CN112617261B

CN112617261B - Weighing structure, material quantitative output mechanism and food machine

Info

Publication number: CN112617261B
Application number: CN202011431470.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王开祥; 杨淞博
Original assignee: Guangdong Zhiyuan Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Zhiyuan Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-09
Filing date: 2020-12-09
Publication date: 2022-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-09
Also published as: CN112617261A

Abstract

The invention discloses a weighing structure, a material quantitative output mechanism and a food machine, and relates to the technical field of food machinery, wherein the weighing structure comprises a supporting component, and the supporting component is provided with a discharge channel for outputting materials; a valve assembly detachably connected with the support assembly through a quick-release structure, wherein the valve assembly comprises at least one valve plate for opening or closing the discharging channel; a weighing device for directly or indirectly measuring the weight of the material on the valve assembly; and the driving assembly is connected with the valve plate and drives the valve plate to act so as to enable the valve plate to open or close the discharging channel. The device of weighing can measure the material on the valve member, and when the material on the valve member reached the default, discharge channel was opened to drive assembly drive valve plate, realized the material ration ejection of compact, and the valve member can be dismantled with supporting component and be connected, washs the valve member after convenient long-term the use and maintains.

Description

Weighing structure, material quantitative output mechanism and food machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of food machinery, in particular to a weighing structure, a material quantitative output mechanism and a food machine.

Background

In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventor finds that at least the following problems exist in the prior art, and at present, in order to facilitate production and life, many automatic devices, such as food machines, are appeared on the market, and such devices are often used as material releasing mechanisms for releasing vegetables or other materials, but these material releasing mechanisms all have some problems, for example, the weight of material release is difficult to control, so that the weight of each release is different, and the precision of material release is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the above-mentioned problems in the prior art. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention provides a weighing mechanism which can quantitatively output materials.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a material quantitative output mechanism with the weighing structure.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a food machine with the material quantitative output mechanism.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, a weighing structure is provided, which comprises a support component, a weighing component and a weighing component, wherein the support component is provided with a discharge channel for material output; a valve assembly detachably connected with the support assembly through a quick-release structure, wherein the valve assembly comprises at least one valve plate for opening or closing the discharging channel; a weighing device for directly or indirectly measuring the weight of the material on the valve assembly; and the driving assembly is connected with the valve plate and used for driving the valve plate to act so as to enable the valve plate to open or close the discharging channel.

The weighing structure at least has the following beneficial effects: on the one hand, the material on the valve member can be measured to the device of weighing, and when the material on the valve member reached the default, discharge channel was opened to drive assembly drive valve plate, realized the ejection of compact of material ration, on the other hand, the valve member with supporting component passes through quick detach structure and can dismantle the connection, conveniently washs the maintenance to the valve member after using for a long time.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the valve assembly further comprises a slide plate, the valve plate is mounted on the slide plate, and the slide plate is slidably connected with the support assembly to form the quick release structure.

According to the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, the supporting component is provided with a placing groove, the end part of the placing groove is provided with a taking and placing opening for the valve component to enter or separate, the supporting component comprises a fixed seat and a supporting seat which are oppositely arranged, the discharging channel penetrates through the fixed seat and the supporting seat, the placing groove is positioned between the fixed seat and the supporting seat, the sliding plate is in sliding connection with the supporting seat, the weighing device is installed on the fixed seat, and the weighing end of the weighing device is connected with the supporting seat.

According to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, sliding grooves for inserting the sliding plate are arranged on two sides of the supporting seat, so as to realize the sliding connection between the sliding plate and the supporting seat.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the quick release structure further includes a locking member and a locked member respectively disposed on the valve assembly and the support assembly, the locking member and the locked member having a locked state in which the valve assembly is locked in the support assembly and an unlocked state in which the valve assembly can be separated from the support assembly.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the locking member is an elastic female head disposed on the supporting seat, and the locked member is an elastic male head disposed on the sliding plate, and in the locked state, the elastic male head is inserted into the elastic female head, and in the unlocked state, the elastic male head is separated from the elastic female head.

According to the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, the two valve plates are arranged, and the two valve plates are oppositely arranged and can rotate relatively to open or close the discharge channel.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, the driving assembly comprises a driving source arranged on the supporting assembly, the sliding plate is provided with a transmission assembly connected with the valve plate, and the driving source acts by driving the transmission assembly to enable the valve plate to open or close the discharging channel.

According to the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, the transmission assembly comprises a rotating shaft mounted on the sliding plate and a connecting rod shaft eccentrically arranged with the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is connected with the connecting rod shaft through a swing arm, the valve plate is fixed on the rotating shaft, and the driving source drives the connecting rod shaft to rotate around the central axis of the rotating shaft, so that the rotating shaft drives the valve plate to rotate.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the driving source is connected with a pushing member, the pushing member has a separated state separated from the transmission assembly, and the pushing member is driven by the driving source, moves from the separated state toward the transmission assembly and pushes the link shaft to rotate.

According to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the driving assembly further comprises a retaining member for applying a force to one of the valve plate or the transmission assembly to cause the valve plate to close the discharge passage and to cause the valve plate to form a restoring force after being forced open.

According to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a material quantitative output mechanism, which includes the weighing structure according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.

Above-mentioned material ration output mechanism has following beneficial effect at least: the material quantitative output mechanism with the weighing structure can put materials in quantitatively, guarantees weighing accuracy, and is convenient to clean and maintain.

According to an embodiment of the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a food machine including the quantitative material output mechanism according to the embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention.

The food machine at least has the following beneficial effects: the food machine with the material quantitative output mechanism can put materials in quantitatively, guarantees weighing accuracy, is favorable for improving the standard degree of food manufacturing, and is convenient to clean in the weighing structure.

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

Drawings

The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples;

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a material metering mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a weighing structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a valve assembly is attached to a support assembly;

FIG. 3 is a second perspective view of the weighing structure of the embodiment of the present invention with the valve assembly removed from the support assembly;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view three of the weighing structure of the embodiment of the present invention with the valve plate closed and the retaining bracket not shown;

FIG. 5 is a fourth perspective view of the weighing structure of the embodiment of the present invention with the valve plate open and the retaining bracket not shown;

fig. 6 is a perspective view of a weighing structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the fixing base and the valve plate are not shown.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, a weighing structure 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described, where the weighing structure 400 may be disposed in a material quantitative output mechanism, and is specifically configured to weigh a material and, when the material reaches a preset value, to put the material in the weighing structure.

Referring to fig. 2 to 6, a weighing structure 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a support assembly 410, a valve assembly 430, a weighing device 421 and an actuating assembly.

As shown in fig. 2, the support assembly 410 is provided with an outlet passage 416 for material output, i.e. material to be thrown from the outlet passage 416. As will be understood in connection with fig. 3, valve assembly 430 is removably connected to support assembly 410 by a quick release structure, and valve assembly 430 includes at least one valve plate 432 for opening or closing discharge passage 416, as shown in the state of fig. 4, with valve plate 432 closing discharge passage 416, as shown in the state of fig. 5, with valve plate 432 opening discharge passage 416. The drive assembly is coupled to valve plate 432 for driving the movement of valve plate 432 to cause valve plate 432 to open or close discharge passage 416.

The weighing device 421 is used to directly or indirectly measure the weight of the material on the valve assembly 430, and it can be understood that the material falls from the discharging channel 416 onto the valve assembly 430, the weighing device 421 measures the weight of the material on the valve assembly 430, and when the weight of the material on the valve assembly 430 reaches a preset value, the driving assembly drives the valve plate 432 to open the discharging channel 416, so as to realize the quantitative discharging of the material.

In addition, in the weighing structure 400 of the present embodiment, the valve assembly 430 is detachably connected to the support assembly 410 by a quick-release structure, which facilitates cleaning and maintenance of the valve assembly 430 after long-term use. It is understood that the quick release structure refers to a structure form capable of being quickly detached and easily separated, such as a snap structure capable of being unlocked manually, a butterfly bolt, an elastic connection, a magnetic adsorption, and the like. Referring to fig. 3, in particular, the valve assembly 430 further includes a slide plate 431, a valve plate 432 is mounted on the slide plate 431, and the slide plate 431 is slidably connected with the support assembly 410 to form the quick release structure. In other embodiments, the slide plate may be connected to the support assembly by a snap, a butterfly bolt, or a magnetic attraction connection, so as to form the quick release structure.

The supporting member 410 is provided with a placing groove 414, and an end of the placing groove 414 is provided with a pick-and-place opening for the valve assembly 430 to enter or separate. In use, as shown in fig. 2, the valve assembly 430 is inserted into the receiving slot 414 of the support assembly 410, the material falls onto the valve plate 432 for weighing, and when a preset value is reached, the valve plate 432 is driven by the driving assembly to open the discharge passage 416. After long-term use, the valve assembly 430 can be withdrawn and cleaned to prevent material or other contaminants adhering to the valve assembly 430 from affecting weighing accuracy.

Referring to fig. 3, the supporting assembly 410 includes a fixing base 411 and a supporting base 412 disposed opposite to each other, a discharging channel 416 penetrates the fixing base 411 and the supporting base 412, a placing slot 414 is disposed between the fixing base 411 and the supporting base 412, a sliding plate 431 is slidably connected to the supporting base 412, a weighing device 421 is mounted on the fixing base 411, and a weighing end of the weighing device 421 is connected to the supporting base 412. It will be appreciated that the weighing device 421 is connected to the support base 412 at the weighing end, and measures the total weight of the support base 412, the valve assembly 430 and the material falling into the valve assembly 430, and the actual weight of the material is obtained by the peeling operation.

Referring to fig. 6, sliding grooves 413 for sliding plates 431 to insert are formed on both sides of the supporting base 412, so that the sliding plates 431 are slidably connected to the supporting base 412. In other embodiments, other sliding connection manners may be adopted, such as a rail slider, and further, the two sides of the supporting base 412 are provided with protruding strips, and the sliding plate 431 is provided with a guiding groove matching with the protruding strips, so as to realize the sliding connection between the sliding plate 431 and the supporting base 412.

In addition, the valve assembly 430 is inserted into the receiving slot 414 of the support assembly 410, and in order to secure the valve assembly 430, the quick release structure further includes a locking member and a locked member respectively disposed on the valve assembly 430 and the support assembly 410, wherein the locking member and the locked member have a locking state in which the valve assembly 430 is locked in the support assembly 410, and an unlocking state in which the valve assembly 430 can be separated from the support assembly 410. Specifically, the locking member is a resilient female head 415 disposed on the support base 412, and the locking member is a resilient male head 433 disposed on the sliding plate 431. Referring to fig. 6, in the locked state, the elastic male head 433 is inserted into the elastic female head 415, and at this time, the valve assembly 430 is locked in the support member 410, i.e., the valve assembly 430 inserted into the accommodating groove 414 is firmly locked; in the unlocked state, the resilient male head 433 is separated from the resilient female head 415, and the valve assembly 430 can be separated from the support assembly 410. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, two valve plates 432 are provided, and the two valve plates 432 are disposed opposite to each other and can rotate relatively to open or close the discharge passage 416. As shown in fig. 5, two valve plates 432 are disposed opposite to each other and can rotate relative to each other, so that a space required for rotation of valve plates 432 can be saved. In other embodiments, a valve plate 432 can be provided to open or close the discharge passage 416.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, preferably, the driving assembly includes a driving source 441 provided on the support assembly 410, the sliding plate 431 is provided with a driving assembly 450 connected to the valve plate 432, and the driving source 441 is operated by driving the driving assembly 450 to cause the valve plate 432 to open or close the discharging passage 416. It will be appreciated that the driving source 441 is disposed on the support assembly 410, and the driving assembly 450 is disposed on the sliding plate 431, so that when the valve assembly 430 is removed from the support assembly 410, the driving source 441 and the driving assembly 450 are detachably connected without interference, thereby ensuring smooth removal of the valve assembly 430. The weighing means 421 include a drive assembly 450 for weighing, which should be done by a person skilled in the art.

Each valve plate 432 corresponds to one transmission assembly 450, and the present embodiment has two transmission assemblies 450 for respectively transmitting the two valve plates 432. Specifically, the transmission assembly 450 includes a rotating shaft 451 installed on the sliding plate 431 and a connecting rod shaft 452 eccentrically disposed with the rotating shaft 451, the rotating shaft 451 is connected with the connecting rod shaft 452 through a swing arm, the valve plate 432 is fixed on the rotating shaft 451, and the driving source 441 rotates around the central axis of the rotating shaft 451 through driving the connecting rod shaft 452, so that the rotating shaft 451 drives the valve plate 432 to rotate.

The driving source 441 is connected with a pushing piece 442, the pushing piece 442 has a separated state separated from the transmission assembly 450, and the pushing piece 442 is driven by the driving source 441 to move towards the transmission assembly 450 from the separated state and push the connecting rod shaft 452 to rotate around the axis of the rotating shaft 451. The central axis of the link shaft 452 is parallel to the central axis of the rotation shaft 451, and the link shaft 452 is provided with a locking groove 453 into which the pushing element 442 is locked, so that the axial acting force of the pushing element 442 on the link shaft 452 is reduced, and the radial acting force of the pushing element 442 on the link shaft 452 is increased. The driving source 441 is a bidirectional cylinder, and can drive the two pushing members 442 to move toward the transmission assembly 450, so as to push the connecting rod shaft 452 to rotate, and then drive the two valve plates 432 to rotate, thereby opening the discharging channel 416. Of course, in other embodiments, the driving source 441 may be replaced by another driving source, such as two cylinders or motors, respectively driving the pushing members 442.

Referring to fig. 4, the valve plate 432 closes the discharge passage 416, the valve assembly 430 is in a weight measuring state, the pushing member 442 is in a separated state from the driving assembly 450, i.e., the pushing member 442 is not in contact with the connecting rod shaft 452, and the driving source 441 and the pushing member 442 do not interfere with the driving assembly 450 disposed on the sliding plate 431 when the valve assembly is drawn out of the housing groove 414. As will be understood by referring to fig. 5, when the material on the valve assembly 430 reaches a preset value, the driving source 441 drives the two pushing elements 442 to move towards two sides, the pushing elements 442 push the corresponding connecting rod shafts 452 to rotate, the connecting rod shafts 452 drive the rotating shafts 451 to rotate, and then drive the valve plates 432 fixed to the rotating shafts 451, the two valve plates 432 symmetrically move, the discharge channel 416 on the fixing base 411 is opened to discharge the material, so as to achieve quantitative material discharge.

In addition, referring to FIG. 3, the driving assembly further includes a holder 454, the holder 454 being used to apply a force to one of the valve plate 432 or the transmission assembly 450 to cause the valve plate 432 to close the discharging passage 416 and to cause the valve plate 432 to form a restoring force after being forced to open. Further, the holder 454 is a tension spring, the sliding plate 431 is provided with a vertical plate 434, and one end of the holder 454 is mounted on the vertical plate 434 and the other end is mounted on the link shaft 452. That is, when the two valve plates 432 are in the state shown in fig. 5 and the driving source 441 returns to the initial state, the holder 454 may apply a force to the link shaft 452 to return to the weighing state and close the discharge passage 416 as shown in fig. 4. Referring to fig. 3, the vertical plate 434 is further provided with a limiting top plate, and when the valve plate 432 closes the discharging channel 416, the limiting top plate supports against the valve plate 432, so as to prevent the retaining member 454 from having too large elastic force and pulling the valve plate 432 to rotate continuously.

Referring to fig. 1, the material quantitative output mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the weighing structure 400, wherein the material quantitative output mechanism further includes a collecting hopper 100, a feeding screw 200 and a transition cavity 300, the material is put in from the collecting hopper 100 and then is sent to the transition cavity 300 through the feeding screw 200, the material falls into the weighing structure 400 from the transition cavity 300 and falls onto a valve assembly 430 from a discharging channel 416, the material is weighed, when the weighing reaches a preset value, the feeding screw 200 stops operating, and the valve assembly 300 puts in the material. For example, the material quantitative output mechanism in food machinery such as a hamburger machine needs to throw light materials such as vegetables, the weighing structure of the embodiment can realize quantitative throwing, and the detachable valve assembly can be cleaned after long-term use.

The food machine provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the material quantitative output mechanism.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Claims

1. A weighing structure, characterized in that: comprises that

The supporting assembly (410), the supporting assembly (410) is provided with a discharging channel (416) for outputting materials;

the valve assembly (430), the valve assembly (430) and the support assembly (410) are detachably connected through a quick-release structure, the valve assembly (430) comprises at least one valve plate (432) for opening or closing the discharge channel (416), the valve assembly (430) further comprises a sliding plate (431), the valve plate (432) is installed on the sliding plate (431), the sliding plate (431) is slidably connected with the support assembly (410) to form the quick-release structure, the support assembly (410) is provided with a placement groove (414), the end part of the placement groove (414) is provided with a pick-and-place port for the valve assembly (430) to enter or separate, the support assembly (410) comprises a fixed seat (411) and a supporting seat (412) which are oppositely arranged, the discharge channel (416) penetrates through the fixed seat (411) and the supporting seat (412), the placement groove (414) is located between the fixed seat (411) and the supporting seat (412), the sliding plate (431) is in sliding connection with the supporting seat (412);

the weighing device (421) is used for directly or indirectly measuring the weight of the material on the valve assembly (430), the weighing device (421) is installed on the fixed seat (411), and the weighing end of the weighing device (421) is connected with the supporting seat (412); and

the driving assembly is connected with the valve plate (432) and is used for driving the valve plate (432) to act so as to enable the valve plate (432) to open or close the discharging channel (416).

2. The weighing structure of claim 1, wherein: sliding grooves (413) for the sliding plates (431) to insert are formed in two sides of the supporting seat (412) so that the sliding plates (431) can be connected with the supporting seat (412) in a sliding mode.

3. The weighing structure of claim 1, wherein: the quick release structure further comprises a locking piece and a locked piece, wherein the locking piece and the locked piece are respectively arranged on the valve assembly (430) and the support assembly (410), the locking piece and the locked piece are in a locking state and an unlocking state, the valve assembly (430) is locked in the support assembly (410) in the locking state, and the valve assembly (430) can be separated from the support assembly (410) in the unlocking state.

4. The weighing structure of claim 3, wherein: the locking piece is arranged on an elastic female head (415) on the supporting seat (412), the locked piece is arranged on an elastic male head (433) of the sliding plate (431), the elastic male head (433) is inserted into the elastic female head (415) in a locking state, and the elastic male head (433) is separated from the elastic female head (415) in an unlocking state.

5. The weighing structure of claim 1, wherein: the two valve plates (432) are arranged in total, and the two valve plates (432) are arranged oppositely and can rotate relatively to open or close the discharge passage (416).

6. Weighing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: the driving assembly comprises a driving source (441) arranged on the supporting assembly (410), the sliding plate (431) is provided with a transmission assembly (450) connected with the valve plate (432), and the driving source (441) acts by driving the transmission assembly (450) to enable the valve plate (432) to open or close the discharging channel (416).

7. The weighing structure of claim 6, wherein: the transmission assembly (450) comprises a rotating shaft (451) installed on the sliding plate (431) and a connecting rod shaft (452) eccentrically arranged with the rotating shaft (451), the rotating shaft (451) is connected with the connecting rod shaft (452) through a swing arm, the valve plate (432) is fixed on the rotating shaft (451), and the driving source (441) drives the connecting rod shaft (452) to rotate around the central axis of the rotating shaft (451), so that the rotating shaft (451) drives the valve plate (432) to rotate.

8. The weighing structure of claim 7, wherein: a pushing piece (442) is connected to the driving source (441), the pushing piece (442) has a separation state separated from the transmission assembly (450), and the pushing piece (442) is driven by the driving source (441) to move towards the transmission assembly (450) from the separation state and push the connecting rod shaft (452) to rotate.

9. The weighing structure of claim 6, wherein: the drive assembly further comprises a retaining member (454), wherein the retaining member (454) is used for applying acting force to one of the valve plate (432) or the transmission assembly (450) so that the valve plate (432) closes the discharging channel (416) and the valve plate (432) forms restoring force after being opened by force.

10. The utility model provides a material ration output mechanism which characterized in that: comprising a weighing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

11. A food machine, its characterized in that: comprising a material dosing mechanism as claimed in claim 10.