferably, each of the plurality of the divided measuring cups is a funnel.

In this technical scheme, the dividing measuring cup is the funnel to can realize the automatic row material of edible material, and then more do benefit to the discharge of edible material.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the plurality of the cell measuring cups are in an integrated structure.

In this technical scheme, can set up a plurality of cellular measuring cups into integral type structure, because this kind of setting can make a plurality of cellular measuring cups become a whole, and then remove and wash simultaneously between a plurality of measuring cups very much, simultaneously, this kind of setting can once only install a plurality of cellular measuring cups to the top of a plurality of shrouding simultaneously, and need not install a plurality of cellular measuring cups to the shrouding one by one, therefore can reduce the installation procedure of product, and in addition this kind of setting can make a plurality of cellular measuring cups contact each other, therefore can make a plurality of cellular measuring cups distribute compacter, therefore can reduce the whole volume of product relatively. In addition, a plurality of the dividing measuring cups can be integrally manufactured for batch production, so that the production and processing cost of the product is reduced, and the production and processing efficiency of the product is improved.

In the above technical solution, preferably, a plurality of the cell measuring cups are arranged side by side in a lateral direction.

In this technical scheme, a plurality of division measuring cups transversely set up rectangular shape side by side, and preferably, a plurality of division volume is vertical to be placed to can arrange a plurality of shrouding at the bottom of division measuring cup and rectangular shape, and then can utilize a horizontal axle and a plurality of eccentric wheels of setting up above that to realize opening of the feed opening of a plurality of division measuring cups side by side in proper order, this kind of setting can simplify the structure of product, and more does benefit to the realization of the function of product.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the cooking device is an electric cooker, an electric pressure cooker, an electric stew pot, an electric steamer or a soymilk machine, and of course, the cooking device may also be other structures besides the electric cooker and the electric pressure cooker, which are not listed herein.

An embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention provides a control method of a cooking apparatus, including: conveying the food materials to a cleaning device by utilizing a blanking device; the cleaning device is utilized to clean the food materials added into the cleaning device; drying the cleaned food materials by using a drying device; and the dried food materials are transmitted to the cooking body by utilizing the transmission device.

According to the control method of the cooking equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, rice and other food materials to be cooked can be stored in the blanking device in advance, so that when the rice and other food materials in the blanking device are required to be cooked, the blanking device can be opened to convey the rice and other food materials into the cleaning cylinder through the feeding port, the cleaning device can be used for cleaning the rice and other food materials, after the rice and other food materials are cleaned, water and bubbles in the cleaning cylinder can be discharged through the water discharge holes in the cleaning device, the drying device can be started after the water in the cleaning cylinder is almost discharged, the rice and other food materials can be dried through the drying device, and the dried food materials can be conveyed into the pot of the cooking body through the conveying device, such as the inner pot of the electric cooker, so that the rice and other food materials can be cooked immediately or the rice and other food materials can be cooked after the reservation time. According to the technical scheme, a series of operations such as blanking, cleaning, conveying and cooking of food materials such as rice can be automatically realized, and then automatic cooking from blanking to cooking of the food materials such as rice can be realized. On the other hand, since the food such as rice is fed into the cooking body after washing and drying, the food such as rice is not soaked in water before the water is not fed into the cooking body, and thus the food such as rice can be stored in the cooking body for a long time after washing, without worrying about the situation that the food such as rice is soaked or spoiled, and further, the cooking body with a reservation timing function can be provided with an automatic water feeding pipe, so that the water is fed into the cooking body after the reservation timing time is reached by the water pipe, or the water is fed into the cooking body in advance, and the dried food is fed into the cooking body after the reservation timing time is reached, so that the problems that the food such as rice is soaked in water or spoiled due to the reservation timing time of cooking are prevented, and the food such as rice can be stored for a relatively long time after the drying, the food such as rice can be reserved for a long time, and the food such as rice is not easy to spoil the food such as rice can be reserved for a long time, and the problem that the food such as rice is easy to spoil can be spoiled due to the reservation timing for the long time can be solved, and the problem that the food such as the food is easy to spoiled due to the reservation time is solved.

In the above aspect, preferably, the step of cleaning the food materials added to the cleaning device by the cleaning device includes: controlling a water inlet pipe to add water into the cleaning device; and stirring the food materials by using a stirring assembly.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the step of transmitting the dried food material to the cooking body by using the transmission device specifically includes: and blowing the cleaned food materials to the cooking body by using a fan.

In the technical scheme, the fan can be used for blowing the cleaned and dried food materials into the cooking body so as to realize low-cost conveying of the food materials such as rice, and naturally, the food materials such as rice can also be conveyed by using devices such as a conveying belt.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the control method of the cooking apparatus further includes: and adding water into the cooking body by using a water supply pipe.

In the technical scheme, the water supply pipe can be arranged on the cooking body and connected to an external water source, so that the water of the external water source can be automatically added into the cooking body by utilizing the water supply pipe.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the step of adding water into the cooking body by using a water supply pipe includes: and adding water into the cooking body by using a water supply pipe after a preset time.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is another structural schematic view of a cooking apparatus provided according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a blanking device of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is another structural schematic diagram of a discharging device of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of still another structure of a discharging device of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of still another structure of a discharging device of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a driving shaft and an eccentric of a discharging device of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The correspondence between the reference numerals and the component names in fig. 1 to 7 is:

the device comprises a blanking device, a 11-grid measuring cup, a 112 accommodating cavity, a 114 feeding hole, a 116 discharging hole, a 12 sealing plate, a 13 second motor, a 14 driving shaft, a 15 eccentric wheel, a 152 driving part, a 16 rotating shaft, a 17 torsion spring, a 2 cleaning device, a 22 cleaning cylinder, a 221 feeding hole, a 222 first control valve, a 223 discharging hole, a 224 third control valve, a 225 air inlet, a 226 fourth control valve, a 24 first motor, a 26 stirring blade, a 28 water storage box, a 32 fan, a 34 air pipe, a 4 heating device, a 5 water inlet pipe, a 52 second control valve and a 6 discharging pipe.

Detailed Description

In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and appended detailed description. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments of the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced otherwise than as described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

A cooking apparatus provided according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 7.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a cooking apparatus, including: the cleaning device 2 is used for cleaning food materials and comprises a cleaning cylinder 22, wherein a feed inlet 221, a discharge outlet 223 and a drain hole for draining water are arranged on the wall of the cleaning cylinder 22; a discharging device 1 connected with the feeding port 221 and used for conveying food materials into the cleaning cylinder 22; the drying device is connected with the cleaning cylinder 22 and is used for drying the cleaned food materials; the conveying device is connected with the cleaning cylinder 22 and is used for conveying the dried food materials to the cooking body through the discharge hole 223; the cooking body is connected with the transmission device and used for cooking food materials; and the power supply device can be connected to the commercial power to supply power to the cooking equipment by using the commercial power.

According to the cooking apparatus provided by the embodiment of the invention, rice and other food materials to be cooked can be stored in the blanking device 1 in advance, so that when cooking is required, the blanking device 1 can be opened to convey the rice and other food materials in the blanking device 1 into the cleaning cylinder 22 through the feeding hole 221, so that the cleaning device 2 can be used for cleaning the rice and other food materials, after the rice and other food materials are cleaned, water and bubbles in the cleaning cylinder 22 can be discharged through the water discharge holes, the drying device can be started almost after the water in the cleaning cylinder 22 is discharged, the rice and other food materials can be dried through the drying device, and the dried food materials can be conveyed into a pot of a cooking body, such as an inner pot of an electric cooker, so that the rice and other food materials can be cooked immediately or the rice and other food materials can be cooked after the reservation time. According to the embodiment, on one hand, a series of operations of discharging, cleaning, conveying, cooking and the like of food materials such as rice and the like can be automatically realized, and further, the automatic cooking from discharging to cooking of the food materials such as rice and the like can be realized, meanwhile, the food materials such as rice and the like are cleaned and dried and then are independently conveyed to a cooking body, and the food materials such as rice and the like are not required to be mixed and conveyed together with water as in the prior art, so that a series of problems such as poor sealing, low reliability and the like caused by mixing and conveying of the food materials such as rice and the like together with water can be avoided, and the reliability of products can be ensured; on the other hand, since the food such as rice is fed into the cooking body after washing and drying, the food such as rice is not soaked in water before the water is not fed into the cooking body, and thus the food such as rice can be stored in the cooking body for a long time after washing, without worrying about the situation that the food such as rice is soaked or spoiled, and further, the cooking body with a reservation timing function can be provided with an automatic water feeding pipe, so that the water is fed into the cooking body after the reservation timing time is reached by the water pipe, or the water is fed into the cooking body in advance, and the dried food is fed into the cooking body after the reservation timing time is reached, so that the problems that the food such as rice is soaked in water or spoiled due to the reservation timing time of cooking are prevented, and the food such as rice can be stored for a relatively long time after the drying, the food such as rice can be reserved for a long time, and the food such as rice is not easy to spoil the food such as rice can be reserved for a long time, and the problem that the food such as rice is easy to spoil can be spoiled due to the reservation timing for the long time can be solved, and the problem that the food such as the food is easy to spoiled due to the reservation time is solved. The power supply device can be plugged into the commercial power to supply power to the cleaning device 2, the blanking device 1, the drying device, the transmission device and the like by using the commercial power, so as to ensure the power consumption requirement of the product.

In the above-described embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cleaning device 2 preferably further includes: a water inlet pipe 5 communicated with the cleaning cylinder 22 for conveying water required for cleaning the food material to the cleaning cylinder 22; the stirring assembly comprises a first driver and a stirrer arranged outside the cleaning cylinder 22, one end of the stirrer is connected with the first driver, the other end of the stirrer stretches into the cleaning cylinder 22, and the first driver is used for driving the stirrer to stir and clean food materials in the cleaning cylinder.

In this embodiment, after the blanking device 1 inputs rice into the cleaning cylinder 22, the blanking device 1 may be closed, and the water inlet pipe 5 may be opened, so that the water inlet pipe 5 conveys water required for cleaning rice and other food materials into the cleaning cylinder 22, after the water inlet is completed, the water inlet pipe 5 may be closed, the first driver may be started, so that the first driver drives the stirrer to stir the rice and other food materials, so as to realize automatic stirring and cleaning of the rice and other food materials, and after the cleaning is completed, most of water in the cleaning cylinder 22 and bubbles generated in the cleaning process may be discharged through the water discharge hole, after that, the rice and other food materials may be dried by the drying device, and after the drying, the rice and other food materials may be conveyed to the cooking body through the discharge hole 223 by the conveying device, so as to wait for cooking of the cooking body.

In addition, other methods may be used to clean the food materials such as rice in the cleaning barrel 22, for example, the cleaning of the food materials may be achieved by shaking the cleaning barrel 22 back and forth.

In the above-described embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cleaning device 2 further includes: and the water storage box 28 is connected with the water drain hole and used for collecting water discharged by the water drain hole.

In this embodiment, a water storage box 28 may be disposed below the drain hole, so that water for washing rice and other food materials can be collected by using the water storage box 28, so that water for washing rice and other food materials can be intensively treated, and further, water for washing rice and other food materials can be prevented from being discharged at will to pollute the environment.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first driver is a first motor 24 and the agitator is an agitating blade 26.

In this embodiment, the first motor 24 is preferably used to drive the stirring blade 26 to stir and clean the food such as rice, because the motor is a common driving device and the stirring blade 26 is a common stirring device, the motor and the stirring blade 26 are easy to obtain and have low price, and thus the cost of the cleaning device 2 can be reduced, so as to reduce the total cost of the product.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cooking apparatus further includes: a first control valve 222 provided between the discharging device 1 and the inlet 221 for opening or closing the inlet 221; a second control valve 52 provided on the water inlet pipe 5 for controlling the opening and closing of the water inlet pipe 5; a third control valve 224 is provided at the discharge port 223 for opening or closing the discharge port 223.

In this embodiment, a first control valve 222 may be disposed between the discharging device 1 and the feeding port 221, so that when the food to be cleaned needs to be added into the cleaning cylinder 22, the feeding port 221 may be automatically opened and closed by the first control valve 222, so as to realize automatic discharging or automatic stopping of the discharging device 1, meanwhile, a second control valve 52 may be disposed on the water inlet pipe 5 to automatically control opening and closing of the water inlet pipe 5, so as to realize automatic water feeding or automatic stopping of the cleaning cylinder 22 through the water inlet pipe 5, and then, a third control valve 224 may be disposed at the discharging port 223, so that the opening and closing of the discharging port 223 may be controlled by the third control valve 224, specifically, during the processes of discharging, cleaning and drying, the discharging port 223 may be closed by the third control valve 224, so as to prevent the food from leaking from the discharging port 223, and when the food needs to be conveyed, the discharging port 223 may be opened by the third control valve 224, so as to realize conveyance of the food. This kind of setting realizes switching on and closing of each water pipe and feed inlet 221, discharge gate 223 etc. through setting up a plurality of control valves to can realize intelligent control of water pipe and feed inlet 221, discharge gate 223 etc. and then can realize the automated control of product promptly.

Among them, it is preferable that the first control valve 222, the second control valve 52, the third control valve 224, and the fourth control valve 226 are all solenoid valves because the control accuracy of the solenoid valves is high, and thus the operations of the respective parts can be precisely controlled.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the drying device includes: a first fan; a first air duct connected between the cleaning drum 22 and the first fan; the heating device 4 is arranged on the first air pipe and used for heating the air in the first air pipe so as to dry the food materials; wherein, be provided with first wind gap on the wash bowl 22, first wind gap is connected with first tuber pipe, is provided with fourth control valve 226 in the first wind gap, and fourth control valve 226 is used for controlling opening and closing of first wind gap.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the fan 32 and the heating device 4 may be used to heat the dried food, specifically, when the washed food needs to be dried, the fourth control valve 226 may be opened to open the air port 225, so that the fan 32 may be used to generate air, and then the generated air is input into the washing drum 22 through the air port 225 to intensify the circulation of air in the washing drum 22, and at the same time, the heating device 4 may be provided on the air duct 34 to heat the air generated by the fan 32, so that the washed food in the washing drum 22 can be dried quickly by using hot air.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the conveying device includes a second blower and a second air duct, the second air duct is connected between the cleaning drum 22 and the second blower, and the second blower is used for blowing air into the cleaning drum 22 through the second air duct so as to blow the food material from the discharge port 223 to the cooking body; wherein, be provided with the second wind gap on the wash bowl 22, the second wind gap is connected with the second tuber pipe, is provided with the fifth control valve in the second wind gap, and the fifth control valve is used for controlling opening and closing of second wind gap.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the fan 32 may be used to blow the washed and dried food material into the cooking body to achieve low-cost transportation of the food material such as rice, wherein, specifically, when the food material needs to be blown, the air port 225 may be opened by the fourth control valve (the same valve as the fifth control valve), so that the air generated by the fan 32 can enter into the washing tub 22 through the air port 225 to blow the washed and dried food material in the washing tub 22 into the cooking body through the discharge port 223. Of course, the food material such as rice can be transported by a device such as a conveyor belt.

The above arrangement can utilize the same blower 32 to realize the drying and conveying of the food materials such as rice and the like, thereby simplifying the structure of the cooking apparatus and reducing the cost of the cooking apparatus, specifically, the blower 32 and the heating device 4 can be simultaneously turned on in the drying stage, and only the blower 32 can be turned on in the conveying stage without turning on the heating device 4.

Wherein, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cooking apparatus further comprises: and a discharge pipe 6 connected between the discharge hole 223 and the cooking body.

In this solution, when the second fan is used to convey the food material, a discharge pipe 6 may be further disposed at the discharge port 223, so that the food material can be conveyed into the cooking body through the discharge pipe 6.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the cooking apparatus further includes: the water supply pipe is connected between an external water source and the cooking body and is used for supplying water to the cooking body.

In this embodiment, an automatic water supply pipe may be provided to the cooking body having the reservation timing function, so that water is supplied to the cooking body after the reservation timing time is reached by using the water supply pipe, thereby preventing the food materials such as rice from being soaked with water, from being spoiled or deteriorated due to the excessively long reservation timing time of cooking. Specifically, a sixth control valve can be arranged on the water supply pipe, so that the automatic opening and closing of the water supply pipe can be controlled by a fifth control method, and the sixth control valve can be connected to the reservation timing assembly of the cooking body, so that water is added into the cooking body after the timing reservation time of the cooking body, the food and water can be separated during the reservation time of the cooking body, the condition that the food such as rice is soaked by water and spoiled due to overlong reservation time of the cooking can be prevented, and the food such as rice is dried and stored for a relatively long time, so that the cooking body can carry out the reservation time for a long time and the food such as rice can not spoil, and the problem that the food such as rice is easy to be spoiled due to the long-time reservation time of the cooking body at present can be solved.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the hole diameter of the drain hole is smaller than the particle diameter of the food material added to the washing tub 22, and this arrangement can prevent the food material from being discharged from the drain hole, and thus can avoid waste of the food material, specifically, for example, the hole diameter of the drain hole is made smaller than the particle diameter of the rice when washing the rice with the washing tub 22.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, the discharging device 1 is a cell feeder including: the cell measuring cups 11 are internally provided with accommodating cavities 112, walls of the accommodating cavities 112 are provided with a feeding port 114 and a discharging port 116, and the discharging port 116 can be communicated with a feeding port 221; the plurality of sealing plates 12 are correspondingly and movably covered at the feed openings 116 of the plurality of the dividing measuring cups 11 one by one and are used for opening or closing the feed openings 116; and the second driver is in driving connection with the plurality of sealing plates 12 and is used for driving the plurality of sealing plates 12 to move so as to open the feed opening 116.

In this embodiment, the dividing cup 11 is used for containing food materials such as rice, beans, water and the like, so that the food materials such as rice, beans, water and the like can be contained in one or more dividing cups 11, that is, the food materials such as rice, beans and the like can be divided into multiple parts, and the sealing plate 12 is used for opening or closing the feed opening 116 of the dividing cup 11 under the driving of the second driver, so that when the dividing feeder is used for feeding operation, the feed opening 116 of the dividing cup 11 can be closed in advance through the sealing plate 12, and the food materials such as rice, beans and the like are added into the plurality of dividing cups 11 through the feed opening 114 in advance, and then the second driver can be started to drive the sealing plate 12 to move, that is, slide or rotate, so that the feed opening 116 can be opened, so that the automatic discharge output quantity of the dividing feeder can be realized, and meanwhile, the embodiment can realize accurate quantitative output of the food materials by reasonably setting the quantity of the sealing plate 12 to control the open dividing cup 11. Specifically, the structure of the second driver can be set reasonably, so that the second driver can sequentially open the sealing plates 12 and sequentially open the cell measuring cups 11, so that the cell measuring cups 11 sequentially discharge, namely, one by one, and the structure of the second driver can be set reasonably, so that the second driver can simultaneously open 2 or 3 or N sealing plates 12 (N is an integer greater than 3 and N is less than or equal to the total number of the cell measuring cups 11), and then can simultaneously open 2 or 3 or N cell measuring cups 11, so that 2 or 3 or N cell measuring cups 11 can simultaneously discharge. It should be noted that the food material may be solid food material such as rice, beans, etc., liquid food material such as water, oil, etc., or solid-liquid mixture.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 2, the cell feeder further includes: and a sealing member provided on the sealing plate 12 or on the edge of the feed opening 116 for sealing the feed opening 116.

In this embodiment, a seal may be provided between the cover plate 12 and the feed opening 116 such that the seal may be used to seal the cover plate 12 against the feed opening 116 to seal the feed opening 116 and thereby prevent the food material in the cell cup 11 from leaking from the feed opening 116.

In the above embodiment, the second driver is preferably used to drive the plurality of sealing plates 12 to sequentially move to sequentially open the discharge ports 116 of the plurality of cell measuring cups 11.

In this embodiment, the structure of second driver is rationally set up to make the second driver can open shrouding 12 in proper order, and then open the cellular graduated flask 11 in proper order, so that cellular graduated flask 11 ejection of compact in proper order, namely ejection of compact one by one, and then in actual process, the graduated flask number of the edible material that can add according to actual need, and rationally operate the second driver, so that the second driver can drive shrouding 12 motion in proper order, in order to open the cellular graduated flask 11 of corresponding one by one in proper order, so that the edible material in the cellular graduated flask 11 of one by one is output one by one, and then can realize the ration output of edible material, in order to accurately realize the control of the quantity of edible material.

Preferably, the structure of the second driver is further reasonably arranged, so that the second driver can sequentially open the sealing plates 12 according to a fixed direction, and sequentially open the division measuring cups 11 according to the fixed direction, so that the division measuring cups 11 sequentially discharge according to the fixed direction, for example, sequentially discharge from left to right or from right to left, and the arrangement ensures that the discharge of the division measuring cups 11 has a certain rule, namely, the discharge can be sequentially carried out, thereby being more convenient for a user to know the relationship between the discharging of the division measuring cups 11 and the movement stroke of the second driver, and further being more beneficial to controlling the work of the second driver.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the plurality of sealing plates 12 are mounted on the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 in a one-to-one correspondence and rotationally, and the first ends of the plurality of sealing plates 12 are covered at the feed openings 116 of the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 in a one-to-one correspondence, and the second ends of the plurality of sealing plates 12 extend out of the cell measuring cups 11 in a one-to-one correspondence; the second driver is matched with the second ends of the plurality of sealing plates 12 and is used for driving the plurality of sealing plates 12 to rotate so as to open the feed openings 116 of the plurality of the cell measuring cups 11, and preferably, the second driver is used for driving the plurality of the sealing plates 12 to rotate sequentially so as to open the feed openings 116 of the plurality of the cell measuring cups 11 sequentially.

In this embodiment, a sealing plate 12 may be hinged to the bottoms of the plurality of division cups 11 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and a first end of each sealing plate 12 is capped on the discharging opening 116 of the corresponding division cup 11, and a second driver is disposed at a second end of the sealing plate 12, so that the second driver is used to implement the rotation operation of the sealing plate 12, and further, the opening of the discharging opening 116 is implemented, so that the division cups 11 are discharged. This kind of setting only need with shrouding 12 articulated on dividing the check graduated flask 11 can, and need not set up structures such as spout in dividing the bottom of check graduated flask 11, therefore compare in the slidable mounting of shrouding 12, can simplify the structure of product, reduce the cost of product.

In the above-described embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 2 to 7, the second driver includes: a second motor 13; a drive shaft 14 drivingly connected to the second motor 13; the eccentric wheels 15 are arranged on the driving shaft 14 at intervals, the driving parts 152 are arranged on the eccentric wheels 15, and the driving parts 152 of the eccentric wheels 15 are matched with the second ends of the sealing plates 12 in a one-to-one correspondence manner so as to drive the second ends of the sealing plates 12 to rotate; wherein the driving portions 152 of the plurality of eccentric wheels 15 are equiangularly distributed in the circumferential direction of the driving shaft 14.

In this embodiment, the driving shaft 14 may be mounted at the lower end of the sealing plate 12, so that the driving portion 152 of the eccentric wheel 15 may be driven by the second motor 13 to jack up the second end of the sealing plate 12, so that the first end of the sealing plate 12 rotates in a direction away from the blanking port 116 to open the blanking port 116, and when the number of the division cups 11 is multiple, an eccentric wheel 15 may be disposed on the same driving shaft 14 corresponding to each division cup 11, and the driving portions 152 of the multiple eccentric wheels 15 are equiangularly distributed around the axial direction of the driving shaft 14, so that when the driving shaft 14 is driven by the second motor 13 to rotate by a certain angle, one division cup 11 may be opened to make the division cups 11 perform blanking, so that when the driving shaft 14 rotates for one round, the division cups 11 may be sequentially opened one by one, so that the division cups 11 may be sequentially subjected to blanking, specifically, for example, when the number of the dividing cups 11 is 4, the number of the deflection wheels is also 4, and at this time, the driving portions 152 of the 4 eccentric wheels 15 may be distributed at 90 ° on the driving shaft 14, that is, at four positions of 0 °, 90 °, 180 °, and 270 respectively, so that when the driving shaft 14 rotates to 0 °, the dividing cup 11 can be opened, when the driving shaft 14 rotates to 90 °, the dividing cup 11 can be opened, when the driving shaft 14 rotates to 180 °, the dividing cup 11 can be opened, and when the driving shaft 14 rotates to 270 °, the dividing cup 11 can be opened, and then the dividing cups 11 can be opened one by one, so that in the feeding process, a user can reasonably control the opening number of the dividing cups 11 through the rotation angle of the driving shaft 14, and further accurately control the amount of food. Meanwhile, when the driving shaft 14 rotates for one circle, the arrangement is equivalent to that all the cell measuring cups 11 are opened, so that the user can be reminded that the pre-stored food materials are insufficient, and further, the user can add the food materials in time.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 3, a spline hole is provided on the plurality of eccentric wheels 15, the driving shaft 14 is a spline shaft, and the plurality of eccentric wheels 15 are mounted on the driving shaft 14 through the spline hole.

In this embodiment, the drive shaft 14 is preferably a spline shaft, and the eccentric 15 may be mounted on the spline shaft through a spline hole, whereby the detachable mounting between the eccentric 15 and the drive shaft 14 can be achieved simply and quickly.

In another embodiment, the plurality of eccentric wheels 15 are preferably of unitary construction with the drive shaft 14.

Of course, the driving shaft 14 and the eccentric wheel 15 can be set into an integral structure, and the mechanical property of the integral structure is good, so that the connection strength between the driving shaft 14 and the eccentric wheel 15 can be improved, and in addition, the driving shaft 14 and the eccentric wheel 15 can be integrally manufactured for batch production, so that the production and processing cost is reduced, and the production and processing efficiency is improved.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 2, the cell feeder further includes: a rotating shaft 16, and the sealing plate 12 is rotatably arranged on the dividing measuring cup 11 through the rotating shaft 16; the torsion spring 17 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 16 and is positioned between the rotating shaft 16 and the dividing measuring cup 11; one end of the torsion spring 17 is matched with the cell measuring cup 11, so that the cell measuring cup 11 is pressed on the first end of the sealing plate 12, and the other end of the torsion spring 17 is matched with the sealing plate 12, so that the sealing plate 12 is reset after the sealing plate 12 rotates.

In this embodiment, the sealing plate 12 may be rotatably mounted on the cell measuring cup 11 through the rotating shaft 16, and a torsion spring 17 is sleeved between the rotating shaft 16 and the cell measuring cup 11, and one end of the torsion spring 17 abuts against the cell measuring cup 11, so that the torsion spring 17 can apply a pushing force to the cell measuring cup 11 under the action of inertia force, so that the cell measuring cup 11 can be pressed against the sealing plate 12, and at the same time, the other end of the torsion spring 17 may abut against the second end of the sealing plate 12, so that when the second end of the sealing plate 12 is driven to rotate by the second driver, the second end of the sealing plate 12 can rotate around the rotating shaft 16, so that the second end of the sealing plate 12 compresses the torsion spring 17, so that the torsion spring 17 is elastically deformed, and after the driving force disappears, the second end of the sealing plate 12 can reset the first end of the sealing plate 12 under the action of inertia force of the torsion spring 17 and cover the blanking hole 116.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 6, the number of the cell measuring cups 11 is plural, and the number of the sealing plates 12 is identical to the number of the cell measuring cups 11.

In this embodiment, the number of the division measuring cups 11 is multiple, so that more food materials can be stored simultaneously by utilizing the division measuring cups 11, so that a user can store more food materials at one time, the number of times that the user adds food materials into the division measuring cups 11 can be reduced, the operation of the user can be reduced, and the user experience can be improved. The sealing plates 12 are used for closing or opening the feed openings 116 of the cell measuring cups 11, so that the number of the sealing plates 12 is consistent with that of the cell measuring cups 11, each cell measuring cup 11 is provided with a special sealing plate 12, and the feed openings 116 of each cell measuring cup 11 can be opened or closed by using the sealing plates 12.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 are uniform in shape and size as shown in fig. 6.

In this embodiment, the shapes and sizes of the plurality of dividing cups 11 are consistent, that is, the capacity of each dividing cup 11 is the same, so that the food material can be equally divided into a plurality of equal parts, and further the quantitative and quantitative addition of the food material can be realized, so that on one hand, the quantity of the food material can be metered through the parts, the metering of the food material is facilitated, and on the other hand, when the food material is mixed with other food materials, the mixture ratio of the plurality of food materials can be directly carried out according to the parts, and further the mixing of the food materials is facilitated.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 are each a funnel.

In this embodiment, the dividing measuring cup 11 is a funnel, so that automatic discharging of food materials can be realized, and further, the food materials can be discharged more conveniently.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 are of a unitary structure as shown in fig. 5.

In this embodiment, the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 can be arranged in an integrated structure because the arrangement enables the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 to be integrated and thus facilitates the simultaneous movement and cleaning between the plurality of measuring cups, and simultaneously, the arrangement enables the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 to be simultaneously mounted above the plurality of sealing plates 12 at one time without mounting the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 one by one to the sealing plates 12, thereby enabling the reduction of the mounting process of the product, and the arrangement enables the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 to be in contact with each other, thereby enabling the plurality of cell measuring cups 11 to be distributed more compactly and thus enabling the relative reduction of the overall volume of the product. In addition, a plurality of the dividing measuring cups 11 can be integrally manufactured for mass production, so that the production and processing cost of products is reduced, and the production and processing efficiency of the products is improved.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, a plurality of cell measuring cups 11 are arranged laterally side by side.

In this embodiment, the plurality of division cups 11 are transversely arranged side by side in a strip shape, and preferably, the plurality of division cups are vertically arranged, so that the plurality of sealing plates 12 can be arranged in the strip shape at the bottom of the division cups 11, and then the plurality of parallel division cups 11 can be sequentially opened by utilizing a transverse shaft and the plurality of eccentric wheels 15 arranged on the transverse shaft, and the arrangement can simplify the structure of the product and is more beneficial to the realization of the functions of the product.

In the above embodiment, the cooking apparatus is preferably an electric rice cooker, an electric pressure cooker, an electric stew pot, an electric steamer or a soymilk machine, but of course, the cooking apparatus may be other structures than the electric rice cooker and the electric pressure cooker, which are not listed here.

As shown in fig. 8, an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention provides a control method of a cooking apparatus, including: step 802, conveying food materials to a cleaning device by utilizing a blanking device; step 804, cleaning the food materials added into the cleaning device by using the cleaning device; step 806, drying the cleaned food materials by using a drying device; step 808, the dried food material is transferred to the cooking body by using the transfer device.

According to the control method of the cooking equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, rice and other food materials to be cooked can be stored in the blanking device in advance, so that when the rice and other food materials in the blanking device are required to be cooked, the blanking device can be opened to convey the rice and other food materials into the cleaning cylinder through the feeding port, the cleaning device can be used for cleaning the rice and other food materials, after the rice and other food materials are cleaned, water and bubbles in the cleaning cylinder can be discharged through the water discharge holes in the cleaning device, the drying device can be started after the water in the cleaning cylinder is almost discharged, the rice and other food materials can be dried through the drying device, and the dried food materials can be conveyed into the pot of the cooking body through the conveying device, such as the inner pot of the electric cooker, so that the rice and other food materials can be cooked immediately or the rice and other food materials can be cooked after the reservation time. According to the embodiment, on one hand, a series of operations of discharging, cleaning, conveying, cooking and the like of food materials such as rice and the like can be automatically realized, and further, the automatic cooking from discharging to cooking of the food materials such as rice and the like can be realized, meanwhile, the food materials such as rice and the like are cleaned and dried and then are independently conveyed to a cooking body, and the food materials such as rice and the like are not required to be mixed and conveyed together with water as in the prior art, so that a series of problems such as poor sealing, low reliability and the like caused by mixing and conveying of the food materials such as rice and the like together with water can be avoided, and the reliability of products can be ensured; on the other hand, since the food such as rice is fed into the cooking body after washing and drying, the food such as rice is not soaked in water before the water is not fed into the cooking body, and thus the food such as rice can be stored in the cooking body for a long time after washing, without worrying about the situation that the food such as rice is soaked or spoiled, and further, the cooking body with a reservation timing function can be provided with an automatic water feeding pipe, so that the water is fed into the cooking body after the reservation timing time is reached by the water pipe, or the water is fed into the cooking body in advance, and the dried food is fed into the cooking body after the reservation timing time is reached, so that the problems that the food such as rice is soaked in water or spoiled due to the reservation timing time of cooking are prevented, and the food such as rice can be stored for a relatively long time after the drying, the food such as rice can be reserved for a long time, and the food such as rice is not easy to spoil the food such as rice can be reserved for a long time, and the problem that the food such as rice is easy to spoil can be spoiled due to the reservation timing for the long time can be solved, and the problem that the food such as the food is easy to spoiled due to the reservation time is solved.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the step of washing the food material fed into the washing device with the washing device includes: controlling a water inlet pipe to add water into the cleaning device; and stirring the food materials by using a stirring assembly.

In this embodiment, after the discharging device inputs rice into the cleaning cylinder, the discharging device may be closed, and the water inlet pipe may be opened, so that the water inlet pipe conveys water required for cleaning rice and other food materials into the cleaning cylinder, and after water inlet is completed, the water inlet pipe may be closed, and the first driver may be started, so that the first driver drives the stirrer to stir the rice and other food materials, so as to realize automatic stirring and cleaning of the rice and other food materials, and after cleaning is completed, most of water in the cleaning cylinder and bubbles generated in the cleaning process may be discharged through the water discharge hole, after that, the rice and other food materials may be dried by the drying device, and after drying, the rice and other food materials may be conveyed to the cooking body through the discharge hole by the conveying device, so as to wait for cooking of the cooking body.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the step of conveying the dried food material to the cooking body by using the conveying device specifically includes: and blowing the cleaned food materials to the cooking body by using a fan.

In this embodiment, the fan may be used to blow the washed and dried food material into the cooking body, so as to achieve low-cost transportation of the food material such as rice, and of course, the transportation of the food material such as rice may also be achieved by means of a conveyor belt or the like.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the control method of the cooking apparatus further includes: water is added into the cooking body by using the water feeding pipe.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the step of adding water into the cooking body using the water supply pipe includes: and adding water into the cooking body by using the water supply pipe after the preset time.

In the description of the present specification, the terms "connected," "mounted," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the description of the present specification, the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "particular embodiments," and the like, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in multiple embodiments or examples of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cooking apparatus, comprising:

the cleaning device is used for cleaning food materials and comprises a cleaning cylinder, wherein a feed inlet, a discharge outlet and a drain hole for draining water are formed in the wall of the cleaning cylinder;

the discharging device is connected with the feeding port and used for conveying food materials into the cleaning cylinder;

the drying device is connected with the cleaning cylinder and used for drying the cleaned food materials;

the conveying device is connected with the cleaning cylinder and is used for conveying the dried food materials to the cooking body through the discharge hole;

the cooking body is connected with the transmission device and used for cooking food materials;

and the power supply device can be connected to the commercial power to supply power to the cooking equipment by using the commercial power.

2. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cleaning device further comprises:

the water inlet pipe is communicated with the cleaning cylinder and is used for conveying water required by cleaning food materials to the cleaning cylinder;

the stirring assembly comprises a first driver and a stirrer, one end of the stirrer is connected with the first driver, the other end of the stirrer stretches into the cleaning cylinder, and the first driver is used for driving the stirrer to stir and clean food materials in the cleaning cylinder.

3. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cleaning device further comprises:

the water storage box is connected with the drain hole and used for collecting water drained by the drain hole.

4. The cooking apparatus of claim 2, wherein the cooking apparatus comprises a cooking chamber,

the first driver is a first motor, and the stirrer is a stirring blade.

5. The cooking apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

the first control valve is arranged between the blanking device and the feed inlet and is used for opening or closing the feed inlet;

the second control valve is arranged on the water inlet pipe and used for controlling the opening and closing of the water inlet pipe;

and the third control valve is arranged at the discharge port and used for opening or closing the discharge port.

6. Cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drying device comprises:

a first fan;

the first air pipe is connected between the cleaning cylinder and the first fan;

the heating device is arranged on the first air pipe and used for heating air in the first air pipe so as to dry food materials;

the cleaning device comprises a cleaning cylinder, and is characterized in that a first air port is arranged on the cleaning cylinder and connected with the first air pipe, and a fourth control valve is arranged in the first air port and used for controlling the opening and closing of the first air port.

7. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cooking apparatus comprises a cooking chamber,

the conveying device comprises a second fan and a second air pipe, the second air pipe is connected between the cleaning barrel and the second fan, and the second fan is used for blowing air into the cleaning barrel through the second air pipe so as to blow food materials from the discharge hole to the cooking body;

the cleaning cylinder is provided with a second air port, the second air port is connected with the second air pipe, a fifth control valve is arranged in the second air port and used for controlling the opening and closing of the second air port.

8. The cooking apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

the water feeding pipe is connected between an external water source and the cooking body and is used for supplying water to the cooking body.

9. Cooking apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that,

the aperture of the drain hole is smaller than the particle size of the food material added into the cleaning cylinder.

10. Cooking apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the blanking device is a cell feeder comprising:

The device comprises a plurality of dividing measuring cups, wherein a containing cavity is arranged in each dividing measuring cup, a feeding port and a discharging port are arranged on the wall of each containing cavity, and the discharging ports can be communicated with the feeding ports;

the plurality of sealing plates are correspondingly and movably covered at the feed openings of the plurality of dividing measuring cups one by one and are used for opening or closing the feed openings;

and the second driver is in driving connection with the sealing plates and is used for driving the sealing plates to move so as to open the feed opening.

11. A control method of a cooking apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the control method of the cooking apparatus comprises:

conveying the food materials to a cleaning device by utilizing a blanking device;

the cleaning device is utilized to clean the food materials added into the cleaning device;

drying the cleaned food materials by using a drying device;

and the dried food materials are transmitted to the cooking body by utilizing the transmission device.

12. The method of controlling a cooking apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the step of washing the food material fed into the washing device with the washing device includes:

Controlling a water inlet pipe to add water into the cleaning device;

and stirring the food materials by using a stirring assembly.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of transferring the dried food material to the cooking body by using the transfer device comprises:

and blowing the cleaned food materials to the cooking body by using a fan.

14. The control method of a cooking apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 13, characterized by further comprising:

and adding water into the cooking body by using a water supply pipe.

15. The method of controlling a cooking apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the step of adding water into the cooking body using a water supply pipe comprises:

and adding water into the cooking body by using a water supply pipe after a preset time.