CN111150310A

CN111150310A - Cooking seasoning adding apparatus, cooker and cooking method

Info

Publication number: CN111150310A
Application number: CN202010008014.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 唐杰; 陈道远; 吴家辉; 李新壮; 黄睿斌
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai; Zhuhai Lianyun Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai; Zhuhai Lianyun Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-01-06
Filing date: 2020-01-06
Publication date: 2020-05-15
Anticipated expiration: 2040-01-06
Also published as: CN111150310B

Abstract

The invention relates to a cooking seasoning adding device, a cooker and a cooking method, wherein the cooking seasoning adding device comprises a support frame (10), a plurality of seasoning containers (20) storing different types of seasoning, a driving device (30) and a control device, the seasoning containers (20) are supported by the support frame (10), the driving device (30) is in driving connection with the seasoning containers (20) to drive the seasoning containers (20) to move relative to the support frame (10), and the control device is in signal connection with the driving device (30) to control the action of the driving device (30). The seasoning adding device for cooking can control the action of the driving device through the control device, so that the seasoning container is driven to move relative to the supporting frame, the seasoning container is automatically moved above the cooking appliance, a part of manual labor is replaced, the automation degree of cooking is improved, and the cooking efficiency is improved.

Description

Cooking seasoning adding apparatus, cooker and cooking method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cooking equipment, in particular to cooking seasoning adding equipment, a cooker and a cooking method.

Background

Along with the improvement of living standard of people, the concept of the intelligent kitchen gradually goes into vast families, and the typical improvement in the intelligent kitchen is an automatic cooking machine widely applied by people. In the traditional dish frying process of vast families, various seasonings need to be added manually, and although the automation degree of the existing automatic dish frying machine is improved compared with the traditional dish frying process, the seasonings needed for dish frying still need to be added manually, so that the dish frying efficiency is reduced.

It is noted that the information disclosed in this background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the general background of the invention and should not be taken as an acknowledgement or any form of suggestion that this information constitutes prior art already known to a person skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a cooking seasoning adding device, a cooker and a cooking method, which can improve the automation degree of cooking.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking seasoning adding apparatus including:

a support frame;

the seasoning containers are used for storing different kinds of seasonings and are supported by the supporting frame;

the driving device is in driving connection with the seasoning container to drive the seasoning container to move relative to the supporting frame; and

and the control device is in signal connection with the driving device to control the action of the driving device.

In some embodiments, the cooking seasoning adding apparatus further comprises a valve, the seasoning container comprises a discharge port, the valve is arranged at the discharge port, and the control device is in signal connection with the valve to control the valve to open and close.

In some embodiments, the control device is further configured to control the opening time of the valve to control the amount of seasoning added.

In some embodiments, the cooking seasoning adding apparatus further comprises an information acquiring device disposed on the supporting frame, the information acquiring device is used for acquiring the food material information, and the control device is in signal connection with the information acquiring device to control the driving device according to the food material information.

In some embodiments, the information obtaining device comprises a scanning device for scanning the information storage tag on the food material outer package to obtain the food material information.

In some embodiments, the drive device is configured to drive the seasoning container in two directions relative to the support frame.

In some embodiments, the driving device comprises:

the first mounting frame is connected with the support frame;

the first driving mechanism is in driving connection with the first mounting frame so as to drive the first mounting frame to move along a first direction relative to the support frame;

the second mounting rack is connected with the first mounting rack, and the seasoning containers are mounted on the second mounting rack; and

and the second driving mechanism is in driving connection with the second mounting frame so as to drive the second mounting frame to move along the second direction relative to the first mounting frame.

In some embodiments, the first driving mechanism includes a first motor, the support frame includes a slide rail, the first mounting bracket is provided with a slider, the slider is matched with the slide rail, and the first motor is used for driving the slider to slide relative to the slide rail.

In some embodiments, the second drive mechanism comprises:

the screw rod is arranged on the first mounting frame, and the second mounting frame is connected with the screw rod through threads; and

and the second motor is used for driving the screw rod to rotate relative to the first mounting frame so as to drive the second mounting frame to move along a second direction relative to the first mounting frame.

In some embodiments, the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooker including the cooking seasoning adding apparatus as described above.

In some embodiments, the cooker further includes a cooktop on which the support bracket is mounted.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking method based on the above cooking seasoning adding apparatus, comprising:

the control device controls the drive device to act, and the drive device drives the seasoning container to move relative to the support frame, so that the seasoning container moves above the cooking appliance.

In some embodiments, the cooking method further comprises:

when the seasoning container moves to the upper part of the cooking utensil, the valve arranged at the discharge hole of the seasoning container is controlled to be opened by the control device.

In some embodiments, prior to opening the valve, the cooking method further comprises:

detecting whether the top of the cooking appliance is covered with a sealing cover or not;

if yes, the control device sends out a reminding signal;

if not, the control device executes the operation of controlling the opening of the valve arranged at the discharge hole of the seasoning container.

In some embodiments, before controlling the driving device to act by the control device, the cooking method further includes:

the menu is selected and transmitted to the control device, so that the control device controls the driving device to act according to the selected menu.

In some embodiments, prior to selecting the recipe, the cooking method further comprises:

acquiring information of food materials;

transmitting the information of the food materials to a control end;

the control end provides selectable menus according to the information of the food materials.

In some embodiments, the information of the food material comprises a category and a weight of the food material.

In some embodiments, the operation of obtaining information of food materials comprises:

and scanning the information storage label on the food material outer package.

In the embodiment of the invention, the cooking seasoning adding equipment comprises a support frame, a plurality of seasoning containers, a driving device and a control device, wherein the control device can control the driving device to act during cooking, and the seasoning containers can be driven to move relative to the support frame after the driving device acts, so that the seasoning containers automatically move to the upper part of a cooking appliance, a part of manual labor is replaced, the automation degree of cooking is improved, and the cooking efficiency is improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

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

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of one embodiment of a cooking method of the present invention.

In the figure:

10. a support frame; 11. a slide rail; 20. a seasoning container;

30. a drive device; 31. a first mounting bracket; 32. a second mounting bracket; 33. a lead screw; 34. a second motor; 35. a slider; 36. a fixing frame; 37. and (4) connecting the blocks.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely a few embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "lateral," "longitudinal," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "upper," "lower," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the scope of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment of the cooking flavoring adding apparatus provided by the present invention, the apparatus comprises a support frame 10, a driving device 30, a control device and a plurality of flavoring containers 20, wherein the plurality of flavoring containers 20 are respectively used for storing different types of flavoring, the plurality of flavoring containers 20 are disposed on the support frame 10 and supported by the support frame 10, the driving device 30 is in driving connection with the flavoring containers 20 to drive the flavoring containers 20 to move relative to the support frame 10, and the control device is in signal connection with the driving device 30 to control the action of the driving device 30.

In the above embodiment, the cooking seasoning adding apparatus includes the support frame 10, the plurality of seasoning containers 20, the driving device 30 and the control device, during cooking, the driving device 30 can be controlled by the control device to operate, and after the driving device 30 operates, the seasoning containers 20 can be driven to move relative to the support frame 10, so that the seasoning containers 20 can automatically move to the upper side of the cooking appliance, a part of manual labor is replaced, the automation degree of cooking is improved, and the cooking efficiency is improved.

Further, the seasoning adding device for cooking further comprises a valve, the seasoning container 20 comprises a discharge hole, the valve is arranged at the discharge hole, and the control device is in signal connection with the valve to control the valve to be opened and closed.

Through setting up the valve to make controlling means and valve signal connection, can realize opening and closing of automation of valve through controlling means, add the degree of automation of condiment when further improving the culinary art, improve culinary art efficiency.

The control device can also be used for controlling the opening time of the valve so as to control the adding amount of the seasoning. The adding amount of the seasoning can be effectively controlled by controlling the time length of the valve in the opening state.

In other embodiments, other ways may be used to control the total amount of flavoring, such as setting the output of each valve opening and closing, and calculating the number of valve openings and closings according to the total amount of flavoring needed.

In other embodiments, the valve can be replaced by the material taking device, the material taking amount of the material taking device at each time is known, the material taking times of the material taking device can be calculated according to the total additive amount required by the seasonings, and the aim of controlling the additive amount of the seasonings can also be achieved.

The cooking seasoning adding apparatus further comprises an information acquiring device disposed on the supporting frame 10 for acquiring the food material information, and the control device is in signal connection with the information acquiring device to control the driving device 30 according to the food material information.

By arranging the information acquisition device, the information of the food materials can be acquired, so that the control device can judge the type of the seasoning to be added according to the information of the food materials, and further control the driving device to drive the corresponding seasoning container to move to the upper part of the cooking appliance, the seasoning is conveniently released into the cooking appliance, and the accuracy of seasoning throwing is improved; the control device can judge the weight of the flavoring needed to be added according to the information of the food material, and then control the opening time of the valve to control the adding amount of the flavoring or control the adding amount of the flavoring in other modes.

The information acquisition device comprises a scanning device, and the scanning device is used for scanning the information storage label on the food material outer package to obtain the food material information.

By arranging the scanning device, the information of the food materials can be rapidly acquired. The information storage tag can be a bar code, a two-dimensional code, an RFID tag or other markers capable of transmitting food material information.

The scanning device may be installed on the supporting frame 10, and before cooking, a user may scan the information storage tag on the food outer package through the scanning device to obtain the food information, and then the food information is transmitted to the control device, and the control device controls the driving device 30 and the valve according to the food information.

The scanning device can be replaced by a camera, the camera is used for acquiring the image data of the food materials, and the control device can perform image recognition on the image data after receiving the image data of the food materials so as to determine the information of the food materials.

The drive means 30 is configured to drive the seasoning container 20 in two directions relative to the support stand 10. This arrangement increases the freedom of movement of the flavoring container 20 and increases the flexibility of the flavoring container 20.

The specific structure of the driving device 30 may be various.

As an implementation manner, the driving device 30 includes a first mounting rack 31, a first driving mechanism, a second mounting rack 32 and a second driving mechanism, the first mounting rack 31 is connected with the support frame 10, the first driving mechanism is connected with the first mounting rack 31 in a driving manner to drive the first mounting rack 31 to move along a first direction relative to the support frame 10, the second mounting rack 32 is connected with the first mounting rack 31, the seasoning containers 20 are mounted on the second mounting rack 32, and the second driving mechanism is connected with the second mounting rack 32 in a driving manner to drive the second mounting rack 32 to move along a second direction relative to the first mounting rack 31.

The first driving mechanism comprises a first motor, the support frame 10 comprises a slide rail 11, the first mounting frame 31 is provided with a slide block 35, the slide block 35 is matched with the slide rail 11, and the first motor is used for driving the slide block 35 to slide relative to the slide rail 11.

Through setting up slide rail 11 and slider 35, can guide the motion of first mounting bracket 31, guarantee the motion stationarity and the accuracy of first mounting bracket 31.

The first motor can be arranged in the sliding block 35, the bottom of the sliding block 35 is provided with a pulley, the pulley is in contact with the sliding rail 11, the first motor drives the pulley to roll, and the pulley moves along the sliding rail 11 during rolling in a sliding mode, so that the sliding block 35 is driven to move along the sliding rail 11.

The second driving mechanism comprises a lead screw 33 and a second motor 34, the lead screw 33 is mounted on the first mounting frame 31, the second mounting frame 32 is in threaded connection with the lead screw 33, and the second motor 34 is used for driving the lead screw 33 to rotate relative to the first mounting frame 31 so as to drive the second mounting frame 32 to move relative to the first mounting frame 31 along a second direction.

The driving device 30 further includes a fixing frame 36, the fixing frame 36 is connected with the sliding block 35, the second motor 34 is installed in the fixing frame 36, and the first mounting frame 31 is connected with the fixing frame 36.

The second mounting bracket 32 includes the mounting panel and sets up in the surrounding rod of mounting panel all around, and a plurality of condiment containers 20 are fixed on the mounting panel, and the surrounding rod can prevent that the condiment container 20 from toppling over or dropping.

The driving device 30 further includes two connecting blocks 37, the two connecting blocks 37 are respectively connected to two sides of the second mounting frame 32, and the two connecting blocks 37 are respectively in threaded connection with the corresponding lead screws 33.

In some embodiments, the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other. In these embodiments, the arrangement direction of the slide rail 11 and the arrangement direction of the lead screw 33 are perpendicular to each other.

For example, the first direction extends horizontally from side to side and the second direction extends horizontally from front to back, thereby allowing the seasoning container 20 to move back and forth and side to side relative to the rack 10. When the cooking seasoning adding apparatus is not used, the seasoning container 20 may be retracted to the rear; when the cooking seasoning adding apparatus is used, the seasoning container 20 may be turned back to the front to facilitate seasoning addition. When the cooking seasoning adding apparatus is used, the seasoning container 20 can be moved left and right as needed to adapt to a scene having a plurality of cooking positions.

In the above embodiments, the seasonings include solid seasonings and liquid seasonings such as edible oil, edible salt, edible sugar, prickly ash, aniseed, monosodium glutamate, vinegar, soy sauce, cooking wine, and the like.

Based on the cooking seasoning adding device, the invention also provides a cooker which comprises the cooking seasoning adding device. The cooker equipped with the seasoning adding device can improve the automation degree of seasoning adding, save labor and improve cooking efficiency.

The cooker further includes a cooking bench on which the support frame 10 may be fixedly installed. For example, the support frame 10 may be installed on a vertical wall surface of a cooking bench behind a cooking position to prevent the cooking seasoning adding apparatus from being burnt by flames when cooking.

Based on the above cooking seasoning adding apparatus, the present invention also provides a cooking method, including:

the control device controls the drive device 30 to act, and the drive device 30 drives the seasoning container 20 to move relative to the support frame 10, so that the seasoning container 20 moves to the upper part of the cooking utensil.

Further, the cooking method further comprises:

when the seasoning container 20 moves to the upper part of the cooking utensil, the valve arranged at the discharge port of the seasoning container 20 is controlled to be opened by the control device.

if yes, the control device sends out a reminding signal;

if not, the control device executes the operation of controlling the opening of the valve arranged at the discharge port of the seasoning container 20.

In some embodiments, before controlling the driving device 30 to act by the control device, the cooking method further includes:

selects a recipe and transmits the selected recipe to the control device so that the control device controls the driving device 30 to operate according to the selected recipe.

acquiring information of food materials;

transmitting the information of the food materials to a control end;

The control terminal may be the control device described above, or may be a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone, a computer, or the like. The food material information can be transmitted to the control terminal through the wifi signal and then used for selecting a menu at the control terminal.

and scanning the information storage label on the food material outer package.

The positive technical effects of the cooking flavoring adding device in the above embodiments are also applicable to the cooker and the cooking method, and are not described herein again.

The operation of the cooking method using an embodiment of the cooking seasoning adding apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 2:

firstly, a user takes out food materials from a refrigerator, and RFID tags are pasted on outer packages of the food materials and contain detailed information of the food materials; after taking out the needed food materials, a user firstly puts the RFID label below the scanning device for scanning and reads the information contained in the label; after the food material information is obtained, uploading the food material information to a server terminal for network searching, recommending all menus that the scanned food material can make, and transmitting the menu information to a mobile terminal of a user through wifi for displaying; then, the user can select one of the menus to make; after the menu is selected, the control device automatically extracts the type, sequence and adding amount information of the seasonings to be added in the manufacturing method of the selected menu, and the control device sends control signals to the driving device and the valve according to the information so as to control the addition of the seasonings.

When the driving device receives an action signal sent by the control device, the first mounting frame 31 and the second mounting frame 32 move to the upper part of the wok in a left-right and front-back movement sequence, before the valve is opened, the detection device detects whether the wok is covered by a wok cover or not, if so, the control device sends a reminding signal until a user opens the wok cover; if not, the valve is opened, and the seasoning is put into the frying pan.

By using the cooking seasoning adding device, the seasoning does not need to be added manually, and the adding amount can be intelligently controlled. After the user puts into the pot with eating the material, fry the dish according to the preparation order can, condiment can add automatically, has saved the manpower greatly, still is favorable to improving the efficiency of culinary art, helps accurate control taste.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention and not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will understand that: modifications to the specific embodiments of the invention or equivalent substitutions for parts of the technical features may be made without departing from the principles of the invention, and these modifications and equivalents are intended to be included within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A cooking seasoning adding apparatus, comprising:

a support frame (10);

a plurality of seasoning containers (20) storing different kinds of seasonings and supported by the support frame (10);

the driving device (30) is in driving connection with the seasoning container (20) to drive the seasoning container (20) to move relative to the support frame (10); and

and the control device is in signal connection with the driving device (30) so as to control the action of the driving device (30).

2. The cooking seasoning adding apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a valve, wherein the seasoning container (20) comprises a discharge port, the valve is disposed at the discharge port, and the control means is in signal connection with the valve to control the opening and closing of the valve.

3. The cooking seasoning adding apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the control means is further for controlling the opening time of the valve to control the amount of seasoning added.

4. The cooking seasoning adding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an information obtaining device provided to the support stand (10), the information obtaining device being configured to obtain food material information, the control device being in signal connection with the information obtaining device to control the driving device (30) according to the food material information.

5. The cooking seasoning adding apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the information acquiring means comprises a scanning means for scanning an information storage tag on an outer package of food material to acquire the food material information.

6. The cooking seasoning adding apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the driving means (30) is configured to drive the seasoning container (20) to move in two directions relative to the support stand (10).

7. The cooking seasoning adding apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the driving means (30) comprises:

the first mounting frame (31) is connected with the supporting frame (10);

the first driving mechanism is in driving connection with the first mounting frame (31) so as to drive the first mounting frame (31) to move along a first direction relative to the supporting frame (10);

a second mounting bracket (32) connected to the first mounting bracket (31), the plurality of seasoning containers (20) being mounted to the second mounting bracket (32); and

the second driving mechanism is in driving connection with the second mounting frame (32) so as to drive the second mounting frame (32) to move along a second direction relative to the first mounting frame (31).

8. The cooking seasoning adding device according to claim 7 wherein the first driving mechanism comprises a first motor, the support (10) comprises a slide rail (11), the first mounting bracket (31) is provided with a slider (35), the slider (35) is engaged with the slide rail (11), and the first motor is used for driving the slider (35) to slide relative to the slide rail (11).

9. The cooking seasoning adding apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the second driving mechanism comprises:

the lead screw (33) is mounted on the first mounting frame (31), and the second mounting frame (32) is in threaded connection with the lead screw (33); and

and the second motor (34) is used for driving the lead screw (33) to rotate relative to the first mounting frame (31) so as to drive the second mounting frame (32) to move relative to the first mounting frame (31) along a second direction.

10. The cooking seasoning adding apparatus of claim 7 wherein the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.

11. A cooker comprising the cooking seasoning adding apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. The cooking appliance of claim 11, further comprising a cooktop on which the support frame (10) is mounted.

13. A cooking method based on the cooking seasoning adding apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10, comprising:

the control device controls the action of the driving device (30), and the driving device (30) drives the seasoning container (20) to move relative to the support frame (10) so as to move the seasoning container (20) to the upper part of the cooking utensil.

14. The cooking method of claim 13, further comprising:

when the seasoning container (20) moves to the upper part of the cooking utensil, the valve arranged at the discharge hole of the seasoning container (20) is controlled to be opened by the control device.

15. The cooking method of claim 14, further comprising, prior to opening the valve:

detecting whether a sealing cover is covered on the top of the cooking appliance;

if so, the control device sends out a reminding signal;

if not, the control device executes the operation of controlling the opening of a valve arranged at the discharge hole of the seasoning container (20).

16. The cooking method according to claim 13, further comprising, before controlling the action of the driving means (30) by the control means:

the recipe is selected and transmitted to the control device, so that the control device controls the drive device (30) to act according to the selected recipe.

17. The cooking method of claim 16, further comprising, prior to selecting the recipe:

acquiring information of food materials;

transmitting the information of the food materials to a control end;

and the control terminal provides selectable menus according to the information of the food materials.

18. The cooking method of claim 17, wherein the information of the food material comprises a type and a weight of the food material.

19. The cooking method of claim 17, wherein the operation of obtaining information of food materials comprises:

and scanning the information storage label on the food material outer package.