CN108968642B - Food container and inner container and automatic kitchen system thereof - Google Patents

Food container and inner container and automatic kitchen system thereof Download PDF

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CN108968642B
CN108968642B CN201810871412.0A CN201810871412A CN108968642B CN 108968642 B CN108968642 B CN 108968642B CN 201810871412 A CN201810871412 A CN 201810871412A CN 108968642 B CN108968642 B CN 108968642B
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何冬冬
叶闻锋
林彦周
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The invention discloses a food container and an inner container thereof, and an automatic kitchen system, wherein the inner container comprises an inner container main body and a positioning column, the inner container main body is used for defining an inner accommodating cavity with an inner container opening, and the inner container main body is arranged to allow an inner container extracting mechanism to extract an inner container from the top of the inner container main body; the positioning column is arranged at the bottom of the inner container main body and extends in a direction away from the opening of the inner container, wherein the extending length of the positioning column is arranged to allow the inner container turnover mechanism to clamp the positioning column and turn over the inner container. The invention enables the inner container to be overturned, thereby enabling the automatic processing equipment to operate the food container not only to move, but also to have more perfect functions.

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Food container and inner container and automatic kitchen system thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of food machinery, in particular to a food container, an inner container thereof and an automatic kitchen system.
Background
With the development of society, mechanical automation is becoming more and more common in various fields, but the intellectualization of catering industry has not been really promoted industrially. The processing of food, in particular cooking, is generally performed manually, and the quality and hygiene of the processed food are difficult to ensure.
The inventor of the application finds that in long-term research and development, in order to improve the efficiency of food processing, automatic food processing equipment is present at present, but the function is single, only one step of operation in food processing or processing of one food material can be realized, the operation on a food container is generally limited to translation, and the dependence on manual operation is still higher.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a food container, an inner container thereof and an automatic kitchen system, which are used for solving the technical problems that the automatic food processing equipment in the prior art has single function and limited operation actions on the food container.
In order to solve the above technical problems, one technical solution adopted by the present invention is to provide an inner container of a food container, the inner container includes:
an inner container body defining an inner receiving cavity having an inner container opening, the inner container body being configured to allow an inner container extraction mechanism to extract the inner container from a top of the inner container body;
and the positioning column is arranged at the bottom of the inner container main body and extends in a direction away from the opening of the inner container, wherein the extending length of the positioning column is set to allow the inner container turnover mechanism to clamp the positioning column and turn over the inner container.
In order to solve the above technical problem, another technical solution adopted by the present invention is to provide an automated kitchen system, the automated kitchen system comprising:
the mixing station comprises an inner container extraction mechanism and an inner container turnover mechanism, wherein the inner container extraction mechanism is used for extracting the inner container, and the inner container turnover mechanism is used for clamping the positioning column, moving the inner container to the upper part of the outer container and turning the inner container.
In order to solve the above technical problems, another technical solution adopted by the present invention is to provide a food container, the food container includes:
an outer container defining an outer receiving cavity having an outer container opening, the outer receiving cavity for receiving a first food material;
the inner container can be placed in the outer accommodating cavity, comprises an inner container main body and a positioning column, wherein the inner container main body is used for defining an inner accommodating cavity with an inner container opening, the positioning column is arranged at the bottom of the inner container main body and extends in a direction away from the inner container opening, the inner container main body is used for accommodating second food materials, the inner container main body is arranged to allow an inner container extracting mechanism to extract the inner container from the top of the inner container main body, and the extending length of the positioning column is arranged to allow the inner container tilting mechanism to clamp the positioning column and tilt the inner container.
According to the invention, the inner container is arranged in the food container, and the positioning column is arranged at the bottom of the inner container main body, so that the inner container can be overturned, the operation of the automatic processing equipment on the food container is not limited to movement, and the functions are more perfect.
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For a clearer description of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, it being obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the present invention, and that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the outer container and the middle liner of an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of an outer container in an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the food container of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of a liner in an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of the inner container in an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of the inner container in an embodiment of the food container of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of one embodiment of a food container of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an exploded construction of one embodiment of a food container of the invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a schematic top view of a food container positioned at a film tearing station in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 12a is a schematic top view of a food container at an extraction station in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 12b is a schematic side cross-sectional view of a food container in an extraction station in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 12c is a schematic side cross-sectional view of a food container positioned at an extraction station for extraction of a liner in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system in accordance with the present invention;
fig. 13 is a schematic view of the structure of the first inner container extraction mechanism in an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;
fig. 14 is a schematic view of the structure of the first inner container extraction mechanism in an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 15 is a schematic view of the structure of a liner extraction mechanism in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 16 is a schematic view of the structure of a liner extraction mechanism in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 17 is a schematic top view of a food container in a cooking station in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 18 is a schematic top view of a food container at a mixing station in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
fig. 19 is a schematic view of the structure of the inner container turnover mechanism in an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;
fig. 20 is a schematic view of the structure of the inner container turnover mechanism in an embodiment of the automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 21 is a schematic top view of a food container in an extraction station for inserting a liner into an outer container in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
FIG. 22 is a schematic top view of a food container in a film laminating station in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention;
fig. 23 is a schematic top view of a food container at a dispensing station in an embodiment of an automated kitchen system of the present invention.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.
The terms "first," "second," and the like in this application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise. Furthermore, the terms "comprise" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those listed steps or elements but may include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. And the term "and/or" is merely an association relation describing the association object, and indicates that three relations may exist, for example, a and/or B may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.
Referring to fig. 1-3, an embodiment of the food container 100 of the present invention includes an outer container 110, a middle liner 120, and an inner container 130. Wherein the outer container 110 is configured to define an outer receiving cavity 113 having an outer container opening 1131; the middle liner 120 can be placed into the outer accommodating cavity 113 from the outer container opening 1131 and taken out of the outer accommodating cavity 113, the middle liner 120 comprises a middle liner plate 121, wherein after the middle liner 120 is placed into the outer accommodating cavity 113, the middle liner plate 121 is spaced from the bottom of the outer container 110 and the outer container opening 1131 by a certain distance so as to allow the first food material to be placed between the middle liner plate 121 and the bottom of the outer container 110; the inner container 130 can be placed on the middle substrate plate 121 between the middle substrate plate 121 and the outer container opening 1131, the inner container 130 being adapted to define an inner housing cavity 133 having an inner container opening 1331, the inner housing cavity 133 being adapted to house a second food material.
In this embodiment, the outer container 110, the middle liner 120 and the inner container 130 are made of heat-resistant materials such as metal and plastic, and in a practical application, the outer container 110 is made of an aluminum material, and the middle liner 120 and the inner container 130 are made of heat-resistant plastic.
By adopting the structure, the food container utilizes the inner container in the outer container, so that the food container can be used for placing two kinds of food materials, realizing separation of different food materials, avoiding mutual occupation and superposition, and leading to mixed smell, thereby being convenient for subsequent processing of the two kinds of food materials, for example, the two kinds of food materials can be relatively separated in a cooking process and added according to one-time feeding of the cooking process, and the food container has a simple structure and is easy to prepare. It is understood that the first food material and the second food material may be any two food materials. For example, in a practical application, the first food material may be a main food such as flour, noodles, meal, etc., the second food material may be a side dish, and the food material placed in the food container may be unprocessed, half-processed, or processed.
In another embodiment, the first food material in the food container is subsequently processed with the soup. To avoid that the first food material is soaked in the soup for a long time after the processing is completed to affect the taste, the middle liner 120 may be further configured to be taken out from the outer container 110 before the first food material is cooked by the soup and put into the outer container 110 after the cooking, and when the middle liner 120 is placed in the outer container 110, the middle liner 121 is spaced from the bottom of the outer container 110 and the outer container opening 1131 by a certain distance, so that after the opening of the outer container opening 1131 is sealed and the outer container 110 is turned over, the soup flows to the bottom side of the middle liner 121 away from the outer container 110, and the first food material is kept on the bottom side of the middle liner 121 close to the outer container 110. Further, the middle substrate plate 121 is also capable of holding the second food material poured into the outer container 110 before the middle liner 120 is put into the outer container 110 on the bottom side of the middle substrate plate 121 near the outer container 110. Specifically, in order to achieve the above effect, the middle substrate plate 121 is provided with a hollow 1211 allowing the soup to flow therethrough. In this embodiment, the hollowed out portion 1211 may be a plurality of through holes surrounding the center of the middle substrate plate 121 and extending from the outside of the center of the middle substrate plate 121 to the edge of the middle substrate plate 121, so that the soup can flow through the hollowed out portion 1211 entirely. Through the mode, the middle lining is utilized to separate the cooked food from the soup, so that the food is prevented from being soaked in the soup for a long time, and the taste of the food is better.
The components and structure of the food container of the present invention are further described below in connection with further functional design and subsequent use thereof:
with continued reference to fig. 3-4, for ease of carrying and transportation, the food container 100 may further include a sealing membrane 140, the sealing membrane 140 adapted to conform to the outer container 110 to seal the outer container opening 1131.
Specifically, to achieve the film coating, the outer container 110 further includes an outer container body 111 and an outer container flange 112. The outer container body 111 is for defining an outer accommodating chamber 113 having an outer container opening 1131; the outer container flange 112 extends outward from the outer container 110 main body at the periphery of the outer container opening 1131 and is provided in an annular shape. It should be noted that, the ring shape described herein is not limited to a circular ring shape, but may be a ring shape of any shape such as a square ring, an elliptical ring, or the like, and may be specifically set according to actual situations.
Wherein, the outer container flange 112 is used for being in fit connection with the sealing membrane 140, so as to realize the sealing of the outer container opening 1131. In this embodiment, the outer container flange 112 is coated with an adhesive layer 114 to provide a conforming fit with the sealing membrane 140. Of course, in other embodiments, other fitting structures may be provided on the outer container flange 112 for fitting with the sealing membrane 140, so the manner of fitting between the outer container flange 112 and the sealing membrane 140 is not limited herein.
Further, the outer container flange 112 may be attached to the sealing membrane 140 for multiple times, so as to facilitate the continuous sealing process after processing the food materials in the food container. Specifically, adhesive layer 114 includes inner and outer ring adhesive regions 1141 and 1142 nested within each other, wherein one of inner ring adhesive region 1141 and outer ring adhesive region 1142 is configured to engage sealing membrane 140 prior to cooking the first and second food materials, and the other of inner ring adhesive region 1141 and outer ring adhesive region 1142 is configured to engage sealing membrane 140 after cooking the first and second food materials. It will be appreciated that the inner and outer ring bonding regions 1141, 1142 are spaced apart in order to ensure that the inner and outer rings do not interfere with each other or do not interfere with each other when bonded. Therefore, for example, when the film tearing process is performed before the first food material and the second food material are cooked, the inner ring adhesive region 1141 or the outer ring adhesive region 1142 which are not yet bonded to each other is not affected, and further, the film coating process after the subsequent cooking process is not affected. Further, when the middle liner 120 is provided with the hollow portion 1211, the food container is covered with a film and then turned over, so that the first food material and the second food material are separated from the soup, and can be turned over again when being eaten, so that the first food material and the second food material are soaked in the soup again.
In this embodiment, to facilitate placement of the liner, outer container body 111 is provided with a stepped support surface 1111 in a region near outer container opening 1131, which support surface 1111 is for supporting liner 120 placed in outer housing cavity 113. In other embodiments, the outer vessel 110 may further include a handle (not shown) disposed on the outer vessel flange 112, the handle being integrally formed with or fixedly attached to the outer vessel 110, and the handle may be made of an insulating material.
It will be appreciated that the outer container flange 112 and the support surface 1111 may be optionally provided according to the actual situation, for example, when the food container does not need to be coated, the outer container flange 112 may not be provided, and the middle liner 120 may not be provided with the stepped support surface 1111 when the middle liner 120 is supported in the outer accommodating cavity 113 in other manners (for example, the bottom of the outer container is provided with a support table extending toward the outer container opening 1131, and the middle liner 120 is provided on the support table).
With continued reference to fig. 1-5, 8 and 9, the middle liner 120 further includes a middle liner flange 122, a middle liner connector 123 and a middle liner extension 124, wherein the middle liner flange 122 is annularly disposed and spaced from the middle substrate plate 121 in a direction perpendicular to a major surface of the middle substrate plate 121. Specifically, the outer container main body 111 is provided with the above-described supporting surface 1111, and the intermediate lining flange 122 is overlapped on the supporting surface 1111; the middle lining connecting piece 123 is used for connecting the middle lining bottom plate 121 and the middle lining flange 122, and in particular, the middle lining connecting piece 123 can be arranged at intervals around the inner side of the middle lining flange 122; a liner extension 124 is connected to the liner flange 122 and extends inwardly of the liner flange 122, the extension of the liner extension 124 being configured to allow a liner extraction mechanism to act on the liner extension 124 from the inside of the liner flange 122 and extract the liner 120 from the outer vessel 110. In one embodiment, the extension of the mid-liner extension 124 is 1mm-5mm, such as 1mm, 2mm, 3mm, 5mm, etc.
In the present embodiment, the number of the intermediate lining connecting pieces 123 is plural, and the intermediate lining flange 122 is arranged at intervals, the number of the intermediate lining extension portions 124 is plural, and the intermediate lining connecting pieces 123 are arranged at intervals from each other, and the intermediate lining extracting mechanism includes plural intermediate lining extracting arms which can be drawn together and opened from each other, wherein the intermediate lining extension portions 124 and the intermediate lining extracting arms are arranged in a distributed relationship such that at least two intermediate lining extracting arms simultaneously act on the intermediate lining extension portions 124 when the intermediate lining extracting mechanism is placed into the intermediate lining flange 122 at an arbitrary angle and opened. The above distribution relationship may be implemented with the number of intermediate extraction arms as a base number, and the number of intermediate extensions 124 (i.e., the total number of gaps formed by intermediate connectors) as an even number. In one particular application, the angle between adjacent intermediate liner connectors 123 and the angle between adjacent intermediate liner extraction arms may be configured such that when one of the intermediate liner extraction arms abuts the intermediate liner 120 connectors 123, at least three of the remaining intermediate liner extraction arms are located in the spaced apart region between the intermediate liner connectors 123.
It should be noted that each liner extraction arm may act on one or more liner extensions 124, and that the liner extraction arms may act only on portions of the liner extensions 124. For example, the number of the intermediate extracting arms is two, the number of the intermediate extracting arms is three, and the length of the acting portion of each intermediate extracting arm for acting on the intermediate extracting arm 124 (the length L of the acting portion 2221b shown in fig. 15) is larger than the distance between the adjacent two intermediate extracting arms 124, so that when the intermediate extracting mechanism is placed into the intermediate flange 122 at an arbitrary angle and opened, the two intermediate extracting arms act on at least part of the two adjacent intermediate extracting arms 124 (the middle of the acting portion of the intermediate extracting arm corresponds to the gap region of the intermediate connecting piece, and the two sides act on the edge portions of the two adjacent intermediate extracting arms 124, respectively), or act on one intermediate extracting arm 124 (the middle of the acting portion of the intermediate extracting arm acts on one intermediate extracting arm 124, and the two sides correspond to the gap region of the intermediate connecting piece on the two sides of the intermediate extracting arm 124, respectively).
It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the liner may not be provided with a liner extension, as the liner extraction is not a concern. For example, the liner comprises the above-described liner bottom plate 121, liner flange 122 and liner connector 123, and when the liner 120 is placed within the outer container 110, the liner bottom plate 121 is spaced from the bottom of the outer container 110 and the opening of the outer container 110 by a distance to allow the soup for cooking the food material to flow to the bottom side of the liner bottom plate 121 away from the outer container 110 while the food material is held on the bottom side of the liner bottom plate 121 near the outer container 110 when the outer container 110 is turned over.
With continued reference to fig. 1, 6-9, to facilitate securing or subsequent tipping of the inner container 130, the inner container 130 includes an inner container body 131 and a locating post 134, the inner container body 131 defining an inner receiving cavity 133, the inner container body 131 being configured to allow an inner container extraction mechanism to extract the inner container 130 from the top of the inner container body 131; a positioning post 134 is provided at the bottom of the inner container body 131 and extends in a direction away from the inner container opening 1331, wherein the length of extension of the positioning post 134 is configured to allow the inner container tilting mechanism to grip the positioning post 134 and through tilting of the inner container 130. Thus, when the second food material is placed in the inner container 130 and used with the outer container 110, the second food material in the inner container 130 can be poured into the outer container 110. In addition, the middle substrate plate 121 is provided with positioning holes 125 for accommodating the positioning posts 134. When the inner container 130 is placed on the middle substrate plate 121, the positioning posts 134 are received in the positioning holes 125 to fix the inner container 130. Further, the positioning posts 134 and the positioning holes 125 may be provided with a foolproof portion that cooperates with each other to further fix the positions of the inner container 130 and the middle liner 120 relative to each other.
The inner container 130 further comprises an inner container flange 132 extending outwardly from the inner container body 131 at the periphery of the inner container opening 1331 and being annularly arranged, wherein the extension of the inner container flange 132 and the gap between the inner container flange 132 and the middle liner 120 are arranged to allow an inner container extraction mechanism to act on the inner container flange 132 from the outside of the inner container 130 and extract the inner container 130. For example, when the inner container 130 is placed on the middle liner 120, the inner container 130 may be extracted from the middle liner 120.
In this embodiment, to increase the variety of food materials, the inner container 130 further includes a partition plate 135 disposed in the inner cavity 133, where the partition plate 135 partitions the inner cavity 133 into at least two accommodating spaces, one accommodating space is used for accommodating a second food material, and the other accommodating space is used for accommodating a third food material, for example, thick soup and/or seasoning.
In other embodiments, the inner container 130 may also be used alone or in other configurations of food containers, without limitation.
It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the outer container, liner and inner container may be formed separately or partially in combination to form other configurations of food containers. For example, a food container consisting of the above-mentioned liner and outer container; or a food container comprising the liner, the outer container and the sealing membrane; or a food container comprising any one of the outer containers and any one of the inner containers. Of course, the present invention also provides embodiments of the separate liner, inner container, outer container described above, see in particular the description above.
Referring to fig. 10, an embodiment of the automated kitchen system 200 of the present invention includes a film tearing station 210, an extraction station 220, a first cooking station 230, a second cooking station 240, a mixing station 250, a film laminating station 260, and a dispensing station 270. The automated kitchen system 200 is used to operate the food container 100 to process food material in the food container 100. The specific structure of the food container 100 is referred to the above-mentioned embodiment of the food container 100, and will not be described herein.
The automated kitchen system 200 further comprises an outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 and an inner container support and transfer mechanism 282, the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 for carrying the outer container and transferring the outer container between the film tearing station 210, the extraction station 220, the first cooking station 230, the mixing station 250 and the film laminating station 260; the inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 is used to transfer the inner containers between the extraction station 210, the second cooking station 240, and the mixing station 250.
In this embodiment, the outer container supporting and transferring mechanism 281 and the inner container supporting and transferring mechanism 282 may be disposed below the outer container or the inner container to carry the outer container or the inner container and move, or disposed above the outer container or the inner container to lift the outer container or the inner container and move, or both of them may be included. The outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 and the inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 may comprise cooperating slide and rail, pulley, etc. structures. It is to be understood that the specific structure of the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 and the inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 is not limited, and may be any mechanism that can move either the outer container or the inner container.
The present embodiment exemplifies that the food container 100 includes the above-described outer container, middle liner, and inner container, and a sealing membrane is provided on the outer container. And a first food material is placed between the outer container and the middle liner, and a second food material is placed in the inner container. Each of the above stations is further described below with reference to the structure of the food container.
Referring to fig. 10 and 11, a film tearing station 210 is used to tear off a first sealing film on the outer container of the food container 100. In this embodiment, the torn first sealing membrane may be discarded or transferred to the laminating station 260 for use as a second sealing membrane. Wherein the first and second sealing diaphragms are different in correspondence to the attachment locations of the outer container flanges, one of which is attached to the inner ring adhesive area of the outer container flange and the other of which is attached to the outer ring adhesive area of the outer container flange.
After the film tearing station 210 completes the film tearing, the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 transfers the outer container with the liner and inner container placed inside to the extraction station 220.
Referring also to fig. 12 a-12 c, an extraction station 220 is located downstream of the film tearing station 210, the extraction station 220 being configured to extract the inner container 130 from the outer container 110 of the food container 100 and transfer the inner container 130 by an inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 to a second cooking station 240. Wherein a first food material is disposed within the outer container 110 and a second food material is disposed within the inner container 130. The extraction station 220 further extracts the liner 120 from the outer vessel 110 after extracting the inner vessel 130 from the outer vessel 110.
Specifically, the extraction station 220 includes a first inner container extraction mechanism 221 and a liner extraction mechanism 222, where the first inner container extraction mechanism 221 is configured to act on the inner container 130 from the outer side of the inner container 130, and extract the inner container 130 from the liner 120; the liner extracting mechanism 222 is used to act on the liner 120 from the inner side of the liner 120 and extract the liner 120 from the outer container 110.
Referring to fig. 13 and 14, the first inner container extraction mechanism 221 includes a plurality of inner container extraction arms 2211 and a first driver 2212, the first driver 2212 being connected to the plurality of inner container extraction arms 2211, the first driver 2212 being for driving the plurality of inner container extraction arms 2211 to draw together and open; the plurality of inner container extraction arms 2211 are arranged in a distributed relationship that allows the inner container extraction arms 2211 to act on the inner container flange 132 and extract the inner container 130 from the liner 120.
In this embodiment, the end of the inner container extraction arm 2211 remote from the first driver 2212 is provided with a first groove 2211a towards the closing direction of the inner container extraction arm 2211, the width and depth of the first groove 2211a being arranged to allow the inner container extraction arm 2211 to act on the inner container flange 132 from the outside of the inner container flange 132 and extract the inner container 130 from the liner 120. Wherein the width of the first groove 2211a is greater than or equal to the thickness of the inner container flange 132.
When the first inner container extraction mechanism 221 extracts the inner container 130, the inner container extraction arm 2211 is opened and moved above the inner container 130 under the driving of the first driving member 2212, and the inner container extraction arm 2211 is closed under the driving of the first driving member 2212, so that the first groove 2211a is engaged with the inner container flange 132, so that the inner container 130 is fixed to the inner container extraction arm 2211; after the first inner container extraction mechanism 221 extracts the inner container 130 from the liner 120 and moves to a predetermined position, the inner container extraction arm 2211 is opened by the driving of the first driving member 2212, so that the inner container 130 is separated from the inner container extraction arm 2211, and the inner container 130 extraction process is completed.
In other embodiments, an electromagnetic attraction member is disposed at an end of the inner container extraction arm 2211 away from the first driving member 2212, the inner container 130 is made of a magnetic attraction metal, when the inner container 130 is extracted by the first inner container extraction mechanism 221, the end of the inner container extraction arm 2211 away from the first driving member 2212 is in contact with the inner container 130, the inner container 130 is attracted after the electromagnetic attraction member is electrified, and when the inner container 130 is moved to a predetermined position by the first inner container extraction mechanism 221, the electromagnetic attraction member is powered off so that the inner container 130 is separated from the inner container extraction arm 2211, and the inner container 130 extraction process is completed. In other embodiments, the inner container 130 is made of a non-magnetically attractive material and the inner container flange 132 is provided with a magnetic attraction corresponding to the electromagnetic attraction on the inner container extraction arm 2211 so that the inner container 130 can cooperate with the first inner container extraction mechanism 221 to complete the extraction process. In other embodiments, the inner container extraction arm 2211 may also be provided with both the first groove 2211a and the electromagnetic absorber.
Referring to fig. 15 and 16, the intermediate substrate extraction mechanism 222 includes a plurality of intermediate substrate extraction arms 2221 and a second drive 2222, the second drive 2222 being connected to the plurality of intermediate substrate extraction arms 2221, the second drive 2222 being for driving the plurality of intermediate substrate extraction arms 2221 to draw in and expand with respect to each other; the plurality of liner extraction arms 2221 and the liner extension 124 are arranged in a distributed relationship such that when the liner extraction mechanism 222 is placed at any angle into the liner flange 122 and expanded, at least two of the liner extraction arms 2221 act simultaneously on the liner extension 124 and extract the liner 120 from the outer container 110. The distribution relationship between the intermediate extraction arm 2221 and the intermediate extension 124 may be described in connection with the intermediate extraction design described above.
In the present embodiment, the end of the intermediate liner extraction arm 2221 remote from the second driver 2222 is provided with a second groove 2221a toward the opening direction of the intermediate liner extraction arm 2221, the width and depth of the second groove 2221a being set to allow the intermediate liner extraction arm 2221 to act on the intermediate liner extension 124 from the inner side of the intermediate liner flange 122 and extract the intermediate liner 120 from the outer container 110. Wherein the width of second groove 2221a is greater than or equal to the thickness of middle liner extension 124.
When the middle liner 120 is extracted by the middle liner extracting mechanism 222, the middle liner extracting arms 2221 are gathered and moved above the middle liner 120 under the driving of the second driving piece 2222, so that one end of the middle liner extracting arms 2221, which is far away from the second driving piece 2222, is located between the middle liner bottom plate 121 and the middle liner flange 122, and the middle liner extracting arms 2221 are opened under the driving of the second driving piece 2222, so that the second grooves 2221a of at least two (e.g. three) middle liner extracting arms 2221 are clamped with the middle liner inner extending parts 124, so that the middle liner 120 is fixed on the middle liner extracting arms 2221; after the middle liner 120 is extracted from the outer container 110 by the middle liner extracting mechanism 222 and moved to a predetermined position, the middle liner extracting arms 2221 are brought together by the second driving member 2222, so that the middle liner 120 is separated from the middle liner extracting arms 2221, and the extracting process of the middle liner 120 is completed.
In other embodiments, an electromagnetic attraction member is disposed at an end of the middle liner extraction arm 2221 away from the second driving member 2222, and the middle liner 120 is made of a magnetic attraction metal or a magnetic attraction member corresponding to the electromagnetic attraction member is disposed on the middle liner 120, so that the middle liner extraction arm 2221 realizes the extraction process of the middle liner 120 in a magnetic attraction manner. In other embodiments, the liner extraction arm 2221 may also be provided with both the second grooves 2221a and the electromagnetic absorber.
After extraction of the liner and inner container by extraction station 220, outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 transfers the outer container with the first food material therein to first cooking station 220, and additionally, inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 transfers the inner container with the second food material therein to second cooking station 220.
Referring also to fig. 17, a first cooking station 230 is located downstream of the extraction station 220, the first cooking station 230 for cooking the first food item within the outer container 110; a second cooking station 240 is also located downstream of extraction station 220 for cooking a second food material within inner container 130. In this embodiment, the first cooking station 230 adds a soup to the outer container 110 and cooks the first food item. The second cooking station 240 microwaves the second food material, and the first cooking station 230 and the second cooking station 240 are positioned side-by-side and concurrently cook the first and second food materials for at least a portion of the time period.
After cooking is completed, the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 transfers the outer container with the cooked first food material therein to the mixing station 250, and in addition, the inner container support and transfer mechanism 282 transfers the inner container with the cooked second food material therein to the mixing station 250.
Referring also to fig. 18, a mixing station 250 is located downstream of the first cooking station 230 and the second cooking station 240, the mixing station 250 being configured to pour the cooked second food material within the inner container 130 into the outer container 110 after the first food material is cooked.
Specifically, the mixing station 250 includes a second inner container extraction mechanism 251 and an inner container turning mechanism 252, where the second inner container extraction mechanism 251 is configured to act on the inner container 130 from the outer side of the inner container 130 and extract the inner container 130; the inner container turning mechanism 252 is used to clamp the positioning column 134 at the bottom of the inner container 130 and turn the inner container 130 after moving the inner container 130 over the outer container 110.
The specific structure of the second inner container extraction mechanism 251 can be referred to as the first inner container extraction mechanism 221, and will not be described herein. Referring to fig. 19 and 20, inner container invert mechanism 252 includes at least two clamp arms 2521 and a third drive 2522, third drive 2522 coupled to clamp arms 25211, third drive 2522 for driving clamp arms 2521 together and apart; the distribution of the at least two clamp arms 2521 is arranged to allow the clamp arms 2521 to act on the positioning posts 134 and to flip the inner container 130 after moving the inner container 130 over the outer container 110.
In the present embodiment, the inner container turning mechanism 252 includes two clamping arms 2521, one end of the clamping arm 2521 away from the third driving element 2522 is provided with a third groove 2521a toward the converging direction of the clamping arm 2521, and the width and depth of the third groove 2521a are set to allow the clamping arm 2521 to act on the positioning column 134 from the outside of the positioning column 134, and to turn the inner container 130 after moving the inner container 130 over the outer container 110. The third grooves 2521a on the two clamping arms 2521 form a through hole with a diameter smaller than or equal to the outer diameter of the positioning column.
In this embodiment, the surface of the third groove 2521a is further provided with a plurality of protrusions (not shown in the drawings), which may be saw-tooth protrusions, circular protrusions, etc., and the protrusions are used for enhancing the friction force between the clamping arm 2521 and the positioning post 134.
When the inner container turning mechanism 252 turns the inner container 130, the two clamping arms 2521 are opened and move to the lower side of the inner container 130 under the drive of the third driving piece 2522, so that the third groove 2521a is located at the outer side of the positioning column 134, the two clamping arms 2521 are closed under the drive of the third driving piece 2522, so that the positioning column 134 is clamped between the two third grooves 2521a, and the inner container 130 is fixed on the inner container turning mechanism 252; the inner container turning mechanism 252 moves the inner container 130 above the outer container 110, the clamping arm 2521 turns over under the drive of the third drive element 2522, driving the inner container 130 to turn over, so that the inner container opening 1331 faces downward, and the cooked second food material in the inner container 130 is poured into the outer container 110, completing the inner container 130 turning process, and the inner container 130 may be further sent out of the automated kitchen system 200, for example, the inner container 130 may be discarded into a designated trash bin.
In this embodiment, after the cooked second food material is poured into the outer container 110, the holding arm 2521 is turned over again under the drive of the third driving element 2522, so that the opening 1331 of the inner container faces upwards, and the inner container 130 is sent out of the automated kitchen system 200, so as to avoid the food material or soup and the like remained in the inner container 130 from polluting other devices in the automated kitchen system 200 during the process of sending out the inner container 130.
Referring also to fig. 21, the extraction station 220 further repositions the liner 120 within the outer container 110 prior to lamination of the outer container 110. Specifically, after the cooked second food material in inner container 130 is poured into outer container 110, liner 120 is placed into outer container 110 by liner extraction mechanism 222.
After the mixing station 250 places the second food material into the outer container 110 and the extraction station 220 places the liner 120 into the outer container 110, the outer container support and transfer mechanism 281 transfers the outer container to the laminating station 260.
Referring also to fig. 22, a film coating station 260 is located downstream of the mixing station 250, the film coating station 260 being configured to cover the outer container 110 with a second sealing film to seal the outer container 110 after the second food material is poured into the outer container 110.
In this embodiment, before the film tearing process at the film tearing station 210, the sealing film 140 is attached to one of the inner ring bonding region 1141 and the outer ring bonding region 1142, and after the film laminating process at the film laminating station 210, the sealing film 140 is attached to the other of the inner ring bonding region 1141 and the outer ring bonding region 1142.
Referring also to fig. 23, a dispensing station 270 is located downstream of the laminating station 260, the dispensing station 270 being configured to invert the sealed outer container 110 such that the first and second food materials are separated from the soup by the liner 120 and dispense the inverted outer container to a destination location. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the dispensing station 270 may dispense the sealed outer container 110 directly to the destination location without flipping the outer container with the first and second food materials disposed. In addition, the laminating station 260 may not seal the outer container without having to turn over the outer container.
In this embodiment, the automated kitchen system 200 further includes a central control mechanism (not shown in the figure), which is connected to the dispensing station 270, and the central control mechanism is configured to determine whether the sealed outer container 110 needs to be turned over, if yes, the outer container 110 is turned over and then dispensed, otherwise, the outer container 110 is directly dispensed. For example, when the user selects take-out, the outer container 110 needs to be turned over so that the soup flows to the bottom side of the middle substrate 121 far from the outer container 110, and the first food material and the second food material are kept at the bottom side of the middle substrate 121 near the outer container 110, so that the food material is separated from the soup, and the food material is prevented from being soaked in the soup for a long time to affect the taste. And when the user selects to be a food, the outer container 110 does not need to be turned over. In other embodiments, the central control mechanism may also be coupled to the extraction station 220 such that when a user selects a meal, the central liner extraction mechanism 222 directly feeds the central liner 120 out of the automated kitchen system 200 after extracting the central liner 120 from the outer container 110; after the cooked second food material in inner container 130 is poured into outer container 110, outer container 110 directly enters laminating station 260 and dispensing station 270 without flipping outer container 110.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the food container is respectively operated by arranging the extraction station, the cooking station and the mixing station, so that the full-automatic processing of food materials in the food container can be realized, the labor cost is saved, and the processing quality and sanitation of the food materials are ensured; by arranging the film coating and film tearing stations, film tearing and film coating of the food container can be realized, so that the food container provided with the sealing film can be processed conveniently; through setting up the delivery station, overturn outer container according to the user demand, can make the food material after cooking and the separation of hot water juice, the preservation of the food material after the cooking of being convenient for guarantees the taste of food material.
In addition, the automatic kitchen system can simulate the traditional manual cooking method, in the process, food materials and seasonings are added in sequence, and the automatic kitchen system is different from other methods for directly mixing and then intensively cooking various food materials, so that the product yield of the food materials and the experience of eaters can be improved.
It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the automated kitchen system may optionally include the above-described stations. For example, the automated kitchen system may include an extraction station, a first cooking station, a second cooking station, and a mixing station; or comprises the extraction station, a film laminating station and a distribution station; or only the extraction station (such as the intermediate liner extraction structure) or the mixing station; and further, the film tearing station, the first cooking station, the film covering station and the like are not limited herein.
The foregoing description is only of embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes using the descriptions and the drawings of the present invention or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. An inner container for a food container, the inner container comprising:
an inner container body defining an inner receiving cavity having an inner container opening, the inner container body being configured to allow an inner container extraction mechanism to extract the inner container from a top of the inner container body;
a positioning column provided at the bottom of the inner container body and extending in a direction away from the inner container opening, wherein an extension length of the positioning column is set to allow an inner container tilting mechanism to clamp the positioning column and tilt the inner container; the inner container can be placed in the outer container, the outer container is used for placing first food material, the inner container is used for placing second food material, the reference column is used for being processed first food material with the second food material the in-process by inner container tilting mechanism centre gripping and upset the inner container, in order will the second food material is poured in the outer container, and then mixes first food material and second food material.
2. The inner container of claim 1, further comprising an inner container flange extending outwardly from the inner container body at a periphery of the inner container opening and disposed in an annular shape, wherein the inner container flange is configured to extend a length that allows the inner container extraction mechanism to act on the inner container flange from outside the inner container and extract the inner container.
3. An automated kitchen system, the automated kitchen system comprising:
a mixing station comprising an inner container extraction mechanism for extracting an inner container according to any one of claims 1-2 and an inner container tilting mechanism for gripping the positioning column and moving the inner container over the outer container and tilting the inner container.
4. The automated kitchen system of claim 3, wherein the automated kitchen system comprises:
an extraction station for extracting the inner container from the outer container of a food container, wherein a first food material is placed within the outer container and a second food material is placed within the inner container;
a first cooking station for cooking the first food material within the outer container;
a second cooking station for cooking said second food material within said inner container
The mixing station is used for pouring the cooked second food material in the inner container into the outer container after the cooking of the first food material is completed.
5. The automated kitchen system of claim 4, further comprising: and a film coating station positioned downstream of the mixing station for coating the outer container with a sealing film after the second food material is poured into the outer container to seal the outer container.
6. The automated kitchen system of claim 5, wherein the extraction station further extracts a liner from the outer container after extracting the inner container from the outer container, the extraction station further repositioning the liner within the outer container prior to coating the outer container;
the first cooking station adds soup into the outer container and cooks the first food material, and the automated kitchen system further comprises a distribution station positioned at the downstream of the film coating station, wherein the distribution station turns over the outer container so that the first food material and the second food material are separated from the soup under the action of the middle liner.
7. The automated kitchen system of claim 5, further comprising a film tearing station upstream of the extraction station, wherein the film tearing station is configured to tear off a sealing film on the outer container;
the outer container comprises an outer container body and an outer container flange which extends outwards from the outer container body and is in an annular arrangement, the outer container flange is coated with an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer comprises an inner ring bonding area and an outer ring bonding area which are nested with each other, the sealing membrane is attached to one of the inner ring bonding area and the outer ring bonding area before the membrane tearing station is used for tearing membranes, and the sealing membrane is attached to the other of the inner ring bonding area and the outer ring bonding area after the membrane laminating station is used for laminating membranes.
8. The automated kitchen system of claim 7, further comprising:
an outer container support and transfer mechanism for carrying the outer container and transferring the outer container between the film tearing station, the extraction station, the first cooking station, the mixing station, and the film laminating station;
and an inner container support and transfer mechanism for transferring the inner container between the extraction station, the second cooking station and the mixing station.
9. The automated kitchen system of claim 4, wherein the second cooking station microwaves the second food material, the first cooking station and the second cooking station being positioned side-by-side and cooking the first food material and the second food material in parallel for at least a portion of the time period.
10. A food container, the food container comprising:
an outer container defining an outer receiving cavity having an outer container opening, the outer receiving cavity for receiving a first food material;
the inner container can be placed in the outer accommodating cavity, comprises an inner container main body and a positioning column, wherein the inner container main body is used for defining an inner accommodating cavity with an inner container opening, the positioning column is arranged at the bottom of the inner container main body and extends in a direction away from the inner container opening, the inner container main body is used for accommodating second food materials, an inner container extracting mechanism is allowed to extract the inner container from the top of the inner container main body, the extending length of the positioning column is set to allow the inner container tilting mechanism to clamp the positioning column and tilt the inner container, and the positioning column is used for clamping and tilting the inner container by the inner container tilting mechanism in the process of processing first food materials and second food materials so as to pour the second food materials into the outer container and mix the first food materials and the second food materials.
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