CN110641891A

CN110641891A - Automatic catering system for aviation meals

Info

Publication number: CN110641891A
Application number: CN201910968257.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈雨保
Original assignee: Suzhou Pioneer Automation Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Institute of Technology
Priority date: 2019-10-12
Filing date: 2019-10-12
Publication date: 2020-01-03

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic catering system for aviation meals, which comprises a stereoscopic warehouse, a material box and a food box, wherein the stereoscopic warehouse is used for storing and loading different meal bags or tableware in a classified manner; the catering conveying device is used for conveying the material box and taking and placing the meal packet or the tableware in the material box to a catering position; and a cartridge recovery device for recovering empty cartridges after the preparation. The catering conveying device comprises a first conveying line and a second conveying line which are arranged in parallel, and a plurality of branch conveying lines which are perpendicular to the first conveying line are arranged between the first conveying line and the second conveying line. And a table packet taking and placing mechanism used for taking and placing the table packets or the tableware on the second conveying line is arranged at one end of the supporting conveying line close to the second conveying line. The material box recovery device is positioned below the catering conveying device and used for recovering empty material boxes on the branch conveying line. The invention realizes the automatic tray loading of various foods through mechanical cooperation, and improves the catering efficiency and accuracy.

Description

Automatic catering system for aviation meals

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of kitchen equipment, in particular to an automatic catering system for aviation meals.

Background

The aviation meal is a meal supplied to passengers by civil aircrafts in voyage. The existing aviation meal is prepared manually, and the aviation meal generally comprises more than two kinds of food, so that the manual preparation has the advantages of high working strength, low efficiency and certain error rate, and the satisfaction degree of passengers to an airline company is seriously influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects, the invention aims to provide an automatic catering system for aviation meals, which realizes automatic catering of various foods through mechanical cooperation and improves catering efficiency and accuracy.

In order to achieve the above purposes, the invention adopts the technical scheme that: an automatic catering system for aviation meals comprises a stereoscopic warehouse, a shelf warehouse and a shelf warehouse, wherein the stereoscopic warehouse is used for storing and loading material boxes of different meal bags or tableware in a classified manner; the catering conveying device is used for conveying the material box and taking and placing the meal packet or the tableware in the material box to a catering position; a cartridge recovery device for recovering empty cartridges after the preparation;

the stereoscopic warehouse comprises a plurality of layers of storage racks, and each layer of storage rack comprises a plurality of storage areas which are horizontally arranged and are mutually independent; a feeding lifting mechanism and a discharging lifting mechanism are respectively arranged on two sides of the storage rack, the feeding lifting mechanism is used for conveying the material boxes into corresponding storage areas, and the discharging lifting mechanism is used for conveying the material boxes in any storage area onto the catering conveying device;

the catering conveying device comprises a first conveying line and a second conveying line which are arranged in parallel, and a plurality of branch conveying lines which are perpendicular to the first conveying line are arranged between the first conveying line and the second conveying line; the first conveying line is connected with the blanking lifting mechanism, and the first conveying line is provided with material box identification mechanisms which correspond to the branch conveying lines one by one; a table packet taking and placing mechanism used for taking and placing the table packets or the tableware in the material box onto the second conveying line is arranged at one end of the supporting conveying line close to the second conveying line; the second conveyor line is used for carrying the dinner packages or the tableware released by any dinner package taking and placing mechanism;

the material box recovery device is positioned below the catering conveying device and used for recovering empty material boxes on the branch conveying line.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: firstly, different meal packages and tableware are separately placed through a material box, the same meal packages or tableware are placed in the same material box, then the material box loaded with the same meal packages or tableware is stored in the same storage area through a stereoscopic warehouse, and the arrangement of a plurality of layers and a plurality of rows of storage areas is convenient for storing the different meal packages or tableware in a classified manner; the material boxes in the storage area are conveyed to the food preparation conveying device through the blanking lifting mechanism, the food preparation conveying device receives the material boxes conveyed from the stereoscopic warehouse through a first conveying line, the material boxes filled with the same meal packages or tableware can be conveyed to a second conveying line through the same branch conveying line through the arrangement of a plurality of branch conveying lines, namely, only the material boxes filled with the same meal packages or tableware are conveyed by the single branch conveying line, and whether the material boxes are the material boxes conveyed by the corresponding branch conveying lines is identified through the material box identification mechanism; when the catering position on the second conveying line is moved to any one conveying line, the package taking and placing mechanism on the one conveying line disposes the packages or the tableware in the material box to the corresponding catering position, and the catering position can be sequentially moved to any one conveying line along with the conveying of the second conveying line, so that the catering of various packages or tableware on the catering position is realized; when the food packet or the tableware in the material box is taken out by the food packet taking and placing mechanism, the empty material box is recovered by the material box recovery device, and the next material box on the branch transmission line moves to the working range of the food packet taking and placing mechanism to continue catering; according to the food preparation system, the partitioned storage of various food materials and tableware is realized through the stereoscopic warehouse, the automatic food preparation of the various food materials and tableware is realized through the food preparation conveying device, the food preparation efficiency is improved, and the food preparation accuracy is improved. Empty material boxes can be timely recovered through a material box recovery device, so that the continuity of catering is guaranteed; meanwhile, the material box recovery device is arranged below the catering conveying device, so that the catering system is more compact in structure.

Further, a loading port aligned with the feeding lifting mechanism is arranged on one side of the material storage area, and an unloading port aligned with the discharging lifting mechanism is arranged on the other side of the material storage area; be equipped with in the storage area and be used for following the transport mechanism that the loading mouth removed to the unloading mouth direction with the magazine, a transport mechanism is close to one side of discharge opening is equipped with a striker plate that receives a striker cylinder drive and reciprocates, a striker plate is used for blockking or letting pass the magazine that is located discharge opening department. The automatic storage of the material box in the material storage area is realized through the first conveying mechanism, and the material box positioned at the discharge opening can be blocked or released through the arrangement of the first material baffle plate.

Further, the feeding lifting mechanism comprises a feeding conveying belt with a bar code identifier, and the output end of the feeding conveying belt is connected with a material box conveying assembly; the material box conveying assembly comprises a material box frame, a lifting plate which is driven by a motor to move up and down to be flush with any layer of the storage rack is arranged in the material box frame, a material box bracket which is driven by the motor to move transversely to be aligned with any goods loading port of the same layer of the storage area is arranged on the lifting plate, and a conveying roller shaft for conveying the material box to the corresponding goods loading port is arranged on the material box bracket. The two-dimensional code of the material box is identified through the bar code identifier, the position of the storage area of the material box is further known, and the material box is conveyed into the corresponding storage area through the material box conveying assembly.

Further, the conveying direction of the first conveying line is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the branch conveying lines; the first conveying line is provided with a plurality of first jacking translation mechanisms which correspond to the branch conveying lines one by one, and the first jacking translation mechanisms are used for moving the material boxes on the first conveying line to the corresponding branch conveying lines; every one side of a jacking translation mechanism all is equipped with and is used for restricting the magazine and is in the stock stop that removes on the transfer line. The material box on the first conveying line can be released or blocked by the material blocking mechanism; when the material box moves to any one conveying line, the material blocking mechanism blocks the material box at the position, the material box identification mechanism identifies whether the material box is the material box conveyed by the one conveying line, and if so, the material box is conveyed to the one conveying line through the first jacking translation mechanism; if not, the material box is released to the next branch conveying line through the material blocking mechanism.

The material blocking mechanism comprises a material blocking cylinder II fixedly connected to the first conveying line, a material blocking plate II capable of moving up and down is fixedly connected to a piston rod of the material blocking cylinder II, and the material blocking plate II can be abutted against the side face of the material box; a jacking translation mechanism includes the rigid coupling and is in support frame on the transfer chain, be equipped with the jacking board that can receive cylinder drive lift removal on the support frame, the upper end rigid coupling of jacking board has the translation transfer roller that can rotate the conveying to a transfer chain direction.

Further, the magazine recovery device comprises branch recovery lines which correspond to the branch conveying lines one by one and are positioned below the branch conveying lines, and a main recovery line positioned below the first conveying line; one side of the branch recovery line, which is close to the meal packet taking and placing mechanism, is provided with a recovery lifting mechanism used for moving the material box from the branch conveying line to the branch recovery line, and the other side of the branch recovery line is provided with a second jacking translation mechanism used for moving the material box to the main recovery line. The connection between the branch conveying line and the branch recycling line is realized through the recycling lifting mechanism, so that empty material boxes can be conveniently recycled to the branch recycling line; the material boxes on the plurality of recovery lines can be recovered to the main recovery line through the second jacking translation mechanism.

Further, the recovery lifting mechanism comprises a material box recovery bracket which can move up and down and is abutted to the branch conveying line or the branch recovery line, and the material box recovery bracket is connected with a driving piece which drives the material box recovery bracket to move up and down; the material box recovery bracket is provided with a plurality of recovery roller shafts, and the rotation direction of the recovery roller shafts is consistent with the conveying direction of the branch recovery lines.

Furthermore, a plurality of vibration meal distribution mechanisms positioned at one side of the branch conveying lines are arranged between the first conveying line and the second conveying line; the vibrating food preparation mechanism comprises a vibrating disc for bearing food packages, a vibrating track for sequentially outputting single food packages is arranged on one side of the vibrating disc, an inclined slide rail communicated with the vibrating track is arranged on one side of the output end of the vibrating track, and one end of the inclined slide rail is aligned to the second conveying line; the meal bag vibrating device is characterized in that a limiting stop lever used for stopping the meal bag from moving to the inclined slide rail is further arranged in the vibrating track, and the limiting stop lever is driven by an air cylinder to telescopically block the output end of the vibrating track.

The device further comprises a soft package catering mechanism positioned at the tail end of the second conveying line, wherein the soft package catering mechanism comprises a soft package storage bin, a soft package conveying belt and a soft package mechanical arm; the soft package conveying belt is positioned between the soft package storage bin and the second conveying line and is used for conveying soft packages in the soft package storage bin to the second conveying line; an industrial camera is arranged above the soft package conveying belt and used for shooting the position and the placing angle of a soft package on the soft package conveying belt and transmitting the data to the controller, the controller calculates the position of the soft package manipulator to grab the soft package according to the data and the data transmitted by the encoder on the soft package conveying belt, and then the position information of the soft package manipulator is transmitted to the soft package manipulator; the soft package manipulator is located the soft package conveyer belt and is close to one side of No. two transfer chains for position information according to the industry camera provides snatchs soft package and places it on No. two transfer chains.

The soft package storage bin is a funnel-shaped storage bin with an opening at the top, a discharging conveyor belt is arranged on the side wall of one side, close to the soft package conveyor belt, of the soft package storage bin, the discharging conveyor belt is obliquely arranged, one end of the discharging conveyor belt is abutted against the bottom of the soft package storage bin, and the other end of the discharging conveyor belt extends out of the top of the soft package storage bin and is arranged above the soft package conveyor belt; still be provided with a plurality of division boards on the ejection of compact conveyer belt, it is adjacent inject between the division board and form the holding district that is used for holding single soft package.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of the portion B in FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a stereoscopic warehouse according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a cartridge carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a catering delivery device and a cartridge recycling device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a partial enlarged view of the portion C in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion D of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a first jacking translation mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a recovery lifting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a vibratory catering mechanism and a soft-package catering mechanism according to an embodiment of the invention.

In the figure:

1-a cartridge; 2-a stereoscopic warehouse; 21-a storage rack; 211-a conveying track; 212-striker plate number one; 213-a material blocking cylinder; 22-a feeding lifting mechanism; 221-a feed conveyor belt; 222-a profile frame; 223-first lifting plate; 224-a cartridge carrier; 225-first conveying roller shaft; 23-a blanking lifting mechanism; 231-section bar frame; 3-a catering conveying device; 31-conveyor line number one; 311-a first jacking translation mechanism; 3111-a support; 3112-jacking cylinder; 3113-a jacking plate; 3114-translating the transfer roll; 312-a stock stop; 32-second conveyor line; 33-branch conveying lines; 34-a table bag taking and placing mechanism; 341-structural framework; 342-a three-axis mobile platform; 343-furniture for dinner bags; 4-a cartridge recovery device; 41-recovery lines; 42-a primary recovery line; 43-recovery lifting mechanism; 431-cartridge recovery tray; 432-a drive member; 5-vibrating food preparation mechanism; 51-a vibrating disk; 52-a vibration track; 53-inclined slide rail; 6-soft package catering mechanism; 61-soft package storage bin; 611-an outfeed conveyor; 6111-partition plate; 62-soft package conveyor belt; 621-a stent; 622-industrial camera; 63-Soft packaging mechanical arm.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, will make the advantages and features of the invention easier to understand by those skilled in the art, and thus will clearly and clearly define the scope of the invention.

Examples

Referring to fig. 1, the automatic catering system for the aviation meals comprises a stereoscopic warehouse 2, a material box 1, a material box and a material box, wherein the material box is used for storing and loading different meal bags or tableware in a classified mode; the catering conveying device 3 is used for conveying the material box 1 and taking and placing the meal bags or tableware in the material box 1 to a catering position; and a cartridge collection device 4 for collecting empty cartridges 1 after the preparation.

The material boxes 1 are of the same specification, a plurality of identical meal packages or a plurality of identical tableware are placed in each material box in a stacking mode, two-dimensional codes matched with the meal packages or the tableware loaded in the material boxes are adhered to the outer side walls of the material boxes 1, and the meal packages or the tableware loaded in the material boxes 1 can be obtained by scanning the two-dimensional codes on the material boxes 1.

Referring to fig. 2-4, the stereoscopic warehouse 2 includes multiple storage racks 21, each storage rack 21 includes multiple storage areas horizontally arranged and independent from each other, and the storage areas are used for storing the material boxes 1 loaded with different meal packs or tableware in different areas. And one side of each storage area is provided with a loading port, and the other side of each storage area is provided with an unloading port. Be equipped with in the storage area and be used for the transport mechanism who removes magazine 1 of storage area from the loading mouth to the unloading mouth direction, a transport mechanism includes two conveying track 211 of parallel arrangement, every conveying track 211 all is equipped with the conveying chain that sets up along its length direction, conveying chain is in the drive of conveying motor is down driven.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, a first striker plate 212 capable of moving up and down is arranged on one side of the conveying track 211 close to the discharge opening, and the first striker plate 212 is used for blocking or releasing the material box 1 at the discharge opening. The bottom of the first striker plate 212 is connected with a first striker cylinder 213 which is fixedly connected to the storage rack 21.

The two sides of the storage rack 21 are respectively provided with a feeding lifting mechanism 22 and a discharging lifting mechanism 23, the feeding lifting mechanism 22 is used for conveying the material box 1 to the corresponding storage areas, and the discharging lifting mechanism 23 is used for conveying the material box 1 in any storage area to the catering conveying device.

Referring to fig. 3-5, the feeding lifting mechanism 22 includes a feeding conveyer belt 221 with a barcode identifier, and when the magazine 1 is placed on the feeding conveyer belt 221, the barcode identifier identifies the two-dimensional code on the magazine 1 and matches a storage area position corresponding to the two-dimensional code. The output end of the feeding conveyer belt 221 is connected with a magazine conveying assembly for conveying the magazines 1 to the corresponding storage area. The material box conveying assembly comprises a material box frame 222, a lifting plate 223 which is driven by a motor to move up and down to be flush with any layer of the storage rack 21 is arranged in the material box frame 222, a material box bracket 224 which is driven by the motor to move transversely to be aligned with a goods opening of any storage area on the same layer is arranged on the lifting plate 223, and a conveying roller shaft 225 which is used for conveying a material box 1 to the corresponding goods opening is arranged on the material box bracket 224.

Unloading elevating system 23 includes No. two section bar frames 231, be equipped with on No. two section bar frames 231 and receive motor drive can the lifting movement to with arbitrary layer No. two lifter plates that the storage frame flushed, be equipped with on No. two lifter plates and receive motor drive can lateral shifting to the arbitrary same floor of alignment No. two magazine bracket of the mouth of unloading of storage area, be equipped with on No. two magazine bracket and be used for carrying No. two transport roller axle that magazine 1 carried to catering conveyor 3. The rotation direction of the second conveying roller shaft is perpendicular to the rotation direction of the first conveying roller shaft 225.

By adopting the structure, when the material box 1 loaded with the meal packets is placed on the feeding conveyer belt 221, the storage area position corresponding to the material box 1 is matched through the bar code recognizer; when the material box 1 moves to a material box bracket 224 from the feeding conveying belt 221, firstly, the first lifting plate 223 is driven to move to the corresponding layer number according to the storage position of the material box 1, then, the material box bracket 224 is driven to move to the loading port of the corresponding storage area, at the moment, the first conveying roller shaft 225 is driven to move the material box 1 on the material box bracket 225 to the corresponding storage area, and the material box 1 loaded with different meal packages is classified and stored in the corresponding storage area by analogy. When the material box 1 is placed in the storage area, the material box 1 is moved towards the discharge opening direction through the first conveying mechanism until the material box 1 is limited and abutted against the first material baffle plate 212; when the next magazine 1 enters the storage area, the next magazine 1 is limited and abutted against the previous magazine 1 through the first conveying mechanism, and so on, and the magazines 1 loaded with the same meal pack or tableware are sequentially stored in the same storage area. When catering is needed, the second material box bracket is moved to the corresponding discharge port, the first material blocking cylinder 213 is driven to move the first material blocking plate 212 downwards, the material box 1 at the discharge port is moved to the second material box bracket under the transmission of the first conveying mechanism, and the first material blocking cylinder 213 is driven to move the first material blocking plate 212 upwards and block the next material box 1; and driving the second material box bracket to move to a blanking position matched with the catering conveying device 3, and driving the second conveying roller shaft to enable the material box positioned on the second material supporting frame to move to the catering conveying device.

Referring to fig. 6, the catering conveying device 3 is located at the front side of the stereoscopic warehouse 2 and comprises a first conveying line 31 and a second conveying line 32 which are arranged in parallel, a plurality of branch conveying lines 33 which are perpendicular to the first conveying line 31 are arranged between the first conveying line 31 and the second conveying line 32, and the branch conveying lines 33 are used for conveying the material boxes 1 loaded with the same type of meal packages. The first conveying line 31 is connected with the blanking lifting mechanism 23, and is provided with a material box recognition mechanism which is in one-to-one correspondence with the branch conveying lines 33. And a meal packet taking and placing mechanism 34 used for taking and placing meal packets or tableware in the material boxes onto the second conveying line 32 is arranged at one end of the supporting conveying line 33 close to the second conveying line 32. The second conveyor line 32 is used for carrying the packages or the tableware released by any one of the package pick-and-place mechanisms 34.

And a second conveying mechanism with the same structure as the first conveying mechanism is arranged on the first conveying line 31. Referring to fig. 7, a plurality of first jacking translation mechanisms 311 corresponding to the branch conveying lines 33 one by one are arranged between two conveying rails of the second conveying mechanism along the conveying direction of the second conveying mechanism, and the first jacking translation mechanisms 311 are used for moving the magazine 1 on the first conveying line 31 to the corresponding branch conveying lines 33. One side of each first jacking translation mechanism 311 is provided with a material blocking mechanism 312 for limiting the movement of the material box 1 on the first conveying line 31.

The material blocking mechanism 312 comprises a material blocking cylinder fixedly connected to the second conveying mechanism, a material blocking plate capable of moving up and down is fixedly connected to a piston rod of the material blocking cylinder, and the material blocking plate can be abutted to the side face of the material box. Referring to fig. 9, the first jacking translation mechanism 311 includes a support frame 3111, a jacking plate 3113 is disposed on the support frame 3111 and can be driven by a jacking cylinder 3112 to move up and down, and a translation conveying roller 3114 capable of rotating and conveying in the direction of the conveying line is fixedly connected to the upper end of the jacking plate 3113.

When the material box 1 moves on the first conveying line 31, the material box 1 is limited by the blocking of the material blocking mechanism 312, whether the material box 1 is the material box 1 conveyed by the corresponding supporting conveying line 33 is identified by the material box identification mechanism, if so, the first jacking translation mechanism 311 is started, namely the jacking plate 3113 moves up to the translation conveying roller 3114 to jack up the material box 1 upwards, and then the material box 1 is conveyed to the supporting conveying line 33 through the rotation of the translation conveying roller 3114; if not, the material blocking mechanism 312 is started, namely the material blocking cylinder II drives the material blocking plate II to move downwards, and the material box 1 is released to enable the material box 1 to continue to move to the next material blocking mechanism 312 along the first conveying line 31.

The branch conveyor line 32 is used for conveying the material boxes 1 containing the same kind of meal packets, and the conveying direction of the branch conveyor line is consistent with the conveying direction of the translation conveying roller 3114. The branch conveying line 32 has a length that allows a plurality of magazines 1 to be stacked, preventing the magazines 1 from being stacked on the first conveying line 31. And a third blocking cylinder 331 which is symmetrically arranged at two sides of the material box 1 is arranged at one side of the supporting conveying line 32 close to the table bag taking and placing mechanism 34, and the third blocking cylinder 331 is used for limiting the material box 1 under the table bag taking and placing mechanism 34, so that the table bag taking and placing mechanism 34 can work conveniently.

Referring to fig. 8, the bale pick and place mechanism 34 is a truss robot, and includes a structural frame 341 fixed on the bottom surface, a three-axis moving platform 342 fixed on the structural frame, and a bale clamp 343 fixed on the three-axis moving platform 342. The truss manipulator has a wide range of motion, and can clamp the meal bags in the material boxes 1 on the conveying line one by one to the second conveying line 32. The bag clamp 343 is a vacuum chuck or gripper that can grip different shaped bags.

The second conveyor line 32 is a step-by-step conveyor that remains at each of the bale pick and place mechanisms 34 for a certain amount of time. Preferably, the material box conveyed by the first branch conveying line 33 close to the blanking lifting mechanism 23 is loaded with dinner plates, and the food packages conveyed by the other branch conveying lines 33 can be different food materials or other tableware, so that when the second conveying line 32 advances in a stepping manner, the food packages or tableware conveyed by the other branch conveying lines 33 can be sequentially placed on the dinner plates conveyed by the first branch conveying line 33, and then different food materials or tableware can be placed on the dinner plates for catering and conveying.

The magazine recovery device 4 is located below the catering conveying device 3, and includes branch recovery lines 41 corresponding to the branch conveying lines 33 one by one and located below the branch conveying lines 33, and a main recovery line 42 located below the first conveying line 31. Empty magazine 1 on the corresponding branch conveying line 33 is moved to the main recovery line 42 by the branch recovery line 41, and empty magazine 1 is recovered.

In order to realize the connection between the branch recovery line 41 and the branch conveying line 33, a recovery lifting mechanism 43 is arranged on one side of the branch recovery line 41 close to the meal packet taking and placing mechanism 34, as shown in fig. 6 and 10, the recovery lifting mechanism 43 comprises a magazine recovery bracket 431 which can move up and down and is abutted to the branch conveying line 33 or the branch recovery line 41, the magazine recovery bracket 431 is connected with a driving part 432 for driving the magazine recovery bracket 431 to move up and down, a plurality of recovery roller shafts are arranged on the magazine recovery bracket 431, and the rotation direction of the recovery roller shafts is consistent with the conveying direction of the branch recovery line 41. When the magazine recovery bracket 431 is moved to abut against the branch conveying line 33, the third blocking cylinder 331 on the branch conveying line 33 is released, the magazine 1 is moved to the magazine recovery bracket 431 under the conveying of the branch conveying line 33, the magazine recovery bracket 431 is driven to move to abut against the branch recovery line 41 through the driving part 432, the recovery roller shaft is driven to rotate, and the magazine 1 moves to the branch recovery line 41 along with the rotation.

The conveying direction of the support recovery line 41 is opposite to that of the support conveying line 33, one end, close to the main recovery line 42, of the support recovery line is provided with a second jacking translation mechanism used for moving the material box 1 to the main recovery line 42, the structure of the second jacking translation mechanism is the same as that of the first jacking translation mechanism, and the description is omitted here.

Adopt above-mentioned structure's magazine recovery unit 4, when the meal package quilt that is located magazine 1 on a transfer chain 33 is all got up, remove this magazine 1 to a recovery line 41 through retrieving elevating system 43 on, the conveying of rethread a recovery line 41 conveys magazine 1 to the top of No. two jacking translation mechanisms, drive No. two jacking translation mechanisms drive magazine 1 and enter into on the main recovery line 42, and then realize the concentrated recovery of empty magazine 1 through main recovery line 42.

Due to different food material types, when the food preparation conveying device 3 prepares food, part of the food materials are small in size (such as biscuits and seasoning bags), and the bag taking and placing mechanism 34 is difficult to grab a single food material, so that a plurality of vibrating food preparation mechanisms 5 located on one side of the supporting conveying line 33 are further arranged between the first conveying line 31 and the second conveying line 32 in the embodiment. Referring to fig. 11, the vibrating catering mechanism 5 comprises a vibrating tray 51 for carrying a plurality of meal packets, a vibrating track 52 for sequentially outputting single meal packets is arranged on one side of the vibrating tray 51, an inclined slide rail 53 communicated with one side of the output end of the vibrating track 52 is arranged on one side of the output end of the vibrating track 52, and one end of the inclined slide rail 53 is aligned with the second conveying line 32. The inside of the vibrating track 52 is also provided with a limit stop lever used for stopping the meal packets from moving to the inclined slide rail 53, and the limit stop lever is driven by the cylinder to telescopically block the output end of the vibrating track 52.

When the meal packages in the material box 1 are inconsistent with the meal packages conveyed by any one conveying line 33, the material box 1 enters the working area of the vibrating food preparation mechanism 5 through the conveying of the first conveying line 31, all the meal packages in the material box 2 are poured into the corresponding vibrating disc 51 through manpower, and then the meal packages are arranged in the vibrating track 52 one by one through the vibrating track 52 to wait for food preparation; when the dinner plate on the second conveying line 32 moves to the lower part of the inclined slide rail 53, the limiting stop rod retracts, and the single dinner bag enters the inclined slide rail 53 through the vibration of the vibration rail 52 and then slides into the dinner plate to realize catering.

Furthermore, for soft-packed food materials such as bread, it is inconvenient if the soft package is regularly and neatly placed in the magazine for taking and placing, and the soft package is usually in the form of a whole box of incoming materials, which does not need to be sorted and stored by the magazine. Therefore, a soft package catering mechanism 6 special for soft package catering is also arranged at the position close to the tail end of the second conveying line 32. Referring to fig. 11, soft package catering mechanism 6 includes soft package storage silo 61, soft package conveyer belt 62, soft package manipulator 63, soft package conveyer belt 62 is in between soft package storage silo 61 and No. two transfer chains 32 for the soft package in the soft package storage silo 61 is carried to No. two transfer chains 32 directions. Soft packet of manipulator 63 is located soft packet of conveyer belt 62 and is close to one side of No. two conveyer belts 32 for get the soft packet of on the soft packet of conveyer belt 62 and put on No. two conveyer belts 32.

Soft package storage silo 61 is open-top's infundibulate feed bin, and it is close to be equipped with exit conveyor 611 on the lateral wall of soft package conveyer 62 one side, exit conveyor 611 slope sets up, and its one end butt is in the bottom of soft package storage silo 61, the other end extends soft package storage silo 61's top is placed in soft package conveyer 62's top. The delivery direction of the discharging conveyor belt 611 is from the bottom of the soft package storage bin 61 to the top of the soft package storage bin 61. The discharging conveyor belt 611 is further provided with a plurality of partition plates 6111, and an accommodating area for accommodating a single soft package is defined between adjacent partition plates 6111. Start exit conveyor 611, single soft package is placed one by one in the holding area and along with exit conveyor 611 rebound, when soft package removed the top to exit conveyor 611, soft package can drop on soft package conveyer 62 under exit conveyor 611's drive.

Because soft package falls from exit conveyor 611 to soft package conveyer 62 on belongs to the motion of free fall, its drop position is random, unsettled, therefore this embodiment still the rigid coupling has support 621 in one side of soft package conveyer 62, be equipped with on the support 621 and be located the industry camera 622 of soft package conveyer 62 top, industry camera 622 is connected with the controller. The industrial camera 622 is used for shooting the position and the placing angle of the soft package on the soft package conveying belt 62, and transmits the data to the controller, the controller calculates the position of the soft package manipulator to be grabbed by the soft package manipulator according to the data and the conveying data transmitted by the encoder on the soft package conveying belt, and then transmits the position information to the soft package manipulator 63.

Adopt soft package catering mechanism 6 of above-mentioned structure, store soft package in soft package storage silo 61, start discharging conveyor belt 611, the soft package that is located soft package storage silo 61 bottom moves to soft package storage silo 61 top under discharging conveyor belt 61's drive, and through the setting of division board 6111, single soft package is placed one by one in the holding area, when soft package moves to discharging conveyor belt 611's top, soft package can drop on soft package conveyor belt 62 under discharging conveyor belt 611's drive, start soft package conveyor belt 62, soft package moves to No. two transfer chain 32 directions, when the dinner plate moves to industrial camera 622's shooting scope, industrial camera 622 shoots it and sends its positional information to soft package manipulator 63, when soft package moves to soft package manipulator 63's working range, soft package manipulator 63 snatchs soft package according to the position that industrial camera 622 provided, then place it to being located in the transfer chain 32 on No. two, the soft package catering is realized.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical concept and features of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and any equivalent changes or modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The automatic catering system for the aviation meals is characterized in that: comprises a stereoscopic warehouse (2) for storing and loading material boxes (1) of different dinner bags or tableware in a classified manner; the catering conveying device (3) is used for conveying the material box (1) and taking and placing the dinner bags or the tableware in the material box (1) to a catering position; a cartridge collection device (4) for collecting empty cartridges (1) after preparation;

the stereoscopic warehouse (2) comprises a plurality of storage frames (21) which are arranged in a multi-layer mode, and each layer of storage frame (21) comprises a plurality of horizontally arranged storage areas which are mutually independent; a feeding lifting mechanism (22) and a discharging lifting mechanism (22) are respectively arranged on two sides of the storage rack (21), the feeding lifting mechanism (22) is used for conveying the material boxes (1) to corresponding storage areas, and the discharging lifting mechanism (23) is used for conveying the material boxes (1) in any storage area to the catering conveying device (3);

the catering conveying device (3) comprises a first conveying line (31) and a second conveying line (32) which are arranged in parallel, and a plurality of branch conveying lines (33) which are perpendicular to the first conveying line (31) are arranged between the first conveying line (31) and the second conveying line (32); the first conveying line (31) is connected with the blanking lifting mechanism (23), and the first conveying line is provided with material box identification mechanisms which correspond to the branch conveying lines (33) one by one; a meal packet taking and placing mechanism (34) used for taking and placing meal packets or tableware in the material boxes onto the second conveying line (32) is arranged at one end, close to the second conveying line (32), of the supporting conveying line (33); the second conveyor line (32) is used for carrying the dinner packages or the tableware released by any dinner package taking and placing mechanism (34);

the material box recovery device (4) is positioned below the catering conveying device (3) and is used for recovering empty material boxes (1) on the branch conveying line (33).

2. The catering system according to claim 1, wherein: a loading port aligned with the feeding lifting mechanism (22) is formed in one side of the material storage area, and an unloading port aligned with the discharging lifting mechanism (23) is formed in the other side of the material storage area; be equipped with in the storage area and be used for a conveying mechanism who removes magazine (1) from the mouth of loading to the mouth of unloading direction, a conveying mechanism is close to one side of discharge opening is equipped with striker plate (212) that receives a striker cylinder (213) drive and reciprocate, striker plate (212) are used for blockking or letting pass magazine (1) that are located discharge opening department.

3. The catering system according to claim 2, wherein: the feeding lifting mechanism (22) comprises a feeding conveying belt (221) with a bar code recognizer, and the output end of the feeding conveying belt (221) is connected with a material box conveying assembly; the material box conveying assembly comprises a material box frame (222), a lifting plate (223) which is driven by a motor to move up and down to be flush with any layer of the storage rack (21) is arranged in the material box frame (222), a material box bracket (224) which is driven by a motor to move transversely to be aligned with any goods loading port of the storage area on the same layer is arranged on the lifting plate (223), and a conveying roller shaft (225) used for conveying the material box (1) to the corresponding goods loading port is arranged on the material box bracket (224).

4. The catering system according to any of claims 1-3, wherein: the conveying direction of the first conveying line (31) is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the branch conveying line (33); the first conveying line (31) is provided with a plurality of first jacking translation mechanisms (311) which correspond to the branch conveying lines (33) one by one, and the first jacking translation mechanisms (311) are used for moving the material boxes (1) on the first conveying line (31) to the corresponding branch conveying lines (33); one side of each jacking translation mechanism (311) is provided with a material blocking mechanism (312) used for limiting the material box (1) to move on the first conveying line (31).

5. The catering system according to claim 4, wherein: the material blocking mechanism (312) comprises a material blocking cylinder II fixedly connected to the first conveying line (31), a material blocking plate II capable of moving up and down is fixedly connected to a piston rod of the material blocking cylinder II, and the material blocking plate II can be blocked on the side face of the material box (1); jacking translation mechanism (311) are in including the rigid coupling support frame (3111) on transfer chain (31), be equipped with on support frame (3111) and receive jacking cylinder (3112) drive lift removal's jacking board (3113), the upper end rigid coupling of jacking board (3113) has translation transfer roller (3114) that can rotate the conveying to a transfer chain (33) direction.

6. The catering system according to claim 5, wherein: the magazine recovery device (4) comprises branch recovery lines (41) which correspond to the branch conveying lines (33) one by one and are positioned below the branch conveying lines (33), and a main recovery line (42) which is positioned below the first conveying line (31); one side of the supporting and recovering line (41) close to the table bag taking and placing mechanism (34) is provided with a recovering and lifting mechanism (43) used for moving the material box (1) from the supporting and conveying line (33) to the supporting and recovering line (41), and the other side of the supporting and recovering line is provided with a second jacking and translating mechanism used for moving the material box (1) to the main recovering line (42).

7. The catering system according to claim 6, wherein: the recovery lifting mechanism (43) comprises a material box recovery bracket (431) which can move up and down and is abutted to the branch conveying line (33) or the branch recovery line (41), and the material box recovery bracket (431) is connected with a driving piece (432) for driving the material box recovery bracket to move up and down; the magazine recovery bracket (431) is provided with a plurality of recovery roller shafts, and the rotation direction of the recovery roller shafts is consistent with the conveying direction of the branch recovery lines (41).

8. The catering system according to claim 1, wherein: a plurality of vibrating food preparation mechanisms (5) positioned at one side of the branch conveying line (31) are also arranged between the first conveying line (31) and the second conveying line (32); the vibrating catering mechanism (5) comprises a vibrating disc (51) for bearing meal packets, a vibrating track (52) for outputting single meal packets in sequence is arranged on one side of the vibrating disc (51), an inclined slide rail (53) communicated with the vibrating track (52) is arranged on one side of the output end of the vibrating track (52), and one end of the inclined slide rail (53) is aligned to the second conveying line (32); the interior of the vibration track (52) is also provided with a limit stop lever used for stopping the meal packets from moving to the inclined slide rail (53), and the limit stop lever is driven by the cylinder to telescopically block the output end of the vibration track (52).

9. The catering system according to claim 1, wherein: the device is characterized by also comprising a soft package catering mechanism (6) positioned at the tail end of the second conveying line (32), wherein the soft package catering mechanism (6) comprises a soft package storage bin (61), a soft package conveying belt (62) and a soft package mechanical arm (63); the soft package conveying belt (62) is positioned between the soft package storage bin (61) and the second conveying line (32) and is used for conveying soft packages in the soft package storage bin (61) to the second conveying line (32); an industrial camera (622) is arranged above the soft package conveying belt (62) and used for shooting the position of the soft package on the soft package conveying belt (62) and transmitting the position information to the soft package mechanical arm (63); soft package manipulator (63) are located soft package conveyer belt (62) and are close to one side of No. two transfer chain (32) for position information according to industry camera (622) provides snatchs soft package and places it on No. two transfer chain (32).

10. The catering system according to claim 9, wherein: the soft package storage bin (61) is a funnel-shaped storage bin with an opening at the top, a discharge conveyor belt (611) is arranged on the side wall of the soft package conveyor belt (62), the discharge conveyor belt (611) is obliquely arranged, one end of the discharge conveyor belt is abutted against the bottom of the soft package storage bin (61), and the other end of the discharge conveyor belt extends out of the top of the soft package storage bin (61) and is arranged above the soft package conveyor belt (62); the discharging conveyor belt (611) is further provided with a plurality of partition plates (6111), and an accommodating area for accommodating single soft package is defined between the adjacent partition plates (6111).