CN111938448A

CN111938448A - Automatic change food and beverage system

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Publication number: CN111938448A
Application number: CN202010812429.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邓善贤; 田卓建; 成鹏智; 彭志伟; 邱建喜; 赖长敏; 王贤兵
Original assignee: Guangdong Zhiyuan Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Zhiyuan Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-13
Filing date: 2020-08-13
Publication date: 2020-11-17
Also published as: WO2022032834A1

Abstract

The invention relates to an automatic catering system, which comprises a main meal supply module, wherein the main meal supply module comprises: a cold storage device; the conveying device comprises at least two sets of conveying mechanisms, and each conveying mechanism is used for receiving and conveying the food material containers output by the refrigerating device; the cooking device comprises cooking areas and execution mechanisms, the number of the cooking areas, the number of the execution mechanisms and the number of the conveying mechanisms are the same, the cooking areas, the execution mechanisms and the conveying mechanisms are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode, each execution mechanism is used for picking up the food material containers conveyed by the corresponding conveying mechanism and transferring the food material containers to the corresponding cooking area for cooking, and each execution mechanism is also used for taking out and transferring the food material containers on the corresponding cooking area after the cooking is finished; and the heat preservation device is used for receiving the food material container transferred by the execution mechanism for heat preservation storage and outputting the corresponding food material container after receiving the meal-out instruction. The automatic catering system can effectively reduce labor cost and improve the catering and serving efficiency.

Description

Automatic change food and beverage system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automation, in particular to an automatic catering system.

Background

The operation mode of the traditional restaurant is generally manufactured by people and sold on the spot. So for customer waiting time is longer, can't satisfy the demand of having a dinner fast when peak well, especially in some places that the flow of people is great, often can appear the scene of meal such as queue for a long time, leads to customer experience relatively poor. In order to meet the requirements of the public, some automatic catering equipment appears on the market.

However, the traditional catering equipment has low automation degree, still has the problems of low catering efficiency and low catering speed, and cannot be well popularized to the fast food industry.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, an automatic catering system is needed to be provided for solving the problems that the traditional catering equipment is low in automation degree, low in catering efficiency and low in catering speed.

An automated catering system comprising a main meal supply module, the main meal supply module comprising:

a refrigerating device for refrigerating the food material container filled with food material;

the conveying device comprises at least two sets of conveying mechanisms, and each conveying mechanism is used for receiving and conveying the food material containers output by the refrigerating device;

the cooking device comprises cooking areas and execution mechanisms, the number of the cooking areas, the number of the execution mechanisms and the number of the conveying mechanisms are the same, the execution mechanisms are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, each execution mechanism is used for picking up the food material container conveyed by the corresponding conveying mechanism and transferring the food material container to the corresponding cooking area for cooking, and each execution mechanism is also used for taking out and transferring the food material container on the corresponding cooking area after the cooking is finished; and

and the heat preservation device is used for receiving the food material containers transferred by the execution mechanism for heat preservation storage and outputting the corresponding food material containers after receiving the meal delivery instruction.

In one embodiment, the conveying mechanisms are provided with two sets, namely a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism, and the first conveying mechanism and the second conveying mechanism are arranged side by side or in a stacking and spacing manner;

the first conveying mechanism comprises a first conveying belt for conveying food material containers, a first end of the first conveying belt corresponds to the refrigerating device, and a second end of the first conveying belt extends to the corresponding cooking area; the second conveying mechanism comprises a second conveying belt for conveying food material containers, a first end of the second conveying belt corresponds to the refrigerating device, and a second end of the second conveying belt extends to the corresponding cooking area.

In one embodiment, the first conveying belt comprises a conveying section and a lifting adjusting section which is butted with the conveying section and can ascend or descend relative to the conveying section, and the lifting adjusting section is positioned at the second end of the first conveying belt;

and/or the second conveying belt comprises a conveying section and a lifting adjusting section which is butted with the conveying section and can ascend or descend relative to the conveying section, and the lifting adjusting section is positioned at the second end of the second conveying belt.

In one embodiment, the conveying mechanism is provided with a cover opening station on a conveying route, the conveying device further comprises a cover opening mechanism arranged corresponding to the cover opening station, and a sensing piece electrically connected with the cover opening mechanism and used for sensing the position of the food material container, and the cover opening mechanism is used for opening the cover of the food material container at the cover opening station.

In one embodiment, the uncovering mechanism comprises an uncovering bracket connected with the conveying mechanism, an uncovering clamping jaw connected with the uncovering bracket, and a clamping jaw lifting driving piece in driving connection with the uncovering clamping jaw.

In one embodiment, each of the actuating mechanisms includes a moving module and a cooking clamping jaw in driving connection with the moving module, and the moving module is used for driving the cooking clamping jaw to move the food material container.

In one embodiment, the refrigerating device comprises a refrigeration house, a refrigerating storage platform arranged in the refrigeration house and used for containing and conveying food material containers, and a conveying mechanism arranged on the output side of the refrigerating storage platform, wherein the conveying mechanism is used for picking up the food material containers output by the refrigerating storage platform and conveying the food material containers to the conveying mechanism.

In one embodiment, the cold storage table is provided with at least two layers at intervals along the height direction of the cold storage, and the conveying mechanism comprises a lifting driving assembly, a transverse moving driving assembly in driving connection with the lifting driving assembly, and a conveying assembly in driving connection with the transverse moving driving assembly.

In one embodiment, the carrying assembly comprises a support frame in driving connection with the traverse driving assembly, and a material taking clamping jaw and a telescopic driving unit which are connected to the support frame, wherein the telescopic driving unit is used for driving the material taking clamping jaw to perform telescopic movement relative to the support frame along the conveying direction of the refrigeration storage table.

In one embodiment, the heat preservation device comprises a heat preservation cabinet, and a heat preservation storage platform, a meal taking mechanism, a meal receiving platform and a meal delivery platform which are all arranged in the heat preservation cabinet; the heat preservation cabinet is provided with a meal inlet and a meal outlet, the meal receiving platform is arranged corresponding to the meal inlet and can reciprocate on the inner side and the outer side of the meal inlet, and the meal outlet platform is arranged corresponding to the meal outlet and can reciprocate on the inner side and the outer side of the meal outlet; the food receiving platform is used for receiving food material containers transferred by the executing mechanism, the food taking mechanism is used for picking up the food material containers on the food receiving platform and transferring the food material containers to the heat-preservation storage platform, and the food taking mechanism is also used for transferring the food material containers on the heat-preservation storage platform to the food serving platform.

In one embodiment, the heat retaining devices are provided in two sets, and the two sets of heat retaining devices are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the cooking device.

In one embodiment, the heat preservation device further comprises a tray supply machine and a tray transfer mechanism which are both arranged in the heat preservation cabinet, and the tray transfer mechanism is used for transferring the trays supplied by the tray supply machine to the meal delivery platform.

In one embodiment, the automated catering system further comprises a catering provisioning module, the catering provisioning module comprising:

the tableware supply device comprises a tableware storage rack and a tableware conveying mechanism, and the tableware conveying mechanism is used for receiving and transferring soup containers on the tableware storage rack; and

the food discharging device comprises a food discharging machine, a food receiving and conveying mechanism and a food discharging and conveying platform, the food discharging machine is provided with a food discharging opening, the food receiving and conveying mechanism is used for receiving a food container transferred by the tableware conveying mechanism, and the food receiving and conveying mechanism is further used for transferring the food container from the lower part of the food discharging opening to a food placing position of the food discharging and conveying platform.

In one embodiment, the automatic catering system further comprises an equipment bin, a cooking area and a catering area are arranged in the equipment bin, the main meal supply module is arranged in the cooking area, the catering supply module is arranged in the catering area, and the equipment bin is provided with meal taking windows corresponding to the main meal supply module and the catering supply module respectively.

In one embodiment, the tableware storage rack comprises a tableware storage platform, the tableware conveying mechanism comprises a liftable layer selection platform, a first lifting driving module in driving connection with the layer selection platform, and a first pushing module arranged on the layer selection platform, the layer selection platform is used for receiving soup containers conveyed by the tableware storage platform, and the first pushing module is used for pushing the soup containers to the soup receiving conveying mechanism from the layer selection platform.

In one embodiment, the soup receiving and conveying mechanism comprises a soup receiving platform and a second pushing module arranged on the soup receiving platform, the soup receiving platform is located below the soup outlet, the soup outlet conveying platform is located on one side of the soup receiving platform, the first pushing module is used for pushing the soup containers from the layer selecting platform to the soup receiving platform, and the second pushing module is used for pushing the soup containers from the soup receiving platform to the soup outlet conveying platform.

In one embodiment, the meal delivery device further comprises a meal delivery driving mechanism, the meal delivery device is provided with a meal delivery outlet corresponding to the meal delivery conveying table, and the meal delivery driving mechanism is used for driving the meal delivery conveying table to reciprocate on the inner side and the outer side of the meal delivery outlet.

In one embodiment, the catering supply module further comprises a dish supply device, the dish supply device comprises a dish storage rack and a dish conveying mechanism, and the dish conveying mechanism is used for transferring a dish container from the dish storage rack to a dish placing position of the meal delivery conveying platform.

In one of them embodiment, dish storage rack includes dish storage platform, dish transport mechanism includes liftable get the dish module, with get the second lift drive module that dish module drive is connected, and pass the dish module, get the dish module have with the dish position that connects that dish storage platform corresponds, and with pass the dish position that the dish module corresponds, second lift drive module is used for the drive get the dish module and be in connect the dish position with pass reciprocating motion between the dish position, get the dish module and be used for with the dish container certainly dish storage platform takes out, pass the dish module be used for with the dish container by get the dish module convey to go out the meal and carry the platform.

In one embodiment, the dish taking module comprises a dish receiving platform, a first linear driving unit and a first dish pushing piece, wherein the dish receiving platform is arranged corresponding to the output side of the dish storage platform, the first linear driving unit is connected with the dish receiving platform, the first dish pushing piece is connected with the first linear driving unit in a driving mode, the first linear driving unit is connected with the second lifting driving module in a driving mode, and the first linear driving unit is used for driving the first dish pushing piece to move so as to push a dish container to the dish receiving platform through the dish storage platform.

In one embodiment, the dish delivery module comprises a second linear driving unit and a second dish pushing piece in driving connection with the second linear driving unit, the meal delivery device further comprises a dish delivery track arranged corresponding to the dish delivery module, one end of the dish delivery track corresponds to the dish delivery conveying table, the other end of the dish delivery track corresponds to the dish receiving platform at the dish delivery position, and the second linear driving unit is used for driving the second dish pushing piece to move so as to push a dish container on the dish receiving platform to the dish delivery conveying table through the dish delivery track.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic plan layout view of an automated catering system according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan layout of the main meal supply module of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the main meal supply module of FIG. 2 with the heat retaining device removed;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of the refrigeration apparatus of fig. 1 with the cooler removed;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the conveying apparatus in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of the cooking device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the thermal insulation apparatus of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a top view of the temperature maintenance device of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic plan layout view of the catering supply module of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of the meal preparation module of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the structure of the dish supplying apparatus of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the dining device shown in FIG. 10;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of the dish supplying apparatus of fig. 10;

fig. 14 is a plan view of the dish supplying apparatus of fig. 13.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an automated catering system according to an embodiment of the invention includes a main meal supply module, which includes a refrigeration device 10, a conveying device 20, a cooking device 30, and a heat preservation device 40.

Referring to fig. 3, the refrigeration device 10 is used for refrigerating the food material container 100 filled with food materials; the conveying device 20 comprises at least two sets of conveying mechanisms, and each conveying mechanism is used for receiving and conveying the food material container 100 output from the refrigerating device 10; the cooking device 30 comprises a cooking area 31 and execution mechanisms 32, the number of the cooking area 31, the number of the execution mechanisms 32 and the number of the conveying mechanisms are the same, the cooking area 31, the execution mechanisms 32 and the conveying mechanisms are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, each execution mechanism 32 is used for picking up the food material container 100 conveyed by the corresponding conveying mechanism and transferring the food material container to the corresponding cooking area 31 for cooking, and each execution mechanism 32 is also used for taking out and transferring the food material container 100 on the corresponding cooking area 31 after the cooking is finished; the heat preservation device 40 is used for receiving and storing the food material container 100 transferred from the actuator 32 in a heat preservation manner, and outputting the corresponding food material container 100 after receiving the meal-out instruction.

The automatic catering system can be arranged in a fixed store or integrated in the equipment bin 80 and arranged in a place with large outdoor pedestrian volume. This automatic change food and beverage system will eat the material and refrigerate, eat the material and carry, eat the material culinary art, the meal article keeps warm and function integration in an organic whole such as meal, full automation operation need not artifical the intervention, and degree of automation is high, can effectively reduce the cost of labor, promotes the system meal and meal efficiency, can adapt to the fast rhythm of fast food trade. In the process of meal preparation, the food material containers 100 filled with food materials in the refrigerating device 10 can be respectively conveyed through the at least two sets of conveying mechanisms, the food material containers 100 conveyed by the corresponding conveying mechanisms are respectively picked up through the executing mechanisms 32 and are transferred to the corresponding cooking areas 31 for cooking, so that the at least two cooking areas 31 can work independently and simultaneously without mutual interference, and the meal preparation efficiency can be further improved. After the completion of having a dinner, take out and transfer to heat preservation device 40 through food material container 100 on actuating mechanism 32 will correspond culinary art district 31 and keep warm the storage, so, can make some meal in advance before the peak period of having a dinner in order to accumulate certain meal stock, after customer's ordering, heat preservation device 40 can be automatic with the meal output that corresponds, so that customer gets a dinner, so, can further promote meal efficiency, reduce customer waiting time, can satisfy the fast meal demand when having a dinner the peak well.

It can be understood that, the above-mentioned automatic catering system further includes a controller, and the cold storage device 10, the conveyor device 20, the cooking device 30 and the heat preservation device 40 are respectively and electrically connected with the controller, and a series of automatic operations such as food material cold storage, food material conveying, food material cooking, food material heat preservation and meal delivery are respectively carried out in order through the controllable cold storage device 10, the conveyor device 20, the cooking device 30 and the heat preservation device 40 of controller. Specifically, the food material container 100 filled with food materials may be placed in the refrigeration apparatus 10 in advance for refrigeration storage, so as to ensure the freshness of the food materials. When receiving a food preparation instruction, the refrigeration device 10 outputs the food material container 100 filled with the food material to the conveying mechanism, and conveys the food material container toward the corresponding cooking area 31 through the conveying mechanism; when the food material container 100 is conveyed to a position close to the corresponding cooking area 31, the executing mechanism 32 on the corresponding cooking area 31 transfers the food material container 100 to the cooking area 31, and then the food material in the food material container 100 is cooked through the cooking area 31, a plurality of cooking stations can be arranged on the cooking area 31, a plurality of food material containers 100 can be placed at the same time, and the simultaneous cooking of a plurality of meals is realized; after cooking, the actuator 32 transfers the food material container 100 on the corresponding cooking area 31 into the heat preservation device 40 for heat preservation and storage; when receiving a meal-taking instruction, the heat preservation device 40 outputs the food material container 100 filled with the corresponding meal, so that the customer can take the meal. Therefore, a series of automatic operations of food refrigeration, food conveying, food cooking, food heat preservation and food serving are realized.

In order to reduce the moving distance between the actuator 32 and the heat retaining device 40 as much as possible, optionally, at least two sets of heat retaining devices 40 are provided, the heat retaining devices 40 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the cooking zones 31, and each actuator 32 is used for taking out and transferring the food material container 100 on the corresponding cooking zone 31 into the corresponding heat retaining device 40 for heat retaining storage after cooking is completed.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the cooking device 30 includes two cooking areas 31 arranged side by side along a first direction, each cooking area 31 is correspondingly provided with an actuating mechanism 32, one side of each cooking area 31 away from the other cooking area 31 is provided with a temperature keeping device 40, the cold storage device 10 is arranged at one side of one temperature keeping device 40 away from the cooking device 30, and the conveying device 20 is arranged at one side of the cooking device 30 along a second direction and can convey the food material container 100 along the first direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction form a preset included angle. Specifically, the first direction and the second direction may be perpendicular to each other or have a certain inclination angle. For example, the plan layout of the main meal supply module in the scheme is substantially rectangular, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, the first direction is consistent with the length direction of the main meal supply module, the second direction is consistent with the width direction of the main meal supply module, the overall layout is more compact and reasonable, the occupied space is smaller, independent operation and mutual connection and matching of a plurality of devices can be realized in a limited space, the movement strokes of the conveying mechanism and the execution mechanism 32 can be guaranteed to be as small as possible, the space can be effectively saved, and the cost is reduced.

Further, as shown in fig. 5, two sets of conveying mechanisms are provided, namely a first conveying mechanism 21 and a second conveying mechanism 22; the conveying device 20 further comprises a conveying rack 23, and the first conveying mechanism 21 and the second conveying mechanism 22 are arranged on the conveying rack 23 in a vertically stacked and spaced manner, or the first conveying mechanism 21 and the second conveying mechanism 22 are arranged on the conveying rack 23 side by side. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, in combination with the overall spatial layout, the first conveying mechanism 21 and the second conveying mechanism 22 are arranged on the conveying rack 23 at intervals in a vertically stacked manner, and the first conveying mechanism 21 is located below the second conveying mechanism 22, so that the occupied space of the conveying device 20 can be effectively reduced. Of course, in other embodiments, the first conveying mechanism 21 and the second conveying mechanism 22 may be arranged side by side at the same height according to actual needs. The first conveying mechanism 21 and the second conveying mechanism 22 include, but are not limited to, a conveying belt, a conveying chain, or a linear sliding table to convey the food material container 100 from the refrigerating apparatus 10 to the cooking apparatus 30.

As shown in fig. 3 and 5, in the present embodiment, the first conveying mechanism 21 includes a first conveying belt for conveying the food material container 100, a first end of the first conveying belt corresponds to the refrigerating apparatus 10, and a second end of the first conveying belt extends to the corresponding cooking area 31. The second conveying mechanism 22 comprises a second conveyor belt for conveying the food material containers 100, a first end of the second conveyor belt corresponding to the cold storage device 10 and a second end of the second conveyor belt extending to the corresponding cooking zone 31. The conveying belt is adopted for conveying, the structure is simple, the control is convenient, and the cost is relatively low.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the refrigeration device 10 and the cooking device 30 are arranged side by side along a first direction, and the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt are arranged on one side of the cooking device 30 along a second direction in a stacked manner, and both the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt convey the food material container 100 along the first direction. The whole structure is compact, and the layout is reasonable.

Two cooking areas 31 and two actuators 32 are provided corresponding to the conveying mechanism, wherein the cooking areas 31 may be stacked up and down or arranged side by side. For example, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the cooking device 30 includes two cooking areas 31 arranged side by side along a first direction, the top surfaces of the two cooking areas 31 are located at the same horizontal plane, and the first conveying mechanism 21 and the second conveying mechanism 22 are arranged in a stacked manner along an up-down direction and have a certain height difference, so that the first conveying mechanism 21 and the second conveying mechanism 22 can better engage with the actuating mechanism 32 of the corresponding cooking area 31, further, as shown in fig. 5, the first conveying belt includes a conveying section 211 and an elevating section 212 that is abutted to the conveying section 211 and can be raised or lowered relative to the conveying section 211, and the elevating section 212 is located at a second end of the first conveying belt. When the food material container 100 is conveyed to the lifting and adjusting section 211 through the conveying section 211, the lifting and adjusting section 212 rises to a height suitable for the actuator 32 to pick up the food material container 100, the actuator 32 picks up the food material container 100 on the lifting and adjusting section 212 and transfers the food material container 100 to the corresponding cooking area 31 for subsequent cooking, and when the food material container 100 is completely conveyed, the lifting and adjusting section 212 descends to the initial position to wait for the next conveyance of the food material container 100. Similarly, the second conveyor belt may also include a conveying section 211 and an elevation adjustment section 212 interfacing with the conveying section 211 and being capable of being raised or lowered relative to the conveying section 211, the elevation adjustment section 212 being located at a second end of the second conveyor belt to better engage with the actuator 32 on the corresponding cooking zone 31, as desired.

Considering that a certain amount of water needs to be added before cooking and making some food, in order to realize the automatic lid opening and water adding function, further, as shown in fig. 5, the conveying mechanism is provided with a lid opening station on the conveying route, the conveying device 20 further includes a lid opening mechanism 24 corresponding to the lid opening station, and a sensing member 25 electrically connected to the lid opening mechanism 24 and used for sensing the position of the food material container 100, and the lid opening mechanism 24 is used for opening the lid of the food material container 100 at the lid opening station. For example, in the present embodiment, the first conveying mechanism 21 and the second conveying mechanism 22 are respectively provided with a cover opening mechanism 24 in the conveying direction, and a sensing member 25 is provided adjacent to the cover opening mechanism 24. Taking the preparation of the clay pot as an example, after the food material container 100 (such as a clay pot) containing food materials is conveyed from the refrigerating device 10 to the conveying mechanism, the food material container is conveyed towards the cooking device 30 along with the conveying mechanism, when the sensing part 25 senses that the clay pot reaches the cover opening station, a signal is sent to the cover opening mechanism 24, the cover opening mechanism 24 acts to open the pot cover of the clay pot, so that the water adding mechanism adds water into the pot body of the clay pot, after the water adding is finished, the cover opening mechanism 24 covers the pot body with the pot cover, and the sensing part 25 senses that the pot cover is closed and sends a signal to the conveying mechanism for continuous conveying.

Further, the door opening mechanism 24 includes a door opening bracket 241 connected to the conveying mechanism, a door opening claw 242 connected to the door opening bracket 241, and a claw lift driving member 243 drivingly connected to the door opening claw 242. When the cover is needed to be opened, the clamping jaw lifting driving piece 243 drives the cover opening clamping jaw 242 to descend to the pot cover, the cover opening clamping jaw 242 clamps the pot cover tightly, the clamping jaw lifting driving piece 243 drives the cover opening clamping jaw 242 to drive the pot cover to ascend to be separated from the pot body, so that water is added, and the clamping jaw lifting driving piece 243 drives the cover opening clamping jaw 242 to descend to the pot cover to be closed with the pot body after the water is added.

Further, referring to fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the cooking apparatus 30 further includes a cooking rack 33 for mounting the cooking area 31, each of the actuators 32 includes a moving module 321 connected to the cooking rack 33, and a cooking jaw 322 drivingly connected to the moving module 321, and the moving module 321 is configured to drive the cooking jaw 322 to move the food material container 100. Specifically, the cooking jaws 322 are used for gripping and releasing the food material container 100, when the conveying mechanism conveys the food material container 100 to a position adjacent to the corresponding cooking area 31, the moving module 321 drives the cooking jaws 322 to move to a corresponding position, the cooking jaws 322 grip the food material container 100 on the conveying mechanism, and then the moving module 321 drives the cooking jaws 322 to move and place the food material container 100 on a cooking station of the cooking area 31 for cooking. After cooking is completed, the cooking jaws 322 pick up the food material container 100 on the cooking station and transfer it to the warming device 40.

In order to further improve the meal making efficiency, each cooking area 31 is provided with a plurality of cooking stations arranged in an array, for example, as shown in fig. 6, each cooking area 31 is provided with 3 rows and 6 columns of 18 cooking stations, and the cooking device 30 is provided with two cooking areas 31, so that 36 meals can be made simultaneously. Of course, in other embodiments, the specific number of cooking stations may be set according to actual conditions.

In order to ensure that the cooking jaw 322 can reach each cooking station, in this embodiment, the moving module 321 includes a first translating assembly 3211 disposed on the cooking area 31, a second translating assembly 3212 in driving connection with the first translating assembly 3211, and the cooking jaw 322 in driving connection with the second translating assembly 3212, wherein the first translating assembly 3211 and the second translating assembly 3212 cooperate to drive the cooking jaw 322 to move in a plane area parallel to the top surface of the cooking area 31. Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the first translating assembly 3211 extends in a first direction and drives the second translating assembly 3212 to reciprocate in the first direction, and the second translating assembly 3212 extends in a second direction and drives the cooking jaw 322 to reciprocate in the second direction, such that the cooking jaw 322 can reach any position of the planar area parallel to the top of the cooking zone 31 by the cooperation of the first and second translating

assemblies

3211 and 3212.

The first translating assembly 3211 includes, but is not limited to, a nut screw, a timing belt, a gear rack, or other driving mechanism to drive the second translating assembly 3212 to perform a linear reciprocating motion along a first direction, and the second translating assembly 3212 includes, but is not limited to, a nut screw, a timing belt, a gear rack, or other driving mechanism to drive the cooking clamping jaw 322 to perform a linear reciprocating motion along a second direction. For example, as shown in fig. 6, the first translational component 3211 includes two first linear sliding tables extending in parallel along a first direction, which are disposed on two opposite sides of the cooking area 31, the two first linear sliding tables are connected in a transmission manner, one of the first linear sliding tables is connected with a first driving motor, the driving motor can drive the sliding blocks of the two first linear sliding tables to reciprocate linearly along the first direction, the second translational component 3212 includes a second linear sliding table and a second driving motor connected with the second linear sliding table in a driving manner, two ends of the second linear sliding table are connected with the sliding blocks of the two first linear sliding tables through brackets, and the cooking clamping jaw 322 is connected with the sliding block of the second linear sliding table.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in the present embodiment, the refrigeration device 10 includes a refrigeration house 11, a refrigeration rack 12 disposed in the refrigeration house 11, a refrigeration storage platform 13 disposed on the refrigeration rack 12 and used for accommodating and transporting the food material container 100, and a conveying mechanism 14 connected to the refrigeration rack 12, wherein the conveying mechanism 14 is used for picking up the food material container 100 output from the refrigeration storage platform 13 and conveying the food material container to a conveying mechanism. Specifically, the refrigeration house 11 refrigerates and keeps fresh food materials, the refrigeration support 12 is used for bearing the refrigeration storage table 13, the refrigeration storage table 13 can specifically adopt a power type conveyor belt or conveyor chain platform, when the food material container 100 does not need to be conveyed, the conveyor belt or the conveyor chain is not opened, the refrigeration storage table 13 can be used for containing or storing the food material container 100, when the food material container 100 needs to be conveyed, the conveyor belt or the conveyor chain is opened to operate, and the refrigeration storage table 13 can be used for conveying the food material container 100 contained or stored in the refrigeration storage table. Alternatively, the refrigerating storage table 13 may be provided with a pushing mechanism (e.g., an electric push rod) for pushing the food material container 100.

Optionally, the refrigeration device 10 further includes a limiting member connected to the refrigeration storage platform 13, and the limiting member is used for limiting the food material container 100 on the refrigeration storage platform 13. When the refrigeration storage platform 13 conveys the food material container 100, when the food material container 100 passes through the limiting part, the position of the food material container 100 can be properly adjusted, so that the subsequent conveying mechanism 14 can more accurately grab the food material container 100. Specifically, the stopper is a gantry structure having an inverted u shape, and the food container 100 can pass through the middle of the stopper. When a plurality of rows of food material containers 100 are arranged side by side on the refrigeration storage platform 13, the limiting member further includes a middle partition plate for partitioning two adjacent rows of food material containers 100.

In order to increase the storage capacity of the refrigerating device 10, the refrigerating rack 12 is provided with at least two refrigerating storage tables 13 at intervals in the height direction. For example, as shown in fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the refrigeration rack 12 is provided with 8 refrigeration storage platforms 13 at intervals along the height direction, and each refrigeration storage platform 13 is provided with at least two rows of food material containers 100.

The conveying mechanism 14 is disposed at one side of the refrigerating shelf 12 corresponding to the output end of the refrigerating storage table 13, and the conveying mechanism 14 includes a lifting driving assembly 141 connected to the refrigerating shelf 12, a traverse driving assembly 142 drivingly connected to the lifting driving assembly 141, and a conveying assembly 143 drivingly connected to the traverse driving assembly 142. Through the cooperation of the lifting driving assembly 141 and the transverse moving driving assembly 142, the carrying assembly 143 can be driven to move at any coordinate position in the vertical plane, so that the food material containers 100 on each layer of the refrigeration storage table 13 can be conveniently carried. The lifting driving assembly 141 includes, but is not limited to, a nut screw, a timing belt, or a rack and pinion driving mechanism to drive the traverse driving assembly 142 to move vertically, and the traverse driving assembly 142 includes, but is not limited to, a nut screw, a timing belt, or a rack and pinion driving mechanism to drive the carrying assembly 143 to move linearly and reciprocally in a transverse direction (e.g., in the first direction in this embodiment). In this embodiment, the lifting driving module and the transverse moving driving module can both adopt linear sliding tables, and the structures of the linear sliding tables are similar to those of the first and

second translation assemblies

3211 and 3212, which is not described again.

Further, the carrying assembly 143 includes a support frame drivingly connected to the traverse driving assembly 142, and a material taking clamping jaw and a telescopic driving unit both connected to the support frame, the telescopic driving unit being configured to drive the material taking clamping jaw to perform telescopic movement along the conveying direction of the refrigerating storage table 13 relative to the support frame. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the refrigeration storage table 13 is transported along the second direction, when the refrigeration storage table 13 transports the food material container 100 to the output end, the retractable driving unit drives the material taking clamping jaw to extend along the second direction, the material taking clamping jaw contacts and clamps the food material container 100, then the retractable driving unit drives the material taking clamping jaw to retract, and the material taking clamping jaw releases to place the food material container 100 on the transport mechanism.

Specifically, the telescopic driving unit comprises a transmission rack arranged along the moving direction of the material taking clamping jaw, a transmission wheel which is in transmission engagement with the transmission rack and is connected with the material taking clamping jaw, and a driving motor for driving the transmission wheel to rotate; the transmission rack is connected with the bracket. When the food material container 100 is placed in the food material taking device, the food material taking clamping jaw is in a retracted state, when the driving motor is started, the driving wheel rotates, and the driving rack is fixed, so that the driving wheel drives the food material taking clamping jaw to roll and mesh on the driving rack under the driving action, and the food material taking clamping jaw extends out and grabs the food material container 100. When the material taking clamping jaw is grabbed in place, the driving motor rotates reversely to drive the material taking clamping jaw to retract.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in the present embodiment, the heat-insulating device 40 includes a heat-insulating cabinet 41, and a heat-insulating storage platform 42, a meal taking mechanism 43, a meal receiving platform 44 and a meal delivering platform 45 which are all installed in the heat-insulating cabinet 41; the heat preservation cabinet 41 is provided with a meal inlet 411 and a meal outlet 412, the meal receiving platform 44 is arranged corresponding to the meal inlet 411 and can reciprocate on the inner side and the outer side of the meal inlet 411, and the meal outlet platform 45 is arranged corresponding to the meal outlet 412 and can reciprocate on the inner side and the outer side of the meal outlet 412; the food receiving platform 44 is used for receiving the food material container 100 transferred from the actuator 32, the food taking mechanism 43 is used for picking up the food material container 100 on the food receiving platform 44 and transferring to the heat preservation storage platform 42, and the food taking mechanism 43 is also used for transferring the food material container 100 on the heat preservation storage platform 42 to the food discharging platform 45.

In this embodiment, after the cooking is completed, the actuating mechanism 32 transfers the food container 100 to the heat preservation device 40, and at this time, the food receiving platform 44 is located outside the food inlet 411 to conveniently receive the food container 100 transferred by the actuating mechanism 32, and then the food receiving platform 44 drives the food container 100 to move from the food inlet 411 to the heat preservation cabinet 41, and the food taking mechanism 43 picks up the food container 100 on the food receiving platform 44 and transfers the food container 100 to the heat preservation storage platform 42 for storage. When receiving a meal taking instruction, the meal taking mechanism 43 picks up the food material container 100 on the heat preservation storage table 42 and transfers the food material container to the meal taking platform 45, then the meal taking platform 45 drives the food material container 100 to move to the outer side of the meal outlet 412 so that a customer can take a meal, and after the meal taking is completed, the meal taking platform 45 moves to the inner side of the meal outlet 412 so that the next meal taking operation can be performed.

In order to increase the storage capacity of the heat preservation device 40, a plurality of layers of heat preservation storage platforms 42 are arranged in the heat preservation cabinet 41 at intervals along the height direction. The meal taking mechanism 43 comprises a lifting driving piece, a transverse driving piece in driving connection with the lifting driving piece, and a meal taking clamping jaw in driving connection with the transverse driving piece, and through the cooperation of the lifting driving piece and the transverse driving piece, the meal taking clamping jaw can move at any coordinate position in a vertical plane, so that the food material containers 100 on the heat preservation storage platforms 42 of all layers can be conveniently clamped and transferred.

In addition, since the food material container 100 is kept warm in the heat preservation device 40, the surface temperature thereof is generally high, so as to facilitate the customer to take food, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the heat preservation device 40 further includes a tray supply machine 46 and a tray transfer mechanism, both installed in the heat preservation cabinet 41, for transferring the tray 200 supplied by the tray supply machine 46 to the meal outlet platform 45. Specifically, when meal delivery is performed, the tray delivery mechanism delivers the tray 200 provided by the tray 200 machine to the meal delivery platform 45, then the meal taking mechanism 43 places the food material container 100 on the tray 200, and the food material container 100 is output together with the tray 200 through the meal delivery platform 45, so as to be convenient for a customer to take. For example, in the present embodiment, the thermal insulation cabinet 41 has a thermal insulation region at the upper portion for mounting the thermal storage table 42, a transfer region at the middle portion for mounting the dining platform 44, the dining platform 45 and the tray transfer mechanism, and a tray supply region at the bottom portion for mounting the tray supplier 46. When a customer orders a order, the tray feeder 46 lifts a tray 200 upward, and the tray transfer mechanism picks up the tray 200 and places it on the dining platform 45.

On the basis of the above embodiment, the operation of the main meal supply module will be described by taking the manufacture of the rice to be cooked as an example.

A service person places a food material container 100 (a clay pot) filled with food materials in the refrigerating device 10 in advance, places specified types of food materials in each layer of refrigerating storage platforms 13 of the refrigerating device 10, and records stock quantity; after the customer orders, the refrigerating device 10 outputs the single clay pot and transfers the clay pot to the conveying mechanism; the conveying mechanism conveys the tile pot to a cover opening station, the cover opening mechanism 24 opens a pot cover of the tile pot, and the water adding mechanism injects quantitative hot water into the tile pot; after the water is added, the cover opening mechanism 24 covers the cooker cover, and the tile cooker is conveyed to a cooking preparation position adjacent to the cooking area 31 along with the conveying mechanism; then an actuating mechanism 32 of the cooking device 30 clamps the clay pot and transfers the clay pot to a designated cooking station of the corresponding cooking area 31, and oil pouring and cooking are automatically completed according to a built-in program; after cooking, the execution mechanism 32 clamps the tile pot to the meal receiving platform 44 of the heat preservation cabinet 41, and the meal taking mechanism 43 transfers the tile pot on the meal receiving platform 44 to the heat preservation storage table 42 of the heat preservation cabinet 41; after the customer orders the meal, the tray feeder 46 lifts a tray 200 upward, and the tray transfer mechanism picks up the tray 200 and places it on the dining platform 45; the food taking mechanism 43 picks up the food material container 100 on the heat preservation storage table 42 and places the food material container 100 on the tray 200 of the meal outlet platform 45, and the food material container 100 and the tray 200 are output together through the meal outlet platform 45 so as to be taken by a customer conveniently; after the meal taking is completed, the meal outlet platform 45 moves to the inner side of the meal outlet 412, the automatic door at the meal outlet 412 is closed, and the meal outlet is finished.

In addition, customers often want soup or dishes to be matched when eating, and in order to better meet the needs of customers for eating diversity, please refer to fig. 1, 9 and 10, the automatic catering system further includes a catering supply module, and the catering supply module includes a tableware supply device 50 and a dining outlet device 60. The tableware supply device 50 comprises a tableware storage rack 51 and a tableware conveying mechanism 52, wherein the tableware conveying mechanism 52 is used for receiving and transferring the soup container 300 on the tableware storage rack 51; the food serving device 60 includes a food serving machine 61, a food receiving and conveying mechanism 62, and a food serving conveying table 63, wherein the food serving machine 61 is provided with a food serving port, the food receiving and conveying mechanism 62 is used for receiving the food container 300 transferred from the tableware conveying mechanism 52, and the food receiving and conveying mechanism 62 is further used for transferring the food container 300 from the lower side of the food serving port to a food placing position 631 of the food serving conveying table 63.

Specifically, when the catering module works, the soup container 300 (the soup container 300 may be an empty container or a container containing soup in advance) can be placed in the tableware storage rack 51 of the tableware supply device 50 in advance, when soup needs to be prepared, the soup container 300 on the tableware storage rack 51 is taken out and transferred to the soup receiving and conveying mechanism 62 by the tableware conveying mechanism 52, the soup receiving and conveying mechanism 62 is located below the soup outlet of the soup outlet machine 61 at the initial position, and soup is filled into the soup container 300 through the soup outlet machine 61, so that automatic soup preparation is realized; the receiving and transferring mechanism 62 then transfers the soup container 300 containing the soup to the soup placing position 631 of the dining platform 45. In the above soup preparation, hot water may be directly injected into the soup container 300, in which dry soup is previously stored, through the soup outlet machine 61 to complete the soup preparation; alternatively, the soup dispenser 61 may contain prepared soup and the soup may be directly poured into the empty soup container 300.

Referring to fig. 11, in the present embodiment, the dish storage rack 51 includes a first support frame 511 and a dish storage platform 512 disposed in the first support frame 511. Optionally, the tableware storage platform 512 may be arranged in multiple layers at intervals along the height direction of the first support frame 511, so as to effectively increase the storage capacity, reduce the frequency of manual feeding, and reduce the labor intensity of manual feeding. Optionally, each utensil storage platform 512 is provided with a plurality of storage channels for holding multiple rows of soup containers 300 simultaneously. The tableware storage platform 512 may be used to accommodate and transport the soup containers 300, and the tableware storage platform 512 may specifically use a transport platform in the form of a conveyor belt or a conveyor chain to transport the soup containers 300, or a material pushing mechanism (e.g., an electric push rod) may be disposed on the tableware storage platform 512 to push out the soup containers 300 thereon.

The tableware conveying mechanism 52 comprises a layer selection platform 521 which is arranged on the first support frame 511 in a liftable manner, a first lifting driving module 522 which is in driving connection with the layer selection platform 521, and a first pushing module 523 which is arranged on the layer selection platform 521, wherein the layer selection platform 521 is used for receiving the soup containers 300 conveyed by the tableware storage platform 512, and the first pushing module 523 is used for pushing the soup containers 300 to the soup receiving conveying mechanism 62 from the layer selection platform 521. When soup needs to be prepared, the first lifting driving module 522 drives the layer selection platform 521 to move to a preset height to correspond to the corresponding tableware storage platform 512, the tableware storage platform 512 conveys the soup container 300 to the layer selection platform 521, and then the first pushing module 523 pushes the soup container 300 to the soup receiving and conveying mechanism 62 to perform the next step of soup making operation. The first lifting driving module 522 includes but is not limited to a driving structure such as a synchronous belt drive, a nut screw drive or a rack and pinion drive to realize the lifting of the layer selection platform 521.

Referring to fig. 12, in the present embodiment, the soup receiving and transferring mechanism 62 includes a soup receiving platform 621 and a second pushing module 622 disposed on the soup receiving platform 621, the soup receiving platform 621 is located below the soup outlet, the meal delivering platform 63 is located at one side of the soup receiving platform 621, the first pushing module 523 is used for pushing the soup container 300 from the layer selecting platform 521 to the soup receiving platform 621, and the second pushing module 622 is used for pushing the soup container 300 from the soup receiving platform 621 to the meal delivering platform 63. Specifically, after the layer selection platform 521 selects the soup container 300, the layer selection platform rises or descends to a position corresponding to the soup receiving platform 621, and the soup container 300 is pushed to the layer selection platform 521 through the first pushing module 523; then, injecting soup into the soup container 300 through a soup outlet of the soup outlet machine 61; and the second pushing module 622 is used for pushing the soup containing the soup to the delivery platform 63 for delivery. Optionally, the meal delivery conveying table 63 is located on one side of the soup receiving platform 621 away from the layer selection platform 521, the pushing directions of the first pushing module 523 and the second pushing module 622 are consistent, the overall layout is reasonable, and the action stroke is smooth.

Further, as shown in fig. 10 and 12, the meal delivery device 60 further includes a base 64 and a meal delivery driving mechanism 65, the meal delivery machine 61, the meal delivery platform 63, the meal receiving and conveying mechanism 62 and the meal delivery driving mechanism 65 are all mounted on the base 64, the base 64 is provided with a meal output opening 641 corresponding to the meal delivery platform 63, and the meal delivery driving mechanism 65 is used for driving the meal delivery platform 63 to reciprocate inside and outside the meal output opening 641. Specifically, the base 64 is a frame-shaped structure for mounting and supporting various components, the soup outlet machine 61 is mounted on the top of the base 64, a dining area for accommodating the dining driving mechanism 65 and the dining conveying table 63 is formed in the base 64 at a position close to the top, and a mounting area for accommodating other accessories, such as a storage tank for supplying soup to the soup outlet machine 61, is formed in the base 64 below the dining area. The base 64 may be provided at the bottom thereof with caster assemblies so as to integrally move the eating apparatus 60 to improve mobility. After the matched soup and dishes are placed on the meal delivery platform 63, the meal delivery platform 63 can be driven to move to the outer side of the meal output port 641 by the meal delivery driving mechanism 65, so that a customer can take meals conveniently; after the meal is taken, the meal delivery driving mechanism 65 drives the meal delivery platform 63 to move to the inner side of the meal output port 641, and the next meal delivery is waited. The meal delivery driving mechanism 65 includes, but is not limited to, a rack and pinion, a nut screw, or an electric push rod to realize the reciprocating linear motion of the meal delivery platform 63.

Referring to fig. 9 and 13, in order to provide the dishes (or dessert items) to the customer, the catering supply module further includes a dish supplying device 70, which includes a dish storage rack 71 and a dish conveying mechanism 72, wherein the dish conveying mechanism 72 is used for conveying the dish container 400 from the dish storage rack 71 to a dish placement position 632 of the meal delivery platform 63. Specifically, the dish container 400 containing dishes (or sweets) can be placed in the dish storage rack 71 of the dish supplying device 70, and when dish preparation is required, the dish conveying mechanism 72 can select the dish container 400 containing dishes (or sweets) on the dish storage rack 71 and transfer the dish container 400 to the dish placing position 632 of the meal outlet platform 45, so that a customer can take the dish. The catering supply module of the embodiment can realize a series of automatic operations such as automatic soup container 300 providing, automatic soup making, automatic dish selecting and matching, automatic meal serving and the like through the mutual matching of the tableware supply device 50, the meal serving device 60 and the dish supply device 70, thereby realizing the functions of automatically matching soup and dishes, effectively improving the meal efficiency and well meeting the diversified meal demands of customers.

As shown in fig. 13, in the present embodiment, the dish storage shelf 71 includes a second support frame 711 and a dish storage platform 712 disposed in the second support frame 711, and a caster assembly may be disposed at the bottom of the second support frame 711, so that the dish supplying device 70 can be integrally moved to improve maneuverability. Optionally, the dish storage platform 712 can be arranged in multiple layers at intervals along the height direction of the second support frame 711, so that the storage capacity can be effectively increased, the frequency of manual feeding is reduced, and the labor intensity of manual feeding is reduced. The dish conveying mechanism 72 comprises a dish taking module 721 arranged on the second support frame 711 in a liftable manner, a second lifting driving module 722 in driving connection with the dish taking module 721, and a dish delivering module 723 arranged on the second support frame 711, wherein the dish taking module 721 is provided with a dish receiving position corresponding to the dish storage platform 712 and a dish delivering position corresponding to the dish delivering module 723, the second lifting driving module 722 is used for driving the dish taking module 721 to reciprocate between the dish receiving position and the dish delivering position, the dish taking module 721 is used for taking out the dish container 400 from the dish storage platform 712, and the dish delivering module 723 is used for conveying the dish container 400 to the meal delivery platform 63 through the dish taking module 721.

Specifically, dish storage platform 712 is used to store dish container 400 that is pre-loaded with dishes (or desserts). When dish distribution is needed, the second lifting driving module 722 drives the dish taking module 721 to move to the dish receiving position corresponding to the dish storage platform 712, and takes the dish container 400 out of the dish storage platform 712; then, the second lifting driving module 722 drives the dish taking module 721 to move to a dish delivery position corresponding to the dish delivery module 723, and the dish delivery module 723 is used for delivering the dish container 400 from the dish taking module 721 to the meal delivery platform 45, so as to complete the automatic dish preparation operation. The second lifting driving module 722 includes, but is not limited to, a synchronous belt, a nut screw, or a rack and pinion driving structure to realize the lifting of the dish taking module 721.

Further, referring to fig. 14, the dish taking module 721 includes a dish receiving platform 7211 disposed corresponding to the output side of the dish storage platform 712, a first linear driving unit 7212 connected to the dish receiving platform 7211, and a first dish pushing member 7213 drivingly connected to the first linear driving unit 7212, the first linear driving unit 7212 is drivingly connected to the second lifting driving module 722, and the first linear driving unit 7212 is configured to drive the first dish pushing member 7213 to move, so as to push the dish container 400 from the dish storage platform 712 to the dish receiving platform 7211. Specifically, the second lifting driving module 722 drives the dish receiving platform 7211 to move to a position corresponding to the designated dish storage platform 712, and then the first linear driving unit 7212 drives the first dish pushing member 7213 to move, so that the dish container 400 can be pushed to the dish receiving platform 7211 by the dish storage platform 712, and the automatic dish taking action is completed. The first linear driving unit 7212 includes, but is not limited to, a synchronous belt, a nut screw, or a rack and pinion driving structure to realize the linear reciprocating motion of the first vegetable pushing member 7213.

Further, referring to fig. 9 and 14, the dish delivery module 723 includes a second linear driving unit 7231 mounted on the second support frame 711, a second dish pushing member 7232 connected to the second linear driving unit 7231 in a driving manner, the meal delivery device 60 further includes a dish delivery track 66 corresponding to the dish delivery module 723, one end of the dish delivery track 66 corresponds to the meal delivery platform 63, the other end of the dish delivery track corresponds to the dish receiving platform 7211 at the dish delivery position, and the second linear driving unit 7231 is configured to drive the second dish pushing member 7232 to move, so as to push the dish container 400 on the dish receiving platform 7211 to the meal delivery platform 63 through the dish delivery track 66. Specifically, after the dish is taken, the second lifting driving module 722 drives the dish receiving platform 7211 to move to the dish delivery position, and can be in butt joint with the dish delivery track 66, and then the second linear driving unit 7231 drives the second dish pushing member 7232 to move, so that the dish container 400 can be pushed to the dish delivery platform 45 through the dish delivery track 66, and the automatic dish matching operation is completed. The second linear driving unit 7231 includes, but is not limited to, a synchronous belt drive, a nut screw drive, or a rack and pinion drive, which is used to realize the linear reciprocating motion of the second vegetable pushing member 7232.

Further, meal delivery device 60 still includes meal delivery door and the actuating mechanism that opens and shuts of being connected with meal delivery door drive, and actuating mechanism that opens and shuts is used for driving meal delivery door to open or cover meal item delivery outlet 641. When not needing to go out the meal, it is in closed state with lid meal article delivery outlet 641 to go out meal door to can avoid the foreign matter to get into inside meal device 60 from meal article delivery outlet 641, in order to guarantee the inside sanitation and hygiene of meal device 60. When a meal needs to be served, the opening and closing driving mechanism drives the meal-serving door to be opened, and then the meal-serving driving mechanism 65 pushes the meal-serving conveying table 63 out of the meal output port 641 so that a customer can take the meal.

Further, in order to ensure the accuracy of meal delivery, the meal delivery device 60 further comprises a material sensor corresponding to the meal delivery platform 63, wherein the material sensor is used for detecting whether the soup container 300 and/or the dish container 400 are/is placed on the meal delivery platform 63, and feeding back a signal to the controller. For example, when a customer places soup and dishes simultaneously, the food preparation supply module starts to perform soup preparation and food preparation operations, and when the material sensor detects that corresponding soup and dishes are placed on the food delivery table 63 at the same time, the opening and closing driving mechanism drives the food delivery door to open, and the food delivery driving mechanism 65 drives the food delivery table 63 to move to the outer side of the food delivery outlet 641, so that the user can take a meal conveniently; after the user finishes taking meals, when the material sensor detects that no corresponding meal item exists on the meal delivery platform 63, the meal delivery driving mechanism 65 drives the meal delivery platform 63 to move to the inner side of the meal item output port 641, and then the opening and closing driving mechanism closes the meal delivery door. The material sensor includes, but is not limited to, an infrared sensor, a laser sensor, or a touch sensor.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the tableware supply device 50 is disposed on one side of the tableware device 60 in the first direction (the left side of the tableware device 60 in fig. 9), the tableware supply device 70 is disposed on one side of the tableware device 60 in the second direction (the rear side of the tableware device 60 in fig. 9), the tableware outlet 641 is located on the front side of the tableware device 60, the tableware delivering platform 63 can move out of the tableware outlet 641 in the second direction, and the soup receiving and conveying mechanism 62 is disposed between the tableware delivering platform 63 and the tableware supply device 50 in the first direction. When preparing a meal, the tableware supply device 50 transfers the soup container 300 to the soup receiving and transferring mechanism 62 along the first direction, and after the soup discharging machine 61 injects soup into the soup container 300, the soup receiving and transferring mechanism 62 transfers the soup container 300 containing soup to the soup placing position 631 of the food discharging and transferring table 63 along the first direction. Meanwhile, the dish supplying device 70 transfers the dish container 400 containing dishes to the dish placing location 632 of the meal delivery table 63 in the second direction. The food preparation supply module is reasonable in overall layout and compact in structure, so that the tableware supply device 50 and the dish supply device 70 can independently operate at the same time without mutual interference, and the food preparation and meal delivery efficiency can be effectively improved.

In addition, referring to fig. 1, the automatic catering system further includes an equipment bin 80, a cooking area 801 and a catering area 802 are disposed in the equipment bin 80, a main meal supply module is disposed in the cooking area 801, a catering supply module is disposed in the catering area 802, and meal taking windows are disposed in the equipment bin 80 corresponding to the main meal supply module and the catering supply module respectively. So, make this automatic food and beverage system can regard as portable equipment compartment restaurant, can conveniently remove it to the great place of outdoor flow of people, perhaps the inconvenient place of having a dinner to solve people inconvenience of having a dinner, the bad and high problem of cost of having a dinner health. The automatic catering system is high in integration level, the whole flow from ordering to serving of customers is communicated by taking information as a carrier, automation is realized, manual participation is not needed, the cooking efficiency is improved, and the labor cost is reduced; the requirements of people on diversification of dining types, high quality and high efficiency under fast pace are met, and the new retail mode is redefined and explored; on the premise of satisfying good eating and sanitation, the utility model also has the characteristics of integration, high efficiency and science and technology sense, and integrates practicability and science and technology sense.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

Claims

1. An automated catering system, comprising a main meal supply module, wherein the main meal supply module comprises:

2. The automated catering system according to claim 1, wherein the conveying mechanisms are provided in two sets, namely a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism, and the first conveying mechanism and the second conveying mechanism are arranged side by side or stacked at intervals;

3. The automated catering system according to claim 2, wherein the first conveyor belt comprises a conveying section and a lift adjustment section abutting against the conveying section and being capable of being raised or lowered relative to the conveying section, the lift adjustment section being located at a second end of the first conveyor belt;

4. The automatic catering system according to claim 1, wherein the conveying mechanism is provided with a cover opening station on a conveying path, the conveying device further comprises a cover opening mechanism arranged corresponding to the cover opening station, and a sensing member electrically connected with the cover opening mechanism and used for sensing the position of the food material container, and the cover opening mechanism is used for opening the cover of the food material container at the cover opening station.

5. The automated catering system according to claim 4, wherein the lid opening mechanism comprises a lid opening bracket connected to the conveying mechanism, a lid opening clamping jaw connected to the lid opening bracket, and a clamping jaw lifting drive member drivingly connected to the lid opening clamping jaw.

6. The automated catering system of claim 1, wherein each actuator comprises a movement module and a cooking jaw drivingly connected to the movement module, the movement module configured to drive the cooking jaw to move a food material container.

7. The automated catering system according to claim 1, wherein the cold storage device comprises a cold storage, a cold storage platform arranged in the cold storage for accommodating and conveying food material containers, and a conveying mechanism arranged at the output side of the cold storage platform and used for picking up the food material containers output by the cold storage platform and conveying the food material containers to the conveying mechanism.

8. The automated catering system according to claim 7, wherein the cold storage platforms are arranged at least two layers at intervals along the height direction of the refrigerator, and the carrying mechanism comprises a lifting driving assembly, a traverse driving assembly in driving connection with the lifting driving assembly, and a carrying assembly in driving connection with the traverse driving assembly.

9. The automated catering system according to claim 8, wherein the handling assembly comprises a support drivingly connected to the traverse drive assembly, and a material pick-up jaw and a telescopic drive unit both connected to the support, the telescopic drive unit being configured to drive the material pick-up jaw to move telescopically relative to the support in a conveying direction of the refrigerated storage table.

10. The automated catering system according to claim 1, wherein the thermal insulation device comprises a thermal insulation cabinet, and a thermal insulation storage platform, a meal taking mechanism, a meal receiving platform and a meal delivery platform which are all mounted in the thermal insulation cabinet; the heat preservation cabinet is provided with a meal inlet and a meal outlet, the meal receiving platform is arranged corresponding to the meal inlet and can reciprocate on the inner side and the outer side of the meal inlet, and the meal outlet platform is arranged corresponding to the meal outlet and can reciprocate on the inner side and the outer side of the meal outlet; the food receiving platform is used for receiving food material containers transferred by the executing mechanism, the food taking mechanism is used for picking up the food material containers on the food receiving platform and transferring the food material containers to the heat-preservation storage platform, and the food taking mechanism is also used for transferring the food material containers on the heat-preservation storage platform to the food serving platform.

11. The automated catering system of claim 10, wherein two sets of the thermal insulation devices are provided, the two sets of the thermal insulation devices being disposed on opposite sides of the cooking device.

12. The automated catering system of claim 11, wherein the thermal insulation device further comprises a tray supply and a tray transfer mechanism both mounted within the thermal insulation cabinet, the tray transfer mechanism configured to transfer trays supplied by the tray supply to the serving platform.

13. The automated catering system according to any of claims 1-12, further comprising a catering provisioning module, the catering provisioning module comprising:

14. The automated catering system according to claim 13, further comprising an equipment bin, wherein the equipment bin is provided with a cooking area and a catering area, the main meal supply module is disposed in the cooking area, the catering supply module is disposed in the catering area, and the equipment bin is provided with meal taking windows corresponding to the main meal supply module and the catering supply module respectively.

15. The automated catering system according to claim 13, wherein the dish storage rack comprises a dish storage platform, the dish conveying mechanism comprises a liftable layer selection platform, a first lifting driving module in driving connection with the layer selection platform, and a first pushing module arranged on the layer selection platform, the layer selection platform is used for receiving soup containers conveyed by the dish storage platform, and the first pushing module is used for pushing the soup containers from the layer selection platform to the soup receiving conveying mechanism.

16. The automated catering system according to claim 15, wherein the soup receiving and conveying mechanism comprises a soup receiving platform and a second pushing module arranged on the soup receiving platform, the soup receiving platform is located below the soup outlet, the soup outlet conveying platform is located on one side of the soup receiving platform, the first pushing module is used for pushing the soup containers from the layer selecting platform to the soup receiving platform, and the second pushing module is used for pushing the soup containers from the soup receiving platform to the soup outlet conveying platform.

17. The automated catering system according to claim 13, wherein the meal delivery device further comprises a meal delivery driving mechanism, the meal delivery device is provided with a meal delivery outlet corresponding to the meal delivery platform, and the meal delivery driving mechanism is used for driving the meal delivery platform to reciprocate on the inner side and the outer side of the meal delivery outlet.

18. The automated catering system of claim 13, wherein the catering supply module further comprises a dish supply, the dish supply comprising a dish storage rack and a dish transfer mechanism for transferring a dish container from the dish storage rack to a dish placement location of the meal delivery table.

19. The automated catering system of claim 18, wherein the dish storage rack comprises a dish storage platform, the dish conveying mechanism comprises a liftable dish taking module, a second lifting driving module in driving connection with the dish taking module, and a dish delivery module, the dish taking module has a dish receiving position corresponding to the dish storage platform and a dish delivery position corresponding to the dish delivery module, the second lifting driving module is used for driving the dish taking module to reciprocate between the dish receiving position and the dish delivery position, the dish taking module is used for taking out a dish container from the dish storage platform, and the dish delivery module is used for conveying the dish container to the dish delivery platform through the dish taking module.

20. The automated catering system according to claim 19, wherein the dish taking module comprises a dish receiving platform arranged corresponding to the output side of the dish storage platform, a first linear driving unit connected with the dish receiving platform, and a first dish pushing member in driving connection with the first linear driving unit, the first linear driving unit is in driving connection with the second lifting driving module, and the first linear driving unit is used for driving the first dish pushing member to move so as to push a dish container from the dish storage platform to the dish receiving platform.

21. The automated catering system according to claim 20, wherein the dish delivery module comprises a second linear driving unit and a second dish pushing member in driving connection with the second linear driving unit, the meal delivery device further comprises a dish delivery track corresponding to the dish delivery module, one end of the dish delivery track corresponds to the meal delivery conveying table, the other end of the dish delivery track corresponds to the dish receiving platform at the dish delivery position, and the second linear driving unit is used for driving the second dish pushing member to move so as to push a dish container on the dish receiving platform to the meal delivery conveying table through the dish delivery track.