CN113520139B

CN113520139B - Feeding device and cooking equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113520139B
Application number: CN202010319042.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘凯; 梁贵林; 成荣洋
Original assignee: Tineco Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tineco Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-21
Filing date: 2020-04-21
Publication date: 2023-06-27
Anticipated expiration: 2040-04-21
Also published as: CN113520139A

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a feeding device and cooking equipment. Wherein, the feedway includes: a container provided with an opening, wherein a sealing element is arranged at the opening to seal the container; the movable piece is provided with a discharging channel and an air inlet channel; the movable piece executes a first action to drive the sealing piece to be separated from the opening, so that materials in the container enter the discharging channel through the opening, and gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening; and the channel sealing component is arranged on the material passage from the opening to the discharging channel, so that the material passage is a closed passage. According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, during discharging, both discharging and air inlet can be realized through the opening; when the material is not discharged, the sealing element seals the opening; for food materials, the materials are stored in a closed space, are not easy to pollute and are not easy to deteriorate. In addition, the channel sealing part is additionally arranged, so that the probability of leakage of materials can be effectively reduced.

Description

Feeding device and cooking equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to a feeding device and cooking equipment.

Background

With the improvement of living standard, people demand more and more kitchen appliances, and more functions attached to the kitchen appliances are also performed, for example, an automatic cooker is a common kitchen appliance, and in order to add seasonings to the automatic cooker, a liquid feeding device is generally configured.

At present, the structure of an automatic feeding device in the market is generally single and fixed, a seasoning box or a corresponding feeding pipeline is arranged, and each seasoning box or bottle is also provided with a small hole except a discharge hole due to the existence of air pressure difference during discharging, so that seasonings in the seasoning box or bottle can flow out smoothly. The small holes are formed in the seasoning bottle, so that air is easy to enter the seasoning bottle, fine dust is easy to enter the seasoning bottle, and the seasoning in the seasoning bottle or the seasoning box is easy to deteriorate.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, embodiments of the present application provide a feeding device and a cooking device.

In one embodiment of the present application, a feeding device is provided. The feeding device comprises:

a container provided with an opening, wherein a sealing element is arranged at the opening to seal the container;

the movable piece is provided with a discharging channel and an air inlet channel; wherein, the movable piece executes a first action to drive the sealing piece to be separated from the opening, so that the material in the container enters the discharging channel through the opening, and the gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening;

And the channel sealing component is arranged on the material passage from the opening to the discharging channel, so that the material passage is a closed passage.

In another embodiment of the present application, a feeding device is provided. The feeding device comprises:

the container is provided with an opening, and a sealing piece is arranged at the opening to enable the container to be closed;

the movable piece is provided with a third action of moving among different containers and a first action of driving the sealing piece of the container to be separated from the opening after moving to the corresponding position of any container;

the movable part is provided with a discharging channel and an air inlet channel, and the movable part can drive the sealing part to be separated from the opening by executing a first action, so that materials in the container enter the discharging channel through the opening, and gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening; wherein, a channel sealing part is arranged on the material passage from the opening to the discharging channel.

In another embodiment of the present application, a cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes:

a cooking main machine;

the feeding device is connected with the cooking host machine and used for providing seasonings for the cooking host machine;

The feeding device comprises at least one container and a movable piece; the container is provided with an opening, and a sealing piece is arranged at the opening to seal the container; the movable piece is provided with a discharging channel and an air inlet channel; the movable piece is provided with a third action of moving to any container corresponding position and a first action of driving the sealing piece of the container to be separated from the opening after moving to any container corresponding position;

the opening of the container corresponding to the movable piece after the movable piece executes the first action is opened, materials enter the cooking host through the opening and the discharging channel, and gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening; wherein, still be equipped with passageway sealing member on the opening to the material passageway of ejection of compact passageway.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the discharging channel and the air inlet channel are arranged on the movable piece; when the sealing element is separated from the opening, both discharging and air intake can be realized through the opening; so that the container does not need to be provided with an air hole; when the material is not discharged, the sealing element seals the opening, and the inner cavity of the container is a closed container; for food materials, the materials are stored in the closed space, so that the materials are prevented from being contacted with air, and the materials are not easy to pollute and deteriorate. In addition, the embodiment of the application sets up the passageway sealing component on the opening extremely the material passageway of discharge channel, can effectively reduce the probability that the material leaks outward, and then reduces a great deal of problem that causes because of the material leaks outward.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, a brief description will be given below of the drawings that are needed to be utilized in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a feeder with partial cross-sectional view provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a feeding device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of a movable member in the feeding device according to the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the schematic of the container of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an outfeed drive assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a feeding device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the feed device of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10a is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 9A;

FIG. 10B is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 9B;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the feeder of FIG. 8 from another view;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a plurality of containers arranged in a circle;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a structure of a base in a feeding device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the out-feed drive assembly with collection member;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the following description will make clear and complete descriptions of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In some of the flows described in the specification, claims, and drawings described above, a plurality of operations occurring in a particular order are included, and the operations may be performed out of order or concurrently with respect to the order in which they occur. The sequence numbers of operations such as 101, 102, etc. are merely used to distinguish between the various operations, and the sequence numbers themselves do not represent any order of execution. In addition, the flows may include more or fewer operations, and the operations may be performed sequentially or in parallel. It should be noted that, the descriptions of "first" and "second" herein are used to distinguish different messages, devices, modules, etc., and do not represent a sequence, and are not limited to the "first" and the "second" being different types. Furthermore, the embodiments described below are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.

Fig. 1 and 2 show schematic structural diagrams of a feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the feeding device includes: container 1 and movable member 6. Wherein, the container 1 is provided with an opening 2, and a sealing member 3 is arranged at the opening 2 to seal the container 1. The movable member 6 is provided with a discharge passage 61 and an intake passage 62. The movable member 6 has the capability of performing a first action, and the movable member 6 performs the first action to drive the sealing member 3 out of the opening 2 (as shown in fig. 1), so that the material in the container 1 enters the discharge channel 61 through the opening 2, and the gas enters the container 1 through the gas inlet channel 62 and the opening 2.

In the technical scheme provided by the embodiment, a discharging channel and an air inlet channel are arranged on a movable piece; when the sealing element is separated from the opening, both discharging and air intake can be realized through the opening; so that the container does not need to be provided with an air hole; when the material is not discharged, the sealing element seals the opening, and the inner cavity of the container is a closed container; for food materials, the materials are stored in the closed space, so that the materials are prevented from being contacted with air, and the materials are not easy to pollute and deteriorate.

In a specific implementation as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the opening 2 is provided in the bottom of the container 1; the first action is: and the action of pushing the sealing element 3 against the sealing element 3 from the lower direction of the sealing element 3 to separate from the opening 2.

Referring to the example shown in fig. 3, the movable member 6 in this embodiment includes a jack post. The top post has two opposite ends along its length, a first end 63 and a second end 64, respectively; the first end 63 is provided with a discharge inlet 611 and an air inlet 621; the second end 61 is provided with a discharge outlet 612; an air inlet 622 is formed in the side wall of the top column; the discharging channel 61 is arranged in the top column and is communicated with the discharging inlet 611 and the discharging outlet 612; the intake passage 62 is provided in the top column and communicates with the intake outlet 621 and the intake inlet 622.

As shown in fig. 3, the second end 61 of the top column may be further connected to a bent pipe or a straight pipe, which may be a hose or a hard pipe, so as to drain the material in the discharge channel to the target position according to actual needs.

Of course, as shown in fig. 3, the number of the discharging inlets 611 may be plural; the plurality of discharge inlets 611 are disposed at intervals along the circumference of the first end 63, and the material entering through the plurality of discharge inlets 611 is collected in the discharge channel 61. For example, in the example shown in fig. 3, the number of the discharge inlets 611 is 4, the number of the intake outlets 621 is 1, and the 1 intake outlet 621 and the 4 discharge inlets 621 may be disposed at equal intervals around the first end of the top column. With continued reference to the structure shown in fig. 3, the discharge inlet 611 may be a side inlet extending from the first end along the sidewall of the column and toward the discharge channel in the column. The inlet air outlet 621 is spaced from each outlet air inlet 611, and the inlet air outlet 621 may be a side inlet extending from the first end portion along the side wall of the column and toward the inlet air passage 62 in the column.

Referring to fig. 1, after the movable member 6 drives the sealing member 3 to separate from the opening 2, there may be a situation that the material flowing out of the opening 2 overflows or splashes, and in order to reduce the occurrence of this situation, the feeding device provided in this embodiment may further include a channel sealing ring 7. The channel sealing ring 7 is arranged on the movable member 6 for contact sealing with the outer wall of the container 1 at the opening 2. In the process of executing the first action, the channel sealing ring 7 is contacted with the outer wall of the container 1 and is continuously compressed, so that the joint of the container 1 and the movable piece 6 can be well sealed, and the overflow or leakage during discharging is reduced

Further, the feeding device provided in this embodiment may further include a first driving unit (not shown in the drawings). The first driving unit is used for outputting a first driving force to drive the movable piece 6 to execute the first action; and is further configured to output a second driving force to drive the movable member 6 to perform a second action, so that the sealing member 3 is reset to close the opening 2.

The first drive unit may be implemented using a variety of mechanisms, such as a solenoid drive mechanism, a motor drive mechanism, a pneumatic drive mechanism, a hydraulic drive mechanism, and the like. The first drive unit will be described below by taking a solenoid valve drive mechanism as an example. The first drive unit includes a solenoid valve and a connector 65 (shown in fig. 3). Wherein, the connecting piece 65 is connected with the electromagnetic valve and the movable piece 6. After the electromagnetic valve is electrified, the connecting piece 65 acts to drive the movable piece 6 to execute the first action; after the electromagnetic valve is powered off, the connecting piece 65 acts reversely to drive the movable piece 6 to execute the second action. Taking the structure shown in fig. 1 as an example, the first action performed by the movable member 6 is an action of pushing up the bottom of the self-sealing member 3 against the sealing member 3. For convenience of description, the direction in which the bottom of the self-sealing member 3 is pushed upwards is referred to as the first direction; accordingly, the second action is an action in a direction opposite to the first direction, i.e. a process action from abutment, contact to distance, to cancel the force applied to the seal 3.

Further, the solenoid valve may be provided on a solenoid valve holder 8 as shown in fig. 1. The electromagnetic valve fixing frame 8 is provided with an electromagnetic valve installation position (not shown in the figure) and a first track (not shown in the figure); the electromagnetic valve is arranged on the electromagnetic valve installation position; the movable member 6 is disposed on the first rail to perform the first and second actions along the first rail.

In the manner shown in fig. 1, the opening of the container 1 is downward, and after the sealing member 3 is separated from the opening 2, the material in the container 1 flows out of the opening 2 and enters the discharging channel 61 of the movable member 6 under the action of gravity; while outside air can enter the container 1 through the air intake passage 62 and the opening 2. In practical applications, a pump may be added to increase the outflow rate of the material. The pump may be a water pump, peristaltic pump, or the like. Especially for the fluid with relatively high viscosity, the pump is additionally arranged, which is beneficial to accelerating the outflow speed of the fluid. Namely, the discharging channel 61 is communicated with an output channel in the embodiment; the output channel is provided with a pump (all shown in the figures).

As shown in fig. 1, after the movable member 6 performs the first action, the sealing member 3 is separated from the opening 2 (i.e., the opening is opened), and the pump is started to operate; after the opening 2 is closed, the pump operation is stopped. However, this has the problem that after the pump has been shut down, some material remains in the discharge channel 61. In response to such problems, the feeding device provided in this embodiment also provides a controller with control logic as follows. Namely, the controller is electrically connected with the electromagnetic valve and the pump and is used for sending a starting instruction to the pump after the electromagnetic valve is electrified; and after the electromagnetic valve is powered off, a stop instruction is sent to the pump in a postponed way, so that the pump continuously works to pump the material in the discharging channel after the sealing element is reset to close the opening. The delay of sending the stop command to the pump can be realized in two ways:

In the first mode, after the electromagnetic valve is powered off, the timing is started, and after the timing reaches a second preset time (such as 5s, 10s and the like), a stop instruction is sent to the pump, so that the pump is delayed to work for a short period of time, and the materials remained in the discharging channel are pumped out.

And in the second mode, after the electromagnetic valve is powered off, waiting for a trigger instruction, and after receiving a corresponding processing instruction, sending a stop instruction to the pump. In this embodiment, the triggering party of the triggering instruction is not specifically limited, and the triggering instruction may be: and other external equipment can send out the command, or a certain monitoring module on the feeding device can trigger the command when the condition meeting the requirement is detected. It is assumed that the feeding device according to the present embodiment also provides that the movable member has a third movement to another container. At this time, the feeding device may be provided with a position detecting module to monitor a moving position of the movable member for performing the third action; and triggering the instruction after the movable piece moves to the position corresponding to the target container so as to send a stop instruction to the pump.

Further, referring to fig. 1, 6 and 10a, the sealing member 3 may include: elastomer 31, valve stem 34 and sealing plug 33. Wherein an elastic body 31 is arranged in the inner cavity of the container 1; a valve stem 34 is connected to the elastic body 31; a sealing plug 33 is used to seal the opening 2. Wherein, when the movable member 6 performs the first action, the valve rod 34 follows the action of the movable member 6 to apply a force to the elastic body 31, so that the elastic body 31 deforms, and the sealing plug 33 is separated from the opening 2.

As shown in fig. 6, a first possible configuration of the seal 3 is described. The sealing plug 33 and the elastic body 31 are integrally formed; the sealing plug 33 has a hollow cavity; the valve rod 34 has a first portion 341 and a second portion 342, where the first portion 341 extends into the hollow cavity, and the second portion 342 is located outside the hollow cavity, so that the movable member 6 abuts against the second portion 342 located outside the hollow cavity. In a specific implementation, in order to further increase the sealing effect, as shown in fig. 6, an umbrella-shaped sealing ring 32 is disposed on the outer wall of the elastic body 31; the large end of the umbrella seal 32 is in contact with the inner cavity wall of the container 1 at the opening 2.

Fig. 10a shows a second possible configuration of the seal 3. Specifically, the elastic body 31 is a spring; the spring is sleeved outside the valve rod 34; the sealing plug 33 is fixed to the stem outer wall of the valve stem 34. Specifically, a clamping groove is formed in the outer wall of the valve rod, and the sealing plug 33 is clamped into the clamping groove to fix the valve rod.

Referring to fig. 1, 6 and 10a, an elastomeric seat 35 is also provided within the interior cavity of the container 1, and the elastomeric seat 35 may be a barreled structure as shown in fig. 6 and 10 a. Of course, it is also possible to have the structure shown in fig. 9 and 10b, i.e. the elastomer mount 35 comprises a post 351 and a support mount 352; the support base 352 is disposed at the top of the upright post 351, and a support column 353 for supporting the elastic body 31 is disposed on an end surface of the support base 352 facing the elastic body 31.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 6, an extension 5 extending from the outer wall of the container 1 in a direction away from the container 1 and surrounding the opening 2 for one revolution; the extension part 5 is inserted into a jack in the container fixing seat, and a sealing ring 4 is arranged between the extension part and the jack; as shown in fig. 4, the outer wall of the container 1 is provided with a clamping structure 12 for clamping the container fixing seat. Wherein, the container fixing base can be a structure as in the base 14 in fig. 9, and one or more containers 1 can be inserted into the base 14.

Most cooking devices on the market, such as automatic cooker, adopt a feeding mode that a seasoning is realized by a special pump, and the operation mode means how many seasonings are, and how many pumps are needed, so that once the seasoning types are more, the cost of the cooker is very high. For this purpose, the present embodiment provides a feeding device as shown in fig. 9. Specifically, referring to fig. 9, the number of the containers 1 may be plural. Correspondingly, the movable member 6 has a third action of moving between the positions corresponding to the different containers 1; a plurality of said containers 1 are arranged along a straight line, an arc, a circle, a polygon or an ellipse. Fig. 9 shows an example in which a plurality of containers 1 are arranged in a straight line. Thus, the third movement of the movable member 6 is a linear movement. Fig. 12 shows an example of a circular arrangement of a plurality of containers 1, with a corresponding third movement of the movable element 6, namely a circular movement.

A specific structure of the base 14 is shown in fig. 13, and a plurality of slots 141 are provided on the base 14. As shown in fig. 10a and 10b, a container holder 142 is provided at the bottom of the slot 141. As shown in fig. 9, the movable member 6 is located below the plurality of container holders 142.

Thus, one movable piece can be used to control the openings of a plurality of containers; there is no need to provide an opening control member or assembly for each container separately. In the embodiment, the opening of the plurality of containers can be controlled by only using one set of power (such as the movable piece, the first driving unit and the second driving unit), so that the space and the cost are greatly saved.

Further, the feeding device provided in this embodiment further includes a second driving unit. Wherein the second driving unit is used for providing power for the movable piece to execute the third action. As described above, the first driving unit is configured to output a first driving force to drive the movable member to perform the first action; and the sealing element is also used for outputting a second driving force to drive the movable element to execute a second action, so that the sealing element is reset to close the opening. And the controller is electrically connected with the second driving unit and the first driving unit and is used for controlling the second driving unit and the first driving unit to work cooperatively, so that the movable piece can sequentially execute the third action, the first action and the second action.

In practice, if removed immediately after the moving member has disengaged the seal, the material on the stem 34 of the seal 3 resting on the extension 5 of the bottom of the container 1 will drip off after the moving member 6 has exited. If the container 1 and the movable member 6 are disposed in a base 14 as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the dropped material remains at the bottom of the base 14; deterioration, smell change, etc. occur over a long period of time, and the movement of the movable member 6 may be affected. For this reason, the controller provided in this embodiment is further configured to start timing after the movable 6 performs the second action to reset the sealing element 3 to close the opening 2, and when the timing duration reaches a first preset duration (e.g. 5s, 10s, etc.), control the second driving unit to work so as to drive the movable element to perform the third action and move to a position corresponding to the next container.

Based on the above, the discharge channel 61 communicates with an output channel; and a pump is arranged on the output channel. Correspondingly, the controller provided in this embodiment is further electrically connected to the pump, and is further configured to delay sending a stop instruction to the pump after the movable element performs the second action to reset the sealing element to close the opening, so that the pump continuously works to pump the material in the discharge channel 61 after the sealing element 3 resets to close the opening 2; and the movable piece 6 is used for sending the stopping instruction to the pump after moving to the position corresponding to the next container so as to stop the pump.

Further, the feeding device provided in this embodiment may further include: and a position monitoring device. The position monitoring device is used for detecting whether the movable piece 6 has moved to a position corresponding to the container designated by the controller. The position monitoring device sends the monitoring result to the controller, and the controller is used for judging whether the movable piece moves to the position corresponding to the corresponding container according to the received monitoring result. Taking a feeding device of the cooking device as an example, the feeding device comprises three containers, namely a first container for containing soy sauce, a second container for containing vinegar and a third container for containing oil. The controller of the cooking equipment outputs a control instruction carrying the corresponding position of the first container to the second driving unit based on the cooking program of the dishes to be cooked currently; the second driving unit drives the movable piece to execute the third action according to the control instruction, and in the process of executing the third action, the position monitoring device monitors the position of the movable piece 6 in real time and feeds back the monitoring result to the controller. And if the controller judges that the movable piece moves to the position corresponding to the corresponding container according to the monitoring result, the second driving unit is controlled to stop working. At this time, it is explained that the movable member has moved to the position corresponding to the first container.

What is needed here is that: in this embodiment, the second driving unit may be a motor and screw nut structure or a linear motor, so as to implement movement of the movable member in a linear direction. As shown in fig. 9, the motor (not shown) may be disposed at one end of the base 14, and the screw 40 is connected to the motor; as shown in fig. 11, a nut structure 42 provided on the lead screw 40 is connected to the movable member; more specifically, the nut structure 42 is connected to the solenoid valve holder 8.

The prior art has a problem that after the condiments in many automatic-feeding seasoning boxes are used up, users need to judge whether the condiments exist or not or the users do not know the condiments at all. If the user does not know that the seasoning in the container is used up, the cooking device is continuously operated to fry dishes, so that the taste and quality of the final dishes can be influenced. For this purpose, the embodiment is further provided with a sensor for detecting the material, and the sensor may be a liquid level sensor for detecting the liquid level, and the liquid level sensor may be a contact type or a non-contact type. Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, the feeding device provided in this embodiment may further include a first sensor 8. In specific implementation, the first sensor 8 is configured to detect a material in the discharge channel, and send a detection result to the controller. The controller is used for controlling the first sensor to work after the sealing element is separated from the opening; and receiving a detection result sent by the first sensor, and executing corresponding operation when the material in the discharging channel is determined to not meet the requirement based on the detection result. Wherein the operations include at least one of: controlling the voice device to output a corresponding voice prompt; controlling the display device to display corresponding prompt information; the control communication component sends corresponding indication information to the target device.

The target device may be different for different scenarios. For example, the target device is an automatic feeding device. After receiving the indication information, the automatic feeding device executes an automatic feeding action. Or, the target device is a client used by a user, so that the user is informed that the material of the container of the feeding device does not meet the requirement, and the material may be lacked, or the material is discharged due to the fault, or the like, by sending corresponding indication information to the client device.

In particular, the feeding device provided in this embodiment may further include a chamber communicating with the discharge channel 61; the second sensor is a contact sensor, and the contact sensor is arranged in the cavity; or the second sensor is a non-contact sensor, and the non-contact sensor is arranged on the outer wall of the chamber.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, another embodiment of the present application also provides a container. The container 1 is not provided with air holes, and both discharging and air intake are realized through an opening 2. The container 1 is intended to be used in combination with a drive assembly or device comprising a movable member 6 as provided in the above embodiments. Referring to fig. 1, 4 and 5, the container 1 includes a container body and a seal 3. The container body is used for containing materials, and an opening 2 is formed in the container body; a seal 3 disposed at the opening 2 to seal the container body; wherein the sealing member 3 is separated from the opening 2 under the action of external force so that materials can be discharged from the opening 2 to the container body, and external gas can enter the inner cavity of the container body from the opening 2.

Specifically, the structure of the sealing member can be referred to as three structures shown in fig. 1, 6 and 10 a. For details of the three structures shown in fig. 1, 6 and 10a, reference may be made to the corresponding descriptions in the above embodiments, and details are not repeated here. Wherein, in the sealing member shown in fig. 1 and 6, the difference is that the shape of the elastic body is different; the side walls of the elastomer in fig. 1 are wavy; the side walls of the elastomer in fig. 6 are straight.

Further, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the container 1 is further provided with a charging port 13, and a sealing member is arranged at the charging port 13 to seal the charging port.

In addition, another embodiment of the application also provides an ejection driving assembly. The outfeed drive assembly shown in fig. 7 is intended to be used with a container provided with a seal 3 at the opening 2, i.e. a container of similar construction to that described in the previous embodiments. Wherein, as shown in fig. 7, the discharging driving assembly comprises: a movable member 6 and a first driving unit (not shown). Wherein, referring to fig. 3, the movable member 6 is provided with a discharging channel 61 and an air inlet channel 62. The first driving unit is configured to output a first driving force to drive the movable member 6 to perform a first action. The first action is to act on the seal 3 such that the seal 3 is disengaged from the opening 2, facilitating the passage of material in the container 1 through the opening 2 into the discharge channel 61 and the passage of gas through the inlet channel 62 and the opening 2 into the container 1.

The movable member 6 is constructed as shown in fig. 3, and includes a jack post. The top post has two opposite ends along its length, a first end 63 and a second end 64, respectively; the first end 63 is provided with a discharge inlet 611 and an air inlet 621; the second end 64 is provided with a discharge outlet 612; an air inlet 622 is formed in the side wall of the top column; the discharging channel 61 is arranged in the top column and is communicated with the discharging inlet 611 and the discharging outlet 612; the intake passage 62 is provided in the top column and communicates with the intake outlet 621 and the intake inlet 622. In particular, the number of the discharge inlets 611 may be plural; the plurality of discharge inlets 611 are disposed at intervals along the circumference of the first end 63, and the material entering through the plurality of discharge inlets 611 is collected into the discharge passage.

Further, the discharging driving assembly further comprises a channel sealing ring 7. The channel sealing ring 7 is arranged on the movable piece 6; in particular, referring to the structure shown in fig. 3, the channel sealing ring 7 is arranged around the top column for contacting and sealing with the outer wall of the container 1 at the opening 2.

The specific implementation of the first driving unit in this embodiment may refer to the corresponding content in the above embodiment, which is not described herein.

Of course, in the discharging driving assembly provided in this embodiment, the movable member 6 further has a third motion for moving between positions corresponding to different containers, and a second motion opposite to the first motion. Correspondingly, the discharging driving assembly further comprises a second driving unit. The second driving unit is used for providing power for the movable piece to execute a third action. The first driving unit is used for outputting a first driving force to drive the movable piece to execute the first action; and the driving device is also used for outputting a second driving force to drive the movable piece to execute a second action. And the controller is electrically connected with the second driving unit and the first driving unit and is used for controlling the second driving unit and the first driving unit to work cooperatively, so that the movable piece can sequentially execute the third action, the first action and the second action.

Further, the controller is further configured to start timing after the movable element performs the second action to reset the sealing element to close the opening, and when the timing duration reaches the first preset duration, control the second driving unit to work so as to drive the movable element to perform the third action, and move the movable element to a position corresponding to the next container.

Further, the discharging channel is communicated with an output channel; and a pump is arranged on the output channel. Correspondingly, the controller is electrically connected with the pump and is further used for delaying sending a stop instruction to the pump after the movable piece executes the second action so as to enable the pump to continuously work to pump the material in the discharging channel; and the movable piece is used for sending the stopping instruction to the pump after the movable piece finishes the third action and moves to the position corresponding to the next container, so that the pump stops working.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, details not described in detail may be referred to the corresponding descriptions above, and will not be described here again.

Fig. 8, 9 and 11 show schematic structural diagrams of a feeding device according to another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 8, 9 and 11, the feeding device includes: a plurality of containers 1 and a movable member 6. Among the plurality of containers 1, each container has the same structure. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, an opening 2 is provided in the container 1, and a seal 3 is provided at the opening 2 to seal the container 1. The movable member 6 has a third movement between different containers 1 and a first movement to drive the sealing member 3 of the container 1 out of the opening 2 after moving to any corresponding position of the container. As shown in fig. 3, the movable member 6 is provided with a discharge channel 61 and an air inlet channel 62, after the movable member 6 performs the first action, the corresponding opening 2 of the container 1 is opened, the material enters the discharge channel 61 through the opening 2, and the gas enters the container through the air inlet channel 62 and the opening 2.

Further, as shown in fig. 8, 9 and 11, the feeding device further comprises a base 14. The base 14 is provided with a plurality of container holders 142; the plurality of containers 1 are inserted into the respective slots 141 of the base 14, and the extension 5 of each container 1 is inserted into the corresponding container holder 142, with the opening 2 facing downwards; the movable member 6 is provided at the bottom of the base 14 to perform each action under the plurality of containers 1.

Still further, as shown in fig. 13, the base 14 is a box with an open upper end; the plurality of containers 1 are inserted into the corresponding container holders 142 through the openings; the movable piece 6 is arranged in the box body; the box body is provided with an output end 143, and the discharging channel 61 of the movable piece 6 is communicated with the output end 143 through a connecting pipeline.

Here, in this embodiment, the third action and the second action of the movable member are driven by the corresponding driving units, and specific content can be seen from the corresponding content in the above embodiment, which is not described in detail in this embodiment. In addition, the feeding device provided in this embodiment also has the structures, components, controllers, sensors and the like mentioned in the above embodiments, and may also implement the functions mentioned in the above embodiments, and the specific content may be referred to in the above description, which is not repeated herein.

Referring to the example shown in fig. 1, a brief overview of the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present application is provided. The container 1 has an opening 2, and a seal 3 is provided at the opening 2. The container 1 is closed with the opening 2 facing downwards and the seal 3 stationary. The movable part 6 moves upwards to push the sealing part 3 upwards until the sealing part 3 is separated from the opening, the opening is opened, the materials in the container continuously flow out under the action of the pump, and air continuously enters the container through the air inlet channel 62 and the opening 2 due to the existence of pressure difference. After the material is discharged, the pump stops working, the movable part is reset and moves downwards, the sealing part is reset and seals the opening under the action of elastic force, and after the sealing part is reset, the inner cavity of the whole container is isolated from the outside again.

Because the channel sealing ring 7 is a dynamic sealing ring, sealing and unsealing are completed through continuous up-and-down movement, so that the channel sealing ring 7 is likely to fail, and the material overflows after failure to cause a plurality of problems. In order to prevent this from occurring, a collection member needs to be added. If leakage occurs in the channel sealing ring 7, materials such as seasonings and the like flow into the collecting component, so that the problem of material overflow can be effectively solved. In particular, fig. 9 and 14 show the feeding device provided in this embodiment. The feeding device comprises: container 1, moving part 6 and collecting part. Wherein, referring to fig. 1, the container 1 is provided with an opening 2, and a sealing member 3 is arranged at the opening 2 to seal the container 1; a movable member 6 provided with a discharge passage 61 and an intake passage 62; wherein, the movable piece 6 executes a first action to drive the sealing piece 3 to be separated from the opening 2, so that the material in the container 1 enters the discharging channel 61 through the opening 2, and the gas enters the container 1 through the gas inlet channel 62 and the opening 2; and a collecting part for collecting the material which does not enter the discharging channel 61.

Referring to fig. 14, the collecting member includes: a collecting tray 9 and a collecting box 10. A collecting tray 9, disposed on the movable member 6, for collecting the material that does not enter the discharge channel 61, wherein a discharge port 91 is disposed on the collecting tray 9; the collecting box 10 is provided with a collecting opening, and the collecting opening corresponds to the position of the discharging opening 91.

Further, as shown in fig. 14, the feeding device provided in this embodiment may further include a collecting box fixing frame 11. The collecting box 10 is detachably arranged on the collecting box fixing frame 11. The exposed surface of the collecting box 10 is provided with a handle 101.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, the feeding device further comprises a base 14; the base 14 is a box body with an open upper end; the container 1 is inserted into the container fixing seat in the box body through the opening; the movable piece 6 and the collecting component are arranged in the box body; the box body is provided with a through hole 16; the collecting box 10 enters and exits the box body through the through hole 16.

In particular, the movable member may be of the structure shown in fig. 3. The movable piece comprises a jack post. For more details on the post structure, please refer to the corresponding contents above, and the details are not repeated here. The collecting tray 9 is sleeved on the top column.

The feeding device provided in this embodiment further includes: and a channel sealing ring 7. The channel sealing ring 7 is arranged on the movable piece 6 and is used for contacting and sealing with the outer wall of the container 1 at the opening 2; the channel sealing ring 7 is located in the collecting tray 9.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, an embodiment of the present application also provides a feeding device. The feeding device comprises a plurality of containers 1, a movable member 6 and a collecting member. Wherein the structure of each of the plurality of containers 1 is the same. Specifically, referring to fig. 1, an opening 2 is provided on a container 1, and a sealing member 3 is provided at the opening 2 to seal the container 1. A movable member 6 having a third movement between different containers 1 and a first movement for driving the sealing member 3 of any container 1 to be separated from the opening 2 after moving to a corresponding position of the container 1; wherein, the movable member 6 is provided with a discharging channel 61 and an air inlet channel 62, after the movable member 6 executes the first action, the corresponding opening 2 of the container 1 is opened, the material enters the discharging channel 61 through the opening 2, and the gas enters the container 1 through the air inlet channel 62 and the opening 2. And a collecting member for collecting the material not entering the discharge passage 61, together with the movable member 6, performing the third action.

The application also provides an embodiment, a feeding device. The feeding device comprises a container 1, a movable part 6 and a channel sealing member. Wherein, the container 1 is provided with an opening 2, and a sealing element 3 is arranged at the opening 2 to seal the container 1; the movable piece 6 is provided with a discharging channel 61 and an air inlet channel 62; the first action performed by the movable member 6 can drive the sealing member 3 to be separated from the opening 2, so that the material in the container 1 enters the discharging channel 61 through the opening 2, and the gas enters the container 1 through the gas inlet channel 62 and the opening 2. And a channel sealing member provided on a material passage from the opening 2 to the discharge channel 61 so that the material passage is a closed passage.

In particular, the channel sealing member may be the channel sealing ring 7 mentioned above. As shown in fig. 1 and 3, a channel sealing ring 7 is provided on the movable member 6 for contact sealing with the outer wall of the container 1 at the opening 2.

In a specific embodiment, the channel seal 7 may be a conical seal as shown in fig. 3; the large end of the conical sealing ring is used for being in contact and sealing with the outer wall of the container 1; the small end of the conical sealing ring is arranged on the movable piece 6.

Specifically, referring to the structure shown in fig. 3, the movable member includes a jack post. The small end of the conical sealing ring is fixed on the side wall of the top column, and the discharge inlet 611 and the air inlet 621 are avoided. An annular groove is formed in the side wall of the top column; the small end of the conical sealing ring is clamped in the annular groove.

In another realisable solution, the channel sealing member may also be provided at the opening of the container 1; the channel sealing member is in contact sealing with a corresponding contact surface on the movable member 6. Specifically, on the outer wall of the container, a channel sealing ring is arranged around the opening. The channel seal ring may also be a conical seal ring. The large end of the conical sealing ring faces the movable piece. The corresponding contact surface on the movable element may be the surface of the collecting tray 9 mentioned in the above embodiments. When the movable piece contacts or is close to the sealing piece, the large end of the conical sealing ring contacts the disc surface of the collecting disc, when the movable piece executes the first action to prop against the sealing piece, the large end of the conical sealing ring generates elastic deformation and is pressed more tightly with the disc surface of the collecting disc until the movable piece stops executing the first action, at the moment, the sealing piece is separated from the opening, the opening is in an open state, and a material channel from the opening to a discharge inlet of a discharge channel of the movable piece is a closed channel, so that the occurrence probability of material overflow can be effectively reduced.

Similarly, another embodiment of the present application provides a feeder apparatus comprising a plurality of containers, corresponding to the feeder apparatus described above. That is, the feeding device comprises a plurality of containers and a movable member. The container is provided with an opening, a sealing element is arranged at the opening to enable the container to be sealed, a third action of moving among different containers is provided, and a first action of driving the sealing element of the container to be separated from the opening after moving to a corresponding position of any container is provided; the movable part is provided with a discharging channel and an air inlet channel, and the movable part can drive the sealing part to be separated from the opening by executing a first action, so that materials in the container enter the discharging channel through the opening, and gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening; wherein, a channel sealing part is arranged on the material passage from the opening to the discharging channel.

Corresponding to the above-described feeding device embodiments, one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a cooking apparatus. As shown in fig. 15, the cooking apparatus includes: cooking master 500 and feeding device 600. A feeding device 600 is connected to the cooking main body 500 for supplying seasoning to the cooking main body 500. Wherein the feeding device comprises at least one container and a movable piece; the container is provided with an opening, and a sealing piece is arranged at the opening to seal the container; the movable piece is provided with a discharging channel and an air inlet channel; the movable piece is provided with a third action of moving to any container corresponding position and a first action of driving the sealing piece of the container to be separated from the opening after moving to any container corresponding position; after the movable piece executes the first action, the corresponding opening of the container is opened, materials enter the cooking host through the opening and the discharging channel, and gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening.

In particular, the feeding device 600 in this embodiment may be a solution provided in the foregoing embodiments, and the specific implementation may be referred to in the foregoing description, which is not specifically limited herein.

Based on the technical scheme provided by the hardware embodiments, an embodiment of the application provides a discharging method. The main execution body of the method provided in this embodiment may be the controller mentioned in the foregoing feeding device embodiment, or may be a cooking device (specifically, a controller in a cooking host machine), which is not limited in this embodiment. The controller is a device capable of automatically performing numerical calculation and information processing according to a preset or stored instruction, and may be a microprocessor, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a programmable gate array (FPGA), a digital processor (DSP), an embedded device, or the like. The present embodiment is not particularly limited thereto. The method comprises the following steps:

s101, controlling the first driving unit to drive the movable piece to execute a first action.

The movable part is provided with a discharging channel and an air inlet channel, the movable part executes the first action to drive the sealing part to be separated from the opening, so that materials in the container enter the discharging channel through the opening, and gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening;

S102, sending a starting instruction to a pump communicated with a discharge channel;

s103, controlling the first driving unit to drive the movable piece to execute a second action so as to reset the sealing piece to close the opening;

and S104, postponing sending a stop instruction to the pump so that the pump continuously works to pump the material in the discharging channel after the sealing element is reset to close the opening.

Wherein, the sending the stop command to the pump after the delay may specifically include:

starting timing, and sending a stop instruction to the pump when the timing duration reaches a second preset duration; or alternatively

Monitoring whether the movable piece moves to a position corresponding to the next container; after monitoring that the activity is moving into place, a stop instruction is sent to the pump.

Another embodiment of the present application provides a discharging method including:

s201, controlling a first driving unit to drive the movable piece to execute a first action, wherein a discharging channel and an air inlet channel are formed in the movable piece, and the movable piece can drive the sealing piece to be separated from the opening by executing the first action, so that materials in the container enter the discharging channel through the opening, and gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening;

S202, the first driving unit drives the movable piece to execute a second action so as to reset the sealing piece to close the opening;

and S203, starting timing, and controlling the second driving unit to drive the movable piece to execute a third action when the timing time reaches a first preset time so as to move to a position corresponding to the next container.

The technical scheme provided by the application is explained below in combination with a specific application scene.

Application scenario one

The user starts the cooking device at home to cook dishes. And in the cooking process of the cooking host, the corresponding driving units are controlled to work according to the control programs corresponding to the corresponding menus so that the movable pieces execute corresponding actions. Assuming that the control program corresponding to the menu is to add soy sauce after dishes are put in a pot for n seconds (n is any numerical value, in the embodiment, the embodiment does not limit the number of the dishes), and after the duration of n seconds is reached, the cooking host machine sends a control instruction to the second driving unit of the feeding device so that the second driving unit drives the movable piece to move to a target position corresponding to a container storing soy sauce; after the movable piece reaches the target position, the cooking host controls the first driving unit to work so as to drive the movable piece to execute a first action, and the sealing piece of the soy sauce container is jacked up; after the sealing element is separated from the opening, the soy sauce flows into the discharging channel through the opening, and meanwhile, air can enter the soy sauce container through the air inlet channel and the opening, so that the soy sauce can flow out smoothly. After the quantity of the soy sauce entering the cooking host through the discharging channel reaches the preset quantity corresponding to the menu, the cooking host can send a control instruction to the first driving unit so that the first driving unit drives the movable piece to be far away from the sealing piece, and the sealing piece returns to the opening under the action of the elastic force to seal the opening.

Because the soy sauce container is not required to be provided with air holes, the container is not contacted with the outside when the soy sauce container is not discharged, the sealing effect is good, the seasoning is not easy to be polluted by the outside, and the seasoning is not easy to deteriorate. In addition, the soy sauce container is provided with an opening for discharging and air intake simultaneously during discharging, and the structure is simple.

Application scene two

In the first application scenario, the movable part executes a first action to jack up the sealing part of the soy sauce container; after the sealing member breaks away from the opening, the first sensor continuously detects the material in the discharging channel. If the detection result is that the materials in the discharge channel do not meet the requirements (such as small flow or no materials), the controller can control the feeding device or an alarm device on the cooking host to send an alarm sound, or the alarm lamp is lightened, or corresponding prompt information can be sent to the user client through the communication component (such as a wireless wifi module and the like). After hearing the alarm sound, seeing the alarm lamp to lighten or seeing the prompt message, the user can know that the soy sauce in the current feeding device is probably not available. The user can fill soy sauce through the feed supplement port on the container.

Application scenario three

In the first application scenario, the movable part executes a first action to jack up the sealing part of the soy sauce container; after the sealing piece is separated from the opening, the sealing ring of the channel is not tightly sealed with the outer wall of the container in the process that the soy sauce flows into the discharging channel from the opening, so that a small part of soy sauce leaks. The leaked soy sauce is caught by the collecting tray, and the soy sauce falling into the collecting tray enters the collecting box through the discharging opening on the collecting tray. After the cooking device has been cooked, the user can remove the collecting box through the through hole 16 in the base shown in fig. 8 when he or she wants to clean the cooking device. Checking whether the material leaked or overflowed from the collecting box exists, if so, cleaning the collecting box, and putting the collecting box into the base through the through hole.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and are not limiting thereof; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions.

Claims

1. A feeding device, comprising:

the movable piece is provided with a discharging channel and an air inlet channel; wherein, the movable piece executes a first action to drive the sealing piece to be separated from the opening, so that the material in the container enters the discharging channel through the opening, and the gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening; the movable member performs a second action to reset the sealing member to close the opening;

the channel sealing component is arranged on the material passage from the opening to the discharging channel, so that the material passage is a closed passage;

The output channel is communicated with the discharge channel, and a pump is arranged on the output channel; the pump works after the movable part executes the first action, and the pump stops after the movable part executes the second action and works for a period of time.

2. The feeding device of claim 1, wherein the channel sealing member is a channel sealing ring;

the channel sealing ring is arranged on the movable piece and is used for being in contact sealing with the outer wall of the container at the opening.

3. The feeding device of claim 2, wherein the channel seal ring is a conical seal ring;

the large end of the conical sealing ring is used for being in contact sealing with the outer wall of the container;

the small end of the conical sealing ring is arranged on the movable piece.

4. A feeding device according to claim 3, wherein said movable member comprises a jack post;

the top column is provided with two opposite ends along the length direction of the top column, namely a first end and a second end;

the first end is provided with a discharge inlet and an air inlet;

the second end is provided with a discharge outlet;

an air inlet is formed in the side wall of the top column;

The discharging channel is arranged in the top column and is communicated with the discharging inlet and the discharging outlet;

the air inlet channel is arranged in the top column and is communicated with the air inlet outlet and the air inlet.

5. The feeding device as set forth in claim 4, wherein the small end of the conical sealing ring is fixed on the side wall of the top column and is kept away from the discharge inlet and the air inlet; an annular groove is formed in the side wall of the top column; the small end of the conical sealing ring is clamped in the annular groove.

6. The feeding device of claim 1, wherein the passage sealing member is provided at an opening of the container;

the channel sealing member is in contact seal with a corresponding contact surface on the movable member.

7. The feeding device of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the seal comprises:

an elastic body arranged in the inner cavity of the container;

a valve stem connected to the elastic body;

a sealing plug for sealing the opening;

when the movable piece executes the first action, the valve rod follows the movable piece to apply force to the elastic body, so that the elastic body is deformed, and the sealing plug is separated from the opening.

8. A feeding device as set forth in claim 7, wherein,

the sealing plug and the elastic body are of an integrated structure;

the sealing plug is provided with a hollow cavity;

the valve rod has a first portion that extends into the hollow cavity and a second portion that is located outside the hollow cavity.

9. A feeding device as set forth in claim 7, wherein,

an umbrella-shaped sealing ring is arranged on the outer wall of the elastic body;

the large end of the umbrella-shaped sealing ring is in contact sealing with the inner cavity wall of the container at the opening.

10. A feeding device, comprising:

the movable part is provided with a discharging channel and an air inlet channel, and the movable part can drive the sealing part to be separated from the opening by executing a first action, so that materials in the container enter the discharging channel through the opening, and gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening; the movable member performs a second action to reset the sealing member to close the opening; wherein a channel sealing part is arranged on a material channel from the opening to the discharging channel;

11. A cooking apparatus, comprising:

a cooking main machine;

the opening of the container corresponding to the movable piece after the movable piece executes the first action is opened, materials enter the cooking host through the opening and the discharging channel, and gas enters the container through the air inlet channel and the opening; the movable member performs a second action to reset the sealing member to close the opening; wherein a channel sealing part is further arranged on a material channel from the opening to the discharging channel;