CN113974416B

CN113974416B - Cooking equipment and feeding device

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Publication number: CN113974416B
Application number: CN202111166121.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 严鹏山; 许飞翔; 任怀强; 刘凯
Original assignee: Tineco Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tineco Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-03
Filing date: 2021-09-30
Publication date: 2023-05-12
Anticipated expiration: 2041-09-30
Also published as: CN115399627A; CN216602443U; CN113812837A; CN113974416A; CN115429096A; CN113842027A; CN217429739U; CN113974417A; CN216317050U; CN216754182U; CN113812833A; CN217309835U; CN113812836B; CN216652016U; CN113842027B; CN115429095B; CN216628203U; CN113812837B; CN113974415B; CN219249818U

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a cooking equipment and feeding device, wherein cooking equipment includes: a main body having a cooking container; the feeding device comprises a material bottle component for containing seasonings, a first blanking port, a second blanking port, a first material conveying channel and a second material conveying channel, wherein the first blanking port, the second blanking port, the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel are used for outputting the seasonings; wherein the flavoring comprises at least edible oil and at least one liquid flavoring; the first material conveying channel is communicated with the first blanking port and the main machine body, the second material conveying pipeline is communicated with the second blanking port and the main machine body, and the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel can convey the seasonings to the cooking container; the first material conveying channel is used for conveying the liquid seasonings, and the second material conveying channel is used for conveying edible oil. According to the cooking equipment and the feeding device provided by the technical scheme, oil and other seasonings are conveyed to the cooking container through the two different conveying channels, and the phenomenon of oil-water mixing can be effectively avoided or improved.

Description

Cooking equipment and feeding device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of household Internet of things, in particular to cooking equipment and a charging device.

Background

With the continuous development of society, people have an increasing demand for quality of life. From former satiety to the current stage of eating, the food is a trend of the public society. But the young people do not like to cook, which is a common problem. A well established cooking device, such as a smart cooker, is a good choice.

Often cooking a dish requires the use of various seasonings such as oil, salt, light soy sauce, mature vinegar, and the like. The feeding device equipped with the existing cooking equipment is easy to generate the phenomenon of oil-water mixed splashing fryer in the feeding process, and greatly influences the user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, embodiments of the present application have been proposed to provide a cooking apparatus and a charging device that solve the above problems.

A first aspect of embodiments of the present application provides a cooking apparatus, including:

a main body having a cooking container;

the feeding device comprises a material bottle component for containing seasonings, a first blanking port, a second blanking port, a first material conveying channel and a second material conveying channel, wherein the first blanking port, the second blanking port, the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel are used for outputting the seasonings; wherein the flavoring at least comprises edible oil and various liquid flavoring;

The first material conveying channel is communicated with the first blanking port and the main machine body, the second material conveying pipeline is communicated with the second blanking port and the main machine body, and the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel can convey the seasonings to the cooking container;

the first material conveying channel is used for conveying a plurality of liquid seasonings, and the second material conveying channel is used for conveying edible oil.

In some embodiments, the feeding device is further provided with a first feeding pump and a second feeding pump;

the first material conveying channel comprises a first feeding pipeline, a first discharging pipeline and a first material conveying pipeline, one end of the first feeding pipeline is communicated with the first blanking port, the other end of the first feeding pipeline is communicated with the first material conveying pump, one end of the first discharging pipeline is communicated with the first material conveying pump, and the other end of the first discharging pipeline is communicated with the first material conveying pipeline; the first conveying pipeline is connected to the main machine body;

the second material conveying channel comprises a second feeding pipeline, a second discharging pipeline and a second material conveying pipeline, one end of the second feeding pipeline is communicated with the second blanking port, the other end of the second feeding pipeline is communicated with the second material conveying pump, one end of the second discharging pipeline is communicated with the second material conveying pump, and the other end of the second discharging pipeline is communicated with the second material conveying pipeline; the second feed delivery conduit is connected to the main body.

In some embodiments, the first feed pump is a stepper pump and the second feed pump is a dc pump.

In some embodiments, the charging device comprises:

the first material bottles comprise a plurality of first material bottles, and each first material bottle is used for containing a liquid seasoning;

the second material bottle is used for containing edible oil;

each first material bottle can be communicated with the first material conveying channel, so that seasonings of a plurality of first material bottles can be conveyed through the first material conveying channel.

In some embodiments, the charging device further comprises:

the first material conveying pump, the second material conveying pump, the first blanking port and the second blanking port are arranged on the base;

the rotary table comprises a first feeding port and a second feeding port, the rotary table is movably connected with the base and can move relatively, when the first feeding port is opposite to the first blanking port, the first material conveying pump is started, and when the second feeding port is opposite to the second blanking port, the second material conveying pump is started;

wherein, first charge door is used for with first material bottle intercommunication, the second charge door is used for with the second material bottle intercommunication.

In some embodiments, a first check valve is arranged at the first charging port, and when the first material conveying pump is started, the first check valve can be sucked open, so that the first charging port is communicated with the first blanking port;

The second charging port is provided with a second one-way valve, and when the second material conveying pump is started, the second one-way valve can be sucked open, so that the second charging port is communicated with the second blanking port.

In some embodiments, the base is further provided with a driving member in driving connection with the turntable to drive the turntable to rotate relative to the base;

the first material conveying pump, the driving piece and the second material conveying pump are arranged along the radial direction of the base.

In some embodiments, the first feed pump and the second feed pump are symmetrically disposed on two sides of the driving member.

In some embodiments, the included angle between the first material conveying pump, the driving piece and the second material conveying pump in the plane is 180 degrees plus or minus 5 degrees.

In some embodiments, the first and second feed conduits are co-clad within one of the feed conduit protective sleeves.

In some embodiments, the first material conveying pipeline, the second material conveying pipeline and the material conveying pipeline protecting sleeve form a material conveying assembly for connecting the main machine body and the feeding device, and two ends of the material conveying assembly are detachably connected with the main machine body and the feeding device respectively.

In some embodiments, the first and second feed conduits have a predetermined gap therebetween.

A second aspect of embodiments of the present application provides a cooking apparatus, comprising:

a main body having a cooking container;

the feeding device is used for containing seasonings and comprises a first conveying channel and a second conveying channel; wherein the flavoring at least comprises edible oil and various liquid flavoring;

the first material conveying channel is communicated with the feeding device and the main machine body, and the second material conveying channel is communicated with the feeding device and the main machine body, so that the seasonings can be conveyed to the cooking container through the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel;

A third aspect of embodiments of the present application provides a charging device for cooperation with a main body having a cooking vessel, comprising:

the seasoning bottle comprises a seasoning bottle component, a first blanking port, a second blanking port, a first material conveying channel and a second material conveying channel, wherein the seasoning bottle component is used for containing seasonings; wherein the flavoring at least comprises edible oil and various liquid flavoring;

The first material conveying channel is communicated with the first blanking port, the second material conveying pipeline is communicated with the second blanking port, and the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel can convey the seasonings to the cooking container;

A fourth aspect of the embodiments provides a charging device for cooperation with a main body having a cooking vessel, the charging device for holding a seasoning, the charging device comprising a first feed channel and a second feed channel; wherein the seasoning comprises at least edible oil and a plurality of liquid seasonings, and the seasonings can be conveyed to the cooking container through the first conveying channel and the second conveying channel;

According to the cooking equipment and the feeding device, liquid seasoning is conveyed through the first conveying channel, edible oil is conveyed through the second conveying channel, oil and other seasonings are conveyed to the cooking container through two different conveying pipelines, and the phenomenon of oil-water mixing can be effectively avoided or improved.

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. 1a is a schematic perspective view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 1b is a schematic perspective view of a feeding device and a feeding assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1c is a cross-sectional view of the feeding device and the feeding assembly of FIG. 1b according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 1d is an enlarged view at A in FIG. 1 c;

FIG. 1e is a schematic diagram of an exploded view of a material handling assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic view of a charging device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is another exploded schematic view of a loading apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a charging device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view at B in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 4 at C;

FIG. 7a is a schematic perspective view of a feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application, as seen from the bottom;

FIG. 7b is a bottom view of the charging device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8a is an exploded view of a vial assembly of a charging device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8b is a schematic view of the explosive structure of the single vial of FIG. 8 a;

FIG. 8c is a schematic cross-sectional view of the individual vials of FIG. 8 a;

fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a turntable of a feeding device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10a is a schematic perspective view of a turntable of a charging device according to an embodiment of the present application from another perspective;

FIG. 10b is a simplified schematic top view of the turntable shown in FIG. 10 a;

FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view of a buffering structure of a feeding device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 12a is a schematic perspective view of a base of a charging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12b is a simplified schematic top view of the base shown in FIG. 12 a;

FIG. 13 is a schematic perspective view of the base of FIG. 12a from another angle, wherein the cushioning structure is not shown;

fig. 14 is a schematic perspective view of a middle barrel of a charging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view of a base and a turntable of a feeding unit according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the turntable is in a feeding position;

FIG. 16 is a schematic plan view of a base and turntable of a charging device according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the turntable is in an empty position;

FIG. 17 is a schematic plan view of a base and turntable of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the turntable is in another loading position;

fig. 18 is a schematic plan view of a base and a turntable of a feeding unit according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the turntable is in another emptying position.

FIG. 19a is a simplified plan view of a base and turntable of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the turntable is in a reference position;

FIG. 19b is a simplified plan view of a base and turntable of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the turntable is in a loading position;

FIG. 19c is a simplified plan view of a base and turntable of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the turntable is in an empty position;

fig. 19d is a simplified plan view schematic illustration of a base and turntable of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the turntable is in another loading position.

Fig. 19e is a simplified plan view of a base and turntable of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the turntable is in another emptying position.

Fig. 20a is a schematic flow chart of a control method of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 20b is a flowchart of another control method of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 21 is a schematic flow chart of a charging method of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 22 is a flowchart of a control method of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 23 is a schematic flow chart of a charging method of another cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 24 is a schematic flow chart of a charging method of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

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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.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It will be apparent that the described embodiments 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.

At present, in the cooking process of intelligent cooking equipment, a user is guided to manually put various seasonings such as salt, monosodium glutamate and the like into a pot body in a picture-text or video mode, so that the whole cooking process is not intelligent enough, and the user still needs to pay much effort and labor to participate in the food cooking process; in addition, the seasoning is manually added by a user, and the problems of inaccurate feeding, poor taste and the like are easily caused. In addition, although the prior art scheme also has cooking equipment with the function of automatically adding seasonings, the problems of complicated seasoning addition, smell mixing among different seasonings and the like exist.

In order to solve the problems, various embodiments of the present application provide a control method, a charging device and a cooking apparatus including the charging device. By utilizing the technical scheme provided by the embodiments of the application, the function of automatically adding seasonings can be realized, meanwhile, the seasonings of different types can be separately added, and the flavor of different seasonings can be prevented from being changed. 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. The term "or/and" in this application is merely an association relationship describing the association object, which means that three relationships may exist, for example: a and/or B are three cases that A can exist alone, A and B exist together and B exists alone; the character "/" in this application generally indicates that the associated object is an "or" relationship. It should also be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or system that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or system. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a commodity or system comprising such elements. 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.

Before describing the method embodiments provided in the present application, a brief description of the hardware devices that are required to be combined to implement the methods provided in the present application will be provided.

The hardware equipment to be combined in the implementation of the method provided by the application is specially set and serves the hardware equipment in a specific field, such as a charging device or a cooking device comprising the charging device. Specifically, please refer to fig. 1a to 3:

in some embodiments of the present application, there is provided a cooking apparatus comprising: a main body 2000 and a charging device 1000, the charging device 1000 comprising a charging unit 100.

The main body 2000 has a cooking container 201, and the cooking container 201 is used for containing food materials and is matched with other functional components on the main body to cook the food materials. The feeding device 1000 is used for containing seasoning, and the feeding unit 100 is used for delivering seasoning into the cooking vessel to season food materials in the cooking vessel 201.

In some embodiments of the present application, the cooking apparatus includes, but is not limited to, cooking apparatuses such as a cooker, a cuisine machine, and a chef machine, and fig. 1a shows a case where the cooking apparatus is a cooker. Accordingly, the main body 2000 may further include an operation platform 202 on which the cooking container 201 is disposed, the operation platform providing support for the cooking container. Further, other functional components may be provided based on the main body, for example, a heating part is further provided on the main body 2000 for providing a heat source for the cooking container 201 to heat the food materials in the cooking container 201. The bottom of the main body can be provided with a supporting column foot to support the bottom surface of the main body 2000, so that the main body has a distance from a tabletop, and heat dissipation is facilitated. In addition, a display area may be provided on the main body 2000 for a user to operate and control the cooking apparatus, and display parameters such as an operation step, a cooking process, and the like. Further, the main body 2000 may further be provided with an operation area, and the operation area may be formed integrally with the display area, and the operation area is used for a user to operate and control the cooking apparatus, for example, to input a control command of man-machine interaction, etc. Other functional components that may be provided by the host body are not specifically shown or indicated in fig. 1a by way of the above example.

In some embodiments, the main body 2000 is electrically connected to the charging device 1000 to enable the main body 2000 to power the charging device 1000. The main body 2000 may have a power source built in, or the main body 2000 may have a power line to be connected to an external power source. In particular, in one embodiment, the main body 2000 may be provided with a first electrical interface 2021. The first electrical interface 2021 is electrically wired to the second electrical interface 117 on the feeding apparatus 1000 via a power cord P to provide power to the feeding apparatus 1000 via the second electrical interface 117, such that the main body 2000 provides power to the feeding apparatus 1000. In some embodiments, the feeding device 1000 and the main body 2000 may also be connected wirelessly, as long as the feeding device 1000 can be powered by the main body 2000. Of course, in other embodiments, the charging device 1000 may not be powered by the main body 2000, for example, the charging device 1000 may be powered by connecting an external power source with a power plug adapted to the charging device 1000; one end of the power plug is electrically connected to an external power source (such as a mains supply) to obtain electricity, and the other end is electrically connected to the second electrical interface 117 of the charging device 1000 to supply power to the charging device 1000. The present embodiment is not limited to a specific implementation of the feeding set 1000 power supply. Fig. 1a shows a case where power is supplied to the charging device 1000 through the main body 2000.

The feeding set 1000 may be communicatively coupled to the main body 2000 to enable data transfer between the feeding set 1000 and the main body 2000. In specific implementation, the communication manner between the main body 2000 and the charging device 1000 is wireless communication, and the wireless communication manner may be, but is not limited to: short-distance communication modes such as Bluetooth, zigBee, infrared, wiFi (WIreless Fidelity), etc., long-distance WIreless communication modes such as LORA, etc., and WIreless communication modes based on a mobile network; when the mobile network is in communication connection, the network system of the mobile network can be any one of 2G (GSM), 2.5G (GPRS), 3G (WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, UTMS), 4G (LTE), 4G+ (LTE+), 5G, wiMax and the like. In this embodiment, bluetooth is selected as a preferred example for communication between the main body 2000 and the charging device 1000. Based on this, in some application scenarios, the user may select or set a current operation step by manipulating the display area on the main body 2000, and the operation step includes a charging step. The main body 2000 transfers the charging step selected by the user to the charging device 1000, and the charging device 1000 may perform the charging operation according to the charging step. Therefore, automatic feeding can be realized, and the degree of automation of the cooking equipment is improved.

In some embodiments, the main body 2000 includes an operation module (i.e. the above-mentioned operation area), the feeding device 1000 includes a controller, and in a state where the main body 2000 is in communication connection with the feeding device 1000, the controller of the feeding device 1000 can obtain the relevant information of the target seasoning to be fed, which is input by the operation module, and control the feeding device 1000 to perform the relevant operation according to the relevant information. The cooking apparatus of the present embodiment further includes a material conveying assembly 80, where the material conveying assembly 80 communicates with the main body 2000 and the feeding device 1000, so that the feeding device 1000 can convey seasoning to the cooking container 201 of the main body 2000 through the material conveying assembly 80.

As shown in fig. 1c and 1d, in order to facilitate assembly and storage of the cooking apparatus, the material feeding assembly 80 may be detachably connected to the main body 2000 and the feeding device 1000, respectively, such that the material feeding assembly 80, the main body 2000, and the feeding device 1000 may be stored separately.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1e, the feeding assembly 80 is coupled to the main body 2000 and/or the charging device 1000 by a locking assembly 90; wherein the locking assembly 90 comprises: an engagement portion 91 and a biasing portion 92. The engagement portion 91 is movable between an engagement position and a release position.

In the clamped position, the main body 2000 and/or the charging device 1000 are connected to the feeding assembly 80, and in the released position, the feeding assembly 80 is separated from the main body 2000 and/or the charging device 1000. The material conveying assembly 80 and the main machine body 2000 and the material conveying assembly 80 and the feeding device 1000 can be connected through the locking assembly 90, so that the material conveying assembly 80, the main machine body 2000 and the feeding device 1000 can be detachably connected.

The urging portion 92 is connected to the engaging portion 91, and is configured to receive an external force to drive the engaging portion 91 from the engaging position to the releasing position. Illustratively, the force application portion 92 may be configured to receive a pressing force applied by a user, and under the action of the pressing force, the clamping portion 91 is separated from the clamping position, so that the material conveying assembly 80 may be separated from the main body 2000 or the feeding device 1000 connected thereto, to achieve the detachment. In other embodiments, the force applied by the force applying portion 92 may be a rotational torque force, a push-pull force, or the like, so that the clamping portion 91 can be separated from the clamping position under the action of a preset force through a reasonable structural design, and the application is not limited to a specific driving form.

In some embodiments, the locking assembly 90 further comprises: an elastic portion 93. The elastic portion 93 is connected to the engaging portion 91, and the urging portion 92 is capable of receiving an external force to elastically deform the elastic portion 93, so that the engaging portion 91 moves from the engaging position to the releasing position; when the external force is removed, the elastic portion 93 returns to the deformed state, so that the locking portion 91 returns from the release position to the locking position. For example, the elastic portion 93 may be a compression spring, and both ends of the compression spring may be connected to the urging portion 92 and the engagement portion 91, respectively. Thus, the force applied to the force applying portion 92 may act on the elastic portion 93, so that the elastic portion 93 is deformed, and when the force applying portion 92 is not applied with an external force, the elastic portion 93 may be in a natural state or a less deformed state. In the external force withdrawing process, the elastic portion 93 gradually recovers to deform, driving the force applying portion 92 and the clamping portion 91 to recover to the initial state, and the clamping portion 91 recovers to the clamping position.

In a specific application scenario, when the material conveying component 80 needs to be connected with the main machine body 2000, the user presses the force application portion 92, the clamping portion 91 moves to a preset release position, then inserts the material conveying component 80 to a preset connection position on the main machine body 2000, releases the force application portion 92, and the clamping portion 91 moves to a clamping position clamped with the main machine body 2000 under the action of the restoring force of the elastic portion 93, so that the material conveying component 80 and the main machine body 2000 are reliably connected and locked. Therefore, the material feeding assembly 80 is not easily touched by mistake during the use of the entire cooking apparatus, resulting in loose connection with the main body 2000.

Of course, the connection manner between the material conveying assembly 80 and the feeding device 1000 may refer to the connection manner between the material conveying assembly 80 and the main body 2000, and will not be described herein.

The feeding assembly 80 comprises a feeding pipe 81 and a connection joint 82, the connection joint 82 is located at the end of the feeding pipe 81, the locking assembly 90 is located at the connection joint 82, and the main body 2000 and/or the feeding device 1000 are provided with an insertion portion (not indicated in the drawings) into which at least part of the connection joint 82 is inserted. Specifically, the insertion portion may be a concave hole or a groove. The connecting joint 82 can be fixedly connected with the material conveying pipeline 81, and the material conveying assembly 80 and the main machine body 2000 or the feeding device 1000 are connected in a plugging mode through the connecting joint 82, so that the contact area of the connecting part between the material conveying assembly 80 and the main machine body 2000 or the feeding device 1000 is larger, and the connection is more stable and reliable.

Specifically, the connection joint 82 includes: a first joint part 82a and a second joint part 82b. The first joint 82a is connected to the feed conduit 81. The second joint part 82b is partially inserted into and fixed to the first joint part 82a, and the other part is connected to the charging device 1000 and/or the main body 2000 via the locking assembly 90. The locking assembly 90 is disposed between the first joint portion 82a and the second joint portion 82b, and the clamping portion 91 of the locking assembly 90 is configured to extend from the second joint portion 82b to be clamped with the feeding device 1000 and/or the main body 2000.

The connecting joint 82 is designed into a split structure, and the locking assembly 90 is arranged in the split connecting joint 82, so that the forming of the connecting joint 82 can be facilitated, and the installation of the locking assembly 90 is facilitated. More specifically, the first joint portion 82a may have a through hole 82a1 in which the urging portion 92 protrudes. After the first joint part 82a and the second joint part 82b are formed separately, the locking assembly 90 may be connected to the first joint part 82a, and then the whole of the locking assembly 90 and the first joint part may be plugged into the second joint part 82b to form a whole. Thereby, the formation and assembly of the connection joint 82 are facilitated.

Some embodiments of the present application also provide another cooking apparatus, comprising: a main body 2000 and a charging device 1000.

The feeding device 1000 is used for containing seasonings; the charging device 1000 is communicatively coupled to the main body 2000 to enable data transfer between the charging device 1000 and the main body 2000. The material conveying assembly 80 is communicated with the main machine body 2000 and the feeding device 1000, and the material conveying assembly 80 is used for conveying seasonings in the feeding device 1000 to a cooking container of the main machine body 2000.

The present embodiment is substantially the same as the above embodiment, except that the present embodiment does not limit the electrical connection relationship between the feeding apparatus 1000 and the main body 2000, and both may be connected to different power sources, respectively, but only by the communication connection between the feeding apparatus 1000 and the main body 2000 and the feeding of the seasoning through the feeding assembly 80, thereby facilitating the autonomous feeding of the cooking apparatus.

Referring to fig. 2, 6 and 8a and 8b in combination, in some embodiments, the feeding unit 100 includes a bottle assembly 10, where the bottle assembly 10 includes a plurality of bottles 11, each bottle 11 is provided with a discharge port 111 (see fig. 6 for discharge port 111), and taking the direction of fig. 2 as an example, the discharge port 111 is provided at the bottom of the bottle 11, so that the seasoning in the bottle 11 can be extracted into the cooking container. Different seasonings including liquid mixed seasonings, oil, clear water and the like can be contained in different material bottles 11, wherein the mixed seasonings comprise at least one liquid mixture of salt, ginger, garlic, light soy sauce, chilli and the like, and a plurality of material bottles 11 can realize the partition placement of various seasonings so as to meet different requirements.

Since some seasonings are used frequently or in a larger amount at one time, and some seasonings are used less frequently or in a smaller amount at a time, in order to make more rational use of the bottles 11, in one embodiment, at least two kinds of bottles 11 having different capacities are present among the plurality of bottles 11. Specifically, among the plurality of vials 11, at least one vial 11 has a first capacity and at least one vial 11 has a second capacity, the first capacity being greater than the second capacity.

Taking the five bottles 11 shown in fig. 2 and 8a as an example, three bottles 11 have the same size and have a third capacity, and the other two bottles 11 have different sizes, namely a first capacity and a second capacity, respectively, and the third capacity is smaller than the second capacity. That is, five bottles 11 are divided into three types of bottles 11, namely, large, medium and small ones, and three small ones 11. Typically, a large volume first volume jar 11 is used to contain a high frequency and large volume of seasoning, such as clear water, for self-cleaning of the cooking device, which is essentially cleaned every time a dish is cooked. The third small-volume jar 11 is used for containing seasonings such as salt, ginger, garlic, light soy sauce, chilli, sugar and the like, which are used frequently and in small amounts. The medium-sized second-volume bottle 11 contains edible oil. In one embodiment, three small size bottles 11 hold the mixed seasoning. Further, for convenience of addition, solid seasonings such as ginger, garlic, capsicum and the like can be ground into powder and mixed with water to form mixed seasonings, and the mixed seasonings are filled into the small-size seasoning bottle 11. The three small size bottles 11 can contain mixed seasonings in different proportions to form different tastes, such as original taste, spicy taste, sweet taste and the like.

For better assembly, the shape of each vial 11 is similar and the different vials 11 have the same height, ranging from 100MM to 350MM, preferably 216MM. So that the whole assembly can be spliced into a high-consistency whole structure. The shape here similarly means that the cross section of each vial 11 is of the same shape.

In some embodiments, each vial 11 is scalloped in cross-section to enable multiple vials 11 to be pieced into a vial assembly 10 having a circular cross-section. The turntable 20 has a plurality of compartments 21 (fig. 3 and 9), each compartment 21 accommodating one vial 11, and the cross-sectional shape of each compartment 21 matches the cross-sectional shape of the corresponding vial 11 so that the plurality of compartments 21 are circular in shape.

The cross section of each material bottle 11 is fan-shaped, and the central angles are different, so that the difference of capacities is realized. For example, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 8a, the central angle of the first-capacity bottle 11 is larger than the central angle of the second-capacity bottle 11, and the central angle of the second-capacity bottle 11 is larger than the central angle of the third-capacity bottle 11. In some embodiments, the first volume of vials 11 has a central angle in the range of 90 degrees to 180 degrees, the second volume of vials 11 has a central angle in the range of 60 degrees to 120 degrees, and the third volume of vials 11 has a central angle in the range of 30 degrees to 60 degrees. As a preferred embodiment, the first volume of material bottles 11 has a central angle of 135 degrees, the second volume of material bottles has a central angle of 90 degrees, and the third volume of material bottles 11 has a central angle in the range of 45 degrees, the central angles of five material bottles forming 360 degrees. In other embodiments, the shape of some vials 11 may vary. The material bottle assembly 10 is designed into a round shape and matched with the round turntable 20, so that the whole volume is small, the space utilization is reasonable, the occupied kitchen area is small, and the user experience can be improved.

In some embodiments, the first volume of the vials 11 is loaded with fresh water, which is used in a relatively large amount during operation of the cooking apparatus, to ensure that the vial assembly 10 has a sufficient volume of fresh water without affecting the overall diameter and height of the cartridge assembly, to achieve a reasonable overall layout and balance of the vial assembly 10 and the plurality of vials 11, and the volume of the first volume of vials 11 is at least greater than or equal to 1 liter.

To enable addition of ingredients into the vial 11, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8 a-8 c, the vial 11 includes a body 114 and a cap 115, the body 114 may be provided in an open configuration, and the cap 115 covers the opening of the body 114. The cover 115 and the bottle 114 are separable, and the cover 115 is detachably sealed at the opening of the bottle 114, so that the cover 115 can be opened to add the flavoring into the bottle 114 when the flavoring is insufficient.

Further, as shown in fig. 8b, a vent 1151 is provided in the cap 115, and communicates with the inside of the bottle 114. Thus, when the discharge port 111 and the feed port 22 are communicated with each other for sucking material, the air pressure inside and outside the bottle 11 can be balanced. The vent 1151 is provided with a check valve 1152, and the check valve 1152 is used to allow outside air to enter the bottle 114 and to prevent liquid in the bottle 114 from flowing out of the check valve 1152. Specifically, the check valve 1152 may be a duckbill check valve 1152 that has a function of venting but blocking liquid discharge, whereby the liquid flavoring in the bottle body 114 does not leak out even if the vial 11 is inverted. In some embodiments, the vent 1151 is normally open, and the check valve 1152 is normally closed; when part of the seasoning in the material bottle 11 flows to the main body machine 2000, the air pressure in the material bottle 11 is reduced, the check valve 1152 is opened unidirectionally under the action of the atmospheric pressure, and the outside air enters the material bottle 11 through the vent hole 1151 and the check valve 1152, so that the air pressure balance inside and outside the material bottle 11 is ensured. The check valve 1152 is a flexible one-way valve to ensure that the seasoning in the seasoning bottle 11 smoothly flows into the main body 2000.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8b, the cover 115 may include a first part 115a and a second part 115b that are fastened to each other, the second part 115b is covered on the bottle 114, and the first part 115a is covered on the second part 115 b.

The first sub-body 115a and the second sub-body 115b may form a receiving cavity after being buckled, the check valve 1152 may be disposed on the second sub-body 115b, specifically may be embedded in the second sub-body 115b, the check valve 1152 may be disposed in the receiving cavity, one end of the check valve 1152 is communicated with the air vent 1151, and the other end extends into the bottle 114 through the second sub-body 115 b. In some embodiments, at least a portion of check valve 1152 is located between first segment 115a and second segment 115b, and at least a portion of check valve 1152 is located inside bottle 114. The vent 1151 and the check valve 1152 are provided, so that the cap 115 can be easily disassembled and assembled, and the seasoning in the seasoning bottle 11 can smoothly flow into the main body. In some embodiments, both the cap 115 and the bottle 114 are scalloped in cross-section, with the vent 1151 and check valve 1152 being disposed in a central location in the scalloped area.

It will be appreciated that to facilitate replacement of the check valve 1152, the first and

second segments

115a, 115b may be removably coupled, such as by a snap fit or interference fit through a gasket, and the first and

second segments

115a, 115b may be separated when the external force is greater than the snap or interference fit force. Preferably, the first and

second segments

115a, 115b may be removably and sealingly connected such that, in an assembled state, air within the bottle 114 is only vented through the check valve 1152.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 9 in combination, in order to better accommodate the plurality of vials 11 as a unit, in some embodiments, the loading unit 100 further includes a turntable 20, and the vial assembly 10 is mounted to the turntable 20 and forms a unit with the turntable 20, so as to avoid scattering of the plurality of vials 11 of the vial assembly 10. One possible way of installing the bottle assembly 10 and the turntable 20 is that the turntable 20 has a plurality of separation chambers 21, and a bottom wall of each separation chamber 21 is provided with a charging port 22, that is, a schematic perspective view of the turntable 20 from another angle (i.e., a bottom surface angle of the turntable) of the turntable 20 shown in fig. 9 is shown in fig. 10a, and a simplified top view of the turntable 20 from another angle is shown in fig. 10b, and the turntable 20 is provided with a plurality of charging ports 22, for example, a charging port 222, a charging port 221b, a charging port 221c, a charging port 221d, a charging port 221e, etc. shown in fig. 10 b. The above-mentioned one separating chamber 21 can be used for inserting one material bottle 11, and when one material bottle 11 is inserted into the corresponding separating chamber 21, the material outlet 111 formed at the bottom of the material bottle 11 will be aligned with the material inlet 22 of the inserted separating chamber 21 so as to output the seasoning to the cooking container. The related description of alignment is referred to below, and is not repeated here.

Fig. 9, 10a and 10b show the case that 5 feed inlets are opened on the turntable 20, and fig. 10b also shows the positional relationship of the feed inlets; wherein the positional relationship of each charging port is determined based on the reference position, and the following relevant description about the reference position can be found. The number of charging ports and the positional relationship of the charging ports shown in fig. 9, 10a and 10b are merely illustrative, and the number of charging ports and the positional relationship of the charging ports are not limited.

In this embodiment, by partitioning the turntable 20 into a plurality of partition chambers 21, each of the vials 11 can be correspondingly inserted into one of the partition chambers 21, so that a user can take out any one of the vials 11 as required. Meanwhile, the periphery of any one material bottle 11 is contacted with the separation cavity 21, so that the limit effect on the single material bottle 11 is better, and the material bottle 11 and the separation cavity 21 can be effectively prevented from loosening. The partitioning of the rotor 20 in the embodiments of the present application is more flexible than inserting all of the vial assemblies 10 into one cavity.

The plugging mode comprises tight fit, namely interference fit or transition fit of the material bottle 11 and the separating cavity 21, and the side surface of the material bottle 11 is tightly contacted with the cavity wall of the separating cavity 21 to prevent the material bottle 11 and the separating cavity from each other. The manner of insertion also includes a clearance fit to facilitate removal of the vial 11. In order to avoid the loosening of the material bottle 11 and the turntable 20 during gap matching, one possible way is to set a fastening structure between the material bottle 11 and the turntable 20 for fastening. The insertion mode is adopted to facilitate the installation and separation between the material bottle 11 and the rotary table 20, and the material bottle 11 is convenient to take out.

The manner of insertion includes, but is not limited to, the partial insertion of the vial 11 into the compartment 21, e.g., the bottom of the vial 11 is inserted into the compartment 21 with the middle and top exposed outside the compartment 21. Of course, in other embodiments, the vials 11 may be entirely within the compartment 21.

In order to increase the structural strength of the turntable 20, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the cavity wall of the separation cavity 21 is provided with at least one reinforcing rib 23, and the reinforcing rib 23 may extend from the bottom wall of the separation cavity 21 towards the direction of the opening of the separation cavity 21, so that the reinforcing rib 23 may avoid the material bottle 11 from squeezing and deforming the separation cavity 21 when the material bottle 11 is inserted.

Illustratively, one possible matching manner of the material bottle 11 and the reinforcing rib 23 is that the side wall of the material bottle 11 contacts with the reinforcing rib 23, when a plurality of reinforcing ribs 23 are arranged around the same separation cavity 21, the reinforcing rib 23 separates the side wall of the material bottle 11 from the cavity wall of the separation cavity 21, and the side wall of the material bottle 11 is abutted with the reinforcing rib 23, so that the contact area between the material bottle 11 and the cavity wall of the separation cavity 21 is reduced, friction and resistance between the material bottle 11 and the separation cavity are reduced, and the material bottle 11 can be conveniently and rapidly inserted or taken out. In addition, the ribs 23 can also limit the rotation of the bottle 11 relative to the turntable 20.

In some embodiments, another possible matching manner of the material bottle 11 and the reinforcing rib 23 is that the side wall of the material bottle 11 is provided with a slot, the reinforcing rib 23 is inserted into the slot, so that the reinforcing rib 23 has an installation positioning effect on the material bottle 11, the position deviation of the material bottle 11 is avoided, and the reinforcing rib 23 has a function of limiting the rotation of the material bottle 11 relative to the turntable 20.

Another possible installation mode of the material bottle assembly 10 and the rotary table 20 is that a buckle is arranged on the rotary table 20, and the material bottle assembly 10 is provided with a clamping groove to be clamped with the buckle. Of course, in other embodiments, the bottle assembly 10 and the turntable 20 may be fixed by magnetic attraction.

To effect the output of seasoning to the cooking vessel, in the present embodiment, the turntable 20 is provided with a fill port 22, and the discharge port 111 of the jar 11 is aligned with the fill port 22 to output seasoning to the cooking vessel. In this embodiment, the alignment of the discharge port 111 with the feed port 22 means that the feed port 22 and the discharge port 111 are completely or at least partially overlapped along the discharge direction of the discharge port 111 so that the feed port 22 can receive the seasoning flowing out from the discharge port 111. Taking the vertical direction as an example, the turntable 20 is arranged below the material bottle 11, the bottom of the material bottle 11 is inserted into the turntable 20, and the feeding port 22 is positioned right below the discharging port 111.

Referring to fig. 6 and 8b in combination, in order to avoid the outflow of the seasoning in the seasoning bottle 11 in a non-preset feeding state, in some embodiments, a check valve 112 is disposed at the outlet 111 of the seasoning bottle 11 for opening or sealing the outlet 111 to realize the control of the outflow of the seasoning in the seasoning bottle 11 and avoid the random outflow of the seasoning. The cooking apparatus further has a feed pump for supplying power to the cooking vessel, and when seasoning is required to be added into the cooking vessel, the feed pump is started to generate negative pressure to open the check valve 112 so that the seasoning flows out. For a specific description of the feed pump, reference is made to the following.

Specifically, referring to fig. 6 and 8c, the valve body 1121 of the check valve 112 is sealed and fixed with the connecting ring rib 113; when the check valve 112 is in a static state, the valve core 1122 of the check valve 112 is in a sealed and closed position relative to the valve body 1121, so that the discharge port 111 is separated from the feed port 22; under the action of a preset suction force (negative pressure provided by the feed pump), the spool 1122 of the check valve 112 moves to an open position with respect to the valve body 1121, so that the discharge port 111 and the feed port 22 communicate. The non-return valve 112 being in a stationary state means that the valve body 1122 is in an initial state in which no suction force is applied, and the valve body 1122 includes a plunger 1122a and a spring 1122b connected to the plunger 1122a, the spring 1122b being connected to the plunger 1122a and the valve body 1121, respectively. The valve core 1122 can be lowered to an open position under suction force so that the discharge port 111 and the charging port 22 communicate; when the valve body 1122 is not subjected to suction force, the spring 1122b returns the plunger 1122a upward, and the valve body 1122 is in a sealed closed position with respect to the valve body 1121, so that the discharge port 111 and the charging port 22 are separated to shut off.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1a, 1b and 4, the charging unit 100 is rotatable about a rotation axis, in particular the turntable 20 of the charging unit 100 is rotatable about a rotation axis, the plurality of compartments 21 being in turn distributed about the rotation axis. In this embodiment, the vial assembly 10 is mounted within the turntable 20 such that the vial assembly 10 and the turntable 20 are rotated in unison.

Referring to fig. 8a and fig. 9 in combination again, in some embodiments, the projections of the separation chambers 21 and the material bottles 11 on the plane are all fan-shaped, the separation chambers 21 are spliced to form a circle, the material bottles 11 are spliced to form a circle, the separation chambers 21 are matched with the material bottles 11 one by one, and the separation chambers 21 and the material bottles 1 are all distributed in the circumferential direction with the rotation axis as the center. The plurality of charging ports 22 are also distributed in the circumferential direction around the rotation axis, and each of the partition chambers 21 is provided with one charging port 22, and each charging port 22 is located on the central axis of the chamber bottom wall of the partition chamber 21. The material bottle 11 and the rotary table 20 are made into a round shape, and the volume can be effectively reduced by adopting a rotary mode to switch the types of seasonings, so that more types of seasonings can be put down in a limited kitchen space. In this embodiment, the axis of rotation passes through the center of the turntable 20 and similarly through the center of the spliced circular vial assembly 10. In some embodiments, the height of the circular carousel 20 ranges from 10MM to 60MM, preferably 35MM, and the diameter of the circular carousel 20 ranges from 100MM to 300MM, preferably 156MM. To ensure stable insertion of the vials 11 within the carousel 20, the height of the carousel is greater than or equal to one tenth of the height of the vials.

In some embodiments, the plurality of compartments 21 are arranged in a plurality of zones, the plurality of compartments 21 includes a first compartment 21a, a second compartment 21b, and a third compartment 21c, the first compartment 21a corresponds to the first capacity vial 11, the second compartment 21b corresponds to the second capacity vial 11, the third compartment 21c corresponds to the third capacity vial 11, the first compartment 21a has a greater volume than the second compartment 21b, the second compartment 21b has a greater volume than the third compartment 21c, and the three third compartments 21c have the same volume. The plurality of dividing cells 21 are distributed in a circumferential direction around the rotation axis as a center, and the cross sections of the plurality of dividing cells 21 are distributed in a sector shape, and the plurality of sectors form a circular turntable 20. The fan-shaped central angle of the first dividing chamber 21a ranges from 90 degrees to 180 degrees, preferably 135 degrees; the fan-shaped central angle of the second partition 21b ranges from 60 degrees to 120 degrees, preferably 90 degrees; the fan-shaped central angle of the third division chamber 21c ranges from 30 degrees to 60 degrees, preferably 45 degrees; the sector-shaped central angle of the first compartment 21a is larger than the sector-shaped central angle of the second compartment 21b, the sector-shaped rounded angle of the second compartment 21b is larger than the sector-shaped rounded angle of the third compartment 21c, and the sector-shaped central angles of the three third compartments 21c are the same.

For the vial assembly 10, the central angles of the cross-sections of at least two vials 11 are different so that the capacities of the at least two vials 11 are different. The volume of the material bottle 11 corresponding to the common seasonings (such as clear water, edible oil, etc.) can be larger than the volume of the material bottle 11 corresponding to the non-common seasonings (such as mature vinegar, cooking wine, light soy sauce, etc.), thereby reducing the times of adding the seasonings for users. To facilitate the molding of the turntable 20, in one embodiment, the turntable 20 includes a body 24 and a plurality of partitions 25 integrally injection molded with the body 24, the body 24 has an inner cavity, the plurality of partitions 25 are located in the inner cavity and are arranged radially, and a space formed by two adjacent partitions 25 and a cavity wall of the inner cavity located between the two adjacent partitions 25 is configured as the partition 21. The turntable 20 in this embodiment can be made of plastic material by injection molding, and has a complex structure, simple processing, and convenient mass production. Furthermore, the partition 25 and the body 24 are integrally injection molded, so that the subsequent assembly process is omitted, and the cost is saved. Meanwhile, the weight of the turntable 20 made of plastic is light, and when the turntable rotates, the load is small, so that smooth rotation of the turntable 20 is facilitated. Of course, in other embodiments, other materials, such as metal, may be used for the turntable 20.

In addition, the partition 25 and the body 24 may be formed in a split type, for example, a large cavity is formed in the body 24, a mounting post is disposed in the cavity, slots are disposed on the mounting post and on the cavity wall of the cavity, and two sides of the partition 25 are respectively inserted into the slots on the mounting post and the slots on the cavity wall of the cavity.

In some embodiments, a fool-proof structure is provided between at least one of the vials 11 and at least one of the compartments 21. Specifically, at least one of the vials 11 has a first foolproof portion, and the wall of at least one of the compartments 21 is provided with a second foolproof portion cooperating with the first foolproof portion.

When the turntable 20 has only two compartments 21 and only two bottles 11, at least one of the compartments 21 and the corresponding bottle 11 has a foolproof structure, and the other compartment 21 and the corresponding bottle 11 have no foolproof structure or have different foolproof structures. By designing the fool-proof structure, the material bottle 11 can be prevented from being misplaced.

Further, at least two of the vials 11 have a first fool-proof portion and the walls of at least two of the compartments 21 have a second fool-proof portion; the respective second fool-proofing portions are different in position on the sector shape formed by the cross section of the partition chamber 21 and/or in shape. By designing the positions and/or shapes of the second fool-proofing parts corresponding to the respective separation chambers 21 differently, the material bottle 11 with the fool-proofing structure can only correspond to one separation chamber 21 with the fool-proofing structure, thereby improving the accuracy of the assembly of the material bottle assembly 10.

The fool-proof structure includes fool-proof protrusions 271 and fool-proof grooves 116, for example, the first fool-proof portion includes fool-proof grooves, and the second fool-proof portion includes fool-proof protrusions; or, the first fool-proof part comprises a fool-proof bulge, and the second fool-proof part comprises a fool-proof groove. For example, as shown in fig. 8a and fig. 9, for the bottles 11 with the same shape and volume and the separation cavities 21 corresponding to the bottles 11, at least one fool-proof protrusion 271 (as shown in fig. 9) is further provided on the cavity wall of each separation cavity 21, and a fool-proof groove 116 (as shown in fig. 8 a) is provided on the bottom side wall of the bottle 11, where the fool-proof groove 116 cooperates with the fool-proof protrusion 271 to realize the relative positioning of the bottle 11 and the separation cavity 21. Of course, the reverse is also possible, for example, by providing a foolproof recess in the wall separating the chambers 21 and a foolproof protrusion in the bottom side wall of the bottle 11.

The chamber walls of the separation chamber 21 comprise chamber side walls and a chamber bottom wall, wherein the chamber side walls comprise: two adjacent partitions 25 surrounding the partition chamber 21 are located at the side wall of the inner chamber of the body 24 between the two adjacent partitions 25. The chamber side walls are arranged around the chamber bottom wall to enclose a compartment 21. For example, as shown in fig. 9, a fool-proof protrusion 271 may be provided at the cavity side wall of the partition cavity 21. At least one fool-proof protrusion 271 is provided on the partition plate 25, or at least one fool-proof protrusion 271 is provided on the inner cavity side wall of the body 24 between two adjacent partition plates 25, or at least one fool-proof protrusion 271 is provided on each of the partition plate 25 and the inner cavity side wall of the body 24 between two adjacent partition plates 25. In this embodiment, the fool-proof protrusion 271 and the fool-proof groove 116 are arranged and matched, so that on one hand, the guiding effect can be achieved on the insertion of the material bottle 11 into the separation cavity 21, and the material bottle 11 is ensured to be put in place.

Further, the positions of the fool-proof protrusions 271 on the cavity side walls of different separating cavities 21 can be different, at least one fool-proof groove 116 is formed on the bottom side wall of each material bottle 11, the fool-proof grooves 116 correspond to the fool-proof protrusions 271, so that the positions of the fool-proof protrusions 271 in each separating cavity 21 are different, the positions of the fool-proof grooves 116 on each material bottle 11 are also different, one-to-one correspondence between a plurality of material bottles 11 and a plurality of separating cavities 21 can be ensured, and the user is effectively prevented from misplacing the corresponding separating cavities 21 with the material bottles 11. In a specific embodiment, in the area of the third compartment 21 corresponding to the three small size bottles 11, the fool-proof protrusions 271 are provided on different cavity side walls of the compartment 21, clockwise as shown in fig. 9, for the first small compartment 21, the fool-proof protrusions 271 are provided on the left side partition 25, for the second small compartment 21, the fool-proof protrusions 271 are provided on the cavity side walls of the body 24, and for the third small compartment 21, the fool-proof protrusions 271 are provided on the right side partition 25.

In some embodiments, at least one stiffener 23 constitutes a fool-proof protrusion 271, i.e., the structures of the stiffener 23 and fool-proof protrusion 271 may be identical. In other embodiments, the stiffener 23 and the fool-proof protrusions 271 are configured differently, and at least one fool-proof protrusion 271 is located between two stiffener 23 in the direction of the cavity sidewall. Of course, the fool-proof protrusion 271 is also a kind of reinforcing rib, and may have a structural reinforcing effect on the whole of the turntable 20 while playing a fool-proof effect. In embodiments where the stiffener 23 and the fool-proof protrusion 271 are of different configurations, the height of the fool-proof protrusion 271 on the cavity side wall may also be greater than the height of the stiffener 23 on the side wall.

Referring to fig. 3 and 12 in combination, further, the cooking apparatus may further include a base 30, a blanking opening 31 may be formed on the base 30, and the turntable 20 is rotatably connected with the base 30, so that the turntable 20 can rotate relative to the base 30 until the feeding opening 22 of the turntable 20 aligns with the blanking opening 31 of the base 30, and further, the seasoning in the seasoning bottle 11 may be output to the cooking container through the blanking opening 31. When the rotary table 20 rotates, different feed ports 22 can sequentially pass through the discharge port 31, and during the seasoning adding process, the corresponding seasoning bottles 11 can be rotated to align with the discharge port 31, and the check valves 112 are opened, so that the corresponding seasoning is added.

It should be noted that, in order to realize that the outlet 111 of the bottle 11 is closed in a non-preset feeding state, the sealing may be performed by other structures besides the sealing by the check valve 112, for example, by the base 30 rotationally engaged with the turntable 20, and those skilled in the art may design the bottle according to practical situations, which is not particularly limited in this application.

Referring again to fig. 6, to avoid spillage of seasoning from the junction of port 22 and port 111, and to cause mess in the feeding apparatus, in some embodiments, the cooking apparatus may further include a seal 71, the seal 71 being configured to sealingly connect port 22 to port 111. In some embodiments, the sealing structure 71 includes, but is not limited to, a sealing ring, a sealing coating, a sealant, an elastomeric soft gel, and the like. Further, in order to avoid the sealing structure 71 from blocking the charging port 22 and the discharging port 111, the sealing structure 71 may have a ring shape with a diameter ranging from 5MM to 50MM, preferably 23MM. In some embodiments, the seal 71 is resilient, improving the sealing effect and reducing the pressure of the vial 11 against the turntable. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the seal 71 extends from the bottom wall of each compartment 21 into the cavity by a height in the range of 4MM to 20MM, preferably 10MM, which is less than the height of the side walls of the compartment 21.

Specifically, the sealing structure 71 may be disposed on the turntable 20 and located at the feeding port 22, so as to avoid the separation of the sealing structure 71 from the turntable 20, in an embodiment, a sealing ring groove (not labeled in the drawing) is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the sealing structure 71, and a sealing ring rib 26 is disposed on a hole wall of the feeding port 22 and is in sealing fit with the sealing ring groove. In this embodiment, after the sealing ring rib 26 and the sealing ring groove are matched, the sealing structure 71 can be prevented from being separated from the vertical direction of the turntable 20, meanwhile, the sealing structure 71 is ensured to be tightly attached to the wall of the charging hole 22 on the turntable 20, and the leakage of the seasoning from the joint of the sealing structure 71 and the turntable 20 is avoided. In addition, the seal ring groove refers to an annular groove, and the seal ring rib 26 is a convex structure which is annular along the circumferential direction of the charging hole 22.

Of course, in other embodiments, the sealing ring groove can also be in sealing engagement with the entire hole wall of the feed inlet 22 of the rotary disk 20 directly, i.e., the entire hole edge of the feed inlet 22 is enclosed by the sealing ring groove.

As shown in fig. 6, in an embodiment, a connecting ring rib 113 is disposed at a side of the bottom of the material bottle 11 facing the turntable 20, and the connecting ring rib 113 is disposed around the discharge port 111; in the mounted state of the bottle 11 on the turntable 20, the connecting ring rib 113 is inserted into the feed port 22. The connecting ring rib 113 is designed at the bottom of the material bottle 11 and is inserted with the charging hole 22, so that the alignment accuracy of the discharging hole 111 on the material bottle 11 and the charging hole 22 on the rotary table 20 can be effectively improved.

Specifically, the connection ring rib 113 is inserted into the sealing structure 71, that is, the sealing structure 71 is sealed and arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the connection ring rib 113, so that the charging hole 22 and the discharging hole 111 are aligned, thereby avoiding the leakage of the seasoning from the connection position of the connection ring rib 113 and the sealing structure 71, and ensuring the sealing alignment between the discharging hole 111 and the charging hole 22.

Further, in order to improve the sealing effect between the sealing structure 71 and the connection ring rib 113, in one embodiment, at least one ring of sealing lip 711 is protruding on the inner peripheral surface of the sealing structure 71, and the sealing structure 71 is in sealing contact with the connection ring rib 113 through the sealing lip 711. The sealing lip 711 protrudes from the inner circumferential surface of the sealing structure 71, is inclined along the inner circumferential surface of the sealing structure 71 by a predetermined angle, and has an inclination direction in the range of 60 degrees to 90 degrees, preferably 80 degrees, from the rotation axis; specifically, the material bottle 11 extends towards the direction of the feeding hole 22, so that the tightness between the sealing structure 71 and the connecting ring rib 113 is improved, and the smoothness of the material bottle 11 inserted into the turntable 20 is not affected; in a preferred embodiment, the sealing lip 711 is provided in two turns, and the two turns of the sealing lip 711 are inclined at the same angle, preferably in the range of 30 to 60 degrees from the rotation axis. Through setting up at least round seal lip 711 at seal structure 71's inner peripheral surface, because seal lip 711's deformation is more nimble, when contacting with the go-between muscle 113, can better adapt to the structure of go-between muscle 113 itself, make corresponding deformation, and laminate better on go-between muscle 113, realize better sealed effect.

Alternatively, the cross section of the sealing lip 711 in the protruding direction thereof is gradually reduced, which is equivalent to that the end of the sealing lip 711 contacting the connection ring rib 113 is a small end, and the end of the sealing lip 711 connected to the inner circumferential surface of the sealing structure 71 is a large end, so that when being extruded by the connection ring rib 113, the small end of the sealing lip 711 can be flexibly deformed to better adapt to the extrusion, thereby being tightly attached to the connection ring rib 113.

Optionally, the inner peripheral surface of the sealing structure 71 is provided with a plurality of rings of sealing lips 711, and each ring of sealing lips 711 is in sealing abutment with the connecting ring rib 113, so as to realize multiple sealing.

Further, referring to fig. 4 and 6, the end of the sealing structure 71 connected with the material bottle 11 may be funnel-shaped, and along the direction of the base 30, the opening of the sealing structure 71 is gradually reduced to form a funnel shape, so that the end of the sealing structure 71, into which the material bottle 11 is inserted, forms a flaring, when the connecting ring rib 113 of the material bottle 11 is inserted into the sealing structure 71, the connecting ring rib 113 is inserted into the sealing structure 71 along the flaring, and the inclined inner wall of the flaring plays a guiding and sealing role on the connecting ring rib 113, so as to facilitate the insertion and detachment of the material bottle 11.

In this embodiment, seal structure 71's upper end seal cover is established at the discharge gate 111 of material bottle 11, and seal structure 71's lower extreme seals the pore wall of interior carousel 20 charge door 22 to realized the sealing connection of discharge gate 111 and charge door 22, prevented that the condiment from spilling from the junction of discharge gate 111 and charge door 22.

Referring to fig. 3, 4, 5, 9 and 11 in combination, when seasoning flows out from the feed opening 22 of the feeding unit 100 (in some embodiments, the feed opening 22 of the feeding unit 100 refers to the feed opening 22 of the turntable 20), the seasoning is transported to the cooking vessel through the transporting pipeline 81, and during this process, the seasoning is prevented from accumulating under the feed opening 22 and adhering to the bottom surface of the turntable 20, thereby causing mixing and tainting. In some embodiments, the cooking apparatus may further include a buffering structure 60, the buffering structure 60 having a buffering cavity 63, the buffering cavity 63 having an opening, and a bottom wall of the buffering cavity 63 being provided with a communication port 64 for adding seasoning into the cooking container. The charging unit 100 includes a bottle assembly 10 and a rotary table 20, the bottle assembly 10 is inserted on the rotary table 20, and the bottle assembly 10 and the rotary table 20 can move relative to the buffer structure 60 to align or misalign the charging port 22 with the opening of the buffer cavity 63. When aligned, seasoning within the charging unit 100 may flow to the buffer chamber 63 via the charging port 22 and then to the cooking vessel via the buffer chamber 63. When dislocated, the feed port 22 is closed and seasoning cannot flow out.

In this embodiment, the seasoning flowing out of the seasoning bottle assembly 10 flows into the buffer cavity 63 first and then into the cooking container, and the buffer cavity 63 can enable the seasoning to flow out of the seasoning bottle assembly 10 and then have a temporary storage place, so that the seasoning is prevented from being filled in the pipeline and being stuck on the bottom surface of the seasoning bottle assembly 10 or the turntable 20, and the seasoning is prevented from being mixed, and the taste of food materials in the cooking container is affected.

The vial assembly 10 and the carousel 20 are movable relative to the buffer structure 60, one way that may be achieved is that the vial assembly 10 and the carousel 20 are movable, and the buffer structure 60 is fixed in position. Alternatively, the vial assembly 10 and carousel 20 may be fixed in position and the buffer structure 60 moved. In yet another embodiment, the vial assembly 10 and the carousel 20 move and the buffer structure 60 moves relative to each other. In addition, the movement mode includes but is not limited to rotation around a rotation axis, linear movement and the like.

Since the turntable 20 has a plurality of feed ports 22, the plurality of feed ports 22 may be unevenly distributed in a circumferential direction centered on the rotation axis, and each feed port 22 is independently provided with a different seasoning, i.e., the turntable 20 is capable of providing a plurality of seasonings, to further avoid mixing conditions, such as oil-water mixing, in one embodiment the buffer structure 60 includes two buffer chambers 63, and the turntable 20 has a plurality of feed ports 22 including a first feed port 221 and a second feed port 222, and the turntable 20 is capable of moving relative to the buffer structure 60 to switch between a plurality of feed positions, as shown in fig. 15, in at least one of the feed positions, the first feed port 221 is aligned with an opening of one of the buffer chambers 63, and in at least one other feed position, the second feed port 222 is aligned with an opening of the other buffer chamber 63, as shown in fig. 17.

In practice, seasoning tends to adhere to the bottom wall of the buffer chamber 63, and liquid-shaped seasoning such as light soy sauce, edible oil, etc. more or less remains in the buffer chamber 63, and when the next seasoning is added to the cooking container, the residues are mixed with the next seasoning. For some seasonings, there is a risk that the oil may be mixed with the water in the light soy sauce, and when the oil is added to a hot cooking vessel, splash or a fryer phenomenon may occur. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the two buffer cavities 63 are arranged, so that the first charging port 221 and the second charging port 222 output seasonings to the cooking container through different buffer cavities 63, and thus, the seasonings flowing out of the first charging port 221 and the seasonings flowing out of the second charging port 222 are completely separated, and the two seasonings are prevented from being mixed together.

Taking the example of seasoning comprising oil, for edible oil, the second feed port 222 may be used to discharge the seasoning into the cooking vessel via one of the buffer chambers 63; for other seasonings including soy sauce, mixed seasoning, water, etc., the first feeding port 221 may be used for discharging, and the other seasoning is fed into the cooking vessel through the other buffer chamber 63 therein, thereby avoiding oil-water mixing.

To accommodate the placement of more seasoning, in one embodiment, the turntable 20 has a plurality of first fill ports 221, such as fill port 221b, fill port 221c, fill port 221d, and fill port 221e, as shown in FIG. 10 b. Of course, the turntable 20 may also have a plurality of second feed inlets 222, and fig. 10b shows a case where the turntable 20 has one second feed inlet 222 (i.e., the feed inlet 222 shown in the drawing). It should be noted that each of the first charging port 221 and each of the second charging ports 222 are in communication with the separate buffer chamber 63. In one embodiment, the discharge ports of some of the vials 11 are aligned with the first port 221 and the discharge ports of some of the vials 11 are aligned with the second port 222.

When the plurality of first charging holes 221 are provided, the plurality of first charging holes 221 are alternatively aligned with one buffer chamber 63. That is, each time seasoning is required to be added to the cooking vessel from the first fill port 221, i.e., when the first fill port 221 is in the fill position, there is and only one first fill port 221 is aligned with one buffer chamber 63, rather than multiple first fill ports 221 being aligned with the same buffer chamber 63. Similarly, when a plurality of second charging ports 221 are provided, a plurality of second charging ports 222 are alternatively aligned with one buffer chamber 63. In some embodiments, buffer chamber 63 includes a first buffer chamber 631 and a second buffer chamber 632, four first fill ports 221 add seasoning to the cooking vessel through first buffer chamber 631, second fill port 222 adds seasoning to the cooking vessel through second buffer chamber 632, and seasoning flowing through first fill ports 221 includes: liquid seasoning such as water, mixed seasoning, soy sauce, etc., the seasoning flowing through the second feed opening 222 includes edible oil.

As shown in fig. 5 and 11, in order to make the seasoning better fall into the buffer cavity 63 and flow out from the buffer cavity 63 in a concentrated manner, in an embodiment, the communication port 64 of the buffer cavity 63 may be opened opposite to the opening of the buffer cavity 63, and the buffer cavity 63 is gradually widened from the communication port 64 to the opening direction. Taking the up-down direction as an example, the opening of the buffer chamber 63 is upward, and the communication port 64 is located at the bottom of the buffer chamber 63. The buffer chamber 63 is formed in a conical shape, and the inner diameter is gradually reduced from the flowing direction of the seasoning, so that the upper end is convenient for receiving the seasoning flowing out from the first feeding hole 221 or the second feeding hole 222, and the lower end is convenient for the seasoning to flow out from the communicating hole 64 to the cooking container in a concentrated manner.

To facilitate the overall installation of the cushioning structure 60, in some embodiments, the cushioning structure 60 may have a connecting plate 61 and two cushioning portions 62 connected thereto, each cushioning portion 62 having a cushioning cavity 63 and a communication port 64. The two buffer chambers 63 are distributed in a circumferential direction around the rotation axis, and the two buffer chambers 63 are spaced apart by a predetermined circumferential angle in a range of 30 degrees to 60 degrees, preferably 45 degrees. By connecting the two buffer portions 62 together on one connecting plate 61, it is not necessary to individually position and mount each buffer portion 62 during mounting, and alignment of the other buffer portion 62 can be achieved only by accurately aligning one buffer portion 62 or the connecting plate 61. At the same time, the two cushioning portions 62 are formed as a single unit during transportation, which also reduces the risk of parts falling out due to the small size.

In some embodiments, the cushioning structure 60 may be a plastic material, including but not limited to polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, and the like. The connecting plate 61 and the two buffer parts 62 can be molded in an integral injection molding mode, so that on one hand, the installation steps among the three parts are omitted, and the overflow of seasonings caused by gaps between the buffer parts 62 and the connecting plate 61 is avoided; on the other hand, the mass production of the parts is realized.

Referring to fig. 5 and 11 in combination again, in order to avoid the seasoning from seeping out between the buffer structure 60 and the turntable 20, in an embodiment, the buffer structure 60 further has a sealing member 65, the sealing member 65 may encircle the edge of the opening, when the turntable 20 rotates to the feeding position, the sealing member 65 is in sealing contact with the hole edge of the first feeding hole 221 or the second feeding hole 222, so as to realize the sealing alignment between the first feeding hole 221 and the buffer cavity 63 during feeding, or realize the sealing alignment between the second feeding hole 222 and the buffer cavity 63, so as to avoid the seasoning from seeping out during feeding.

It should be noted that, when the turntable 20 is at the charging position, the sealing member 65 is in sealing abutment with the hole edge of the first charging port 221 or the second charging port 222, which means that when the first charging port 221 is aligned with the buffer chamber 63, the sealing member 65 on the buffer chamber 63 is in sealing abutment with the hole edge of the first charging port 221, and when the second charging port 222 is aligned with the buffer chamber 63, the sealing member 65 on the buffer chamber 63 is in sealing abutment with the hole edge of the second charging port 222.

The seal 65 may be generally annular in shape having a diameter greater than or equal to the diameter of the buffer chamber 63 opening. In some embodiments, the buffer chamber open diameter ranges from 10MM to 40MM, preferably 21MM. When at least two buffer chambers 63 are provided, a seal 65 may be provided around the opening of each buffer chamber 63, the seal 65 being provided around the buffer chamber 63. Alternatively, at least two buffer chambers 63 may share a single seal 65, i.e., seal 65 surrounds two buffer chambers 63. The sealing member 65 may be made of rubber, silica gel or silicone rubber, etc. to have elasticity and realize elastic abutting sealing.

In order to make the abutting effect of the sealing member 65 and the bottom surface of the turntable 20 better, in some embodiments, the sealing member 65 may be in a corrugated shape, extending from the opening of the buffer cavity 63 toward the feeding unit 100 (i.e., toward the turntable 20), and alternately distributing a plurality of recesses and protrusions in the axial extending direction of the sealing member, where the recesses and protrusions are all in a ring shape, so that the deformation space of the sealing member 65 is larger and can be better abutted against the bottom surface of the turntable 20.

To achieve the mounting of the seal 65 to the cushioning structure 60, one possible way is that the cushioning structure 60 may be provided with a mounting groove (not shown) in which the seal 65 is partially embedded. Alternatively, a rib is disposed on the buffer structure 60 and at the opening, the rib is disposed around the opening, and a groove matching with the rib is disposed on the sealing member 65, so that the sealing member 65 is fixed on the rib. In some embodiments, the seal 65 is formed in one piece with the buffer chamber 63.

Referring to fig. 11-13 in combination, in some embodiments, a cushioning structure 60 is mounted on the base 30. One possible installation mode is that the upper surface of the base 30 is provided with an installation cavity 32, and the buffer structure 60 can be embedded with the installation cavity 32. Specifically, the mounting cavity 32 includes a sinking groove 321 and a relief opening 322 formed at the bottom of the sinking groove 321, the connecting plate 61 of the buffer structure 60 may be engaged with the sinking groove 321, and the buffer portion 62 of the buffer structure 60 may extend into the relief opening 322. When two buffer portions 62 are provided, two relief openings 322 are correspondingly provided on the base 30. In this embodiment, the buffer structure 60 and the mounting cavity 32 are embedded, so that the buffer structure 60 is convenient to be positioned and mounted, and collision damage of the buffer structure 60 protruding out of the base 30 and other components is avoided.

When the buffer structure 60 is provided, the buffer chamber 63 forms the blanking port 31 of the base 30. When the buffer structure 60 is not provided, the blanking port 31 may be directly formed by punching a hole in the base 30. Fig. 12b is a simplified schematic top view corresponding to fig. 12a, showing the case where two blanking ports 31 (i.e. blanking port 311, blanking port 312) are provided on the base 30; in one embodiment, referring to fig. 11, the blanking port 311 may be formed by the buffer chamber 632, and the blanking port 312 may be formed by the buffer chamber 631.

Referring to fig. 3 and 5 in combination, the above description refers to the manner in which the bottle assembly 10 and the turntable 20 can move relative to the buffer structure 60, including the manner in which the bottle assembly 10 and the turntable 20 move themselves, the buffer structure 60 is fixed, or the manner in which the bottle assembly 10 and the turntable 20 are fixed, and the buffer structure 60 moves. The movement mode includes but is not limited to rotation and linear movement. Specifically, in one embodiment, the vial assembly 10 and the carousel 20 are rotatably coupled to the base 30 for switching between a plurality of loading positions (fig. 15 and 17 illustrate the carousel 20 of the loading unit 100 in a loading position) by circumferential rotation.

Further, the cooking apparatus further includes a material transfer pipe 81, the material discharge port 31 of the base 30 is for communicating with the cooking container through the material transfer pipe 81, and the material transfer pipe 81 is for transferring the seasoning flowing out from the material discharge port 31 to the cooking container. In order to further improve the mixing during the two feeding, in some embodiments of the present application, the emptying position 122 (as shown in fig. 10 b) is also designed such that the vial assembly 10 and the carousel 20 can be switched between the charging position and the emptying position with respect to the base 30, since the feeding conduit 81 can be used for feeding at least two different seasonings. To enable the vial assembly 10 and carousel 20 to be switched between a loading position and an emptying position relative to the base 30. In some possible embodiments, the turntable 20 is rotatably disposed on the base 30, and the feed port 22 and the blanking port 31 can be switched between an aligned state and a misaligned state during rotation of the turntable 20 relative to the base 30. When the turntable 20 is at the feeding position, the feeding port 22 and the blanking port 31 are in an aligned state. When the rotary table 20 is in the emptying position, the feed port 22 and the discharge port 31 are in a dislocation state. In some embodiments, the diameter of the feed conduit 81 ranges from 2MM to 10MM, preferably 7.5MM, to ensure smooth flow of the various liquid ingredients to the cooking vessel.

The feeding unit 100 is in an assembled state, the material bottle 11 is inserted on the turntable 20, the turntable 20 for loading the material bottle 11 is rotatably connected above the base 30, a preset gap is formed between the base 30 and the turntable 20 (or the feeding unit 100), and the material discharging port 31 and the preset gap can be communicated to form a cleaning channel when the material charging port 22 and the material discharging port 31 are in a dislocation state. The fact that the blanking port 31 is communicated with the preset gap means that the medium assisting in cleaning in the preset gap can be conveyed into the blanking port 31, and residual seasonings in the blanking port 31 and the conveying pipeline 81 connected with the blanking port 31 are guided into the cooking container under the action of the cleaning medium, so that the phenomenon that seasonings fed last time remain in the conveying pipeline 81 and are mixed with seasonings fed next time in the conveying pipeline 81 to cause mixing is avoided. And, carry out the evacuation operation to blanking mouth 31 and conveying pipeline 81 after the feeding, can reduce the probability that the condiment is long and causes bacterial growth and even milder in blanking mouth 31 and/or conveying pipeline 81. Furthermore, the emptying operation is performed after each charging, so that the secondary discharging of the seasonings can be realized, and the preset amount of seasonings can be accurately thrown into the cooking container.

Taking cleaning media as an example of air. When the turntable 20 is in the emptying position, the cleaning channel is respectively communicated with the external air and the blanking port 31, the external air enters the blanking port 31 through the cleaning channel, and the residual seasoning in the blanking port 31 and the conveying pipeline 81 can flow into the cooking container under the driving of the air flow.

In other embodiments, the cleaning medium may be water or a mixture of water and detergent. For how the emptying of the residual seasoning in the blanking port 31, the feed pipe, etc. is achieved with water or a mixed liquid of water and a washing machine, see also the above or the following.

Compared with the way of providing the through holes on the turntable 20 to make cleaning channels, the design of the through holes breaks the integrity of the turntable 20 and cleaning of the through holes is also troublesome. Through set up the clearance that presets on base 30 and carousel 20 and constitute clean passageway, need not to open the trompil on carousel 20, the shaping is got up comparatively simply to, there is not the through-hole that needs the clearance yet, has effectively reduced user's use and maintenance degree of difficulty.

A material conveying component 80 is arranged between the main machine body 2000 and the feeding device 1000, and seasonings can be conveyed to the cooking container through the material conveying component 80; the cleaning channels described above are in communication with the feed assembly 80. Thus, when the emptying operation is performed, the residual seasoning in the material conveying assembly 80 can be completely discharged, so that each time of reliable feeding is further ensured, the residual seasoning in the material conveying channel is not easy to cause the problem of inaccurate feeding.

To achieve a predetermined gap between the turntable 20 and the base 30, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10a, a protrusion 22a may be provided on the turntable 20 on a side facing the base 30 and located around the feed inlet 22, the protrusion 22a surrounding the feed inlet 22. Since the protruding height of the protruding portion 22a with respect to the turntable 20 is h, a predetermined gap exists between the base 30 and the turntable 20. In some embodiments, the height h ranges from 0.5MM to 10MM, preferably 3MM.

The blanking port 31 is provided with a sealing member 65 on a side facing the charging unit 100, the sealing member 65 surrounds the blanking port 31, and the sealing member 65 is used for being in pressing contact with the protruding portion 22a so that the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 can be in sealing butt joint. When the charging port 22 is aligned with the blanking port 31, the sealing member 65 of the protruding portion 22a and the sealing member may form a seal, and both may be tightly pressed, so that medium such as outside air cannot enter the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31, and in this state, the discharging port 111 may be opened to communicate with the blanking port 31 through the charging port 22 to form a passage for transporting seasoning. When the charging is completed, the control system can control the turntable 20 to rotate to a preset angle relative to the base 30; after the preset angle is rotated, the feeding port 22 and the blanking port 31 are staggered, the blanking port 31 is opposite to the surface, facing the base 30, of the turntable 20, and a preset gap exists between the blanking port 31 and the surface, facing the base 30, of the turntable 20, so that cleaning media in the preset gap can enter the blanking port 31.

It should be noted that, the above-mentioned protruding portion 22a may include a hard protrusion and may further include an elastic protrusion, and the embodiment of the application is not particularly limited, and when the protruding portion 22a includes an elastic protrusion, the protruding portion 22a may elastically align with the blanking port 31, so as to improve the tightness when the charging port 22 aligns with the blanking port 31, and prevent the flavoring from leaking from the alignment surface of the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 during the charging process.

As shown in fig. 10a, for example, the charging ports 22 may include a plurality of protrusions 22a provided for each charging port 22, and the plurality of protrusions 22a are unevenly distributed in a circumferential direction centering on the rotation axis of the turntable 20. For example, the shape of the protruding portion 22a corresponding to each charging port 22 may be the same, or the shape of the protruding portion 22a of one portion may be the same, the shape of the protruding portion 22a of the other portion may be different, the protruding portion 22a of the same shape may be used to align with one blanking port 31, and the protruding portion 22a of another shape may be used to align with another blanking port 31. Specifically, the shape of the protruding portion 22a corresponding to the feeding port 22 for outputting the edible oil may be different from the shape of the protruding portion 22a corresponding to the other feeding port 22, for example, the diameter of the protruding portion 22a corresponding to the feeding port 22 for outputting the edible oil is larger than the diameter of the protruding portion 22a corresponding to the other feeding port 22. The plurality of protruding portions 22a are distributed in a circumferential direction with the rotation axis of the turntable 20 as a center, so that the blanking port 31 can be aligned with the protruding portions 22a in sequence during the rotation of the turntable 20 relative to the base 30.

The bottom of the turntable 20 is provided with a protrusion 22a on a surface facing the base 30, and the protrusion 22a extends from an outer surface plane of the bottom of the turntable 20 to a predetermined height in the direction of the base 30, and the height thereof ranges from 0.5MM to 10MM, preferably 3MM. Thus, a predetermined gap is formed between the turntable 20 and the base 30 by the space between any two of the protrusions 22 a. A predetermined gap is formed between the region between the adjacent two protrusions 22a and the base 30. As shown in fig. 10a, five charging ports 22 are exemplified by five protrusions 22a, wherein three charging ports 22 are closer to each other and the other two charging ports 22 are farther from each other. The gaps between the corresponding protrusions 22a of the three charging ports 22 with the shorter distance are slightly smaller, so that when the charging device is controlled to perform the emptying operation, the system can accurately sense the rotated angle of the turntable 20, and when the turntable 20 rotates to the position where one of the discharging ports 31 is opposite to the gap between the two protrusions 22a with the shorter distance, the charging device is controlled to perform the emptying operation. The area between the two protrusions 22a corresponding to the two farther protrusions 22 is larger, when the area between the two farther protrusions 22a is opposite to a blanking port 31, the system may control the charging device to perform the emptying operation, or when the blanking port 31 is located at a preset position of the area between the two farther protrusions 22a, the system may control the charging device to perform the emptying operation, so that the control is more accurate.

More specifically, the projection heights of the respective projections 22a are equal. The protruding height of the protruding portion 22a is the height of the protruding portion 22a protruding from the side surface of the turntable 20 facing the base 30. The protruding heights of the protruding portions 22a are equal, so that the matching tightness between the protruding portions 22a and the blanking port 31 is substantially the same in the rotation process of the turntable 20 relative to the base 30, and the situation that the rotation process of the turntable 20 relative to the base 30 is not smooth due to large variation of the blocking force in the rotation process of the turntable 20 caused by low protruding height of the individual protruding portions 22a due to high protruding height of the individual protruding portions 22a is avoided.

In some embodiments, the protruding portion 22a may include an elastic sealing ring, and the elastic sealing ring may be annular, and is embedded in an inner wall of the charging port 22 and used for elastically pressing and contacting with the blanking port 31, so that the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 can be aligned in a sealing manner. The protrusion 22a may be formed of only an elastic sealing ring, or the protrusion 22a may include a hard protrusion and an elastic sealing ring embedded in the hard protrusion. Through the setting of elastic sealing ring for charge door 22 and blanking mouth 31 can elastic sealing contact, thereby, further reduced the risk that outside medium got into the material conveying passageway from the clearance between charge door 22 and the blanking mouth 31, also reduced the risk that the condiment spilled from the clearance department between charge door 22 and the blanking mouth 31.

Specifically, referring to fig. 11, a sealing member 65 is disposed at a side of the blanking port 31 facing the turntable 20, the sealing member 65 surrounds the blanking port 31, and the sealing member 65 is used for pressing contact with an elastic sealing ring of the protruding portion 22a, so that the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 can be aligned in a sealing manner. In the mounted state, the sealing member 65 may protrude from a side surface of the base 30 facing the turntable 20, and in some embodiments, the sealing member 65 may be the sealing member 65 described in the above embodiments, that is, the blanking port 31 is provided with the buffer structure 60, and the sealing member 65 is fixed on the buffer structure 60, and for specific implementation, reference may be made to the description of the buffer structure 60 and the sealing member 65 in the above embodiments. In other embodiments, the sealing member 65 may be directly fixed to the surface of the base 30 facing the turntable 20, for example, an annular groove is formed at the edge of the blanking port 31 of the base 30, the sealing member 65 is snapped into the annular groove, or the sealing member 65 is directly adhered around the blanking port 31. The elastic sealing ring at the protruding part 22a and the sealing piece 65 at the blanking port 31 are used for sealing and aligning, so that the sealing between the feeding port 22 and the blanking port 31 is more reliable.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment, due to the fact that the preset gap exists, the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 are in close contact only in the alignment state, and in the dislocation state, the turntable 20 and the base 30 are in clearance fit, so that on one hand, the elastic sealing ring of the charging port 22 and the sealing piece 65 of the blanking port 31 can be prevented from being in the extrusion deformation state for a long time, the service life of the elastic sealing ring and the sealing piece 65 is greatly shortened, on the other hand, a cleaning channel is formed by utilizing the gap, and the cleaning channel is prevented from being formed by additionally forming holes on the turntable 20, so that the manufacturing is simpler, and the structural design is more reasonable.

The projection 22a includes a top flat surface 22a1 in contact with the seal 65, and the seal 65 is in press contact with the top flat surface 22a1 in the aligned state of the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31. The top plane 22a1 may be parallel to a surface of the turntable 20 facing the base 30. By designing a top surface 22a1 and seal 65, seal 65 can be accurately and reliably aligned with projection 22 a. And when the turntable 20 rotates relative to the base 30, the sealing member 65 transversely slides across the top plane 22a1, so that the friction resistance between the top plane 22a1 and the sealing member 65 is smaller, the sealing alignment of the sealing member 65 and the protruding portion 22a can be ensured, and the relative rotation of the turntable 20 and the base 30 is not affected.

More specifically, referring to fig. 10a, the protruding portion 22a may be in a horn shape, and the horn-shaped protruding portion 22a may include an annular inner hole portion S1 and an annular outer expansion portion S2 surrounding the inner hole portion S1, the inner hole portion S1 being located inside the top plane 22a1, and the outer expansion portion S2 being located outside the top plane 22a 1; the inner hole part S1 extends into the charging hole 22 and is connected with the inner side wall of the charging hole 22; the flaring S2 extends from the top planar surface 22a1 to conform to the surface of the turntable 20 facing the base 30 and the projection height of the flaring S2 gradually decreases in a direction radially outward of the feed inlet 22. In some embodiments, the inner bore portion S1 is configured as an elastic sealing ring of the projection 22a, which may be adhered to the inner side wall of the charging port 22 or snapped into the charging port 22. The gradually decreasing protruding height of the outer expansion portion S2 means that the protruding height of the end of the outer expansion portion S2 near the top plane 22a1 is highest, so as to form the highest protruding point, and the end of the outer expansion portion S2 far away from the inner hole portion S1 is attached to the surface of the turntable 20 facing the base 30, and the protruding height of the attaching point is zero. The convex portion 22a is flared, that is, the flared portion S2 extends from the top plane 22a1 toward the bottom outer surface of the turntable 20, and the circular radius of the cross section thereof becomes gradually larger.

The entire protruding portion 22a may be smoothly flared, so that during the relative rotation of the turntable 20 and the base 30, the protruding portion 22a smoothly transitions with the sealing member 65 on the base 30, and the protruding portion 22a has small rotation resistance to the base 30.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10a, the flared portion S2 may include a plurality of coaxially disposed annular connecting portions S21, the plurality of annular connecting portions S21 being connected and sequentially arranged in a stepped shape radially outwardly of the charging port 22. The annular connecting portions S21 are sequentially connected in a corrugated shape, and after the protruding portion 22a is aligned with the sealing member 65, since the flared portion S2 is corrugated, the flared portion S2 can compress the sealing member 65 along the axial direction according to the deformation direction defined by the corrugations, so that the sealing member 65 is not easy to incline or deflect in the radial direction, and reliable alignment of the protruding portion 22a and the sealing member 65 at a predetermined position is ensured.

The embodiment of the application also provides a feeding device, which comprises: base 30, material bottle assembly 10, carousel 20. The base 30 is provided with a blanking port 31, the blanking port 31 is communicated with the cooking container through a conveying pipeline 81, and the seasoning bottle assembly 10 is used for containing seasonings; the turntable 20 is used for bearing the material bottle assembly 10, the turntable 20 is rotatably arranged on the base 30, and the turntable 20 comprises a feed inlet 22 for outputting seasonings; in the process of rotating the turntable 20 relative to the base 30, the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 can be switched between an alignment state and a dislocation state; the base 30 and the turntable 20 have a predetermined gap therebetween ranging from 1MM to 10MM, preferably 4.5MM. When the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 are in the aligned state, the charging port 22 is aligned with the blanking port 31. In the state that the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 are dislocated, the blanking port 31 and the preset gap can be communicated to form a cleaning channel.

In order to facilitate visual display of the rotation of the turntable 20 relative to the base 30, the process of switching the charging port 22 between the aligned state and the dislocated state is implemented, as shown in fig. 19a to 19e, and a plurality of blanking ports 31 provided on the base 30 are schematically shown on the basis of the top view of the bottom surface of the turntable 20 shown in fig. 10 b. When any one of the first curves "- - -" drawn for visually characterizing the positional relationship of the plurality of charging ports 22 (or the positional relationship of the emptying position 122) on the turntable 20 and any one of the second curves "… …" drawn for characterizing the positional relationship of the plurality of discharging ports 31 are overlapped in the drawing, it is indicated that the charging port 22 (or the emptying position 122) indicated by the first curve in the overlapped curve is aligned with the discharging port 31 indicated by the second curve, that is, the charging port 22 and the discharging port 31 are in an aligned state (or a dislocated state). For example, see FIG. 19b, a first curve l is shown in the figure ₁ And a second curve l ₂ The coincidence can indicate that the feed port 222 on the turntable is aligned with the blanking port 312 on the base; wherein the first curve l is shown in FIG. 19b ₁ And a second curve l ₂ Is shown slightly offset to facilitate indication of the first curve l ₁ And a second curve l ₂ . For a relevant description of the evacuation position, reference is made to the following.

In fig. 19a to 19e, fig. 19b and 19d show the state where the turntable with a plurality of vials 11 inserted therein is at the charging position, wherein fig. 19b shows the state where the charging port 222 is aligned with the blanking port 312, that is, the charging port 222 is aligned with the blanking port 312; fig. 19d shows the case where the feed port 221c is aligned with the blanking port 311. Fig. 19c and 19e show the state where the turntable with a plurality of vials 11 inserted therein is in the empty position, specifically, fig. 19c shows the state where the charging port 222 and the blanking port 312 are in a dislocated state, and fig. 19e shows the state where the charging port 221c and the blanking port 311 are in a dislocated state.

For fig. 19a, this shows the situation where the turntable 20 is positioned to the reference position. In this embodiment, the turntable 20 is positioned to the reference position, so as to facilitate the rotation of the turntable 20 relative to the base 30 in the subsequent control, so as to switch between the alignment state and the dislocation state between the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31, thereby realizing the automatic charging function.

In the embodiment, the reference position may refer to the origin positions of the turntable 20 and the base 30, and the positional relationship of the plurality of blanking ports 31 shown in fig. 12b and the positional relationship of the plurality of charging ports 22 on the turntable shown in fig. 10b are all laid out based on the origin positions. Each time the feeding device 1000 is activated to perform an automatic feeding function for a single item to be cooked, the turntable 20 is first positioned to a reference position. After the turntable 20 is positioned to the reference position, the turntable 20 is controlled to rotate according to the supported rotation direction, and the feeding port communicated with at least one material bottle 11 is sequentially rotated to the corresponding blanking port 31 position, so that the automatic feeding function is realized.

Here, considering that the user is assembling the charging device with the turntable 20 angle being more randomly installed, there is a case where the turntable is at a non-set reference position, which will not utilize the implementation of the automatic charging function; alternatively, a program operation error occurring when the automatic charging task is performed may require resetting to a reference position, etc., which require the charging device to have a function of automatically positioning the turntable to the reference position. Based on this, in order to enable the positioning of the turntable 20 to the reference position, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10b and 12b, a trigger 123 may be further provided on the turntable 20, and correspondingly, a sensor 39 may be further provided on the base 30. The triggering element 123 and the sensing element 39 are components that can trigger or cooperate with each other to generate a sensing signal, and the sensing signal may be different according to the relative positions between the triggering element 123 and the sensing element 39. The trigger member 123 is disposed on the turntable 20, and the turntable 20 is rotatable relative to the base 30, so that the change in relative position between the trigger member 123 and the sensor member 39 is primarily caused by rotation of the trigger member 123 with the turntable 20. Of course, in other embodiments, where the base 30 is capable of rotating relative to the turntable 20, the change in the relative position between the trigger member 123 and the sensing member 39 may be due to rotation of the sensing member with the base, and the like, which is not limited herein.

In particular, the setting position of the sensor 39 on the base 30 and the setting position of the trigger 123 on the turntable 20 are both associated with reference positions. For example, the setting position of the sensor 39 may be a reference position or a position at an angle from the reference position, the positional relationship being set; similarly, the setting position of the trigger 123 may be a reference position, or a position at a certain angle or distance from the reference position, and the positional relationship is also set; thus, based on the set positional relationship between the sensing member and the trigger member with respect to the reference position, the turntable can be positioned at the reference position by the sensing signal between the sensing member 39 and the trigger member 123. For example, assuming that the positions of the sensing element 39 and the triggering element 123 shown in fig. 10b and fig. 12b are all reference positions, in the process of controlling the rotation of the turntable 20 relative to the base 30 to position the turntable 20 to the reference positions, the turntable 20 may be controlled to stop rotating when the sensing signal between the sensing element 39 and the triggering element 123 is detected to be strongest, so as to position the turntable 20 to the reference positions; wherein, when the trigger member 123 is rotated to be aligned with the position of the sensing member 39, that is, the trigger member 123 is rotated to be aligned with the position of the first blanking port 311, the sensing signal between the trigger member 123 and the sensing member 112 is strongest. Fig. 19a shows a schematic view of the turntable 20 when it is positioned to a reference position. Regarding the specific implementation of positioning the turntable to the reference position, reference may be made to the relevant content in the embodiments below.

The supplementary explanation here is: in addition to the above-mentioned manner, in other embodiments, the sensing element may be disposed on the turntable 20, and the triggering element may be disposed on the base 30, so long as the position signal change of the sensing element and the triggering element is ensured, and the specific disposition position and form of the sensing element and the triggering element are not limited in this embodiment. The implementation modes of the sensing piece and the triggering piece can be specifically as follows: for example, the sensing element may be a microswitch and the triggering element may be a protrusion. The micro-switch is connected with the controller, when the turntable 20 rotates relative to the base 30, the protrusion also rotates along with the turntable 20, and when the protrusion rotates to a position corresponding to the micro-switch, the micro-switch can be triggered, at this time, the micro-switch sends an induction signal, such as a current signal, to the controller, and the controller positions the turntable to a reference position according to the detection of the induction signal. For another example, the sensing element may be a hall element and the triggering element may be a magnetic induction element. When the turntable 20 rotates relative to the base 30, the sensing signal between the magnetic induction element and the hall element changes continuously, and at this time, the hall element sends the sensing signal, such as a current signal, to the controller; the controller positions the turntable at a reference position based on the sensed signal. In addition to the above-described embodiments, the sensing element and the triggering element may further include a photoelectric switch, a reflective plate, an infrared sensor, a protrusion, and other embodiments, which will not be described in detail herein, and may be flexibly selected by those skilled in the art, so long as the triggering element and the sensing element can generate a sensing signal when the turntable 20 is rotated. In this embodiment, a hall element is preferably used as the sensing element, and a magnetic induction element is preferably used as the triggering element.

Further, after the turntable 20 is positioned at the reference position, before the automatic feeding function is implemented by using the feeding device, the seasoning information stored in each of the material bottles respectively communicated with the plurality of feeding ports on the turntable 20 is generally required to be obtained, so as to provide data support for the subsequent automatic feeding function.

In specific implementation, the seasoning information stored in each of the plurality of material bottles can be obtained by arranging different separation cavities on the turntable 20 and enabling each separation cavity to be matched and inserted with a fixed material bottle. For example, referring to fig. 9, 10b and 19a to 19e, 5 different separation chambers 21 are provided on the turntable 20, and the seasonings stored in the bottles respectively fixedly inserted into the 5 different separation chambers 21 in the clockwise direction with the separation chamber 21a as a base point can be edible oil, salt, light soy sauce, soy sauce and clear water. Namely, the flavoring agents stored in the material bottles which are respectively fixedly inserted with the 5 different charging holes 121 in the clockwise direction by taking the charging hole 222 as a base point are edible oil, salt, light soy sauce, soy sauce and clear water. The corresponding plugging relation between the fixed charging hole and the material bottle and the stored seasoning information in the corresponding material bottle are prestored in a corresponding memory for calling when required, so that the seasoning information stored by a plurality of material bottles 11 on the turntable 20 can be obtained.

Alternatively, a data reader may be provided on the base 30, a corresponding electronic tag may be provided on each material bottle 11, and the seasoning information stored in a plurality of material bottles may be obtained by reading the electronic tag on the material bottle 11 with the data reader. In specific implementation, the data code reader may be, but is not limited to, a code reader (such as an NFC code reader), a radio frequency identification reader, etc., and the data code reader may be disposed at a reference position, such as an inner side wall of the blanking port, or may be disposed at other positions, which is not limited herein. Accordingly, the electronic tag may be an NFC tag, and the electronic tag may be disposed on, but not limited to, an inner sidewall of a discharge port of a material bottle. The specific setting positions of the data code reader and the electronic tag in this embodiment are not particularly limited, as long as the data code reader can read the corresponding electronic tag. The location of the data reader and the electronic tag is not specifically shown in the drawings.

As shown in fig. 19a, after the turntable 20 is positioned to the reference position, based on the pre-stored positional relationship of the charging ports of the compartments on the turntable 20 and the relative positional relationship of the data code readers arranged relative to the reference setting, the turntable can be controlled to rotate in a certain rotation direction (such as a counterclockwise direction or a clockwise direction) so as to sequentially rotate the plurality of material bottles inserted on the turntable to the position of the data code readers, and the electronic tag of each material bottle is sequentially read by the data code readers, so that the seasoning information stored by each material bottle is obtained. For example, referring to fig. 19a, assuming that the data code reader is disposed at the position of the blanking port 312, the turntable 20 may be controlled to rotate by 95 ° (i.e., 56.25 ° +56.25 ° +32.5 ° -50 °) in the counterclockwise rotation direction so that the charging port 222 is aligned with the blanking port 312, the data code reader reads the electronic tag on the vial communicating with the charging port 222, and the reading completion port may store the read data information in association with the charging port 222 in the corresponding memory, and send a feedback notification of the completion of the reading to the controller; the controller, upon receiving the feedback notification, may again control the rotary table 20 to rotate counter-clockwise 62.5 ° (i.e., 31.25 ° +31.25 °) such that the charging port 121b is aligned with the blanking port 312 to read the electronic tag on the vial 11 to which the charging port 121b communicates, and so on until the seasoning information stored in the vials to which all the charging ports on the rotary table communicate respectively is read.

In this embodiment, the method for acquiring the seasoning information stored in the plurality of bottles is not particularly limited. In the preferred mode of this embodiment, the first mode is preferably selected, that is, each of the separation chambers is adapted to be inserted into a fixed one of the material bottles, so as to obtain the seasoning information stored in each of the material bottles.

From the above, when the automatic feeding is realized by using the feeding device, the turntable is generally required to be positioned at the reference position, and seasoning information stored in the material bottle communicated with each feeding opening on the turntable is acquired, so that data support is provided for the follow-up automatic feeding function.

It should be noted that, for convenience of adding the seasoning to the cooking vessel by the adding device, the seasoning in each of the plurality of seasoning bottles 11 is in a liquid form. For non-liquid forms of flavoring, water may be added to form a liquid state and filled into corresponding bottles, e.g., edible salt may be added to form brine and filled into corresponding bottles; solid seasonings such as ginger, garlic, capsicum and the like can be ground into powder to be mixed with water to form mixed seasonings to be filled into corresponding material bottles and the like.

In addition, the above-described feeding device may include other basic components besides those described above, such as a controller for controlling rotation of the turntable, controlling dispensing of the vials in the vials, and the like, and the detailed description of the controller will be given below. For another example, the memory is configured to store one or more computer instructions for the controller to call, and may also be configured to store some data information, for example, a positional relationship between the multiple charging ports 22 on the turntable 20, the multiple emptying positions 122, a positional relationship between the multiple discharging ports 31 on the base 30, seasoning information stored in the bottles connected to the charging ports 22, a correspondence between the discharging ports 31 and seasonings, and the like, where the data stored in the memory may provide data support for the controller to implement the logic functions such as the control method, the charging method, and the like provided by each implementation of the text application.

The description is as follows: the positional relationship between the plurality of evacuation locations 122 may not be stored in the memory, and when the evacuation locations 122 are to be utilized, the corresponding evacuation locations 122 may be determined directly from the positional relationship between the plurality of charging ports 22. For example, referring to fig. 19c, a corresponding emptying position is disposed at an intermediate position between every two adjacent charging ports, so that when a target seasoning is charged through a corresponding target blanking port, the corresponding emptying position can be directly determined according to the positional relationship between the corresponding seasoning bottle and its adjacent seasoning bottle, so as to rotate the emptying position to be aligned with the target blanking port. Specifically, for example, as shown in fig. 19b, after the seasoning in the feeding bottle communicated with the feeding hole 222 is fed through the blanking hole 312, the position of the emptying position between the feeding hole 222 and the adjacent feeding hole 221b can be determined directly based on the position relation between the feeding hole 222 and the adjacent feeding hole 221b, so that the emptying position between the feeding hole 222 and the adjacent feeding hole is rotated to the position alignment position of the blanking hole 312, and the feeding hole 222 and the blanking hole 311 are dislocated, so as to realize the emptying operation, and the specific implementation process can be seen in the following embodiments.

It should be further noted that, the structure and the function of the feeding device provided in this embodiment are the same as those of the feeding device in the cooking apparatus of the foregoing embodiment, and specific reference may be made to the description of the foregoing embodiment, which is not repeated.

An embodiment of the present application also provides another cooking apparatus, including: a main body and a charging device; wherein, the main machine body is provided with a cooking container; the feeding device includes: a base 30 and a loading unit 100.

The base 30 is provided with a blanking port 31; the charging unit 100 is movably disposed on the base 30 and is capable of moving relative to the base 30, and the charging unit 100 includes a charging port 22; during the movement of the charging unit 100 relative to the base 30, the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 can be switched between an alignment state and a dislocation state; a preset gap is formed between the base 30 and the feeding unit 100, and when the feeding port 22 and the blanking port 31 are in a dislocation state, the blanking port 31 and the preset gap can be communicated to form a cleaning channel.

Wherein the charging unit 100 is used to provide seasoning required for cooking, and seasoning can be transferred to the base 30 through the charging port 22. In some embodiments, the charging unit 100 may include a vial assembly 10 for containing a seasoning, and a carousel 20 for receiving the vial assembly 10, where the vial assembly 10 and the carousel 20 may be removably connected, or may be non-removably fixedly connected.

The movable positioning of the charging unit 100 on the base 30 may include moving the base 30 in a manner of rotation, sliding, etc., so that the relative movement between the charging port 22 and the discharging port 31 includes, but is not limited to, relative rotation and relative movement, as long as the alignment or dislocation between the charging port 22 and the discharging port 31 can be achieved.

It should be noted that the main body may further include other components besides the cooking container, such as an operation platform, a heating portion, a memory, a controller, etc., and the disclosure is specifically referred to above. Wherein in some embodiments the controller may be provided inside the operating platform (not shown in the figures). In specific implementation, the controller may be a micro control unit (Microcontroller Unit, MCU) with data processing capability, a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a single chip microcomputer, a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU), a processing chip implemented based on a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or a complex programmable logic device (Complex Programming Logicdevice, CPLD), etc., which is not limited in this embodiment. Corresponding programs can be written in the controller in advance to control and realize the logic such as the control method, the charging method and the like provided by the embodiments of the text application. The controller can be arranged on the main body, and can be arranged on the charging device, and the controller can control and realize the logic such as a control method, a charging method and the like provided by each implementation of the application no matter where the controller is arranged. For how to control and implement the logic such as the control method and the charging method provided in the present application, reference may be made to the following related contents of each embodiment, which are not described in detail herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides a feeding device, which comprises: a base 30 and a loading unit 100. The base 30 is provided with a blanking port 31; the charging unit 100 is movably arranged on the base 30 and can move relative to the base 30, and the charging unit 100 comprises a charging port 22; during the movement of the charging unit 100 relative to the base 30, the charging port 22 and the blanking port 31 can be switched between an alignment state and a dislocation state; a preset gap is formed between the base 30 and the feeding unit 100, and when the feeding port 22 and the blanking port 31 are in a dislocation state, the blanking port 31 and the preset gap can be communicated to form a cleaning channel.

It should be noted that, the structure and the function of the feeding device provided in this embodiment are the same as those of the feeding device in the cooking apparatus of the foregoing embodiment, and specific reference may be made to the description of the foregoing embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

In some alternative embodiments, a recess may be disposed on the base 30 toward the side of the turntable 20, where the recess is located below the surface of the blanking port 31 contacting the feed port 22, and the recess forms a predetermined gap with the turntable 20, so that when the turntable 20 rotates relative to the base 30, the feed port 22 rotates to be offset from the blanking port 31, and when the feed port 22 is located above the recess of the base 30, cleaning medium such as air in the predetermined gap can be delivered to the blanking port 31 to perform an evacuation operation on the blanking port 31 and the subsequent feed pipe 81, so as to deliver the remaining seasoning of the blanking port 31 and the feed pipe 81 to the cooking container. It should be noted that, when the blanking port 31 has the buffer structure 60, the charging port 22 is specifically configured to be opposite to the buffer cavity 63 of the buffer structure 60, and is in the above-mentioned aligned state.

Referring again to fig. 4, 7a, 7b and 11, further, the cooking apparatus further includes a feed pump 84, one end of the feed pipe 81 is connected to the communication port 64, and the feed pump 84 is connected to the feed pipe 81 to pump the seasoning in the feed pipe 81 into the cooking container. When a specific operation is performed, the driving member 83 receives a control instruction to rotate, a controller may be electrically connected to the driving member 83, and the controller may be used to control the driving member 83 to act according to the related information. The rotation command is issued by a controller, which can specifically control the rotation angle of the driving member 83, the rotation direction of the driving member 83, and the like.

The turntable 20 and the material bottle 11 rotate to the required seasoning position and align with the feeding hole 22, the material conveying pump 84 is started by receiving the control instruction, the material bottle 11 is pumped by negative pressure, after the material conveying pump 84 pumps the negative pressure, the valve core of the one-way valve 112 at the discharging hole 111 of the material bottle 11 moves downwards, so that the discharging hole 111 is opened, the seasoning in the material bottle 11 firstly flows into the buffer cavity 63 through the discharging hole 111, and is pumped into the cooking container through the material conveying pipeline 81. Wherein the feed pump 84 may be a peristaltic pump.

In addition, the cooking apparatus further includes a controller electrically connected to the feed pump 84, the controller controlling the feed pump 84 to pump the seasoning in the feed pipe 81 into the cooking vessel. The controller controls the flow rate of the seasoning in the seasoning bottle 11 by controlling the operating time of the seasoning pump 84, thereby realizing accurate metering.

The inventors have also found through inventive work that the feeding apparatus of the related art communicates to the cooking vessel via a feed conduit, and that it is necessary to add cooking oil, as well as other seasonings, which in some embodiments are typically in a liquid state, such as brine, soy sauce, light soy sauce, white vinegar, mature vinegar, etc., when cooking the dishes. When all seasonings are conveyed through one conveying pipeline, oil-water mixing is easy to occur, and the phenomenon of a fryer occurs.

To solve the above-mentioned specific technical problems, some embodiments of the present application provide a cooking apparatus, including: a main body 2000 and a charging device 1000.

The main body 2000 has a cooking container; the feeding device 1000 comprises a jar assembly 10 containing a seasoning, a first blanking port 311 (blanking port 311 shown in fig. 7a, 7b and 12 a) and a second blanking port 312 (blanking port 312 shown in fig. 7a, 7b and 12 a) for outputting the seasoning, and a first feeding channel and a second feeding channel. In the view angles of fig. 7a and 7b, the reference numerals 311 (62) and 312 (62) refer to the first blanking port 311 and the second blanking port 312, respectively, are blocked by the corresponding buffer portion 62, and in fact, the first blanking port 311 and the second blanking port 312 are located at the buffer portion 62. Wherein the flavoring comprises at least edible oil and at least one liquid flavoring. It should be noted that the liquid seasoning described in this embodiment is a liquid seasoning such as light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, mature vinegar, brine, etc., and a liquid seasoning containing moisture such as a liquid seasoning obtained by grinding pepper, hot pepper, etc. into powder and mixing with clear water.

The first material conveying pipeline channel is communicated with the first blanking port 311 and the main machine body 2000, the second material conveying channel is communicated with the second blanking port 312 and the main machine body 2000, and the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel can convey the seasonings to the cooking container; the first material conveying channel is used for conveying liquid seasonings, and the second material conveying channel is used for conveying edible oil.

The first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel in the embodiment are isolated from each other and are not communicated, so that edible oil and other liquid seasonings can be conveyed separately.

In some embodiments, the charging device 1000 is further provided with a first feed pump 841 and a second feed pump 842. As shown in fig. 7a and 7b, the first feed channel comprises: a first feeding pipe M1, a first discharging pipe N1, and a first conveying pipe 811, wherein one end of the first feeding pipe M1 is communicated with the first blanking port 311, the other end of the first feeding pipe M1 is communicated with the first conveying pump 841, one end of the first discharging pipe N1 is communicated with the first conveying pump 841, and the other end of the first discharging pipe N1 is communicated with the first conveying pipe 811; the first delivery conduit 811 is connected to the main body 2000.

The second material conveying channel comprises a second material feeding pipeline M2, a second material discharging pipeline N2 and a second material conveying pipeline 812, one end of the second material feeding pipeline M2 is communicated with the second material discharging port 312, the other end of the second material feeding pipeline M2 is communicated with a second material conveying pump 842, one end of the second material discharging pipeline N2 is communicated with the second material conveying pump 842, and the other end of the second material discharging pipeline N2 is communicated with the second material conveying pipeline 812; the second delivery conduit 812 is connected to the main body 2000.

The first material conveying pipeline 811 and the second material conveying pipeline 812 are jointly covered in a material conveying pipeline protective sleeve 813. A predetermined gap may be present between the first 811 and second 812 feed lines, ranging from 5MM to 30MM, preferably 18MM, ensuring a reasonable spacing between the two feed lines without mutual interference.

The first material conveying pipe 811, the second material conveying pipe 812 and the material conveying pipe protective sleeve 813 constitute a connecting pipe for connecting the main body 2000 and the feeding device 1000, and both ends of the connecting pipe are detachably connected with the main body 2000 and the feeding device 1000, respectively. The first conveying pipeline 811 and the second conveying pipeline 812 are jointly covered by the conveying pipeline protective sleeve 813, so that the pipeline is prevented from being messy. And the two ends of the connecting pipeline are respectively detachably connected with the main body and the feeding device, so that the connecting pipeline can be conveniently replaced when the connecting pipeline is aged or damaged, and the connecting pipeline can be conveniently detached for separate cleaning.

In some embodiments, the first delivery conduit 811 is a flexible conduit. The second delivery conduit 812 is a flexible conduit. The feed conveyor tube protective sheath 813 can also be a flexible sheath. To facilitate bending and thus flexibly arrange the positions of the loading device 1000 and the main body 2000 in a limited kitchen space.

The feeding device includes a plurality of bottles, and the plurality of bottles form a bottle assembly 10. Specifically, the vial assembly 10 includes: a first material bottle and a second material bottle. The second material bottle is used for containing edible oil, and can be communicated with the second material conveying channel so that the seasonings of the second material bottle can be conveyed to the cooking container through the second material conveying channel. The first material bottle includes a plurality of, and every first material bottle is used for splendid attire condiment. Illustratively, the second vials include four, each of the condiments in each of the second vials being different. For example, a salty flavor mixed liquid seasoning, a soy sauce aromatic vinegar mixed liquid seasoning, a green onion, ginger and pepper mixed liquid seasoning, and clear water are respectively contained. Each first material bottle can be communicated with the first material conveying channel, so that seasonings of a plurality of first material bottles can be conveyed through the first material conveying channel. It is noted that the flavoring in each first bottle is selectively delivered, but all the flavoring is delivered through the first delivery channel. In this embodiment, carry edible oil through a conveying pipeline, and carry other liquid seasonings except edible oil through another conveying passageway, when effectively avoiding or improving the phenomenon that oil water mixes, also avoided setting up too much conveying pipeline and lead to the mixed and disorderly loaded down with trivial details problem of feeding mechanism overall arrangement, and also can effectively practice thrift the cost.

Since the amount of edible oil used is large when cooking one dish, the volume of the material bottle containing the edible oil can be large. Other liquid seasonings may include, but are not limited to, at least one of: the salt essence mixed liquid seasoning, the soy sauce aromatic vinegar mixed liquid seasoning, the onion, ginger and pepper mixed liquid seasoning and clear water. In this embodiment, carry cooking vessel with edible oil condiment through the second material conveying passageway, carry cooking vessel with other condiments through first material conveying passageway, can separately carry edible oil and other liquid condiments, avoid edible oil to adhere on the lateral wall of the pipeline of carrying other condiments and lead to the oil-water mixing, and then effectively avoid or improve the phenomenon that oil-water mixing carried and lead to the fryer.

In addition, when clear water is contained in one of the first bottles, water can be pumped to the first feed pipe 811 by the first feed pump 841 so that the pipe and the cooking container can be washed by pumping water during the process of adding the remaining seasoning, thereby improving food safety.

The first and second feed pumps 841 and 842 in this embodiment are used to provide the power to pump and feed seasoning. By controlling the working time of the first material conveying pump 841 and the second material conveying pump 842, the output quantity of the seasonings can be effectively controlled, and the quantitative feeding of the seasonings can be realized.

In some embodiments, the first feed pump 841 is a stepper pump and the second feed pump 842 is a dc pump. The direct-current pump is a common pump, and can pump a large amount of edible oil at one time, so that quick delivery of the edible oil is realized. The stepping pump can be a high-precision pump, and the high-precision pump can pump a small amount of seasoning at a time, so that accurate feeding of the seasoning is realized.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7a, the charging device may further comprise: the base 30, the first material conveying pump 841, the second material conveying pump 842, the first blanking port 311 and the second blanking port 312 are arranged on the base 30; the feeding unit 100 has at least one first feeding port 221 and one second feeding port 222, and the bottle 11 and the turntable 20 are movably connected to the base 30 and are relatively movable. Wherein the relative movement of the vial 11 and the carousel 20 with respect to the base 30 includes, but is not limited to, rotational, linear movement. Fig. 10a and 10b show a case where the charging unit 100 has four first charging ports 221, specifically including a charging port 221b, a charging port 221c, a charging port 221d, a charging port 221e, and one second charging port 222 (i.e., charging port 222 shown in the drawings).

Referring to fig. 7a, 19b and 19d, when the first feeding port 221 is aligned with the first blanking port 311, the first feeding pump 841 is started; when the second fill port 222 is aligned with the second drop port 312, the second feed pump 842 is started. Wherein, first charge door 221 is used for communicating with first material bottle, and second charge door 222 is used for communicating with second material bottle. By feed inlet communicating with the feed bottle is meant that the seasoning in the feed bottle can flow out through the feed inlet.

The first feeding port 221 is provided with a first one-way valve, and when the first feeding pump 841 is started, the first one-way valve can be sucked open, so that the first feeding port is communicated with the first blanking port 311. The second feed inlet 212 is provided with a second one-way valve, and when the second feed pump 842 is started, the second one-way valve can be opened, so that the second feed inlet is communicated with the second blanking inlet 312. In this embodiment, the first check valve and the second check valve may have the same structure, as shown in fig. 6, where the check valve has an elastic plunger, and normally, the elastic plunger abuts against the charging port under the action of the elastic force of the spring to close the charging port, and when the feeding pump is started, the suction force generated by the feeding pump sucks the spring plunger, so as to communicate the charging port with the blanking port. The first feed pump 841 may suck the first check valve in the same manner as the second feed pump 842 sucks the second check valve.

Further, the base 30 is further provided with a driving member 83 (as shown in fig. 7 a), and the driving member 83 is in driving connection with the feeding unit 100 to drive the feeding unit 100 to rotate relative to the base 30. Specifically, the feeding unit 100 includes a bottle assembly 10 and a turntable 20, and the driving member 83 is in driving connection with the turntable 20 to drive the turntable 20 and the bottle assembly 10 disposed on the turntable 20 to rotate, so as to switch the alignment or dislocation of the discharge port 111 on the bottle assembly 10 and the blanking port 31 on the base 30. When a plurality of material bottles 11 are arranged, the driving member 83 is used for driving the turntable 20 and the material bottle assembly 10 to rotate so as to switch between different alignment positions of the material inlet 22 and the material outlet 31. The driving member 83 may comprise a motor, the output shaft of which is rotatably coupled to the turntable 20.

Referring to fig. 9, 10a and 12a, the turntable 20 is located above the driving member 83, and one way to connect the driving member 83 and the turntable 20 is that the driving member 83 includes an output shaft (not shown), a gear 831 is disposed on the output shaft, and a saw tooth meshed with the gear 831 is disposed on the turntable 20. Specifically, a side of the rotary disk 20 facing the output shaft is provided with a receiving groove 272, and a groove wall of the receiving groove 272 is saw-tooth-shaped to be engaged with the gear 831, and the rotary disk 20 is engaged with the driving member 83 through the receiving groove 272. Alternatively, a separate internal gear is mounted in the receiving groove 272 to be engaged with the gear 831 on the output shaft.

Further, the outer surface of the receiving groove 272 forms at least a part of the partition 21, and the outer surface of the receiving groove 272 is provided with a fool-proof structure 273, and the fool-proof structure 273 includes a protrusion 274 and a recess 275. Optionally, the protrusions 274 and recesses 275 are distributed in two different partitioned cavities 21. In one embodiment, protrusions 274 are disposed in first compartment 21 and depressions 275 are disposed in second compartment 21, with the volume of the first compartment 21 being greater than the volume of the second compartment 21. Wherein the protrusions 274 mean protruding inwardly so that the space of the partition 21 is reduced. Correspondingly, the recess 275 is recessed outward, so that the space of the partition 21 increases.

In addition, the center of the receiving groove 272 is located on the rotation axis of the turntable 20. Further, the center of the receiving groove 272 is also located on the central axis of the whole of the turntable 20. Thus, the output shaft of the driving member 83 is connected to the center of the turntable 20, so that the turntable 20 is uniformly stressed, and the turntable 20 can rotate more stably.

Another connection mode of the driving piece 83 and the rotary table 20 is that the rotary table 20 is provided with a jack, an output shaft of the driving piece 83 is in plug-in connection with the jack on the rotary table 20, and meanwhile, a plug pin is arranged to penetrate through the rotary table 20 and the output shaft respectively, so that the rotary table 20 is prevented from being separated from the output shaft of the driving piece 83.

Another connection mode of the driving piece 83 and the rotary table 20 is that an output shaft of the driving piece 83 is a spline, and a matching hole which is inserted and combined with the spline is correspondingly arranged on the rotary table 20.

Referring to fig. 4 and fig. 7a in combination, in one embodiment, the driving member 83 is mounted on the base 30, and in order to avoid the driving member 83 from being exposed outside, the driving member 83 is mounted inside the base 30. Alternatively, the driving member 83 is located at the center of the base 30, and the output shaft of the driving member 83 is drivingly connected to the middle of the turntable 20, i.e., the rotation axis of the turntable 20 passes through the center axis of the base 30.

As shown in fig. 7a and 7b, the first feed pump 841, the driving member 83, and the second feed pump 842 may be arranged in the radial direction of the base 30. Specifically, the included angle between the first material conveying pump 841, the driving member 83 and the second material conveying pump 842 in the plane may be approximately 180 ° or the included angle between the first material conveying pump 841, the driving member 83 and the second material conveying pump 842 may be 180 ° ± 5 °, and the three are arranged along the radial direction of the base 30, so that the space occupation in the vertical direction is reduced, the height of the base 30 is reduced, and the first material conveying pump 841 and the second material conveying pump 842 may be symmetrically arranged on two sides of the driving member 83, so that the weights on two sides of the base 30 are equal as much as possible, and the stress is balanced as much as possible. In this way, during the rotation of the turntable 20 driven by the driving member 83, the phenomenon of abnormal noise caused by shaking of the base 30 due to uneven weight distribution on both sides of the base 30 is avoided or improved.

The embodiment of the application also provides a feeding device for with have cooking vessel's main body cooperation, include: the feeding device 1000 is used for accommodating seasonings, and comprises a seasoning bottle assembly 10 for accommodating seasonings, a first blanking port 311, a second blanking port 312, a first material conveying channel and a second material conveying channel for outputting the seasonings; wherein the flavoring comprises at least edible oil and at least one liquid flavoring; the first material conveying channel is communicated with the first blanking port 311, the second material conveying pipeline is communicated with the second blanking port 312, and the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel can convey seasonings to the cooking container; the first material conveying channel is used for conveying liquid seasonings, and the second material conveying channel is used for conveying edible oil.

It should be noted that when the blanking port 31 has the buffer structure 60, the buffer cavity 63 of the buffer structure 60 forms the blanking port 31, and when the charging port 22 is aligned with the buffer cavity 63 of the buffer structure 60, the feeding pump 84 is started.

It should be noted that, the structure and function of the feeding device provided in the embodiment of the present application are the same as those of the feeding device in the cooking apparatus of the foregoing embodiment, and specific reference may be made to the description of the foregoing embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

The embodiment of the application also provides another cooking device, which comprises: a main body 2000 having a cooking container 201; the feeding device 1000 is used for containing seasonings, and the feeding device 1000 comprises a first material conveying channel and a second material conveying channel; wherein the flavoring comprises at least edible oil and at least one liquid flavoring.

The first material conveying channel is communicated with the feeding device 1000 and the main machine body 2000, and the second material conveying channel is communicated with the feeding device and the main machine body 2000, so that seasonings can be conveyed to the cooking container through the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel; the first material conveying channel is used for conveying liquid seasonings, and the second material conveying channel is used for conveying edible oil.

The cooking apparatus in this embodiment is substantially the same as the cooking apparatus having two feeding channels as described above, except that the specific structure of the feeding device 1000 is not limited in this embodiment, as long as the two feeding channels are provided to respectively feed edible oil and other liquid seasoning.

The embodiment of the application also provides a feeding device, which is used for being matched with a main machine body 2000 with a cooking container, wherein the feeding device 1000 is used for containing seasonings, and the feeding device 1000 comprises a first feeding channel and a second feeding channel; wherein the seasoning comprises at least edible oil and at least one liquid seasoning, and the seasoning can be conveyed to the cooking container through the first conveying channel and the second conveying channel; the first material conveying channel is used for conveying liquid seasonings, and the second material conveying channel is used for conveying edible oil.

It should be noted that, the structure and function of the feeding device provided in this embodiment are the same as those of the feeding device in the cooking apparatus of the foregoing embodiment, and specific reference may be made to the description of the foregoing embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

Still other embodiments of the present application provide a feeding assembly 80 for communicating a first body with a second body. Wherein the first body and the second body may be any device that requires the delivery of gaseous, liquid, or even solid media, the delivery assembly 80 comprises: a first delivery conduit 811, a second delivery conduit 812 and a delivery conduit protective sheath 813; the second material conveying pipeline 812 and the first material conveying pipeline 811 can be arranged in parallel; the feed pipe protective sheath 813, the feed pipe protective sheath 813 wraps the first feed pipe 811 and the second feed pipe 812 together.

In addition, for the cooking apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 2, further, the cooking apparatus further includes a housing 400 (as shown in fig. 1 b), where the housing 400 is connected to the base 30 to form an inner cavity, and the feeding unit 100 is at least partially located in the inner cavity. Specifically, one end of the housing 400 is provided with an opening, and the base 30 covers the opening of the housing 400. In the embodiment of the present application, the case 400 may be formed of a plurality of structural combinations, for example, a plurality of structural combinations arranged in the height direction, or a plurality of structures arranged in the width direction. Of course, the housing 400 may be a complete enclosure structure to reduce assembly processes. The shape of the housing 400 includes, but is not limited to, cylindrical, square housing shape, or hemispherical. In a preferred embodiment, the housing 400 is cylindrical to facilitate rotation of the inner charging unit 400 relative thereto.

In some embodiments of the present application, the housing 400 includes an outer tub 40 and a middle tub 50, where the outer tub 40 and the middle tub 50 are connected to form an inner cavity, and the charging unit 100 is at least partially located in the inner cavity. In some embodiments, the outer tub 40, the middle tub 50, and the base 30 are stacked in order along the height direction, and enclose together to form an inner cavity, and the base 30 closes one end of the middle tub 50. The carousel 20 of the charging unit 100 is located in the interior cavity and the carousel 20 is located on the side of the vial assembly 10 facing the base 30. At least a portion of the vial assembly 10 is located within the internal cavity and the vial assembly 10 is mounted to the turntable 20. At least partially positioning the vial assembly 10 within the internal cavity means that the vial assembly 10 may be partially exposed outside the internal cavity, e.g., the top of the vial assembly 10 may protrude from the outer barrel 40. Of course, the vial assembly 10 may be entirely located within the interior cavity.

In this embodiment, the outer barrel 40 and the middle barrel 50 together enclose the turntable 20 and the bottle assembly 10, and when the driving member 83 drives the turntable 20 and the bottle assembly 10 to rotate, the turntable 20 and the bottle assembly 10 rotate relative to the outer barrel 40 and the middle barrel 50. The outer barrel 40 and the middle barrel 50 can wrap the material bottle assemblies 10 and the rotary table 20, so that mutual interference between external objects and rotating parts is avoided, and meanwhile, the space surrounded by the outer barrel 40 and the middle barrel 50 protects the rotating parts. The whole structure is equivalent to forming an inner layer structure and an outer layer structure, meanwhile, the inner layer structure is distributed up and down, the outer layer structure is also distributed up and down, the inner layer is a material bottle assembly 10, a rotary table 20 and a driving piece 83 which are distributed up and down, and the outer layer is an outer barrel 40, a middle barrel 50 and a base 30 which are distributed up and down, so that the whole structure is compact and the layout is reasonable. Thus, the situation that the width is too large due to the overall internal and external distribution or the height is too high due to the overall vertical distribution is avoided.

In an embodiment, the outer tub 40 is closed at one end and open at the other end, two ends of the middle tub 50 are penetrated, one end of the middle tub 50 is connected with the open end of the outer tub 40 and covers the top end of the turntable 20, the turntable 20 is located in the middle tub 50, and the other end of the middle tub 50 also covers the base 30. In this embodiment, the bottle assembly 10 and the rotary table 20 are all located in the space formed by the outer tub 40 and the middle tub 50, and collision with external objects is avoided. Meanwhile, the outer barrel 40 is provided with a closed end, and covers the material bottle assembly 10, so that the material bottle assembly 10 is prevented from being exposed outside, foreign matters are prevented from falling off the material bottle assembly 10, for example, dust accumulation and oil smoke adhesion of the material bottle assembly 10 are avoided, and the clean and tidy material bottle assembly 10 is ensured.

Referring to fig. 6 in combination, in the embodiment of the present application, the outer tub 40 and the middle tub 50 are connected to each other, and one possible connection manner is that the outer tub 40 is provided with a first magnetic attraction member 41, the middle tub 50 is provided with a second magnetic attraction member 51, and the outer tub 40 and the middle tub 50 are magnetically connected through the first magnetic attraction member 41 and the second magnetic attraction member 51. One of the first magnetic attraction piece 41 and the second magnetic attraction piece 51 may be a magnet, and the other may be a metal block, and of course, both the first magnetic attraction piece 41 and the second magnetic attraction piece 51 may be magnets. The outer barrel 40 and the middle barrel 50 can be quickly disassembled and assembled by the magnetic attraction fit mode, and the disassembly and assembly process is simple and efficient. And, the magnetic attraction fit is in a detachable mode, so that the outer barrel 40 and the middle barrel 50 are detached and separated.

Referring to fig. 6 and 14 in combination, further, in order to facilitate the installation of the second magnetic member 51, an installation groove 54 is formed on an end surface of the middle tub 50, and the second magnetic member 51 is accommodated in the installation groove 54. After the installation groove 54 is formed, the second magnetic attraction piece 51 can be positioned and installed, the end face of the second magnetic attraction piece 51 protruding out of the middle barrel 50 is reduced or even avoided, and the connection stability between the second magnetic attraction piece 51 and the middle barrel 50 is prevented from being influenced by the fact that an external structure collides with the second magnetic attraction piece 51.

One fixing manner of the second magnetic attraction piece 51 and the middle barrel 50 is that the middle barrel 50 is a plastic piece, and the second magnetic attraction piece 51 is integrally injection molded with the middle barrel 50 as an embedded piece, so that separation of the two can be effectively prevented. Another possible fastening is a tight fit of the second magnetic attraction 51 into the mounting groove 54 on the middle tub 50.

Similarly, a groove may be formed at the bottom end of the outer tub 40 for the first magnetic attraction member 41 to be installed.

The first magnetic attraction pieces 41 may extend circumferentially around the outer tub 40 in a ring shape, and of course, the first magnetic attraction pieces 41 may also be in a block shape, so that the outer tub 40 may be provided with a plurality of first magnetic attraction pieces 41, and the plurality of first magnetic attraction pieces 41 are distributed at intervals circumferentially along the outer tub 40 for better magnetic attraction effect.

Similarly, the second magnetic attraction pieces 51 may extend circumferentially around the middle tub 50 in a ring shape, and of course, the second magnetic attraction pieces 51 may also be in a block shape, so that the middle tub 50 may be provided with a plurality of second magnetic attraction pieces 51, and the plurality of second magnetic attraction pieces 51 are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the outer tub 40.

In this embodiment, the middle barrel 50 is connected with the base 30, that is, the upper end of the middle barrel 50 is connected with the outer barrel 40, and the lower end of the middle barrel 50 is connected with the base 30. To facilitate disassembly and assembly, the middle barrel 50 is detachably connected with the base 30. The middle barrel 50 is connected with the base 30 in various ways, and one way that can be realized is that a limit groove 36 is arranged on the side surface of the base 30, a limit rib 55 is arranged on the inner wall of the middle barrel 50, the middle barrel 50 is sleeved on the outer side surface of the base 30, and the limit rib 55 slides into the limit groove 36 to be clamped by rotating by a preset angle. The limiting groove 36 has a sliding opening for the limiting rib 55 to slide in, and the opening direction of the sliding opening is along the circumferential direction of the base 30.

Referring to fig. 12 and 14 in combination, specifically, a first blocking rib 33 is disposed on a side surface of the base 30, the first blocking rib 33 extends along a circumferential direction of the base 30, and a limiting rib 55 abuts against a side of the first blocking rib 33 away from the outer tub 40 to limit the middle tub 50 from being separated from the base 30 in a direction of the outer tub 40.

Optionally, the first rib 33 is provided with a positioning protrusion 35, and the limiting rib 55 is provided with a positioning groove 56 to cooperate with the positioning protrusion 35, so as to limit the rotation of the middle tub 50 relative to the base 30.

Further, the side surface of the base 30 is further provided with a second blocking rib 34, the second blocking rib 34 is connected to one end of the first blocking rib 33 and protrudes out of one side of the first blocking rib 33 away from the outer barrel 40, and the limiting rib 55 can be abutted with the second blocking rib 34 to limit the middle barrel 50 to rotate continuously relative to the base 30.

Optionally, the base 30 has a small end 37 and a large end 38 that are connected, the first rib 33 and the second rib 34 are disposed at the small end 37, and a limiting groove 36 is formed between end surfaces of the first rib 33 and the large end 38.

When the middle barrel 50 is installed, the middle barrel 50 is sleeved on the outer side of the base 30, the limiting rib 55 is staggered with the first blocking rib 33, then the middle barrel 50 is rotated, the limiting rib 55 slides into the limiting groove 36 until the end part of the limiting rib 55 is abutted with the second blocking rib 34, meanwhile, the positioning protrusion 35 is matched with the positioning groove 56, so that the middle barrel 50 stops rotating, at the moment, the upper end of the limiting rib 55 is abutted with the lower end of the first blocking rib 33, the middle barrel 50 is limited to move upwards, the lower end of the limiting rib 55 is abutted with the end face of the large end 38 of the base 30, the middle barrel 50 is limited to move downwards, the end part of the limiting rib 55 is abutted with the second blocking rib 34, the middle barrel 50 is limited to continue rotating, and meanwhile, the positioning groove 56 on the limiting rib 55 is matched with the positioning protrusion 35 on the first blocking rib 33, and the middle barrel 50 is limited to rotate clockwise anticlockwise.

Referring again to fig. 6, to prevent the turntable 20 from being separated from the middle tub 50 and entering the outer tub 40, further, an abutment rib 52 is provided on the inner side Zhou Bitu of the middle tub 50, and the abutment rib 52 abuts against the end of the turntable 20 facing the outer tub 40, thereby preventing the turntable 20 from moving in a vertical direction during rotation.

In one embodiment, the end of the abutment rib 52 is provided with a protrusion 53, and the protrusion 53 protrudes toward the side of the outer tub 40, so that the abutment rib 52, the protrusion 53 and the inner wall of the middle tub 50 together form a mounting groove 54. Of course, in other embodiments, the mounting groove 54 may be formed directly on the end surface of the middle tub 50.

Since the turntable 20 is required to rotate relative to the middle tub 50, in order to reduce friction between the turntable 20 and the middle tub 50 and ensure smooth rotation of the turntable 20, in one embodiment, an end surface of the turntable 20 facing the outer tub 40 is provided with a plurality of elastic supporting columns 28, and the plurality of elastic supporting columns 28 are circumferentially spaced along the rotation direction of the turntable 20; abutment rib 52 abuts elastomeric support columns 28.

In the embodiment of the present application, the turntable 20 is abutted with the abutment rib 52 on the middle barrel 50 through the elastic support column 28, on one hand, the elastic support column 28 adapts to extrusion in the rotating process of the turntable 20 through elastic deformation, so as to prevent the turntable 20 from being blocked or interfered with the middle barrel 50; on the other hand, elastomeric support columns 28 change the contact of turntable 20 with abutment ribs 52 from surface contact to point contact, reducing the contact area and reducing the frictional resistance, thus facilitating flexible rotation of turntable 20 relative to central tub 50.

In another embodiment, the end surface of the turntable 20 facing the outer tub 40 is provided with a plurality of small rollers distributed circumferentially, and the small rollers assist the turntable 20 to rotate relative to the middle tub 50, reducing friction.

Referring to fig. 5 again, further, in order to make the rotation of the turntable 20 smoother, a rolling member 29 is disposed between the turntable 20 and the base 30, and the turntable 20 is rotatably connected with the base 30 through the rolling member 29. Rolling elements 29 include, but are not limited to, balls, rollers, and rollers. The rolling members 29 may be provided on one of the turntable 20 and the base 30, or the turntable 20 and the base 30 may each be provided with the rolling members 29. The friction force between the turntable 20 and the base 30 can be reduced through the rolling piece 29, so that the turntable 20 rotates more smoothly, meanwhile, the abrasion of the turntable 20 and the base 30 is reduced, and the service life is prolonged.

In one embodiment, the driving member 83 is located at the center of the base 30, the output shaft of the driving member 83 is drivingly connected to the middle of the turntable 20, the feed pump 84 is located at the side of the driving member 83, and the feed pipe 81 extends through the side of the base 30. In this embodiment, the driving member 83, the material conveying pump 84 and the material conveying pipe 81 are all concentrated on the base 30, and the three are arranged in the transverse direction, so that the space occupation in the up-down direction is reduced, and the height of the base 30 is reduced. In addition, the material bottle assembly 10 and the rotary table 20 are positioned inside the middle barrel 50 and the outer barrel 40, the driving piece 83 is positioned inside the base 30, which is equivalent to forming an inner layer structure and an outer layer structure, the outer layer outer barrel 40, the middle barrel 50 and the base 30 are arranged along the up-down direction, and the material bottle assembly 10, the rotary table 20 and the driving piece 83 of the inner layer are also arranged along the up-down direction, so that the problem that the overall height is too high due to the up-down arrangement of all structures is avoided, and meanwhile, the problem that the transverse size is too large due to the inner-outer arrangement of all structures is also avoided. In addition, the material bottle 11, the rotary table 20 and the base 30 are arranged up and down, so that seasonings in the material bottle 11 can flow out of the material bottle 11 more easily, the material bottle 11 can be discharged more cleanly, the flowing seasonings are not easy to flow back, and the occurrence of odor tainting is reduced.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a feeding device, which includes a feeding unit 100, and the specific structure of the feeding unit 100 is referred to the above embodiment, and will not be described herein again.

In addition, the feeding device further includes a buffering structure 60, and the specific structure of the buffering structure 60 is also referred to the above embodiment, which is not described herein again.

The following describes the technical scheme adopted in the application in combination with a specific application scenario, so as to help understanding. The following application scenario takes a cooker as an example.

Application scenario one

The user can cook through the cooker, and after the cooking instruction is input through the operation area, the cooker starts to cook food materials.

According to a recipe pre-stored in a control system of the cooker or according to a set cooking time, when seasoning such as brine is required to be added, the motor drives the rotary table 20 to rotate, and the rotary table 20 rotates the material bottle 11 filled with brine to the buffer portion 62 on the base 30, so that the discharge port 111 of the material bottle 11 is aligned with the buffer cavity 63. Then the control system controls the feed pump 84 to be started, the feed pump 84 pumps negative pressure to open the one-way valve 112 on the feed bottle 11, so that the saline in the feed bottle 11 falls into the buffer cavity 63, and then the saline is fed into the cooking container from the buffer cavity 63 through the feed pipeline 81 under the action of the feed pump 84.

When other seasonings such as light soy sauce are needed to be added, the one-way valve 112 of the brine material bottle 11 is closed, the material conveying pump 84 is closed, the turntable 20 continues to rotate until the material outlet 111 of the material bottle 11 with the light soy sauce is aligned with the buffer cavity 63, at the moment, the material conveying pump 84 again pumps negative pressure to open the one-way valve 112 on the material bottle 11, so that the light soy sauce in the material bottle 11 falls into the buffer cavity 63, and is conveyed into the cooking container from the buffer cavity 63 through the material conveying pipeline 81 under the action of the material conveying pump 84.

The motor is matched to drive the turntable 20 and the material bottles 11, and the positions of the discharge holes 111 of different material bottles 11 and the buffer cavity 63 can be switched, so that seasonings in different material bottles 11 can be added into the cooking container repeatedly and cyclically.

Application scene two

When seasoning such as light soy sauce is required to be added, the motor drives the rotary table 20 to rotate until the discharge hole 111 of the light soy sauce-containing material bottle 11 is aligned with one of the buffer cavities 63 (for convenience of description, the buffer cavity 63 is used as a first buffer cavity), at this time, the material conveying pump 84 pumps negative pressure to open the one-way valve 112 on the material bottle 11, so that the light soy sauce in the material bottle 11 falls into the first buffer cavity, and then is conveyed into the cooking container from the first buffer cavity 631 through the material conveying pipeline 81 under the action of the material conveying pump 84.

When other seasonings such as edible oil are needed to be added, the material conveying pump 84 is closed, the one-way valve 112 of the light soy sauce bottle 11 is closed, the turntable 20 continues to rotate until the material outlet 111 of the edible oil-filled material bottle 11 is aligned with the other buffer cavity 63 (for convenience of description, the buffer cavity 63 is used as a second buffer cavity), at this time, the material conveying pump 84 again pumps negative pressure to open the one-way valve 112 on the edible oil bottle 11, so that the edible oil in the material bottle 11 falls into the second buffer cavity, and then the edible oil is conveyed from the second buffer cavity 632 to a cooking container through the material conveying pipeline 81 under the action of the material conveying pump 84.

When other seasonings such as mature vinegar are required to be added, the material conveying pump 84 is closed, the one-way valve 112 of the edible oil bottle 11 is closed, the turntable 20 continues to rotate until the discharge hole 111 of the material bottle 11 filled with mature vinegar is aligned with the first buffer cavity, at this time, the material conveying pump 84 again pumps negative pressure to open the one-way valve 112 on the material bottle 11 filled with mature vinegar, so that mature vinegar in the material bottle 11 falls into the first buffer cavity, and then is conveyed into the cooking container from the first buffer cavity through the material conveying pipeline 81 under the action of the material conveying pump 84.

The edible oil bottle 11 is aligned with the second buffer cavity during feeding, and the other seasonings are aligned with the first buffer cavity 631, so that oil and other seasonings are independently separated and fed into the cooking container through different buffer cavities, separation of oil and other seasonings containing water is realized, the phenomenon that water and oil are mixed with the residual of the buffer cavity 63 is avoided, and the phenomenon of frying pot in the cooking process caused by water and oil mixing is avoided.

Application scenario three

Saline may be added to a small size vial 11 and when a seasoning such as saline is desired, the motor drives the turntable 20 to rotate, the turntable 20 rotates the vial 11 containing saline to the buffer 62 on the base 30 such that the discharge port 111 of the vial 11 is aligned with the buffer chamber 63. Then the control system controls the material conveying pump 84 to pump negative pressure, so that the one-way valve 112 on the material bottle 11 is opened, the saline in the material bottle 11 falls into the buffer cavity 63, and then the saline is conveyed into the cooking container from the buffer cavity 63 through the material conveying pipeline 81 under the action of the material conveying pump 84.

After the brine is added, the motor continues to drive the turntable 20 to rotate, the turntable 20 rotates to the emptying position, at this time, the cleaning channel 72 is communicated with the buffer cavity 63, the material conveying pump 84 continues to be started, and residual brine in the buffer cavity 63 and in the material conveying pipeline 81 is continuously pumped into the cooking container, so that residues are avoided. Wherein the discharging of the residual seasoning may be performed according to a preset time, and the feed pump 84 stops when the operation time for discharging the residual seasoning reaches the preset time.

Edible oil can be added into a medium-sized material bottle 11, when other seasonings such as edible oil are needed to be added, the motor drives the turntable 20 to rotate continuously until the discharge hole 111 of the material bottle 11 filled with the edible oil is aligned with the buffer cavity 63, at the moment, the material conveying pump 84 pumps negative pressure again, so that the one-way valve 112 of the material bottle 11 is opened, the edible oil in the material bottle 11 falls into the buffer cavity 63, and is conveyed into a cooking container from the buffer cavity 63 through the material conveying pipeline 81 under the action of the material conveying pump 84.

After the edible oil is added, the motor continues to drive the turntable 20 to rotate, the turntable 20 rotates to the emptying position again, at this time, the cleaning channel 72 is communicated with the buffer cavity 63, the material conveying pump 84 continues to be started, and residual edible oil in the buffer cavity 63 and in the material conveying pipeline 81 continues to be pumped into the cooking container, so that residues are avoided.

Wherein, before switching from one material bottle 11 to another material bottle 11, the buffer cavity 63 corresponds to the cleaning channel 72, and residual seasoning is enabled to continuously flow into the cooking container through the cleaning medium, so that the mixing and smell mixing of various seasonings in the conveying pipeline 81 are avoided.

The following description is presented with respect to method embodiments provided herein.

The methods provided in the embodiments of the present application can be applied to a cooking application scenario as shown in fig. 1a, where the scenario includes a main body 2000 and a charging device 1000 communicatively connected to the main body 2000. The description of the main body 2000 and the feeding device 1000 can be referred to in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

In particular embodiments, the method execution bodies provided in the embodiments of the present application are the controller described above, which may be disposed on the charging device 1000 or the main body 2000; or may be integrally disposed on the feeding device 1000 and the main body 2000, specifically, a master controller may be disposed on the main body 2000, and a slave controller may be disposed on the feeding device 1000, which cooperate with each other to complete the method logic provided in the embodiments of the present application. Based on the application scenario shown in fig. 1a, when the controller for executing the method provided in the embodiments of the present application is disposed on the main body 2000, the controller may determine, according to the acquired digital menu selected by the user, corresponding data information of the required seasoning to be put in, and control the turntable on the feeding device to rotate according to the data information of the required seasoning to be put in, so as to execute a seasoning adding task corresponding to the menu; simultaneously, the turner component can be controlled to stir food materials so as to execute cooking tasks corresponding to the digital menu. In the case that the controller for executing the method provided in the embodiments of the present application is disposed in the feeding device 1000, the controller controls the turntable on the feeding device to rotate according to the received data information of the required seasoning input occurring in the main body 2000, so as to execute the automatic seasoning adding task corresponding to the recipe.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned application scenario is only shown for the convenience of understanding the principles of the present application, and the method provided by the embodiments of the present application is not limited in this aspect. Rather, the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application may be applied to any scenario where applicable. In the following description of the method provided in the embodiments of the present application in connection with the application scenario shown in fig. 1a, it will be described by taking an example in which a controller for executing the method provided in the embodiments of the present application is provided on the charging device 1000.

Fig. 20 shows a flowchart of a control method according to an embodiment of the present application. The control method is applicable to a cooking apparatus as shown in fig. 1 a. As shown in fig. 20, the control method includes the steps of:

101. controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking port;

102. controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking port to act so as to enable the target seasoning to be fed into the cooking container through the target blanking port and a material conveying pipeline corresponding to the target blanking port; 103. the first driving unit is controlled to continue to act, so that the positions of the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle and the target blanking port are staggered, and external air enters the target blanking port;

104. And controlling the second driving unit to continue to act so as to empty the residual target seasoning in the material conveying pipeline by using the external air.

In particular, referring to fig. 1a, 2 and 7a to 7b, the first driving unit mentioned in the above-mentioned reference 101 to 104 may refer to a driving member 83 provided in the cooking apparatus, specifically, the driving member 83 may be provided inside the base 30 of the feeding device 1000, and the base 30 is rotatably connected with the turntable 20 through the driving member 83; the base 30 is provided with a plurality of blanking ports 31, and when the driving piece 83 is controlled to rotate, the rotating disc 20 can be driven to rotate, so that the action of driving the material bottle 11 inserted on the rotating disc 20 is realized, and the discharging port of the material bottle 11 is aligned with the corresponding blanking port 31. The second driving unit may refer to a feed pump 84 provided in the cooking apparatus, one feed pump 84 corresponding to one discharge port 31; when the discharge port of one material bottle 11 is aligned with the corresponding discharge port 31, the material conveying pump 84 is controlled to be started, the material conveying pump 84 starts to act so that the space corresponding to the discharge port 31 generates negative pressure, and the one-way valve at the discharge port of the material bottle 11 can be opened due to the negative pressure, so that the seasonings in the material bottle 11 are fed into the cooking container through the discharge port 31 and the corresponding material conveying pipeline. When the discharge port of one material bottle 11 is misplaced with the corresponding blanking port 31, the blanking port 31 and the bottom of the rotary table 20 have a clearance space, so that the external air can enter the blanking port 31 through the clearance space, and in this state, the material conveying pump 84 is controlled to act so as to drive the circulation of the external air; the emptying of the residual seasoning in the blanking port 31 and the material conveying pipeline can be realized under the driving of the external air flow. For a specific description of the driving member 83 and the material conveying pump 84, reference is made to the above description of the embodiments, and detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

In an implementation technical solution, the 101 "controlling the first driving unit to rotate to drive the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the bottle to be aligned with the target blanking hole" may specifically include:

1011. acquiring the related information of the target seasoning;

1012. and controlling the first driving unit to rotate based on the related information so as to drive the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking port.

In practical applications, in a specific application scenario, such as the cooking application scenario shown in fig. 1a, a main body 2000 or a terminal device (such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, etc., not shown) in communication with the main body 2000 is generally preset with a digital menu for a user to select a digital menu of a dish to be cooked. For example, a digital menu is preset in the main body 2000 shown in fig. 1a, and a user can trigger corresponding operations on the digital menu through an interactive interface provided by the main body 2000 to select the digital menu of the dishes to be cooked; wherein the interactive interface may be disposed on a base of the cooking apparatus; or, an APP corresponding to the cooking device is installed at the user terminal device, and when the APP is in communication connection with the main body 2000, a user can select a digital menu of dishes to be cooked from the digital menu through an interactive interface provided by the corresponding APP. The digital menu includes ingredients such as food materials and seasonings, and the main body 2000 responds to the selection operation of the user to acquire the digital menu of the dishes to be cooked by the user, and simultaneously acquires the step information and the data content such as the seasoning information required by cooking the dishes. The main body 2000 can determine the relevant information of the target seasoning to be currently fed based on the acquired data content corresponding to the cooking dishes, and can send the relevant information of the target seasoning to the feeding device 1000 through wireless communication (such as bluetooth) mode, so that the controller in the feeding device 1000 can execute the feeding control logic in 101 to 104 based on the received relevant information of the target seasoning.

Based on the above, that is, the information on the target seasoning in 1011 described above may be acquired from the main body 2000 by the controller. The main body 2000 may obtain the related information of the target seasoning in the following manner: responding to a selection operation triggered by a user through an interactive interface, and acquiring data content corresponding to dishes to be cooked by the user according to the selection operation; and determining the related information of the target seasoning according to the data content.

The information about the target seasoning may include, but is not limited to: the flavoring label, the category of the flavoring, the required adding amount of the flavoring, the adding time of the flavoring, and the like. The seasoning label includes at least one of: seasoning names, material bottle names; the seasoning category includes at least one of the following: mixing liquid flavoring, oil flavoring, clear water, etc.; the required amount of seasoning includes at least one of the following: weight, volume; the flavoring dispensing time includes at least one of the following: the time of starting the flavoring, the time of ending the flavoring, the duration of the flavoring process, etc. In addition, in the case where there are a plurality of target flavors, the related information may further include a priority order of addition of the plurality of target flavors, so that the charging control logic provided in the present embodiment is sequentially executed for each of the plurality of target flavors in the priority order of the plurality of target flavors.

After the related information of the target seasoning is obtained, the target blanking port special for throwing the target seasoning, the material bottle storing the target seasoning and the like can be determined according to the pre-stored data preset in the memory. For example, based on the category to which the obtained target seasoning belongs, a target blanking port special for throwing the target seasoning can be selected from a plurality of blanking ports by combining the corresponding relation between the plurality of blanking ports on the prestored turntable and the seasoning category; alternatively, based on the obtained identification of the target seasoning, a seasoning bottle corresponding to the target seasoning bottle may be determined in combination with stored seasoning information stored in each of the plurality of seasoning bottles, and so on. Based on the determined material bottle and the target blanking port corresponding to the target seasoning, the material bottle corresponding to the target seasoning can act by controlling the rotating disc to rotate according to prestored data information (such as the corresponding relation between the material bottle and the charging port, the relative position relation among a plurality of charging ports, the relative position relation among a plurality of blanking ports and the like), so that the material outlet of the material bottle corresponding to the target seasoning is aligned with the target blanking port, and the feeding of the target seasoning through the target blanking port is realized.

That is, in 1012, "based on the related information, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the discharge port of the target seasoning bottle to be aligned with the target blanking port", may specifically include:

10121. selecting one blanking port from a plurality of blanking ports as the target blanking port based on the related information;

10122. determining a second relative positional relationship of the target seasoning corresponding to the target seasoning bottle and the target blanking port;

10123. and controlling the first driving unit to rotate based on the second relative position relationship so as to drive the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking hole.

In a specific implementation technical solution, the 10121 "selecting one blanking port from the plurality of blanking ports as the target blanking port based on the related information" specifically includes the following steps:

a11, determining the category to which the target seasoning belongs based on the related information;

a12, selecting a blanking port special for throwing the class seasoning from the plurality of blanking ports as the target blanking port based on the class to which the target seasoning belongs.

Further, the step a12 "selecting, based on the category to which the target seasoning belongs, a blanking port dedicated to throwing the category of seasoning from the plurality of blanking ports as the target blanking port" may be implemented specifically by:

A121, obtaining the corresponding relation between a plurality of blanking ports and seasonings;

and A122, selecting a blanking port special for throwing the category of seasoning from the plurality of blanking ports as the target blanking port based on the corresponding relation and the category to which the target seasoning belongs.

In the specific implementation, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 12a, the above-mentioned multiple blanking ports are located on the base 30 of the feeding device 1000, and the corresponding relationship between the blanking ports and the seasonings describes which types of seasonings can be put into the blanking ports specifically. For example, referring to the simplified schematic top view of the base 30 shown in fig. 12b, two blanking ports, namely, a first blanking port 311 and a second blanking port 312 are formed on the base 30, and in order to achieve oil-water separation, the second blanking port 312 may be configured to be used only for feeding oil seasonings, such as peanut oil, soybean oil, and other edible oils, and the first blanking port 311 is configured to be used for feeding other non-oil seasonings, such as vinegar, light soy sauce, cooking wine, soy sauce, and clear water. Based on this, if the target seasoning belongs to the category of edible oil, the selected target blanking port is the second blanking port 312, whereas if the target seasoning belongs to the category of other non-oil seasonings, the corresponding selected target blanking port is the first blanking port 311.

In 10122, the bottle corresponding to the target seasoning may be determined based on the obtained identification of the target seasoning, and the seasoning information stored in each of the plurality of bottles may be combined. The seasoning information stored in each of the plurality of material bottles may be obtained by reading and storing an electronic tag (such as an NFC tag) arranged on the material bottle by a data code reader (such as an NFC code reader) arranged on a base through controlling rotation of the turntable 20 after the turntable 20 is positioned to a reference position when the feeding device 1000 shown in fig. 1a and 2 is used for feeding; alternatively, where each of the ports on the carousel 20 is adapted to receive a fixed one of the vials, the respective stored flavoring may be fixed, in which case the respective stored flavoring information would be pre-stored, and the corresponding engagement between the vial and port would be pre-stored. The determining process of the seasoning information stored in each of the plurality of material bottles can be referred to in the above description, and will not be described in detail herein.

The seasoning information stored in the seasoning bottle can include, but is not limited to, seasoning bottle identification, seasoning stored in the seasoning bottle, the type of the seasoning, the seasoning throwing time and the like. When the seasoning information of the material bottle is stored, the seasoning information of the material bottle and a charging port correspondingly communicated with the material bottle can be stored in a corresponding memory in a data storage mode shown in table 1 in an associated mode so as to be called when required.

TABLE 1

Charging port mark	Material bottle mark	Seasoning stored in seasoning bottle	The flavoring belongs to
				222	11a	Peanut oil	Oils
221b	11b	Vinegar	Non-oils
				....	....	.....	....

In a specific implementation technical solution, the determining 10122 "the second relative positional relationship between the target seasoning bottle and the target blanking port" may specifically include:

a21, acquiring a first position relation between the current position and the reference position;

a22, acquiring a second position relation between the target seasoning corresponding material bottle and the reference position;

a23, acquiring a third position relation between the target blanking port and the reference position;

a24, calculating a second relative position relation between the target seasoning corresponding material bottle and the target blanking port according to the first position relation, the second position relation and the third position relation.

In particular, the reference position refers to the origin position, and each time the feeding device 1000 is started to implement the automatic feeding function for a dish to be cooked, the turntable 20 is positioned to the reference position, and then the turntable 20 is controlled to rotate based on the rotation control logic to implement the automatic feeding function. Correspondingly, the current position refers to the position of the current turntable. In some embodiments, the current position may be a reference position, or may be other non-reference positions, as determined by the cooking stage in which the currently cooked dish is in. In order to avoid the occurrence of flavor channeling when different condiments are fed through the same blanking port, the embodiment of the technical scheme also ensures the accuracy and precision of feeding, and the discharging operation of residual condiments is carried out for each blanking port after the feeding is carried out for one time through the blanking port. The feeding is performed by aligning the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding vial with the target blanking port, specifically, since one of the vials is inserted on the turntable with its discharge port in communication with a corresponding feed port on the turntable, that is, the feeding is performed by aligning the feed port in communication with the target seasoning corresponding vial with the target blanking port. The emptying operation of the residual seasoning is executed, and one technical scheme can be as follows: the target seasoning is achieved by dislocating the positions of the corresponding material bottle and the target blanking port, and external air can enter the target blanking port, and the specific implementation process can be seen in the following related contents, and details are omitted here.

Based on this, in this step, when the positional relationship between the current position and the reference position is obtained, depending on the charging situation that has been performed for other target seasoning, the current position of the turntable may be the reference position, or other non-reference position, such as a emptying position 122 on the turntable adjacent to the charging port of the bottle corresponding to the last target seasoning, aligned with the blanking port position dedicated to the charging of the last target seasoning, when the turntable 20 is at the current position. For example, referring to fig. 19c, assume that evacuation location 122a on turntable 20 between fill port 222 and fill port 121b is aligned with second blanking port 312 when turntable 20 is in the current position. In addition, referring to fig. 10b, 12b and 19a, the trigger member 123 and the sensor member 39 are set at the reference positions, and when the turntable 20 is positioned at the reference positions, the trigger member 123 on the turntable is aligned with the first blanking 311 (as shown in fig. 19 a), and the following manner is set to describe the positional relationship between each charging port, each emptying position and the reference position (i.e. the position where the trigger member 123 is located) on the turntable (or the positional relationship between each blanking port and the reference position on the base): the angle between each feed inlet 22 (or evacuation position 122) and the reference position along the first direction is represented by a positive angle, whereas the angle between each feed inlet 22 (or evacuation position 122) and the reference position along the second direction is represented by a negative angle; wherein the second direction and the first direction are opposite directions. Illustratively, referring to FIG. 19a, the angle between the feed inlet 121e on the turntable and the reference position in the first direction (e.g., clockwise) is 32.5, and the angle between the feed inlet 121d and the reference position in the second direction (e.g., counterclockwise) is-62.5 (i.e., -15-47.5).

Then, when the turntable 20 is at the current position as shown in fig. 19c, the included angle between the current position and the reference position along the first direction (e.g. clockwise) is specifically: the current drain position 122a is at an angle 176.25 ° (i.e., 31.25 ° +56.25 ° +32.5°) to the reference position (i.e., the position where the trigger 123 is located), and the current drain position 122a is aligned with the second blanking port 312 at an angle 50 ° -to the reference position (i.e., the position where the first blanking port 311 is located); in addition, assuming that the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the currently required to be fed is in communication with the feed port 121c, the first blanking port 311 is used for feeding the target seasoning corresponding to the currently required to be fed, and then the included angle between the corresponding position of the target seasoning corresponding to the feed port 121c and the reference position (i.e., the position where the trigger piece 123 is located) is 252.5 ° (i.e., 22.5 ° +22.5 ° +31.25 ° +56.25 ° +32.5 °), and the included angle between the corresponding position of the target blanking port and the reference position (i.e., the first blanking port 311) is 0 °, so that the positive included angle between the corresponding position of the target seasoning corresponding to the feed port and the corresponding position of the target seasoning is 126.25 ° (i.e., 252.5 ° -176.25 ° + (50 ° -0), that is, the corresponding position of the target seasoning corresponding to the control turntable 20 is rotated by 126.25 ° -2 in the second direction (i.e., counterclockwise direction), can be achieved, and then the corresponding included angle between the corresponding position of the target seasoning corresponding to the target seasoning bottle and the target seasoning can be controlled by calculating the corresponding to the target seasoning corresponding position and the target seasoning corresponding to the target blanking port.

As can be seen from the above example, the second relative positional relationship between the target seasoning bottle and the target blanking port may include a second included angle and a second rotation direction between the target seasoning bottle and the target blanking port. The second rotation direction refers to a rotation direction corresponding to the rotation of the control turntable. Based on this, the above 10123 "based on the second relative positional relationship, controls the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking port" may be implemented as follows:

and controlling the first driving unit to drive the target seasoning corresponding material bottle to rotate along the second rotation direction by the second included angle, so that the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding material bottle is aligned with the target blanking hole.

In specific implementation, referring to fig. 7a, based on the determined second relative positional relationship, a corresponding control instruction may be generated; the control instruction is sent to the first driving unit, specifically, the control instruction is sent to the driving piece 83, and the driving piece 83 can rotate a designated included angle along the rotation direction through the driving turntable according to the received control instruction, so that the target seasoning corresponds to the material bottle and rotates the designated included angle along the rotation direction, and the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponds to the material bottle and is aligned with the target blanking position. For example, assuming that the outlet of the target seasoning bottle is in communication with the inlet 121c on the turntable, following the example of step 10122, the determined relative positional relationship between the target seasoning bottle and the target blanking port (i.e., the first blanking port 311) includes: the second included angle between the target seasoning corresponding bin and the target blanking corresponding position is 126.25 degrees, and the second rotating direction is the counterclockwise direction, so that the driving piece 83 drives the turntable 20 to rotate by 126.25 degrees in the counterclockwise direction according to the received control instruction, thereby driving the target seasoning corresponding bin to rotate by 126.25 degrees in the counterclockwise direction, and aligning the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding bin with the target blanking hole (as shown in fig. 19 d).

After the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the seasoning bottle is aligned with the target blanking hole, the seasoning in the target seasoning bottle can be extracted from the target seasoning bottle by controlling the second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking hole to work. In specific implementation, the second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking can be determined based on the corresponding relation between the pre-stored blanking port 31 and the second driving unit, and the second driving unit is controlled to work by sending a control instruction to the corresponding second driving unit, so that the flavoring in the discharging bottle is extracted. Based on this, in a specific implementation technical solution, the step 102 "controlling the second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking port to act so that the target seasoning is fed into the cooking container through the target blanking port and the material conveying pipeline corresponding to the target blanking port" may specifically include the following steps:

1021. acquiring a driving identifier corresponding to the target blanking port;

1022. and sending a material pumping instruction to a second driving unit corresponding to the driving identification so that the second driving unit acts, so that negative pressure is generated in a space corresponding to the target blanking port, and the material outlet of the material bottle corresponding to the target seasoning is opened due to the negative pressure, so that feeding through the target blanking port and a material conveying pipeline corresponding to the target blanking port is realized.

Illustratively, with reference to fig. 19d, the discharge port of the target seasoning bottle is communicated with the feed port 121c on the turntable 20, and after the discharge port of the target seasoning bottle is aligned with the target blanking port (i.e. the first blanking port 311 shown in the figure), the feed port 121c is aligned with the first blanking port 311 in a tight fit to form a sealed cavity. The second driving unit (such as the first material conveying pump 841 shown in fig. 7a and 7 b) corresponding to the first material discharging port 311 works based on the received material pumping command, and at this time, the second driving unit pumps negative pressure to open the one-way valve at the material discharging port of the material bottle 11 corresponding to the target seasoning, so that the target seasoning in the material bottle falls into the first material discharging port 311, and then is conveyed into the cooking container through the corresponding material conveying pipeline (such as the first material conveying pipeline 811 shown in fig. 7 a) under the action of the first material conveying pump 841, thereby realizing the feeding through the first material discharging port 311 and the second material conveying pipeline 812 corresponding to the first material discharging port 311.

Further, when the corresponding second driving unit is controlled to act, whether the time of the second driving unit reaches the time condition or not can be monitored, so that the second driving unit is controlled to stop acting when the time condition is reached, the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle is closed, and the feeding is completed. Based on this, the method provided in this embodiment may further include:

1023. Monitoring whether the action time of the second driving unit reaches a second time condition or not;

1024. and when the second time condition is reached, sending a stop instruction to the second driving unit so as to stop the second driving unit, and finishing the feeding of the target seasoning.

In particular implementations, the second time condition may be, but is not limited to, at least one of: duration of the process of throwing the seasoning and ending time of throwing the seasoning. Wherein, in the case that the obtained relevant information of the target seasoning directly includes the seasoning throwing time, such as the duration of the process of throwing the seasoning, the ending time of throwing the seasoning, and the like, the time condition can be directly obtained from the relevant information. And under the condition that the related information does not contain the seasoning throwing time, the required throwing amount of the seasoning in the related information and the working power of the second driving unit can be calculated, for example, the required throwing amount of the seasoning is 6 grams, and 2 grams of the seasoning can be added into the cooking container every 1 second of working of the second driving unit, and the duration time required for the process of throwing the seasoning is only calculated to be 3 seconds, namely, the second driving unit is required to work for 3 seconds.

Assuming that the obtained second time condition is that the second driving unit needs to work for 3 seconds, and taking the examples in steps 1021 to 1022, when the time for monitoring the operation of the first material conveying pump 841 reaches 3 seconds, the controller may send a stop instruction to the first material conveying pump 841, and the first material conveying pump 841 stops the operation based on the received stop instruction, accordingly, the check valve at the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle 11 is closed, and the feeding of the target seasoning through the first blanking port 311 is completed.

Here, it is considered that the residual target seasoning may remain in the first blanking port 311 and the first conveying pipe 811 corresponding to the first blanking port 311 after the target seasoning is fed through the first blanking port 311, and in this case, if the residual target seasoning is not processed, the feeding accuracy of the target seasoning may be affected, and if the next target seasoning is fed through the first blanking port 311 again, a fleeing flavor may be generated depending on the seasoning. To solve this problem, the present embodiment will also perform a residual seasoning evacuation operation for a blanking port after each charging through the blanking port is completed. In a specific implementation, as described in 103 above, after the target seasoning is fed, the first driving unit is controlled again to continue to rotate so as to drive the target seasoning corresponding bottle 11 to act, so that the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding bottle is dislocated from the target blanking port, and external air enters the target blanking port, so that the emptying of residual target seasoning in the target blanking port and the corresponding material conveying pipeline is realized by using the external air.

In an achievable technical solution, in the above 103, "controlling the first driving unit to continue to rotate so that the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle is dislocated from the target blanking hole" may specifically include:

1031. Determining a first rotation direction and a rotation angle;

1032. and controlling the first driving unit to drive the target seasoning corresponding material bottle to rotate along the first rotation direction by the rotation angle, so that the position of the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding material bottle is staggered with that of the target blanking hole.

In 1031, the first rotation direction refers to a rotation direction corresponding to the rotation of the control turntable, and the first rotation direction may be preset or determined according to a positional relationship between a target seasoning bottle and a next target seasoning bottle to be thrown. Under the condition that the first rotation direction is preset, the emptying position adjacent to the material bottle corresponding to the target seasoning and the included angle between the emptying position and the position of the material bottle corresponding to the target seasoning can be determined along the opposite direction of the first rotation direction, and the included angle is the rotation angle. In particular embodiments, for example, with continued reference to fig. 19d and following the example of steps 1023 to 1024, assuming that the predetermined first rotation direction is counterclockwise, the port 121d adjacent to the port 121c communicating with the target seasoning bottle may be determined first in the clockwise direction, and the corresponding empty position adjacent to the target seasoning bottle may be determined based on the angle (i.e., 45 °) between the port 121c and the port 121d, for example, the empty position may be located at an intermediate position between the port 121c and the port 121d, that is, the empty position may have an angle of 22.5 ° between the port 121c in the clockwise direction. The small circle shown in fig. 19d at an intermediate position between the charging port 121c and the charging port 121d is a schematically marked evacuation position.

Alternatively, in the case that the first rotation direction is determined according to the relative positional relationship between the corresponding target seasoning bottle and the corresponding target blanking port to be fed next, the rotation angle may be determined in a similar manner to the above-described manner, and the specific determination process may be referred to the above-described process. The relative position relationship between the corresponding target seasoning bottle and the corresponding target blanking port of the next target seasoning to be fed can be determined according to the principle that the minimum rotation angle is required when the driving turntable 20 rotates to align the corresponding target seasoning bottle and the corresponding target blanking port of the next target seasoning to be fed. Specifically, for example, still referring to fig. 19d and following the example in steps 1023 to 1024, assuming that the next target seasoning to be dispensed is communicated to the feeding port 121b, and it is to be dispensed through the first blanking port 311, the calculated control dial is rotated only 45 ° (i.e., 22.5 ° +22.5°) in the clockwise direction to align the feeding port 121b with the first blanking port 311, and the control dial is rotated in the counterclockwise direction to align the feeding port 121b with the first blanking port 311 by a desired rotation angle greater than 45 °. Based on the determined first rotation method, it is further determined that the rotation angle is 22.5 °.

Based on the foregoing, in one possible technical solution, the determining the first rotation direction and the rotation angle "by the 1031 may specifically be implemented by the following steps:

10311. determining a first relative position relation between a corresponding material bottle of the next target seasoning and a corresponding target blanking port;

10312. determining the first rotation direction according to the first relative position relationship;

10313. acquiring a first included angle between the corresponding position of the target seasoning bottle and the corresponding position of the adjacent seasoning bottle based on the first rotation direction;

10314. determining the rotation angle according to the first included angle;

in 1032, referring to fig. 19d, assuming that the first rotation direction determined in step 1031 is clockwise, and the rotation angle is 22.5 °, the first driving unit is controlled to drive the turntable 20 to rotate 22.5 ° clockwise, and the emptying position located at the middle position between the feeding ports 121b and 121c is aligned with the first blanking port 311 (as shown in fig. 19 e), so that the discharge port of the target seasoning bottle is located at a position offset from the target blanking port (i.e., the first blanking port 311).

After the positions of the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle are staggered with the positions of the target blanking hole, a gap space is formed between the target blanking hole and the bottom of the turntable due to the existence of the distance, and the gap space forms a cleaning channel, so that external air can flow into the corresponding target blanking hole, and residual target seasoning in the target blanking hole and a corresponding material conveying pipeline can flow into the cooking container. When the cooking device is specifically implemented, the second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking port can be controlled to act again, so that negative pressure is pumped to drive external air entering the target blanking port to circulate, and residual seasoning in the target blanking port and a corresponding material conveying pipeline can flow into the cooking container under the driving of external air flow, so that the residual seasoning is emptied.

Namely, in summary, in the foregoing 103 and 104, in a specific implementation technical solution, "after the positions of the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle and the target blanking port are dislocated, external air enters the target blanking port, and the second driving unit is controlled to continue to act", the method specifically includes the following steps:

1041. after the positions of the discharge port and the target blanking port are staggered, a driving identifier corresponding to the target blanking port is obtained;

1042. and sending an evacuation instruction to a second driving unit corresponding to the driving identifier so as to enable the second driving unit to act, so that negative pressure is generated in a space corresponding to the target blanking port, and the external air is driven to circulate under the action of the negative pressure.

For example, referring to fig. 19e, at this time, the emptying position located at the middle position of the charging port 121b and the charging port 121c is aligned with the first blanking port 311, and a second driving unit (such as a first material conveying pump 841 shown in fig. 7a and 7 b) corresponding to the first blanking port 311 acts based on the received emptying command, so that the second driving unit generates a negative pressure on the space corresponding to the first blanking port 311, and the negative pressure will drive the external air entering the first blanking port to circulate, so that the residual seasoning in the first blanking port 311 and the material conveying pipeline corresponding to the first blanking port 311 can be carried away by the circulation of the external air current, and the emptying of the residual seasoning is realized.

Further, the method provided in this embodiment may further include:

1043. monitoring whether the time for the second driving unit to continue to act reaches a first time condition or not;

1044. and when the first time condition is reached, sending a stop instruction to the second driving unit, and completing emptying of residual seasonings in the target blanking port.

In specific implementation, the first time condition is a time value flexibly preset according to the actual situation, for example, the first time condition may be 4 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, etc., which is not limited in this embodiment.

As can be seen from the above, according to the technical solution provided in this embodiment, based on the obtained related information of the target seasoning, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking port based on the related information; after the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding material bottle is aligned with the target blanking hole, the second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking hole is further controlled to act, so that the target seasoning is fed into the cooking container through the target blanking hole and a material conveying pipeline corresponding to the target blanking hole; then, after the target seasoning is fed, the first driving unit is controlled to continue to rotate again, so that the positions of the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the seasoning bottle and the target blanking hole are misplaced, and external air enters the target blanking hole; after the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle is misplaced with the target blanking hole, external air enters the target blanking hole, and the second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking hole is further controlled to act again so as to empty the target blanking hole and residual target seasoning in the corresponding material conveying pipeline. Therefore, the technical scheme provided by the embodiment is that the target seasoning is automatically fed through the blanking port special for throwing the target seasoning, so that the automatic feeding is ensured, and different seasoning is separated and added through the corresponding blanking port. In addition, after the target seasoning is fed through the corresponding target blanking port, the target blanking port is further emptied, so that the phenomenon that multiple seasonings are mixed in a material conveying pipeline corresponding to the same blanking port to cause flavor channeling can be avoided.

Further, in order to realize the reference position locating function, the turntable is located to the reference position when the feeding device provided by the embodiment is used for automatic feeding, or the turntable is reset to the reference position when a program is carried out with errors, and the like. The utility model provides a still be provided with trigger piece and sensing piece on the feeding device to realize the function of location reference position through trigger piece or sensing piece. The specific arrangement and form of the trigger member and the sensor member can be found in the above embodiments, and will not be described herein. Based on this, the method provided in this embodiment may further include the following steps:

105. when a reset instruction is monitored, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so as to drive the trigger piece to rotate;

106. detecting induction signals between the sensing piece and the triggering piece in the rotating process of the triggering piece;

107. and positioning a reference position according to the detected induction signal.

In 105 to 106 described above, the reset instruction may refer to an instruction to position the turntable to the reference position. In specific implementation, the reset instruction may be triggered by a user, for example, in an application scenario shown in fig. 1a, and when the user starts the cooking device to cook, a corresponding initialization operation may be triggered for the charging device through an interactive interface provided by the cooking device or a terminal device thereof, so as to send the reset instruction to the controller; or when the automatic charging logic is executed in the cooking equipment, the user aims at the initialization operation triggered by the received error reporting prompt information so as to send a reset instruction to the controller. Alternatively, the reset instruction may be triggered automatically by the device. For example, still taking the application scenario illustrated in fig. 1a as an example, when the cooking apparatus is started, the corresponding controller may automatically trigger the reset function, or when the feeding execution is ended, the controller may also autonomously trigger the reset function. The triggering manner of the reset instruction in this embodiment is not particularly limited.

When the reset instruction is monitored, the first driving unit can be controlled to work according to the specific structural function of the feeding device and the setting positions of the sensing piece and the triggering piece so as to drive at least one of the sensing piece and the triggering piece to rotate. In this embodiment, the first driving device drives the turntable to rotate so as to drive the trigger piece or the sensing piece arranged on the turntable to rotate, so as to detect the sensing signal between the sensing piece and the trigger piece and position the turntable to the reference position.

In 107 above, positioning the turntable of the charging device to the reference position may be achieved based on the detected sensing signal. The implementation mode of positioning the turntable to the reference position according to the detected sensing signal is particularly related to the corresponding relation between the installation positions of the sensing piece and the triggering piece and the reference position.

Taking the sensing element as a Hall element and the triggering element as a magnetic induction element as an example. Referring to fig. 10b and 12b, it is assumed that the turntable 20 provided in the embodiment of the present application is provided with a magnetic induction element (i.e. the trigger element 123 shown in the drawings), and the base 30 is provided with a hall element (i.e. the sensor element 39 shown in the drawings).

For example, it is assumed that the magnetic induction element and the hall element are both disposed at the reference position, and in this arrangement, the position where the induction signal between the magnetic induction element and the hall element is strongest is the reference position. The controller can detect the change state of the induction signal between the magnetic induction piece and the Hall element, and when the change state of the induction signal changes, the controller controls the first driving unit to stop rotating so as to position the turntable at the current position, wherein the current position is the reference position. Specifically, when the controller drives the turntable to rotate through the first driving unit, and therefore the magnetic induction piece and the Hall element are continuously close to each other in the process of driving the magnetic induction piece to rotate, the value of the induction signal generated by the magnetic induction piece and the Hall element, such as the voltage signal, is continuously increased until reaching a peak value, at the moment, the first driving unit is continuously controlled to drive the turntable, the magnetic induction piece and the Hall element are continuously far away, the value of the voltage signal is continuously reduced, namely, the waveform of the voltage signal is continuously provided with an inflection point, and when the turntable is rotated to the inflection point position of the voltage signal, the turntable is positioned to the reference position. For this reason, in a specific implementation, the controller may detect the sensing signal of the hall element, and if the sensing signal is detected to decrease after N consecutive increases in the sensing signal are detected during the rotation of the turntable, the position of the turntable at this time is determined as the reference position.

In addition, considering that the magnetic induction elements have different polarities of N and S, the polarities are different, and the change states of the induction signals of the hall elements are also different, for example, the change states of the voltage signals are opposite by taking the induction signals as voltage signals. For this reason, the controller may determine the position of the turntable as the reference position when the controller detects that the sensing signal increases after detecting that the sensing signal decreases N consecutive times during the rotation of the turntable.

What should be stated here is: in the above examples, the sensing signal is a voltage signal, and in other embodiments, the sensing signal may be a current signal, a binary digital signal, or the like, which is not limited herein. Fig. 19a shows a schematic view of the result after positioning the turntable 20 to the reference position in the above arrangement.

For another example, assuming that the magnetic induction piece and the hall element are arranged at a certain interval angle relative to the reference position, after determining the position with the strongest inductive signal between the magnetic induction piece and the hall element, the turntable can be positioned to the reference position only after the first driving unit is controlled to drive the turntable to rotate for a designated angle. Specifically, as shown in fig. 10b and 12b, assuming the turntable 20 is in the reference position, the feed inlet 222 thereon is aligned with the second discharge outlet 312 on the base 30. Based on this, in the counterclockwise direction, the position included angle between the magnetic induction member (i.e., the trigger member 123 shown in fig. 4) provided on the turntable 20 and the charging port 121a is 145 ° (i.e., 56.25 ° +56.25 ° +32.5 °); in the clockwise direction, the hall element (i.e. the sensor element 39 shown in fig. 12 b) provided on the base 30 is positioned at an angle of 50 ° to the second blanking port 312. When the controller detects that the change state of the induction signal between the magnetic induction piece and the Hall element changes in the process of controlling the first driving unit to work to drive the turntable to rotate anticlockwise, the controller determines that the turntable is rotated to the position with the strongest induction signal, but the position is not a reference position, and an included angle between the reference position and the position with the strongest induction signal is 95 degrees (namely 145-50 degrees), so that the controller still can continuously control the first driving unit to drive the turntable to rotate anticlockwise for 95 degrees and then stop so as to position the turntable to the reference position.

Based on the above example, the specific implementation of the step 107 "locating the reference position according to the detected sensing signal" may be any one of the following:

a11, when the change state of the induction signal changes, controlling the first driving unit to stop rotating so as to be positioned at a reference position; or alternatively

A12, when the change state of the induction signal changes, controlling the first driving unit to drive the first driving unit to continue to rotate so as to drive the trigger piece to rotate by a designated angle, and positioning the trigger piece to a reference position.

The above specified angle is related to the positional relationship between the reference position by the sensor and the trigger, respectively, and is not particularly limited herein.

Further, when positioning the turntable to the reference position is performed, there is also a case: when the rotary table is not arranged in the feeding device, the controller is used for controlling the first driving unit to work, and the sensing signal between the sensing piece and the triggering piece is always in a constant state. For this case, when the controller controls the first driving unit to operate to reach the preset condition, if the sensing signal between the sensing member and the triggering member is detected to be in an unchanged state all the time, a prompt message of a reset failure may be displayed to prompt the user to check whether the turntable is installed or not. The preset condition may be a preset time condition, detecting that the sensing signal between the sensing element and the triggering element is unchanged for M consecutive times, and the like, which is not limited herein.

In summary, the control flow corresponding to the control method provided by the implementation can be divided into reset control, seasoning content detection stored in the material bottle and charging control. In summary, the charging control can be summarized as the process shown in fig. 20 b. Namely, a target seasoning port special for throwing the target seasoning is selected from a plurality of seasoning ports aiming at the target seasoning to be thrown; after the positions of the target seasoning corresponding material bottle and the target blanking port are aligned, controlling the second driving unit (such as a peristaltic pump) to work according to the required working time length of the second driving unit (such as a peristaltic pump) corresponding to the target blanking port of the required throwing amount of the target seasoning, so as to realize feeding of the target seasoning through the corresponding target blanking port; after the working time of the second driving unit reaches a time condition, controlling the second driving unit to stop working, and controlling to align an emptying position adjacent to a material bottle corresponding to the target seasoning with the position of the target blanking port; and the emptying position is aligned with the position of the target blanking port, and the second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking port is controlled to work for a preset period of time again so as to empty residual seasoning by using external air, so that the addition of the target seasoning is completed. Therefore, the target seasoning is fed through the target blanking port special for feeding the target seasoning, so that separate feeding among different types of seasonings is realized, for example, oil and water can be separated and fed, oil pollution by water is avoided, or separation and feeding among sweet seasonings and salty seasonings can be realized, and sweet and salty doping and the like are avoided. In addition, in this embodiment, when the feeding operation is performed for a target seasoning, the process of feeding and discharging the seasoning is performed once for the blanking port dedicated to feeding the target seasoning, which is beneficial to ensuring that the seasoning is not mixed when different kinds of seasoning are fed through the same blanking port for a plurality of times.

With respect to the foregoing, in order to more clearly illustrate the charging control logic described in the control method provided in the present application, a specific example is described in detail below with reference to fig. 7a, 7b, and 19a to 19 e.

Specifically, referring to fig. 19a, assuming that the turntable 20 is at the reference position, the triggering piece 123 on the turntable 20 is aligned with the first blanking port 311, the condiments stored in the material bottles respectively communicated with the material inlet 222, the material inlet 121b, the material inlet 121c, the material inlet 121d and the material inlet 121 on the turntable 20 are denoted as condiments 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and assuming that the second blanking port 312 is dedicated to the feeding of condiments 1, the first blanking port 311 is dedicated to the feeding of condiments 2, 3, 4 and 5. As shown in fig. 7a and 7b, the second driving unit corresponding to the second blanking port 312 is set to be the second feed pump 842 (abbreviated as feed pump 842), and the second driving unit corresponding to the first blanking port 311 is set to be the first feed pump 841 (abbreviated as feed pump 841).

Case 1: when the control method logic is sequentially executed on the seasonings 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to realize automatic feeding, the control turntable rotates in a fixed rotation direction, such as a counterclockwise rotation method, and the corresponding control process is as follows:

The turntable is positioned at the reference position, and the first driving unit (namely the driving piece 83 shown in fig. 7 a) is controlled to rotate so as to drive the turntable to rotate by 95 degrees, and the seasoning 1 is aligned with the second blanking port 312 (shown in fig. 19 b) corresponding to the seasoning bottle; then, controlling the feed pump 842 to act so that the seasoning 1 is fed into the cooking container through the feed pipelines corresponding to the second blanking port 312 and the first blanking port;

after the seasoning 1 is fed, the first driving unit is controlled to continue to rotate so as to drive the turntable to rotate by 31.25 degrees, the emptying position between the feeding hole 222 and the feeding hole 121b is aligned with the position of the second blanking hole 312 (as shown in fig. 19 c), and external air enters the second blanking hole 312; then, the material conveying pump 842 is controlled to act, and the second blanking port 312 and the residual seasoning 1 in the corresponding material conveying pipeline are emptied by external air;

after the residual seasoning 1 is emptied, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 81.25 degrees, and the seasoning 2 is aligned with the first blanking port 311 corresponding to the seasoning bottle; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to act so that the seasoning 2 is fed into the cooking container through the first blanking port 311 and the material conveying pipeline corresponding to the first blanking port 311;

after the seasoning 2 is fed, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 22.5 degrees, the emptying position between the feeding hole 121b and the feeding hole 121c is aligned with the first blanking hole 311, and the external air enters the first blanking hole 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to act, and the first blanking port 311 and the residual seasoning 2 in the corresponding material conveying pipeline are emptied by external air;

After the residual seasoning 2 is emptied, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 22.5 degrees, and the seasoning 3 is aligned with the first blanking port 311 corresponding to the seasoning bottle; then, the feeding pump 841 is controlled to act so as to feed the seasoning 3 through the first blanking port 311 and the feeding pipeline corresponding to the first blanking port 311;

after the seasoning 3 is fed, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 22.5 DEG ^, The evacuation position between the feed port 121c and the feed port 121d is aligned with the first blanking port 311, and outside air enters the first blanking port 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to act, and the first blanking port 311 and the residual seasoning 3 in the corresponding material conveying pipeline are emptied by external air;

after the residual seasoning 3 is emptied, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 22.5 degrees, and the seasoning 4 is aligned with the first blanking port 311 corresponding to the seasoning bottle; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work so that the seasoning 4 is fed through the first blanking port 311 and the material conveying pipeline corresponding to the first blanking port 311;

after the seasoning 4 is fed, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 47.5 degrees, the emptying position between the feeding hole 121d and the feeding hole 121e is aligned with the first blanking hole 311, and the external air enters the first blanking hole 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work, and the first blanking port 311 and the residual seasoning 4 in the corresponding material conveying pipeline are emptied by external air;

After the residual seasoning 4 is emptied, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 47.5 degrees, and the seasoning 5 is aligned with the first blanking port 311 corresponding to the seasoning bottle; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work so as to feed the seasonings 5 through the first blanking port 311 and the material conveying pipeline corresponding to the first blanking port 311;

after the seasoning 5 is fed, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 56.25 degrees, the emptying position between the feeding hole 121e and the feeding hole 121a is aligned with the first blanking hole 311, and the external air enters the first blanking hole 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work, and the first blanking port 311 and the residual seasonings 5 in the corresponding material conveying pipelines are emptied by external air;

after the residual seasoning 5 is emptied, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate 271.25 degrees, and the turntable returns to the reference position.

Case 2: the material is fed out of order, i.e. not according to the arrangement sequence of the seasonings on the turntable. In particular, the method comprises the steps of,

for example, assuming that the turntable is at the reference position (as shown in fig. 19 a), the target seasoning to be thrown is seasoning 3 and seasoning 2 in sequence, the turntable is controlled to rotate according to a fixed rotation method, such as a counterclockwise rotation direction, and the corresponding control process is as follows:

The turntable is positioned at the reference position, and the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so as to drive the turntable to rotate by 252.5 degrees (namely 56.25 degrees+56.25 degrees+32.5 degrees+31.25 degrees+22.5 degrees), and the seasoning 3 corresponding material bottle is aligned with the first blanking port 311 (as shown in figure d); then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work so that the seasoning 3 is fed through the first blanking port 311 and the material conveying pipeline corresponding to the first blanking port 311;

after the seasoning 3 is fed, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 22.5 degrees, the emptying position between the feeding hole 121c and the feeding hole 121d is aligned with the first blanking hole 311, and the external air enters the first blanking hole 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work, and external air enters the first blanking port 311 to empty the first blanking port 311 and the residual seasoning 3 in the corresponding material conveying pipeline;

after the residual seasoning 3 is emptied, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate 315 degrees, and the seasoning 2 is aligned with the first blanking port 311 in position corresponding to the seasoning bottle; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work so as to feed the seasoning 2 through the first blanking port 311 and the material conveying pipeline corresponding to the first blanking port 311;

after seasoning 2 feeding is completed, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the rotation of the disc by 22.5 DEG ^, The evacuation position between the feed port 121b and the feed port 121c is aligned with the first blanking port 311, and outside air enters the first blanking port 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work, and external air enters the first blanking port 311 to empty the first blanking port 311 and the residual seasoning 2 in the corresponding material conveying pipeline;

the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate so that the turntable returns to the reference position.

As can be seen from the above, if the out-of-order feeding logic is executed by rotating in the fixed rotation direction, there is a case that the rotation time needs to be additionally increased, for example, in the above example, in the counterclockwise rotation direction, after the feeding of the seasoning 3 is completed, the seasoning 2 corresponding to the seasoning bottle is rotated to be aligned with the corresponding first blanking port 311 to execute the feeding of the seasoning 2, and almost one rotation is needed.

For this problem, the technical solution provided in this embodiment also supports automatic feeding in a control manner in which the rotation direction of the turntable is not fixed. In this way, the turntable can be controlled to rotate in a certain direction according to the principle of minimum rotation angle in the process of controlling the turntable to rotate the target seasoning bottle corresponding to the target blanking port.

Based on this, in the above example, after the seasoning 3 is fed through the first blanking port 311, the first driving unit may be controlled to rotate so that the turntable rotates by 22.5 ° +22.5° clockwise, and the seasoning 2 corresponding to the seasoning bottle is aligned with the first blanking port 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work so as to feed the seasoning 2 through the first blanking port 311 and the corresponding material conveying pipeline;

After the seasoning 2 is fed, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so that the turntable rotates by 31.25 degrees anticlockwise, the emptying position between the feeding port 121b and the feeding port 121a is aligned with the first blanking port 311, and external air enters the first blanking port 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work, and the first blanking port 311 and the residual seasoning 2 in the corresponding material conveying pipeline are emptied by external air;

the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate anticlockwise by a certain angle, so that the turntable returns to the reference position.

The embodiment provided in the application described above uses external air to realize the emptying of the residual seasoning in the target blanking port and the corresponding material conveying pipeline, and of course, in other embodiments, the emptying of the residual seasoning in the target blanking port and the corresponding material conveying pipeline can also be realized by using water or other cleaning media such as mixed liquid of water and detergent. Based on the above, an embodiment of the application also provides a charging method of the cooking device. Specifically, as shown in fig. 21, the charging method may include the steps of:

301. controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking port;

302. Controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking port to act so as to enable the target seasoning to be fed into the cooking container through the target blanking port;

303. controlling the first driving unit to continue rotating, so that the cleaning channel is aligned with the target blanking port, and the cleaning medium in the cleaning channel enters the target blanking port;

304. and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act so as to drain the cleaning medium out of the residual target seasoning in the target blanking port.

The cleaning medium may be, but not limited to, external air, water, a mixed liquid of water and detergent, etc., and the cleaning channels corresponding to different cleaning media will also be different, and the details of the above or the following embodiments will not be described herein. In addition, the specific implementation process of the feeding method provided in this embodiment is similar to or the same as the implementation process of the control method provided in the foregoing embodiment, and for this reason, the specific implementation of the feeding method may refer to the relevant content in each embodiment, which is not described herein in detail.

In addition, in other embodiments, a buffer structure 60 as shown in fig. 11 may be provided in the cooking apparatus, in which case the buffer chamber 63 will form a blanking port in the cooking apparatus, and in particular the buffer chamber 63 will form a blanking port in the base of the charging device. In this case, the target seasoning may be fed into the cooking vessel through the corresponding buffer chamber 63 and the corresponding feed pipe of the buffer chamber 63. For this reason, a control method of the cooking apparatus is also provided in still another embodiment of the present application. Specifically, as shown in fig. 22, the control method may include the steps of:

401. Controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the seasoning bottle to be aligned with the target buffer cavity;

402. controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target buffer cavity to act so as to enable the target seasoning to be fed into the cooking container through the target buffer cavity and a material conveying pipeline corresponding to the target buffer cavity;

403. the first driving unit is controlled to continue to rotate, so that the position of a discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle is misplaced with the position of the target buffer cavity, and external air enters the target buffer cavity;

404. and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act, and exhausting the target buffer cavity and residual target seasonings in the material conveying pipeline by using the external air.

The specific implementation process of the control method provided in this embodiment is the same as or similar to the implementation process of the control method provided in the foregoing embodiment, and therefore, the specific implementation of the control method may refer to the relevant content in each embodiment, which is not described herein in detail. In addition, in the solution provided in this embodiment, the residual seasoning in the target buffer cavity and the corresponding material conveying pipeline is emptied by using the external air, and in other embodiments, of course, the residual seasoning in the target buffer cavity and the corresponding material conveying pipeline can be emptied by using other cleaning media such as water or a mixed liquid of water and detergent. Based on this, the first and second light sources,

In an embodiment provided by the application, a charging method of a cooking device is also provided. As shown in fig. 23, the charging method includes the steps of:

501. controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the seasoning bottle to be aligned with the target buffer cavity;

502. controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target buffer cavity to act so as to feed the target seasoning into the cooking container through the target buffer cavity;

503. controlling the first driving unit to continue rotating, so that the cleaning channel is aligned with the target buffer cavity, and the cleaning medium in the cleaning channel enters the target buffer cavity;

504. and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act so as to drain the cleaning medium out of the residual target seasoning in the target buffer cavity.

What needs to be explained here is: the details of each step in the control method and the feeding method provided in each embodiment of the present application may be referred to the corresponding content in each other embodiment, and are not described herein. In addition, the method provided in each embodiment of the present application may further include other part or all of the steps in each embodiment, and specifically, reference may be made to the corresponding content of each embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

The technical scheme provided by the application is mainly described from the software perspective, and the technical scheme provided by the application is described and illustrated from the hardware perspective.

An embodiment of the present application provides a charging device. As shown in fig. 1a to 1e, 7a to 7b, and 9 to 12b, the charging device 1000 includes:

a controller (not shown in the figure);

a plurality of material bottles 11, wherein the material bottles 11 are provided with discharge holes;

the material conveying assembly comprises a plurality of blanking ports 31 and a plurality of material conveying pipelines 81 with the blanking ports respectively communicated;

a drive assembly including a first drive unit (shown as drive 83) and a plurality of second drive units (shown as feed pump 84); the first driving unit is used for switching the alignment of the positions of the discharge ports of different material bottles 11 and the corresponding blanking ports 31; one second driving unit corresponds to one blanking port;

the controller is used for controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking hole; controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking port to act so as to enable the target seasoning to be fed through the target blanking port and a material conveying pipeline corresponding to the target blanking port; the first driving unit is controlled to continue to act, so that the positions of the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle and the target blanking port are staggered, and external air enters the target blanking port; and controlling the second driving unit to continue rotating, and exhausting the target blanking port and residual target seasonings in the material conveying pipeline by using external air.

The feeding device provided in this embodiment may further have other basic components besides the components of the controller, the material bottle, the material conveying component, the driving component and the like. For example, the charging device may also be provided with a memory, a display, an audio component, a human-machine interaction device (e.g. a touch screen, a control key, a semantic interaction device, etc.), etc. The memory is mainly used for storing one or more computer instructions which can be executed by the controller to cause the controller to control the feeding device to realize corresponding functions and complete corresponding actions or tasks. For example, the controller is coupled to the memory and is capable of implementing the steps of the charging method described above by executing one or more computer instructions stored in the memory.

In addition, the above-described memory may be configured to store, in addition to computer instructions, various other data to support operation on the charging device, examples of which include instructions for any application or method operating on the charging device. For example, the angular position relation among a plurality of blanking ports on the base, the condiment information stored in the material bottle communicated with each charging port, the corresponding relation between the blanking ports and condiments, and the like. The memory may be implemented by any type of volatile or nonvolatile memory device or combination thereof, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disk.

Another embodiment of the present application also provides a cooking apparatus. As shown in fig. 1a to 1e, 7a to 7b, 9 to 12b, the cooking apparatus includes: a main body 2000 and a charging device 1000; wherein, the liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display device,

a main body 2000 having a cooking container 201 and a controller (not shown);

the feeding device 1000 includes a plurality of material bottles 11, a first driving unit (a driving member 83 is shown in the figure), a plurality of material discharging ports 31, and a plurality of material conveying pipelines 81 and a plurality of second driving units (a material conveying pump 84 is shown in the figure) corresponding to the material discharging ports, respectively; a discharge hole is formed in the material bottle;

the controller is used for controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking port; controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking port to act so as to enable the target seasoning to be fed into the cooking container through the target blanking port and a material conveying pipeline corresponding to the target blanking port; the first driving unit is controlled to continue to rotate, so that the positions of the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle and the target blanking port are staggered, and external air enters the target blanking port; and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act, and externally controlling to empty the target blanking port and the residual target seasoning in the material conveying pipeline.

In the foregoing embodiments of the feeding device and the cooking apparatus, the related specific descriptions of the first driving unit and the second driving unit may be referred to the related contents in the foregoing embodiments, and are not described herein in detail. In addition, in the embodiment of the feeding device and the cooking apparatus provided in the foregoing, when the positions of the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the feed bottle and the target blanking port are dislocated, a clearance space is formed between the target blanking port and the bottom surface of the turntable, and therefore the clearance space may form a cleaning channel, and external air may enter the target buffer cavity through the clearance space, or the cleaning channel may be formed in other manners, so that cleaning media such as external air, or mixed liquid of water, water and a scrubber may enter the target blanking port, and residual target seasoning in the target blanking port and the corresponding feed pipeline thereof may be emptied by using cleaning media such as external air, or mixed liquid of water, water and a scrubber. The manner in which the cleaning channels corresponding to the different cleaning media are formed may be the same or different, and for specific details regarding the formation of the cleaning channels, reference is made to the foregoing embodiments. Based on this, there is also provided in another embodiment of the present application a charging device comprising:

A controller;

a plurality of material bottles, wherein the material bottles are provided with discharge holes;

a plurality of blanking ports for receiving the seasoning flowing out of the material bottle for conveying;

the cleaning channel is used for communicating a cleaning medium for assisting in cleaning the blanking port;

the driving assembly comprises a first driving unit and a plurality of second driving units; the first driving unit is used for switching the alignment of the positions of the discharge ports of different material bottles and the corresponding blanking ports; one second driving unit corresponds to one blanking port;

the controller is used for controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking port; controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking port to act so as to feed the target seasoning through the target blanking port; controlling the first driving unit to continue rotating, so that the cleaning channel is aligned with the target blanking port, and the cleaning medium in the cleaning channel enters the target blanking port; and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act so as to drain the cleaning medium out of the residual target seasoning in the target blanking port.

Accordingly, another embodiment of the present application also provides a cooking apparatus, including: a main body and a charging device; wherein, the liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display device,

A main body having a cooking container and a controller;

the feeding device comprises a plurality of material bottles, a first driving unit, a plurality of blanking ports, a plurality of second driving units and cleaning channels, wherein the second driving units and the cleaning channels correspond to the blanking ports respectively; the cleaning channel is used for communicating a cleaning medium for assisting in cleaning the blanking port;

the controller is used for controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge port of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target blanking port; controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target blanking port to act so as to enable the target seasoning to be fed into the cooking container through the target blanking port; controlling the first driving unit to continue rotating, so that the cleaning channel is aligned with the target blanking port, and the cleaning medium in the cleaning channel enters the target blanking port; and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act so as to drain the cleaning medium out of the residual target seasoning in the target blanking port.

What needs to be explained here is: the details of each step in the feeding device and the cooking device provided in each embodiment of the present application may be referred to the corresponding details in each other embodiment, and are not repeated herein. In addition, the charging device and the cooking device provided in each embodiment of the present application may further include other part or all of the functional modules in each embodiment, and specific reference may be made to the corresponding content of each embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

In other embodiments, when a buffer structure is provided in the cooking apparatus, the blanking port will be formed by a buffer cavity in the buffer structure. Based on this, there is also provided in a further embodiment of the present application a charging device comprising:

a controller;

the material conveying assembly comprises a plurality of buffer cavities and a plurality of material conveying pipelines which are respectively communicated with the buffer cavities;

the driving assembly comprises a first driving unit and a plurality of second driving units; the first driving unit is used for switching the alignment of the discharge ports of different material bottles and the positions of the corresponding buffer cavities; one of the second driving units corresponds to one of the buffer chambers;

the controller is used for controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target buffer cavity; controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target buffer cavity to act so as to enable the target seasoning to be fed through the target buffer cavity and a material conveying pipeline corresponding to the target buffer cavity; the first driving unit is controlled to continue to rotate, so that the position of a discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle is misplaced with the position of the target buffer cavity, and external air enters the target buffer cavity; and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act, and exhausting the target buffer cavity and residual target seasonings in the material conveying pipeline by using the external air.

Accordingly, still another embodiment of the present application provides a cooking apparatus, including: a main body and a charging device; wherein, the liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display device,

a main body having a cooking container and a controller;

the feeding device comprises a plurality of material bottles, a first driving unit, a plurality of buffer cavities, a plurality of material conveying pipelines and a plurality of second driving units, wherein the material conveying pipelines and the second driving units correspond to the buffer cavities respectively;

the controller is used for controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target buffer cavity; controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target buffer cavity to act so as to enable the target seasoning to be fed into the cooking container through the target buffer cavity and a material conveying pipeline corresponding to the target buffer cavity; the first driving unit is controlled to continue to rotate, so that the position of a discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle is misplaced with the position of the target buffer cavity, and external air enters the target buffer cavity; and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act, and exhausting the target buffer cavity and residual target seasonings in the material conveying pipeline by using the external air.

In the above embodiment of the feeding device and the cooking apparatus, when the discharge port of the target seasoning bottle corresponding to the seasoning bottle is dislocated from the target buffer cavity, a clearance space is formed between the target buffer cavity and the bottom surface of the turntable, and therefore, a cleaning channel can be formed between the target buffer cavity and the bottom surface of the turntable, and external air can enter the target buffer cavity through the clearance space, or the cleaning channel can also be formed in other manners, so that cleaning media such as external air, or mixed liquid of water, water and a washing machine can enter the target buffer cavity, and residual target seasoning in the target buffer cavity and the corresponding material conveying pipeline can be emptied by using the cleaning media such as external air, or mixed liquid of water, water and a floor washing machine. The forming manners of the cleaning channels corresponding to different cleaning mediums may be the same or different, and the forming of the cleaning channels may be referred to in the above embodiments, and will not be described herein. Based on this, there is also provided in a further embodiment of the present application a charging device comprising:

A controller;

a plurality of buffer chambers for receiving the seasoning flowing out of the seasoning bottle for transportation;

the cleaning channel is used for communicating a cleaning medium for assisting in cleaning the buffer cavity;

the driving assembly comprises a first driving unit and a plurality of second driving units; the first driving unit is used for switching the alignment of the discharge ports of different material bottles and the corresponding buffer cavities; one of the second driving units corresponds to one of the buffer chambers;

the controller is used for controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target buffer cavity; controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target buffer cavity to act so as to charge the target seasoning through the target buffer cavity; controlling the first driving unit to continue rotating, so that the cleaning channel is aligned with the target buffer cavity, and the cleaning medium in the cleaning channel enters the target buffer cavity; and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act so as to drain the cleaning medium from residual target seasoning in the target buffer cavity.

A main body having a cooking container and a controller;

the feeding device comprises a plurality of material bottles, a first driving unit, a plurality of buffer cavities, a plurality of second driving units and cleaning channels, wherein the second driving units and the cleaning channels correspond to the buffer cavities respectively; the cleaning channel is used for communicating a cleaning medium for assisting in cleaning the buffer cavity;

the controller is used for controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the material bottle to be aligned with the target buffer cavity; controlling a second driving unit corresponding to the target buffer cavity to act so as to feed the target seasoning into the cooking container through the target buffer cavity; controlling the first driving unit to continue rotating, so that the cleaning channel is aligned with the target buffer cavity, and the cleaning medium in the cleaning channel enters the target buffer cavity; and controlling the second driving unit to continue to act so as to drain the cleaning medium from residual target seasoning in the target buffer cavity.

What needs to be explained here is: the details of each step in the feeding device or the cooking apparatus provided in each embodiment of the present application may be referred to the corresponding content in each embodiment, and will not be described herein. In addition, the feeding device or the cooking apparatus provided in this embodiment may further include other part or all of the functional structures in the foregoing embodiments, and specifically, reference may be made to the corresponding content of each embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

In yet another embodiment of the present application, a method of charging is also provided. As shown in fig. 24, the charging method includes the steps of:

601. acquiring the related information of target seasonings to be put in;

602. controlling the target seasoning to act corresponding to a seasoning bottle based on the related information, so that a discharge hole corresponding to the target seasoning is aligned to the target blanking hole, and the target seasoning is fed through the target blanking hole;

603. and after the target seasoning is fed, controlling the target seasoning to act corresponding to the seasoning bottle, so that the positions of the discharge hole of the target seasoning corresponding to the seasoning bottle and the target blanking hole are misplaced, and external air can conveniently enter the target blanking hole in the emptying operation stage.

What needs to be explained here is: the details of each step in the feeding method provided in this embodiment are not fully described, and reference may be made to the corresponding details in the other embodiments described above, which are not described herein. In addition, the method provided in each embodiment of the present application may further include other part or all of the steps in each embodiment, and specifically, reference may be made to the corresponding content of each embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

Accordingly, embodiments of the present application also provide a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that, when executed by a computer, is capable of implementing the steps or functions of the battery charging method provided in each of the above embodiments.

Finally, referring to fig. 19a to 19e, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are described with reference to several specific application scenarios. In describing the technical solution of the present application in conjunction with the following specific application scenario, all reference is made to fig. 19a, and when the turntable 20 is in the reference position, the trigger 123 on the turntable 20 is aligned with the first blanking port 311. The second driving unit corresponding to the second blanking port 312 is referred to as a second feed pump 842 (hereinafter referred to as a feed pump 842) shown in fig. 7a and 7b, and the second driving unit corresponding to the first blanking port 311 is referred to as a first feed pump 841 (hereinafter referred to as a feed pump 841) shown in fig. 7a and 7 b.

Scene one in the cooking scenario shown in fig. 1a, a dish is taken as an example. Taking a charging hole 222 on the rotary table 20 as a base point, and assuming that the seasonings stored in the material bottles communicated with 5 charging holes on the rotary table 20 are edible oil, salt water, soy sauce, vinegar and clear water in sequence according to the clockwise rotation direction; the second blanking port 312 is dedicated to dispensing oil-based flavoring (i.e., edible oil is dispensed through the feeding port 121 a), and the first blanking port 311 is dedicated to dispensing other non-oil-based flavoring, such as brine, soy sauce, vinegar, etc. The turntable 20 is controlled to rotate anticlockwise in the process of cooking dishes, the dishes selected by the user to be cooked are shredded potatoes with vinegar, and the seasonings required to be added for cooking the shredded potatoes are as follows: edible oil and vinegar.

The user starts the cooking device to start cooking, the turntable 20 of the feeding device 10 is positioned to a reference position (as shown in fig. 19 a), and the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 95 degrees, so that the discharge hole of the corresponding material bottle storing edible oil is aligned with the second blanking hole 312; then, the feeding pump 842 is controlled to start to act so that the edible oil is fed into the cooking container 201 through the second blanking port 312 and the feeding pipeline corresponding to the second blanking port 312;

after the edible oil is fed, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate to drive the turntable to rotate by 31.25 degrees, so that the emptying position between the feeding ports 121b and 121a is aligned with the position of the second blanking port 312, and external air enters the second blanking port 312; then, the material conveying pump 842 is controlled to work, and the second blanking port 312 and the corresponding material conveying pipeline thereof are emptied of residual edible oil by external air;

after a user puts food (i.e., cut shredded potatoes) into the cooking container 201, controlling the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the turntable to rotate 171.25 degrees (i.e., 31.25 degrees+22.5 degrees+50 degrees, wherein 50 degrees refers to a position included angle between the first blanking port 311 and the second blanking port 312), and the feeding port 121d is aligned with the first blanking port 311, i.e., a discharge port of a vinegar-corresponding material bottle is aligned with the first blanking port 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 corresponding to the first blanking port 311 is controlled to work so that vinegar is added into the cooking container 201 through the first blanking port 311 and the material conveying pipeline corresponding to the first blanking port 311;

After vinegar charging is completed, the first driving unit is controlled to drive the turntable to rotate by 47.5 degrees, so that the emptying position between the charging port 121d and the charging port 121e is aligned with the position of the second blanking port 312, and external air enters the second blanking port 312; then, the operation of the feed pump 841 is started to empty the first blanking port 311 and the corresponding feed pipe of residual vinegar with the external air. So far, the flavoring required by the shredded potatoes in vinegar is added.

It should be noted that, after the seasoning is added, the turntable 20 may be directly positioned to the reference position; or after the cleaning task for the second blanking port 312 and the first blanking port 311 is performed, the turntable is positioned to the reference position, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The cleaning task is performed for the second blanking port 312 and the first blanking port 311, so that the problem that the transport pipes corresponding to the second blanking port 312 and the first blanking port 311 are not used for mildew and the like after a long time can be prevented. In the above example, assuming that after the seasoning is added, the turntable is positioned to the reference position after the cleaning tasks of the second blanking port 312 and the first blanking port 311 are performed, the specific cleaning process for performing the cleaning tasks for the second blanking port 312 and the first blanking port 311 may be:

The vinegar-fried shredded potatoes are cooked, a user starts a cleaning task, and controls the first driving unit to rotate so as to drive the turntable 20 to rotate, so that the feeding hole 121e is aligned with the first blanking hole 311 (namely, a material bottle with water corresponds to the first blanking hole 311); then, controlling the material conveying pump 841 to act so as to introduce water, and flushing the transport pipeline corresponding to the first blanking port 311 for a preset time period; after the flushing is finished, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so that the emptying position between the charging port 121e and the charging port 222 is aligned with the first blanking port 311, and external air enters the first blanking port 311; then, the material conveying pump 841 is controlled to work, and the first blanking port 311 and the residual water in the corresponding material conveying pipeline are emptied by external air;

the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so as to drive the turntable 20 to rotate, so that the feeding port 121e and the second blanking port 312 are aligned (i.e. the material bottle with water stored therein corresponds to the second blanking port 312), and the material conveying pump 842 is controlled to work so as to introduce water to flush the transport pipeline corresponding to the second blanking port 312 for a preset period of time; after the flushing is finished, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so that the emptying position between the charging port 121e and the charging port 222 is aligned with the position of the second blanking port 312, and external air enters the second blanking port 312; then, the operation of the feed pump 842 is started to empty the second blanking port 312 and the residual water in the corresponding feed pipe with the outside air.

Scenario two, taking a drink preparation as an example. Referring to fig. 10b and 12b, assume that the liquids stored in the bottles with 5 feed ports connected to each other are liquid 1, liquid 2, liquid 3, liquid 4, and liquid 5 in this order, with the feed port 222 as a base point, in a clockwise direction. The second blanking port 312 is dedicated to delivering liquid 2, liquid 3 and liquid 5, and the first blanking port 311 is dedicated to delivering liquid 1 and liquid 4. The rotating direction of the rotary table is not fixed in the scene, namely, the rotary table can rotate clockwise or anticlockwise in the drink modulation process, and the rotary table can be controlled to rotate in a certain direction according to the minimum rotation angle principle.

Assuming that the target liquids required by the beverage a to be prepared by the user are liquid 4 and liquid 5 in sequence, the user starts the device to start beverage preparation, and the turntable 20 is positioned to the reference position; afterwards, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so as to drive the rotary table 20 to rotate clockwise, so that the feeding port 121d is aligned with the first blanking port 311, and the feeding pump 841 is controlled to work, so that the liquid 4 is thrown into the drink preparation container through the first blanking port 311; after the liquid 4 is put in, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so as to drive the rotary table 20 to rotate anticlockwise, so that the emptying position between the feeding port 121d and the feeding port 112e is aligned with the first blanking port 311; then, the feeding pump 841 is controlled to act so as to empty the residual liquid 4 in the first blanking port 311;

After the residual liquid 4 is emptied, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so as to drive the turntable 20 to rotate clockwise, so that the feeding hole 121e is aligned with the second blanking hole 312, and the material conveying pump 842 is controlled to work, so that the liquid 5 is thrown into the drink preparation container through the second blanking hole 312; after the liquid 5 is put in, the first driving unit is controlled to rotate so as to drive the rotary table 20 to rotate along the needle so that the emptying position between the feeding hole 121e and the feeding hole 112d is aligned with the position of the second blanking hole 312; the feed pump 842 is then controlled to operate to empty the second blanking port 312 of residual liquid 5.

Here, in the second scenario, the cleaning task may be performed on the second blanking port 312 and the first blanking port 311, and the specific process may refer to the first scenario, which will not be described herein.

The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the elements illustrated as separate elements may or may not be physically separate, and the elements shown as elements may or may not be physical elements, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network elements. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand and implement the present invention without undue burden.

From the above description of the embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiments may be implemented by means of software plus necessary general hardware platforms, or of course may be implemented by means of hardware. Based on this understanding, the foregoing technical solution may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc., including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method described in the respective embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.

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 cooking apparatus, comprising:

a main body having a cooking container;

the feeding device comprises a material bottle component for containing seasonings, a first blanking port, a second blanking port, a first material conveying channel and a second material conveying channel, wherein the first blanking port, the second blanking port, the first material conveying channel and the second material conveying channel are used for outputting the seasonings; wherein the flavoring at least comprises edible oil and various liquid flavoring; the charging device also has an emptying position for emptying the first and second feed channels;

2. Cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the charging device is further provided with a first and a second feed pump;

3. Cooking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first feed pump is a step pump and the second feed pump is a dc pump.

4. Cooking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the charging device comprises:

the second material bottle is used for containing edible oil;

5. The cooking apparatus of claim 4, wherein the charging device further comprises:

6. The cooking apparatus of claim 5, wherein a first one-way valve is provided at the first feed inlet, and the first feed pump is capable of sucking the first one-way valve open when started, so that the first feed inlet is communicated with the first blanking inlet;

7. The cooking apparatus of claim 5 wherein the base is further provided with a drive member drivingly connected to the turntable for driving rotation of the turntable relative to the base;

8. The cooking apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first and second feed pumps are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the driving member.

9. Cooking apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first feed pump, the drive member and the second feed pump are angled at 180 ° ± 5 ° in plane.

10. Cooking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first and second feed conduits are co-clad within a feed conduit protective sleeve.

11. The cooking apparatus of claim 10 wherein the first feed conduit, the second feed conduit, and the feed conduit protective sleeve form a feed assembly for connecting the main body and the feeding device, the feed assembly having two ends detachably connected to the main body and the feeding device, respectively.

12. Cooking apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first and second feed conduits have a predetermined gap therebetween.

13. A cooking apparatus, comprising:

a main body having a cooking container;

the feeding device is used for containing seasonings and comprises a first conveying channel and a second conveying channel; wherein the flavoring at least comprises edible oil and various liquid flavoring; the charging device also has an emptying position for emptying the first and second feed channels;

14. A charging device for mating with a main body having a cooking vessel, comprising:

the seasoning bottle comprises a seasoning bottle component, a first blanking port, a second blanking port, a first material conveying channel and a second material conveying channel, wherein the seasoning bottle component is used for containing seasonings; wherein the flavoring at least comprises edible oil and various liquid flavoring; the charging device also has an emptying position for emptying the first and second feed channels;

15. A feeding device is used for matching with a main machine body with a cooking container, and is characterized in that,

the feeding device is used for containing seasonings and comprises a first conveying channel and a second conveying channel; wherein the seasoning comprises at least edible oil and a plurality of liquid seasonings, and the seasonings can be conveyed to the cooking container through the first conveying channel and the second conveying channel; the charging device also has an emptying position for emptying the first and second feed channels;